1970 Columbus Astros Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 78-59
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Jimmy Williams (78-59)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 40,758, Avg. 595

1970 Columbus Astros Roster

The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1970 season with a record of 78 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the SL.

The Astros plated 477 runs and yielded 426 runs. Jay Schlueter paced Columbus with 10 home runs John Dolinsek drove in 57 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .296. Ken Forsch led the squad with 13 wins, while Buddy Harris recorded a 2.02 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1970 Columbus Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ray Busse, Larry Yount, Derrel Thomas, Bill Greif, Oscar Zamora, Otis Thornton, César Gerónimo, Bob Watkins, Ed Armbrister, Glen Clark, Jay Schlueter, Don Bryant, Ken Forsch, Buddy Harris and Glenn Adams.

Jimmy Williams 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
Ken Forsch	13	8	.619	2.05	22	22		9	5	0	167.0	135	48	38	6	39	2	152	2	0	3
Larry Yount	12	8	.600	2.84	26	26		11	3	0	184.0	148	66	58	7	58	1	149	8	0	16
Mike Flanagan	11	5	.688	2.53	24	24		5	1	0	160.0	131	57	45	9	48	1	99	0	0	5
Buddy Harris	11	9	.550	2.02	25	25		13	1	0	205.0	134	59	46	12	43	2	159	1	0	14
Bill Greif	10	12	.455	2.89	27	27		10	3	0	190.0	177	82	61	13	54	1	131	4	1	10
Oscar Zamora	8	4	.667	1.54	43	0		0	0	11	70.0	52	18	12	3	12	1	44	0	0	0
John Humphrey	4	2	.667	3.35	28	0		0	0	10	43.0	30	16	16	2	16	1	31	1	0	2
John Kryczkowski	4	3	.571	3.38	21	0		0	0	3	24.0	25	9	9	1	20	1	26	1	0	2
Bob Watkins	2	1	.667	1.95	5	5		2	0	0	37.0	24	15	8	1	23	0	29	0	0	6
Joel McMasters	2	4	.333	3.84	23	5		1	0	1	68.0	76	36	29	1	27	1	38	1	0	2
Nick Radakovic	1	2	.333	2.53	9	3		0	0	1	32.0	27	9	9	0	18	1	22	0	0	3
Michael McFarland	0	0		6.00	7	0		0	0	0	12.0	12	9	8	0	12	1	9	1	0	3
Roy Bethell	0	1	.000	9.00	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	3	0	0	0
Totals	78	59	.569	2.57	262	137	0	51	13	26	1194.0	975	426	341	56	373	14	892	19	1	66	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
John Dolinsek	137	554	469	61	139	20	10	8	57	6	8	64	53	.296	.384	.433	.816	203		8	4	9
Ray Busse	105	437	402	48	106	13	3	7	49	5	8	26	70	.264	.311	.363	.674	146		2	6	1
Ed Armbrister	127	442	428	58	102	13	8	8	46	9	5	0	57	.238	.244	.362	.606	155		5	3	6
Carl Richardson	117	493	443	48	101	11	5	1	19	22	13	40	46	.228	.291	.282	.573	125		0	8	2
Otis Thornton	96	352	322	29	88	14	4	5	27	0	0	27	60	.273	.331	.388	.720	125		1	2	0
Jay Schlueter	110	420	387	33	85	14	5	10	44	6	1	26	102	.220	.273	.359	.633	139		3	3	1
Neudo Morales	86	345	312	29	72	6	0	0	15	4	4	25	33	.231	.295	.250	.545	78		4	3	1
César Gerónimo	74	290	264	26	71	9	4	0	21	5	4	17	46	.269	.312	.333	.646	88		2	2	5
Glenn Adams	83	258	234	32	69	10	2	2	20	2	1	16	15	.295	.358	.380	.738	89		7	1	0
Sli Harvey	74	252	223	34	63	3	3	5	31	3	0	24	44	.283	.352	.390	.742	87		1	2	2
David Grangaard	58	215	179	18	40	7	3	3	22	0	0	33	48	.223	.344	.346	.691	62		1	0	2
Derrel Thomas	38	168	156	24	38	5	4	4	12	4	2	7	27	.244	.287	.404	.691	63		3	1	1
Dale Weatherford	34	90	79	8	18	2	1	3	14	0	0	9	22	.228	.311	.392	.704	31		1	0	1
Glen Clark	35	89	82	6	18	4	2	0	12	0	0	6	20	.220	.270	.317	.587	26		0	0	1
