1976 Covington Astros Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 38-32
Finished 2nd in the AL's North Division
Manager: Julio Linares (38-32)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 17,400, Avg. 497

1976 Covington Astros Roster

The Covington Astros of the Appalachian League ended the 1976 season with a record of 38 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The Astros tallied 319 runs and surrendered 303 runs. Reggie Baldwin paced Covington with 10 home runs and accounted for 54 RBI. Phil Klimas led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .296. Reno Aragon topped the team with 7 wins, while Larry Green recorded a 2.25 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tom Wiedenbauer, Floyd Bannister, Dave Smith, Gary Rajsich, Reggie Baldwin, Jim Pankovits and Bert Roberge were all players from the 1976 Covington Astros who played in the Majors during their careers.

Julio Linares served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Reno Aragon	7	4	.636	2.96	11	11		6	1	0	85.0	66	39	28	4	54	0	38	2	1	6
Thomas Steen	6	2	.750	2.28	12	11		4	1	0	83.0	100	33	21	1	11	0	31	1	0	0
Larry Green	5	2	.714	2.25	15	7		3	1	3	60.0	45	20	15	0	32	1	36	6	0	5
Dennis Miscik	5	4	.556	3.34	13	13		4	0	0	89.0	95	41	33	5	34	0	89	0	0	4
Dave Smith	5	5	.500	2.69	15	12		6	1	2	97.0	80	40	29	1	28	1	71	1	0	3
Ed Andersen	4	5	.444	6.16	11	5		2	0	0	38.0	44	30	26	1	22	1	22	2	0	0
George Ploucher	3	2	.600	2.66	16	2		2	1	3	44.0	36	21	13	1	26	2	34	1	0	4
Bert Roberge	2	2	.500	3.25	14	0		0	0	1	36.0	33	21	13	1	12	2	40	1	0	2
David Corness	1	6	.143	5.86	9	7		0	0	0	43.0	49	35	28	2	28	0	17	2	0	4
Floyd Bannister	0	0		0.00	3	2		0	0	1	13.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	27	0	0	0
Roberto Salas	0	0		2.25	4	0		0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Ricardo Aponte	0	0		5.25	7	0		0	0	0	12.0	14	9	7	4	2	1	8	2	0	0
Douglas Jackson	0	0		5.40	5	0		0	0	0	10.0	7	11	6	0	12	0	7	1	0	2
David Brooks	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	38	32	.543	3.24	136	70	0	27	5	10	616.0	579	303	222	21	266	8	423	19	1	30	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
Phil Klimas	70	306	247	48	73	18	3	7	47	3	1	53	50	.296	.418	.478	.896	118		2	0	4
Reggie Baldwin	63	257	245	37	70	8	2	10	54	2	3	8	17	.286	.309	.457	.766	112		1	1	2
Jim Pankovits	70	316	275	50	68	9	2	5	31	3	4	34	49	.247	.330	.349	.679	96		2	1	4
Jose Mota	57	263	230	30	56	4	2	0	11	7	13	25	40	.243	.327	.278	.605	64		4	3	1
Gary Rajsich	66	274	244	33	54	8	3	6	27	13	2	27	61	.221	.307	.352	.659	86		3	0	0
Bobby Hallgren	55	233	214	29	50	11	1	3	19	2	3	16	37	.234	.292	.336	.628	72		2	0	1
Ramon Leader	48	166	159	7	40	5	0	0	17	5	5	6	31	.252	.279	.283	.562	45		0	1	0
Tom Wiedenbauer	55	211	193	21	40	8	1	0	14	2	0	17	53	.207	.270	.259	.529	50		0	0	1
Jack Cloherty	45	164	130	24	34	3	3	1	17	1	1	32	26	.262	.409	.354	.762	46		1	0	1
Randolph Lamb	38	154	126	15	33	6	0	0	12	3	1	21	18	.262	.360	.310	.670	39		0	4	3
Charles Gardner	36	126	118	9	23	1	0	0	7	3	2	8	17	.195	.246	.203	.449	24		0	0	0
Jerry Willeford	17	62	51	4	12	0	0	0	4	1	1	9	12	.235	.371	.235	.606	12		2	0	0
Aquiles Angulo	22	70	68	4	10	1	0	0	4	1	1	2	32	.147	.171	.162	.333	11		0	0	0
William Roberts	9	25	22	3	9	3	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	.409	.480	.545	1.025	12		0	0	0
Luis King	5	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3		0	0	0
Hector Perez	15	23	22	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	10	.091	.130	.136	.267	3		0	0	0
Antonio Baltazar	13	26	23	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	12	.087	.154	.130	.284	3		1	0	1
Bert Roberge	14	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		0	0	0
Thomas McCann	4	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.200	.333	.400	.733	2		0	0	0
Frederick Lane	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Dave Smith	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
David Brooks	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	721	2699	2387	319	581	89	17	32	273	46	40	266	473	.243	.322	.335	.657	800	0	18	10	18	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Rajsich	1B	66	649	75	14	58	.981	1.970
Jack Cloherty	1B	4	33	3	0	3	1.000	9.000
Randolph Lamb	1B	1	11	1	0	3	1.000	12.000
Jim Pankovits	2B	70	165	212	18	47	.954	5.386
Randolph Lamb	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Luis King	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Phil Klimas	3B	70	72	178	21	18	.923	3.571
Reggie Baldwin	C	51	303	43	12	4	.966	6.784	10
Jack Cloherty	C	17	100	8	4	0	.964	6.353	8
Jerry Willeford	C	6	41	2	4	1	.915	7.167	1
Jose Mota	OF	57	109	5	5	3	.958	2.000
Tom Wiedenbauer	OF	55	70	6	7	1	.916	1.382
Bobby Hallgren	OF	53	69	2	2	1	.973	1.340
Ramon Leader	OF	35	50	4	6	2	.900	1.543
Aquiles Angulo	OF	15	14	0	0	0	1.000	.933
Hector Perez	OF	8	4	0	1	0	.800	.500
William Roberts	OF	7	5	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bert Roberge	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
George Ploucher	P	16	1	5	2	0	.750	.375
Dave Smith	P	15	8	23	4	2	.886	2.067
Larry Green	P	15	3	10	2	1	.867	.867
Bert Roberge	P	14	5	9	0	1	1.000	1.000
Dennis Miscik	P	13	1	16	0	1	1.000	1.308
Thomas Steen	P	12	7	17	5	1	.828	2.000
Reno Aragon	P	11	8	16	2	1	.923	2.182
Ed Andersen	P	11	5	4	0	0	1.000	.818
David Corness	P	9	1	12	0	1	1.000	1.444
Ricardo Aponte	P	7	3	4	0	1	1.000	1.000
Douglas Jackson	P	5	0	3	1	1	.750	.600
Roberto Salas	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Floyd Bannister	P	3	2	1	1	0	.750	1.000
David Brooks	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Randolph Lamb	SS	36	51	87	21	16	.868	3.833
Charles Gardner	SS	36	50	130	16	26	.918	5.000
Frederick Lane	SS	3	5	6	0	1	1.000	3.667
Totals		729	1850	884	148	194	.949	3.750	19	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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