1972 Cocoa Expos Roster
Florida East Coast League (FECL) - Class: R
Team Record: 9-47
Finished 4th in the FECL
Manager: Pat Daugherty (9-47)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Cocoa, Florida
1972 Cocoa Expos StatisticsTeam Record: 9-47
Finished 4th in the FECL
Manager: Pat Daugherty (9-47)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Cocoa, Florida
The Cocoa Expos of the Florida East Coast League ended the 1972 season with a record of 9 wins and 47 losses, finishing fourth in the FECL.
The Expos scored 185 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 399 runs, most in the circuit. Ellis Valentine paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .266 average, while Gary Bryant recorded a 4.64 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1972 Cocoa Expos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gary Carter, Ellis Valentine and Dennis Blair.
Pat Daugherty served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Ayala | R | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
| Carl Baker | R | R | 6'2" | 175 | ||
| Dennis Blair | R | R | June 5, 1954 | 6'5" | 182 | Middletown, OH US |
| Jeff Bloom | R | L | 5'9" | 175 | ||
| Billy Bolden | L | L | October 26, 1952 | 6'2" | 185 | Jefferson, TX US |
| Lenny Bonk | L | R | 5'11" | 150 | ||
| Gary Bryant | R | R | December 18, 1953 | 6'3" | 208 | |
| Leonel Carrion | R | R | February 15, 1952 | 5'11" | 175 | Maracaibo, Zulia VE |
| Gary Carter | R | R | April 8, 1954 | 6'2" | 205 | Culver City, CA US |
| Michael Criss | R | R | August 25, 1954 | 6'0" | 175 | Reseda, CA US |
| Roger DeLazzer | L | L | April 25, 1954 | 6'4" | ||
| Michel Dion | R | R | February 11, 1954 | 5'10" | 170 | Granby, QC CA |
| Jose Fonseca | R | R | October 13, 1955 | 5'11" | 160 | |
| Ferris French | R | R | 6'2" | 190 | ||
| Keith Hansen | L | R | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Luis Jonas | R | R | September 21, 1953 | 6'0" | , PA | |
| Cecil Kozloski | R | R | July 27, 1952 | 6'5" | 215 | Meadow Lake, SK CA |
| Joe Leeder | R | R | May 6, 1954 | 6'3" | 191 | Brockville, ON CA |
| Larry Lien | R | R | May 17, 1953 | 6'1" | 195 | |
| Blair Mackasey | L | L | December 13, 1955 | 6'2" | 190 | Hamilton, ON CA |
| Arnaldo Nazario | R | R | 5'7" | 150 | ||
| Wayne Piper | R | R | 6'10" | 223 | ||
| Ed Riley | R | R | September 20, 1953 | 5'8" | 160 | |
| Maurice Robert | R | R | March 13, 1951 | 6'1" | 195 | Waco, TX US |
| Harry Rogers | R | R | ||||
| Socrates Santana | R | R | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Wayne Schlosser | R | R | June 17, 1952 | 6'0" | 215 | Lestock, SK CA |
| Rusty Simpson | R | R | September 10, 1950 | Hahira, GA US | ||
| Kent Smalling | R | R | 6'8" | 215 | ||
| Jay Thornton | R | R | December 1, 1953 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Kevin Umlah | R | R | February 21, 1955 | 6'2" | 180 | Halifax, NS CA |
| Ellis Valentine | R | R | July 30, 1954 | 6'4" | 205 | Helena, AR US |
| Edgardo Vega | L | L | 6'0" | 160 | ||
| Brian White | L | R | December 20, 1954 | 6'0" | 170 | Halifax, NS CA |
| Leonard Yonkman | R | R | September 22, 1953 | 6'3" | 180 | Lestock, SK CA |
| Kevin Young | R | R | May 23, 1954 | 5'11" | 185 |
