1964 Houston Colt .45s season

Third season in Major League Baseball for Houston, and final as the Colt .45s March 2026 November 2013 Houston Colt .45s 1964 National League Colt Stadium Houston, Texas 66 96 y 9th Roy Hofheinz Paul Richards Harry Craft, Lum Harris KTRK-TV KPRC (AM)(Gene Elston, Loel Passe) 1965 Houston Astros season The 1964 Houston Colt .45s season was the third season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, a member of the National League (NL) based at Colt Stadium, The Colt .45s entered the season with a 66–96 record, in ninth place and 33 games behind the NL pennant and World Series-winning Los Angeles Dodgers. The Colt .45s commenced their season on April 13, hosted by the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field, where Ken Johnson made the Opening Day start for the Astros, who won, 6–3. On April 19, right-hander Bob Bruce delivered the first-ever immaculate inning for Houston. Ten days after the season started, on April 23, Ken Johnson hurled the second no-hitter in franchise history. However, he became the first pitcher in major league history to lose a complete game no-hitter in nine innings, a 1–0 defeat to Cincinnati. Pitcher Turk Farrell represented the Colt .45s for the MLB All-Star Game, his fourth career selection. Manager Harry Craft was terminated on September 19 and replaced by bench coach Lum Harris. The final game at Colt Stadium was hosted on September 27, a 1–0, 12-inning victory over Los Angeles. Jimmy Wynn delivered the final, walk-off hit, while starter Bob Bruce earned the victory via a complete game shutout. The Colt .45s concluded the 1964 season with a 66–96 record, in ninth place and 27 games behind the NL pennant and eventual World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. This was the final of three seasons in which Houston played as the Colt .45s and at Colt Stadium before being renamed the Astros and relocating to The Astrodome effective the following year. Offseason Summary The Houston Colt .45s concluded the 1963 campaign with a 66 96 y record, ranking ninth in the National League (NL), 33 games behind the NL pennant and World Series-winning Los Angeles Dodgers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1963.shtml 1963 National League team statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 3, 2026 During the first-ever exhibition game between the Colts and their expansion mates, the New York Mets in Spring Training on March 23, 1964, nineteen-year-old rookie phenom John Paciorek swatted a bases-loaded triple during the first inning. Paciorek had made a triumphant major league debut during the previous year's regular-season finale, going three-for-three with two base on balls. However, due to back injuries, he would be rendered unable to participate in another regular-season major league contest.https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=paciojo01 John Paciorek stats, height, weight, research & history Baseball Almanac February 22, 2026 On April 8, just days before Opening Day, Colt .45s pitcher Jim Umbricht died of cancer at age 33. Umbricht had returned after diagnosis and treatment in 1963 to pitch in 35 games, but relapse occurred during the offseason. The team officially retired his jersey number 32 the following Opening Day, on April 12, 1965, during a pre-game ceremony and the regular-season opening ceremony of the Astrodome. His jersey number was the first to be retired by the team.Ayers Thomas https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jim-umbricht/ Jim Umbricht Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) March 15, 2021 September 21, 2025 Notable transactions October 10, 1963: Claude Raymond was drafted by the Colt .45s from the Milwaukee Braves in a 1963 special draft.https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/raymocl01.shtml Claude Raymond stats, height, weight, position, rookie status & more Baseball-Reference.com September 6, 2025 Regular season Summary April + Opening Day starting lineup Uniform Uniform number Player Position 11 Eddie Kasko Shortstop 2 Nellie Fox Second baseman 3 Pete Runnels First baseman 23 Walt Bond Left fielder 20 Rusty Staub Right fielder 24 Jimmy Wynn Center fielder 14 Bob Aspromonte Third baseman 7 John Bateman Catcher 40 Ken Johnson Pitcher Venue: Crosley Field • Houston 6, Cincinnat 3 Sources:https://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196404130CN5 