Talk:Houston Astros/Archive 1

Colt .45's
Perhaps a section could be added on why the name was changed from the Colt .45's to the Astros?

Workin' on it. Wahkeenah 05:29, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Perspective
IMO, the breathless synopsis of the 2005 season, obviously written only a couple days ago, is awash in needless detail and sorely lacking in perspective. It painfully clear that it was written by a fan -- thank God every article on Wikipedia doesn't look like this. It's very amateurish.

I suggest, in about a year, someone go back and whittle this entry down by about 75%.

If the Cardinals make a comeback, you won't have to wait that long. Wahkeenah 01:59, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

About Perspective
If the astros do make it to the world series (provided they dont choke), then there does need to be a section for this year in the astros entry. The astros have never won a penant; it is a big deal.  (unsigned comment from User:128.194.131.128) 


 * Maybe you should take a look at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim article. Two very similar franchises, both entered the league about the same time, both had heartbreaking playoff losses, both waited about the same time for their first trip to the World Series, heck they both even have six letter names starting with "A".  See the section about the 2002 World Series.  Quite a bit more condensed then the current 2005 section of the Astros page. --Holderca1 18:46, 24 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Oh, c'mon, cut them some slack. It will be over in a few days, one way or another, and you can make the article more succinct once the giddiness factor has diminished. d:) Wahkeenah 23:13, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

The trend around here has been appeasement for one year, then the emotional attachment is gone, and the article can be converted to conform with the rest of the teams. I imagine if the Dodgers would have left Brooklyn in 2003 instead of '57, then I bet there would be separate pages for Brk and LA. If you look at teams that won the Series since Wiki started, those teams had an overdose of current events, then it was phased down to a reasonable article after a year or so. Maybe it is a fight not worth fighting until next year. Ah, that is just me talking, not like I have a gun to anyone's head.--CrazyTalk 23:21, 24 October 2005 (UTC)


 * That style of persuasion would be the Big Bang Theory. Wahkeenah 23:47, 24 October 2005 (UTC)


 * It's rather silly to have a World Series section under the Astros entry when there's already a 2005 World Series entry. Retropunk 03:33, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed, these details could simply be condesned into a description of the teams' '05 playoff run. --Madchester 06:29, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * You might soon be able to make a clean sweep of it. Wahkeenah 13:08, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

You guys played a good World Series. Even though, as a Chicago native, I'm happy with the outcome, you all were honestly one pitch away from winning most of those games. We just got luckier (Some would call it cosmic payback for the 2003 Cubs flameout, especially with that Game 4 Uribe catch. Anyways, you all can hold your heads high, and we'll see you again next year. :) Palm_Dogg 15:07, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I removed a lot of details for the 2005 NLCS / WS. There was just an asinine amount of information. If anyone really thinks it's necessary to have all the junk in there, go ahead and revert. Retropunk 22:46, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

The ESPN guys talked about how physically and emotionally drained the Astros were, after a season-long comeback effort, an 18-inning game with the Braves and a tough LCS with the Cardinals. The Sox were well-rested. The total margin of victory in this Series, only 6 runs, has to make this one of the most evenly-matched sweeps that has ever occurred. Wahkeenah 15:47, 27 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Game 4 was a microcosm of their entire season. How many games did they lose this year 1-0?  Also, I knew the series was over before Game 3 when they made such a big deal about the roof being open.  It seemed they were more concerned about about the roof than the White Sox.  --Holderca1 16:33, 27 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Yah, and the closed roof and the deafening noise didn't seem to bother Albert Pujols that much. Actually, the Series was effectively over when the Rocket went down in inning 2 of the first game. The 'Stros probably went as far as they could be expected to. Wahkeenah 17:02, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Current results
I removed this section. It probably shouldn't be in an encyclopedia, since it's more like daily updated news. 161.40.22.50 18:26, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Season by Season records
There is already one in the Kansas City Royals article. Can anyone put one here in the Astros article, this is coming straight from an Astros fan.

I also can't believe after all the good revampming and edits no one has even dared to even put a season by season record list. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.91.114.193 (talk • contribs) 17:51, 31 May 2006 (UTC).

