1972 Columbus Astros Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 59-80
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Jackie Brandt (59-80)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 73,413, Avg. 1,056

1972 Columbus Astros Roster

The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1972 season with a record of 59 wins and 80 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Astros plated 497 runs and surrendered 613 runs. Nathaniel Pettaway paced Columbus with 19 home runs and recorded 70 runs batted in. Jesus de la Rosa topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .278. Larry Elenes paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.39 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1972 Columbus Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Stan Papi, Jim Crawford, Pat Darcy, Ron Cook, Cliff Johnson, José Sosa, Jesus de la Rosa, Mike Easler, Greg Gross, Doug Konieczny and Mike Cosgrove.

Jackie Brandt 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
Larry Elenes	9	14	.391	3.39	27	25		5	0	0	154.0	139	82	58	6	96	2	99	2	2	3
Pat Darcy	8	8	.500	3.42	20	19		6	0	0	129.0	127	66	49	1	50	4	99	4	1	9
Doug Konieczny	8	9	.471	3.70	22	18		2	1	0	112.0	103	61	46	9	65	3	117	3	1	7
Mike Cosgrove	7	8	.467	3.91	18	18		4	1	0	129.0	124	68	56	11	71	0	125	9	1	7
Don Stratton	5	6	.455	3.26	16	14		4	1	0	91.0	82	41	33	5	33	1	69	1	0	1
Chuck Taylor	4	1	.800	2.21	33	0		0	0	13	53.0	40	19	13	2	18	1	36	2	0	4
David Kaster	4	5	.444	3.04	10	10		4	1	0	68.0	53	28	23	2	29	1	52	1	1	3
Roy Bethell	4	5	.444	3.94	24	10		1	0	1	89.0	65	53	39	8	78	1	89	2	5	8
Matthew Rosiek	4	7	.364	4.62	32	10		1	0	6	115.0	105	68	59	6	52	3	77	3	2	5
Charles Grigsby	2	3	.400	3.00	36	0		0	0	8	57.0	41	21	19	4	41	5	48	1	0	3
José Sosa	2	7	.222	7.02	9	9		0	0	0	50.0	55	46	39	5	51	1	38	3	0	3
Jim Crawford	1	1	.500	1.50	2	2		1	1	0	12.0	8	4	2	0	6	0	13	0	1	1
Russ Rothermel	1	4	.200	2.35	29	4		1	0	7	65.0	52	32	17	8	29	0	64	1	0	2
John Kryczkowski	0	0		6.00	16	0		0	0	1	27.0	23	20	18	3	18	1	18	1	0	0
Ron Cook	0	2	.000	6.00	6	0		0	0	1	6.0	6	4	4	1	6	2	4	0	0	1
Totals	59	80	.424	3.69	300	139	0	29	5	37	1157.0	1023	613	475	71	643	25	948	33	14	57	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
Jesus de la Rosa	119	454	414	45	115	15	4	10	47	9	3	28	70	.278	.327	.406	.732	168		4	4	4
Nathaniel Pettaway	129	490	460	50	115	17	3	19	70	2	2	21	118	.250	.287	.424	.711	195		4	3	2
Greg Gross	101	425	367	55	111	14	2	0	25	6	1	54	35	.302	.394	.351	.745	129		2	1	1
Mike Easler	106	410	372	52	100	11	4	13	46	4	5	24	68	.269	.324	.425	.748	158		8	2	4
Jimmy Johnson	110	416	371	53	89	14	2	1	34	4	1	31	37	.240	.299	.296	.595	110		3	4	7
Stan Papi	83	332	299	27	82	15	0	4	28	1	1	29	50	.274	.340	.365	.705	109		1	3	0
Jerry Moxey	103	379	350	51	80	9	5	2	26	32	5	20	55	.229	.285	.300	.585	105		8	0	1
Donnie McLaughlin	80	314	284	33	70	12	6	1	24	0	1	23	29	.246	.305	.342	.647	97		2	3	2
Steven Gardner	85	256	233	24	53	7	0	4	21	1	1	23	32	.227	.297	.309	.606	72		0	0	0
George Vasquez	77	276	249	14	53	9	2	1	18	1	2	19	70	.213	.276	.277	.553	69		4	1	3
Cliff Johnson	42	184	160	28	46	11	2	10	38	1	0	14	27	.288	.370	.569	.938	91		8	0	2
Sli Harvey	73	174	153	10	28	5	2	1	13	1	0	17	39	.183	.276	.261	.537	40		3	0	1
Roy Bethell	51	83	78	13	27	5	2	4	13	0	0	3	14	.346	.373	.615	.989	48		1	0	1
Kenny Reed	54	166	151	9	27	1	0	0	4	3	1	7	25	.179	.233	.185	.419	28		4	3	1
Mike Cosgrove	20	50	40	6	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	6	.275	.375	.275	.650	11		1	2	1
Pat Darcy	20	50	47	4	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	21	.191	.208	.255	.464	12		0	2	0
Larry Elenes	30	54	52	4	9	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	24	.173	.189	.269	.458	14		0	1	0
Willie Melendez	28	89	79	7	9	0	1	0	5	0	0	9	20	.114	.202	.139	.341	11		0	0	1
Doug Konieczny	22	40	35	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	15	.200	.222	.229	.451	8		0	4	0
