MVP George Springer, Jose Altuve, and Justin Verlander led the Houston Astros to their first World Series title in seven-game fashion over the Dodgers. The result had seemed unthinkable only four years prior, when the Astros had gone 51-111--the team's worst ever regular-season record. Thou...
2017: Astros win first World Series in franchise history MVP George Springer, Jose Altuve, and Justin Verlander led the Houston Astros to their first World Series title in seven-game fashion over the Dodgers. The result had seemed unthinkable only four years prior, when the Astros had gone 51...
The Los Angeles Angels broke ground on a new home field in Anaheim, and the Milwaukee Braves agreed to a future move to a new ballpark in Atlanta. At the end of the year, the Houston franchise officially changed their name to the Astros and prepared to move into the Astrodome. 1965: Fi...