1973 Columbus Astros Statistics
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Wayne Terwilliger (69-70)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 90,017, Avg. 1,295
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1973 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Astros scored 554 runs and allowed 570 runs. Nathaniel Pettaway led Columbus with 11 home runs and recorded 50 runs batted in. Jerry Moxey paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .301. Doug Konieczny topped the squad with 12 wins, while Russ Rothermel registered a 1.81 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Milt Ramírez, Ramón de los Santos, Art Gardner, Joe Sambito, Doug Konieczny, Cisco Carlos, Mike Easler, Paul Siebert and Jesus de la Rosa were all players from the 1973 Columbus Astros who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Wayne Terwilliger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Konieczny | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.66 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 213.0 | 194 | 83 | 63 | 15 | 83 | 3 | 222 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Matt Rosiek | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.19 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 186.0 | 159 | 81 | 66 | 12 | 81 | 7 | 121 | 6 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 9 | 9 | .500 | 1.81 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 159.0 | 140 | 43 | 32 | 6 | 45 | 4 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ramón de los Santos | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.50 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 108.0 | 106 | 69 | 54 | 8 | 65 | 3 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Paul Siebert | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.92 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 140.0 | 142 | 73 | 61 | 15 | 51 | 3 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.90 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 67.0 | 68 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 39 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ronald Roznovsky | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.60 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 79 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ronald DeJean | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 86.0 | 89 | 42 | 40 | 5 | 48 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| David Kaster | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.18 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71.0 | 72 | 45 | 33 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gordon Crane | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charles Grigsby | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.32 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 42 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Cisco Carlos | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.79 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sambito | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 69 | 70 | .496 | 3.39 | 285 | 140 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 16 | 1202.0 | 1135 | 570 | 453 | 81 | 546 | 46 | 782 | 39 | 5 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Moxey | 116 | 472 | 418 | 64 | 126 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 49 | 35 | 11 | 46 | 75 | .301 | .373 | .428 | .801 | 179 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Alberto Leaver | 137 | 521 | 472 | 67 | 117 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 54 | 15 | 42 | 141 | .248 | .309 | .297 | .606 | 140 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 106 | 433 | 386 | 49 | 111 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 20 | .288 | .347 | .360 | .707 | 139 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Kenny Reed | 105 | 449 | 389 | 49 | 96 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 38 | 34 | .247 | .328 | .296 | .624 | 115 | 10 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 118 | 455 | 422 | 38 | 93 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 80 | .220 | .264 | .299 | .563 | 126 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Wise | 104 | 394 | 347 | 38 | 91 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 58 | .262 | .345 | .343 | .688 | 119 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Milt Ramírez | 95 | 381 | 354 | 40 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 22 | .257 | .293 | .280 | .572 | 99 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Nathaniel Pettaway | 113 | 431 | 385 | 44 | 85 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 118 | .221 | .295 | .345 | .641 | 133 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Robert Blakley | 83 | 275 | 249 | 33 | 61 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 54 | .245 | .308 | .410 | .717 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John McLaren | 83 | 266 | 231 | 19 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 40 | .247 | .333 | .303 | .636 | 70 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Art Gardner | 66 | 248 | 214 | 27 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 39 | .252 | .331 | .332 | .662 | 71 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Mike Easler | 48 | 197 | 168 | 27 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 28 | .310 | .403 | .494 | .897 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jose Salas | 77 | 234 | 206 | 28 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 42 | .199 | .289 | .223 | .512 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pastor Perez | 33 | 133 | 118 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .229 | .305 | .297 | .602 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Markl | 52 | 137 | 117 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | .205 | .304 | .265 | .569 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steven Gardner | 18 | 65 | 61 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .197 | .246 | .213 | .459 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Brown | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Kaster | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Roznovsky | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1394 | 5096 | 4542 | 553 | 1139 | 135 | 39 | 50 | 461 | 159 | 57 | 428 | 798 | .251 | .320 | .331 | .651 | 1502 | 0 | 49 | 48 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus de la Rosa | 1B | 106 | 822 | 48 | 29 | 81 | .968 | 8.208 | ||||
| Nathaniel Pettaway | 1B | 28 | 270 | 17 | 6 | 12 | .980 | 1.250 | ||||
| Robert Blakley | 1B | 14 | 89 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .949 | 6.714 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | 2B | 78 | 201 | 215 | 12 | 42 | .972 | 5.333 | ||||
| Mike Markl | 2B | 41 | 71 | 75 | 9 | 12 | .942 | 3.561 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 2B | 30 | 70 | 70 | 5 | 16 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | 2B | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Milt Ramírez | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Thomas Wise | 3B | 65 | 64 | 112 | 13 | 12 | .931 | 2.708 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 3B | 62 | 53 | 118 | 23 | 9 | .881 | 2.758 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | 3B | 20 | 21 | 36 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 2.850 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John McLaren | C | 81 | 338 | 34 | 7 | 1 | .982 | 4.593 | 6 | |||
| Jose Salas | C | 76 | 416 | 54 | 11 | 6 | .977 | 6.184 | 13 | |||
| Eric Brown | C | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
| Donnie McLaughlin | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Alberto Leaver | OF | 137 | 340 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .970 | 2.562 | ||||
| Jerry Moxey | OF | 110 | 175 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .943 | 1.664 | ||||
| Art Gardner | OF | 64 | 101 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .925 | 1.734 | ||||
| Robert Blakley | OF | 48 | 83 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 1.917 | ||||
| Mike Easler | OF | 47 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.766 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | OF | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Steven Gardner | OF | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.091 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | OF | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Ramón de los Santos | P | 47 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .967 | .617 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 41 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .488 | ||||
| Matt Rosiek | P | 28 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .893 | ||||
| Doug Konieczny | P | 28 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 1.214 | ||||
| Ronald DeJean | P | 26 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .577 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | P | 25 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.520 | ||||
| Paul Siebert | P | 23 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .966 | 1.217 | ||||
| Charles Grigsby | P | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .364 | ||||
| David Kaster | P | 19 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .882 | .789 | ||||
| Ronald Roznovsky | P | 15 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| Gordon Crane | P | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Cisco Carlos | P | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Joe Sambito | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Milt Ramírez | SS | 91 | 117 | 255 | 37 | 48 | .910 | 4.088 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | SS | 26 | 46 | 85 | 10 | 14 | .929 | 5.038 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | SS | 12 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | SS | 12 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 3 | .940 | 3.917 | ||||
| Steven Gardner | SS | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .870 | 6.667 | ||||
| Robert Blakley | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1470 | 3521 | 1437 | 223 | 290 | .957 | 3.373 | 19 | 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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