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1968 Cocoa Astros

1968 > Class A > 1968 Florida State League (East)
Overall: 74-65
Scored 554 runs, Allowed 509 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-64

Affiliation: Houston Astros-NL
Manager: Leo Posada and Tony Pacheco
Represented: Cocoa, FL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1967 / 1969

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	Ed Acosta#	24	29		54		10	2	0	0						.185		.222		12
2	Gordon Allen	20	62		172		29	4	4	2						.169		.273		47
3	Ed Armbrister	19	129		472		123	17	3	2						.261		.322		152
4	Wayne Brechtel	19	19		27		4	0	0	0						.148		.148		4
5	Tom Brown	20	108		348		85	12	1	1						.244		.293		102
6	Clinton Burr	18	14		22		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
7	Ray Busse	19	124		424		99	17	4	4						.233		.321		136
8	Charles Bynon	21	12		13		3	0	0	0						.231		.231		3
9	Cesar Cedeno	17	69		180		46	8	2	0						.256		.322		58
10	Rodney Clabo#	21	19		41		9	0	1	0						.220		.268		11
11	Alexis Corro	19	63		170		35	2	1	0						.206		.229		39
12	Clifford Davis#	29	34		30		9	0	0	0						.300		.300		9
13	Jaime Davis	18	73		211		46	6	4	0						.218		.284		60
14	Ronald Del Papa	19	3		5		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
15	Edward Ford*	19	22		74		29	2	0	0						.392		.419		31
16	Steve Grover*	19	11		17		4	2	0	0						.235		.353		6
17	Buddy Harris	19	1		3		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
18	Candy Harris#	20	71		240		65	7	3	0						.271		.325		78
19	Ricky Hartzog#	19	6		9		3	0	0	0						.333		.333		3
20	Miguel Hernandez*	19	18		25		5	0	0	0						.200		.200		5
21	Craig Hilden#	18	15		21		2	1	0	0						.095		.143		3
22	Juan Jimenez	19	6		6		1	1	0	0						.167		.333		2
23	Cliff Johnson	20	117		353		102	17	3	10						.289		.439		155
24	Herman Johnson*	21	19		24		4	0	0	0						.167		.167		4
25	Tom Koziol*	20	84		271		72	8	3	0						.266		.317		86
26	Gerald Lensing*	19	29		34		4	0	0	0						.118		.118		4
27	Gary Long	19	27		63		11	0	0	0						.175		.175		11
28	John Mayberry*	19	64		195		66	9	3	14						.338		.631		123
29	Roy McAlister	19	21		13		4	0	0	0						.308		.308		4
30	Michael McFarland	21	13		19		5	0	0	0						.263		.263		5
31	Emmitt Money	19	3		2		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
32	James Murphy	22	60		176		48	8	5	1						.273		.392		69
33	Danny Nixon*	21	3		1		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
34	Doug Olson	18	25		35		2	0	0	0						.057		.057		2
35	Tony Paulino	29	29		89		20	3	1	1						.225		.315		28
36	Leo Posada	32	52		148		42	7	4	3						.284		.446		66
37	Alfredo Preciado	21	9		19		1	0	0	0						.053		.053		1
38	Russ Rothermel*	20	8		1		1	0	0	0						1.000		1.000		1
39	Ronald Salter	21	30		89		22	2	1	2						.247		.360		32
40	Robert Santee	21	5		7		1	0	1	0						.143		.429		3
41	Oscar Sed	20	4		3		1	0	0	0						.333		.333		1
42	William Steinkamp	20	23		51		13	1	0	0						.255		.275		14
43	Tom Suchanek	22	13		8		2	0	0	0						.250		.250		2
	43 Players	20.3	139	4722	4168	554	1030	136	43	40	364	117	41	422	890	.247	.322	.329	.652	1372	56	44	32	30

