Houston Astros Name and Logo Change: Ranking 10 Fun Options to Consider. ... The team began its history as the Colt .45's, so this would not be the first change that they have made.

Initially as the Houston Colt .45's and since 1965 as the Astros, this club has had few memorable seasons. ... The Houston Astros logo, meanwhile, does not leap out at you.

It's been 54 years since the team formerly known as the Houston Colt .45s officially became the ... the Astros, they were the Colt .45's. ... name "Astros" with a shooting star above the logo.

The Astros are free to keep the gun on their throwback Colt .45s jerseys after all. The team's having a choice in the matter is an about-face from Major League Baseball, which decreed the Astros ...

The Buffaloes became a Triple-A affiliate for the Colt .45s. The Colt .45s In 1960, the National League granted an expansion team to Houston, in which their team could play in the 1962 season.

Houston’s first professional baseball game was believed to have occurred on April 21, 1867. The Houston-based Stonewalls routed the New Orleans Robert E. Lees — I’m not making this up — by ...

The Houston Astros are going back to their roots by donning replicas of the original Colt .45 jerseys during a couple of April games next season.

League initially balked at 1962 jerseys that showed a smoking Colt .45 just under the letters. ... Nobody batted an eye in 1962 when the Astros’ forebears, the Houston Colt .45s, ...