| 1962 Houston Colt .45s | |
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| League | National League |
| Ballpark | Colt Stadium |
| City | Houston,Texas |
| Record | 64–96–2 (.401) |
| League place | 8th |
| Owners | Craig F. Cullinan Jr.,Roy Hofheinz |
| General managers | Paul Richards |
| Managers | Harry Craft |
| Television | KTRK (Al Helfer,Gene Elston, Guy Savage) |
| Radio | KPRC (AM) (Al Helfer,Gene Elston,Loel Passe) |
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The1962Houston Colt .45s season was theinaugural season for theexpansion team inMajor League Baseball (MLB) located inHouston,Texas, which were established as a member of theNational League (NL), and based atColt Stadium.
The firstmanager named for the Colt .45s wasHarry Craft, having previously guided theTriple-AHouston Buffaloes in the same post through the 1961 season. Introduced along with theNew York Mets, the Colt .45s formed their major leagueroster through the1961 expansion draft, and their first pick was shortstopEd Bressoud.
The first game in franchise history took place on April 10, 1962, at Colt Stadium hosting theChicago Cubs, which Houston won, 11–2.Opening Day starting pitcherBobby Shantz threw the first pitch in club history, whileBob Aspromonte delivered the firsthit. Shantz tossed acomplete game andRomán Mejías connected for the firsthome run and a total of two on the day. This was the first MLB game played in the state of Texas. Through the first three months of the season, the Colt .45s played to a 32–41record. However, they struggled to a 5–24 record in the month of July.
PitcherTurk Farrell represented the Colt .45s for both MLB All-Star Games that year, hissecond andthird career selections.[a] In September, Houston secured the first winning month in club history, at 15–12.
The Colt .45s concluded the season with a 64–96–2 record, in eighth place among 10 NL clubs, and36+1⁄2games behind the NLpennant-winningSan Francisco Giants. Houston would lose 96 games each of their first three seasons, representing the original club record until1965, when they lost 97. The36+1⁄2 games behind established another club record that remained until1975, when they placed43+1⁄2 games behind theNL West division-championCincinnati Reds.
Shantz, a stellar defender off the mound throughout his career, was recognized with the sixth of eight careerGold Glove Awards following the season.[b]
On January 3, 1962, agroundbreaking ceremony was showcased to establish the construction of theAstrodome. The ceremony included the firing ofpistols into the earth by team, city, and county officials.[1]
The Colt .45s were one of two teams added to the National League before the 1962 season, the other being theNew York Mets. This brought the number of teams in the NL to ten, matching the 1961 expansion of theAmerican League.
The Colt .45s and Mets were established on October 17, 1960, giving them time to acquire professional minor-league players, sign amateurfree agents (there was noMLB first-year player draft until 1965) and enter into working agreements with minor league affiliates during the 1961 season. Houston had formal working agreements with two minor league baseball teams in 1961 (see table below). In addition, the roster of the 1961Houston Buffs of theTriple-AAmerican Association, officially a minor-league affiliate of theChicago Cubs, would include a handful of players signed by the Colt .45s. The most prominent of these wasDave Giusti, then 21, who went on to a 15-year MLB career.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| A | Jacksonville Jets | Sally League | Tom Saffell andDixie Howell |
| D | Salisbury Braves | Western Carolinas League | Alex Cosmidis |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | × | 11 | 13 | 2 |
| W: Shantz (1–0) • L:Cardwell (0–1) | ||||||||||||
| HRs:Mejias 2 (2),Smith (1),Banks (1) | ||||||||||||
Opening Day starting lineup[10][11]
| 14 | Bob Aspromonte | 3B |
| 21 | Al Spangler | CF |
| 25 | Román Mejías | RF |
| 10 | Norm Larker | 1B |
| 23 | Jim Pendleton | LF |
| 8 | Hal Smith | C |
| 11 | Joey Amalfitano | 2B |
| 18 | Don Buddin | SS |
| 42 | Bobby Shantz | P |
| Venue: | Colt Stadium • HOU 11, | CHC 2 |
The Colt .45s started their inaugural season on April 10, 1962, with an 11–2 win against theChicago Cubs, highlighted by a three-runhome run in the bottom of the third inning with no outs byRomán Mejías, the first home run in franchise history. Mejías became Houston's breakout offensive star for that game, going 3-for-5 with sixruns batted in (RBI). CatcherHal Smith followed Mejías' home run in the third inning with his first of the season just two outs later.Al Spangler was 2-for-3 with twobases on balls and connected for the firsttriple in franchise history.[10]Bob Aspromonte delivered the first hit and scored the first run. Mejías connected for a second home run in the eighth inning, and Shantz threw acomplete game to earn the win.[12]
By virtue of driving in 6 runs in the Colt .45s' inaugural game, Mejías established the single-game franchise RBI record, which stood until August 29,1989, whenRafael Ramírez produced 7 RBI, also against theChicago Cubs.[1] Mejías continued the momentum of his brilliant start, establishing another Colt .45s record with an eight-gamehitting streak to open the 1962 campaign,[13] and followed that up by starting another hitting streak the following month.
