Happy Birthday - 1/13

No future Astros with birthdays today, but these former Astros celebrate ~

UT Ron Brand (75)
Drafted from the Pirates in the 1964 Rule 5 draft, Brand played in 300 games for Houston from 1965 to 1968, hitting .231/.293/.270. He spent time as catcher, third baseman, second baseman, left fielder and right fielder while playing for Houston. He went on to play shortstop and centerfield for Montreal.

LHP Mike Madden (58)
Madden came to Houston, along with Kevin Bass and Frank DiPino in a September 1982 trade with Milwaukee for Don Sutton. In 71 games (26 starts) for the Astros from 1983 to 1986, he was 12-10 with a 3.94 ERA and a 1.603 WHIP.

SS Orlando Miller (46)
A native of Panama, Miller came to Houston in a March 1990 trade with the Yankees and played in 247 games for Houston from 1994 to 1996 with a batting line of .262/.307/.406. Miller left Houston in this nine-player trade to Detroit on 12/10/96 (from Baseball-Reference):

The Houston Astros traded Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward.

Happy Birthday - 1/13

No future Astros, but the following former Astros celebrate today ~

UT Ron Brand (74)
Drafted from the Pirates in the 1964 Rule 5 draft, Brand played in 300 games for Houston from 1965 to 1968, hitting .231/.293/.270. He spent time as catcher, third baseman, second baseman, left fielder and right fielder while playing for Houston. He went on to play shortstop and centerfield for Montreal.

LHP Mike Madden (57)
Madden came to Houston, along with Kevin Bass and Frank DiPino in a September 1982 trade with Milwaukee for Don Sutton. In 71 games (26 starts) for the Astros from 1983 to 1986, he was 12-10 with a 3.94 ERA and a 1.603 WHIP.

SS Orlando Miller (45)
A native of Panama, Miller came to Houston in a March 1990 trade with the Yankees and played in 247 games for Houston from 1994 to 1996 with a batting line of .262/.307/.406. Miller left Houston in this nine-player trade to Detroit on 12/10/96 (from Baseball-Reference):

The Houston Astros traded Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward.

Happy Birthday - 1/13

No future Astros, only former Astros with birthdays today ~

UT Ron Brand (73)
Drafted from the Pirates in the 1964 Rule 5 draft, Brand played in 300 games for Houston from 1965 to 1968, hitting .231/.293/.270. He spent time as catcher, third baseman, second baseman, left fielder and right fielder while playing for Houston. He went on to play shortstop and centerfield for Montreal.

LHP Mike Madden (56)
Madden came to Houston, along with Kevin Bass and Frank DiPino in a September 1982 trade with Milwaukee for Don Sutton. In 71 games (26 starts) for the Astros from 1983 to 1986, he was 12-10 with a 3.94 ERA and a 1.603 WHIP.

SS Orlando Miller (44)
A native of Panama, Miller came to Houston in a March 1990 trade with the Yankees and played in 247 games for Houston from 1994 to 1996 with a batting line of .262/.307/.406. Miller left Houston in this nine-player trade to Detroit on 12/10/96 (from Baseball-Reference):

The Houston Astros traded Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Brad Ausmus,Jose Lima, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward.

Happy Birthday - 1/13

SS Jonathan Merritt (24)
Signed by the Astros as a non-drafted free agent in 2010, Merritt last played in Greeneville in 2010.  I haven't been able to find any information about his status, but he is still shown as being in the Astros organization.  In 2010, he batted .248/.367/.421/.788 with nine doubles, seven triples, four home runs and twelve stolen bases.

C Emerson Frostad (29)
Drafted by the Rangers in the 13th round in 2003, this native of British Columbia signed with the Astros as a free agent in 2011.  Frostad split the 2011 season between Corpus Christi and Oklahoma City and compiled a .235/.337/.331/.668 batting line.  He hit .409 with a double and five RBI's as he played for Canada in the 2011 Baseball World Cup.

Former Astros with birthdays today

UT Ron Brand (72)
Played in 300 games for Houston from 1965 to 1968

LHP Mike Madden (55)
Pitched for Houston from 1983 to 1986 going 12-10 with a 3.94 ERA
Came to Houston with Kevin Bass & Frank DiPino in a trade with Milwaukee for Don Sutton

SS Orlando Miller (43)
Played in 247 games for Houston in 1994 to 1996
Batting line of .262/.307/.406/.713
Went to Detroit in a monster 9-player trade on 12/10/96

From Baseball-Reference: "The Houston Astros traded Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Brad Ausmus,Jose Lima, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward."