Down on the Farm, Year by Year; Part One, The Sixties

Down on the Farm, Year by Year; Part One, The Sixties HOUSTON ASTROS MINOR LEAGUE AFFILIATES

I've gone ahead and put the parent club in, just for kicks Teams in GOLD CAPS were league champs or co-champs

Mouseover the team name for details on the season Mouseover the league for MVP and All Star info, No-Hitters and the like

Links and other surprises are scattered about

Thank you again to Miles Wolf and LLoyd Johnson for their Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Second Edition. Thank you to TCMA, who did as much to chronicle the period starting with 1973 as anyone, and thanks especially to Bill Jacobs, Jim Pacheco, Jim Walton, and David King, who were kind enough to answer my emails

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1961	Majors	None	- -	- -	- -
	A	Jacksonville Jets	South Atlantic	Tom Saffell/Dixie Howell	51 - 88
	D	Salisbury Braves	Western Carolina	Alex Cosmidis	64 - 38
1962	Majors	Houston Colt .45's	National	Harry Craft	64 - 96
	AAA	Oklahoma City '89ers	American Association	Connie Ryan	66-81
	B	Durham Bulls	Carolina	Lou Fitzgerald	89-51
	C	Modesto Colts	California	Fred Hatfield	75-65
	D	Moultrie Colt .22's	Georgia-Florida	James Walton	44-74
1963	Majors	Houston Colt .45's	National	Harry Craft	66 - 96
	AAA	OKLAHOMA CITY '89ERS	PACIFIC COAST	GRADY HATTON	84 - 74
	AA	San Antonio Bullets	Texas	Lou Fitzgerald	79 - 61
	A	Durham Bulls	Carolina	Billy Goodman	78 - 65
	A	Modesto Colts	California	Dave Philley	72 - 68
	A	Moultrie Colt .22's	Georgia-Florida	James Walton	62 - 54
1964	Majors	Houston Colt .45's	National	Harry Craft/ Lum Harris	66 - 96
	AAA	Oklahoma City '89ers	Pacific Coast	Grady Hatton	88 - 70
	AA	SAN ANTONIO BULLETS	TEXAS	LOU FITZGERALD	85 - 55
	A	Durham Bulls	Carolina	Billy Goodman /Walt Matthews	54 - 82
	A	Modesto Colts	California	Chuck Churn	58 - 81
	A	Statesville Colts	Western Carolinas	Dave Philley/Rudy York	52 - 70
	Rookie	Cocoa Colts	Cocoa Rookie	Dave Philley	23 - 29
1965	Majors	Houston Astros	National	Lum Harris	65 - 97
	AAA	OKLAHOMA CITY '89ERS	PACIFIC COAST	GRADY HATTON	91 - 54
	AA	Amarillo Sonics	Texas	Lou Fitzgerald	60 - 80
	A	Durham Bulls	Carolina	Dave Philley	83 - 60
	A	Cocoa Astros	Florida State	Billy Goodman	52 - 81
	A	Salisbury Astros	Western Carolinas	Chuck Churn	70 - 48
	Rookie	COCOA ROOKIE ASTROS	FLORIDA ROOKIE	JOE FRAZIER	36 - 21
1966	Majors	Houston Astros	National	Grady Hatton	72 - 90
	AAA	Oklahoma City '89ers	Pacific Coast	Mel McGaha	59 - 89
	AA	Amarillo Sonics	Texas	Buddy Hancken	77 - 63
	A	Durham Bulls	Carolina	Chuck Churn	62 - 76
	A	Cocoa Astros	Florida State	Joe Frazier	81 - 55
	A	Bismarck-Mandan Pards	Northern	Tony Pacheco	16 - 47
	A	Salisbury Astros	Western Carolinas	Walt Matthews	44 - 77
1967	Majors	Houston Astros	National	Grady Hatton	69 - 93
	AAA	Oklahoma City '89ers	Pacific Coast	Mel McGaha	74 - 74
	AA	Amarillo Sonics	Texas	Buddy Hancken	75 - 65
	A	Asheville Tourists	Carolina	Chuck Churn	64 - 74
	A	Cocoa Astros	Florida State	Walt Matthews	49 - 84
	Rookie	Covington Astros	Appalachian	Tony Pacheco	29 - 35
1968	Majors	Houston Astros	National	Grady Hatton/Harry Walker	72 - 90
	AAA	Oklahoma City '89ers	Pacific Coast	Cot Deal	61 - 84
	AA	Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs	Texas	Hub Kittle	60 - 79
	A	Greensboro Patriots	Carolina	Brandy Davis	61 - 79
	A	Cocoa Astros	Florida State	Tony Pacheco/Leo Posada	74 - 65
	Rookie	Covington Astros	Appalachian	Tony Pacheco	39 - 32
1969	Majors	Houston Astros	National	Harry Walker	81 - 81
	AAA	Oklahoma City '89ers	American Association	Cot Deal	62 - 78
	AA	Savannah Senators (Co-op)	Southern	Hub Kittle	59 - 76
	A	Peninsula Astros	Carolina	Tony Pacheco	67 - 76
	A	Cocoa Astros	Florida State	Leo Posada	42 - 87
	Short Season A	Williamsport Astros	New York-Penn	Billy Smith	39 - 36
	Rookie	Covington Astros	Appalachian	Dick Bogard	32 - 35