1974 Cedar Rapids Astros Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 54-66
Finished 5th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Leo Posada (54-66)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 36,056, Avg. 601
1974 Cedar Rapids Astros RosterTeam Record: 54-66
Finished 5th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Leo Posada (54-66)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 36,056, Avg. 601
The Cedar Rapids Astros of the Midwest League ended the 1974 season with a record of 54 wins and 66 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Astros scored 384 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 487 runs. Rafael Tatis drove in 56 runs. Alex Taveras led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .285 clip. Joe Sambito topped the squad with 11 wins, while Luis Sánchez recorded a 1.59 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1974 Cedar Rapids Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Cannon, Alex Taveras, Joe Sambito, Luis Pujols, José Sosa and Luis Sánchez.
Leo Posada served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sambito | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.00 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 156.0 | 133 | 59 | 52 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 182 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Luis Sánchez | 9 | 4 | .692 | 1.59 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 147.0 | 122 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 130 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bob Renninger | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.07 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 135.0 | 120 | 82 | 61 | 5 | 106 | 2 | 113 | 8 | 0 | 14 | ||
| José Sosa | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.77 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 124.0 | 121 | 75 | 52 | 4 | 67 | 4 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Larry Elenes | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.50 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 86 | 54 | 40 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jose Alfaro | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.17 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69.0 | 62 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Paulo DeLeon | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.74 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 45 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Aloi | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.97 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 93.0 | 84 | 55 | 41 | 8 | 52 | 0 | 97 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jesus Reyes | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.0 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Luckett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Youse | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.71 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Cluck | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.86 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29.0 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Leovani Baez | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Romualdo Blanco | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.86 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 66 | .450 | 3.26 | 274 | 120 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 17 | 989.0 | 883 | 487 | 358 | 48 | 515 | 19 | 958 | 48 | 7 | 56 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Taveras | 110 | 446 | 383 | 64 | 109 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 40 | 14 | 51 | 46 | .285 | .368 | .342 | .710 | 131 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Rafael Tatis | 115 | 456 | 398 | 44 | 109 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 13 | 6 | 47 | 68 | .274 | .347 | .357 | .703 | 142 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Pastor Perez | 110 | 404 | 352 | 38 | 87 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 48 | .247 | .330 | .295 | .625 | 104 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Calvin Portley | 110 | 425 | 368 | 47 | 83 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 45 | 65 | .226 | .314 | .277 | .591 | 102 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Tom Twellman | 65 | 240 | 221 | 21 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 27 | .262 | .308 | .326 | .634 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge Moreno | 83 | 240 | 214 | 21 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 71 | .234 | .288 | .271 | .559 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Fred Mims | 64 | 222 | 200 | 13 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 53 | .225 | .297 | .345 | .642 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Rima | 63 | 212 | 177 | 15 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 32 | .249 | .351 | .294 | .645 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Michael Jones | 67 | 194 | 174 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 57 | .190 | .255 | .287 | .543 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Stan Floyd | 61 | 201 | 172 | 11 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 52 | .186 | .299 | .267 | .566 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Eric Brown | 56 | 176 | 165 | 11 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 30 | .188 | .224 | .248 | .473 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Holland | 27 | 100 | 93 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | .258 | .296 | .301 | .597 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Drake | 25 | 112 | 108 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 35 | .222 | .250 | .259 | .509 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arturo Gonzalez | 41 | 121 | 113 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .195 | .233 | .230 | .463 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Luis Pujols | 26 | 92 | 86 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | .198 | .239 | .221 | .460 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guillermo Foster | 16 | 63 | 56 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .232 | .317 | .286 | .603 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Renninger | 25 | 54 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .217 | .294 | .413 | .707 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Dunn | 15 | 63 | 56 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .179 | .270 | .232 | .502 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnaldo Alvarado | 16 | 56 | 50 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .180 | .250 | .240 | .490 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Cannon | 11 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .184 | .225 | .289 | .514 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Sambito | 28 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .140 | .232 | .180 | .412 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Alfaro | 33 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .238 | .238 | .333 | .571 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Elenes | 20 | 36 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .147 | .171 | .176 | .348 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| José Sosa | 23 | 45 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .122 | .182 | .146 | .328 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis Sánchez | 25 | 52 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .073 | .191 | .073 | .265 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cluck | 23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Youse | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paulo DeLeon | 29 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesus Reyes | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Romualdo Blanco | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Aloi | 32 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .186 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leovani Baez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1365 | 4191 | 3708 | 381 | 851 | 104 | 32 | 20 | 318 | 142 | 54 | 374 | 812 | .230 | .302 | .291 | .593 | 1079 | 56 | 23 | 59 | 27 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pastor Perez | 1B | 87 | 707 | 46 | 12 | 37 | .984 | 8.655 | ||||
| Mike Holland | 1B | 27 | 184 | 16 | 2 | 8 | .990 | 7.407 | ||||
| Rafael Tatis | 1B | 7 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 7.571 | ||||
| Fred Mims | 1B | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 5.333 | ||||
| Guillermo Foster | 1B | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Jose Alfaro | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Calvin Portley | 2B | 107 | 188 | 244 | 22 | 25 | .952 | 4.037 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | 2B | 8 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 3.125 | ||||
| Tom Twellman | 2B | 7 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 4.143 | ||||
| Rafael Tatis | 3B | 60 | 48 | 100 | 10 | 10 | .937 | 2.467 | ||||
| Tom Twellman | 3B | 56 | 56 | 101 | 13 | 5 | .924 | 2.804 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | 3B | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .812 | 2.600 | ||||
| Eric Brown | C | 50 | 452 | 36 | 7 | 4 | .986 | 9.760 | 19 | |||
| Stan Floyd | C | 49 | 353 | 34 | 11 | 5 | .972 | 7.898 | 14 | |||
| Luis Pujols | C | 24 | 186 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 8.542 | 10 | |||
| Jorge Moreno | OF | 67 | 69 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .922 | 1.060 | ||||
| Tom Rima | OF | 56 | 97 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 1.839 | ||||
| Fred Mims | OF | 56 | 77 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .956 | 1.536 | ||||
| Michael Jones | OF | 53 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .947 | 1.019 | ||||
| Rafael Tatis | OF | 39 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .921 | 1.487 | ||||
| Arturo Gonzalez | OF | 33 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.485 | ||||
| Kevin Drake | OF | 25 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .929 | 2.080 | ||||
| Robert Dunn | OF | 15 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| Arnaldo Alvarado | OF | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
| Guillermo Foster | OF | 13 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.923 | ||||
| Joe Cannon | OF | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | OF | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Stan Floyd | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jose Alfaro | P | 33 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .333 | ||||
| David Aloi | P | 32 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .864 | .594 | ||||
| Paulo DeLeon | P | 28 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .333 | .071 | ||||
| Luis Sánchez | P | 25 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 2 | .860 | 1.480 | ||||
| Jesus Reyes | P | 24 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .208 | ||||
| Bob Renninger | P | 24 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 2 | .821 | 1.333 | ||||
| Joe Sambito | P | 23 | 12 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 2.000 | ||||
| José Sosa | P | 22 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Bob Cluck | P | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Larry Elenes | P | 16 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Bob Youse | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Romualdo Blanco | P | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Leovani Baez | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Michael Luckett | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Alex Taveras | SS | 109 | 163 | 260 | 33 | 28 | .928 | 3.881 | ||||
| Rafael Tatis | SS | 13 | 21 | 37 | 5 | 4 | .921 | 4.462 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1279 | 3067 | 1164 | 189 | 155 | .957 | 3.308 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
