1977 Cocoa Astros Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 46-89
Finished 5th in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Jimmy Johnson (46-89)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Cocoa Stadium
Attendance: 36,473, Avg. 540

1977 Cocoa Astros Roster

The Cocoa Astros of the Florida State League ended the 1977 season with a record of 46 wins and 89 losses, finishing fifth in the league's South Division.

The Astros scored 415 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 638 runs. Phil Klimas drove in 54 runs. Larry Eubanks led batters with significant playing time with a .291 average. Gordie Pladson and Dave Smith topped the team with 7 wins each, while Reno Aragon recorded a 3.72 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1977 Cocoa Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bert Peña, Tom Wiedenbauer, Mike Cosgrove, Dave Smith, Gordie Pladson, Bert Roberge, Billy Smith, Joe Pittman, Mike McQueen, Jim Pankovits, Bruce Bochy and Gary Rajsich.

Jimmy Johnson 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
Dave Smith	7	5	.583	3.10	14	14		6	2	0	93.0	97	40	32	2	31	4	81	0	2	1
Gordie Pladson	7	9	.438	4.16	23	16		8	0	0	132.0	147	78	61	2	62	4	49	6	1	5
Mark Miggins	6	6	.500	2.61	26	10		7	1	3	93.0	78	36	27	0	40	1	43	1	3	6
Reno Aragon	6	13	.316	3.72	23	22		9	2	0	155.0	143	76	64	1	87	4	74	4	5	9
Bert Roberge	4	5	.444	2.55	33	0		0	0	8	60.0	54	24	17	1	26	2	35	0	0	4
Dennis Miscik	4	8	.333	3.89	13	13		5	1	0	88.0	98	53	38	2	35	0	71	0	1	4
Mike Cosgrove	3	5	.375	3.60	9	9		5	0	0	65.0	56	36	26	1	48	0	39	3	0	10
Larry Elenes	1	0	1.000	3.71	10	0		0	0	2	17.0	11	7	7	0	7	0	26	0	0	1
Jose Alfaro	1	1	.500	9.82	2	2		0	0	0	11.0	15	14	12	0	16	0	4	0	0	0
Mike McQueen	1	2	.333	1.93	6	4		1	0	0	28.0	23	14	6	0	21	0	16	0	0	1
Billy Smith	1	3	.250	2.79	4	4		3	0	0	29.0	35	16	9	0	10	0	15	0	0	2
Ed Andersen	1	4	.200	9.00	17	3		1	0	0	37.0	59	40	37	3	17	0	24	3	1	9
Ricardo Aponte	1	5	.167	4.88	11	6		3	0	0	48.0	63	31	26	2	23	3	17	0	0	2
George Ploucher	1	9	.100	4.00	21	16		2	0	0	108.0	106	60	48	0	69	0	65	1	2	11
Edward Cowan					10						0.0
John Lee	0	0		6.75	1	0		0	0	0	4.0	5	3	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rafael Santana	0	0		27.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	3	3	0	5	0	2	0	2	0
Larry Green	0	0		36.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	3	5	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Leland	0	2	.000	9.75	3	2		1	0	0	12.0	15	15	13	1	14	0	7	0	2	1
Diego Melendez	0	12	.000	5.82	19	15		6	0	0	99.0	106	83	64	1	77	0	50	10	2	6
Totals	44	89	.331	4.14	247	136	0	57	6	13	1081.0	1114	634	497	16	594	18	620	28	21	72	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
Tom Wiedenbauer	124	465	435	47	122	9	1	2	34	16	12	24	45	.280	.317	.320	.636	139		0	4	2
Gary Rajsich	136	527	486	50	119	19	5	8	53	22	8	36	91	.245	.301	.354	.655	172		3	2	0
Larry Eubanks	119	462	405	50	118	18	5	5	44	8	3	43	62	.291	.361	.398	.758	161		5	2	7
Bruce Bochy	128	471	430	40	109	18	2	3	35	0	2	35	50	.253	.308	.326	.633	140		1	0	5
Phil Klimas	110	431	351	37	100	20	3	4	54	2	2	69	67	.285	.400	.393	.793	138		2	3	6
Ramon Leader	105	385	353	26	79	5	3	0	13	7	10	25	65	.224	.279	.255	.534	90		3	2	2
Jim Pankovits	91	356	326	27	74	9	3	2	20	12	3	24	58	.227	.279	.291	.571	95		0	5	1
Simon Rosario	82	297	283	19	68	10	1	1	24	9	5	8	62	.240	.262	.293	.555	83		1	3	2
Bert Peña	93	326	285	28	65	9	2	1	21	8	4	32	53	.228	.309	.284	.594	81		2	6	1