In the second game on April 11,Hal Woodeshick andDick "Turk" Farrell combined to produce Houston's firstshutout victory, 2-0 . Hal Smith stroked a two-run single in the first inning to accounted for the all of the game's scoring. Moreover, this contest actualized the franchise's first-everrain delay, spanning one hour and seven minutes. During the OpeningSeries finale on April 12,Dean Stone tossed the first complete-game shutout in Colts franchise history, a three-hitter that led a 3–0 win. Stone's effort also capped a three-game sweep of the Cubs in Houston's first-ever series in their first homestand. With a 3–0 record, the Colt .45s retained a share of the National League lead with theSan Francisco Giants.[1]
Houston, as the major league club, hosted theSt. Louis Cardinals for the first time on April 24, 1962. Prior to joining the National League, Houston'sBuffaloes had served as one of Cardinals' minor leagueaffiliates over a span of four decades, where which many future Cardinals stars made their way to the major leagues.[1]Don Taussig, a Colt .45s expansion draftee from the Cardinals,[7] hit the go-ahead home run offLarry Jackson in the sixth inning that set a 4–3 Colts victory.Hal Woodeshick navigated fiveerrors to earn the victory.[1] This was Taussig's only home run for Houston, and the final of his major league career.[7]
The team finished April with a 7–8 record, 4 games in front of fellow-expansion club theNew York Mets and only 5 games behind the National League-leading Giants andPittsburgh Pirates.
On May 10, Mejías connected for the first-everinside-the-park home run at Colt Stadium,[14] a fly ball to center field during the bottom of the first inning offDon Drysdale of theLos Angeles Dodgers. However, in the top of the fourth,Larry Burright connected for a three-run jack offBob Bruce, his first in the major leagues. Los Angeles never looked back, winning 6–2, while handing Bruce his first loss of the season.[15]
Beginning May 25, Mejías initiated another hitting streak for 16 games to establish one of Houston's earliest club records, during which he carried a .368batting average. This hitting streak lasted until June 10, and stood as the record stood untilRusty Staub hit in 20 consecutively from June 30 to July 21,1967.[16]
A new idea was presented toHarris Countycommissioners on May 31 by Weldon Appelt to build astadium using arches to facilitate construction, leading to a proposing for a domed stadium. Meanwhile, the Colt .45s defeated the Chicago Cubs, 10–6, after erupting for five runs ninth inning.[17]
By June 2, with the second loss to the Pirates inPittsburgh, the Colt .45s had fallen to 16 games behind the eventualNL champion Giants, a deficit that no pre-Wild Card era team had ever recovered from to make the post season.[18]
During adoubleheader on June 10 hosting the Dodgers, 78fans andumpireJocko Conlan sufferedheat stroke. Though the Dodgers swept the doubleheader, many of their players complained about the excess heat. Colts shortstopDon Buddin hit agrand slam during the second game, the first-ever in franchise history,[19] also the first-ever hit at Colt Stadium.[14] Not only was the heat too much, but the Dodgers proved too much for the Colt .45s, sweeping the set by scores of 9–3 and 9–7.[20] However, Buddin's eventful slam came ignited a later-inning rally during the second game, as he golfed aJoe Moeller pitch to left in the bottom of the sixth with Los Angeles leading, 9–1. In the bottom of the ninth, Houston loaded the bases again with none out during a succession of the first five batters to reach base, including on anerror andfielder's choice. Two runs scored; however, Aspromonte was retired on a groundout for the final out of the contest.[21]
With an August 21 loss at the hands of thePhiladelphia Phillies,[22] the Houston Colt .45s were mathematically eliminated from thepostseason with a 37-game deficit to the Dodgers with 37 games remaining.