Manager of the year
The Sporting News began presenting the first Manager of the Year award in 1936. Originally, the award was given to just one manager a year, but since 1986 a winner has been chosen from each league.

The Associated Press went the other way. From 1959 through 1983, the AP chose a manager of the year for each league, but now gives just a single award.

The Baseball Writers Association of America has named a manager of the year for each league since 1983.

So, pre-1983 this page (and most teams) use The Sporting News award as it was the first. Please don't continue to change it to the AP version. Cjosefy 13:25, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Top 3 in K's?
This got added to the intro of the article today. It's not intro material, but it might be an interesting note somewhere in the article, if it can be vetted:
 * The Astros are the only team that's had Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens and Randy Johnson (the top three on the all-time strikeouts list) on their roster at one point or another.

Anybody got time to verify it, or do you think it's not even worth the effort? —C.Fred (talk) 21:01, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Its easy to verify, just go to all three of their's page and it'll prove it-DarkestSideX 04:09, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup needed
The record-by-year and the succession boxes have cluttered the page - to the point where I can scroll and they are the only visible items on my 1280x800 screen. -- Win777 16:06, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The only clutter "offender" I see is the table of contents, which is huge and to the top of the article, but I don't advocate deleting it. —C.Fred (talk) 16:31, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I removed some sections and shorten a title that made the TOC way too wide. I would advocate moving the No-hitters section in the Trivia area and condensing it. Retropunk 06:32, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I removed the no-hitters section and added the two noteworthy no-hitters (Mike Scott's division clincher and the 6 pitcher no-hitter) to the trivia section.Cjosefy 07:50, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Minor League Affiliations
This article is missing the Minor League Affiliations section. I've added the header, can someone add the content? --CPAScott 01:55, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

POV
Removed a section that was POV against the GM. I'll admit hes bad, but the section it was in was wrong (shouldn't be in 2006 section), and it was too slanted POV. 24.167.68.211 00:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

uniforms
has anybody noticed that the uniforms are wrong? what about the red ones? 128.42.155.172 16:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

NLDS, WS, NLCS boxes
There's no reason to have this data in here for the pure purpose for showing predecessors and successors. This can be easily found on the NLDS, WS, and NLCS wikis. They have no encyclopedic value to the Houston Astros wiki other than to show they won the NLDS, WS, and NLCS, which is available in the infobox. Retropunk 00:04, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You can weigh your opinion at the Baseball WikiProject.  Retropunk 07:17, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

The "Texas Agreement"
I've removed this section, which is a complete hoax and runs afoul of WP:LIVING. There's a discussion at Talk:Texas_Rangers_%28baseball%29, where one editor bought the book that was the source for this material and found no mention of any "Texas Agreement." If someone tries to restore this section, it should be removed on sight. | Mr. Darcy talk 16:24, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Rivals
where does it end? There are now five rivals listed. It seems pretty subjective to me, and I'm not clear on how they are determined. If the Astros come in second to the Reds next year, should we add them to the list? I just think there are too many.Loganck 17:17, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * how are the CUBS RIVALS?!?! someone should fix that. Lindell005 06:51, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

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Would like to add new category.
I would like to ad "Category:Wikipedian_Houston_Astros_fans" at the bottom, but figure I'd bring it up for discussion first, if no one has any objections, I'll do it at the end of this month. --Hourick 16:03, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Why not creat article called Houston Astros Fans and have a link from this article to that article. Personally I think that would be a better choice. Besides this article is beginning to look like a fan page not an informative article on the Astros. --Mickey 17:03, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Season summaries do not belong!
Anna to put a season by season summery of every year is not way off. The point of the article is to give a breif history of the franchise and to highlight certain moments in time that made the team who they are. The article is becoming a "fan" page not an informative article about the team. Thus I deleted the season by season descriptions. If there is to be season by season descriptions than a separate page should be created for that information doesn't belong in this article. It makes the article too wordy and long. --Mickey 16:55, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is true but the way you were going about this was a bit of a mistake. Please create the pages, add the content, and then removed the content on the main page and link to the pages. When you deleted the 2008 season and said they was a separate page, that was correct, but none of the information that you deleted was actually in the article. Also most baseball teams pages keep the last two or three years. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 17:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Also consider adding to this page History of the Houston Astros. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 17:31, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Former Players hall of fame
Currentley the Astros have no player that has gone into the Hall Of Fame as an Astro. The players listed as Hall of Fame should be removed because they are not Astors hall of Fame players. Also the announcers need to be moved or removed as they are not players. Maybe there should be a Hall of Fame section?--Mickey 14:24, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

