1966 Cocoa Astros Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-55
Finished 3rd in the FSL
Manager: Joe Frazier (81-55)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Cocoa Stadium
Attendance: 10,286, Avg. 151

1966 Cocoa Astros Roster

The Cocoa Astros of the Florida State League ended the 1966 season with a record of 81 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the FSL.

The Astros scored 563 runs and allowed 472 runs. Bob Watson led Cocoa with 10 home runs and drove in 55 runs. George Alvarez paced hitters with significant playing time with a .280 average. Dane Messick topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.33 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1966 Cocoa Astros who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Roric Harrison, Bob Watson, Steve Hertz and Steve Shea.

Joe Frazier served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dane Messick	13	5	.722	2.33	22	17		5	1		120.0	95	42	31	2	63	1	138	2	1	6
Steve Shea	12	5	.706	1.78	46	1		0	0		106.0	71	28	21	1	43	9	107	0	0	3
David Fyfe	11	3	.786	2.36	25	16		7	3		141.0	115	51	37	4	40	0	89	4	3	1
Mike Williams	9	4	.692	2.25	17	15		7	4		96.0	75	36	24	4	30	1	63	2	2	2
Jerry Lyscio	9	7	.562	2.47	32	21		10	3		175.0	168	66	48	2	34	4	105	3	0	6
Billy Harris	6	5	.545	2.30	18	12		4	1		86.0	69	28	22	1	46	1	86	4	0	6
Raymond Dahlgren	5	2	.714	2.78	13	9		2	1		55.0	46	18	17	0	22	2	31	1	1	2
Stan Robinson	5	6	.455	5.14	29	10		2	0		77.0	55	51	44	3	81	0	66	2	0	11
Graciliano Parra	4	4	.500	3.05	14	9		4	0		62.0	49	26	21	3	30	1	44	1	1	3
Craig Drager	4	5	.444	3.39	24	10		2	0		85.0	78	43	32	1	58	0	85	1	1	6
Roy Bethell	1	0	1.000	7.94	8	0		0	0		17.0	18	15	15	1	17	0	8	0	0	2
Roric Harrison	1	3	.250	6.47	6	6		1	0		32.0	31	25	23	1	18	0	28	1	1	2
Frank Burch	1	4	.200	3.12	12	9		0	0		52.0	35	22	18	0	38	1	43	5	0	3
Jimmy Wammack	0	0		4.50	3	1		0	0		10.0	9	7	5	0	7	0	8	0	0	0
Paul Lane	0	2	.000	2.16	9	0		0	0		25.0	25	14	6	0	20	0	10	1	0	2
Totals	81	55	.596	2.88	278	136	0	44	13	0	1139.0	939	472	364	23	547	20	911	27	10	55	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
George Alvarez	132	532	453	61	127	14	4	5	52	8	1	61	54	.280	.371	.362	.733	164		8	3	7
Bernardo Calvo	125	533	460	55	118	9	5	0	45	4	2	58	56	.257	.344	.298	.642	137		5	7	3
Bob Watson	105	402	348	56	105	21	8	10	55	2	4	45	48	.302	.384	.494	.878	172		4	1	4
David Anderson	111	430	404	39	102	7	3	2	43	2	4	15	65	.252	.283	.300	.583	121		4	3	4
Gene Noble	129	514	445	70	100	9	6	8	44	4	2	57	68	.225	.321	.326	.647	145		7	3	2
Roy Bethell	118	411	379	42	94	15	6	8	42	10	1	27	107	.248	.298	.383	.680	145		1	1	3
Steve Hertz	95	369	320	48	87	8	4	6	47	4	3	45	42	.272	.358	.378	.736	121		0	0	4
Joe Lewallen	104	340	308	36	64	12	1	5	38	1	0	27	62	.208	.276	.302	.578	93		3	0	2
Keith Graffagnini	72	295	238	31	58	4	4	5	37	1	1	50	46	.244	.373	.357	.730	85		2	0	5
Reggie Thomas	48	202	153	38	32	3	4	0	13	17	1	40	56	.209	.389	.281	.670	43		5	4	0
Jerry Causey	24	101	90	10	24	2	0	2	20	3	0	11	21	.267	.347	.356	.702	32		0	0	0
John Langi	36	128	116	16	18	1	0	6	11	0	1	11	21	.155	.234	.319	.553	37		1	0	0
Jerry Lyscio	35	75	62	6	14	0	0	3	8	1	0	12	24	.226	.351	.371	.722	23		0	1	0
David Fyfe	25	61	56	5	11	3	0	1	4	0	0	2	12	.196	.224	.304	.528	17		0	3	0
