1973 Covington Astros Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 21-48
Finished 8th in the AL
Manager: Billy Smith (21-48)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 13,673, Avg. 396

1973 Covington Astros Roster

The Covington Astros of the Appalachian League ended the 1973 season with a record of 21 wins and 48 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Astros scored 274 runs and gave up 369 runs. Mike Holland and Leonard Larabee led all regular batters by hitting .267, while David Brooks recorded a 3.6 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1973 Covington Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Sambito, Mike Stanton, Mike Mendoza, Luis Pujols and Gordie Pladson.

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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Joe Sambito	4	2	.667	1.47	11	6		5	2	1	55.0	32	18	9	1	13	0	57	3	1	2
Michael Luckett	3	2	.600	5.29	15	1		1	0	0	34.0	35	29	20	1	21	0	24	0	0	3
David Brooks	3	6	.333	3.60	14	10		5	0	0	80.0	71	40	32	2	56	2	64	4	1	4
Stephen Williams	3	7	.300	4.32	13	11		2	1	0	77.0	69	46	37	9	29	0	56	5	0	2
Mike Stanton	2	3	.400	1.94	7	7		3	0	0	51.0	34	26	11	0	21	0	70	2	1	5
Kenneth Burke	2	6	.250	4.59	19	2		1	0	1	49.0	50	33	25	5	23	0	44	3	0	2
Gordie Pladson	1	3	.250	5.10	8	7		1	0	0	30.0	34	26	17	3	31	0	15	4	0	4
Mike Mendoza	1	4	.200	4.91	10	9		0	0	0	44.0	41	38	24	1	44	0	42	3	0	6
David Aloi	1	5	.167	3.46	11	9		3	1	0	52.0	47	29	20	1	36	0	54	0	0	9
Jose Alfaro	1	6	.143	3.31	13	5		2	0	0	49.0	40	33	18	3	27	1	43	6	1	3
Leonard Larabee	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Alberto Rondon	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2
Donald Broom	0	0		31.50	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	6	8	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	3
Robert Dunnivan	0	4	.000	7.58	12	2		0	0	0	38.0	44	43	32	3	31	0	33	0	0	5
Totals	21	48	.304	4.01	138	69	0	23	4	2	566.0	505	369	252	31	340	3	508	30	4	50	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 Holland	56	217	195	22	52	10	0	1	22	0	1	17	17	.267	.326	.333	.659	65		1	2	2
Nathan Stewart	54	211	197	27	51	14	1	8	25	4	1	11	54	.259	.303	.462	.765	91		2	0	1
Leonard Larabee	53	207	187	23	50	10	3	0	21	1	1	17	46	.267	.325	.353	.678	66		0	1	2
Lonnie Newland	58	228	200	31	43	10	2	1	19	4	1	24	55	.215	.307	.300	.607	60		3	0	1
Calvin Portley	60	238	203	30	42	2	5	0	13	7	1	32	43	.207	.316	.266	.582	54		1	1	1
Michael Jones	49	175	156	25	40	5	1	2	12	6	0	18	52	.256	.333	.340	.673	53		0	1	0
Juan Sanchez	35	131	111	14	27	4	0	1	9	2	0	18	22	.243	.346	.306	.652	34		0	1	1
Luis Pujols	26	93	86	8	23	2	0	1	4	1	1	6	21	.267	.323	.326	.648	28		1	0	0
Eric Brown	24	81	69	9	20	1	1	1	13	2	0	12	8	.290	.395	.377	.772	26		0	0	0
Roger Polanco	31	108	94	10	19	1	2	0	11	1	0	10	27	.202	.276	.255	.532	24		0	3	1
Stan Floyd	42	152	131	14	19	4	0	3	11	1	0	21	31	.145	.263	.244	.507	32		0	0	0
Jorge Moreno	34	116	105	12	16	2	0	0	7	7	0	10	39	.152	.224	.171	.396	18		0	0	1
Jose Galvez	33	84	75	5	14	2	2	0	7	0	0	7	21	.187	.262	.267	.529	20		1	0	1
Donnie Sims	31	84	72	6	12	3	0	0	8	0	0	11	12	.167	.286	.208	.494	15		1	0	0
Arturo Sealey	25	73	61	6	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	14	.148	.288	.164	.452	10		0	0	0
Ed Brown	8	36	27	8	8	0	0	0	5	1	0	8	7	.296	.472	.296	.769	8		1	0	0
Steven Oberweather	20	58	49	5	8	0	1	0	5	1	0	8	16	.163	.276	.204	.480	10		0	0	1
Stephen Williams	13	30	26	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.269	.345	.308	.653	8		0	1	0