additional Players of note to lengthy
This section needs a complete overhaul! It seems as if there are player on there that were just fan favorites at the time. Bill doran is an example...while Doran was a great Astro what did he do to make himself stand out? Billy Hatcher on the other hand stands out because of that home run in the '86 playoffs v The Mets. Heck there is a whole chapter on Billy Hatcher in the book "One Pitch Away". So that is just an example. I am going to start an edit on this section in a few days unless I get some input back. --Mickey 17:05, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Looking at other team Wiki pages I think the Additional Players of Note section should be removed. While there are some good player listed there are also what appear to be peoples personal fav's. Thoughts? --Mickey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.110.205.6 (talk) 15:29, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

additional Players of note and home gorwn heroes removed
As mentioned above the Additional Player of note was removed because it was becoming more of a MY FAV PLAYER section. Also there wasn't a reason as to why the players were in such a list. Tuffy Rhodes? Why? Because he has a cute nickname? Also the Home Grown Heros was removed. Houston is not unique in that we have player that have/do play on the Astros that are from the area. Cleveland, New York, LA, just to name a few all have or have had player from the area play on their teams. I am sure most teams have players either from the area or state that have played on their team. --Mickey 17:44, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Major clean up and organize
Okay I stared put the page together in decades versus a few years here and there. This give a better look and feel to the page. I did however leave the 1986 season as a stand out as that was such a great team and year! No not ever playoff year should be highlighted. We should highlight the World Series appearance. The 2000's look really bad! There is no need for a year by year break down. Could someone start an edit combining the 2000's, but Highlight the world series appearance? --208.110.205.6 (talk) 17:22, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Another idea
I think we could/should move Coke-Cola park patrol, the rabbit mascot, and the train (and if you can think of something else) to a section based on Team supported traditions. Where as the Killer B's, and the Baby Puma's etc., are FAN traditions. Thoughts? --Mickey 18:41, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree to remove the Coke-Cola park patrol, as it is irrelevant to the Astros and not exactly unique to baseball games. I think the mascot and the train should stay, however. I don't know how the team doesn't support the mascot, as it was their own brainchild. The train is a unique part of Minute Maid Park and the area surrounding it and is embraced by the organization as well as the fans.--Almosthonest06 (talk) 19:13, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool! Glad to hear some feed back! --Mickey 13:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

The Houston Astros Coca Cola Park Patrol is actually the very first interactive sports promotions team because it is derived out of the former sports entertainment giant, Sports Magic. Now it is owned by Dukeman Productions and they also handle account for the Texas Rangers and the Houston Texans as well.

The more I think about it
Forgive me but as I look at the other pages I am now wondering if we should put the time lines in some sort of era based on when things happened or when player played in Houston. for example the "Biggio, Bagwell Era". My only concern with this is having everyone remember something from thier time. I mean do we need a "clemens petit" era? I am researching 1969 to 1975 right now in that was when the Astros made that blockbuster trade to the Reds that included Joe Morgan. I have finished my research on the building years of 1980 - 1985 in which the Astros basicly built the 1986 team. Anyway for now I will not touch anything. Just looking for input. --Mickey 17:55, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

rewrite on "beginnings"
I started research on the history of the Astros that lead me to several sources of great information. Some of which is UofH and the Chronicle. The old intro lead the reader to believe that expansion to Houston was a result of the Giants and Dodgers leaving for New York for the West Coast. Not true. Houston prior to 1962 had been trying to get MLB in the city for some time. The result of getting MLB in Houston was the formation of the Houston Sports Association and MLB NOT wanting the Continental League to place teams in potentially future markets. Also, there are For men cheifly responsible for bringing baseball to Houston, thus the inforamtion before was wrong. As Wikipedia stated before "citation needed" I found several websites with the exact infromation but with nothing siting a source. Marco A Perez and Bud Adams were thus removed. The previous article also made it sound as if Kirksey, Hofheinz and Smith were small players when in fact they, along with Cullinan, were the major players in bring MLB to Houston. I listed my source, unlike the previous "begginnings" section. Hope you like it. --Mickey 15:14, 26 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickeyp2814 (talk • contribs)

