1967 Covington Astros Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 29-35
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Tony Pacheco (29-35)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 31,322, Avg. 979

1967 Covington Astros Roster

The Covington Astros of the Appalachian League ended the 1967 season with a record of 29 wins and 35 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Astros plated 238 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 261 runs. Ray Busse topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .223. Craig Hilden led Covington with 5 wins, while Doug Olson recorded a 2.9 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1967 Covington Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Juan Jiménez, Ray Busse, John Mayberry, Jay Schlueter and Cliff Johnson.

Tony Pacheco 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
Craig Hilden	5	2	.714	3.17	11	7		2	0		54.0	40	24	19	4	22	2	53	2	0	1
Wayne Brechtel	4	2	.667	4.60	11	6		0	0		43.0	41	27	22	6	12	1	47	1	1	1
Tom Suchanek	4	6	.400	3.75	18	5		1	0		48.0	36	24	20	1	30	5	35	1	0	4
Kim Hillstrom	3	1	.750	0.88	8	8		1	0		51.0	36	7	5	2	34	3	49	1	0	3
Steve Grover	3	3	.500	4.25	10	9		0	0		55.0	52	33	26	0	29	1	41	3	0	3
Russ Rothermel	2	1	.667	1.89	3	3		2	1		19.0	14	4	4	2	8	2	19	0	0	0
Emmitt Money	2	6	.250	4.81	14	6		0	0		43.0	48	29	23	1	25	4	33	2	1	3
John Kryczkowski	1	0	1.000	4.91	6	1		1	1		11.0	7	6	6	0	14	0	17	0	0	6
Steve Ritchie	1	1	.500	1.93	9	1		0	0		14.0	10	11	3	0	11	0	9	0	0	1
Daniel Evans	1	1	.500	3.46	11	1		0	0		26.0	26	10	10	1	17	2	20	0	1	3
Ciro Ramos	1	1	.500	5.40	4	0		0	0		5.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
Gerald Johnson	1	2	.333	1.69	18	3		1	0		48.0	37	17	9	3	26	2	31	1	0	4
Charles Bynon	1	3	.250	3.66	14	4		0	0		32.0	34	20	13	2	19	2	26	0	2	1
Ernest Brown	0	0		1.80	2	0		0	0		5.0	3	3	1	0	6	2	3	0	0	0
Larry Franklin	0	0		18.00	2	0		0	0		1.0	3	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Jeff Morrell	0	1	.000	5.79	8	1		0	0		14.0	17	12	9	2	9	0	9	1	0	2
Doug Olson	0	5	.000	2.90	13	9		1	0		59.0	58	28	19	4	21	3	41	0	0	3
Totals	29	35	.453	3.31	162	64	0	9	2	0	528.0	470	261	194	28	285	29	440	12	5	35	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
Ray Busse	60	236	220	28	49	6	2	2	28	8	2	12	47	.223	.261	.295	.556	65		0	2	2
Tom Brown	46	176	165	14	47	4	0	1	11	5	0	7	46	.285	.330	.327	.657	54		4	0	0
John Mayberry	50	188	155	23	39	7	0	4	21	2	0	31	20	.252	.372	.374	.747	58		0	0	2
Don Moore	48	180	160	18	39	2	1	0	8	4	2	16	19	.244	.316	.269	.585	43		1	3	0
Cliff Johnson	36	134	110	21	34	7	2	5	24	0	0	18	21	.309	.406	.545	.951	60		2	1	3
Jaime Davis	44	147	133	13	28	7	0	1	9	6	3	11	17	.211	.276	.286	.562	38		1	2	0
Gregory Walling	47	125	102	9	23	2	1	0	6	7	2	21	19	.225	.363	.265	.628	27		1	1	0
Ricky Hartzog	43	131	115	21	20	4	0	0	4	1	2	15	29	.174	.275	.209	.484	24		1	0	0
Gordon Allen	51	160	136	20	20	4	1	2	10	3	3	22	59	.147	.270	.235	.506	32		1	1	0
Jay Schlueter	21	77	70	11	17	3	0	2	5	4	1	7	21	.243	.312	.371	.683	26		0	0	0
Geoff Price	36	109	97	12	17	4	1	1	13	3	1	8	21	.175	.248	.268	.516	26		2	0	2
Shane Hummell	33	81	75	7	14	1	0	3	7	0	1	5	25	.187	.238	.320	.558	24		0	1	0
Dale Weatherford	32	97	90	5	13	5	0	2	11	0	0	7	25	.144	.206	.267	.473	24		0	0	0
Larry Franklin	23	53	48	4	12	1	1	0	4	3	0	3	9	.250	.321	.312	.633	15		2	0	0
Craig Hilden	11	21	19	4	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	3	.526	.550	.579	1.129	11		0	1	0
Ricky Wilson	22	67	63	3	8	2	0	0	2	2	1	4	15	.127	.179	.159	.338	10		0	0	0
Boyd Van Patten	8	22	18	0	6	2	0	0	5	2	0	4	6	.333	.455	.444	.899	8		0	0	0
Kim Hillstrom	8	20	16	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.312	.421	.375	.796	6		1	1	0
Jeff Morrell	11	12	12	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.333	.333	.333	.667	4		0	0	0
Steve Grover	10	21	17	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.235	.316	.235	.551	4		0	2	0
Kenneth McCary	15	23	19	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	.211	.348	.316	.664	6		0	0	0
Emmitt Money	14	13	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.273	.385	.273	.657	3		0	0	0
Juan Jiménez	4	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.400	.500	.400	.900	2		0	0	0
