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Minute Maid Park

Houston, TX · 2000–present · also known as Enron Field; Astros Field

Minute Maid Park
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2,047
Games on file
2000
First
2025
Last

Minute Maid Park is a ballpark in Houston, TX. The register's first major-league date here is April 7, 2000. The register files it under the National League. It was also known as Enron Field; Astros Field.

2,114 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 2000 and 2025. The game logs list the Houston Astros as the home club here. Its recorded capacity is 42,060. 18 games played here have a page of their own in this archive, among them Craig Biggio's 3,000th Hit in 2007, Mike Fiers's No-Hitter in 2015, and Houston Astros Combined No-Hitter, 2019 in 2019.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 7, 2000, when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros 4–1. Randy Wolf started for the Philadelphia Phillies and Octavio Dotel for the Houston Astros. Rich Rieker was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 21, 2025, when the Seattle Mariners beat the Houston Astros 7–3. Logan Gilbert started for the Seattle Mariners and Jason Alexander for the Houston Astros. Nate Tomlinson was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 44,203, for a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros on September 26, 2001.

The major leagues also played in Houston, TX at Colt Stadium (1962–1964) and Astrodome (1965–1999).

Home clubs

Games remembered here

2007

Craig Biggio's 3,000th Hit

Craig Biggio singles five times in six at-bats at Minute Maid Park to reach 3,000 hits, in his twentieth and final season in Houston.

2015

Mike Fiers's No-Hitter

Mike Fiers threw a no-hitter for the Houston Astros against the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 21, 2015, winning 3–0.

2019

Houston Astros Combined No-Hitter, 2019

Aaron Sanchez, Will Harris, Joe Biagini and Chris Devenski threw a combined no-hitter for the Houston Astros against the Seattle Mariners on August 3, 2019, winning 9–0.

2023

Framber Valdez's No-Hitter

Framber Valdez threw a no-hitter for the Houston Astros against the Cleveland Guardians on August 1, 2023, winning 2–0.

2024

Ronel Blanco's No-Hitter

Ronel Blanco threw a no-hitter for the Houston Astros against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 1, 2024, winning 10–0.

2000

Luis Gonzalez Hits for the Cycle, 2000

Luis Gonzalez hit for the cycle for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Houston Astros on July 5, 2000.

2001

Jeff Bagwell Hits for the Cycle, 2001

Jeff Bagwell hit for the cycle for the Houston Astros against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 18, 2001.

2006

Luke Scott Hits for the Cycle, 2006

Luke Scott hit for the cycle for the Houston Astros against the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 28, 2006.

2011

George Kottaras Hits for the Cycle, 2011

George Kottaras hit for the cycle for the Milwaukee Brewers against the Houston Astros on September 3, 2011.

2013

Brandon Barnes Hits for the Cycle, 2013

Brandon Barnes hit for the cycle for the Houston Astros against the Seattle Mariners on July 19, 2013.

2017

Evan Longoria Hits for the Cycle, 2017

Evan Longoria hit for the cycle for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Houston Astros on August 1, 2017.

2001

Aramís Ramírez's Three-Home-Run Game, 2001

Aramís Ramírez hit three home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Houston Astros on April 8, 2001.

2001

Sammy Sosa's Three-Home-Run Game, 2001

Sammy Sosa hit three home runs for the Chicago Cubs against the Houston Astros on September 23, 2001.

2005

Morgan Ensberg's Three-Home-Run Game, 2005

Morgan Ensberg hit three home runs for the Houston Astros against the San Francisco Giants on May 15, 2005.

2019

George Springer's Three-Home-Run Game, 2019

George Springer hit three home runs for the Houston Astros against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on September 22, 2019.

2022

Yordan Álvarez's Three-Home-Run Game, 2022

Yordan Álvarez hit three home runs for the Houston Astros against the Oakland Athletics on September 16, 2022.

2024

Pavin Smith's Three-Home-Run Game, 2024

Pavin Smith hit three home runs for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Houston Astros on September 8, 2024.

2025

Nick Kurtz's Four-Home-Run Game, 2025

Nick Kurtz hit four home runs for the Athletics against the Houston Astros on July 25, 2025.

Further reading: Wikipedia