1975 Columbus Astros Statistics
Team Record: 70-64
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Jim Beauchamp (70-64)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 74,797, Avg. 1,116
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1975 season with a record of 70 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Astros scored 481 runs and yielded 475 runs. Steve Englishbey led Columbus with 15 home runs Al Javier recorded 72 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .301. Joe Sambito paced the squad with 12 wins, while Dan Larson recorded a 2.18 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1975 Columbus Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Sambito, Rick Williams, Ramón de los Santos, Dan Larson, José Sosa, Jesus de la Rosa, Al Javier, George Lauzerique, Luis Sánchez, Mike Stanton, Jay Schlueter, Bo McLaughlin and Joe Pittman.
Jim Beauchamp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sambito | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.01 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 209.0 | 200 | 85 | 70 | 7 | 85 | 5 | 140 | 3 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Rick Williams | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.67 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 118.0 | 111 | 46 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dan Larson | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.18 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 118 | 42 | 32 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| José Sosa | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 49.0 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| David Culpepper | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.50 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 102.0 | 112 | 59 | 51 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis Sánchez | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.02 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 132.0 | 137 | 76 | 59 | 9 | 64 | 4 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Bo McLaughlin | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.32 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 95.0 | 73 | 40 | 35 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ron Selak | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.20 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 44 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Elenes | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.79 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 54 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Ramón de los Santos | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.46 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 52.0 | 59 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 32 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.75 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 42 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Stanton | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 39.0 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Aloi | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.40 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 45 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Lauzerique | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 70 | 64 | .522 | 3.08 | 259 | 134 | 0 | 51 | 12 | 25 | 1136.0 | 1076 | 475 | 389 | 62 | 449 | 41 | 702 | 25 | 7 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Javier | 117 | 493 | 448 | 51 | 135 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 72 | 18 | 11 | 23 | 42 | .301 | .352 | .420 | .771 | 188 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Calvin Portley | 133 | 583 | 464 | 82 | 111 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 99 | 73 | .239 | .379 | .272 | .650 | 126 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Willis | 125 | 492 | 445 | 41 | 106 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 82 | .238 | .299 | .344 | .643 | 153 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Fernando Tatis | 86 | 348 | 314 | 41 | 81 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 50 | .258 | .313 | .379 | .692 | 119 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Donnie McLaughlin | 87 | 328 | 302 | 28 | 80 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 39 | .265 | .313 | .334 | .647 | 101 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| R. J. Englert | 82 | 332 | 296 | 34 | 74 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 27 | .250 | .327 | .324 | .652 | 96 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Steve Englishbey | 120 | 456 | 341 | 46 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 60 | 8 | 5 | 103 | 81 | .202 | .389 | .370 | .759 | 126 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| John Johnson | 99 | 336 | 301 | 20 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 37 | .209 | .268 | .223 | .491 | 67 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Rod Boone | 68 | 246 | 217 | 19 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 42 | .249 | .328 | .336 | .664 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Willie Melendez | 58 | 212 | 187 | 14 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22 | .246 | .325 | .316 | .641 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Jimmy Johnson | 52 | 190 | 171 | 20 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 19 | .257 | .317 | .327 | .645 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Calvin Meier | 42 | 166 | 142 | 27 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 19 | .289 | .388 | .366 | .754 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Floyd | 31 | 116 | 104 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .250 | .319 | .442 | .761 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jesus de la Rosa | 29 | 108 | 102 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 25 | .196 | .224 | .255 | .479 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Drake | 39 | 131 | 121 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 42 | .165 | .217 | .223 | .440 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Pittman | 21 | 73 | 71 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .268 | .278 | .296 | .574 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Reed | 23 | 94 | 84 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | .155 | .245 | .167 | .411 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Lantigua | 18 | 58 | 54 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .204 | .224 | .278 | .502 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jay Schlueter | 14 | 48 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .070 | .149 | .140 | .288 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Stanton | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1254 | 4813 | 4210 | 481 | 1016 | 152 | 28 | 49 | 412 | 77 | 41 | 477 | 671 | .241 | .323 | .326 | .649 | 1371 | 104 | 46 | 54 | 26 | 36 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Willis | 1B | 124 | 1104 | 107 | 9 | 79 | .993 | 9.766 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 1B | 7 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.143 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 1B | 4 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .941 | 8.000 | ||||
| Rod Boone | 1B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 5.000 | ||||
| Calvin Portley | 2B | 132 | 221 | 219 | 22 | 70 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 2B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 3B | 78 | 61 | 130 | 17 | 7 | .918 | 2.449 | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson | 3B | 17 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 0 | .868 | 2.706 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | 3B | 13 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 2.385 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | 3B | 13 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 3 | .935 | 3.308 | ||||
| Joe Pittman | 3B | 12 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .897 | 2.917 | ||||
| Jim Willis | 3B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rod Boone | C | 65 | 359 | 41 | 12 | 3 | .971 | 6.154 | 13 | |||
| Willie Melendez | C | 55 | 309 | 32 | 2 | 6 | .994 | 6.200 | 10 | |||
| Manny Lantigua | C | 17 | 95 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 6.235 | 3 | |||
| Al Javier | OF | 117 | 202 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .950 | 1.786 | ||||
| Steve Englishbey | OF | 107 | 166 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .924 | 1.598 | ||||
| R. J. Englert | OF | 82 | 183 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 2.256 | ||||
| Kevin Drake | OF | 39 | 83 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .944 | 2.154 | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson | OF | 21 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.190 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | OF | 20 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.300 | ||||
| Jay Schlueter | OF | 13 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 2.077 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | OF | 10 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Mike Floyd | OF | 9 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ramón de los Santos | P | 40 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .250 | ||||
| Joe Sambito | P | 30 | 17 | 50 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 2.233 | ||||
| José Sosa | P | 29 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .448 | ||||
| David Culpepper | P | 25 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.280 | ||||
| Rick Williams | P | 22 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.455 | ||||
| Luis Sánchez | P | 21 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.571 | ||||
| Dan Larson | P | 17 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 2.765 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Bo McLaughlin | P | 15 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Larry Elenes | P | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .692 | ||||
| Mike Stanton | P | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Lauzerique | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| David Aloi | P | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.125 | ||||
| Ron Selak | P | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| John Johnson | SS | 99 | 181 | 243 | 27 | 45 | .940 | 4.283 | ||||
| Calvin Meier | SS | 29 | 57 | 91 | 6 | 17 | .961 | 5.103 | ||||
| Jimmy Johnson | SS | 10 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 5 | .925 | 3.700 | ||||
| Joe Pittman | SS | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 2.800 | ||||
| Totals | 1362 | 3397 | 1261 | 178 | 252 | .963 | 3.420 | 26 | 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.