Houston Colt .45s (6) vs Cincinnati Reds (3) box score Baseball Almanac April 13, 1964 October 18, 2025https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/1964-uniform-numbers.shtml 1964 Houston Colt .45s uniform numbers Baseball-Reference.com October 18, 2025 The Colt .45s triumphed over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field, 6–3, for Opening Day on April 13, to obtain sole possession of first place for the only time during their first three years.Hulsey Bob https://www.astrosdaily.com/history/thisdate/index.html This date in Astros history Astros Daily November 29, 2025 In the top of fifth, Nellie Fox's two-run batted in (RBI) single extended Houston's lead, 3–0. and Cincinnati native Jimmy Wynn homered in the sixth inning.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN196404130.shtml Houston Colt .45s (6) vs Cincinnati Reds (3) box score Baseball-Reference.com April 13, 1964 January 6, 2026 President Lyndon B. Johnson, in attendance, looked on as Colts starter Ken Johnson painted a two-hit shutout into the ninth inning, before Bob Skinner launched a two-run blast. Hal Woodeshick recorded the final out for the save. Bob Bruce's immaculate inning During the eighth inning versus the St. Louis Cardinals on April 19, Bob Bruce entered in relief and hurled the first immaculate inning to club history.https://astrosdaily.com/history/strikeouts.html The Strikeout Zone Astros Daily January 26, 2008 December 9, 2025 The right-hander set down Bill White swinging, Charlie James looking, and Ken Boyer swinging. However, the Colts lost to Bob Gibson in a masterful complete game, 6–1. Bruce returned for ninth inning, whom Johnny Lewis greeted with a single to center field and then stole second base. However, Bruce proceeded to strike out the side again, ringing up Tim McCarver, Julián Javier and Gibson.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU196404190.shtml St. Louis Cardinals (6) vs Houston Colt .45s (1) box score Baseball-Reference.com April 19, 1964 December 9, 2025 Bruce struck the immaculate inning just one day after Sandy Koufax hurled the third of his career.https://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats17.shtml Immaculate innings Baseball Almanac April 29, 2026 Ken Johnson's no-hitter On April 23, Houston starter Ken Johnson became the first pitcher in major league history to lose a complete game no-hitter in nine innings when he was beaten 1–0 by the Cincinnati Reds.https://www.mlb.com/astros/history/timeline Astros history – Timeline MLB.com August 28, 2025 Cincinnati's Pete Rose scored the only run of the contest. In the ninth inning, he reached second base via error on Vada Pinson's batted ground ball and later scored.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU196404230.shtml April 23, 1964 Cincinnati Reds (1) vs Houston Colt .45s (0) box score August 28, 2025 Baseball-Reference.com Prior to Johnson's remarkable—though dubious—accomplishment, nine other mound slingers had lost no-hit games in extra innings.Schmitt Steven https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-23-1964-ken-johnson-pitches-a-no-hitter-for-houston-and-loses-the-game-to-reds/ Ken Johnson pitches a no-hitter for Houston … and loses the game to Reds Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) April 23, 1964 December 9, 2025 This magnus opus succeeded Don Nottebart after less than one year on May 17, 1963, in a 4–1 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies as the second no-hitter in franchise history.https://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/official-no-hitters.shtml Official no-hitters in Major League Baseball Baseball Almanac January 26, 2026 In addition to becoming the only pitcher to lose a no-hitter, Johnson's was just the third in the major leagues to have been thrown by an individual pitcher which also did not result in a shutout.Seidman Eric https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-non-shutout-no-hitter/ The non-shutout no-hitter FanGraphs April 25, 2011 January 25, 2026 Rather, Joe Nuxhall, Johnson's mound opponent, was credited with the shutout and victory. Among no-hatters by individual pitchers that were not shutouts, Johnson was preceded first by Bob Feller on July 1, 1951, when he led the Cleveland Indians to a 2–1 triumph over the Detroit Tigers, then by Nottebart's effort. This made the Houston Colt .45s the all-time