1972 Cocoa Astros Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-72
Finished 5th in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Jimmy Williams (56-72)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Cocoa Stadium
Attendance: 16,385, Avg. 256
1972 Cocoa Astros RosterTeam Record: 56-72
Finished 5th in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Jimmy Williams (56-72)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Cocoa Stadium
Attendance: 16,385, Avg. 256
The Cocoa Astros of the Florida State League ended the 1972 season with a record of 56 wins and 72 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Astros plated 478 runs and allowed 490 runs. Robert Blakley accounted for 56 RBI. Pastor Perez led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .314 average. Paul Siebert and Blake Green topped the team with 8 wins each, while Blake Green recorded a 1.5 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1972 Cocoa Astros who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Art Gardner, José Sosa, Paul Siebert and Al Javier.
Jimmy Williams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Green | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1.50 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 108.0 | 69 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 116 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Siebert | 8 | 9 | .471 | 2.74 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 164.0 | 142 | 67 | 50 | 5 | 70 | 2 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Ronald DeJean | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1.62 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 89.0 | 69 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gordon Crane | 7 | 12 | .368 | 2.49 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 166.0 | 153 | 69 | 46 | 6 | 75 | 4 | 146 | 8 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Eleno Cuen | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.60 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bob Renninger | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.77 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 129.0 | 113 | 69 | 54 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 87 | 8 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Perry Johnson | 5 | 12 | .294 | 3.67 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 98.0 | 93 | 61 | 40 | 2 | 62 | 4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| David Kaster | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.16 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 75.0 | 44 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Kryczkowski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Jordan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.61 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Francisco Lopez | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.15 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 46 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Byron Dismukes | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.72 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| José Sosa | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.91 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| James Streleski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Romualdo Blanco | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 72 | .438 | 2.94 | 243 | 129 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 12 | 1089.0 | 908 | 490 | 356 | 30 | 590 | 27 | 949 | 45 | 5 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pastor Perez | 103 | 418 | 360 | 58 | 113 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 49 | .314 | .400 | .406 | .806 | 146 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Robert Blakley | 117 | 468 | 408 | 46 | 105 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 55 | .257 | .324 | .348 | .672 | 142 | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Art Gardner | 103 | 414 | 378 | 63 | 100 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 73 | .265 | .325 | .360 | .685 | 136 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Leaver | 120 | 512 | 462 | 64 | 97 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 54 | 15 | 40 | 146 | .210 | .282 | .247 | .529 | 114 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John McRae | 106 | 385 | 338 | 33 | 86 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 68 | .254 | .326 | .364 | .690 | 123 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Neil Rasmussen | 97 | 370 | 344 | 33 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 75 | .192 | .239 | .218 | .457 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John McLaren | 72 | 276 | 227 | 23 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 34 | .264 | .373 | .322 | .694 | 73 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Richard Busby | 79 | 267 | 227 | 22 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 51 | .260 | .352 | .300 | .652 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Wise | 70 | 239 | 199 | 28 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 42 | .231 | .332 | .281 | .613 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Alton Williams | 74 | 222 | 189 | 18 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 59 | .201 | .307 | .254 | .561 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Perez | 47 | 163 | 141 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 25 | .248 | .327 | .319 | .646 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Curtis Jordan | 57 | 175 | 157 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 39 | .197 | .274 | .331 | .605 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jose Salas | 56 | 187 | 164 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 34 | .183 | .280 | .201 | .481 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis Rodriguez | 36 | 110 | 97 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .247 | .318 | .371 | .689 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Al Javier | 23 | 57 | 52 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .269 | .309 | .327 | .636 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Siebert | 24 | 59 | 54 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .185 | .200 | .204 | .404 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bob Renninger | 21 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .220 | .267 | .293 | .559 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| George Vasquez | 15 | 53 | 46 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .174 | .264 | .217 | .482 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Eleno Cuen | 8 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .261 | .292 | .391 | .683 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Kaster | 21 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .217 | .308 | .304 | .612 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Blake Green | 14 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .152 | .243 | .152 | .395 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Crane | 24 | 60 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 24 | .087 | .236 | .087 | .323 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Perry Johnson | 24 | 35 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .100 | .182 | .133 | .315 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| José Sosa | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald DeJean | 39 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Streleski | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Lopez | 19 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Byron Dismukes | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .167 | .444 | .167 | .611 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Romualdo Blanco | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gil Stafford | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kryczkowski | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1412 | 4679 | 4094 | 479 | 962 | 113 | 36 | 29 | 401 | 96 | 44 | 437 | 881 | .235 | .313 | .301 | .615 | 1234 | 0 | 45 | 67 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McRae | 1B | 99 | 676 | 46 | 15 | 51 | .980 | 7.293 | ||||
| Thomas Wise | 1B | 25 | 169 | 12 | 5 | 8 | .973 | 7.240 | ||||
| Robert Blakley | 1B | 12 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .989 | 7.833 | ||||
| Alton Williams | 2B | 61 | 140 | 147 | 22 | 26 | .929 | 4.705 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 2B | 45 | 98 | 102 | 11 | 20 | .948 | 4.444 | ||||
| Richard Busby | 2B | 29 | 76 | 56 | 6 | 13 | .957 | 4.552 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | 3B | 78 | 79 | 130 | 19 | 13 | .917 | 2.679 | ||||
| Thomas Wise | 3B | 34 | 37 | 69 | 11 | 4 | .906 | 3.118 | ||||
| Richard Busby | 3B | 19 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 3 | .887 | 2.474 | ||||
| John McLaren | C | 69 | 484 | 47 | 12 | 2 | .978 | 7.696 | 16 | |||
| Jose Salas | C | 51 | 386 | 39 | 12 | 4 | .973 | 8.333 | 11 | |||
| George Vasquez | C | 14 | 121 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .971 | 9.643 | 6 | |||
| Gil Stafford | C | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.000 | 0 | |||
| Alberto Leaver | OF | 119 | 250 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .982 | 2.244 | ||||
| Robert Blakley | OF | 105 | 143 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .974 | 1.438 | ||||
| Art Gardner | OF | 101 | 146 | 15 | 14 | 2 | .920 | 1.594 | ||||
| Curtis Jordan | OF | 38 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.316 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | OF | 30 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Al Javier | OF | 12 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ronald DeJean | P | 39 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .282 | ||||
| Paul Siebert | P | 24 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 3 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
| Perry Johnson | P | 24 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.125 | ||||
| Gordon Crane | P | 24 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Byron Dismukes | P | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .348 | ||||
| Bob Renninger | P | 21 | 7 | 31 | 6 | 1 | .864 | 1.810 | ||||
| David Kaster | P | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| Francisco Lopez | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .333 | ||||
| Blake Green | P | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Curtis Jordan | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Eleno Cuen | P | 8 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 1.375 | ||||
| José Sosa | P | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| James Streleski | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| John Kryczkowski | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Romualdo Blanco | P | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | SS | 101 | 129 | 233 | 45 | 29 | .889 | 3.584 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | SS | 18 | 34 | 45 | 5 | 9 | .940 | 4.389 | ||||
| Richard Busby | SS | 13 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 9 | .857 | 3.692 | ||||
| Totals | 1317 | 3262 | 1215 | 235 | 208 | .950 | 3.399 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
