1968 Covington Astros Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 39-32
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Tony Pacheco (39-32)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 21,906, Avg. 617
1968 Covington Astros RosterTeam Record: 39-32
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Tony Pacheco (39-32)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 21,906, Avg. 617
The Covington Astros of the Appalachian League ended the 1968 season with a record of 39 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Astros scored 460 runs, best in the league. Covington gave up 359 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Larry Mansfield led the squad with 18 home runs and accounted for 62 RBI. Donnie McLaughlin topped all regular batters by hitting .338. Eric Bedenkop and Wayne Morgan paced the team with 6 wins each, while Buddy Harris recorded a 2.25 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1968 Covington Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included César Cedeño, Bill Greif, Juan Jiménez, Buddy Harris and Rich Chiles.
Tony Pacheco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Morgan | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.86 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 46 | 38 | 27 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Eric Bedenkop | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.50 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 74.0 | 71 | 42 | 37 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Buddy Harris | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.25 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 64.0 | 61 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Greif | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.84 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 76.0 | 64 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Edward Ontiveros | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.90 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 90.0 | 66 | 42 | 29 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Luis Julian | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.56 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Juan Jiménez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.35 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 43 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Francis Schmitt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Harold Boggs | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.70 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Andres Abreu | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.94 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 37 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Barnes | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.84 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Alan Peters | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.55 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Richard Hicks | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.75 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 35 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| James Kinds | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Danny Nixon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Alfredo Ortiz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 39 | 32 | .549 | 4.18 | 180 | 73 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 585.0 | 544 | 359 | 272 | 40 | 320 | 33 | 636 | 24 | 4 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie McLaughlin | 64 | 247 | 225 | 38 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 30 | .338 | .393 | .449 | .842 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Martin Boer | 73 | 293 | 255 | 43 | 75 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 28 | 67 | .294 | .370 | .447 | .817 | 114 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Larry Mansfield | 73 | 303 | 254 | 55 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 75 | .268 | .366 | .539 | .906 | 137 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rich Chiles | 32 | 145 | 121 | 44 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 15 | 1 | 23 | 22 | .446 | .538 | .769 | 1.307 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Moxey | 61 | 240 | 201 | 59 | 53 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 35 | 46 | .264 | .371 | .363 | .734 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| César Cedeño | 36 | 139 | 131 | 23 | 49 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 20 | .374 | .410 | .504 | .914 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Taylor | 51 | 163 | 152 | 32 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 32 | .289 | .325 | .368 | .694 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Patrick O'Keefe | 52 | 182 | 141 | 24 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 47 | .234 | .401 | .326 | .727 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lambert Ford | 47 | 138 | 104 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 22 | .279 | .441 | .413 | .855 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert French | 39 | 112 | 95 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 24 | .253 | .360 | .305 | .666 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Doyle | 49 | 156 | 126 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 50 | .190 | .320 | .262 | .582 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ricky Wilson | 25 | 86 | 75 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 21 | .293 | .376 | .307 | .683 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Martin Cott | 22 | 81 | 68 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .265 | .358 | .412 | .770 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Oscar Sed | 38 | 97 | 79 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .228 | .361 | .291 | .652 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Buddy Harris | 11 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harmon Bove | 24 | 38 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .176 | .263 | .176 | .440 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Bedenkop | 16 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .192 | .222 | .192 | .415 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Williams | 17 | 35 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .185 | .371 | .185 | .557 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Peters | 7 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .364 | .533 | .545 | 1.079 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Alfonso | 9 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .214 | .421 | .214 | .635 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Ontiveros | 16 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .094 | .194 | .188 | .382 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Richard Hicks | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harold Boggs | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Luis Julian | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Barnes | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Jiménez | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Morgan | 18 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .062 | .167 | .125 | .292 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Baasse | 14 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .059 | .273 | .059 | .332 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Kinds | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francis Schmitt | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rodolfo Carty | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Greif | 15 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .000 | .190 | .000 | .190 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Danny Nixon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andres Abreu | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 907 | 2715 | 2303 | 460 | 627 | 89 | 34 | 43 | 362 | 86 | 21 | 342 | 596 | .272 | .369 | .396 | .766 | 913 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Mansfield | 1B | 73 | 488 | 55 | 18 | 38 | .968 | 7.438 | ||||
| Oscar Sed | 1B | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ricky Wilson | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 2B | 55 | 80 | 126 | 9 | 21 | .958 | 3.745 | ||||
| Patrick O'Keefe | 2B | 20 | 24 | 42 | 3 | 6 | .957 | 3.300 | ||||
| Frederick Taylor | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| James Baasse | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Frederick Taylor | 3B | 45 | 28 | 48 | 7 | 3 | .916 | 1.689 | ||||
| Patrick O'Keefe | 3B | 16 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 1.875 | ||||
| Jerry Moxey | 3B | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Andy Williams | 3B | 11 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 2.273 | ||||
| Carlos Alfonso | 3B | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 3B | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Oscar Sed | C | 27 | 211 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .987 | 8.296 | 13 | |||
| Ricky Wilson | C | 23 | 174 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 8.261 | 11 | |||
| Martin Cott | C | 21 | 196 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .986 | 1.048 | 2 | |||
| Harmon Bove | C | 15 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 4.733 | 2 | |||
| Martin Boer | OF | 73 | 105 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 1.521 | ||||
| Jerry Moxey | OF | 40 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.200 | ||||
| César Cedeño | OF | 36 | 49 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .891 | 1.583 | ||||
| Lambert Ford | OF | 33 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .879 | ||||
| Rich Chiles | OF | 32 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 1.625 | ||||
| Robert French | OF | 29 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.103 | ||||
| Andres Abreu | P | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
| Luis Julian | P | 18 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Wayne Morgan | P | 17 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .733 | .647 | ||||
| Edward Ontiveros | P | 16 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.062 | ||||
| Juan Jiménez | P | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Eric Bedenkop | P | 16 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .737 | .875 | ||||
| Bill Greif | P | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .467 | ||||
| Richard Hicks | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Buddy Harris | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Harold Boggs | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Kenneth Barnes | P | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Francis Schmitt | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Alan Peters | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Danny Nixon | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| James Kinds | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alfredo Ortiz | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Doyle | SS | 48 | 51 | 83 | 22 | 14 | .859 | 2.792 | ||||
| Patrick O'Keefe | SS | 19 | 30 | 36 | 7 | 8 | .904 | 3.474 | ||||
| Jerry Moxey | SS | 13 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 3 | .854 | 2.692 | ||||
| James Baasse | SS | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .762 | 1.600 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | SS | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rodolfo Carty | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 858 | 1753 | 636 | 128 | 103 | .949 | 2.784 | 28 | 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.
