1969 Cocoa Astros Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 42-87
Finished 6th in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Leo Posada (42-87)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Cocoa Stadium
Attendance: 24,010, Avg. 372
1969 Cocoa Astros RosterTeam Record: 42-87
Finished 6th in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Leo Posada (42-87)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Cocoa Stadium
Attendance: 24,010, Avg. 372
The Cocoa Astros of the Florida State League ended the 1969 season with a record of 42 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the league's South Division.
The Astros scored 354 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 570 runs. James Murphy drove in 48 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .225 average. Oscar Zamora led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 1.19 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1969 Cocoa Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Oscar Zamora, Derrel Thomas and Leo Posada.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Zamora | 13 | 4 | .765 | 1.19 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 113.0 | 72 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Canty | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.84 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73.0 | 62 | 36 | 23 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Edward Ontiveros | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.30 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 | 97 | 52 | 32 | 3 | 63 | 5 | 82 | 9 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Kryczkowski | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.23 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101.0 | 72 | 38 | 25 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Charles Bynon | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.36 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 82 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 59 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Steve Grover | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.89 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 69 | 47 | 35 | 2 | 73 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Andres Abreu | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.67 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 64.0 | 52 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Daniel Evans | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.02 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 63 | 40 | 29 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Herman Johnson | 1 | 8 | .111 | 3.21 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 66 | 41 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Morgan | 1 | 13 | .071 | 4.36 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 104 | 82 | 61 | 3 | 103 | 4 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Gerald Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Lensing | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Clinton Burr | 0 | 8 | .000 | 3.13 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 67 | 53 | 32 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Harold Boggs | 0 | 8 | .000 | 6.26 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 42 | 87 | .326 | 3.26 | 266 | 129 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 17 | 1093.0 | 899 | 570 | 396 | 21 | 656 | 25 | 844 | 46 | 13 | 88 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Murphy | 127 | 508 | 435 | 43 | 98 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 63 | 67 | .225 | .322 | .306 | .628 | 133 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Rodney Clabo | 107 | 426 | 367 | 42 | 76 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 59 | .207 | .308 | .302 | .611 | 111 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Martin Boer | 77 | 294 | 269 | 24 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 46 | .260 | .318 | .331 | .649 | 89 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ricardo Torres | 108 | 390 | 351 | 35 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 81 | .194 | .259 | .239 | .498 | 84 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Hartzog | 86 | 329 | 293 | 31 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 27 | 76 | .212 | .287 | .246 | .533 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Jones | 66 | 261 | 228 | 18 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 36 | .224 | .309 | .320 | .629 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tom Brown | 79 | 269 | 248 | 16 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 51 | .202 | .255 | .266 | .521 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert French | 86 | 277 | 240 | 24 | 49 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 74 | .204 | .300 | .275 | .575 | 66 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Moxey | 46 | 197 | 172 | 20 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 23 | 30 | .233 | .327 | .256 | .582 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Mansfield | 48 | 194 | 168 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 50 | .202 | .301 | .280 | .580 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Derrel Thomas | 33 | 140 | 114 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 19 | .289 | .417 | .386 | .803 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Arnold | 34 | 126 | 116 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 22 | .207 | .246 | .224 | .470 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mickey Yates | 42 | 158 | 146 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 34 | .158 | .215 | .192 | .407 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Geoff Price | 43 | 162 | 134 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 28 | .157 | .288 | .201 | .489 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ricky Wilson | 31 | 104 | 95 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 31 | .147 | .221 | .179 | .400 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Jones | 42 | 148 | 124 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 72 | .105 | .250 | .121 | .371 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Zamora | 43 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .257 | .297 | .343 | .640 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Owen Johnson | 26 | 47 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .214 | .283 | .214 | .497 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Lopez | 28 | 78 | 72 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .111 | .179 | .139 | .318 