record-holders as a franchise for no-hitters that were complete games but not shutouts. The next bout of this type was imposed by Dean Chance on August 25, 1967, in a 2–1 Minnesota Twins triumph over the Indians. Moreover, on September 8, 1993, Astros moundsman Darryl Kile stymied the New York Mets, 7–1, in this class of no-hitter to extend the Colt .45s/Astros franchise as the major league leader. June On June 11, Bob Aspromonte smashed a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the fifth inning to bring Houston to a 5–2 lead over the Cincinnati Reds. The shot, off Reds starter John Tsitouris (2–4), provided all the support required for winner Claude Raymond (2–1), who tossed 6 1 3 innings in relief of Bob Bruce as Houston held on to win, 5–3. However, all of Houston's runs were scored with a two-out upstart in the fifth and were unearned. Facing a 2–0 deficit, Al Spangler worked a base on balls and Nellie Fox followed with a single. Next, Mike White reached on a third-strike passed ball to load the bases, and first baseman Dave Roberts coaxed the second walk of the frame to force in Houston's first run. Aspromonte then followed with his thunderous blast deep to left.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU196406110.shtml Cincinnati Reds (3) vs Houston Colt .45s (5) box score Baseball-Reference.com June 11, 1964 November 22, 2025 Aspromonte's third career slam, it arrived one year to the day following his 10th inning, walk-off grand slam which defeated the Chicago Cubs.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=asprobo01&t=b Bob Aspromonte career home runs Baseball-Reference.com November 19, 2025 Ken Boyer of the Cardinals connected for the firsthttps://www.retrosheet.org/ballparks/colt_stad.htm Colt Stadium firsts Retrosheet November 22, 2025—and only—cycle at Colt Stadium on June 16.https://www.retrosheet.org/ballparks/colt_stad_last.htm Colt Stadium lasts Retrosheet November 29, 2025 Bob Bruce yielded the double and triple to Boyer, who smacked the home run off Don Larsen in the top of the seventh. The Colt .45s' only tally for the game arrived via Rusty Staub's home run to right off Curt Simmons in the bottom of the seventh. Houston dropped this contest, 7–1.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU196406160.shtml St. Louis Cardinals (7) vs Houston Colt .45s (1) box score Baseball-Reference.com June 16, 1964 November 22, 2025 In another first for pitcher Ken Johnson, he slugged his first career home run on June 21, during the fifth inning of a doubleheader nightcap.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=johnske02&t=b Ken Johnson career home runs—batting Baseball-Reference.com November 22, 2025 The victim was Denny Lemaster of the Milwaukee Braves. Every run counted as Johnson departed the mound with three runs surrendered over 6 2 3 innings pitched for a 5–3 lead. Joe Gaines also homered for the Colts, a two-run shot in the seventh. During the bottom of the eighth, Gene Oliver scored on a Denis Menke ground ball double play to shortstop, but Hal Woodeshick got out of rest of the inning unscathed and closed out the contest for his 14th save.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MLN/MLN196406212.shtml Houston Colt .45s (5) vs Milwaukee Braves (4) box score Baseball-Reference.com June 21, 1964 November 22, 2025 Following the doubleheader sweep of the Braves on June 21, the Colts had assembled a four-game winning streak. They played to their best showing on the season to date, 32 34 y and in seventh place in the National League, but stumbled to 34 62 y the rest of the way.https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/1964-schedule-scores.shtml Houston Colt .45s schedule Baseball-Reference.com November 22, 2025 Bob Aspromonte connected for the final grand slam hit at Colt Stadium on June 29, while becoming the first player in club history to hit two grand slams in the same month.Aspromnonte repeated the multi-grand slams in one month feat next for the Astros in August 1966, which remained the team record until Alex Bregman hit three in June 2023. Thus far, Aspromonte had hit four of the first seven grand slams in Colts' team history.https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/baseball/event_finder.cgi?request=1&year_min=1962&team_id=HOU&event=23&type=b&criteria175=rob---111 Batting event finder HOU: 202 Home Runs in 1962-2026—123 Stathead Sport Reference August 