1972 Covington Astros Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 41-29
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Billy Smith (41-29)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 21,260, Avg. 607

1972 Covington Astros Roster

The Covington Astros of the Appalachian League ended the 1972 season with a record of 41 wins and 29 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Astros scored 353 runs and gave up 309 runs. Steve Englishbey led Covington with 13 home runs Thomas Smith drove in 50 runs. Mike Markl paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .336. Ben Ochoa and Jim Crawford topped the team with 7 wins each, while Jim Crawford recorded a 1.59 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Jim Crawford played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Covington Astros to do so.

Billy Smith 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ben Ochoa	7	1	.875	2.22	11	9		4	1	0	69.0	61	24	17	3	20	71	3	0	3
Jim Crawford	7	3	.700	1.59	11	10		9	1	0	85.0	48	26	15	3	18	123	1	2	7
James Herring	5	1	.833	3.45	8	8		3	0	0	47.0	34	25	18	3	37	52	3	0	9
Tom Changnon	5	2	.714	2.09	13	11		6	1	1	82.0	72	30	19	5	17	70	1	0	7
David Brooks	5	3	.625	4.68	11	11		3	0	0	73.0	87	54	38	2	33	64	8	0	11
Denny Nagel	4	4	.500	4.14	16	3		1	0	5	50.0	49	29	23	5	17	40	3	0	1
Bob Dean	3	4	.429	4.88	9	9		3	0	0	48.0	62	38	26	7	23	50	0	0	1
Michael Fenton	2	2	.500	3.90	12	0		0	0	0	30.0	31	16	13	3	20	17	0	3	1
William Hegland	2	4	.333	5.68	11	6		1	0	1	38.0	38	29	24	3	27	38	3	0	3
William Miller	1	0	1.000	4.71	7	1		0	0	0	21.0	21	14	11	2	11	12	0	0	0
Frederick Robson	0	1	.000	2.25	6	0		0	0	0	12.0	12	4	3	1	5	7	1	0	2
John Calzia	0	4	.000	6.75	8	2		0	0	2	20.0	28	20	15	3	9	25	0	0	3
Totals	41	29	.586	3.47	123	70	0	30	3	9	575.0	543	309	222	40	237	569	23	5	48	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
Mike Markl	67	289	253	48	85	11	0	1	25	12	1	27	16	.336	.404	.391	.795	99		3	4	2
Thomas Smith	68	295	236	56	70	18	4	9	50	9	2	51	38	.297	.420	.521	.941	123		2	2	4
Steve Englishbey	68	289	217	56	53	12	1	13	33	2	1	64	69	.244	.417	.488	.905	106		3	1	4
Lonnie Newland	67	254	234	26	46	6	2	6	23	2	1	18	80	.197	.254	.316	.570	74		0	2	0
David Ralstin	48	181	166	18	43	9	2	1	18	3	1	9	38	.259	.294	.355	.650	59		1	1	4
Richard Watson	47	159	136	20	42	3	2	1	15	0	1	21	24	.309	.403	.382	.785	52		1	0	1
Stan Floyd	41	166	151	24	40	8	0	7	35	1	0	13	35	.265	.319	.457	.776	69		0	0	2
Clark Gillies	46	170	156	23	40	5	2	2	20	1	1	10	52	.256	.308	.353	.660	55		2	1	1
Michael Hart	51	184	160	18	36	8	0	2	16	3	1	18	28	.225	.313	.312	.626	50		3	2	1
Donnie Sims	53	187	165	24	35	10	0	2	17	2	0	19	42	.212	.299	.309	.609	51		2	0	1
Bob Bourne	37	124	109	16	28	1	1	0	15	6	1	10	29	.257	.317	.284	.601	31		1	1	3
Paul Dillard	22	41	40	4	11	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	9	.275	.293	.375	.668	15		0	0	0
Jim Crawford	11	33	29	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.276	.364	.310	.674	9		0	0	0
David Brooks	11	31	31	3	8	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	14	.258	.258	.355	.613	11		0	0	0
James Herring	8	22	20	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.350	.364	.400	.764	8		0	0	1
Denny Nagel	16	18	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.273	.429	.273	.701	3		0	4	0
William Hegland	11	12	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	3		0	0	0
Bob Dean	9	17	17	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.176	.176	.235	.412	4		0	0	0
Tom Changnon	13	32	27	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.111	.172	.111	.284	3		0	3	0
Michael Fenton	12	9	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.333	.556	3		0	0	0
John Calzia	8	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	2	0
Tom Pulchinski	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	0	0
Ben Ochoa	11	28	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	.042	.115	.042	.157	1		0	2	0
Frederick Robson	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
William Miller	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	742	2567	2226	353	569	97	15	45	281	43	10	273	533	.256	.338	.373	.712	831	0	18	26	24	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Clark Gillies	1B	38	271	29	6	29	.980	7.895
Bob Bourne	1B	33	250	23	4	24	.986	8.273
Paul Dillard	1B	2	7	1	0	1	1.000	4.000
Mike Markl	2B	67	126	207	19	39	.946	4.970
Richard Watson	2B	4	5	5	2	1	.833	2.500
Tom Pulchinski	2B	2	1	7	1	1	.889	4.000
Richard Watson	3B	39	40	62	20	8	.836	2.615
Thomas Smith	3B	20	14	16	7	2	.811	1.500
Stan Floyd	3B	13	8	17	4	2	.862	1.923
Tom Pulchinski	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Michael Hart	C	45	238	30	8	3	.971	5.956	19
Stan Floyd	C	26	240	18	5	1	.981	9.923	12
Clark Gillies	C	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000	2
Steve Englishbey	OF	68	78	5	11	0	.883	1.221
Thomas Smith	OF	48	75	1	4	0	.950	1.583
Donnie Sims	OF	45	56	2	5	0	.921	1.289
David Ralstin	OF	39	57	0	4	0	.934	1.462
Paul Dillard	OF	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.200
Clark Gillies	OF	4	6	0	1	0	.857	1.500
Stan Floyd	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Denny Nagel	P	16	1	5	1	0	.857	.375
Tom Changnon	P	13	5	16	1	1	.955	1.615
Michael Fenton	P	12	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.083
Ben Ochoa	P	11	3	12	0	0	1.000	1.364
William Hegland	P	11	3	10	0	2	1.000	1.182
Jim Crawford	P	11	3	15	3	2	.857	1.636
David Brooks	P	11	7	13	1	1	.952	1.818
Bob Dean	P	9	3	5	3	1	.727	.889
James Herring	P	8	2	10	3	0	.800	1.500
John Calzia	P	8	0	0	2	0	.000	.000
William Miller	P	7	0	6	2	0	.750	.857
Frederick Robson	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
Lonnie Newland	SS	67	98	150	39	41	.864	3.701
Paul Dillard	SS	7	5	10	5	4	.750	2.143
Totals		699	1616	686	162	163	.934	3.293	33	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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