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Morgan | 21 | 47 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .163 | .200 | .186 | .386 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Kryczkowski | 21 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .182 | .243 | .333 | .577 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Oscar Sed | 18 | 52 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .128 | .212 | .149 | .360 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Posada | 9 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .312 | .353 | .375 | .728 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob McRoberts | 12 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .312 | .421 | .312 | .734 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Bynon | 21 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .172 | .273 | .172 | .445 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andres Abreu | 26 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .211 | .250 | .316 | .566 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Johnson | 10 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .160 | .192 | .280 | .472 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Ontiveros | 20 | 46 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | .095 | .136 | .119 | .255 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Canty | 23 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .176 | .417 | .176 | .593 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Grover | 18 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .107 | .194 | .143 | .336 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Evans | 13 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .133 | .235 | .333 | .569 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Boggs | 18 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .133 | .381 | .133 | .514 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clinton Burr | 24 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .067 | .097 | .067 | .163 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Lensing | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Johnson | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Peters | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .182 | .000 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1430 | 4592 | 4041 | 355 | 811 | 114 | 37 | 17 | 292 | 108 | 45 | 459 | 951 | .201 | .286 | .260 | .546 | 1050 | 0 | 32 | 39 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Mansfield | 1B | 48 | 382 | 17 | 13 | 26 | .968 | 8.312 | ||||
| Mickey Yates | 1B | 42 | 221 | 15 | 9 | 14 | .963 | 5.619 | ||||
| James Murphy | 1B | 42 | 300 | 18 | 8 | 17 | .975 | 7.571 | ||||
| Rodney Clabo | 1B | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 9.500 | ||||
| Ricky Wilson | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Alan Peters | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jerry Moxey | 2B | 45 | 95 | 89 | 20 | 16 | .902 | 4.089 | ||||
| Ricardo Torres | 2B | 27 | 55 | 44 | 7 | 10 | .934 | 3.667 | ||||
| Robert French | 2B | 24 | 37 | 56 | 5 | 3 | .949 | 3.875 | ||||
| Geoff Price | 2B | 18 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 4 | .956 | 3.611 | ||||
| Joseph Arnold | 2B | 18 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 4 | .938 | 4.167 | ||||
| James Murphy | 2B | 6 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 4.167 | ||||
| Tom Brown | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Jones | 3B | 64 | 63 | 136 | 15 | 5 | .930 | 3.109 | ||||
| Tom Brown | 3B | 42 | 33 | 90 | 14 | 5 | .898 | 2.929 | ||||
| Geoff Price | 3B | 21 | 8 | 45 | 7 | 2 | .883 | 2.524 | ||||
| Leo Posada | 3B | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| James Murphy | 3B | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Johnny Jones | C | 42 | 282 | 37 | 12 | 5 | .964 | 7.595 | 24 | |||
| Tom Brown | C | 28 | 157 | 24 | 7 | 3 | .963 | 6.464 | 21 | |||
| Ricky Wilson | C | 25 | 145 | 22 | 4 | 4 | .977 | 6.680 | 6 | |||
| Jose Lopez | C | 20 | 110 | 18 | 7 | 0 | .948 | 6.400 | 25 | |||
| Oscar Sed | C | 17 | 105 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.824 | 6 | |||
| Owen Johnson | C | 13 | 64 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 5.308 | 1 | |||
| Andres Abreu | C | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Rodney Clabo | OF | 106 | 159 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .961 | 1.613 | ||||
| James Murphy | OF | 81 | 139 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .980 | 1.790 | ||||
| Ricky Hartzog | OF | 80 | 152 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .957 | 1.938 | ||||
| Martin Boer | OF | 74 | 159 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 2.284 | ||||
| Robert French | OF | 49 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 1.510 | ||||
| Bob McRoberts | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jose Lopez | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Tom Brown | OF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Oscar Zamora | P | 42 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .708 | .405 | ||||
| Andres Abreu | P | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .280 | ||||
| Clinton Burr | P | 24 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .688 | .458 | ||||
| John Canty | P | 23 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .609 | ||||
| Wayne Morgan | P | 21 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.333 | ||||
| Charles Bynon | P | 21 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .762 | ||||
| Edward Ontiveros | P | 20 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 1.250 | ||||
| John Kryczkowski | P | 20 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .850 | ||||
| Harold Boggs | P | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .722 | ||||
| Steve Grover | P | 17 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .647 | ||||
| Daniel Evans | P | 13 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Herman Johnson | P | 10 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jerry Lensing | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Gerald Johnson | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Ricardo Torres | SS | 80 | 126 | 226 | 35 | 20 | .910 | 4.400 | ||||
| Derrel Thomas | SS | 33 | 57 | 75 | 22 | 12 | .857 | 4.000 | ||||
| Joseph Arnold | SS | 16 | 28 | 53 | 6 | 11 | .931 | 5.062 | ||||
| Geoff Price | SS | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1353 | 3151 | 1258 | 260 | 182 | .944 | 3.259 | 83 | 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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