13, 2026 July On July 4, Joe Gaines cranked the final inside-the-park home run at Colt Stadium. On July 9, Nellie Fox scorched a bases-loaded single that scored John Bateman and Jerry Grote for his first walk-off hit of the season. This capped a rally off Ron Perranoski during the bottom of the ninth inning to topple the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6–5.https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/baseball/event_finder.cgi?request=1&year_min=1964&year_max=1964&event=modH&type=b&criteria5=walk_off---T Batting event finder: All: 111 hits in 1964—walk-off Stathead Sports Reference April 12, 2026 September The Colt .45s relieved manager Harry Craft of duty on September 19 and promoted coach Lum Harris to guide the club for the remainder of the season. Craft was Houston's first major league manager as well as the city's final minor league manager, of the Buffaloes. General manager Paul Richards indicated the move was made to allow Craft to pursue other offers for the same position, as two other clubs had interest in his services.Harry Craft fired as Colt manager https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oA4sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oMgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2738%2C2320296 September 20, 1964 October 26, 2024 TimesDaily 26 Google News Archive Associated Press Craft had led the club to a 61 88 y record, while the club performed to 5 8 y under Harris for the remaining 13 contests.https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/HOU/ Houston Astros team history & encyclopedia Baaseball-Reference.com November 22, 2025 Right-hander Larry Dierker made his MLB debut on his 18th birthday on September 22 at Colt Stadium, starting versus the San Francisco Giants. Dierker walked the leadoff batter, Harvey Kuenn, and surrendered a hit to the next hitter, Matty Alou, but retired the next three in order without allowing a run, including retiring Jim Ray Hart for his first career strikeout, and striking out Willie Mays looking to retire the side. However, Orlando Cepeda blasted a home run off Dierker leading off the second. He aggregated 2 2 3 innings pitched, surrendered four total runs with two earned, five hits, three bases on balls and three strikeouts. The Colt .45s managed just one run while San Francisco triumphed, 7–1, handing Dierker the loss.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU196409220.shtml San Francisco Giants (7) vs Houston Colt .45s (1) box score Baseball-Reference.com September 22, 1964 October 28, 2025 Dierker is the last major leaguer to make his debut during his age-17 season.As of 2025. The season age of a player is determined by their age as of July 1 of a given year. lower-alpha "Dierker's debut"https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/Youngest_leagues.shtml Yearly league leaders & records for youngest Baseball-Reference.com October 28, 2025 Final game at Colt Stadium The final contest at Colt Stadium transpired on September 27, hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers. Both starting pitchers, Don Drysdale and Bob Bruce, pumped at least ten sensational innings each as absolute deterrents to scoring. In the bottom of the ninth, Bruce led off and singled for his first hit, and after one out, Joe Morgan likewise singled for his first hit. However, Drysdale induced a ground ball double play from Rusty Staub to retire the side and dispatch the game into extra innings. Ron Perranoski entered for Drysdale for the bottom of the 11th, who earned a game score of 90.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU196409270.shtml Los Angeles Dodgers (0) vs Houston Colt .45s (1) box score Baseball-Reference.com September 27, 1964 November 29, 2025 In the bottom of the 12th, with the game having remained scoreless, Morgan led off with a single, becoming the only player in the game to attain more than one hit. Next, Staub took Morgan's place on a failed sacrifice hit, and Walt Bond was retired on a groundout. With two out, Bob Aspromonte took what would be the stadium's last intentional base on balls so Perranoski could face Jimmy Wynn. However, Wynn foiled the strategy to deliver the final, walk-off, hit, which scored Staub for the concluding run at the stadium and a 1–0 Houston triumph. Bruce (15–9), who pitched all 12 innings, earned the closing victory via a five-hit, six-strikeout, complete game