1969 Covington Astros Statistics
Team Record: 32-35
Finished 3rd in the AL's North Division
Manager: Dick Bogard (32-35)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 19,382, Avg. 579
The Covington Astros of the Appalachian League ended the 1969 season with a record of 32 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Astros plated 357 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 387 runs. John Dolinsek drove in 38 runs. Fernando Tatis paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .310. J. R. Richard, Larry Sheanshang and Henry Moore topped the team with 5 wins each, while Charles Grigsby registered a 2.76 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1969 Covington Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pat Darcy, Stan Papi, J. R. Richard, Mike Easler and Jesus de la Rosa.
Dick Bogard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Moore | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.94 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 75 | 41 | 35 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Larry Sheanshang | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.21 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 74 | 39 | 30 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| J. R. Richard | 5 | 4 | .556 | 6.59 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 51 | 50 | 41 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Charles Grigsby | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.76 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62.0 | 59 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mark Keller | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.59 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29.0 | 46 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steven Miller | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.40 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 56 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pat Darcy | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.46 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry Elenes | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.28 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 56 | 61 | 34 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Leroy Martin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.44 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 36 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Thomas | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.30 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 35 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Alan Peters | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Edward Mims | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerome Hutchinson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 31 | 36 | .463 | 4.92 | 145 | 67 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 541.0 | 557 | 387 | 296 | 32 | 304 | 4 | 512 | 25 | 2 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Tatis | 63 | 270 | 245 | 40 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 39 | .310 | .370 | .388 | .758 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Dolinsek | 59 | 249 | 209 | 38 | 63 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 32 | .301 | .411 | .493 | .904 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stan Papi | 44 | 179 | 146 | 30 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 32 | .281 | .408 | .438 | .846 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Adolph Carter | 49 | 221 | 184 | 44 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 37 | .223 | .338 | .304 | .642 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Curtis Jordan | 50 | 183 | 153 | 22 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 40 | .242 | .339 | .386 | .725 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Mike Easler | 33 | 126 | 113 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 19 | .319 | .384 | .416 | .800 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alan Schmidt | 38 | 152 | 133 | 25 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 26 | .256 | .331 | .361 | .692 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Robert Shearer | 41 | 152 | 125 | 26 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 14 | .264 | .362 | .432 | .794 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Robert Fernley | 35 | 133 | 111 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 26 | .252 | .364 | .324 | .688 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Raylan Hoellwarth | 39 | 131 | 106 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 29 | .236 | .377 | .453 | .830 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harold Jones | 31 | 105 | 98 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .204 | .257 | .245 | .502 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Sturtevant | 23 | 74 | 70 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .257 | .297 | .400 | .697 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Peters | 25 | 95 | 72 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 34 | .181 | .368 | .375 | .743 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alfio Rondon | 23 | 73 | 69 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .174 | .219 | .203 | .422 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harlan Keller | 19 | 65 | 58 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .172 | .262 | .241 | .503 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Lopez | 7 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .360 | .417 | .777 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Elenes | 13 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .292 | .320 | .417 | .737 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Henry Moore | 11 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .250 | .400 | .357 | .757 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Sheanshang | 12 | 35 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .219 | .219 | .281 | .500 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Washington Orozco | 18 | 53 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .149 | .245 | .191 | .437 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J. R. Richard | 12 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .261 | .320 | .522 | .842 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Keller | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .730 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Martin | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .222 | .417 | .444 | .861 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Thomas | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .143 | .400 | .143 | .543 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Grigsby | 15 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .048 | .048 | .095 | .143 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Mims | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Miller | 14 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .231 | .000 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Hutchinson | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Darcy | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 744 | 2500 | 2144 | 359 | 536 | 102 | 18 | 38 | 294 | 41 | 17 | 308 | 518 | .250 | .345 | .368 | .713 | 788 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dolinsek | 1B | 59 | 431 | 46 | 10 | 26 | .979 | 8.085 | ||||
| Curtis Jordan | 1B | 6 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 6.667 | ||||
| Alan Peters | 1B | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 1B | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Alan Schmidt | 2B | 35 | 63 | 77 | 6 | 9 | .959 | 4.000 | ||||
| Robert Fernley | 2B | 32 | 56 | 67 | 2 | 14 | .984 | 3.844 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | 3B | 58 | 41 | 92 | 26 | 6 | .836 | 2.293 | ||||
| Alfio Rondon | 3B | 6 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Mike Easler | 3B | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Raylan Hoellwarth | C | 35 | 246 | 22 | 9 | 0 | .968 | 7.657 | 19 | |||
| Harlan Keller | C | 18 | 124 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 7.556 | 10 | |||
| Harold Jones | C | 17 | 134 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 8.471 | 17 | |||
| Jose Lopez | C | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 2 | |||
| Adolph Carter | OF | 49 | 95 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .927 | 2.061 | ||||
| Curtis Jordan | OF | 41 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .925 | 1.195 | ||||
| Robert Shearer | OF | 24 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
| Mike Easler | OF | 23 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.087 | ||||
| Alan Peters | OF | 20 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .880 | 2.200 | ||||
| Anthony Sturtevant | OF | 19 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 1.421 | ||||
| Washington Orozco | OF | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Harold Jones | OF | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .545 | ||||
| Jose Lopez | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| John Dolinsek | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leroy Martin | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Mark Keller | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Charles Grigsby | P | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Bruce Thomas | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Steven Miller | P | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .786 | ||||
| Larry Sheanshang | P | 12 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| J. R. Richard | P | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.417 | ||||
| Larry Elenes | P | 12 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Henry Moore | P | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .444 | .364 | ||||
| Jerome Hutchinson | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Pat Darcy | P | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Edward Mims | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alan Peters | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Papi | SS | 43 | 66 | 92 | 23 | 13 | .873 | 3.674 | ||||
| Alfio Rondon | SS | 14 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 2 | .891 | 3.500 | ||||
| Robert Shearer | SS | 8 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 4 | .963 | 3.250 | ||||
| Fernando Tatis | SS | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 697 | 1598 | 589 | 145 | 84 | .938 | 3.138 | 48 | 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.
