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1973 Columbus Astros

1973 > Class AA > 1973 Southern League (East)
Overall: 69-70
Scored 554 runs, Allowed 570 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-71

Affiliation: Houston Astros-NL
Manager: Wayne Terwilliger
Represented: Columbus, GA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1972 / 1974

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Robert Blakley*	23	83	275	249	33	61	12	4	7	27	5	1	21	54	.245	.308	.410	.717	102	2	2	1
2	Eric Brown	21	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
3	Jesus de la Rosa	19	118	455	422	38	93	14	2	5	36	13	4	25	80	.220	.264	.299	.563	126	2	1	5
4	Mike Easler*	22	48	197	168	27	52	11	1	6	32	3	2	24	28	.310	.403	.494	.897	83	3	1	1
5	Art Gardner*	20	66	248	214	27	54	4	2	3	24	12	7	23	39	.252	.331	.332	.662	71	3	6	2
6	Steven Gardner	25	18	65	61	6	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	11	.197	.246	.213	.459	13	0	0	0
7	David Kaster	22	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
8	Alberto Leaver	24	137	521	472	67	117	7	2	4	35	54	15	42	141	.248	.309	.297	.606	140	1	4	2
9	Mike Markl	23	52	137	117	18	24	5	1	0	9	1	3	16	13	.205	.304	.265	.569	31	1	2	1
10	John McLaren	21	83	266	231	19	57	7	0	2	20	2	1	24	40	.247	.333	.303	.636	70	6	5	0
11	Donnie McLaughlin	22	106	433	386	49	111	15	5	1	48	5	1	36	20	.288	.347	.360	.707	139	2	4	5
12	Jerry Moxey	23	116	472	418	64	126	12	13	5	49	35	11	46	75	.301	.373	.428	.801	179	3	3	2
13	Pastor Perez	22	33	133	118	5	27	2	3	0	6	1	0	13	21	.229	.305	.297	.602	35	0	2	0
14	Nathaniel Pettaway*	23	113	431	385	44	85	11	2	11	50	5	1	36	118	.221	.295	.345	.641	133	6	1	3
15	Milt Ramirez	23	95	381	354	40	91	6	1	0	31	7	5	19	22	.257	.293	.280	.572	99	0	5	3
16	Kennith Reed	22	105	449	389	49	96	12	2	1	26	12	4	38	34	.247	.328	.296	.624	115	10	10	2
17	Ronald Roznovsky	21	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
18	Jose Salas	23	77	234	206	28	41	3	1	0	15	2	2	22	42	.199	.289	.223	.512	46	4	2	0
19	Thomas Wise	21	104	394	347	38	91	13	0	5	49	2	0	39	58	.262	.345	.343	.688	119	6	0	2
	19 Players	22.1	140	5100	4545	554	1139	135	39	50	462	159	57	429	798	.251	.320	.330	.651	1502	49	48	29	33

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Cisco Carlos	32	1	3	.250	5.79	5	2		0	0	0	14.0	18	10	9	0	11	1	7	2	0	0	2.071	11.6	0.0	7.1	4.5	0.64
2	Gordon Crane	20	2	2	.500	3.10	5	5		1	1	0	29.0	22	15	10	0	20	1	19	1	0	2	1.448	6.8	0.0	6.2	5.9	0.95
3	Ramon de los Santos*	24	8	4	.667	4.50	47	4		0	0	4	108.0	106	69	54	8	65	3	86	2	2	12	1.583	8.8	0.7	5.4	7.2	1.32
4	Ronald DeJean	21	4	5	.444	4.19	26	8		1	0	2	86.0	89	42	40	5	48	8	32	4	0	8	1.593	9.3	0.5	5.0	3.3	0.67
5	Charles Grigsby	25	1	1	.500	6.32	22	0		0	0	0	37.0	42	29	26	4	32	4	16	3	0	3	2.000	10.2	1.0	7.8	3.9	0.50
6	David Kaster	22	3	6	.333	4.18	19	11		2	0	1	71.0	72	45	33	7	36	3	32	0	0	4	1.521	9.1	0.9	4.6	4.1	0.89
7	Doug Konieczny	21	12	12	.500	2.66	28	28		17	2	0	213.0	194	83	63	15	83	3	222	5	2	12	1.300	8.2	0.6	3.5	9.4	2.67
8	Matthew Rosiek	23	10	12	.455	3.19	28	27		7	3	0	186.0	159	81	66	12	81	7	121	6	0	14	1.290	7.7	0.6	3.9	5.9	1.49
9	Russ Rothermel*	25	9	9	.500	1.81	25	21		10	4	0	159.0	140	43	32	6	45	4	79	2	0	5	1.164	7.9	0.3	2.5	4.5	1.76
10	Ronald Roznovsky	21	5	5	.500	2.60	15	11		7	0	0	90.0	79	39	26	4	34	1	45	2	0	7	1.256	7.9	0.4	3.4	4.5	1.32
11	Joe Sambito*	21	0	0		18.00	1	1		0	0	0	2.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	9.0	2.00
12	Paul Siebert*	20	8	6	.571	3.92	23	22		6	3	0	140.0	142	73	61	15	51	3	88	8	0	6	1.379	9.1	1.0	3.3	5.7	1.73
13	Chuck Taylor	25	6	5	.545	3.90	41	0		0	0	9	67.0	68	37	29	4	39	8	33	3	1	3	1.597	9.1	0.5	5.2	4.4	0.85
	13 Players	22.8	69	70	.496	3.39	140	140	89	51	17	16	1203.0	1135	570	453	81	546	46	782	39	5	76	1.397	8.5	0.6	4.1	5.9	1.43

