Major League Baseball Programs: Houston Colt .45s / Houston Astros

Note: This page is part of a finding aid to the major league baseball game programs and scorecards located in the Joyce Sports Research Collection in the Department of Special Collections, University Libraries of Notre Dame. It includes all home programs for the Houston National League franchise. Programs are listed by season; when holdings of a given season's programs include examples of more than one type, the various types have been given separate headings. To qualify as an alternate type, programs must show either a substantial difference in content (other than in the scorecard insert) or have been produced for an alternate venue (as a spring training program). Within a given year and type, programs have been listed alphabetically by opponent.

Some programs in this finding aid are indicated as either "scored" or "partially scored." "Scored" programs must meet two criteria. First, they must be scored completely, with an entry for each batter that appeared in the game. Second, they must employ a notation specific enough to allow for a reasonably thorough recreation of the game's play-by-play. A key point in this regard is the attribution of putouts and assists; no program utilizing a notation with generic out markings can be considered scored. Programs indicated as "partially scored" have been scored either incompletely or in a notation that leaves obvious questions regarding the game's play-by-play. Thus, "partially scored" programs may have only the lineups entered, or they may be scored completely but ambiguously. "Scored" games have, almost without exception, been dated; "partially scored" games usually lack dates. Other features that may characterize individual programs - autographs, for example, or ephemera like ticket stubs - are present as noted. All materials may be consulted in 102 Hesburgh Library.

Location: Department of Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Joyce Series No.: BAS611

Holdings:

Box 6 (BAS611-6)

Houston NL 1962 / Type I (2)

vs Milwaukee
vs St Louis

Houston NL 1962 / Type II (6)

vs Chicago NL [partially scored]
vs Cincinnati [partially scored]
vs Los Angeles NL [partially scored]
vs New York NL
vs Philadelphia [partially scored]
vs Pittsburgh [partially scored]

Houston NL 1963 / Spring (1)

vs Los Angeles AL [16 Mar 1963]

Houston NL 1963 (9)

vs Chicago NL
vs Cincinnati
vs Los Angeles NL
vs Milwaukee
vs New York NL
vs Philadelphia
vs Pittsburgh [scored: Pit 5, Hou 0, 19 May 1963]
vs St Louis [partially scored]
vs San Francisco [partially scored]

Houston NL 1964 (9)

vs Chicago NL
vs Cincinnati
vs Los Angeles
vs Milwaukee
vs New York NL
vs Philadelphia
vs Pittsburgh
vs St Louis
vs San Francisco

Box 7 (BAS611-7)

Houston NL 1965 / Spring (1)

vs visitors

Houston NL 1965 / Exhibition (1)

vs Baltimore
vs New York AL

Houston NL 1965 (9)

vs Chicago NL
vs Cincinnati
vs Los Angeles NL
vs Milwaukee
vs New York NL
vs Philadelphia
vs Pittsburgh
vs St Louis
vs San Francisco

Houston NL 1966 (10)

vs Atlanta
vs Chicago NL
vs Cincinnati
vs Detroit
vs Los Angeles
vs Minnesota
vs New York NL
vs Philadelphia
vs Pittsburgh
vs St Louis

Houston NL 1967 (5)

vs Atlanta
vs Chicago NL
vs Cincinnati
vs Los Angeles
vs St Louis

Houston NL 1968 (5)

vs Atlanta
vs Los Angeles
vs New York NL
vs Philadelphia
vs Pittsburgh

Houston NL 1970 (1)

vs Atlanta

Houston NL 1977 (1)

vs Philadelphia