Former Astros hurler Randy Johnson (97.3%) was also elected. Entries will be accepted through the end of the month by the Houston Sports Association.Ģ015 - Craig Biggio is elected to the Hall of Fame with 82.7% of BBWAA votes in his third year of eligibility, becoming the first Houston player to be inducted as an Astro. His number 40 is retired by the Astros the following spring, the second Houston player to be so honored.ġ961 - A contest to name the new Houston ballclub is announced. His young son, asleep in a bedroom above the garage, also dies in the tragedy. Bagwell insists he's never used them and no accuser has comes forward with any proof yet that doesn't seem to be good enough for some writers who declare their opposition.ġ975 - Pitcher Don Wilson, at age 29, dies at home from carbon monoxide poisoning after falling asleep in his car. While Judge Hofheinz calls the stadium "95-percent complete", commissioners are concerned that the deadline for the April 9th opener will be approaching soon.Ģ011 - Jeff Bagwell draws 41.7% of the vote in his first year on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, which sets off a debate about Bagwell's credentials and suspicions of steroid use. 252 with one homer in part-time duty before being shipped to Detroit in mid-season.ġ965 - Harris County Commissioners vote to restrict visitors from the construction site of the new domed stadium, fearing the constant traffic of onlookers would delay completion of the ballpark. 269 with 40 steals with the Astros in 20.ġ967 - Houston trades outfielder Lee Maye and a minor leaguer to the Cleveland Indians for outfielder Jim Landis, catcher Doc Edwards and a minor leaguer.
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296 with the Astros during two stints (2002, 2007-2008), including ten homers.ġ982 - Jason Bourgeois is born in Houston, TX. The catcher plays for Houston for four seasons (1965-1968) and was the only Houston catcher to bat leadoff before Craig Biggio arrived twenty years later.Ģ007 - Infielder Mark Loretta is signed to a one-year contract. The ceremony includes the firing of pistols into the ground by team, city and county officials.ġ940 - Ron Brand is born in Los Angeles, CA. Henry would win three games with two saves as a reliever that season while Jones would go 16-14 in two seasons for Houston.ġ962 - Ground is broken for the Astrodome.
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Louis Cardinals.ġ991 - The Astros ink free agent pitchers Dwayne Henry and Jimmy Jones to contracts. His time in Houston lasts only through August but he winds up the year celebrating a World's Championship with the St. Signed to a big free agent contract, the lefthander has a disappointing stint in Houston from 1993 to 1996, going 30-34 with a 4.48 ERA.Ģ006 - Free agent outfielder Preston Wilson signs a one-year deal with the Astros. 200 in 50 at bats but might be best remembered for a chair-throwing incident early in the year.ġ965 - Greg Swindell is born in Fort Worth, TX. 200 in 15 games before being traded to San Diego.Ģ001 - Houston signs infielder Charlie Hayes to a contract. 281 in 52 games during his strike-shortened rookie campaign then hits. He lives the boyhood dream of playing for the local big league club as an Astros infielder in 19. In seven seasons as an Astro, he would compile a 76-63 mark with a 3.66 ERA, two All-Star nods and four Gold Gloves before leaving in free agency after the 2018 campaign.ġ954 - Joe "Shoes" Pittman is born in Houston, TX. The lefthander would become the third Astro to win a Cy Young Award, and the first in the American League, after his 20-win season in 2015. For his 14 big league seasons, he compiled an 81-91 record with a 3.78 ERA.ġ988 - Dallas Keuchel is born in Tulsa, OK. He went 4-8 with a 2.40 ERA in 31 appearances.
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Larsen was purchsed by Houston in May of 1964 then traded to Baltimore the following April.
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Please select a day of the year from below:Ģ020 - Don Larsen, who pitched a perfect World Series game for the Yankees in 1956, passes away in Idaho at age 90.
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Astro historian Bob Hulsey has compiled an extensive list of the day-by-day highlights of the Astros franchise, and The Astros Daily is proud to include them here in their entirety.