Pitcher Darryl Kile ( who died in 2002 ) signed as a free agent in the offseason, struggled in Colorado, going 13 – 17 with a 5. 20 ERA — a far cry from his numbers the prior year as a member of the Houston Astros, when he went 19 – 7 with a 2. 57 ERA.

The Texans joined the NFL in 2002 as an expansion team after Houston's previous franchise, the Houston Oilers, moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they are now the Tennessee Titans.

On March 2, 2000, Houston NFL 2002 announced that the team name search had been narrowed down to five choices: Bobcats, Stallions, Texans, Toros, and Apollos.

The list of names was determined after several months of research conducted jointly by Houston NFL 2002 and NFL Properties.

But the team lost its next two games, and suffered embarrassing losses to the Houston Texans over the course of the season ( Jacksonville has struggled against the Texans since Houston entered the league in 2002 ).

* 2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.

On October 31, 2002, Fastow was indicted by a federal grand jury in Houston, Texas on 78 counts including fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy.

* Rice University South Campus Master Plan, Houston, Texas, 2002

* January 22 Richard Causey was indicted on federal wire fraud and conspiracy charges for his activities at Enron between 1998 and 2002 in Houston, Texas.

In 2002 the NFL added its 32nd team, the Houston Texans, and significantly reshuffled its divisional alignment.

As of 2002, the largest two cities within Fort Bend County were Missouri City and Sugar Land, with portions of Houston combining to make up the county's third largest " city ".

Renée C. Lee said that Conroe around 2002 was a " a sleepy, semi-rural town 40 miles north of Houston " and that at the time, Conroe city officials needed to use financial incentives to attract home developers to Conroe.

Drafted in the second round of the 2002 MLB Entry Draft by the Houston Astros.

The exhibit opened at the Washington, D. C. museum complex in 1997 and later went on a national tour which lasted until 2002 and visited various museums, including the San Diego Museum of Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Toledo Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum.

On 21 June 2002 the Houston, Texas radio station 104. 1 KRBE declared the 21st of June as " Paulina Day " in Houston.

In 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2002, the Liberty went to the WNBA Finals but fell short the first three attempts to Houston and in 2002 to Los Angeles.

In 2002, the Menil Collection, Houston, mounted Agnes Martin: The Nineties and Beyond.

During 2002, she performed for many benefit concerts, the famous VH1 Divas Live, a concert to benefit the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, alongside Cher, Anastacia, Dixie Chicks, Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Shakira and Stevie Nicks.

The Chicago Wolves ( 2002, 2008 ), Houston Aeros ( 2003 ), and Milwaukee Admirals ( 2004 ) have all won Calder Cup titles since joining the AHL from the IHL.

In 2002, the New York City Opera telecast its new version of the Houston Opera production, in a live performance from the stage of Lincoln Center.

The " Texans " name has since been revived by the NFL for the current Houston Texans, which started play in 2002.

In 2002, the Starzz made it to the playoffs again, and this time beat the Houston Comets in the Western Conference Semifinals 2 games to 1.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

Astros management faced a public relations nightmare when the energy corporation went bankrupt in the midst of one of the biggest corporate scandals in American history in 2001, and they bought back the remainder of Enron's thirty years of naming rights for $ 2. 1 million, rechristening the ballpark as Astros Field on February 7, 2002.

The team was affiliated with the Boston Red Sox ( 1995 – 98 ) and Houston Astros ( 1999 – 2002 ).

He played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros ( 1997 ), Florida Marlins ( 1998 ) and Detroit Tigers ( 2002 ).

He played for the Houston Astros from 2001 to 2002 and 2004.

Previously, Chávez played for the Montreal Expos ( 1996 – 1997 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1998 ), Houston Astros ( 2000, 2002 – 2005 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 2006 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 2008 ), and Toronto Blue Jays ( 2009 ).

His Major League Baseball career includes brief stints with the Houston Astros ( 1994 ), San Diego Padres ( 1995 ), New York Mets ( 1996 and 1997 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1998 ), Boston Red Sox ( 2005 ), and Seattle Mariners ( 2006 ), but he is best known for his success in the Japanese Central League between 1999 and 2004 where, as a member of the Yakult Swallows ( 1999 – 2002 ) and Yomiuri Giants ( 2003 – 2004 ), he was among that country's premier offensive players.

He coached in the Houston Astros minor league system as a hitting coach with the AAA New Orleans Zephyrs from 2002 to 2004.

Previously, he played with the Atlanta Braves ( 1991 – 1992, 2002 – 2003 ), Colorado Rockies ( 1993 – 1999, 2004, 2006 ), Tampa Bay Devil Rays ( 2000 – 2001 ), Houston Astros ( 2001 ), Washington Nationals ( 2005 ), and San Diego Padres ( 2006 ).

In 2002, Minute Maid bought the naming rights to re-brand the Houston Astros ballpark from Enron Field to Minute Maid Park.

In his first campaign with the Cardinals, in 1996, La Russa clinched the National League's Central Division title ( and also finished National League Runner-Up ), a feat his club repeated in 2000, 2001, 2002 ( his fourth Manager of the Year award ), 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2009 ( the Cardinals also tied for the National League Central crown with the Houston Astros in 2001 ).

He played with the Kansas City Royals ( 1988 – 95 ), Boston Red Sox ( 1996 – 99 ), Chicago Cubs ( 2001 – 02 ), Houston Astros ( 2002 ), Chicago White Sox ( 2003 ), New York Yankees ( 2004 – 05 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 2006 – 08 ) and the Arizona Diamondbacks ( 2009 ).

José Desiderio Rodriguez Lima ( September 30, 1972 – May 23, 2010 ) was a Dominican right-handed pitcher who spent thirteen seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) with the Detroit Tigers ( 1994 – 1996, 2001 – 2002 ), Houston Astros ( 1997 – 2001 ), Kansas City Royals ( 2003, 2005 ), Los Angeles Dodgers ( 2004 ) and New York Mets ( 2006 ).

The team, known from 1995 through 2008 as the Salem Avalanche, was previously affiliated with the Houston Astros from 2003 to 2008 and the Colorado Rockies from 1995 to 2002.

Williams then took command of the Houston Astros beginning in 2002.

From 2002 to 2006, Owen was the bench coach of the Round Rock Express, formerly the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros.

Santana had not played above low A ball before being chosen in the Rule 5 draft, and he likely would not have made his major league debut until at least the 2001 or the 2002 season with the Astros, if at all.

He has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1992 – 1997 ), Colorado Rockies ( 1997 – 2001 ), Houston Astros ( 2001 ), New York Mets ( 2002 – 2003 ), Boston Red Sox ( 2004 ), Texas Rangers ( 2005 ), the San Diego Padres ( 2005 ) and the Washington Nationals ( 2006 ).

He participated in the 2005 World Series where he hit the first World Series home run in Astros history, becoming only the second player whose last name is a type of animal to homer in the World Series ( the first was Tim Salmon in 2002 ).

Had he not been chosen in the rule 5 draft, he likely would not have made his major-league debut until the 2001 or the 2002 season with the Astros.

On May 19, 2002, the Astros honored Dierker, retiring his No. 49 jersey.