1971 Columbus Astros Statistics
Southern League (Dixie Association) (SL(DA)) - Class: AA
Team Record: 51-91
Finished 6th in the SL(DA)'s East Division
Manager: Cliff Davis (51-91)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 19,950, Avg. 281
1971 Columbus Astros RosterTeam Record: 51-91
Finished 6th in the SL(DA)'s East Division
Manager: Cliff Davis (51-91)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 19,950, Avg. 281
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League (Dixie Association) ended the 1971 season with a record of 51 wins and 91 losses, finishing sixth in the league's East Division.
The Astros scored 490 runs and allowed 600 runs. Larry Mansfield walloped 33 home runs for Columbus and accounted for 75 RBI. Ed Armbrister led all regular batters by hitting .298. Roy Bethell topped the squad with 10 wins, while Pat Darcy earned a 2.56 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Glenn Adams, Rafael Batista, José Sosa, Greg Gross, Alonzo Harris, Ed Armbrister, Pat Darcy and Cliff Johnson were all players from the 1971 Columbus Astros who played in the Majors during their careers.
Cliff Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Bethell | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.47 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 155.0 | 144 | 96 | 77 | 10 | 123 | 10 | 145 | 10 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Don Stratton | 7 | 14 | .333 | 3.68 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 159.0 | 172 | 81 | 65 | 14 | 60 | 6 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.25 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 108.0 | 104 | 46 | 39 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Edward Mims | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.85 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 124.0 | 125 | 76 | 53 | 7 | 67 | 5 | 149 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Pat Darcy | 5 | 10 | .333 | 2.56 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 123.0 | 110 | 49 | 35 | 4 | 70 | 8 | 100 | 2 | 4 | 13 | ||
| John Humphrey | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.58 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 83.0 | 78 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| José Sosa | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.83 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 66 | 56 | 44 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 83 | 5 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Thomas Lehman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.77 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 65.0 | 50 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Secundino Almonte | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.09 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Daniel Evans | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.90 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 62.0 | 42 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Richard Evans | 2 | 11 | .154 | 3.09 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105.0 | 94 | 54 | 36 | 9 | 68 | 5 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Larry Elenes | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kryczkowski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Bowlby | 1 | 2 | .333 | 10.80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Leroy Martin | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Perry Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gordon Crane | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.05 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 51 | 91 | .359 | 3.58 | 294 | 142 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 18 | 1178.0 | 1088 | 600 | 469 | 73 | 668 | 59 | 1029 | 32 | 9 | 113 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Gross | 132 | 541 | 494 | 57 | 144 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 53 | .291 | .344 | .348 | .692 | 172 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Ed Armbrister | 121 | 441 | 403 | 58 | 120 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 25 | 52 | .298 | .349 | .427 | .776 | 172 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||
| David Grangaard | 103 | 413 | 368 | 44 | 103 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 54 | .280 | .350 | .386 | .736 | 142 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Fernando Tatis | 132 | 501 | 469 | 47 | 102 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 74 | .217 | .258 | .288 | .546 | 135 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jimmy Johnson | 119 | 460 | 408 | 43 | 101 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 53 | .248 | .316 | .328 | .644 | 134 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Larry Mansfield | 120 | 477 | 407 | 59 | 90 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 118 | .221 | .331 | .489 | .820 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lambert Ford | 81 | 288 | 259 | 26 | 72 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 43 | .278 | .343 | .394 | .736 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Alonzo Harris | 81 | 287 | 259 | 22 | 66 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 39 | .255 | .322 | .324 | .646 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rafael Batista | 62 | 223 | 198 | 33 | 57 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 48 | .288 | .368 | .429 | .797 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shane Hummell | 76 | 242 | 221 | 22 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 36 | .249 | .307 | .348 | .655 | 77 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dale Weatherford | 61 | 191 | 173 | 13 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 39 | .237 | .291 | .341 | .632 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Glenn Adams | 24 | 86 | 81 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | .383 | .419 | .543 | .962 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Johnson | 58 | 185 | 164 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 35 | .183 | .270 | .317 | .587 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Yoakum | 43 | 124 | 111 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 27 | .243 | .317 | .378 | .695 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roy Bethell | 40 | 92 | 85 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | .306 | .315 | .447 | .762 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tom Brown | 32 | 90 | 85 