shutout, and a game score of 96. Each of the nine members of the Colts' starting lineup played through the entire 12 innings. This was the longest outing of Bruce's major league career.https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/PX_brucb101.htm Top performances for Bob Bruce Retrosheet November 29, 2025 Moreover, he became Houston's first-ever 15-game winner in a single season. Performance overview The Houston Colt .45s concluded their third season at 66 96 y, replicating their record and ninth-place standing in the National League from the year prior. It was also their third straight 96-loss season, at the time, tying the club record since their premier season of 1962. The Colt .45s hosted 725,793 fans during the season, an improvement by over 6 thousand from the year prior but second-lowest in club history. By contrast, during the inaugural season of the Astrodome the following year in 1965, Houston drew over 2 million for the first time. Nellie Fox tallied four walk-off hits to lead the major leagues. By contrast, closer Hal Woodeshick, led the major leagues in walk-off hits surrendered. However, Woodeschick also led the National League in saves with 23, to become the first in Colt .45s franchise history to lead the league.https://www.baseball-almanac.com/pitching/pisave4.shtml Saves year-by-year leaders Baseball Almanac April 12, 2026 During their three-year stay at Colt Stadium, Aspromonte was the club's all-time home run leader at the park, with 21.https://www.astrosdaily.com/history/homeruns.html Home Run Alley Astros Daily December 25, 2025 Season standings Houston Colt .45s Record versus opponents National League border:1px solid #aaa HOU Notable transactions May 26, 1964: Walt Williams was selected off waivers from the Colt .45s by the St. Louis Cardinals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/williwa02.shtml Walt Williams stats, height, weight, position, rookie status & more Baseball-Reference.com October 18, 2025 Roster 1964 Houston Colt .45s Roster1964 Houston Colt .45s roster Baseball Almanac Geisler Young, LLC http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1964&t=HO1 https://web.archive.org/web/20090323032306/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1964&t=HO1 March 23, 2009 live April 20, 2009 mdy-all Pitchers 45 Don Bradey 38 Hal Brown 30 Bob Bruce 44 Danny Coombs 49 Larry Dierker 13 Turk Farrell 39 Dave Giusti 44 Joe Hoerner 40 Ken Johnson 34 Gordon Jones 31 Don Larsen 43 Don Nottebart 33 Jim Owens 36 Claude Raymond 46 Hal Woodeshick 47 Larry Yellen 37 Chris Zachary Catchers  8 Dave Adlesh  7 John Bateman  8 Jerry Grote  9 John Hoffman Infielders 14 Bob Aspromonte 23 Walt Bond  2 Nellie Fox 17 Steve Hertz 19 Sonny Jackson 11 Eddie Kasko 15 Bob Lillis 35 Joe Morgan 26 Dave Roberts  3 Pete Runnels 10 Rusty Staub Outfielders 22 Jim Beauchamp 29 Brock Davis 22,27 Joe Gaines 20 Carroll Hardy 23 Ivan Murrell 21 Al Spangler 26 Johnny Weekly 16 Mike White 28 Walt Williams 24 Jimmy Wynn Manager  1 Harry Craft  6 Lum Harris Coaches 42 Jimmy Adair (First base)  4 Jim Busby (Third base)  5 Cot Deal (Pitching)  6 Lum Harris (Bench) Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Positional abbreviations: C = Catcher; 1B = First base; 2B = Second base; 3B = Third base; SS = Shortstop; LF = Left field; CF = Center field; RF = Right field Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B Avg. HR RBI SB C Jerry Grote 100 298 26 54 9 3 .181 3 24 0 1B Walt Bond 148 543 63 138 16 7 .254 20 85 2 2B Nellie Fox 133 442 45 117 12 6 .265 0 28 0 3B Bob Aspromonte 157 553 51 155 20 3 .280 12 28 6 SS Eddie Kasko 133 448 45 109 16 1 .243 0 22 4 LF Al Spangler 135 449 51 110 18 5 .245 4 38 7 CF Mike White Mike White (baseball) 89 280 30 76 11 3 .271 0 27 1 RF Joe Gaines 89 307 37 78 9 7 .254 7 34 8 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B Avg. HR RBI SB Bob Lillis 109 332 31 89 11 2 .268 0 17 4 Rusty Staub 89 292 26 63 10 2 .216 8 35 1 Mike White 89 280 30 76 11 3 .271 0 27 1 John Bateman John Bateman (baseball) 74 221 18 42 8 0 .190 5 19 0 Carroll Hardy 46 157 13 29 1 1 .185 2 12 0 Dave Roberts Dave Roberts (first baseman) 61 125 9 23 4 1 .184 1 7 0 Jim Beauchamp 23 55 6 9 2 0 .164 2 4 0 Pete Runnels 22 51 3 10 1 0 .196 0 3 0 Joe Morgan 10 37 4 7 0 0 .189 0 0 0 Sonny Jackson 9 23 3 8 1 0 .348 0 1 1 Johnny Weekly 6 15 0 2 0 0 .133 0 3 0 John Hoffman John Hoffman (baseball) 6 15 1 1 0 0 .067 0 0 0 