Tom Suchanek	18	10	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.500	.700	5		0	0	0
Wayne Brechtel	11	14	11	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.182	.250	.273	.523	3		0	2	0
Barry Carey	3	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	1		0	0	0
Charles Bynon	14	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	1		0	0	0
Daniel Evans	11	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2		0	1	0
Alexis Corro	8	11	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	6	.143	.455	.143	.597	1		0	0	0
Ira Barber	3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	0	0
Gerald Johnson	20	16	14	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.071	.188	.143	.330	2		0	0	0
Gary Long	10	23	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.048	.130	.048	.178	1		0	0	0
Ciro Ramos	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Russ Rothermel	3	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Bo Harris	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Doug Olson	13	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.133	.000	.133	0		0	1	0
Ken Hovance	3	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		1	0	0
Ernest Brown	9	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	6	.000	.214	.000	.214	0		0	0	0
John Kryczkowski	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ricardo Richardson	6	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Steve Ritchie	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	826	2260	1990	238	429	66	10	24	191	51	20	223	491	.216	.299	.295	.594	587	0	17	21	9	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Mayberry	1B	49	380	29	11	25	.974	8.347
Gordon Allen	1B	6	30	5	2	2	.946	5.833
Ernest Brown	1B	5	21	2	1	2	.958	4.600
Geoff Price	1B	4	29	0	0	2	1.000	7.250
Gregory Walling	1B	3	16	1	1	0	.944	5.667
Ira Barber	1B	3	21	1	1	1	.957	7.333
Barry Carey	1B	2	11	1	0	1	1.000	6.000
Cliff Johnson	1B	1	4	0	1	0	.800	4.000
Don Moore	2B	42	97	90	18	21	.912	4.452
Geoff Price	2B	26	43	52	14	6	.872	3.654
Tom Brown	3B	44	46	66	17	4	.868	2.545
Ricky Wilson	3B	17	12	31	5	2	.896	2.529
Juan Jiménez	3B	3	2	1	2	0	.600	1.000
Don Moore	3B	2	1	6	2	0	.778	3.500
Dale Weatherford	C	29	172	10	4	1	.978	6.276	20
Shane Hummell	C	21	129	13	1	1	.993	6.762	10
Cliff Johnson	C	16	76	8	2	3	.977	5.250	9
Gary Long	C	10	56	9	0	0	1.000	6.500	3
Ricky Wilson	C	1	13	0	0	0	1.000	13.000	0
Bo Harris	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Gordon Allen	OF	39	40	5	2	0	.957	1.154
Jaime Davis	OF	38	53	3	1	1	.982	1.474
Ricky Hartzog	OF	37	60	2	6	0	.912	1.676
Gregory Walling	OF	35	33	3	2	2	.947	1.029
Jay Schlueter	OF	21	34	2	2	0	.947	1.714
Cliff Johnson	OF	20	23	2	3	0	.893	1.250
Larry Franklin	OF	15	15	2	0	0	1.000	1.133
Kenneth McCary	OF	8	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.375
Boyd Van Patten	OF	5	2	0	1	0	.667	.400
Ricardo Richardson	OF	5	3	0	0	0	1.000	.600
Ken Hovance	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Jeff Morrell	OF	2	3	1	0	1	1.000	2.000
Gerald Johnson	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Ricky Wilson	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ernest Brown	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tom Suchanek	P	18	4	9	1	0	.929	.722
Gerald Johnson	P	18	0	15	1	1	.938	.833
Emmitt Money	P	14	3	5	1	0	.889	.571
Charles Bynon	P	14	1	9	2	0	.833	.714
Doug Olson	P	13	0	5	1	1	.833	.385
Craig Hilden	P	11	0	8	0	1	1.000	.727
Daniel Evans	P	11	2	6	1	0	.889	.727
Wayne Brechtel	P	11	1	10	1	0	.917	1.000
Steve Grover	P	10	1	12	2	0	.867	1.300
Steve Ritchie	P	9	0	6	0	0	1.000	.667
Jeff Morrell	P	8	3	4	1	1	.875	.875
Kim Hillstrom	P	8	3	16	2	1	.905	2.375
John Kryczkowski	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
Ciro Ramos	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Russ Rothermel	P	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ray Busse	SS	60	120	163	35	29	.890	4.717
Don Moore	SS	4	5	6	1	1	.917	2.750
Alexis Corro	SS	3	6	6	1	1	.923	4.000
Juan Jiménez	SS	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Totals		743	1590	628	150	111	.937	2.985	42	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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