Is "quick Facts" really necessary?
Most of the info in "Qick Facts" is covered in the opening description and in the box with the logos, uni's, colors, etc. I think it is not needed. We could add the television and radion stations to the very beging, including announcers. Do we need the motto? I think we do not. That should be found in the Astros 2008 season article. As far as "famous fans" who cares? Rivals are covered in the article, but again this could be added to the very beginning. Thoughts? --Mickey 13:11, 3 October 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickeyp2814 (talk • contribs)

1971 - 1974 and the Big Trade
I have finished '71 - '74 and also added the big trade. The Big Red Machine article in Wikipedia really doesn't do it justice and I added information regarding the trade as what it became...which was a part of the Big Red Machine. I feel it is important to the Astros History to include this information. Also I am starting on the 1975 - 1979 seasons, which I have already done a lot of research on and hope to post it 10/20/2008 or 10/21/2008. Any information would be great! Mickeyp —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickeyp2814 (talk • contribs) 15:50, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of "Rainbow Guts" page
Just to alert those interested in the Astros that there has been a proposed deletion of the page on the Astros' famous Rainbow Guts uniforms of the 1970s. It is of course ridiculous to assert that the uniforms never existed, but I encourage those interested in Astros history to assist in improving the page and adding citations where necessary. Acsenray (talk) 02:00, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

No one is saying the uniform never existed. There are no links in the article. Also, the uniform, while may be known as “Rainbow Guts” to some in the Houston area, nationally it is known as the “Rainbow” uniform. Maybe a rename of the article to “The Rainbow uniform” with the description and comment on “it is also known as Rainbow Guts.” That is how I see it. However, it needs references. Mickeyp —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickeyp2814 (talk • contribs) 13:21, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Rainbow Guts
I have been researching the "Rainbow Guts" uniform and all I find is blogs, opinion polls and fans that call it "Rainbow Guts". I have lived in Houston all my life, went to games in the "Rainbow era" and have only heard locals (few at that) refer to the Rainbow uni as "Rainbow guts". Even the Astros web site refers to the jersey as "The Rainbow Jersey". What I am getting at is we want the Astros article to be as factual as we can make it. I Purpose the "Rainbow Guts" article be rewritten as "The Rainbow Jersey" or "Astros Rainbow Jersey" and refer it it as "sometimes called Rainbow Guts" and we link to that article from the Astros article. Thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickeyp2814 (talk • contribs) 13:41, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I think someone needs to summarize and reduce it in about half size. Stevefis (talk) 01:35, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Hall of Fame
Deleted the Hall of Fameers that were listed as they did not go in to the HOF as Astros. Looking at some other Articles I found they did not have players or announcers that played for their team but not in the HOF with that team listed. Also deleted announcer Harr Kalas because he is know as the voice of the phillies since 1971. When Biggio and Bagwell gat in the GOF we will some player to list! Mickeyp —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickeyp2814 (talk • contribs) 15:44, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

changes made MArch 30 2009
There has been a lot of stuff added to the article that doesn't belong. For example stating that there is a sports show on Fox! Who cares? just the facts! keep it simple. Also all changes need to be signed. If you do not have an account you can still add you name or handle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickeyp2814 (talk • contribs) 14:43, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Away Uniforms
The all gray uniforms haven't been the Astros regular Away uniform for at least 3 years. I think this needs to be changed in the infobox.SChaos1701 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:23, 14 May 2009 (UTC).

merge the history of the Houston Astros and History portion of this article
I would say since the history part takes up such a long portion, it would work best as a seperate page.--Levineps (talk) 05:38, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Photos for individual seasons
While looking at various seasons I noticed there isn't much of a photo history. While I don't want the page to turned into one big gallery, a few photos of highlights of the game and changes of the stadium would be nice. --Hourick (talk) 04:20, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

2001 NL Central Division champs
There is a a discussion regarding the Astros and the Cardinals that finished with the same record, and the Astros were seeded in the playoffs as division winner while the Cardinals were seeded as the wildcard. Should both be called co-champions of the division?

