1973 Cedar Rapids Astros Statistics
Team Record: 61-60
Finished 4th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Leo Posada (61-60)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 53,369, Avg. 882
The Cedar Rapids Astros of the Midwest League ended the 1973 season with a record of 61 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Astros scored 522 runs and surrendered 493 runs. Steve Englishbey and Fred Mims led Cedar Rapids with 14 home runs apiece. Fred Mims recorded 71 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .293 clip. Eleno Cuen paced the squad with 10 wins, while Francisco Lopez registered a 2.06 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1973 Cedar Rapids Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Art Gardner, Rick Williams, Mike Stanton, Luis Sánchez, José Sosa and Al Javier.
Leo Posada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleno Cuen | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.06 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 147.0 | 136 | 74 | 50 | 9 | 66 | 2 | 120 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Romualdo Blanco | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.32 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 133.0 | 115 | 70 | 49 | 8 | 87 | 2 | 158 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Francisco Lopez | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.06 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 109.0 | 71 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 74 | 5 | 106 | 13 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Paulo DeLeon | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.68 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 88.0 | 85 | 46 | 36 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Rick Williams | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.31 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 117.0 | 135 | 52 | 43 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 93 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Luis Sánchez | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.22 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 130.0 | 140 | 75 | 61 | 9 | 43 | 1 | 93 | 6 | 3 | 5 | ||
| José Sosa | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.79 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jesus Reyes | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.81 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 59.0 | 54 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Stanton | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.36 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Youse | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.72 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bob Dean | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.50 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76.0 | 75 | 57 | 38 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| James Herring | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Diaz | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 61 | 60 | .504 | 3.31 | 276 | 121 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 31 | 1010.0 | 934 | 493 | 371 | 46 | 554 | 21 | 891 | 41 | 17 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Mims | 116 | 466 | 410 | 72 | 120 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 71 | 16 | 7 | 49 | 101 | .293 | .367 | .512 | .879 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Al Javier | 104 | 443 | 395 | 65 | 104 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 29 | 63 | .263 | .327 | .365 | .691 | 144 | 11 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Rafael Tatis | 117 | 476 | 409 | 49 | 100 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 55 | 86 | .244 | .335 | .347 | .682 | 142 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Steve Englishbey | 111 | 453 | 341 | 70 | 85 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 53 | 21 | 2 | 104 | 92 | .249 | .426 | .434 | .860 | 148 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Neil Rasmussen | 110 | 414 | 380 | 46 | 83 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 59 | .218 | .278 | .284 | .562 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ramon Perez | 97 | 392 | 344 | 55 | 79 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 38 | 58 | .230 | .309 | .285 | .594 | 98 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Pastor Perez | 77 | 300 | 268 | 32 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 46 | .216 | .289 | .269 | .557 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Willie Melendez | 70 | 257 | 220 | 21 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 32 | .232 | .333 | .255 | .588 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Guillermo Foster | 83 | 269 | 245 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 63 | .204 | .269 | .298 | .567 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| George Vasquez | 57 | 200 | 162 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 45 | .216 | .354 | .340 | .693 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Art Gardner | 26 | 110 | 94 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 22 | .298 | .394 | .426 | .820 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arturo Gonzalez | 59 | 129 | 124 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 45 | .161 | .181 | .169 | .350 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Eleno Cuen | 21 | 57 | 53 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .189 | .232 | .245 | .477 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alton Williams | 22 | 77 | 59 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 20 | .153 | .351 | .237 | .588 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Williams | 23 | 44 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .229 | .325 | .257 | .582 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Paulo DeLeon | 32 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .280 | .280 | .440 | .720 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Lopez | 47 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .194 | .278 | .258 | .536 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| José Sosa | 8 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Stanton | 8 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .182 | .217 | .227 | .445 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Romualdo Blanco | 21 | 49 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | .091 | .111 | .091 | .202 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mike Markl | 11 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .222 | .508 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis Sánchez | 26 | 47 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .071 | .152 | .071 | .224 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jesus Reyes | 46 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Youse | 20 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dean | 24 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .043 | .120 | .043 | .163 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Moreno | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Herring | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1342 | 4372 | 3797 | 522 | 876 | 154 | 36 | 49 | 424 | 127 | 36 | 465 | 873 | .231 | .319 | .329 | .648 | 1249 | 0 | 45 | 32 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Mims | 1B | 77 | 551 | 34 | 20 | 48 | .967 | 7.597 | ||||
| Rafael Tatis | 1B | 31 | 239 | 16 | 1 | 12 | .996 | 8.226 | ||||
| Guillermo Foster | 1B | 21 | 121 | 6 | 3 | 17 | .977 | 6.048 | ||||
| Francisco Lopez | 1B | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jesus Reyes | 1B | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 2B | 60 | 106 | 141 | 17 | 26 | .936 | 4.117 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | 2B | 45 | 76 | 124 | 13 | 16 | .939 | 4.444 | ||||
| Alton Williams | 2B | 19 | 36 | 39 | 8 | 10 | .904 | 3.947 | ||||
| Mike Markl | 2B | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | 3B | 110 | 97 | 154 | 25 | 4 | .909 | 2.282 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | 3B | 9 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 3.222 | ||||
| Rafael Tatis | 3B | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Alton Williams | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 3B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Mike Markl | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Willie Melendez | C | 69 | 530 | 47 | 7 | 5 | .988 | 8.362 | 11 | |||
| George Vasquez | C | 53 | 408 | 41 | 11 | 5 | .976 | 8.472 | 5 | |||
| Al Javier | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Steve Englishbey | OF | 108 | 132 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .934 | 1.306 | ||||
| Al Javier | OF | 103 | 150 | 7 | 11 | 2 | .935 | 1.524 | ||||
| Guillermo Foster | OF | 48 | 89 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 1.958 | ||||
| Fred Mims | OF | 45 | 75 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 1.800 | ||||
| Arturo Gonzalez | OF | 36 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Art Gardner | OF | 25 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.800 | ||||
| Rafael Tatis | OF | 16 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.562 | ||||
| Jesus Reyes | P | 46 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .773 | .370 | ||||
| Francisco Lopez | P | 46 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .885 | .500 | ||||
| Paulo DeLeon | P | 30 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .600 | ||||
| Luis Sánchez | P | 26 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 5 | .882 | 1.731 | ||||
| Bob Dean | P | 24 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .625 | ||||
| Rick Williams | P | 23 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.087 | ||||
| Eleno Cuen | P | 21 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 2 | .830 | 1.857 | ||||
| Romualdo Blanco | P | 21 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 0 | .703 | 1.238 | ||||
| Bob Youse | P | 20 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .750 | ||||
| Mike Stanton | P | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| José Sosa | P | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .812 | 1.857 | ||||
| Juan Diaz | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| James Herring | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Tatis | SS | 73 | 111 | 165 | 21 | 42 | .929 | 3.781 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | SS | 33 | 61 | 80 | 13 | 7 | .916 | 4.273 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | SS | 22 | 31 | 51 | 10 | 12 | .891 | 3.727 | ||||
| Jorge Moreno | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1306 | 3014 | 1193 | 233 | 229 | .948 | 3.221 | 16 | 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.
