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.

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Houston Colt .45s canonical 20

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball team ⓘ
defunct baseball team ⓘ
basedInMetropolitanArea Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Greater Houston
city Houston ⓘ
competitionLevel Major League Baseball ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: USA

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
division National League West ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: National League (1962–1964)
leagueStatusAtEntry expansion franchise ⓘ
location Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas
namedAfter .45 caliber Colt revolver ⓘ
nickname Colts ⓘ
notablePlayer Bob Aspromonte ⓘ
Ken Johnson ⓘ
Rusty Staub ⓘ
Turk Farrell ⓘ
owner Roy Hofheinz ⓘ
playedHomeGamesAt Colt Stadium ⓘ
surface form: 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 Houston Astrodome ⓘ
surface form: Astrodome
teamColors navy blue ⓘ
orange ⓘ
white ⓘ
threwFirstNoHitterForFranchise Ken Johnson ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Houston Astros → originalName → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Colt Stadium → homeTeam → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Colt Stadium → builtFor → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Colt Stadium → expansionFranchise → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Juan Marichal → noHitterOpponent → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Mike Cuellar → playedFor → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Nellie Fox → team → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Nellie Fox → finalMLBTeam → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Harry Craft → managedTeam → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Harry Craft → employer → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Colts → fullNameOf → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Colts → shortNameFor → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Colts → officialNameDuringExistence → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Colts → abbreviationOf → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Rusty Staub → MLBDebutTeam → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Rusty Staub → playedFor → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Ken Johnson → teamDuringNoHitter → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Ken Johnson → team → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Turk Farrell → playedFor → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ
Pat Gillick → employer → Houston Colt .45s ⓘ