Feel free to join at Talk:St. Louis Cardinals.—Bagumba (talk) 02:56, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

AL section is too soon.
The section Move to the American League should be deleted, the event is scheduled for the 2013 season. GoodDay (talk) 06:27, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Major Work
I use to work on the Astros page and have done most of the content up to 1980 and some in 1986. I have returned to find it in pretty bad shape. Not that it was in the best shape when I did my edits. Here is a list of things, IMO, we should focus on. Keep it short if possible. Summerize seasons do not tell a story. This will have to be done going back to the begining. Mascots and triditions are not necessary. This is debatable. My opinion is unless the mascot or tridition has been long and part of Astros history we do not add it. clean up citions and add citions. Very impotant. These are just my thoughts. I see a lot of story telling and POV when it should be summary and factual. Check each others work and if changes are made state the change. Thoughts? Mickey 16:46, 23 December 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickeyp2814 (talk • contribs)

move to AL
Move to Al Why do the Astros have to move It definitely screws the idea of an I 45 World Series selling the the team and have new owner is one thing changing WTFMrp8196 (talk) 09:41, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Franchise History subsection headings
While I think the history itself is very well-written, I think the subsection headings are too sensationalistic and not encyclopedic in tone. They would be great for a book on baseball or the astros, but not so much for an encyclopedia. Any thoughts? 76.231.150.69 (talk) 14:52, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Identify Player, First Name Robert
Hi, I would like to asked abt Robert not know last name if is Astros from Houston Texas retired 1962 or 1964 and he is 64 yrs old live in Los Angeles How I contact to him Robert chat to me almost everyday online show me Pictures of his Fan baseball of him to be just be friend from Zoosk can t open to chat so I wonder from his email address for to keep company. P.S. send me my answer my Name is Ruth Priester Thank you if let me know would u God Blessed....... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.73.213.210 (talk) 04:29, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

New Uniforms
Are pics of the new uniforms going to be put up? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.155.94 (talk) 19:04, 3 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Here's my attempt at the new uniforms. http://kaiserthegreat.com/zzz/ALW-Uniform-HOU.png If we like it, can someone help me traverse through the horror that is Wiki's upload form?  I can't figure out which options to select. - Kaiserthegreat (talk) 19:21, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Pretty nice, but you forgot the Sunday/BP uniforms. I know that they usually don't put BP unis on Wikipedia, but the Stros are going to have those double as the Sunday jersey with the orange being the Friday jersey.
 * I wasn't sure if that was official yet. I've only seen it called a "Sunday jersey" on a video game, and BP jersey everywhere else.  But if it does end up being official, I made that one, too.  http://kaiserthegreat.com/zzz/ALW-Uniform-HOU.png Kaiserthegreat (talk) 18:16, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * They announced it as the Sunday uniform at the unveiling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.155.94 (talk) 12:54, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 * They wore the blue jersey on Sunday. Can we change the image now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.155.94 (talk) 20:52, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, what about the Saturday home uniform where they wear the orange cap? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.155.94 (talk) 05:16, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

The Astros have transcended again.
Reading the MLB standings, I have seen that the Astros have ALREADY surpassed their worst record with 109, possibly 110 or even 111, losses by season's end, just barely worse than their last season's at 107 losses. Should we record this on the Wikipedia article now? --BillxMach (talk) 18:47, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