Randolph Lamb	75	248	226	22	63	2	1	0	18	6	1	17	25	.279	.332	.296	.628	67		1	4	0
Jose Mota	94	304	271	29	58	5	0	0	20	14	9	27	56	.214	.286	.232	.518	63		1	3	2
Jeff Ellison	44	178	144	14	40	2	0	1	13	0	3	31	12	.278	.406	.312	.718	45		0	3	0
Joe Pittman	36	107	95	7	18	4	0	0	3	4	4	9	19	.189	.255	.232	.486	22		0	1	2
Randy Rouse	16	39	36	5	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	9	.250	.308	.250	.558	9		0	0	0
Bobby Hallgren	7	24	21	3	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.286	.333	.286	.619	6		0	0	1
Donald Harkness	11	40	37	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	.162	.205	.189	.394	7		0	1	0
Jack Cloherty	10	28	22	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	5	.227	.393	.227	.620	5		0	0	0
Julio Beltran	16	26	23	5	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	8	.087	.160	.087	.247	2		0	1	0
Bert Roberge	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Mike Cosgrove	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1342	4715	4230	413	1062	131	26	27	359	113	66	395	699	.251	.316	.313	.629	1326	0	19	40	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Rajsich	1B	134	1147	119	25	115	.981	9.448
Larry Eubanks	1B	3	12	3	0	0	1.000	5.000
Jim Pankovits	2B	88	228	252	23	60	.954	5.455
Joe Pittman	2B	18	33	47	5	12	.941	4.444
Jeff Ellison	2B	17	37	61	5	16	.951	5.765
Julio Beltran	2B	13	14	18	0	5	1.000	2.462
Randolph Lamb	2B	8	15	25	2	1	.952	5.000
Phil Klimas	3B	110	88	233	22	14	.936	2.918
Randolph Lamb	3B	27	11	54	5	6	.929	2.407
Joe Pittman	3B	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim Pankovits	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bruce Bochy	C	101	492	67	12	7	.979	5.535	12
Larry Eubanks	C	31	142	17	7	3	.958	5.129	12
Randy Rouse	C	13	60	9	3	0	.958	5.308	3
Jack Cloherty	C	5	12	2	0	0	1.000	2.800	0
Tom Wiedenbauer	OF	121	275	19	10	3	.967	2.430
Ramon Leader	OF	89	132	9	9	2	.940	1.584
Jose Mota	OF	87	136	8	1	0	.993	1.655
Simon Rosario	OF	69	96	8	10	1	.912	1.507
Larry Eubanks	OF	34	45	7	3	0	.945	1.529
Jeff Ellison	OF	11	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.182
Gary Rajsich	OF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Bobby Hallgren	OF	4	2	0	1	0	.667	.500
Randolph Lamb	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bert Roberge	P	33	1	12	3	2	.812	.394
Mark Miggins	P	26	11	31	3	0	.933	1.615
Gordie Pladson	P	23	14	25	2	1	.951	1.696
Reno Aragon	P	23	19	24	11	2	.796	1.870
George Ploucher	P	21	3	22	2	1	.926	1.190
Diego Melendez	P	19	8	15	2	2	.920	1.211
Ed Andersen	P	17	4	7	2	0	.846	.647
Dave Smith	P	14	8	8	4	0	.800	1.143
Dennis Miscik	P	13	1	13	2	0	.875	1.077
Ricardo Aponte	P	11	0	5	1	1	.833	.455
Larry Elenes	P	10	2	4	0	0	1.000	.600
Mike Cosgrove	P	9	3	10	2	0	.867	1.444
Mike McQueen	P	6	0	4	2	1	.667	.667
Billy Smith	P	4	2	7	0	2	1.000	2.250
Stan Leland	P	3	1	4	1	0	.833	1.667
Jose Alfaro	P	2	0	1	1	0	.500	.500
Rafael Santana	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Lee	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Larry Green	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bert Peña	SS	91	161	279	29	66	.938	4.835
Randolph Lamb	SS	32	40	90	12	6	.915	4.062
Donald Harkness	SS	11	22	27	7	5	.875	4.455
Jim Pankovits	SS	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1365	3304	1551	229	334	.955	3.557	27	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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