Don Stratton	16	35	32	5	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	.188	.235	.219	.454	7		1	1	0
John McLaren	11	39	35	2	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	6	.171	.256	.257	.514	9		3	0	0
Gil Stafford	5	11	11	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	.364	.364	.364	.727	4		0	0	0
Richard Valley	8	21	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.111	.238	.111	.349	2		0	0	0
Charles Grigsby	36	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	1		0	0	0
Chuck Taylor	33	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	1		0	1	0
Richard Busby	3	11	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.200	.382	2		0	0	0
Russ Rothermel	29	18	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.067	.176	.067	.243	1		0	1	0
Matthew Rosiek	33	35	31	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.032	.032	.032	.065	1		0	4	0
Shane Hummell	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
José Sosa	9	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	1
Pastor Perez	3	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
Jim Crawford	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
David Kaster	10	26	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.042	.000	.042	0		0	2	0
John Kryczkowski	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1551	4894	4419	498	1064	148	36	73	434	66	24	343	836	.241	.302	.340	.642	1503	0	57	43	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Nathaniel Pettaway	1B	128	980	76	27	80	.975	8.250
Steven Gardner	1B	12	95	7	1	6	.990	8.500
Cliff Johnson	1B	6	45	0	2	2	.957	7.500
Jimmy Johnson	1B	2	10	3	1	0	.929	6.500
Donnie McLaughlin	2B	61	118	149	11	30	.960	4.377
Kenny Reed	2B	45	84	122	3	23	.986	4.578
Jerry Moxey	2B	27	47	57	13	15	.889	3.852
Jimmy Johnson	2B	16	29	33	2	6	.969	3.875
Richard Busby	2B	2	4	11	0	2	1.000	7.500
Jimmy Johnson	3B	52	39	87	18	9	.875	2.423
Steven Gardner	3B	39	28	62	14	7	.865	2.308
Donnie McLaughlin	3B	19	13	35	5	4	.906	2.526
Cliff Johnson	3B	14	5	20	2	0	.926	1.786
Jesus de la Rosa	3B	13	6	20	5	2	.839	2.000
Jerry Moxey	3B	10	6	3	4	0	.692	.900
Richard Valley	3B	6	6	10	0	0	1.000	2.667
Pastor Perez	3B	3	4	6	1	2	.909	3.333
George Vasquez	C	77	555	49	11	6	.982	7.844	12
Willie Melendez	C	27	160	15	1	2	.994	6.481	7
Cliff Johnson	C	25	185	16	4	1	.980	8.040	4
John McLaren	C	11	73	7	2	1	.976	7.273	0
Shane Hummell	C	3	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.667	1
Gil Stafford	C	1	5	1	0	0	1.000	6.000	0
Mike Easler	OF	105	149	7	8	0	.951	1.486
Jesus de la Rosa	OF	102	139	10	9	0	.943	1.461
Greg Gross	OF	99	172	9	3	2	.984	1.828
Jerry Moxey	OF	62	97	2	11	2	.900	1.597
Sli Harvey	OF	42	62	0	0	0	1.000	1.476
Steven Gardner	OF	20	33	3	1	0	.973	1.800
Roy Bethell	OF	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gil Stafford	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
George Vasquez	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Charles Grigsby	P	36	10	12	0	2	1.000	.611
Chuck Taylor	P	33	3	12	0	1	1.000	.455
Matthew Rosiek	P	32	16	31	1	2	.979	1.469
Russ Rothermel	P	29	6	13	2	3	.905	.655
Larry Elenes	P	27	7	24	3	2	.912	1.148
Roy Bethell	P	24	3	13	1	1	.941	.667
Doug Konieczny	P	22	6	10	0	1	1.000	.727
Pat Darcy	P	20	13	24	4	1	.902	1.850
Mike Cosgrove	P	18	3	16	1	0	.950	1.056
Don Stratton	P	16	5	7	2	0	.857	.750
John Kryczkowski	P	16	1	4	0	0	1.000	.312
David Kaster	P	10	3	7	0	0	1.000	1.000
José Sosa	P	9	6	9	1	2	.938	1.667
Ron Cook	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Jim Crawford	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Stan Papi	SS	83	131	272	26	49	.939	4.855
Jimmy Johnson	SS	46	68	108	13	17	.931	3.826
Kenny Reed	SS	8	12	25	1	3	.974	4.625
Jesus de la Rosa	SS	4	6	6	1	1	.923	3.000
Steven Gardner	SS	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Richard Busby	SS	1	4	3	0	1	1.000	7.000
Totals		1481	3470	1419	215	288	.958	3.301	24	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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