1971 Covington Astros Statistics
Team Record: 33-35
Finished 4th in the AL's North Division
Manager: Billy Smith (33-35)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 25,105, Avg. 738
The Covington Astros of the Appalachian League ended the 1971 season with a record of 33 wins and 35 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Astros scored 314 runs and allowed 322 runs. John McRae drove in 36 runs. Art Gardner led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .303. Blake Green topped the team with 8 wins, while Paul Siebert recorded a 2.07 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1971 Covington Astros who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Art Gardner, Al Javier, Doug Konieczny and Paul Siebert.
Billy Smith 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blake Green | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.77 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 58 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
David Kaster | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.57 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 77.0 | 78 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
Paul Siebert | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.07 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 87.0 | 74 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
David Warburton | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.86 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 65 | 41 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
Doug Konieczny | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.62 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 48.0 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Guillermo Foster | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7.62 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 50 | 47 | 33 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
William McLaurine | 2 | 7 | .222 | 3.32 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 57.0 | 54 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Bob Dean | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Romualdo Blanco | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.60 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 45 | 51 | 38 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
Paulo DeLeon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.0 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
James Todd | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.91 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Gary Smith | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
Totals | 33 | 35 | .485 | 3.82 | 131 | 68 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 551.0 | 537 | 322 | 234 | 21 | 260 | 2 | 519 | 25 | 3 | 60 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Art Gardner | 68 | 276 | 264 | 45 | 80 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 50 | .303 | .325 | .409 | .734 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Neil Rasmussen | 68 | 267 | 249 | 41 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 43 | .273 | .297 | .337 | .634 | 84 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
Robert Blakley | 58 | 226 | 206 | 35 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 26 | .277 | .333 | .379 | .712 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
John McRae | 57 | 210 | 187 | 30 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 27 | .278 | .340 | .444 | .784 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Al Javier | 52 | 198 | 182 | 29 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 31 | .236 | .286 | .341 | .626 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Ramon Perez | 53 | 200 | 168 | 20 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 36 | .250 | .355 | .280 | .635 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Alton Williams | 56 | 211 | 188 | 35 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 66 | .207 | .286 | .346 | .631 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Rafael Tatis | 48 | 162 | 148 | 21 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 40 | .223 | .284 | .277 | .561 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Marc Cochran | 35 | 115 | 106 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .274 | .298 | .387 | .685 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Michael Hart | 32 | 111 | 95 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 27 | .295 | .376 | .484 | .860 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Clark Gillies | 35 | 102 | 92 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 32 | .239 | .294 | .293 | .588 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
John Cook | 22 | 63 | 50 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .200 | .355 | .220 | .575 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Paul Siebert | 14 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .194 | .219 | .194 | .412 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Kimbley | 9 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .227 | .320 | .409 | .729 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Kaster | 12 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .179 | .207 | .250 | .457 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Fernando Payano | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .300 | .462 | .300 | .762 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Guillermo Foster | 12 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .200 | .294 | .200 | .494 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Blake Green | 15 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .176 | .300 | .176 | .476 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
David Warburton | 13 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .158 | .238 | .211 | .449 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Paulo DeLeon | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Dean | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Kilner | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Romualdo Blanco | 10 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Konieczny | 8 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .059 | .111 | .118 | .229 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
William McLaurine | 14 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .000 | .105 | .000 | .105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Smith | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Todd | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Claude Arnold | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 | .231 | .000 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 740 | 2400 | 2163 | 314 | 538 | 92 | 17 | 24 | 252 | 58 | 13 | 176 | 497 | .249 | .307 | .340 | .648 | 736 | 0 | 16 | 26 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John McRae | 1B | 57 | 413 | 44 | 12 | 27 | .974 | 8.018 | ||||
Clark Gillies | 1B | 14 | 92 | 5 | 8 | 7 | .924 | 6.929 | ||||
Robert Blakley | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
Ramon Perez | 2B | 51 | 80 | 128 | 19 | 16 | .916 | 4.078 | ||||
John Cook | 2B | 19 | 27 | 37 | 7 | 7 | .901 | 3.368 | ||||
James Kilner | 2B | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 3.667 | ||||
Alton Williams | 3B | 50 | 52 | 81 | 38 | 7 | .778 | 2.660 | ||||
Rafael Tatis | 3B | 18 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 2 | .839 | 2.611 | ||||
Marc Cochran | C | 32 | 265 | 14 | 13 | 2 | .955 | 8.719 | 20 | |||
Michael Hart | C | 28 | 223 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .996 | 8.286 | 15 | |||
Clark Gillies | C | 10 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.300 | 13 | |||
Art Gardner | OF | 68 | 120 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .933 | 1.838 | ||||
Robert Blakley | OF | 56 | 61 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
Al Javier | OF | 46 | 60 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .918 | 1.457 | ||||
Rafael Tatis | OF | 22 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.273 | ||||
John Kimbley | OF | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
Fernando Payano | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Claude Arnold | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Alton Williams | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Blake Green | P | 15 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.533 | ||||
William McLaurine | P | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
David Warburton | P | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Paul Siebert | P | 13 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
Paulo DeLeon | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
David Kaster | P | 12 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
Guillermo Foster | P | 10 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 1.300 | ||||
Romualdo Blanco | P | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
James Todd | P | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
Gary Smith | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .444 | ||||
Doug Konieczny | P | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
Bob Dean | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
Neil Rasmussen | SS | 66 | 91 | 160 | 34 | 23 | .881 | 3.803 | ||||
Alton Williams | SS | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .625 | 2.500 | ||||
Totals | 690 | 1650 | 650 | 179 | 105 | .928 | 3.333 | 48 | 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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