The Houston Colt .45s concluded their inaugural season with a record of 64–96–2 (.401), for eighth place of ten clubs in the National League, trailing the NL pennant-winning San Francisco Giants by36+1⁄2 games.[23] During each of their first three seasons, Houston lost 96 games to tie the default record set in 1962, until they set a new club record with 97 defeats in1965. Houston would lose 90 or more contests in each of their first seven seasons until producing their first .500 season in1969, and in1972, realized their first-ever winning season, at 84–69 (.549). The Colt .45s hosted 924,456fans during their inaugural season, which remained the most over their first three seasons, all at Colt Stadium, until 1965, when they drew over 2 million for the first time during their inaugural season at the Astrodome.[24]
To get an idea of how the first season was for Houston, look at the team's best pitcher, Richard "Turk" Farrell. A starter for the Colt .45s, he was primarily arelief pitcher when he was with theLos Angeles Dodgers andPhiladelphia Phillies. Turk lost 20 games in 1962, but had anearned run average (ERA) of 3.02. Turk was selected to both All-Star games that year.
A late-blooming outfielder emerged as a bright spot for the .Colt 45s line up in 1962.Román Mejías, acquired from thePirates during the expansion draft, was named the Colt .45s starting right fielder and emerged as a breakout performer during his age-36 season. Prior to coming to Houston, he had appeared in 308 games over six seasons with Pittsburgh, batting .245 with 17 home runs and 83 RBI. In Houston, Mejías played the best baseball of his major league career, simultaneously establishing career highs in virtually every offensive category,[25] while leading the team in numerous categories,[26] which introduced many of the original single-season franchise offensive records. While he played better the first half of the season, an injury slowed him the second half of the season. However, he still finished with a .286 batting average, 24 home runs, and 76 RBI. His modesty and his hard play made him a fan favorite that year. Despite his excellent performance, Mejías was traded to theBoston Red Sox in the fall of 1962.[27]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| San Francisco Giants | 103 | 62 | .624 | — | 61–21 | 42–41 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 102 | 63 | .618 | 1 | 54–29 | 48–34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 98 | 64 | .605 | 3½ | 58–23 | 40–41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 93 | 68 | .578 | 8 | 51–30 | 42–38 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 86 | 76 | .531 | 15½ | 49–32 | 37–44 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 78 | .519 | 17½ | 44–37 | 40–41 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 80 | .503 | 20 | 46–34 | 35–46 |
| Houston Colt .45s | 64 | 96 | .400 | 36½ | 32–48 | 32–48 |
| Chicago Cubs | 59 | 103 | .364 | 42½ | 32–49 | 27–54 |
| New York Mets | 40 | 120 | .250 | 60½ | 22–58 | 18–62 |
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| Chicago | — | 4–14 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 7–11 | |||
| Cincinnati | 14–4 | — | 13–5 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 8–10 | |||
| Houston | 11–7 | 5–13 | — | 6–12 | 7–11 | 13–3–1 | 1–17 | 5–13 | 7–11 | 9–9–1 | |||
| Los Angeles | 14–4 | 9–9 | 12–6 | — | 10–8 | 16–2 | 14–4 | 10–8 | 10–11 | 7–11 | |||
| Milwaukee | 10–8 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 12–6 | |||
| New York | 9–9 | 5–13 | 3–13–1 | 2–16 | 6–12 | — | 4–14 | 2–16 | 4–14 | 5–13 | |||
| Philadelphia | 8–10 | 10–8 | 17–1 | 4–14 | 7–11 | 14–4 | — | 7–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 | |||
| Pittsburgh | 14–4 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 16–2 | 10–7 | — | 7–11 | 12–6 | |||
| San Francisco | 12–6 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 11–10 | 11–7 | 14–4 | 13–5 | 11–7 | — | 9–9 | |||
| St. Louis | 11–7 | 10–8 | 9–9–1 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–9 | — | |||
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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 |
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| C | Hal Smith | 109 | 345 | 32 | 81 | 14 | 0 | .235 | 12 | 35 | 0 |
| 1B | Norm Larker | 147 | 506 | 58 | 133 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 9 | 63 | 1 |
| 2B | Joey Amalfitano | 117 | 380 | 44 | 90 | 12 | 5 | .237 | 1 | 27 | 4 |
| 3B | Bob Aspromonte | 149 | 534 | 59 | 142 | 18 | 4 | .266 | 11 | 59 | 4 |
| SS | Bob Lillis | 129 | 457 | 38 | 114 | 12 | 4 | .249 | 1 | 30 | 7 |