Team Fielding--By Pos

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C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
John McLaren	81	338	34	7	1	.982	4.59	6
Jose Salas	76	416	54	11	6	.977	6.18	13
Eric Brown	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.50	0
Donnie McLaughlin	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.00	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jesus de la Rosa	106	822	48	29	81	.968	8.21
Nathaniel Pettaway	28	270	17	6	12	.980	10.25
Robert Blakley	14	89	5	5	5	.949	6.71

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kennith Reed	78	201	215	12	42	.972	5.33
Mike Markl	41	71	75	9	12	.942	3.56
Donnie McLaughlin	30	70	70	5	16	.966	4.67
Pastor Perez	2	6	3	0	1	1.000	4.50
Milt Ramirez	1	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Thomas Wise	65	64	112	13	12	.931	2.71
Donnie McLaughlin	62	53	118	23	9	.881	2.76
Pastor Perez	20	21	36	1	3	.983	2.85
Kennith Reed	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Milt Ramirez	91	117	255	37	48	.910	4.09
Kennith Reed	26	46	85	10	14	.929	5.04
Donnie McLaughlin	12	10	37	3	3	.940	3.92
Pastor Perez	12	17	28	3	1	.938	3.75
Steven Gardner	3	6	14	3	2	.870	6.67
Robert Blakley	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Alberto Leaver	137	340	11	11	1	.970	2.56
Jerry Moxey	110	175	8	11	1	.943	1.66
Art Gardner	64	101	10	9	3	.925	1.73
Robert Blakley	48	83	9	1	3	.989	1.92
Mike Easler	47	81	2	1	0	.988	1.77
Jesus de la Rosa	12	18	3	1	0	.955	1.75
Steven Gardner	11	23	0	0	0	1.000	2.09
Kennith Reed	3	6	1	0	0	1.000	2.33

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ramon de los Santos	47	6	23	1	1	.967	0.62
Chuck Taylor	41	5	15	1	0	.952	0.49
Doug Konieczny	28	11	23	4	0	.895	1.21
Matthew Rosiek	28	5	20	1	1	.962	0.89
Ronald DeJean	26	5	10	0	1	1.000	0.58
Russ Rothermel	25	9	29	0	4	1.000	1.52
Paul Siebert	23	6	22	1	3	.966	1.22
Charles Grigsby	22	2	6	1	0	.889	0.36
David Kaster	19	7	8	2	3	.882	0.79
Ronald Roznovsky	15	8	16	1	1	.960	1.60
Cisco Carlos	5	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.20
Gordon Crane	5	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.40
Joe Sambito	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Robert Blakley	23	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 10, 1949	Springfield, IL, US
Eric Brown	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Sep 16, 1951
Cisco Carlos	32	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Sep 17, 1940	Monrovia, CA, US
Gordon Crane	20	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Oct 24, 1952	Provo, UT, US
Jesus de la Rosa	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	153	Aug 5, 1953	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Ramon de los Santos	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Jan 19, 1949	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Ronald DeJean	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Jun 10, 1952	Denver, CO, US
Mike Easler	22	L	R	6' 0.0"	190	Nov 29, 1950	Cleveland, OH, US
Art Gardner	20	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Sep 21, 1952	Madden, MS, US
Steven Gardner	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Dec 13, 1947	Spanish Fork, UT, US
Charles Grigsby	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 17, 1947	Shreveport, LA, US
David Kaster	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Sep 9, 1950	Omaha, NE, US
Doug Konieczny	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	220	Sep 27, 1951	Detroit, MI, US
Alberto Leaver	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Sep 25, 1948	Bocas del Toro, PA
Mike Markl	23	R	R	5' 7.0"	150	May 30, 1950	San Antonio, TX, US
John McLaren	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Sep 29, 1951	Galveston, TX, US
Donnie McLaughlin	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jul 4, 1950	Shreveport, LA, US
Jerry Moxey	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	172	Dec 16, 1949	Nassau, BS
Pastor Perez	22	R	R			Nov 23, 1950
Nathaniel Pettaway	23	L	L	6' 4.0"	190	Dec 15, 1949	Mobile, AL, US
Milt Ramirez	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	150	Apr 2, 1950	Mayaguez, PR
Kennith Reed	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	162	Oct 1, 1950	Chicago, IL, US
Matthew Rosiek	23	R	R	6' 5.0"	215	Nov 26, 1949	New Britain, CT, US
Russ Rothermel	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	170	Mar 21, 1948	Pottsville, PA, US
Ronald Roznovsky	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Oct 7, 1951
Jose Salas	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 30, 1950
Joe Sambito	21	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 28, 1952	Brooklyn, NY, US
Paul Siebert	20	L	L	6' 2.0"	205	Jun 5, 1953	Minneapolis, MN, US
Chuck Taylor	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	155	Dec 22, 1947	Covington, KY, US
Thomas Wise	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	May 31, 1952	Vancouver, WA, US

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