1971 Cocoa Astros Statistics
Team Record: 80-59
Finished 2nd in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Tony Pacheco (80-59)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Cocoa Stadium
Attendance: 24,628, Avg. 354
Playoffs - Cocoa Astros 2 games, Daytona Beach Dodgers 1
Finals - Miami Orioles 2 games, Cocoa Astros 1
The Cocoa Astros of the Florida State League ended the 1971 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Astros plated 606 runs and surrendered 543 runs. Thomas Wise paced Cocoa with 12 home runs Mike Easler drove in 68 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .293 average. Carlos Alfonso and Mike Cosgrove led the squad with 13 wins each, while Carlos Alfonso registered a 2.68 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1971 Cocoa Astros who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Stan Papi, Bob Watkins, Mike Cosgrove and Mike Easler.
Tony Pacheco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Alfonso | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.68 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 148.0 | 121 | 58 | 44 | 5 | 62 | 5 | 92 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Mike Cosgrove | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.72 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 172.0 | 119 | 62 | 52 | 6 | 101 | 3 | 231 | 7 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Ronald DeJean | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.60 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 70 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Matthew Rosiek | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.94 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 153.0 | 126 | 65 | 50 | 7 | 69 | 3 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Watkins | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.32 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 78 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Charles Grigsby | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 58.0 | 52 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Milton Villalobos | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.93 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 71.0 | 70 | 35 | 31 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Brechtel | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.02 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.0 | 64 | 38 | 29 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.18 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38.0 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Francisco Lopez | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.16 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 70 | 48 | 37 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Bob Renninger | 3 | 11 | .214 | 4.29 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 84.0 | 75 | 57 | 40 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Erasmo Diaz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Healey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.95 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Byron Dismukes | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.64 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33.0 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Enrique Gonzalez | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.0 | 58 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 80 | 59 | .576 | 3.35 | 292 | 139 | 0 | 44 | 15 | 31 | 1137.0 | 990 | 543 | 423 | 52 | 648 | 32 | 941 | 44 | 12 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran Paz | 128 | 505 | 450 | 71 | 126 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 47 | 28 | .280 | .350 | .322 | .673 | 145 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Easler | 109 | 430 | 392 | 61 | 115 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 68 | 16 | 1 | 32 | 69 | .293 | .347 | .439 | .786 | 172 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Simon | 122 | 465 | 391 | 68 | 112 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 24 | 5 | 58 | 62 | .286 | .391 | .386 | .777 | 151 | 11 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 105 | 423 | 384 | 46 | 103 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 44 | .268 | .322 | .349 | .671 | 134 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Stan Papi | 109 | 412 | 339 | 57 | 98 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 75 | .289 | .406 | .401 | .808 | 136 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Wise | 116 | 443 | 345 | 65 | 93 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 88 | 81 | .270 | .423 | .452 | .875 | 156 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Melvin McNeil | 113 | 377 | 333 | 52 | 92 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 29 | 78 | .276 | .356 | .354 | .711 | 118 | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Curtis Jordan | 122 | 434 | 382 | 47 | 91 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 128 | .238 | .317 | .306 | .623 | 117 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| George Vasquez | 101 | 333 | 273 | 34 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 58 | .256 | .389 | .337 | .726 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alfio Rondon | 97 | 274 | 254 | 26 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 56 | .217 | .250 | .264 | .514 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Nathaniel Pettaway | 27 | 99 | 90 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .367 | .424 | .644 | 1.069 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Melendez | 62 | 169 | 147 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 25 | .177 | .265 | .184 | .449 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Pastor Perez | 60 | 127 | 104 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 26 | .173 | .315 | .221 | .536 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Cosgrove | 29 | 74 | 67 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .179 | .225 | .224 | .449 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Matthew Rosiek | 25 | 63 | 56 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .143 | .140 | .179 | .319 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Steven Gardner | 11 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .212 | .278 | .273 | .551 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Watkins | 14 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .206 | .206 | .235 | .441 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Lopez | 39 | 39 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .206 | .250 | .265 | .515 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Charles Grigsby | 33 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .455 | .600 | .455 | 1.055 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Renninger | 21 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .227 | .370 | .273 | .643 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Alfonso | 25 | 59 | 51 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .098 | .161 | .118 | .278 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ronald DeJean | 13 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .133 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Milton Villalobos | 33 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .231 | .412 | .385 | .796 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Brechtel | 19 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .250 | .350 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Byron Dismukes | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Healey | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 6 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Enrique Gonzalez | 30 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .000 | .095 | .000 | .095 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Erasmo Diaz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1609 | 4970 | 4295 | 606 | 1098 | 143 | 48 | 48 | 504 | 116 | 45 | 530 | 876 | .256 | .343 | .345 | .688 | 1481 | 0 | 64 | 44 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Wise | 1B | 112 | 812 | 69 | 16 | 79 | .982 | 7.866 | ||||
| Nathaniel Pettaway | 1B | 25 | 158 | 15 | 8 | 13 | .956 | 6.920 | ||||
| Thomas Simon | 1B | 6 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.667 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Willie Melendez | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Curtis Jordan | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Donnie McLaughlin | 2B | 105 | 258 | 253 | 21 | 59 | .961 | 4.867 | ||||
| Iran Paz | 2B | 33 | 79 | 87 | 5 | 12 | .971 | 5.030 | ||||
| Alfio Rondon | 2B | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stan Papi | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Iran Paz | 3B | 85 | 68 | 132 | 16 | 13 | .926 | 2.353 | ||||
| Alfio Rondon | 3B | 37 | 24 | 47 | 4 | 5 | .947 | 1.919 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | 3B | 37 | 26 | 38 | 7 | 3 | .901 | 1.730 | ||||
| Steven Gardner | 3B | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Thomas Wise | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| George Vasquez | C | 94 | 635 | 52 | 12 | 8 | .983 | 7.309 | 12 | |||
| Willie Melendez | C | 62 | 333 | 27 | 9 | 4 | .976 | 5.806 | 16 | |||
| Enrique Gonzalez | C | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.250 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Simon | OF | 113 | 197 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .967 | 1.814 | ||||
| Curtis Jordan | OF | 113 | 156 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .956 | 1.522 | ||||
| Mike Easler | OF | 108 | 153 | 14 | 8 | 2 | .954 | 1.546 | ||||
| Melvin McNeil | OF | 98 | 130 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .958 | 1.408 | ||||
| Iran Paz | OF | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Steven Gardner | OF | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Alfio Rondon | OF | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Pastor Perez | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Francisco Lopez | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Enrique Gonzalez | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Milton Villalobos | P | 33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .303 | ||||
| Charles Grigsby | P | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .250 | ||||
| Matthew Rosiek | P | 25 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.560 | ||||
| Mike Cosgrove | P | 25 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 0 | .861 | 1.240 | ||||
| Byron Dismukes | P | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .167 | ||||
| Enrique Gonzalez | P | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .273 | ||||
| Carlos Alfonso | P | 22 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .889 | 1.455 | ||||
| Bob Renninger | P | 21 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .692 | .857 | ||||
| Francisco Lopez | P | 21 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 1.095 | ||||
| Wayne Brechtel | P | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .316 | ||||
| Bob Watkins | P | 13 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| James Healey | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Ronald DeJean | P | 13 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Erasmo Diaz | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Stan Papi | SS | 108 | 144 | 284 | 23 | 53 | .949 | 3.963 | ||||
| Alfio Rondon | SS | 42 | 66 | 90 | 15 | 17 | .912 | 3.714 | ||||
| Francisco Lopez | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Totals | 1524 | 3403 | 1340 | 196 | 285 | .960 | 3.112 | 28 | 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.