| LF | Al Spangler | 129 | 418 | 51 | 119 | 10 | 9 | .285 | 5 | 35 | 7 |
| CF | Carl Warwick | 130 | 477 | 63 | 124 | 17 | 1 | .260 | 16 | 60 | 2 |
| RF | Román Mejías | 146 | 566 | 82 | 162 | 12 | 3 | .286 | 24 | 76 | 12 |
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 |
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| Jim Pendleton | 117 | 321 | 30 | 79 | 12 | 2 | .246 | 8 | 36 | 0 |
| Merritt Ranew | 71 | 218 | 26 | 51 | 6 | 8 | .234 | 4 | 24 | 2 |
| Billy Goodman | 82 | 161 | 12 | 41 | 4 | 1 | .255 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| J. C. Hartman | 51 | 148 | 11 | 33 | 5 | 0 | .223 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Pidge Browne | 65 | 100 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .210 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Temple | 31 | 95 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .263 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Jim Campbell | 27 | 86 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .221 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Buddin | 40 | 80 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .163 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Heist | 27 | 72 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .222 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Roberts | 16 | 53 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .245 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Cerv | 19 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .226 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Weekly | 13 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .192 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Taussig | 16 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Gernert | 10 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .208 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Davis | 6 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .214 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ernie Fazio | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Busby | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Williams | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .375 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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 |
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| Turk Farrell | 43 | 29 | 241.2 | 10 | 20 | 3.02 | 91 | 81 | 55 | 203 |
| Ken Johnson | 33 | 31 | 197.0 | 7 | 16 | 3.03 | 100 | 84 | 46 | 178 |
| Bob Bruce | 32 | 27 | 175.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.06 | 92 | 79 | 82 | 135 |
| Hal Woodeshick | 31 | 26 | 139.1 | 5 | 16 | 4.39 | 84 | 68 | 54 | 82 |
| Bobby Shantz | 3 | 3 | 20.2 | 1 | 1 | 1.31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
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 |
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| Jim Golden | 37 | 18 | 152.2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4.07 | 84 | 69 | 50 | 88 |
| Dave Giusti | 22 | 5 | 73.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.62 | 49 | 46 | 30 | 43 |
| George Brunet | 17 | 11 | 54.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.50 | 31 | 27 | 21 | 36 |
| Dean Stone | 15 | 7 | 52.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.47 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 31 |
| Red Witt | 8 | 2 | 15.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.04 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| Dick Drott | 6 | 1 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
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 |
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| Don McMahon | 51 | 76.2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1.53 | 14 | 13 | 33 | 69 |
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 43 | 85.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4.34 | 42 | 41 | 21 | 60 |
| Russ Kemmerer | 36 | 68.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4.10 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 23 |
| Jim Umbricht | 34 | 67.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2.01 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 55 |
| John Anderson | 10 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.09 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| Al Cicotte | 5 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| No. | Date | Astros batter | Venue | Inning | Pitcher | Opposing team | Box |
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| 1 | June 10 | Don Buddin | Colt Stadium | 6 | Joe Moeller | Los Angeles Dodgers | [21] |