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The team name after the first season
I added a dubious tag to the section about the team from 1962 - 1965. While it's true the team's first name was Colt 45's, this was NOT the team's name until it became the Astros in 1965. I'm not exactly sure when it was changed, but it was shortened to just Colts sometime after the first season due to a copyright dispute with the Colt Firearm Co. I know for a fact that during the 1964 season the teams name was just Colts. It's really embarrassing that this article doesn't have this right. Can no one here verify this and correct it??????? __209.179.55.119 (talk) 18:25, 26 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Baseball-Reference and MLB.com disagree with you. Some archived articles seem to suggest that they were called the "Colts", but that it was an informal shortening of the official name, "Colt .45s". If you can find verifiable confirmation that they actually changed their name to "Colts" from "Colt .45s", we can include it, but it doesn't seem to be the case. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:32, 26 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Well, does that mean that was no trademark dispute with the Colt Firearm Co.? Isn't that why they stop using the ".45" in their name, as well dropping the Colt pistol from their logo? I think I first read about this back in 1976 when The Sporting News did that four issue history of the National League. I know some teams have shortened nicknames for the team (A's / Athletics; Mets / Metropolitans), but dropping the ".45" from the name changes the team name into something else. It's kind of surprising that the actual facts of this isn't common knowledge. __209.179.55.119 (talk) 23:39, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

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Retired numbers
The graphics for the retired numbers look horrible. The creator stats they made the images in MSPaint. That should be explanation enough. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.113.3 (talk) 20:45, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I totally agree (I was going to say bad WordArt rather than MSPaint but still). A simple table would convey the same information much more easily. If there are no objections here I will go ahead and make the change soon. --Jameboy (talk) 15:43, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Now done. --Jameboy (talk) 21:52, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, they are tacky.—Bagumba (talk) 00:55, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

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Division titles
The division titles need to be separate, because it's different divisions, instead of NL Central/West Division titles it can be

NL West Division titles (3) 1986, 1981, 1980. NL Central Division titles (4) 2001, 1999, 1998, 1999.

That way it'll be easier for people when they look at the division titles separate instead of both all together because then some people would wanna know which one is for the west and the central — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Speller (talk • contribs) 00:19, 25 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I would agree the division titles need to be separate, because if we did that just for this page then every team that changed divisions should be the same for consistency. Then I'm sure there would be the issue of someone trying to do the same thing for the MILB, MLS, NBA, NFL, and NHL. Joker4lifead (talk) 23:40, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Crewed space program is wrong
Sorry, but Johnson Space Center is and was always known as the Manned Space Center. I know that some folks would like to rename it now, and re-write history but it is and always will be the MANNED space center. I speak as a veteran of JSC, and it is not negotiable. That is the name. MEN put men on the moon. MANned space center. Period, full-stop. Do whatever you want in the future, but please don't try to rewrite history. 73.6.96.168 (talk) 10:20, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2019
Description of change: Additional information on team purchase price.

