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See also

*Lone Star Shootout - interleague rivalry with the Texas Rangers
*Astros award Winners and league leaders
*Astros statistical records and milestone achievements
*Astros broadcasters and media
*Astros managers and ownership
*Juice-Beer rivalry - a rivalry between the Astros and the St. Louis Cardinals
*Houston Astros Record-by-Year>

External links

*AstrosWorld.com, Place for Astros fans to call home
*Houston Astros official web site
*AstrosDaily.com, reference and daily commentary
*AstrosZone.com reference site
*Astros team page on Baseball-Reference.com
*Astros team page at TheBaseballPage.com
*Houston Astros Fan Forum
*Petition to the Astros to Retire #50 in Honor of JR Richard
*The Houston Astros #1 Fan Group
*Sports E-cyclopedia: Houston Astros
*StarStruck: The Houston Astros Podcast


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Houston Astros



Former players

Baseball Hall of Famers

* 2 Leo Durocher, MGR, 1972-73
* 2 Nellie Fox, 2B, 1964-65
* 11 Eddie Mathews, 3B, 1967
* 8 Joe Morgan, 2B, 1963-71 & 1980
* 38 Robin Roberts, P, 1965-66
* 34 Nolan Ryan, P, 1980-88
* 20 Don Sutton, P, 1981-82

Retired numbers

* 24 Jimmy Wynn, OF, 1963-73
* 25 José Cruz, OF, 1975-87
* 32 Jim Umbricht, P, 1962-63
* 33 Mike Scott, P, 1983-91
* 34 Nolan Ryan, P, 1980-88
* 40 Don Wilson, P, 1966-74
* 42 Jackie Robinson, retired throughout Major League Baseball
* 49 Larry Dierker, P 1964-76, MGR 1997-2001

While not officially retired, the Astros have not reissued number 57 since 2002, when pitcher Darryl Kile died as an active player with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Additional players of note

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*Alan Ashby
*Bob Aspromonte
*Brad Ausmus
*Kevin Bass
*Derek Bell
*Jack Billingham
*Bob Bruce
*Enos Cabell
*Ken Caminiti
*Cesar Cedeno
*Mike Cuellar
*Danny Darwin
*Glenn Davis
*Jim Deshaies
*Frank DiPino
*Bill Doran
*Octavio Dotel
*Carl Everett
*Turk Farrell
 
*Steve Finley
*Ken Forsch
*Dave Giusti
*Fred Gladding
*Luis Gonzalez
*Tom Griffin
*Mike Hampton
*Pete Harnisch
*Art Howe
*Ken Johnson
*Doug Jones
*Todd Jones
*Bob Knepper
*Frank LaCorte
*Bob Lillis
*Jose Lima
*Denis Menke
*Roger Metzger
*Wade Miller
 
*Joe Niekro
*Don Nottebart
*Mark Portugal
*Terry Puhl
*Doug Rader
*Jim Ray
*Craig Reynolds
*Shane Reynolds
*J.R. Richard
*Vern Ruhle
*Joe Sambito
*Dave Smith
*Rusty Staub
*Greg Swindell
*Billy Wagner
*Denny Walling
*Bob Watson

Championships

National League Champions
Preceded by:
St. Louis Cardinals
2005 Succeeded by :
current
National League Western Division Champions
Preceded by:
Cincinnati Reds
1980 Succeeded by :
Los Angeles Dodgers
Preceded by:
Los Angeles Dodgers
1986 Succeeded by:
San Francisco Giants
National League Central Division Champions
Preceded by:
St. Louis Cardinals
1997-1999 Succeeded by :
St. Louis Cardinals
Preceded by:
St. Louis Cardinals
2001 Succeeded by :
St. Louis Cardinals
National League Wild Card Champions
Preceded by:
Chicago Cubs
2004-2005 Succeeded by :
current

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