1977 Columbus Astros Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 60-77
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Leo Posada (60-77)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 48,449, Avg. 707

1977 Columbus Astros Roster

The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1977 season with a record of 60 wins and 77 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Astros scored 564 runs and surrendered 643 runs, most in the circuit. Al Javier led Columbus with 17 home runs and recorded 69 runs batted in. Fernando Tatis paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .301. Gary Wilson topped the squad with 10 wins, while Mike Allen recorded a 3.32 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Gil Rondón, Gary Wilson, Alan Knicely, Alex Taveras, Mike Fischlin, Dave Smith, Mike Cosgrove, Tom Brown, Jesus de la Rosa, Reggie Baldwin, Randy Niemann, Al Javier, Bob Detherage, Joe Pittman, Mike McQueen, Bert Roberge, Gordie Pladson, Jim Obradovich and Mike Mendoza were all players from the 1977 Columbus Astros who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Leo Posada served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Gary Wilson	10	9	.526	3.48	22	22		10	4	0	145.0	131	61	56	12	73	4	102	4	2	5
Mike Mendoza	8	7	.533	3.36	23	22		5	0	0	134.0	131	75	50	4	82	0	93	7	1	5
Mike Allen	8	8	.500	3.32	26	25		7	1	0	160.0	144	70	59	11	71	2	91	6	3	8
David Aloi	7	8	.467	3.91	22	13		5	1	0	99.0	98	54	43	6	39	1	68	6	0	5
Gil Rondón	5	3	.625	3.92	25	0		0	0	5	39.0	37	20	17	3	15	3	22	2	0	2
Elias Lugo	4	3	.571	5.34	23	0		0	0	2	32.0	35	22	19	1	21	2	20	4	1	5
Marty DeMerritt	3	3	.500	4.61	15	1		0	0	0	41.0	46	30	21	0	32	0	16	0	0	4
Tom Brown	3	4	.429	1.94	21	1		0	0	3	51.0	46	12	11	2	13	2	29	1	0	1
Dave Smith	3	5	.375	3.50	9	9		3	0	0	54.0	52	26	21	5	24	2	29	1	0	2
Gordie Pladson	2	2	.500	2.13	5	5		3	1	0	38.0	25	12	9	2	18	1	13	1	0	2
Jose Alfaro	2	2	.500	4.22	16	3		0	0	0	49.0	53	27	23	1	39	0	22	0	0	5
Mark Miggins	1	2	.333	3.79	3	3		2	0	0	19.0	22	11	8	1	9	0	10	2	0	2
Mike McQueen	1	2	.333	6.50	14	4		1	0	1	36.0	52	27	26	2	21	1	28	1	0	1
Bob Dean	1	3	.250	4.42	16	5		0	0	0	53.0	52	36	26	4	37	0	54	1	2	3
Alan Knicely	1	5	.167	5.14	14	5		0	0	2	42.0	40	32	24	2	25	0	25	0	1	1
Dennis Miscik	1	5	.167	6.00	10	9		1	0	0	39.0	52	39	26	1	21	1	28	1	0	7
Edward Cowan	0	0		2.25	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	5	0	0	0
Julio Divison	0	0		3.27	6	0		0	0	0	11.0	13	6	4	1	7	0	6	0	0	0
Bert Roberge	0	0		6.43	6	0		0	0	0	7.0	13	5	5	1	3	0	9	0	0	0
Charles Sprinkle	0	0		10.80	7	0		0	0	0	15.0	23	22	18	6	9	0	3	2	0	2
Mike Cosgrove	0	1	.000	12.00	2	2		0	0	0	6.0	9	12	8	4	8	0	4	1	0	0
Neal Cooper	0	2	.000	4.50	11	5		0	0	0	30.0	29	21	15	0	22	0	19	3	1	4
Randy Niemann	0	3	.000	4.76	15	3		0	0	0	34.0	36	22	18	2	19	0	15	2	0	6
Totals	60	77	.438	4.02	313	137	0	37	7	13	1138.0	1142	643	508	72	610	19	711	45	11	70	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	136	558	522	75	148	21	3	17	69	15	7	18	84	.284	.318	.433	.751	226		11	1	6
Fernando Tatis	116	435	412	38	124	25	3	9	67	7	4	9	61	.301	.309	.442	.751	182		1	2	11
Don Pisker	119	447	399	56	113	23	5	7	44	5	9	40	84	.283	.355	.419	.774	167		5	2	1
Jeff Smith	100	380	342	42	98	15	3	3	34	2	3	30	64	.287	.342	.374	.717	128		0	6	2
Reggie Baldwin	101	366	348	42	98	19	5	6	48	7	9	5	25	.282	.306	.417	.722	145		8	3	2
Jim Obradovich	95	388	331	60	90	19	3	14	48	1	1	52	55	.272	.374	.474	.848	157		3	0	2
