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1997 Pirates Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn
1994 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12 1994 Jeff Bagwell of Astros is 28th to hit 2 home runs in an inning 1993 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game 1992 Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep National Convention 1989 Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09) 1986 Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 and win NL pennant 1986 Astros and Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game 1985 Yankees trade Jim Deshaies to Astros for 40-year-old Joe Niekro 1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep) 1982 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros) 1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros) 1981 Nolan Ryan's 5th career no-hitter as Astros beat Dodgers 5-0 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0 1980 Astros owner John McMullen replaces General Manager Tal Smith with Al Rosen 1979 Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract 1979 Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313 1979 Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL and NL (Astros) 1979 Mets win a protested game against Astros, 5-0 1979 NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M 1979 John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros 1976 Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1 1975 Astros hire Bill Virdon to replace Preston Gomez as manager 1972 Mike Hampton, Brooksville, Florida, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1972 Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros 1971 Houston Astros beat San Diego Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings 1971 Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win 1971 Billy Wagner, born in Marion, Virginia, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1971 Brian Hunter, born in Portland, Oregon, outfielder, for the Houston Astros 1970 Carl Everett, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Ricky Gutierrez, born in Miami, Florida, infielder for the Houston Astros 1969 Astros Denis Menke and Jim Wynn hit grandslams in 9th inn vs Mets 1969 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 3rd no-hitter beats Houston Astros, 10-0 1969 Brian Williams, Lancaster, South Carolina, pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Astros 1969 Orlando Miller, Changionola Panama, infielder for the Houston Astros 1969 Domingo Jean, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros 1969 Chris Hatcher, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros 1969 Alvin Morman, born in Rockingham, North Carolina, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1968 James Mouton, born in Denver, Colorado, outfielder for the Houston Astros 1968 James Mouton, outfielder for the Houston Astros 1968 Derek Bell, Tampa Florida, outfielder for the Houston Astros 1968 Darryl Kile, Garden Grove California, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1968 John Johnstone, Liverpool, New York, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1968 Derek Bell, Tampa Florida, outfielder for the Houston Astros 1968 Randy Knorr, San Gabriel California, catcher for the Houston Astros 1968 Jeff Bagwell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, infielder for the Houston Astros 1968 Todd Jones, born in Marietta, Georgia, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1968 Houston Astros beat New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings 1968 Shane Reynolds, born in Bastrop, Louisiana, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1968 Brian Hunter, born in Torrance, California, infielder for the Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros 1968 Ross Powell, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros 1967 Dave Hajek, Roseville California, infielder for the Houston Astros 1967 Donne Wall, born in Potosi, Missouri, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1967 Rick Wilkins, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Richard Wilkins, baseball player, catcher, played Major League teams San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, also played for Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets 1967 Mike Simms, Whittier California, outfielder for the Houston Astros 1966 Dean Hartgraves, born in Bakersfield, California, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1966 Bill Spiers, born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, infielder for the Houston Astros 1966 Sean Berry, born in Santa Monica, California, infielder for the Houston Astros 1966 Chris Donnels, U.S. baseball infielder for the Houston Astros 1965 Craig Biggio, Smithtown, New York, infielder for the Houston Astros 1965 Xavier Hernandez, Port Arthur, Texas, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1965 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0) 1965 Greg Swindell, Fort Worth, Texas, pitcher, Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians 1964 Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros 1963 John Cangelosi, born in Brooklyn, New York, outfielder for the Houston Astros 1962 Doug Drabek, Victoria, Texas, pitcher, Houston Astros, New York Yankees 1961 Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros and New York Mets 1958 Bill Dawley, born in Norwich, Connecticut, baseball player, pitcher, played Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros, Chicago Whitesox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics 1957 Danny Heep, born in San Antonio, Texas, Daniel William Heep, athlete, baseball player, outfielder, coach, played for Houston Astros, played in two World Series, 1986 with New York Mets, 1988 with Los Angeles Dodgers, head coach for University of the Incarnate Word, Texas 1947 Jose Cruz, leftfielder, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros 1947 Nolan Ryan, pitcher, Mets, Angels, Astros, 7 no-hitters, 5,714 Ks |
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