Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2026 revision of our top 50 Houston Astros.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Duration and Impact.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the Major League Baseball.

3.  Advanced Statistics.

4.  Playoff performance.

5. Their respective legacy on the team.

6. How successful the team was when he was there.

7. Respecting the era in which they played.

Criteria 1-4 will make up the lion’s share of the algorithm.  Please note that we have implemented this for the first time.  This has changed the rankings all throughout the board.

Last year, the Astros won 87 games, but it was not enough to make the playoffs.  Nevertheless, there was movement within our Top 50, and one new entrant.

As always, we present our top five, which differs from last year's, due to the new algorithm.

1. Jeff Bagwell
2. Craig Biggio
3. Jose Altuve
4. Lance Berkman
5. Cesar Cedeno

You can find the entire list here.

A couple of notes within the top five.  Jose Altuve was ranked#3 last year and remains at that spot.  Lance Berkman and Cesar Cedeno swapped spots.

Designated Hitter Yordan Alvarez went up to spots to #17.

Pitcher Framber Valdez, who is now with the Detroit Tigers, advanced one spot to #30.

The new entrant was Shortstop Jeremy Pena, who was an All-Star last year.  He debuts at #36.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.