Joe Sambito	11	24	18	7	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	5	.278	.458	.500	.958	9		0	0	0
Mike Stanton	7	19	18	1	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	7	.222	.222	.500	.722	9		0	1	0
David Aloi	11	21	20	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400	4		0	1	0
David Brooks	14	27	26	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10	.154	.185	.154	.339	4		1	0	0
Michael Luckett	15	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	2		0	0	0
Robert Dunnivan	12	11	11	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.182	.182	.364	.545	4		0	0	0
Jose Alfaro	13	15	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	2		0	1	0
Mike Mendoza	10	17	16	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.125	.176	.188	.364	3		0	0	0
Gordie Pladson	8	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	0	0
Kenneth Burke	19	12	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.111	.333	.111	.444	1		0	0	0
Donald Broom	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0
Rafael Alvarez	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	777	2492	2199	274	487	76	19	20	212	38	7	256	552	.221	.305	.301	.605	661	0	12	13	12	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Holland	1B	53	416	55	13	32	.973	8.887
Jose Galvez	1B	18	133	8	7	9	.953	7.833
Steven Oberweather	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Calvin Portley	2B	58	96	123	11	20	.952	3.776
Juan Sanchez	2B	10	17	10	6	2	.818	2.700
Lonnie Newland	2B	2	3	3	0	1	1.000	3.000
Roger Polanco	2B	1	2	3	1	0	.833	5.000
Jorge Moreno	2B	1	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.000
Juan Sanchez	3B	21	13	45	10	4	.853	2.762
Lonnie Newland	3B	20	21	30	10	1	.836	2.550
Steven Oberweather	3B	14	14	30	7	2	.863	3.143
Stan Floyd	3B	9	7	12	7	1	.731	2.111
Ed Brown	3B	4	4	6	5	2	.667	2.500
Jorge Moreno	3B	2	2	2	1	0	.800	2.000
Rafael Alvarez	3B	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000
Luis Pujols	C	26	187	21	6	3	.972	8.000	24
Stan Floyd	C	26	187	26	9	2	.959	8.192	10
Eric Brown	C	21	146	27	3	0	.983	8.238	9
Nathan Stewart	OF	51	56	3	4	1	.937	1.157
Leonard Larabee	OF	48	48	5	1	3	.981	1.104
Michael Jones	OF	45	75	6	9	0	.900	1.800
Jorge Moreno	OF	23	33	5	3	0	.927	1.652
Donnie Sims	OF	20	27	2	2	1	.935	1.450
Arturo Sealey	OF	17	22	1	6	0	.793	1.353
Lonnie Newland	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Stan Floyd	OF	3	3	0	1	0	.750	1.000
Donald Broom	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ed Brown	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Kenneth Burke	P	19	3	9	4	0	.750	.632
Michael Luckett	P	15	5	13	2	0	.900	1.200
David Brooks	P	14	6	19	6	2	.806	1.786
Stephen Williams	P	13	8	12	2	1	.909	1.538
Jose Alfaro	P	13	3	3	0	0	1.000	.462
Robert Dunnivan	P	12	4	7	2	0	.846	.917
Joe Sambito	P	11	8	13	2	2	.913	1.909
David Aloi	P	11	3	5	2	0	.800	.727
Mike Mendoza	P	10	2	5	0	0	1.000	.700
Gordie Pladson	P	8	1	6	0	1	1.000	.875
Mike Stanton	P	7	6	8	1	1	.933	2.000
Alberto Rondon	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Donald Broom	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Leonard Larabee	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Lonnie Newland	SS	34	57	96	27	16	.850	4.500
Roger Polanco	SS	30	53	60	25	9	.819	3.767
Ed Brown	SS	4	6	10	1	2	.941	4.000
Jorge Moreno	SS	3	2	2	2	0	.667	1.333
Totals		710	1693	697	199	118	.923	3.366	43	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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