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Cocoa Astros

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Cocoa Astros
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
LeagueFlorida State League
Major league affiliations
Previous teams
Team data
Previous names
  • Cocoa Astros(1965–1972, 1977)
Previous parks
Cocoa Expo Sports Center(1965–1972, 1977)

TheCocoa Astroswere a professionalminor league baseballteam in theFlorida State League(FSL), as aClass Alevel affiliate with theHouston Astrosfrom 1965–72 and 1977. The team played at the Astros' spring training facility. The first Cocoa FSL team was known as theCocoa Indianswho played from 1951 to 1958.[1]The Indians won the Florida State League title in 1956 with a 90-50 record.[2]

The ballparks

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The Cocoa Astros hosted minor league home games at theCocoa Expo Sports Center,The ballpark facility is still in use and is located at 500 Friday Road in Cocoa. The baseball facility was originally built in 1964 for theHouston Colt.45'suse as aSpring trainingsite and remained in use by Houston for 21 seasons.[3][4] The Indians played at the Ball Fields at 1450 Minuteman Causeway.[5]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^"Cocoa, Florida Encyclopedia".Baseball-Reference.
  2. ^"1956 Florida State League (FSL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew".statscrew.
  3. ^"Cocoa Expo Stadium - Cocoa, Florida".ballparkreviews.
  4. ^Lewis, Allen (March 16, 1964). "Allen Hits 2d Homer as Phils Defeat Colts".Philadelphia Inquirer.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 22.
  5. ^"Ball Fields".
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