1968 Cocoa Astros Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 74-65
Finished 2nd in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Tony Pacheco (0-0), Leo Posada (0-0)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Cocoa Stadium
Attendance: 28,923, Avg. 416
1968 Cocoa Astros RosterTeam Record: 74-65
Finished 2nd in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Tony Pacheco (0-0), Leo Posada (0-0)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Cocoa Stadium
Attendance: 28,923, Avg. 416
Playoffs - Orlando Twins 2 games, Cocoa Astros 0
The Cocoa Astros of the Florida State League ended the 1968 season with a record of 74 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Astros scored 554 runs and gave up 509 runs. John Mayberry led Cocoa with 14 home runs Cliff Johnson drove in 61 runs. Ed Armbrister paced hitters with significant playing time with a .261 average. Jerry Lensing topped the squad with 12 wins, while Ed Acosta and Doug Olson registered a 2.56 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1968 Cocoa Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were César Cedeño, John Mayberry, Ray Busse, Juan Jiménez, Buddy Harris, Leo Posada, Ed Acosta, Cliff Johnson, Ed Armbrister and Alonzo Harris.
Tony Pacheco and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Lensing | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.35 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 113.0 | 115 | 50 | 42 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Doug Olson | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.56 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 144.0 | 137 | 57 | 41 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Cliff Davis | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.18 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 48 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ed Acosta | 8 | 12 | .400 | 2.56 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 158.0 | 127 | 69 | 45 | 3 | 86 | 7 | 155 | 15 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Wayne Brechtel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.00 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 87.0 | 70 | 40 | 29 | 5 | 56 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Clinton Burr | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.96 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 76.0 | 62 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 43 | 2 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Craig Hilden | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.41 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 66.0 | 56 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Roy McAlister | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.59 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 61 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Tom Suchanek | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Herman Johnson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.81 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 59.0 | 49 | 35 | 25 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Michael McFarland | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.38 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 68.0 | 60 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charles Bynon | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.49 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 49.0 | 49 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Steve Grover | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.82 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 51.0 | 39 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Juan Jiménez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 31 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Buddy Harris | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Kryczkowski | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Emmitt Money | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Santee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Leo Posada | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Danny Nixon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 74 | 65 | .532 | 3.09 | 287 | 139 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1097.0 | 978 | 509 | 377 | 26 | 588 | 34 | 902 | 62 | 4 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Armbrister | 129 | 509 | 472 | 75 | 123 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 29 | 74 | .261 | .308 | .322 | .630 | 152 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Cliff Johnson | 117 | 421 | 353 | 60 | 102 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 55 | .289 | .385 | .439 | .824 | 155 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ray Busse | 124 | 444 | 424 | 45 | 99 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 66 | .233 | .260 | .321 | .580 | 136 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tom Brown | 108 | 369 | 348 | 29 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 55 | .244 | .280 | .293 | .573 | 102 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tom Koziol | 84 | 304 | 271 | 41 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 20 | .266 | .340 | .317 | .657 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Mayberry | 64 | 248 | 195 | 34 | 66 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 21 | .338 | .468 | .631 | 1.099 | 123 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Alonzo Harris | 71 | 272 | 240 | 40 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 38 | .271 | .349 | .325 | .674 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Murphy | 60 | 203 | 176 | 24 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 31 | .273 | .358 | .392 | .750 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| César Cedeño | 69 | 196 | 180 | 19 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 35 | .256 | .308 | .322 | .630 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jaime Davis | 73 | 236 | 211 | 30 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 29 | .218 | .298 | .284 | .582 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leo Posada | 52 | 186 | 148 | 39 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 26 | .284 | .419 | .446 | .865 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alexis Corro | 63 | 199 | 170 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 36 | .206 | .299 | .229 | .528 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Edward Ford | 22 | 87 | 74 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | .392 | .483 | .419 | .902 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Allen | 62 | 201 | 172 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 40 | .169 | .266 | .273 | .540 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ronald Salter | 30 | 102 | 89 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 29 | .247 | .337 | .360 | .696 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tony Paulino | 29 | 108 | 89 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 19 | .225 | .361 | .315 | .676 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Steinkamp | 23 | 54 | 51 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .255 | .296 | .275 | .571 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Long | 27 | 72 | 63 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .175 | .264 | .175 | .438 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ed Acosta | 29 | 57 | 54 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .185 | .185 | .222 | .407 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Davis | 34 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodney Clabo | 19 | 44 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .220 | .273 | .268 | .541 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael McFarland | 13 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .263 | .417 | .263 | .680 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Hernandez | 18 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .200 | .310 | .200 | .510 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy McAlister | 21 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .308 | .615 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Grover | 11 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .235 | .235 | .353 | .588 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Johnson | 21 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Brechtel | 19 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .148 | .207 | .148 | .355 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Lensing | 30 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Hartzog | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Bynon | 12 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Suchanek | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Craig Hilden | 17 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .095 | .091 | .143 | .234 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Doug Olson | 25 | 52 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .057 | .277 | .057 | .334 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Sed | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Jiménez | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Santee | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .429 | .571 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alfredo Preciado | 9 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .053 | .182 | .053 | .234 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Emmitt Money | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clinton Burr | 14 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .000 | .042 | .000 | .042 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Del Papa | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Harris | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Nixon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1553 | 4717 | 4165 | 556 | 1028 | 136 | 44 | 40 | 470 | 118 | 44 | 421 | 747 | .247 | .322 | .329 | .651 | 1372 | 0 | 54 | 45 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mayberry | 1B | 64 | 479 | 22 | 7 | 51 | .986 | 7.828 | ||||
| James Murphy | 1B | 58 | 375 | 17 | 6 | 32 | .985 | 6.759 | ||||
| Gordon Allen | 1B | 17 | 89 | 4 | 10 | 7 | .903 | 5.471 | ||||
| Leo Posada | 1B | 5 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .963 | 5.200 | ||||
| Cliff Johnson | 1B | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 6.500 | ||||
| Tom Koziol | 2B | 82 | 124 | 150 | 13 | 37 | .955 | 3.341 | ||||
| Alexis Corro | 2B | 39 | 86 | 76 | 7 | 16 | .959 | 4.154 | ||||
| Ronald Salter | 2B | 24 | 35 | 58 | 12 | 13 | .886 | 3.875 | ||||
| Tony Paulino | 2B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tom Brown | 3B | 104 | 51 | 133 | 36 | 9 | .836 | 1.769 | ||||
| Tony Paulino | 3B | 23 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 7 | .957 | 1.913 | ||||
| Leo Posada | 3B | 9 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Ronald Salter | 3B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 1.250 | ||||
| Alfredo Preciado | 3B | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Tom Koziol | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ray Busse | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Cliff Johnson | C | 109 | 623 | 54 | 24 | 2 | .966 | 6.211 | 16 | |||
| Gary Long | C | 26 | 127 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 5.385 | 9 | |||
| William Steinkamp | C | 21 | 115 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 6.048 | 5 | |||
| Oscar Sed | C | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Del Papa | C | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 7.500 | 3 | |||
| Ed Armbrister | OF | 127 | 169 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .936 | 1.378 | ||||
| Alonzo Harris | OF | 71 | 107 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .939 | 1.521 | ||||
| Jaime Davis | OF | 68 | 86 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .920 | 1.353 | ||||
| César Cedeño | OF | 53 | 70 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .914 | 1.396 | ||||
| Gordon Allen | OF | 44 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .946 | 1.205 | ||||
| Leo Posada | OF | 34 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .967 | 1.735 | ||||
| Edward Ford | OF | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Rodney Clabo | OF | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Miguel Hernandez | OF | 10 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Cliff Johnson | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Ricky Hartzog | OF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Cliff Davis | P | 34 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .786 | .324 | ||||
| Jerry Lensing | P | 29 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 4 | .917 | .759 | ||||
| Ed Acosta | P | 29 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .875 | .724 | ||||
| Doug Olson | P | 25 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .840 | ||||
| Roy McAlister | P | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .286 | ||||
| Herman Johnson | P | 19 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .545 | .316 | ||||
| Wayne Brechtel | P | 19 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .421 | ||||
| Craig Hilden | P | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Clinton Burr | P | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Tom Suchanek | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .154 | ||||
| Michael McFarland | P | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Bynon | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .583 | ||||
| Steve Grover | P | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Jiménez | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Robert Santee | P | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Kryczkowski | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Nixon | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Emmitt Money | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buddy Harris | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Busse | SS | 122 | 207 | 329 | 36 | 57 | .937 | 4.393 | ||||
| Alexis Corro | SS | 15 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 10 | .831 | 3.600 | ||||
| Alfredo Preciado | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tony Paulino | SS | 3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1475 | 3067 | 1115 | 248 | 268 | .944 | 2.835 | 33 | 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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