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	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Ed Acosta	24	8	12	.400	2.56	29	23				158.0	127	69	45	3	86							1.348	7.2	0.2	4.9
2	Wayne Brechtel	19	7	7	.500	3.00	19	15				87.0	70	40	29	5	56							1.448	7.2	0.5	5.8
3	Clinton Burr	18	6	3	.667	2.96	14	12				76.0	62	31	25	4	43							1.382	7.3	0.5	5.1
4	Charles Bynon	21	3	5	.375	3.49	12	7				49.0	49	24	19	1	28							1.571	9.0	0.2	5.1
5	Clifford Davis	29	8	3	.727	1.18	34	0				76.0	48	14	10	0	37							1.118	5.7	0.0	4.4
6	Steve Grover*	19	2	3	.400	2.82	11	9				51.0	39	27	16	0	31							1.373	6.9	0.0	5.5
7	Buddy Harris	19	0	0		0.00	1	1				6.0	7	5	0	0	4							1.833	10.5	0.0	6.0
8	Craig Hilden*	18	5	5	.500	3.41	15	11				66.0	56	32	25	1	28							1.273	7.6	0.1	3.8
9	Juan Jimenez	19	1	1	.500	6.30	6	1				20.0	31	14	14	0	6							1.850	14.0	0.0	2.7
10	Herman Johnson*	21	3	2	.600	3.81	19	6				59.0	49	35	25	1	42							1.542	7.5	0.2	6.4
11	John Kryczkowski*	19	0	0		3.00	4	0				3.0	1	1	1	0	4							1.667	3.0	0.0	12.0
12	Gerald Lensing	19	12	9	.571	3.35	29	15				113.0	115	50	42	5	53							1.487	9.2	0.4	4.2
13	Roy McAlister	19	4	0	1.000	4.59	21	2				49.0	61	34	25	1	35							1.959	11.2	0.2	6.4
14	Michael McFarland	21	3	4	.429	2.38	13	10				68.0	60	27	18	1	30							1.324	7.9	0.1	4.0
15	Emmitt Money	19	0	0		10.50	3	0				6.0	8	7	7	0	6							2.333	12.0	0.0	9.0
16	Danny Nixon*	21	0	1	.000	11.57	3	1				7.0	6	10	9	2	10							2.286	7.7	2.6	12.9
17	Doug Olson	18	9	8	.529	2.56	25	22				144.0	137	57	41	2	38							1.215	8.6	0.1	2.4
18	Leo Posada	32	0	1	.000	10.80	3	0				5.0	9	7	6	0	4							2.600	16.2	0.0	7.2
19	Russ Rothermel*	20	0	0		6.30	8	0				10.0	7	9	7	0	10							1.700	6.3	0.0	9.0
20	Robert Santee	21	0	1	.000	4.50	5	4				18.0	18	11	9	0	21							2.167	9.0	0.0	10.5
21	Tom Suchanek	22	3	0	1.000	1.38	13	0				26.0	18	5	4	0	16							1.308	6.2	0.0	5.5
	21 Players	20.8	74	65	.532	3.09	139	139	99	40	12	1096.2	978	509	377	26	588	34	902	62	4	72	4860	1.428	8.0	0.2	4.8	7.4	1.53

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Clifford Davis	34							0.00
Ed Acosta	29							0.00
Gerald Lensing	29							0.00
Doug Olson	25							0.00
Roy McAlister	21							0.00
Wayne Brechtel	19							0.00
Herman Johnson	19							0.00
Craig Hilden	15							0.00
Clinton Burr	14							0.00
Michael McFarland	13							0.00
Tom Suchanek	13							0.00
Charles Bynon	12							0.00
Steve Grover	11							0.00
Russ Rothermel	8							0.00
Juan Jimenez	6							0.00
Robert Santee	5							0.00
John Kryczkowski	4							0.00
Emmitt Money	3							0.00
Danny Nixon	3							0.00
Buddy Harris	1							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ed Acosta	24	S	R	6' 5.0"	215	Mar 9, 1944	Boquete, PA
Gordon Allen	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Feb 11, 1948
Ed Armbrister	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jul 4, 1948	Nassau, BS
Wayne Brechtel	19	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Mar 14, 1949	Ridgway, PA, US
Tom Brown	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 11, 1947	Lakeview, OR, US
Clinton Burr	18	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	1950
Ray Busse	19	R	R	6' 4.0"	175	Sep 25, 1948	Daytona Beach, FL, US
Charles Bynon	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	Nov 1, 1946
Cesar Cedeno	17	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Feb 25, 1951	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Rodney Clabo	21	S	R	6' 1.0"	190	1947
Alexis Corro	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	145	Jun 19, 1949
Clifford Davis	29	S	R	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 30, 1938	Alice, TX, US
Jaime Davis	18	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Aug 11, 1949
Ronald Del Papa	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Sep 25, 1948
Edward Ford	19	L	R	5' 10.0"	165	Dec 22, 1948
Steve Grover	19	L	L	6' 0.0"	200	Dec 28, 1948
Buddy Harris	19	R	R	6' 7.0"	245	Dec 5, 1948	Philadelphia, PA, US
Candy Harris	20	S	R	6' 0.0"	160	Sep 17, 1947	Selma, AL, US
Ricky Hartzog	19	S	R	6' 1.0"	174	Sep 16, 1948
Miguel Hernandez	19	L	L	5' 7.0"	155	Apr 18, 1949
Craig Hilden	18	S	L	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 10, 1949
Juan Jimenez	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	165	Mar 8, 1949	La Torre, La Vega, DO
Cliff Johnson	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Jul 22, 1947	San Antonio, TX, US
Herman Johnson	21	L	L	6' 7.0"	208	May 11, 1947
Tom Koziol	20	L	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 17, 1948	Poughkeepsie, NY, US
John Kryczkowski	19	L	L	5' 11.0"	177	May 20, 1949	Hamtramck, MI, US
Gerald Lensing	19	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	May 10, 1949
Gary Long	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Jan 13, 1949
John Mayberry	19	L	L	6' 3.0"	215	Feb 18, 1949	Detroit, MI, US
Roy McAlister	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Feb 8, 1949
Michael McFarland	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jul 1, 1946	Ironton, MO, US
Emmitt Money	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Jan 31, 1949
James Murphy	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	180	1946
Danny Nixon	21	L	L	6' 4.0"	208	Nov 8, 1946
Doug Olson	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Sep 20, 1949
Tony Paulino	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 25, 1938
Leo Posada	32	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Apr 15, 1936	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Alfredo Preciado	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	158	1947
Russ Rothermel	20	L	L	6' 1.0"	170	Mar 21, 1948	Pottsville, PA, US
Ronald Salter	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	169	Oct 12, 1946
Robert Santee	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Sep 9, 1946
Oscar Sed	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	1948
William Steinkamp	20	R	R	5' 9.0"	190	1948
Tom Suchanek	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Apr 12, 1946

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