The Crawfish Boxes · Jun 20, 2022
This Date in Astros History: 2013
Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Now in their 61st season, one of their first 60 stood out as the Houston Astros absolute worst.
By a wide margin, the 2013 Houston Astros were the most dreadful team put out by the franchise at the major league level, including their expansion days. At 51-111, their season-ending .315 winning percentage and 45 games behind first both rank as club worst marks.
Using random.org, I generated a random year from 1962 to 2021, landing on 2013. I found the game played on this date that season, and honed in on the most “impactful” plate appearance.
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