Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Houston Astros of all-time.

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

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in their League. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

There are no new entries but three rank elevations, none of which were reflected on the top five, which, as always, we present in our news updates. 

They are:

1. Jeff Bagwell                                            

2. Craig Biggio

3. Lance Berkman

4. Jose Altuve

5. Cesar Cedeno

The complete list can be found here. 

Outfielder, George Springer, moved up two spots to #16.  Springer’s ascension ends here, as he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as a Free Agent.

Infielder, Alex Bregman, also advanced two spots and is now at #19.  

Fellow infielder, Carlos Correa went from #31 to #24.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

Ron McDole’s professional football career got off to a slow start, as the former Nebraska Cornhusker did little as a rookie with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1961.  1962 was worse, as he migrated to the Houston Oilers of the American Football League and played even less.

McDole made the Buffalo Bills in 1963, and he went from journeyman to AFL star.  Playing mostly at Defensive End, McDole became a two-time AFL All-Star and helped take the Bills to two AFL Championships (1964 & 1965).  McDole remained with Buffalo until the end of the 1970 season, and he would be named a Second Team All-AFL player.

McDole’s career wasn’t over, as he played another 114 Games with his new team, the Washington Redskins, starting all but seven. He never made the Pro Bowl in Washington, but he was in contention for more than a few, and in the end, McDole had a long, productive 18-year career.

Known as “The Hatchet” (which is reason enough to rank him on any football list), the small-framed cornerback was one of the most punishing tacklers of his day and a major cog in the wheel of those three NFL Championship Teams in the 1950’s.  It is definitely worth noting that Jim David recorded an Interception in all three of those Lions NFL Championships.  Seriously, how impressive is that!

David was a six-time Pro Bowl Selection and two-time Second Team All-Pro.

Debuting for the San Francisco 49ers as a second-round pick from UCLA in 1976, Randy Cross played his entire 13-year career with the Niners, where he helped them win three Super Bowls.

Cross was an All-Rookie at Center, where he played the first three years of his career.  He moved to Right Guard in 1979, where he played until 1986 and earned three Pro Bowls.  Cross went back to Center for his last two seasons, retiring in 1988.

The Offensive Lineman started 180 of 185 Games in his career, with an Approximate career Value of 132.