Colt Stadium was a Major League baseball stadium that formerly
stood in Houston, Texas. It was the home of the Houston Colt .45's. It was
their temporary home from 1962-1964 while the Astrodome
was being built, just to the south of it.
Left
Field - 360 ft
Left-Center - 395 ft
Center Field - 420 ft
Right-Center - 390 ft
Right Field - 360 ft
(Deepest outfield corners were 427 ft)
Backstop - 60 ft
The stadium consisted of an uncovered grandstand stretching from foul
pole to foul pole and small bleacher stands in right and left field. One
baseball annual published just before the 1962 season referred to it as
"a barn-like thing". It is best remembered for the horribly hot
and humid weather (and attendant mosquito population, which was regularly
repelled by the grounds crew between innings) that had necessitated
building the first domed stadium.
The stadium was abandoned after the Astrodome was completed. It sat
abandoned for ten years, accumulating junk and weathering in the
blistering Texas sun. It was eventually broken down and moved to Gomez
Palacio to serve as the home of a Mexican League baseball team (the Cotton
Growers). Its site was paved over, adding some area to the Astrodome
parking lot. The stadium was moved again to Tampico, Mexico, where it
remains today as part of a playground.
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FIRSTS
at COLTS STADIUM
Game
04/10/1962
Cubs 2, Colt 45s (Astros) 11
Umpires
Dusty Boggess, Stan Landes
Vinnie Smith, Mel Steiner
Managers
Harry Craft, Colt 45s
El Tappe, Cubs
Starting Pitchers
Bobby Shantz, Colt 45s
Don Cardwell, Cubs
Ceremonial Pitch
Judge Bill Elliott
Attendance
25,271
Batting
Batter
Lou Brock (strikeout)
Hit
Billy Williams (single)
Run
Bob Aspromonte
RBI
Al Spangler
Single
Billy Williams
Double
Hal Smith
Triple
Al Spangler
Home Run
Roman Mejias
Grand Slam
Don Buddin (06/10/1962)
IPHR
Roman Mejias (05/10/1962)
Stolen Base
Bob Aspromonte
Sacrifice Hit
Don Buddin
Sacrifice Fly
Lou Brock
Cycle
Ken Boyer (06/16/1964)
Pitching
Win
Bobby Shantz
Loss
Don Cardwell
Shutout
Hal Woodeshick, Dick Farrell
(04/11/1962)
Save
Dick Farrell (04/11/1962)
Hit by Pitch
Barney Schultz hit Joe Amalfitano
Wild Pitch
Dave Gerard (04/12/1962)
Balk
Hal Woodeshick (04/29/1962)
No-Hitter
Don Nottebart (05/17/1963)
Primary
research by Jim Herdman & David Vincent
Courtesy of Retrosheet.
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