Gene Elston Photo Gallery Players & Coaches Second Baseman Joe Amalfitano Joe Amalfitano, Kim Elston, and Al Spangler First Baseman Pidge Browne Don Buddin and Norm Larker April 17, 1962 - shown in the dressing room at New York's Polo Grounds after hitting homers against the New York Mets. Larker hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning and Buddin won the ball game with a three-run homer in the eleventh inning as Houston defeated the Mets, 5-2, in the first meeting of the two new National League clubs. Trainer Jim Ewell and pitcher Dick Farrell Equipment manager Whitey Piskin and pitcher Dick Farrell Coach Luman Harris Luman Harris, Johnny Weekly and Pirate pitcher Al McBean First baseman Norm Larker Outfielder Roman Mejias Merritt Ranew, Miss Colt .45, and Bob Aspromonte Catcher Hal Smith Pitcher Dean Stone 1962 Colt .45s Strategy Board (L to R) - Coach Jim Busby, Pitching Coach Cot Deal, Third Base Coach Lum Harris, General Manager Paul Richards, Manager Harry Craft, and First Base Coach Jimmy Adair Pitcher Jim Umbricht Pitcher Hal Woodeshick