Terry Stephen Puhl is a Canadian former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a outfielder from 1977 to 1991, most prominently as a member of the Houston Astros where he helped the franchise win its first-ever National League Western Division title and postseason berth in 1980.
The Round Rock Express are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Round Rock, Texas, and play their home games at the Dell Diamond. The team is named for Baseball Hall of Famer and Texas native Nolan Ryan, who was nicknamed "The Ryan Express." Ryan, along with son Reid Ryan and Don Sanders make up the team's ownership group, Ryan Sanders Baseball.
The Lone Star Series is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry featuring Texas' two major league franchises, the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers. It is an outgrowth of the "natural rivalry" established by MLB as part of interleague play as the Rangers are a member of the American League (AL) and the Astros were a member of the National League (NL) until 2012. During interleague play, the winner of the six-game series was awarded the Silver Boot, a 30-inch (760 mm) tall display of a size 15 cowboy boot cast in silver, complete with a custom, handmade spur. If each team had won three games each for a tie, the declared winner was the team that scored the most runs over the course of the series. In 2013, the Astros joined the American League West with the Rangers and changed their rivalry from an interleague to an intradivision contest. The rivalry, which was once dormant, has become far more heated in recent seasons. From 2013 to 2022, 19 games were played each season. Beginning in 2023, the teams play each other 13 times a year.
The 1993 Houston Astros season was the 32nd season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 29th as the Astros, 25th in the National League West, and 29th at The Astrodome. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West. This was also the final season that the Astros wore their "Tequila Sunrise" rainbow uniforms. They would switch to a more contemporary look the next year.
The 1989 Houston Astros season was the 38th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 25th as the Astros, 21st in the National League West, and 25th at The Astrodome. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West. The season was best remembered for the Astros winning 16 of 17 games in late May through mid June.
The 1987 Houston Astros season was the 26th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 23rd as the Astros, 19th in the National League West, and 23rd at The Astrodome. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.
The 1985 Houston Astros season was the 24th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 21st as the Astros, 17th in the National League West, and 21st at The Astrodome. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.
The 1983 Houston Astros season was the 22nd season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 19th as the Astros, 15th in the National League West, and 19th at The Astrodome. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West.
The 1977 Houston Astros season was the 16th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 13th as the Astros, 9th in the National League West, and 13th at The Astrodome. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 81–81, 17 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 1974 Houston Astros season was the 13th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 10th as the Astros, 6th in the National League West, and 10th at The Astrodome. The team finished fourth in the National League West with a record of 81–81, 21 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 1973 Houston Astros season was the 12th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 9th as the Astros, 5th in the National League West, and 9th at The Astrodome. The team finished fourth in the National League West with a record of 82–80, 17 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.
The 1970 Houston Astros season was the 9th season for the Houston Astros, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located in Houston, Texas, their 6th as the Astros, 2nd in the National League West, and 6th at The Astrodome. The team finished fourth in the National League West with a record of 79–83, 23 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.
This a partial list of Minor League Baseball players in the Houston Astros system and the rosters of their minor league affiliates.
The 1980 National League West tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1980 regular season, played between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers to decide the winner of the National League's (NL) West Division. The game was played on October 6, 1980, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. It was necessary after the Dodgers overcame a three-game deficit in the final three games of the season and both teams finished with identical win–loss records of 92–70. The Dodgers won a coin flip late in the season which, by rule at the time, awarded them home field for the game.