Don Bryant	17	77	71	6	16	2	0	2	9	0	0	6	14	.225	.286	.338	.624	24		0	0	0
Mike Flanagan	25	61	51	6	9	4	0	2	5	0	0	1	20	.176	.189	.373	.561	19		0	8	1
Bill Greif	27	68	65	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	28	.138	.152	.138	.290	9		0	2	0
Larry Yount	26	73	66	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	18	.106	.157	.106	.263	7		0	3	0
Joel McMasters	23	21	16	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.312	.389	.375	.764	6		1	3	0
Bob Watkins	5	14	14	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	4		0	0	0
Ken Forsch	22	60	48	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	21	.083	.170	.083	.253	4		1	7	0
Alex Barrett	8	25	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	.143	.280	.143	.423	3		1	0	0
Buddy Harris	25	73	64	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	34	.047	.090	.062	.152	4		1	6	0
Nick Radakovic	9	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	0	0
Oscar Zamora	43	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.091	.083	.091	.174	1		0	1	1
Roy Bethell	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Kryczkowski	22	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
John Humphrey	28	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	1	0
Totals	1456	4911	4425	478	1072	139	54	60	415	66	47	344	802	.242	.301	.339	.640	1499	0	42	66	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Dolinsek	1B	137	1221	80	9	78	.993	9.496
Carl Richardson	2B	112	189	307	17	41	.967	4.429
Neudo Morales	2B	25	49	67	7	10	.943	4.640
Derrel Thomas	2B	2	3	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
David Grangaard	3B	56	43	90	14	6	.905	2.375
Neudo Morales	3B	35	32	61	6	4	.939	2.657
Ray Busse	3B	26	28	54	2	2	.976	3.154
Ed Armbrister	3B	17	12	27	8	1	.830	2.294
Alex Barrett	3B	5	6	7	0	0	1.000	2.600
Glen Clark	3B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Otis Thornton	C	94	656	63	13	7	.982	7.649	13
Dale Weatherford	C	22	134	8	2	0	.986	6.455	0
Don Bryant	C	17	135	7	1	0	.993	8.353	0
Glen Clark	C	6	21	2	0	0	1.000	3.833	0
Jay Schlueter	OF	109	264	9	2	3	.993	2.505
Ed Armbrister	OF	107	201	13	9	4	.960	2.000
César Gerónimo	OF	73	113	8	2	3	.984	1.658
Sli Harvey	OF	60	97	1	4	0	.961	1.633
Glenn Adams	OF	57	74	6	5	1	.941	1.404
Glen Clark	OF	14	19	3	0	1	1.000	1.571
Carl Richardson	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Oscar Zamora	P	43	4	5	2	0	.818	.209
John Humphrey	P	28	2	5	0	0	1.000	.250
Bill Greif	P	27	5	25	4	0	.882	1.111
Larry Yount	P	26	8	21	2	0	.935	1.115
Buddy Harris	P	25	12	17	0	0	1.000	1.160
Mike Flanagan	P	24	7	24	2	2	.939	1.292
Joel McMasters	P	23	7	13	1	1	.952	.870
Ken Forsch	P	22	9	21	2	3	.938	1.364
John Kryczkowski	P	21	2	3	0	0	1.000	.238
Nick Radakovic	P	9	3	6	0	0	1.000	1.000
Michael McFarland	P	7	1	0	0	0	1.000	.143
Bob Watkins	P	5	2	2	0	0	1.000	.800
Roy Bethell	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Ray Busse	SS	79	124	253	21	33	.947	4.772
Derrel Thomas	SS	35	57	92	14	14	.914	4.257
Neudo Morales	SS	20	31	42	6	9	.924	3.650
Alex Barrett	SS	3	3	7	0	0	1.000	3.333
David Grangaard	SS	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals		1379	3578	1356	155	223	.970	3.578	13	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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