February 19 in Houston Astros History: Chris Zachary is born in Knoxville, TN. Expected to be one of the top young arms for the expansion Houston (1944)

Chris Zachary is born in Knoxville, TN. Expected to be one of the top young arms for the expansion Houston franchise, Zachary struggles through five seasons (1963-1967), compiling a 6-16 record. He dies on April 19, 2003 of cancer in the town of his birth.

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