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1964 Houston Colt .45s Season
The 1964 Houston Colt .45s season was the team's 3rd season in Major League Baseball. It involved the Houston Colt .45s finishing in ninth place in the National League with a record of 66–96, 27 games behind the eventual 1964 World Series, World Series champion 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, St. Louis Cardinals. It was their final season for the team at Colt Stadium before relocating their games to the Reliant Astrodome, Astrodome in 1965 Houston Astros season, 1965, along with the accompanying name change to the "Houston Astros, Astros" for the '65 season. Offseason On April 8, just a few days before Opening Day, Colt .45s pitcher Jim Umbricht died of cancer. Umbricht had come back from cancer in 1963 to pitch in 35 games, but it returned during the offseason. His uniform number 32 would be retired by the Astros 1965 in baseball, the following season. Notable transactions * October 10, 1963: Claude Raymond (baseball), Claude Raymond was drafted by the Colt .45s from the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colt Stadium
Colt Stadium was a Major League baseball stadium that formerly stood in Houston, Texas. It was the temporary home of the expansion Houston Colt .45s for their first three seasons (1962–1964) while the Astrodome was being built, just to the south of it. After its use in Houston, it was dismantled and moved for use in two Mexican cities. Houston The stadium consisted of an uncovered one-level grandstand, stretching from foul pole to foul pole, with small bleacher stands in right and left field. One baseball annual published just before the season referred to it as "a barn-like thing." It is best remembered for the horribly hot and humid weather (and attendant mosquito population) that had necessitated building the first domed stadium. The field was conventionally aligned northeast (home to center field) at an elevation of above sea level. Temporary from the outset, the stadium was abandoned when the Astrodome was completed for the 1965 season. The Astros occasionally used it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |