1975 Covington Astros Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 35-34
Finished 2nd in the AL's North Division
Manager: Billy Smith (35-34)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 18,376, Avg. 533
1975 Covington Astros RosterTeam Record: 35-34
Finished 2nd in the AL's North Division
Manager: Billy Smith (35-34)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 18,376, Avg. 533
The Covington Astros of the Appalachian League ended the 1975 season with a record of 35 wins and 34 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Astros scored 345 runs and allowed 360 runs. Bruce Bochy drove in 34 runs. Ken LaHonta led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .293. Richard Miller and Martin Perez topped the team with 6 wins each, while Richard Miller registered a 2.73 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bruce Bochy played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Covington Astros to do so.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Miller | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.73 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 79.0 | 63 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Martin Perez | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.38 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 72.0 | 83 | 48 | 43 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| David Buckley | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.33 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 76 | 51 | 38 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| LeRoy Clark | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.90 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 54 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Andersen | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.38 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 78 | 51 | 38 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Robert Blank | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.40 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 51 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Green | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.91 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 77 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Hasley | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.95 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Corness | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.00 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Alberto Rondon | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Timothy Joyce | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Valentin Perez | 0 | 0 | 10.64 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alan Cornwell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.23 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 34 | .507 | 4.47 | 144 | 69 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 578.0 | 588 | 360 | 287 | 34 | 279 | 1 | 422 | 16 | 7 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Cordero | 58 | 247 | 230 | 35 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 43 | .257 | .298 | .309 | .607 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ken LaHonta | 60 | 230 | 191 | 40 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 33 | 43 | .293 | .404 | .361 | .765 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Scott Makela | 67 | 248 | 214 | 19 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 43 | .243 | .331 | .299 | .630 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Don Pisker | 46 | 185 | 169 | 25 | 51 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 51 | .302 | .346 | .568 | .914 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bruce Bochy | 37 | 156 | 145 | 31 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .338 | .385 | .483 | .867 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Wood | 58 | 240 | 204 | 37 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | .240 | .332 | .294 | .626 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Mike Tyler | 42 | 157 | 140 | 18 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | .300 | .363 | .379 | .742 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Hallgren | 50 | 200 | 154 | 31 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 34 | .260 | .422 | .416 | .838 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Simon Rosario | 35 | 126 | 120 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .258 | .294 | .375 | .669 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Mota | 32 | 84 | 74 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 17 | .270 | .345 | .284 | .629 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Cloherty | 23 | 72 | 63 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .206 | .292 | .349 | .641 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alberto Rondon | 27 | 88 | 73 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 27 | .178 | .302 | .219 | .522 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Lally | 15 | 44 | 38 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .316 | .372 | .395 | .767 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gerald Taylor | 20 | 71 | 54 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | .222 | .408 | .370 | .779 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Herrera | 23 | 77 | 65 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | .169 | .270 | .185 | .455 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Al Osofsky | 15 | 61 | 54 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .185 | .246 | .315 | .561 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ramon Leader | 19 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .192 | .185 | .308 | .493 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ed Andersen | 14 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .185 | .185 | .222 | .407 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Lane | 8 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .211 | .286 | .263 | .549 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Miller | 17 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .167 | .310 | .167 | .477 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Julian DeJesus | 10 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Green | 17 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .176 | .364 | .176 | .540 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Martin Perez | 18 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .125 | .160 | .167 | .327 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Hasley | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .625 | .875 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Buckley | 15 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .077 | .111 | .115 | .226 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jose Perez | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Corness | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .500 | .200 | .700 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Blank | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 | .222 | .143 | .365 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Marshall | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LeRoy Clark | 13 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Valentin Perez | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Cornwell | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Joyce | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Berry | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Woltman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 795 | 2567 | 2231 | 345 | 556 | 101 | 14 | 26 | 279 | 40 | 22 | 261 | 464 | .249 | .332 | .342 | .674 | 763 | 0 | 24 | 31 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Rondon | 1B | 26 | 209 | 18 | 8 | 13 | .966 | 8.731 | ||||
| Mike Tyler | 1B | 18 | 135 | 10 | 3 | 12 | .980 | 8.056 | ||||
| Gerald Taylor | 1B | 18 | 162 | 19 | 4 | 22 | .978 | 1.056 | ||||
| Jack Cloherty | 1B | 10 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 6 | .967 | 5.900 | ||||
| Simon Rosario | 1B | 6 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 6 | .931 | 9.000 | ||||
| Robert Wood | 2B | 51 | 116 | 144 | 13 | 32 | .952 | 5.098 | ||||
| Jose Herrera | 2B | 17 | 33 | 36 | 6 | 6 | .920 | 4.059 | ||||
| James Marshall | 2B | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Scott Makela | 3B | 67 | 57 | 120 | 17 | 18 | .912 | 2.642 | ||||
| Jose Herrera | 3B | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Bruce Bochy | C | 37 | 231 | 36 | 4 | 5 | .985 | 7.216 | 8 | |||
| Mike Tyler | C | 24 | 138 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .987 | 6.458 | 5 | |||
| Jack Cloherty | C | 10 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .955 | 6.400 | 11 | |||
| Jose Perez | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Ken LaHonta | OF | 53 | 93 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .980 | 1.868 | ||||
| Bobby Hallgren | OF | 45 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .939 | 1.378 | ||||
| Don Pisker | OF | 44 | 71 | 6 | 7 | 3 | .917 | 1.750 | ||||
| Simon Rosario | OF | 24 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jose Mota | OF | 21 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Al Osofsky | OF | 13 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 1.846 | ||||
| Michael Lally | OF | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ramon Leader | OF | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Julian DeJesus | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Martin Perez | P | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .500 | ||||
| Richard Miller | P | 17 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .941 | ||||
| Larry Green | P | 17 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .765 | ||||
| David Buckley | P | 15 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Blank | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Ed Andersen | P | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| LeRoy Clark | P | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Alan Cornwell | P | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Valentin Perez | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| David Corness | P | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Timothy Joyce | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Michael Hasley | P | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Alberto Rondon | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pedro Cordero | SS | 58 | 100 | 169 | 41 | 35 | .868 | 4.638 | ||||
| Robert Wood | SS | 7 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 3 | .938 | 6.429 | ||||
| Frederick Lane | SS | 7 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 1 | .731 | 2.714 | ||||
| Totals | 732 | 1729 | 765 | 154 | 175 | .942 | 3.407 | 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.
