The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after spending their first 51 seasons in the National League (NL).
In 1972, the Astros had their first winning season, and the team first reached the postseason in 1980. It was the Astros’ first trip to the World Series, but they were swept by the American League’s Chicago White Sox that same year.
Although they were implicated in one of baseball’s most high-profile cheating scandals in the early 2010s, the team became one of the league’s most powerful and successful franchises, winning over 100 games in three straight seasons.
It was the first World Series championship for the Houston Astros, who beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-1 in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Despite having an all-time great and a franchise-best regular season in 2018, the Astros were defeated in seven games by the Washington Nationals in the 2019 World Series after being defeated by Boston in the 2018 ALCS.
What Is Astros Net Worth?
The Houston Astros are expected to be worth $1.98 billion by 2022, according to this estimate. Jim Crane owns the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. Crane paid $465 million for the team in 2011.
Jim Crane, a billionaire American businessman, owns the company. To begin with, his fortune came from a career in the logistics sector.