1984 Columbus Astros Statistics
Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 5th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Bob Bailey (0-0), Jimmy Johnson (0-0)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 95,167, Avg. 1,360
1984 Columbus Astros RosterTeam Record: 69-71
Finished 5th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Bob Bailey (0-0), Jimmy Johnson (0-0)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 95,167, Avg. 1,360
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1984 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Astros scored 631 runs and gave up 619 runs. Wes Clements led Columbus with 18 home runs Ty Gainey recorded 78 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .276. Larry Acker paced the team with 15 wins, while Charlie Kerfeld registered a 3 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Louie Meadows, Charlie Kerfeld, Tony Walker, John Mizerock, Mark Knudson, Ty Gainey, Eric Bullock, Mark Bailey and Jeff Calhoun were all players from the 1984 Columbus Astros who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Bob Bailey and Jimmy Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Acker | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.54 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 198.3 | 213 | 90 | 78 | 17 | 48 | 2 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Charlie Kerfeld | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.99 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 162.7 | 140 | 80 | 54 | 6 | 79 | 3 | 118 | 9 | 0 | 20 | |
| Mike Hogan | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.72 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 164.7 | 173 | 93 | 68 | 20 | 54 | 1 | 77 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Jeff Calhoun | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.83 | 37 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 63.7 | 52 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rich Strasser | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.43 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 69 | 37 | 32 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mark Knudson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.23 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 100 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rickey Foley | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.99 | 35 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 83.0 | 81 | 48 | 46 | 3 | 51 | 7 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Jamey Shouppe | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.98 | 37 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56.0 | 63 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 43 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Nick Harsh | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.78 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 86.7 | 98 | 53 | 46 | 9 | 47 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rich Bombard | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.64 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Kasprzak | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.06 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56.7 | 35 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Zac Paris | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.32 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 65 | 43 | 35 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Benny Snyder | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.43 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 66 | 41 | 33 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ed Reilly | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 16.62 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alec McCullock | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uvaldo Regalado | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.95 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 69 | 71 | .493 | 3.78 | 328 | 140 | 108 | 32 | 4 | 25 | 1208.7 | 1211 | 619 | 507 | 84 | 532 | 47 | 709 | 37 | 5 | 73 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Gainey | 133 | 537 | 467 | 85 | 129 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 78 | 39 | 12 | 59 | 83 | .276 | .359 | .428 | .787 | 200 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| Tony Walker | 132 | 491 | 408 | 65 | 101 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 13 | 71 | 50 | .248 | .359 | .333 | .693 | 136 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| Jim Thomas | 111 | 456 | 394 | 48 | 99 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 34 | .251 | .329 | .312 | .641 | 123 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | |
| Mark Strucher | 115 | 414 | 353 | 47 | 84 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 69 | .238 | .323 | .419 | .742 | 148 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |
| Vern Followell | 90 | 361 | 309 | 36 | 83 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 28 | .269 | .355 | .340 | .695 | 105 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Eric Bullock | 71 | 307 | 265 | 47 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 36 | 23 | .291 | .373 | .396 | .769 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Wes Clements | 84 | 344 | 290 | 41 | 68 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 76 | .234 | .334 | .466 | .800 | 135 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |
| Jim Sherman | 79 | 291 | 262 | 35 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 46 | .248 | .302 | .435 | .738 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Louie Meadows | 65 | 263 | 225 | 33 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 41 | .280 | .380 | .498 | .878 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rick Colbert | 99 | 313 | 270 | 35 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 74 | .226 | .327 | .330 | .657 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nelson Rood | 50 | 215 | 169 | 37 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 41 | 20 | .343 | .476 | .385 | .861 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Braun | 71 | 231 | 208 | 20 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 26 | .216 | .284 | .317 | .601 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Mizerock | 61 | 216 | 181 | 19 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 19 | .238 | .358 | .343 | .701 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamie Williams | 45 | 157 | 140 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 24 | .214 | .279 | .336 | .615 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Glenn Carpenter | 35 | 112 | 94 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 18 | .202 | .312 | .298 | .610 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hank Clark | 31 | 102 | 95 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .189 | .228 | .232 | .459 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Bailey | 17 | 65 | 53 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .283 | .406 | .415 | .821 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Nandin | 22 | 74 | 65 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | .215 | .301 | .277 | .578 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary D'Onofrio | 40 | 86 | 74 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | .189 | .302 | .216 | .519 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Burke | 26 | 80 | 71 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 22 | .169 | .262 | .296 | .558 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Berti | 13 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .161 | .350 | .194 | .544 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benny Snyder | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Acker | 28 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Knudson | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hogan | 27 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Kerfeld | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamey Shouppe | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zac Paris | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Strasser | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Harsh | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rickey Foley | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Calhoun | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Kasprzak | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1699 | 5231 | 4485 | 631 | 1109 | 195 | 30 | 94 | 572 | 181 | 74 | 619 | 708 | .247 | .339 | .367 | .706 | 1646 | 0 | 30 | 43 | 54 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Clements | 1B | 73 | 630 | 35 | 10 | 84 | .985 | 9.110 | ||||
| Glenn Carpenter | 1B | 34 | 276 | 23 | 5 | 22 | .984 | 8.794 | ||||
| Randy Braun | 1B | 24 | 163 | 16 | 3 | 14 | .984 | 7.458 | ||||
| Mark Strucher | 1B | 18 | 116 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 6.833 | ||||
| Louie Meadows | 1B | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.857 | ||||
| Mark Bailey | 1B | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 9.333 | ||||
| John Mizerock | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jim Thomas | 2B | 111 | 275 | 313 | 14 | 90 | .977 | 5.297 | ||||
| Bob Nandin | 2B | 21 | 46 | 54 | 6 | 9 | .943 | 4.762 | ||||
| Gary D'Onofrio | 2B | 15 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 9 | .943 | 4.400 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | 2B | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mark Strucher | 3B | 58 | 60 | 129 | 17 | 15 | .917 | 3.259 | ||||
| Jim Sherman | 3B | 58 | 42 | 107 | 20 | 7 | .882 | 2.569 | ||||
| Hank Clark | 3B | 26 | 14 | 49 | 6 | 3 | .913 | 2.423 | ||||
| Gary D'Onofrio | 3B | 17 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.118 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | 3B | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | C | 74 | 317 | 64 | 15 | 7 | .962 | 5.149 | 8 | |||
| John Mizerock | C | 34 | 159 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 5.206 | 5 | |||
| Jamie Williams | C | 31 | 150 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 5.581 | 7 | |||
| Mark Bailey | C | 11 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.818 | 10 | |||
| Don Berti | C | 10 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .952 | 5.900 | 3 | |||
| Mark Strucher | C | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 1 | |||
| Tony Walker | OF | 129 | 281 | 15 | 8 | 2 | .974 | 2.295 | ||||
| Ty Gainey | OF | 123 | 240 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .984 | 2.016 | ||||
| Eric Bullock | OF | 69 | 133 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 1.971 | ||||
| Louie Meadows | OF | 60 | 109 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 1.917 | ||||
| Curtis Burke | OF | 20 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 2.300 | ||||
| Randy Braun | OF | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .895 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | OF | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| Jim Sherman | OF | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| John Mizerock | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Hank Clark | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jamie Williams | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Bailey | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don Berti | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jamey Shouppe | P | 37 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .297 | ||||
| Mike Kasprzak | P | 37 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .270 | ||||
| Jeff Calhoun | P | 37 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .568 | ||||
| Rickey Foley | P | 35 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .457 | ||||
| Larry Acker | P | 28 | 11 | 33 | 4 | 1 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Mike Hogan | P | 27 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .953 | 1.519 | ||||
| Charlie Kerfeld | P | 24 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Zac Paris | P | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .870 | .952 | ||||
| Nick Harsh | P | 19 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .800 | .842 | ||||
| Rich Strasser | P | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| Mark Knudson | P | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .857 | ||||
| Benny Snyder | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .556 | .417 | ||||
| Rich Bombard | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Uvaldo Regalado | P | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ed Reilly | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alec McCullock | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Vern Followell | SS | 90 | 144 | 316 | 17 | 61 | .964 | 5.111 | ||||
| Nelson Rood | SS | 50 | 86 | 177 | 16 | 42 | .943 | 5.260 | ||||
| Gary D'Onofrio | SS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1569 | 3626 | 1633 | 194 | 406 | .964 | 3.352 | 34 | 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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