The Houston Astros have played baseball for 55 seasons, plus another three as the Colt .45s. While that’s not quite as much history as many other franchises, it’s still a lot. Plenty of memories, successes, failures, legendary players and heart-stopping moments.
So boiling all that history down to the five best moments in franchise history is no easy task. There are plenty of great names who won’t appear on this list, all-time greats like Nolan Ryan, Jeff Bagwell and Cesar Cedeno. There’s also a rather unlikely name who’ll make a prominent appearance here.