1970 Covington Astros Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 32-24
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Dick Smith (32-24)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 20,870, Avg. 745
1970 Covington Astros RosterTeam Record: 32-24
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Dick Smith (32-24)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 20,870, Avg. 745
The Covington Astros of the Appalachian League ended the 1970 season with a record of 32 wins and 24 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Astros plated 286 runs and surrendered 263 runs. Greg Gross led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .351. Don Stratton and Ronald DeJean topped Covington with 7 wins each, while Henry Moore recorded a 2.53 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1970 Covington Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jesus de la Rosa, José Sosa and Greg Gross.
Dick Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald DeJean | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.80 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 73 | 46 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Don Stratton | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.81 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 87 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Henry Moore | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.53 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 57.0 | 39 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Milton Villalobos | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.82 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 33.0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Efrain Urquiola | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.68 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| José Sosa | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.44 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 42 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| William Gardner | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.66 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Midura | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.57 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 46 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Shook | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.64 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 37 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Diaz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clark Gillies | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Eldridge | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Streleski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.91 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 32 | 24 | .571 | 3.57 | 109 | 56 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 466.0 | 422 | 263 | 185 | 27 | 217 | 1 | 464 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Gross | 54 | 229 | 211 | 40 | 74 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 27 | .351 | .397 | .445 | .843 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 54 | 222 | 209 | 32 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 41 | .263 | .302 | .407 | .709 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Sanderlin | 49 | 204 | 177 | 32 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 39 | .305 | .392 | .463 | .855 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joel Serna | 46 | 193 | 170 | 24 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 18 | .276 | .342 | .335 | .677 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Richard Busby | 47 | 176 | 151 | 28 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 32 | .298 | .377 | .450 | .827 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Alton Williams | 53 | 219 | 186 | 23 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 62 | .204 | .307 | .323 | .630 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Luis Rodriguez | 41 | 152 | 138 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .261 | .318 | .384 | .702 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John McLaren | 40 | 146 | 121 | 22 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 22 | .240 | .354 | .331 | .685 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Wise | 23 | 74 | 57 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .281 | .431 | .491 | .922 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Donald Russell | 12 | 49 | 36 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | .361 | .490 | .556 | 1.045 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Francisco Lopez | 10 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .310 | .300 | .345 | .645 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mario Freeman | 16 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .257 | .297 | .257 | .554 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonnard Davis | 20 | 60 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 23 | .191 | .367 | .468 | .835 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Melendez | 17 | 67 | 57 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .140 | .269 | .175 | .444 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald DeJean | 11 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .280 | .400 | .280 | .680 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Shook | 8 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .375 | .375 | .625 | 1.000 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| José Sosa | 10 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Stratton | 12 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .171 | .211 | .229 | .439 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Henry Moore | 10 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .167 | .167 | .208 | .375 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Midura | 8 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .273 | .467 | .364 | .830 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milton Villalobos | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Gardner | 8 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hector Stefany | 8 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Streleski | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elvin Villalobos | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Lang | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clark Gillies | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Efrain Urquiola | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Eldridge | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Diaz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 617 | 2085 | 1829 | 286 | 484 | 64 | 12 | 39 | 233 | 45 | 21 | 202 | 402 | .265 | .342 | .377 | .718 | 689 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus de la Rosa | 1B | 54 | 356 | 38 | 19 | 19 | .954 | 7.296 | ||||
| Donald Russell | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Clark Gillies | 1B | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Anthony Lang | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joel Serna | 2B | 45 | 105 | 95 | 15 | 16 | .930 | 4.444 | ||||
| Mario Freeman | 2B | 7 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 4.714 | ||||
| Richard Busby | 2B | 5 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .923 | 4.800 | ||||
| Alton Williams | 3B | 24 | 24 | 41 | 6 | 3 | .915 | 2.708 | ||||
| Richard Busby | 3B | 23 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 5 | .863 | 2.739 | ||||
| Donald Russell | 3B | 10 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .972 | 3.500 | ||||
| Mario Freeman | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John McLaren | C | 39 | 333 | 28 | 6 | 0 | .984 | 9.256 | 15 | |||
| Willie Melendez | C | 17 | 158 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .982 | 9.588 | 13 | |||
| Greg Gross | OF | 54 | 93 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .972 | 1.907 | ||||
| Rick Sanderlin | OF | 46 | 60 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .908 | 1.500 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | OF | 40 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.050 | ||||
| Leonnard Davis | OF | 19 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .750 | .947 | ||||
| Thomas Wise | OF | 18 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.111 | ||||
| Anthony Lang | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Clark Gillies | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Milton Villalobos | P | 19 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .684 | ||||
| Don Stratton | P | 12 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Efrain Urquiola | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Ronald DeJean | P | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Sosa | P | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 1.100 | ||||
| Henry Moore | P | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Kyle Shook | P | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.125 | ||||
| John Midura | P | 8 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.375 | ||||
| William Gardner | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| James Streleski | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Larry Eldridge | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Juan Diaz | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Clark Gillies | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alton Williams | SS | 29 | 31 | 48 | 24 | 3 | .767 | 2.724 | ||||
| Richard Busby | SS | 17 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 3 | .914 | 3.765 | ||||
| Francisco Lopez | SS | 9 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | .829 | 3.778 | ||||
| Hector Stefany | SS | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .875 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 585 | 1394 | 511 | 138 | 73 | .932 | 3.256 | 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.
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