Ramon Perez	76	344	312	45	88	12	4	1	24	19	5	23	40	.282	.336	.356	.692	111		3	5	1
Bob Detherage	81	317	283	49	76	11	4	6	28	8	5	30	52	.269	.345	.399	.744	113		3	1	0
Alan Knicely	99	311	277	28	73	10	3	6	35	1	2	28	49	.264	.332	.386	.719	107		1	4	1
Kevin Drake	98	350	324	31	63	11	3	5	32	11	3	16	102	.194	.243	.293	.537	95		5	5	0
Mike Fischlin	66	267	223	23	54	5	0	1	16	4	6	37	40	.242	.357	.278	.635	62		3	4	0
Mike Tyler	49	158	149	14	36	5	1	0	14	2	1	8	18	.242	.280	.289	.569	43		0	1	0
Alex Taveras	49	197	167	27	36	5	1	1	9	15	4	27	10	.216	.327	.275	.602	46		1	1	1
Joe Pittman	48	154	134	17	33	2	0	0	8	13	4	12	13	.246	.304	.261	.565	35		0	6	2
Jesus de la Rosa	27	112	100	11	25	4	1	2	15	1	3	8	16	.250	.306	.370	.676	37		1	1	2
Fay Thompson	14	47	39	3	11	3	1	1	9	0	0	8	13	.282	.404	.487	.891	19		0	0	0
Alexis Ramirez	10	36	33	2	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	5	.182	.206	.242	.448	8		0	2	0
Randy Rouse	8	23	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.174	.174	.174	.348	4		0	0	0
Totals	1292	4890	4418	564	1176	192	40	79	504	111	66	352	734	.266	.325	.381	.706	1685	0	45	44	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim Obradovich	1B	93	776	46	10	74	.988	8.839
Fernando Tatis	1B	42	340	30	2	26	.995	8.810
Fay Thompson	1B	2	13	1	1	1	.933	7.000
Alex Taveras	2B	49	103	131	9	28	.963	4.776
Joe Pittman	2B	42	96	126	6	28	.974	5.286
Fernando Tatis	2B	22	49	44	4	14	.959	4.227
Jeff Smith	2B	22	34	48	5	8	.943	3.727
Ramon Perez	2B	9	12	34	2	6	.958	5.111
Alan Knicely	3B	84	80	135	23	9	.903	2.560
Jeff Smith	3B	38	40	60	8	4	.926	2.632
Fernando Tatis	3B	18	8	19	1	4	.964	1.500
Joe Pittman	3B	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.500
Alexis Ramirez	3B	1	1	3	1	0	.800	4.000
Reggie Baldwin	C	98	543	72	26	7	.959	6.276	17
Mike Tyler	C	45	211	24	2	1	.992	5.222	4
Randy Rouse	C	1	8	1	2	0	.818	9.000	0
Al Javier	OF	135	258	12	12	4	.957	2.000
Don Pisker	OF	107	161	8	9	0	.949	1.579
Kevin Drake	OF	97	214	4	5	1	.978	2.247
Bob Detherage	OF	79	176	10	5	2	.974	2.354
Jeff Smith	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jesus de la Rosa	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Mike Allen	P	26	6	17	4	0	.852	.885
Gil Rondón	P	25	1	4	1	0	.833	.200
Mike Mendoza	P	23	4	19	1	2	.958	1.000
Elias Lugo	P	23	0	4	0	0	1.000	.174
Gary Wilson	P	22	6	21	0	4	1.000	1.227
David Aloi	P	22	2	18	2	0	.909	.909
Tom Brown	P	21	3	8	0	1	1.000	.524
Bob Dean	P	16	1	6	2	0	.778	.438
Jose Alfaro	P	16	2	10	2	1	.857	.750
Randy Niemann	P	15	1	5	1	0	.857	.400
Marty DeMerritt	P	15	4	10	2	1	.875	.933
Mike McQueen	P	14	0	4	1	0	.800	.286
Alan Knicely	P	14	4	5	1	0	.900	.643
Neal Cooper	P	11	0	2	2	0	.500	.182
Dennis Miscik	P	10	1	2	1	0	.750	.300
Dave Smith	P	9	5	9	2	0	.875	1.556
Charles Sprinkle	P	7	3	3	0	0	1.000	.857
Bert Roberge	P	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	.167
Julio Divison	P	6	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Gordie Pladson	P	5	5	10	0	1	1.000	3.000
Mark Miggins	P	3	0	5	5	0	.500	1.667
Edward Cowan	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Cosgrove	P	2	0	1	1	0	.500	.500
Ramon Perez	SS	67	121	210	21	42	.940	4.940
Mike Fischlin	SS	66	104	204	16	30	.951	4.667
Alexis Ramirez	SS	3	6	10	2	4	.889	5.333
Randy Rouse	SS	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.000
Joe Pittman	SS	1	2	3	0	2	1.000	5.000
Totals		1440	3414	1403	203	305	.960	3.345	21	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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