1985 Columbus Astros Statistics
Team Record: 79-65
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Carlos Alfonso (79-65)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 109,603, Avg. 1,522
Playoffs - Charlotte O's 3 games, Columbus Astros 1
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1985 season with a record of 79 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Astros scored 664 runs and yielded 616 runs. Robbie Wine led Columbus with 21 home runs, while Jim Sherman walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Sherman drove in 90 runs. Glenn Carpenter paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .302. Don August topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.96 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Jeff Datz, Roger Samuels, Chuck Jackson, Tony Walker, Don August, Robbie Wine, Louie Meadows and Pete Hernández were all players from the 1985 Columbus Astros who played in the Majors during their careers.
Carlos Alfonso 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don August | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.96 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 176.3 | 183 | 77 | 58 | 11 | 49 | 4 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Rich Strasser | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.87 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 176.7 | 188 | 100 | 76 | 17 | 49 | 6 | 99 | 14 | 1 | 8 | |
| Anthony Kelley | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.86 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 133.0 | 119 | 75 | 57 | 19 | 39 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Roger Samuels | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.96 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 147.7 | 132 | 73 | 65 | 18 | 82 | 2 | 85 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |
| Rich Bombard | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.31 | 52 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 73.3 | 76 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Hogan | 7 | 14 | .333 | 3.71 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 160.0 | 163 | 89 | 66 | 24 | 64 | 2 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Rayner Noble | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.52 | 35 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75.0 | 70 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ed Reilly | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.20 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.7 | 47 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Larry Montgomery | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.91 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23.0 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mitch Cook | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Kasprzak | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.03 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86.0 | 73 | 37 | 29 | 5 | 45 | 5 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jamey Shouppe | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arbrey Lucas | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.78 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mickey Torres | 24 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Strucher | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 62 | .551 | 3.54 | 344 | 136 | 112 | 19 | 5 | 28 | 1151.0 | 1123 | 581 | 453 | 117 | 450 | 33 | 613 | 35 | 11 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Walker | 135 | 597 | 530 | 88 | 156 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 65 | 42 | 8 | 59 | 63 | .294 | .366 | .425 | .790 | 225 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Glenn Carpenter | 127 | 489 | 420 | 54 | 127 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 58 | 70 | .302 | .390 | .402 | .793 | 169 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jim Sherman | 118 | 468 | 423 | 68 | 118 | 34 | 2 | 20 | 90 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 66 | .279 | .331 | .511 | .842 | 216 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| Jim Thomas | 129 | 520 | 423 | 65 | 118 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 74 | 34 | .279 | .386 | .350 | .735 | 148 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | |
| Chuck Jackson | 108 | 447 | 361 | 62 | 112 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 77 | 51 | .310 | .432 | .449 | .881 | 162 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Louie Meadows | 140 | 561 | 476 | 76 | 111 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 67 | 23 | 7 | 70 | 85 | .233 | .335 | .389 | .723 | 185 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| Mike Botkin | 108 | 374 | 317 | 44 | 83 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 27 | .262 | .367 | .363 | .730 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Bobby Falls | 95 | 285 | 263 | 23 | 75 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 63 | .285 | .322 | .399 | .721 | 105 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Robbie Wine | 109 | 417 | 384 | 53 | 73 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 55 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 121 | .190 | .245 | .398 | .644 | 153 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Nelson Rood | 64 | 282 | 225 | 31 | 59 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 48 | 24 | .262 | .396 | .338 | .733 | 76 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Juan Delgado | 68 | 224 | 201 | 27 | 51 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 41 | .254 | .312 | .443 | .755 | 89 