1974 Covington Astros Statistics
Team Record: 32-37
Finished 3rd in the AL's South Division
Manager: Billy Smith (32-37)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 15,360, Avg. 445
The Covington Astros of the Appalachian League ended the 1974 season with a record of 32 wins and 37 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Astros scored 364 runs and gave up 369 runs. Fay Thompson led Covington with 19 home runs and drove in 58 runs. Jeff Smith paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .306. David Buckley topped the team with 8 wins, while Alan Knicely recorded a 3.44 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1974 Covington Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Cannon, Alan Knicely, Luis Pujols, Gordie Pladson, Mike Mendoza and Terry Puhl.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Buckley | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.66 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 77 | 52 | 44 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Alan Knicely | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.44 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 78 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Mike Mendoza | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.73 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael Hasley | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.05 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 57 | 47 | 37 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gary Graham | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.33 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 62 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Greg Jurgenson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.60 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Martin Perez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.36 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 38 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gordie Pladson | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 29 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Alberto Rondon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Stephen Williams | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.03 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 67 | 35 | 33 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Corness | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ralph Griffin | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Larry Matula | 0 | 9 | .000 | 7.23 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56.0 | 57 | 58 | 45 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Totals | 32 | 37 | .464 | 4.73 | 145 | 69 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 554.0 | 536 | 369 | 291 | 34 | 313 | 5 | 428 | 34 | 10 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Cannon | 66 | 290 | 280 | 55 | 84 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 87 | .300 | .321 | .468 | .789 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 65 | 271 | 229 | 38 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 47 | .306 | .410 | .367 | .776 | 84 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Richard Haynes | 67 | 289 | 234 | 52 | 62 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 32 | .265 | .392 | .419 | .810 | 98 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Fay Thompson | 62 | 262 | 207 | 45 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 78 | .295 | .438 | .657 | 1.095 | 136 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Terry Puhl | 59 | 244 | 211 | 42 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 26 | .284 | .360 | .336 | .696 | 71 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Roger Polanco | 66 | 266 | 227 | 34 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 53 | .260 | .361 | .291 | .652 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Pujols | 60 | 243 | 218 | 26 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 27 | .266 | .305 | .321 | .626 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Ken LaHonta | 48 | 160 | 139 | 16 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 54 | .194 | .283 | .245 | .528 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jose Galvez | 38 | 99 | 89 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34 | .236 | .306 | .303 | .609 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnaldo Alvarado | 33 | 117 | 106 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 35 | .198 | .248 | .255 | .503 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Ed Brown | 11 | 39 | 34 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .353 | .436 | .441 | .877 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Rosario | 13 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .417 | .440 | .458 | .898 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Knicely | 15 | 44 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .220 | .256 | .317 | .573 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harold Knicely | 9 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .300 | .375 | .400 | .775 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Matula | 17 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .235 | .263 | .471 | .734 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Julian DeJesus | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .250 | .357 | .500 | .857 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Jurgenson | 11 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .214 | .353 | .214 | .567 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Rondon | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Settle | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Perez | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Graham | 15 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .154 | .421 | .154 | .575 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Hasley | 18 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jose Antonetty | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .667 | 1.500 | 2.167 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Mota | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mendoza | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .111 | .200 | .222 | .422 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Pladson | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Williams | 14 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .071 | .278 | .071 | .349 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Buckley | 15 | 36 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .038 | .219 | .038 | .257 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| David Corness | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Griffin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 767 | 2594 | 2232 | 365 | 586 | 87 | 26 | 34 | 298 | 69 | 13 | 287 | 570 | .263 | .349 | .371 | .719 | 827 | 33 | 22 | 29 | 24 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fay Thompson | 1B | 62 | 481 | 43 | 23 | 42 | .958 | 8.452 | ||||
| Jose Galvez | 1B | 9 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .953 | 6.778 | ||||
| Richard Haynes | 2B | 66 | 126 | 183 | 9 | 30 | .972 | 4.682 | ||||
| Ed Brown | 2B | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 5.250 | ||||
| Jeff Smith | 3B | 65 | 51 | 101 | 21 | 6 | .879 | 2.338 | ||||
| Ed Brown | 3B | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Alan Knicely | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Pujols | C | 60 | 408 | 49 | 11 | 4 | .976 | 7.617 | 19 | |||
| Harold Knicely | C | 8 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 5.500 | 3 | |||
| William Settle | C | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 0 | |||
| Joe Cannon | OF | 66 | 136 | 6 | 11 | 2 | .928 | 2.152 | ||||
| Terry Puhl | OF | 58 | 89 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 1.569 | ||||
| Ken LaHonta | OF | 40 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .949 | .925 | ||||
| Arnaldo Alvarado | OF | 29 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.690 | ||||
| Jose Galvez | OF | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.267 | ||||
| Simon Rosario | OF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .167 | ||||
| Jose Mota | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Julian DeJesus | OF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Martin Perez | P | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Michael Hasley | P | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .947 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Matula | P | 17 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.059 | ||||
| Gary Graham | P | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| David Buckley | P | 15 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.067 | ||||
| Stephen Williams | P | 14 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Alan Knicely | P | 12 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.833 | ||||
| Gordie Pladson | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Alberto Rondon | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .111 | ||||
| Greg Jurgenson | P | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Mendoza | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Ralph Griffin | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| David Corness | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Roger Polanco | SS | 66 | 108 | 154 | 44 | 29 | .856 | 3.970 | ||||
| Ed Brown | SS | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 6.500 | ||||
| Arnaldo Alvarado | SS | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ken LaHonta | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 717 | 1661 | 701 | 152 | 125 | .940 | 3.294 | 22 | 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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