Ballpark
Colt Stadium
Houston · 1962–1964 · config 1964
Favors pitchers
(-0.1 runs for the away team)
Dimensions
LF 400′ · LFA 395′ · LC 395′ · CF 450′ · RC 395′ · RFA 395′ · RF 400′
Walls LF 8′ · CF 30′ · RF 8′
Open-air temporary before the Dome — mosquitoes and heat
Cavernous foul ground
Capacity 32,601
Hot, buggy, and temporary — Houston waited on the Dome.
Overhead diagram
Photograph
About this park
Colt Stadium was Houston baseball outdoors before the Dome — heat, mosquitoes, and a temporary yard that made everyone eager for air conditioning. It played as a pitcher-leaning stopgap while the Astrodome rose. Short chapter, long memory for anyone who sat through an August night without a roof.