On November 15, 2011, it was announced that Crane had agreed to move the franchise to the American League for the 2013 season. The move was part of an overall divisional realignment of MLB, with the National and American leagues each having 15 teams in three geographically balanced divisions. Crane was originally going to pay $680 million for the team but was given a $70 million concession by MLB for agreeing to switch leagues and ended up paying a net of $610 million dollars for the team; the move was a condition for the sale to the new ownership group.[62] Two days later, the Astros were officially sold to Crane after the other owners unanimously voted in favor of the sale.[4] It was also announced that 2012 would be the last season for the Astros in the NL.[63] After over fifty years of the Astros being a part of the National League, this move was unpopular with many Astros fans.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2011/11/18/houston-astros-sold-for-610-million/#4dd74ba69cf6 Mazen421 (talk) 17:01, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
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Garner
Under "2004" it says that Phil Garner had been a member of the 1980 division winning Astros team. He was not. He was, however, a member of the 1986 Astros club. I changed it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LoveCowboy2024 (talk • contribs) 18:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Quick Facts Rivals Not the Braves
The Atlanta Braves are NOT an Astros rival and never have been. While the Astros and Braves have had some great playoff series they have no history other than playing each other in the playoffs. If the Braves are a rival than the Dodgers, Phillies, and Padres are rivels. The reason that St Louis is a rival is because the Astros have a long history with St Louis. Houston use to be where St Louis' minor league team, The Buffaloes, was located. The Rangers are a rival based on being in the same state and the games are for bragging rights. The Astros and Braves play each other 6 times a year 3 games in each teams park. They are NOT in the same divison so the games are not for a divison battle. -Mickeyp2814 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.110.205.6 (talk) 13:57, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Nationality of Players
Given the fact that baseball is becoming an increasingly more international sport (i.e., more non-U.S. leagues in existence, more non-U.S. players in the MLB), the roster formatting on Wikipedia should probably be updated to reflect that. If you look at the formatting for other international sports (such as soccer), the player nationalities are indicated using flag icons. I think this would be a beneficial update to each of the major league rosters in the MLB, it would not be too difficult to implement and it would not clutter the information on the page. However, before such change a change is implemented, I thought it would be healthy to achieve at least some form of consensus on the talk page for each team. yuristache (talk) 01:10, 24 July 2010‎ (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 November 2020
The Astros HOF Class of 2020 inductees: Lance Berkman, César Cedeño, Roy Hofheinz, Roy Oswalt, Billy Wagner and Bob Watson. 2601:204:DC80:D8E0:64B6:8546:D67F:5B97 (talk) 15:46, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 16 July 2022
Add to the portion of the teams history. Talking about the 2017 World Series should be with the preface of the cheating scandal that is not mentioned, and directly include the facts behind the World Series. Scooterlibs23 (talk) 09:51, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Usually these requests should be written in a "Change X to Y" format. There is no shortage of coverage of the scandal. The article is organized like it is because there was no knowledge of the 2017 events until much later. Larry Hockett (Talk) 10:07, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

May need new section - Electronic sign-stealing controversy/report/accusation - leading to new MLB rule

 * The Houston Astros have long been suspected by rival teams and industry insiders of using electronic methods to steal opponents’ signs at Minute Maid Park, and a story published Tuesday appears to confirm the team used a video feed from a camera stationed in center field to steal catchers’ signs and relay them to its hitters during its 2017 World Series championship season.


 * According to the story, a camera in center field caught signs from the catcher and sent a video feed to a monitor behind the Astros’ dugout. Once the signs were decoded, the pitch choices were relayed to hitters by a player or staff member banging on a trash can to indicate breaking balls or off-speed pitches.


 * While the Astros’ alleged sign-stealing operation was initiated by players, it also “required the direct aid of at least some on the baseball operations staff,” people familiar with the situation told the Athletic.

A 2018 incident allegedly led to MLB distributing "new rules to teams regarding electronic sign-stealing before the 2019 season, including one that specifically banned cameras beyond the outfield fences trained on the catcher’s signs."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/11/12/astros-sign-stealing-mlb/

The Washington Post article provides a link to the "Report" but it's beyond a paywall. From the part I can read, the article seems to about more than just one team and it singles out advanced technology as the issue.

https://theathletic.com/1363451/2019/11/12/the-astros-stole-signs-electronically-in-2017-part-of-a-much-broader-issue-for-major-league-baseball/

Seems odd there wouldn't already be a rule forbidding sign stealing by electronic means. Ileanadu (talk) 04:26, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
 * , I'm pretty sure there is a rule against it. But, we need to wait before adding this here. It may not belong here at all, as opposed to 2017 Houston Astros season or 2017 World Series (or any other directly mentioned 2017 series), where it may belong. Beware of WP:RECENTISM and WP:NOTNEWS, and remember that this is the main article for the whole franchise, not the 2017 season. – Muboshgu (talk) 04:48, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

According to MLB they have yet to officially rule on the Astros 2017 WS I feel that everything revolving that season should remain in place until the MLB rules on it I was on looking at this link http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws.jsp?feature=club_champs and it still has the team list as WS champs. Joker4lifead (talk) 05:00, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Remove the asterisk from 2017 where it says World Series titles Stroker 289 (talk) 04:29, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Done.—Bagumba (talk) 04:56, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

I've created an article on sign stealing. – Muboshgu (talk) 05:15, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * And someone created Houston Astros sign stealing scandal.—Bagumba (talk) 05:30, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Bias in terminology: The word ‘cheating’ appears twice in the headlines of sources in the 'in-line citations' block. The word 'cheat' or 'cheating' does not appear anywhere in the main article body. Instead, the phrase 'sign stealing' is used in the main body. The string ‘stealing’ or 'sign-stealing' also appears twice in the in-line citation headlines.

