The team also traded relief pitcher Jose Valverde, who led the major leagues in saves in 2007 with 47, to the Houston Astros for reliever Chad Qualls, RHP Juan Gutiérrez and IF / OF Chris Burke.

Five teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the Chicago White Sox ( fifth inning, July 1, 1962 against the Cleveland Indians ); the New York Yankees twice ( fourth inning, June 29, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers and third inning, August 19, 2000 against the Anaheim Angels ); the New York Mets ( second inning, June 24, 2005 against the Yankees ); and the Houston Astros ( seventh inning, June 26, 2005 against the Texas Rangers ).

The MVP award has been given to a player on the losing team twice, in 1986 to Mike Scott of the Houston Astros and in 1987 to Jeff Leonard of the San Francisco Giants.

Previously, because of a players ' strike in 1981, a split-season format forced a divisional playoff series, in which the Montreal Expos won the Eastern Division series over the Philadelphia Phillies three games to two while the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros three games to two in the Western Division.

Selig has made some decisions involving the Houston Astros that were unpopular with their supporters.

* Requiring the Houston Astros to move to the American League ( 2013 ), as a condition of the sale of the team to Jim Crane, resulting in an odd number of teams in each league and interleague play throughout the season

The White Sox last won the World Series in 2005 when they played the Houston Astros and swept them in four games.

In, he hired former Indian Mike Hargrove to manage and traded catcher Eddie Taubensee to the Houston Astros who, with a surplus of outfielders, were willing to part with Kenny Lofton.

Wood's signature performance was one-hitting the Houston Astros, a game in which he tied the major league record of 20 strikeouts in nine innings.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

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.

Two years earlier, Hampton had won 22 games and finished second in voting for the Cy Young Award as a member of the Houston Astros, while Neagle had been a 20-game winner in 1997 for the Atlanta Braves and had won fifteen games in 2000.

Major losses were all to free agency ( second baseman Kaz Matsui went to the Houston Astros and pitcher Josh Fogg went to the Cincinnati Reds ).

On May 24, Kazuo Matsui, former Rockies second baseman during the 2007 championship season, was resigned to the club following his unconditional release from the Houston Astros.

The Marlins defeated the Houston Astros 12 – 8 in their inaugural Spring Training game.

The first deal came days after the World Series, when the Marlins traded outfielder Moisés Alou to the Houston Astros for pitchers Oscar Hernandez and Manuel Barrios.

The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas.

The Astros were established as the Houston Colt. 45s in.

Houston Astros logo with their former home, The Astrodome Stadium 1975 – 1993

The rumors of the Astros moving out of Houston started to crumble and the Astros were now able to compete in the free-agent market.

Now back in Houston with two MVP awards and two World Series rings, Morgan wanted to help make the Astros a pennant winner.

After the Astrodome was renovated for the primary benefit of the Houston Oilers, the Astros began to grow increasingly disenchanted with the facility.

However, the move was not approved by other National League owners, thus compelling the Astros to remain in Houston.

The name " Houston Oilers " was unavailable to the expansion team, as that name was still owned by the Tennessee Titans, whose owner Bud Adams had retired the name from use in 1999.

Closer Robb Nen had pitched despite a damaged shoulder, an injury which eventually ended his career ( retired ), and Jeff Kent was not re-signed ( he went to play for the Houston Astros ).

Carroll Dyson, a retired pilot and Henderson County resident interviewed by the Houston Press, said in 2009 that the lake attracted " white flight " from metropolitan areas.

Gordon " Gordie " Howe, OC ( born March 31, 1928 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League ( NHL ), and the Houston Aeros and New England Whalers in the World Hockey Association ( WHA ).

** Houston Aeros ( AHL ) ( retired ; Howe played for the Houston Aeros ( WHA ) from 1973 – 1977 )

In January 1946, he became the commander of the Fourth Army at Fort Sam Houston, Texas where he retired in August 1947.

He worked, first in Houston, Texas and then in Shreveport, Louisiana, until he retired in 1963.

After Cooper retired in 2001, Houston clinched the playoffs with a 19-13 record, but lost in the first round in a sweep to the 2001 eventual champion Los Angeles Sparks.

JSC put in a bid to display one of the retired Space Shuttle orbiters but was not selected, much to the disappointment of the city of Houston.

Kenneth Lyle " Chub " Houston ( born September 15, 1953 ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player.

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo ( born June 25, 1966 ), commonly referred to as Dikembe Mutombo, is a retired Congolese American professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the NBA.

Charles Taylor Hennigan, Sr., known as Charlie Hennigan ( born March 19, 1935 ), is a retired American football player with the former Houston Oilers who resides in Shreveport, Louisiana.

After the season, he was signed by the Houston Astros to a minor league contract, but after being cut, he retired at age 40.

* Houston Astros Larry Dierker's retired uniform # 49.

The Houston Astros retired his No. 7 jersey on August 17, 2008, prior to the start of a game versus the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Ross served as Chief of the Vehicle Integration Test Office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas until he retired in January 2012.

He was selected by the Houston Texans in the 2002 expansion draft, but injuries prevented him from playing and he retired after the season.

In 2007, Richards retired from Boeing as the Deputy Program Manager for Space Shuttle, and now lives in Houston, Texas.

In 1988, Bobko retired from NASA and the Air Force to join the firm of Booz Allen Hamilton, in Houston, Texas.

Cameron retired from NASA in December of 2008 to join Northrop Grumman Corporation as the Director of Houston Operations for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.

Hilmers retired from NASA in October 1992, and is currently a faculty member of the Medicine / Pediatrics Department of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

He retired from the Astronaut Office, effective March 1, 1995, to assume the full-time position of Deputy Director for Operations Development, Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance Office, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.

He went on senior status on July 20, 1984, but never completely retired until his death in 1993 in Houston, Texas.