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .129 | .156 | .176 | .332 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Don Stratton | 24 | 55 | 52 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .173 | .173 | .192 | .365 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Humphrey | 45 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .192 | .222 | .231 | .453 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John McLaren | 8 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .185 | .303 | .185 | .488 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| José Sosa | 15 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .138 | .167 | .138 | .305 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 18 | 40 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .118 | .189 | .118 | .307 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Secundino Almonte | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .333 | .400 | .667 | 1.067 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Evans | 12 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Evans | 29 | 38 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .094 | .237 | .094 | .331 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Darcy | 27 | 40 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .088 | .162 | .088 | .250 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Edward Mims | 29 | 44 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .073 | .095 | .073 | .168 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Perry Johnson | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Martin | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Elenes | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Crane | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Lehman | 39 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kryczkowski | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1563 | 5019 | 4526 | 493 | 1123 | 153 | 32 | 88 | 434 | 57 | 45 | 390 | 846 | .248 | .311 | .354 | .666 | 1604 | 0 | 36 | 40 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Mansfield | 1B | 119 | 928 | 70 | 18 | 86 | .982 | 8.387 | ||||
| Rafael Batista | 1B | 13 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.308 | ||||
| Shane Hummell | 1B | 6 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 9.833 | ||||
| Tom Brown | 1B | 6 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.667 | ||||
| Cliff Johnson | 1B | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.800 | ||||
| David Grangaard | 1B | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .955 | 5.250 | ||||
| Greg Gross | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 2B | 108 | 218 | 251 | 16 | 55 | .967 | 4.343 | ||||
| Dave Yoakum | 2B | 31 | 58 | 67 | 5 | 16 | .962 | 4.032 | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson | 2B | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| David Grangaard | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| David Grangaard | 3B | 82 | 56 | 167 | 17 | 24 | .929 | 2.720 | ||||
| Ed Armbrister | 3B | 35 | 22 | 62 | 10 | 2 | .894 | 2.400 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 3B | 17 | 5 | 40 | 8 | 3 | .849 | 2.647 | ||||
| Tom Brown | 3B | 12 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 2.083 | ||||
| Dave Yoakum | 3B | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dale Weatherford | C | 49 | 341 | 30 | 9 | 0 | .976 | 7.571 | 15 | |||
| Cliff Johnson | C | 46 | 331 | 35 | 5 | 2 | .987 | 7.957 | 15 | |||
| Shane Hummell | C | 43 | 272 | 35 | 7 | 3 | .978 | 7.140 | 7 | |||
| John McLaren | C | 8 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 2 | |||
| Tom Brown | C | 8 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 6.625 | 1 | |||
| John Humphrey | C | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.500 | 0 | |||
| Greg Gross | OF | 131 | 242 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .966 | 1.947 | ||||
| Ed Armbrister | OF | 84 | 102 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .955 | 1.274 | ||||
| Lambert Ford | OF | 71 | 93 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .951 | 1.380 | ||||
| Alonzo Harris | OF | 69 | 102 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .954 | 1.493 | ||||
| Rafael Batista | OF | 44 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .949 | 1.273 | ||||
| Shane Hummell | OF | 23 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.348 | ||||
| Glenn Adams | OF | 19 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.368 | ||||
| Roy Bethell | OF | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dale Weatherford | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Humphrey | P | 42 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| Thomas Lehman | P | 39 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Edward Mims | P | 28 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .679 | ||||
| Pat Darcy | P | 27 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .889 | ||||
| Roy Bethell | P | 27 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | .806 | 1.074 | ||||
| Richard Evans | P | 25 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .920 | ||||
| Don Stratton | P | 24 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.458 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | P | 18 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| José Sosa | P | 15 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Secundino Almonte | P | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Daniel Evans | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Leroy Martin | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Larry Bowlby | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .800 | ||||
| John Kryczkowski | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gordon Crane | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Perry Johnson | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Elenes | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson | SS | 117 | 165 | 372 | 38 | 60 | .934 | 4.590 | ||||
| David Grangaard | SS | 18 | 35 | 61 | 3 | 11 | .970 | 5.333 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | SS | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 2.429 | ||||
| Tom Brown | SS | 3 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .960 | 8.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1490 | 3526 | 1450 | 200 | 299 | .961 | 3.340 | 40 | 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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