1972 Cocoa Astros Roster
Team Record: 26-30
Finished 3rd in the FECL
Manager: Leo Posada (26-30)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cocoa, Florida
The Cocoa Astros of the Florida East Coast League ended the 1972 season with a record of 26 wins and 30 losses, finishing third in the FECL.
The Astros scored 254 runs and yielded 245 runs. Al Javier recorded 31 runs batted in. Ramon Perez led all regular batters with a .283 average. Luis Sánchez topped the team with 6 wins, while Romualdo Blanco registered a 1.41 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1972 Cocoa Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Javier, Luis Sánchez and Rick Williams.
Leo Posada served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Carlos Avila | R | R | May 24, 1953 | 6'0" | 182 | Caracas, Distrito Federal VE |
Romualdo Blanco | R | R | February 7, 1954 | 6'3" | 160 | Curiepe, Miranda VE |
Kenneth Burke | R | R | November 24, 1950 | 6'2" | 190 | Moultrie, GA US |
Bruce Cease | R | R | 6'3" | 200 | ||
Marc Cochran | R | R | January 2, 1953 | 5'11" | 167 | |
Eleno Cuen | R | R | August 18, 1952 | 6'1" | 185 | Ciudad Obregon, Sonora MX |
Paulo DeLeon | R | R | August 22, 1955 | |||
Juan Diaz | R | R | May 26, 1953 | 6'2" | 191 | Bani, Peravia DO |
Guillermo Foster | R | R | June 15, 1951 | 6'3" | 169 | |
Jim Jachym | R | L | December 16, 1949 | 6'3" | 180 | Westfield, MA US |
Al Javier | R | R | February 4, 1954 | 5'11" | 170 | San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris DO |
Alan Lindsay | S | L | 6'4" | 215 | ||
William McLaurine | L | L | February 19, 1953 | 6'0" | 165 | |
Fred Mims | R | R | February 14, 1950 | 6'1" | 190 | Garland County, AL US |
Jorge Moreno | R | R | November 24, 1955 | 6'2" | 160 | Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqui PA |
Fernando Payano | L | L | June 4, 1953 | 6'2" | 165 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
Ramon Perez | R | R | February 1, 1952 | 6'0" | 150 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
Luis Sánchez | R | R | August 24, 1953 | 6'2" | 170 | Cariaco, Sucre VE |
Gil Stafford | R | R | October 31, 1953 | 5'11" | 180 | |
Hector Stefany | R | R | 6'0" | 155 | La Romana, La Romana DO | |
Rafael Tatis | R | R | May 1, 1953 | 5'11" | 165 | |
Richard Valley | R | R | 5'11" | 184 | ||
David Warburton | R | R | May 18, 1953 | 6'7" | 190 | |
Rick Williams | R | R | November 9, 1952 | 6'1" | 180 | Merced, CA US |
Bob Youse | R | R | December 14, 1952 | 6'1" | 180 | Glendale, AZ US |