1986 Columbus Astros Statistics
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Dave Cripe (0-0), Chuck Taylor (0-0), Gary Tuck (0-0)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 134,964, Avg. 1,928
Playoffs - Columbus Astros 3 games, Jacksonville Expos 1
Finals - Columbus Astros 3 games, Huntsville Stars 1
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1986 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Astros paced the circuit with just 698 runs allowed. Columbus scored 725 runs. Larry Ray powered the team with 24 home runs and recorded 108 runs batted in. Joe Mikulik led batters with significant playing time by hitting .301. Anthony Kelley topped the squad with 14 wins, while Rich Strasser recorded a 3.46 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1986 Columbus Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dave Meads, Ken Caminiti, Jeff Bettendorf, Larry Ray, Roger Samuels, Mike Fuentes, Rob Mallicoat, Jeff Datz, Troy Afenir, Tom Funk and Gerald Young.
Dave Cripe, Chuck Taylor and Gary Tuck 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Kelley | 14 | 4 | .778 | 3.63 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 193.3 | 196 | 92 | 78 | 20 | 35 | 0 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rich Strasser | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.46 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 164.0 | 180 | 75 | 63 | 16 | 43 | 2 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mitch Cook | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.28 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105.7 | 121 | 70 | 62 | 19 | 35 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mike Friederich | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.35 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 165.3 | 161 | 98 | 80 | 17 | 80 | 2 | 108 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Tom Funk | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.66 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 64.3 | 50 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rayner Noble | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.52 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.7 | 86 | 43 | 39 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chuck Mathews | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6.01 | 41 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.3 | 121 | 70 | 57 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Earl Cash | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.15 | 32 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 45.7 | 54 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Roger Samuels | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.10 | 38 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.7 | 76 | 49 | 44 | 9 | 46 | 3 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Rich Bombard | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.46 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 37 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mark Baker | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.28 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29.0 | 28 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dave Meads | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.43 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.3 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bettendorf | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.82 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73.0 | 76 | 42 | 31 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Cerefin | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim O'Dell | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ryan Job | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Dube | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.66 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rob Mallicoat | 0 | 6 | .000 | 4.81 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 61 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 70 | 70 | .500 | 4.41 | 373 | 140 | 123 | 17 | 5 | 29 | 1207.0 | 1305 | 698 | 591 | 128 | 484 | 38 | 768 | 40 | 6 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Caminiti | 137 | 582 | 513 | 82 | 154 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 81 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 78 | .300 | .364 | .439 | .802 | 225 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |
| Joe Mikulik | 130 | 546 | 502 | 80 | 151 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 18 | 13 | 33 | 92 | .301 | .350 | .440 | .791 | 221 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gerald Young | 136 | 617 | 539 | 101 | 151 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 62 | 54 | 27 | 67 | 57 | .280 | .356 | .401 | .757 | 216 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |
| Larry Ray | 137 | 580 | 494 | 88 | 136 | 19 | 3 | 24 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 98 | .275 | .371 | .472 | .843 | 233 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| Jim O'Dell | 115 | 442 | 392 | 49 | 105 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 45 | .268 | .345 | .408 | .754 | 160 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Karl Allaire | 119 | 456 | 393 | 47 | 100 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 52 | .254 | .336 | .305 | .641 | 120 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |
| Bobby Falls | 108 | 408 | 368 | 51 | 95 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 74 | .258 | .303 | .386 | .689 | 142 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Mike Fuentes | 80 | 279 | 241 | 36 | 73 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 47 | .303 | .387 | .556 | .943 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Troy Afenir | 91 | 345 | 313 | 50 | 68 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 90 | .217 | .273 | .419 | .691 | 131 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jeff Datz | 59 | 215 | 191 | 26 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 26 | .325 | .390 | .497 | .887 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rob Parker | 80 | 300 | 236 | 48 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 53 | 35 | .258 | .396 | .284 | .680 | 67 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| Juan Delgado | 58 | 227 | 209 | 21 | 60 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 27 | .287 | .330 | .426 | .756 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pete Mueller | 52 | 189 | 167 | 29 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 36 | .269 | .346 | .383 | .729 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ryan Job | 21 | 53 | 45 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .244 | .358 | .333 | .692 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Sherlock | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .308 | .438 | .692 | 1.130 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bettendorf | 27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Kelley | 29 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .250 | .364 | .614 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aristides Rodriguez | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Mallicoat | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rayner Noble | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .500 | .200 | .700 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Mathews | 41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Friederich | 29 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Strasser | 32 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Samuels | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Reynolds | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Baker | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Funk | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Cook | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Cash | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1669 | 5338 | 4680 | 725 | 1286 | 210 | 40 | 119 | 668 | 135 | 80 | 529 | 795 | .275 | .349 | .413 | .762 | 1933 | 0 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim O'Dell | 1B | 94 | 785 | 58 | 10 | 73 | .988 | 8.968 | ||||
| Pete Mueller | 1B | 50 | 442 | 23 | 5 | 40 | .989 | 9.300 | ||||
| Mike Fuentes | 1B | 5 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .966 | 5.600 | ||||
| Troy Afenir | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff Datz | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Bobby Falls | 2B | 98 | 230 | 276 | 14 | 57 | .973 | 5.163 | ||||
| Rob Parker | 2B | 44 | 86 | 111 | 7 | 20 | .966 | 4.477 | ||||
| Ryan Job | 2B | 10 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 3.800 | ||||
| Ken Caminiti | 3B | 135 | 105 | 299 | 33 | 34 | .924 | 2.993 | ||||
| Rob Parker | 3B | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.800 | ||||
| Ryan Job | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Troy Afenir | C | 86 | 488 | 38 | 13 | 9 | .976 | 6.116 | 18 | |||
| Jeff Datz | C | 56 | 309 | 39 | 2 | 5 | .994 | 6.214 | 7 | |||
| Aristides Rodriguez | C | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | 0 | |||
| Glenn Sherlock | C | 4 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 5.500 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Young | OF | 136 | 317 | 22 | 13 | 3 | .963 | 2.493 | ||||
| Joe Mikulik | OF | 127 | 233 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .968 | 1.890 | ||||
| Mike Fuentes | OF | 62 | 98 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 1.677 | ||||
| Juan Delgado | OF | 53 | 103 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .955 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Ray | OF | 41 | 65 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .904 | 1.610 | ||||
| Jim O'Dell | OF | 18 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.389 | ||||
| Tom Funk | P | 44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .136 | ||||
| Chuck Mathews | P | 41 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .947 | .439 | ||||
| Roger Samuels | P | 38 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .500 | ||||
| Rich Strasser | P | 32 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 5 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Earl Cash | P | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Anthony Kelley | P | 29 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 2 | .959 | 1.621 | ||||
| Mike Friederich | P | 29 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .793 | ||||
| Jeff Bettendorf | P | 27 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .889 | ||||
| Mitch Cook | P | 21 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Mark Baker | P | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .190 | ||||
| Dave Meads | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Rich Bombard | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Rayner Noble | P | 12 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.917 | ||||
| Rob Mallicoat | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Greg Dube | P | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim O'Dell | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ryan Job | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Cerefin | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Karl Allaire | SS | 119 | 166 | 349 | 37 | 58 | .933 | 4.328 | ||||
| Rob Parker | SS | 22 | 29 | 58 | 7 | 8 | .926 | 3.955 | ||||
| Bobby Falls | SS | 6 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1554 | 3621 | 1544 | 181 | 339 | .966 | 3.324 | 25 | 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.