Robert Dickman	38	104	82	11	10	1	1	0	7	0	0	19	12	.122	.308	.159	.466	13		3	0	0
Francisco Chavez	16	61	56	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	22	.161	.200	.161	.361	9		0	1	1
Graciliano Parra	14	25	24	4	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	8	.292	.320	.500	.820	12		0	0	0
Billy Harris	18	34	31	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.194	.219	.194	.412	6		0	2	0
Dane Messick	22	47	42	6	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	17	.143	.200	.190	.390	8		0	2	0
Craig Drager	24	32	32	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.125	.125	.125	.250	4		0	0	0
Steve Shea	46	32	29	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.103	.161	.103	.265	3		1	1	0
Franklyn Sands	6	12	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	2		0	0	0
Roric Harrison	6	13	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.154	.154	.231	.385	3		0	0	0
Jack McClure	10	37	32	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	.062	.189	.062	.252	2		0	0	0
Mike Williams	17	42	33	5	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	9	.061	.225	.091	.316	3		1	2	0
Jimmy Wammack	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Ronald Birchall	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
Frank Burch	12	21	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.056	.150	.056	.206	1		0	1	0
Stan Robinson	30	29	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.038	.038	.038	.077	1		0	3	0
Raymond Dahlgren	13	22	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.000	.048	.000	.048	0		0	1	0
Paul Lane	9	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Totals	1445	4919	4296	563	1011	113	47	62	482	57	20	504	836	.235	.320	.327	.646	1404	0	45	39	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Keith Graffagnini	1B	71	619	48	8	43	.988	9.394
Joe Lewallen	1B	42	302	13	5	33	.984	7.500
Jerry Causey	1B	24	198	11	8	11	.963	8.708
Bernardo Calvo	2B	113	220	305	16	63	.970	4.646
Steve Hertz	2B	23	44	56	4	10	.962	4.348
Steve Hertz	3B	72	59	127	12	17	.939	2.583
George Alvarez	3B	64	43	124	20	11	.893	2.609
Bob Watson	C	77	494	33	13	14	.976	6.844	17
John Langi	C	36	117	21	7	1	.952	3.833	19
Robert Dickman	C	30	182	17	3	2	.985	6.633	7
Gene Noble	OF	129	163	3	6	1	.965	1.287
Roy Bethell	OF	108	177	13	12	1	.941	1.759
George Alvarez	OF	67	119	4	4	2	.969	1.836
Joe Lewallen	OF	51	56	9	4	1	.942	1.275
Reggie Thomas	OF	46	104	1	6	0	.946	2.283
Bob Watson	OF	22	35	3	0	1	1.000	1.727
Steve Shea	P	46	9	13	0	0	1.000	.478
Jerry Lyscio	P	32	13	36	4	3	.925	1.531
Stan Robinson	P	29	2	14	3	0	.842	.552
David Fyfe	P	25	8	27	0	1	1.000	1.400
Craig Drager	P	24	2	5	1	0	.875	.292
Dane Messick	P	22	5	14	1	1	.950	.864
Billy Harris	P	18	4	17	1	0	.955	1.167
Mike Williams	P	17	7	13	2	1	.909	1.176
Graciliano Parra	P	14	2	8	2	0	.833	.714
Raymond Dahlgren	P	13	2	8	1	0	.909	.769
Frank Burch	P	12	5	6	0	0	1.000	.917
Paul Lane	P	9						.000
Roric Harrison	P	6						.000
Jimmy Wammack	P	3						.000
David Anderson	SS	111	159	284	36	37	.925	3.991
Francisco Chavez	SS	15	21	37	7	6	.892	3.867
Bernardo Calvo	SS	10	20	28	4	7	.923	4.800
Totals		1381	3191	1298	190	267	.959	3.251	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.

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