The aversion to using the word 'cheat' when sources are free with it seems to be an indicator of bias in this article; please be aware. - 98.218.24.168 (talk) 09:32, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Cross out 2017 World Series Victory.
The 2017 win of the World Series should be crossed out, or a note should be added indicating the illegal methods they used to win. Jhynes1 (talk) 20:26, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * That's not how that works. As far as all records are concerned, the Astros still hold a World Series title, even if they cheated. Drew14004 (talk) 02:01, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Plus Wikipedia would go by whatever the MLB decides, anyway. Peaceray (talk) 03:39, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree Astros should be stripped of their title for cheating. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.46.251.141 (talk) 18:39, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Take that up with Rob Manfred. Unless MLB vacates the championship (spoiler: they won't), we keep it listed. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:11, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Requesting an asterisk for both AL pennants as well as the World Series title until the MLB confirms they will vacate those pennants. Obviously without sign stealing it is possible that the Houston Astros of 17 and 19 as well as the Boston Red Sox of 18 may not have reached the World Series. Especially note how the teams struggled to win on the road against the Yankees. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AstrosRCheaters (talk • contribs) 20:04, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , request all you want, we're not doing anything like that unless MLB does it first. And they've said the World Series championship stands. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:10, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

When was Jim Umbricht's number retired?
He died April 8, 1964, and this article says his number was retired in 1965, when the team had changed nickname to Astros, and I find that on the "baseball in 1964" page too. But Umbricht's article says his number was retired immediately. Please reconcile. Carlm0404 (talk) 00:26, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Just-plain Colts?
My memory may be deceiving me (it’s 47 years ago, after all), but I could have sworn that they played their first season in the National League (1962) as just the Houston Colts. The “.45s” was added later to clarify that they were talking abut the pistols and not young horses. As I say, my memory may be faulty, but I distinctly remember their starting out as the just-plain Houston Colts. Can anybody definitively confirm or refute this? —Dodiad (talk) 03:39, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * You're kind of right, but you've got your facts backwards. The team started as the Colt 45s, but a trademark dispute with the Colt Manufacturing Company prevented them from keeping the name. I think they only kept it for one season but I won't swear to it. I know that during the 1964 season they were just the Colts. I know this because I used to have a scorecard from an August 1964 Colts/Cardinals game that I sold on eBay a year ago.


 * I'm flabbergasted that this isn't on the main page and that this is the only entry on the subject. What's wrong with everybody? 209.179.21.14 (talk) 22:13, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Not to be confused with "Colts" as used by the Baltimore (later Indianapolis) club in the NFL. Carlm0404 (talk) 00:28, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2022
Change Houston to Houston, Texas to avoid confusion. Thanks! 70.120.80.203 (talk) 21:24, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ by . SkyWarrior  21:41, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

The 2022 season needs more to it
right now it is a tiny section where in that year they got another combined no hitter against the Yankees. They also got the double immaculate innings in that one game. Also the ALDS deserves a bit of love as well. Also did you mention that this was the first time Verlander got a win in the world series? 158.135.169.143 (talk) 18:59, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is editable by anyone. If you have sourced information that you'd like to add in an encyclopedic format, then please do so. Brian Reading (talk) 02:26, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Add game 5 WS for the 2022 section
as while not as big as GM 4 it was a close one and that win gave Justin Verlander his first WS win ever after being in 5 previous World Series and had been in been 0-6 in 8 appearances which was big for him and the Astros. This was the game that also had the heroics of Trey Mancini in the 8th and Chas McCormick in the 9th which got them out of jams and prevents runs to score and players to get on base to secure Verlander's first win and putting the Astros within one win and coming back home (which they had been in the last two WS and lost both of them) for GM 6. 158.135.174.142 (talk) 04:23, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Owner of the Astros
Owner of Astros - Adolis Garcia. 2603:8001:64F0:8D00:6D83:953C:3486:6670 (talk) 03:30, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
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