1977 Columbus Astros Statistics
Team Record: 60-77
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Leo Posada (60-77)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 48,449, Avg. 707
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, Alex Taveras, Alan Knicely, Mike Fischlin, Tom Brown, Mike Cosgrove, Dave Smith, Randy Niemann, Jesus de la Rosa, Reggie Baldwin, Al Javier, Bob Detherage, Joe Pittman, Mike McQueen, Bert Roberge, Gordie Pladson, Mike Mendoza and Jim Obradovich were all players from the 1977 Columbus Astros who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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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