List of living Houston Colt .45s players

[AlexS]

What follows is a list of living Houston Colt .45s players. The team, which existed under that name from 1962 to 1964 before becoming the Houston Astros, has 27 remaining representatives. Born September 22, 1946, Larry Dierker is the youngest. Born September 26, 1925, Bobby Shantz is the oldest.

• Joey Amalfitano, born January 23, 1934
• Bob Aspromonte, born June 19, 1938
• Don Bradey, born October 4, 1934
• Jim Campbell, born June 24, 1937
• Conrad Cardinal, born March 30, 1942

• Danny Coombs, born March 23, 1942
• Brock Davis, born October 19, 1943
• Jim Dickson, born April 20, 1938
• Larry Dierker, born September 22, 1946
• Joe Gaines, born November 22, 1936

• Dave Giusti, born November 27, 1939
• Jim Golden, born March 20, 1936
• Jerry Grote, born October 6, 1942
• J C Hartman, born April 15, 1934
• Sonny Jackson, born July 9, 1944

• Bob Lillis, born June 2, 1930
• Roman Mejias, born August 9, 1930
• John Paciorek, born February 11, 1945
• Aaron Pointer, born April 19, 1942
• Claude Raymond, born May 7, 1937

• Dave Roberts, born June 30, 1933
• Bobby Shantz, born September 26, 1925
• Al Spangler, born July 8, 1933
• Don Taussig, born February 19, 1932
• Carl Warwick, born February 27, 1937

• Mike White, born December 18, 1938
• Larry Yellen, born January 4, 1943

[Fuzzy Bear]

Carl Warwick was the one Houston Colt 45 who was one of the players in my childhood box game "Challenge the Yankees".

Soon after the game came out, the Yankees went into the tank, not to reemerge until the Steinbrenner years.

[Chadwick]

Steve Hertz, b. Feb. 26, 1945 is absent from the OP.

Dave Roberts (d. Oct. 2, 2021) is the only one to pass since this was first posted more than a year ago.