1974 Columbus Astros Statistics
Team Record: 65-73
Finished 4th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Jimmy Williams (65-73)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 106,462, Avg. 1,543
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1974 season with a record of 65 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Astros tallied 559 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 610 runs. Jesus de la Rosa paced Columbus with 14 home runs and accounted for 68 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .284. Paul Siebert topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.56 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1974 Columbus Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Paul Siebert, Jesus de la Rosa, Al Javier, J. R. Richard, Mike Stanton, Ramón de los Santos, Art Gardner, Otis Thornton, Rick Williams and Mike Potter.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Siebert | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.56 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 211.0 | 188 | 73 | 60 | 5 | 67 | 1 | 120 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Mike Stanton | 11 | 15 | .423 | 3.07 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 179.0 | 158 | 85 | 61 | 7 | 121 | 4 | 146 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Rick Williams | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.94 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 105.0 | 115 | 65 | 46 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ramón de los Santos | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1.30 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 76.0 | 53 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J. R. Richard | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.38 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 103 | 65 | 52 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Ronald Roznovsky | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.29 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 112.0 | 118 | 57 | 41 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Eleno Cuen | 4 | 2 | .667 | 7.02 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 72 | 40 | 39 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bob Dean | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.03 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 96 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Matthew Rosiek | 4 | 10 | .286 | 3.90 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 150.0 | 166 | 80 | 65 | 11 | 55 | 6 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Edward Mims | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Romualdo Blanco | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.22 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Jimmy Johnson | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Kaster | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Elenes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.46 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ron Selak | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.73 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 73 | .471 | 3.65 | 260 | 138 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 14 | 1176.0 | 1187 | 610 | 477 | 68 | 550 | 21 | 780 | 25 | 9 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus de la Rosa | 131 | 558 | 507 | 67 | 144 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 68 | 20 | 7 | 40 | 97 | .284 | .340 | .434 | .774 | 220 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Al Javier | 136 | 613 | 568 | 71 | 143 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 117 | .252 | .294 | .357 | .651 | 203 | 9 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Ramon Perez | 132 | 492 | 438 | 56 | 124 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 27 | 3 | 49 | 60 | .283 | .357 | .331 | .688 | 145 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kenny Reed | 134 | 594 | 492 | 72 | 114 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 76 | 47 | .232 | .343 | .266 | .609 | 131 | 8 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 97 | 396 | 366 | 31 | 106 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 34 | .290 | .329 | .358 | .687 | 131 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Steve Englishbey | 107 | 440 | 342 | 55 | 88 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 8 | 7 | 90 | 85 | .257 | .413 | .380 | .793 | 130 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Wise | 103 | 388 | 337 | 43 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 58 | .258 | .349 | .392 | .741 | 132 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Willie Melendez | 98 | 363 | 321 | 33 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 56 | .221 | .307 | .252 | .560 | 81 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Art Gardner | 78 | 300 | 257 | 36 | 61 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 31 | 46 | .237 | .339 | .362 | .701 | 93 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John McLaren | 67 | 250 | 212 | 25 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 45 | .222 | .332 | .311 | .643 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Otis Thornton | 58 | 227 | 199 | 22 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 50 | .221 | .313 | .302 | .614 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Johnson | 44 | 158 | 143 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .224 | .293 | .280 | .573 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Potter | 25 | 102 | 91 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .242 | .314 | .495 | .808 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Floyd | 29 | 114 | 98 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | .204 | .307 | .337 | .644 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Blakley | 17 | 63 | 56 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .268 | .349 | .375 | .724 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Moxey | 10 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .306 | .375 | .361 | .736 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fernando Tatis | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramón de los Santos | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Williams | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1347 | 5110 | 4473 | 559 | 1131 | 161 | 25 | 68 | 485 | 130 | 46 | 527 | 781 | .253 | .336 | .346 | .682 | 1546 | 0 | 47 | 37 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Englishbey | 1B | 78 | 687 | 28 | 24 | 65 | .968 | 9.167 | ||||
| Thomas Wise | 1B | 61 | 510 | 38 | 6 | 37 | .989 | 8.984 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 2B | 131 | 271 | 372 | 31 | 74 | .954 | 4.908 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | 2B | 9 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 3.667 | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 3B | 94 | 74 | 172 | 13 | 15 | .950 | 2.617 | ||||
| Thomas Wise | 3B | 33 | 33 | 62 | 6 | 6 | .941 | 2.879 | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson | 3B | 12 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 2.833 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 3B | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Willie Melendez | C | 97 | 618 | 46 | 12 | 8 | .982 | 6.845 | 11 | |||
| John McLaren | C | 45 | 225 | 24 | 8 | 0 | .969 | 5.533 | 5 | |||
| Al Javier | OF | 136 | 273 | 9 | 14 | 1 | .953 | 2.074 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | OF | 121 | 170 | 12 | 22 | 3 | .892 | 1.504 | ||||
| Art Gardner | OF | 78 | 154 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .958 | 2.064 | ||||
| Mike Potter | OF | 25 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 2.280 | ||||
| Robert Blakley | OF | 17 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.353 | ||||
| Steve Englishbey | OF | 15 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.733 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | OF | 14 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.714 | ||||
| Mike Floyd | OF | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jerry Moxey | OF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Wise | OF | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ramón de los Santos | P | 42 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .429 | ||||
| Ronald Roznovsky | P | 33 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Rick Williams | P | 32 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .562 | ||||
| Mike Stanton | P | 27 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 1 | .829 | 1.259 | ||||
| Paul Siebert | P | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .962 | ||||
| Matthew Rosiek | P | 22 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 1 | .894 | 1.909 | ||||
| Bob Dean | P | 17 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .765 | ||||
| J. R. Richard | P | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Edward Mims | P | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .538 | ||||
| Eleno Cuen | P | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Larry Elenes | P | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Romualdo Blanco | P | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| David Kaster | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ron Selak | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kenny Reed | SS | 115 | 229 | 357 | 37 | 67 | .941 | 5.096 | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson | SS | 26 | 37 | 60 | 8 | 11 | .924 | 3.731 | ||||
| Totals | 1391 | 3525 | 1407 | 224 | 299 | .957 | 3.546 | 16 | 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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