1976 Columbus Astros Statistics
Team Record: 58-80
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Leo Posada (58-80)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 50,171, Avg. 727
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1976 season with a record of 58 wins and 80 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Astros plated 447 runs and allowed 530 runs. Jim Willis paced Columbus with 11 home runs Fernando Tatis accounted for 66 RBI. Joe Cannon led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .297. Tom Dixon topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.43 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1976 Columbus Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bruce Bochy, Luis Pujols, Terry Puhl, Tom Dixon, Jim Ray, José Arcia, Marcelino López, Floyd Bannister, Joe Cannon, Joe Sambito and Rick Williams.
Leo Posada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dixon | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.43 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 167.0 | 145 | 58 | 45 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Joe Sambito | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.80 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 77 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Williams | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.65 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 146.0 | 134 | 49 | 43 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jose Alfaro | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.97 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 127.0 | 115 | 63 | 56 | 7 | 87 | 2 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Ronald Roznovsky | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.58 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 112.0 | 136 | 73 | 57 | 5 | 42 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| David Aloi | 7 | 16 | .304 | 3.75 | 29 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 185.0 | 188 | 91 | 77 | 12 | 92 | 4 | 89 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Elenes | 4 | 11 | .267 | 3.62 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 112.0 | 104 | 51 | 45 | 4 | 56 | 1 | 80 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||
| David Culpepper | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.18 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 68.0 | 64 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Floyd Bannister | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Marty DeMerritt | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Ray | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11.77 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 1 | 6 | .143 | 3.80 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 44 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Eleno Cuen | 0 | 0 | 6.52 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 40 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcelino López | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Miller | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 58 | 80 | .420 | 3.49 | 255 | 140 | 0 | 61 | 11 | 7 | 1149.0 | 1113 | 530 | 445 | 60 | 513 | 34 | 591 | 35 | 13 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Cannon | 127 | 519 | 478 | 64 | 142 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 39 | 15 | 21 | 102 | .297 | .333 | .354 | .687 | 169 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Fernando Tatis | 129 | 494 | 447 | 49 | 119 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 80 | .266 | .318 | .394 | .711 | 176 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Kevin Drake | 128 | 476 | 437 | 50 | 117 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 88 | .268 | .313 | .314 | .626 | 137 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Ramon Perez | 103 | 411 | 357 | 50 | 94 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 43 | 36 | .263 | .350 | .308 | .658 | 110 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Willis | 128 | 498 | 440 | 46 | 91 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 88 | .207 | .292 | .316 | .608 | 139 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Tom Rima | 108 | 375 | 330 | 25 | 83 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 28 | .252 | .330 | .309 | .639 | 102 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Calvin Portley | 116 | 405 | 330 | 44 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 61 | 56 | .252 | .371 | .282 | .653 | 93 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| José Arcia | 93 | 321 | 289 | 21 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 48 | .221 | .286 | .266 | .553 | 77 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Bruce Bochy | 69 | 246 | 230 | 9 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 30 | .230 | .273 | .257 | .530 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Pisker | 37 | 130 | 109 | 9 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 32 | .294 | .386 | .339 | .725 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Twellman | 71 | 232 | 207 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | .145 | .218 | .159 | .378 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Terry Puhl | 28 | 117 | 98 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 12 | .286 | .386 | .367 | .753 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Pujols | 53 | 164 | 142 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 21 | .197 | .282 | .254 | .536 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Jose Alvarez | 57 | 178 | 136 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 30 | .162 | .326 | .184 | .509 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Englishbey | 41 | 155 | 135 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 26 | .141 | .234 | .222 | .456 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mike Tyler | 32 | 95 | 79 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | .215 | .312 | .291 | .603 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Willie Melendez | 14 | 45 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .257 | .372 | .314 | .686 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Willeford | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Alfaro | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1360 | 4864 | 4282 | 447 | 1031 | 116 | 28 | 30 | 386 | 124 | 67 | 432 | 703 | .241 | .315 | .302 | .617 | 1293 | 85 | 53 | 54 | 43 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Willis | 1B | 109 | 927 | 78 | 7 | 87 | .993 | 9.220 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 1B | 33 | 268 | 17 | 5 | 14 | .983 | 8.636 | ||||
| Tom Rima | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Willie Melendez | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| José Arcia | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Calvin Portley | 2B | 115 | 226 | 342 | 15 | 61 | .974 | 4.939 | ||||
| Tom Twellman | 2B | 17 | 23 | 37 | 2 | 6 | .968 | 3.529 | ||||
| Jose Alvarez | 2B | 12 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 2B | 7 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | .939 | 4.429 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 3B | 54 | 58 | 69 | 7 | 7 | .948 | 2.352 | ||||
| Tom Twellman | 3B | 53 | 48 | 111 | 5 | 13 | .970 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jose Alvarez | 3B | 26 | 20 | 43 | 5 | 2 | .926 | 2.423 | ||||
| Tom Rima | 3B | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.889 | ||||
| José Arcia | 3B | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Jim Willis | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Luis Pujols | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bruce Bochy | C | 63 | 266 | 45 | 6 | 0 | .981 | 4.937 | 2 | |||
| Luis Pujols | C | 43 | 184 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .995 | 4.767 | 5 | |||
| Mike Tyler | C | 30 | 125 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .980 | 4.833 | 3 | |||
| Willie Melendez | C | 13 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.538 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Willeford | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Kevin Drake | OF | 125 | 310 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .985 | 2.576 | ||||
| Joe Cannon | OF | 124 | 238 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .969 | 2.016 | ||||
| Tom Rima | OF | 85 | 140 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .967 | 1.741 | ||||
| Don Pisker | OF | 35 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.657 | ||||
| Steve Englishbey | OF | 29 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 1.862 | ||||
| Terry Puhl | OF | 28 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .975 | 2.750 | ||||
| Jose Alvarez | OF | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Pujols | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronald Roznovsky | P | 36 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.194 | ||||
| David Culpepper | P | 36 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| David Aloi | P | 29 | 17 | 38 | 2 | 0 | .965 | 1.897 | ||||
| Tom Dixon | P | 27 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.519 | ||||
| Rick Williams | P | 24 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .905 | 1.583 | ||||
| Jose Alfaro | P | 24 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .880 | .917 | ||||
| Charles Sprinkle | P | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Larry Elenes | P | 18 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Joe Sambito | P | 12 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Ray | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Eleno Cuen | P | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Marcelino López | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Richard Miller | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Marty DeMerritt | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Floyd Bannister | P | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| José Arcia | SS | 85 | 146 | 223 | 17 | 43 | .956 | 4.341 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | SS | 43 | 57 | 119 | 6 | 25 | .967 | 4.093 | ||||
| Jose Alvarez | SS | 18 | 23 | 45 | 4 | 7 | .944 | 3.778 | ||||
| Tom Twellman | SS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1433 | 3452 | 1462 | 134 | 291 | .973 | 3.429 | 11 | 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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