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• Houston finished 2nd place in the American League West Division, 7 games behind the Oakland A's, and also finished in 8th place in the American League.

• The Astros made the playoffs as the 6th seed and made it all the way to the best-of-seven American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Houston eventually lost in the winner-take-all 7th game and finished with a 8-5 postseason record.
• The Houston Astros have made the postseason in 5 of the last 6 seasons dating back to 2015. During this stretch, the team has made it to the ALCS 4 times, reached the World Series twice whiling winning it once.
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Minute Maid Park



• Construction for this new stadium began on November 1, 1997 by Brown & Root (Houston), Barton Malow (Southfield, MI) and Empire Construction, at a cost of $250 million.
• The construction of Minute Maid Park was significant because it was the first time since 1964 where a Major League team in Houston could play on natural grass outdoors, as Minute Maid Park’s 242 foot high, retractable roof technology brought open-air baseball to Houston for the first time in 35 years.
• The stadium would later open on March 30, 2000, with a seating capacity of 41,168. The ballpark would win three major awards: Greater Houston Preservation Alliance, 2000 Good Brick Award, Most Outstanding Civil Engineering Project, National Honor Award for Engineering Excellence in less than one year from its opening.
• The stadium has had a few name changes over the course of its history, as it was originally named Enron Field on April 7, 1999, and was renamed Astros Field on February 27, 2002, by agreement of the Houston Astros and Enron Corp, and eventually named Minute Maid Park.
• A popular stadium attraction is a replica of an 1862 steam locomotive. The iconic Train at Minute Maid Park is a staple among Houston Astros games, as it runs each time a home run is hit.