Houston Colt .45s

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Major League Baseball team defunct baseball team

The Houston Colt .45s were the original name of Houston's Major League Baseball franchise during its early 1960s seasons before it became the Houston Astros.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball team → defunct baseball team →
basedInMetropolitanArea	Greater Houston →
city	Houston NERFINISHED →
competitionLevel	Major League Baseball →
country	USA → United States →
division	National League Western Division →
endTime	1964 →
expansionPartnerTeam	New York Mets →
expansionTeamIn	1962 Major League Baseball expansion →
finalSeason	1964 MLB season →
firstManager	Harry Craft →
firstSeason	1962 MLB season →
formerNameOf	Houston Astros →
franchise	Houston Astros franchise →
franchiseContinuesAs	Houston Astros →
governingBody	Major League Baseball →
homeBallpark	Colt Stadium →
inceptionAsFranchise	1962 →
joinedMajorLeague	1962 →
league	National League →
leagueAffiliation	National League (1962–1964) →
leagueStatusAtEntry	expansion franchise →
location	Houston, Texas NERFINISHED →
namedAfter	.45 caliber Colt revolver →
nickname	Colts →
notablePlayer	Bob Aspromonte NERFINISHED → Ken Johnson → Rusty Staub → Turk Farrell →
owner	Roy Hofheinz →
playedHomeGamesAt	Colt Stadium (1962–1964) →
reasonForNameChange	association with the new Astrodome → desire for a more space-age image →
renamedAs	Houston Astros →
replacedBy	Houston Astros →
shortName	Colts →
sport	baseball →
startTime	1962 →
state	Texas →
successorBallpark	Astrodome →
teamColors	navy blue → orange → white →
threwFirstNoHitterForFranchise	Ken Johnson →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Houston Astros →	originalName