Ivan Murrell 10 14 1 2 1 0 .143 0 1 0 Dave Adlesh 3 10 0 2 0 0 .200 0 0 0 Walt Williams Walt Williams (baseball) 10 9 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 Steve Hertz 5 4 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Brock Davis 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA R ER BB K Ken Johnson Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher) 35 35 218.0 11 16 3.63 100 88 44 117 Bob Bruce 35 29 202.1 15 9 2.76 73 70 62 135 Turk Farrell 32 27 198.1 11 10 3.27 80 72 52 117 Don Nottebart 28 24 157.0 6 11 3.90 76 68 37 90 Hal Brown 27 21 132.0 3 15 3.95 68 58 26 53 Chris Zachary 1 1 4.0 0 1 9.00 5 4 1 2 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L SV ERA R ER BB K Jim Owens Jim Owens (baseball) 48 11 118.0 8 7 6 3.28 48 43 32 88 Don Larsen 30 10 103.1 4 8 1 2.26 36 26 20 58 Larry Dierker 3 1 9.0 0 1 0 2.00 4 2 3 5 Don Bradey 3 1 2.1 0 2 0 19.29 7 5 3 2 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA R ER BB K Hal Woodeshick 61 78.1 2 9 23 2.76 32 24 32 58 Claude Raymond Claude Raymond (baseball) 38 79.2 5 5 0 2.82 28 25 22 56 Gordon Jones Gordon Jones (baseball) 34 50.0 0 1 0 4.14 24 23 14 28 Larry Yellen 13 21.0 0 0 0 6.86 19 16 10 9 Dave Giusti 8 25.2 0 0 0 3.16 10 9 8 16 Danny Coombs 7 18.0 1 1 0 5.00 10 10 10 14 Joe Hoerner 7 11.0 0 0 0 4.91 11 6 6 4 Awards and achievements Grand slams No. Number Date Astros batter Venue Inning Pitcher Opposing team Box Box score 1 June 11 Bob Aspromonte Colt Stadium 5Tied score or took lead. John Tsitouris Cincinnati Reds 2 June 29 1 Art Mahaffey Philadelphia Phillies https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU196406290.shtml Philadelphia Phillies (1) vs Houston Colt .45s (6) box score Baseball-Reference.com June 29, 1964 November 22, 2025 No-hit game Date Pitcher IP Innings pitched BB Bases on balls BR Total baserunners K Strikeouts BF Batters faced Catcher Final Final score Opponent Venue Plate umpire Box Box score April 23, 1964 Ken Johnson 9 2 4 9 31 Jerry Grote 0–1 Cincinnati Reds Colt Stadium Augie Donatelli Johnson: Game score: 92 • Loss (2–1) Awards + 1964 Houston Colt .45s award winners Name of award Recipient Ref. References Houston Colt .45s Most Valuable Player (MVP) Bob Aspromonte McTaggart Brian http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091116&content_id=7674760&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou Bourn highlights Astros' awards season December 21, 2009 MLB.com October 14, 2025 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101208131739/http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091116&content_id=7674760&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou December 8, 2010 MLB All-Star Game Reserve pitcher Turk Farrell League leaders Batting Sacrifice hits: Nellie Fox (20) Pitching Saves: Hal Woodeshick {23} Milestones Major League debuts Player—Appeared at position Larry Dierker, starting pitcher Date and opponent September 22 vs San Francisco Box Box score Also: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1964-debuts.shtml 1964 Major League Baseball new debuts Baseball-Reference.com May 30, 2026 Minor league system Minor League Baseball AAA Oklahoma City 89ers Pacific Coast League Grady Hatton AA San Antonio Bullets Texas League Lou Fitzgerald A Modesto Colts California League Chuck Churn A Durham Bulls Carolina League Billy Goodman and Walt Matthews A Statesville ColtsStatesville affiliation shared with the Boston Red Sox. lower-alpha "Statesville" Western Carolinas League Dave Philley and Rudy York Rookie Cocoa Colts Cocoa Rookie League Dave Philley Championships Texas League champions: San Antoniohttps://www.milb.com/news/gcs-8648436 Texas League champions Minor League Baseball September 30, 2025 Awards Texas League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP):https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/awards/Tex-POY/ Texas League Player of the Year The Baseball Cube August 29, 2025 Joe Morgan, 2B See also Texas Baseball List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders List of Major League Baseball no-hitters List of Major League Baseball pitchers who have thrown an immaculate inning Notes lower-alpha "Note" References 2 External links 1964 Houston Colt .45s season at Baseball Reference Colt .45s on Baseball Almanac (Archived May 4, 2009) Category:Houston Astros seasons Houston Colt .45s season Houston Astro Category:1960s in Houston