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mark Strucher | 40 | 158 | 131 | 26 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 13 | .267 | .367 | .420 | .787 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jeff Datz | 53 | 167 | 150 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 20 | .193 | .253 | .287 | .540 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ron Koenigsfeld | 26 | 107 | 93 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .269 | .355 | .441 | .796 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Curtis Burke | 22 | 88 | 78 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 24 | .179 | .253 | .372 | .625 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pete Hernández | 13 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .196 | .224 | .283 | .507 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Hogan | 27 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arbrey Lucas | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Reilly | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rayner Noble | 38 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Strasser | 30 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don August | 27 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Samuels | 33 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Kasprzak | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Bombard | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickey Torres | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Bodie | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Kelley | 22 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1673 | 5317 | 4591 | 664 | 1202 | 206 | 46 | 111 | 598 | 170 | 87 | 583 | 749 | .262 | .347 | .399 | .747 | 1833 | 0 | 47 | 42 | 54 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Carpenter | 1B | 105 | 956 | 56 | 8 | 89 | .992 | 9.638 | ||||
| Louie Meadows | 1B | 40 | 349 | 27 | 8 | 23 | .979 | 9.400 | ||||
| Jeff Datz | 1B | 5 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Mark Strucher | 1B | 4 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.250 | ||||
| Jim Sherman | 1B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jim Thomas | 2B | 107 | 238 | 304 | 22 | 64 | .961 | 5.065 | ||||
| Bobby Falls | 2B | 33 | 71 | 88 | 6 | 21 | .964 | 4.818 | ||||
| Pete Hernández | 2B | 9 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 6 | .976 | 4.556 | ||||
| Mike Botkin | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chuck Jackson | 3B | 93 | 68 | 226 | 30 | 18 | .907 | 3.161 | ||||
| Jim Sherman | 3B | 24 | 15 | 42 | 8 | 6 | .877 | 2.375 | ||||
| Mark Strucher | 3B | 23 | 14 | 55 | 10 | 4 | .873 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bobby Falls | 3B | 16 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .966 | 1.750 | ||||
| Mike Botkin | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robbie Wine | C | 105 | 502 | 63 | 8 | 4 | .986 | 5.381 | 18 | |||
| Jeff Datz | C | 47 | 184 | 22 | 6 | 4 | .972 | 4.383 | 6 | |||
| Mark Strucher | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Tony Walker | OF | 133 | 335 | 16 | 7 | 1 | .980 | 2.639 | ||||
| Louie Meadows | OF | 93 | 165 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .977 | 1.828 | ||||
| Mike Botkin | OF | 74 | 130 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 1.797 | ||||
| Jim Sherman | OF | 52 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 1.615 | ||||
| Juan Delgado | OF | 38 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .947 | 1.421 | ||||
| Glenn Carpenter | OF | 22 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.364 | ||||
| Curtis Burke | OF | 20 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.800 | ||||
| Chuck Jackson | OF | 16 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 2.250 | ||||
| Pete Hernández | OF | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bobby Falls | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Strucher | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Rayner Noble | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Robbie Wine | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rich Bombard | P | 52 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Mike Kasprzak | P | 38 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Rayner Noble | P | 35 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .571 | ||||
| Roger Samuels | P | 33 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 1.182 | ||||
| Rich Strasser | P | 28 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Hogan | P | 27 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 1.296 | ||||
| Don August | P | 27 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.593 | ||||
| Mickey Torres | P | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Kelley | P | 22 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 1.227 | ||||
| Ed Reilly | P | 18 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .556 | ||||
| Larry Montgomery | P | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Jamey Shouppe | P | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Arbrey Lucas | P | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Mitch Cook | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Mark Strucher | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Nelson Rood | SS | 64 | 119 | 204 | 12 | 29 | .964 | 5.047 | ||||
| Bobby Falls | SS | 38 | 63 | 107 | 9 | 19 | .950 | 4.474 | ||||
| Ron Koenigsfeld | SS | 26 | 42 | 87 | 8 | 18 | .942 | 4.962 | ||||
| Jim Thomas | SS | 22 | 20 | 63 | 6 | 17 | .933 | 3.773 | ||||
| Totals | 1573 | 3672 | 1616 | 182 | 348 | .967 | 3.362 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
