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1972 Cocoa Expos

1972 > Class Rookie > 1972 Florida East Coast League
Overall: 9-47
Scored 185 runs, Allowed 399 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 11-45

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: n/a
Represented: Cocoa, FL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a

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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Abraham Ayala 20 9 18 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .077 .294 .077 .371 1 1 1 0
2 Carl Baker 20 17 62 56 5 8 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 13 .143 .226 .143 .369 8 0 0 0
3 Dennis Blair 18 5 16 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .071 .188 .071 .259 1 0 0 0
4 Jeffrey Bloom 19 17 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 0 0 0
5 Billy Bolden* 19 7 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .600 .600 .800 1.400 4 0 0 0
6 Leonard Bonk* 20 15 66 50 6 12 2 0 0 5 3 0 13 6 .240 .385 .280 .665 14 0 1 2
7 Gary Bryant 19 11 23 21 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .143 .217 .190 .408 4 0 0 0
8 Leonel Carrion 20 47 162 144 16 34 3 0 0 14 1 0 17 19 .236 .317 .257 .574 37 0 1 0
9 Gary Carter 18 18 80 71 6 17 3 0 2 9 1 0 8 11 .239 .316 .366 .683 26 0 1 0
10 Michael Criss 18 7 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 1 0 0
11 Roger DeLazzer* 18 42 146 123 7 18 1 2 2 9 2 1 21 50 .146 .269 .236 .505 29 0 1 1
12 Michel Dion 18 17 41 34 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 1 .147 .268 .147 .415 5 0 0 1
13 Jose Fonseca 17 21 51 40 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 19 .175 .353 .175 .528 7 0 0 0
14 Ferris French 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
15 Keith Hansen* 21 4 13 12 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 0 0
16 Luis Jonas 18 52 185 160 20 36 1 2 2 11 3 0 22 37 .225 .315 .294 .609 47 0 1 2
17 Cecil Kozloski 19 13 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
18 Joe Leeder 18 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
19 Larry Lien 19 36 106 91 5 18 1 0 1 7 0 0 9 17 .198 .286 .242 .527 22 3 1 2
20 Blair Mackasey* 16 22 69 63 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 10 .111 .188 .127 .315 8 1 0 0
21 Arnaldo Nazario 17 55 232 180 30 35 2 1 0 8 14 3 47 42 .194 .362 .217 .579 39 1 3 1
22 Ed Riley 18 4 7 4 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .750 .857 1.000 1.857 4 0 0 0
23 Maurice Robert 21 12 53 47 7 14 5 1 0 8 1 0 6 11 .298 .377 .447 .824 21 0 0 0
24 Harry Rogers -- 4 15 12 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .333 .467 .333 .800 4 0 0 0
25 Socrates Santana 18 39 122 110 8 21 1 0 0 5 0 1 10 17 .191 .258 .200 .458 22 0 2 0
26 Wayne Schlosser 20 13 17 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 6 .182 .471 .182 .652 2 1 0 0
27 James Simpson -- 12 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 1 0
28 Charles Smalling 19 11 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0
29 Jay Thornton 19 48 173 150 13 29 3 0 0 11 2 1 23 25 .193 .301 .213 .514 32 0 0 0
30 Kevin Umlah 17 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0
31 Ellis Valentine 17 53 197 177 24 47 8 0 1 18 0 0 18 37 .266 .330 .328 .658 58 0 0 2
32 Edgardo Vega* 19 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
33 Brian White* 18 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 0 0 0
34 Leonard Yonkman 18 8 18 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 1 0 0
35 Kevin Young 18 29 78 72 10 15 2 0 0 5 3 0 5 29 .208 .256 .236 .493 17 0 0 1
35 Players 18.3 57 2020 1732 185 347 36 6 8 129 36 6 254 418 .200 .304 .242 .546 419 9 13 12 3
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 BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Abraham Ayala 20 1 7 .125 4.79 9 9 2 0 0 47.0 48 46 25 0 53 1 22 3 1 5 2.149 9.2 0.0 10.1 4.2 0.42
2 Dennis Blair 18 1 0 1.000 2.45 5 5 0 0 0 33.0 29 20 9 2 23 1 21 2 2 3 1.576 7.9 0.5 6.3 5.7 0.91
3 Jeffrey Bloom* 19 0 3 .000 6.17 17 0 0 0 1 35.0 40 42 24 2 41 1 38 0 2 4 2.314 10.3 0.5 10.5 9.8 0.93
4 Billy Bolden* 19 0 5 .000 9.95 6 6 0 0 0 19.0 24 38 21 1 43 0 16 1 2 2 3.526 11.4 0.5 20.4 7.6 0.37
5 Gary Bryant 19 0 6 .000 4.64 11 9 4 0 0 64.0 64 49 33 2 36 0 41 3 0 2 1.562 9.0 0.3 5.1 5.8 1.14
6 Michael Criss 18 0 3 .000 6.95 7 5 0 0 0 22.0 23 22 17 0 30 0 16 2 0 1 2.409 9.4 0.0 12.3 6.5 0.53
7 Ferris French 24 0 1 .000 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
8 Cecil Kozloski 19 1 1 .500 7.27 13 0 0 0 0 26.0 31 29 21 0 30 0 12 0 0 3 2.346 10.7 0.0 10.4 4.2 0.40
9 Joe Leeder 18 0 2 .000 3.60 2 2 1 0 0 15.0 15 8 6 0 3 0 10 1 0 0 1.200 9.0 0.0 1.8 6.0 3.33
10 Wayne Piper 20 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.500 9.0 0.0 22.5 0.0 0.00
11 Ed Riley 18 2 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 0 0 1 14.0 6 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 0 0 0.571 3.9 0.0 1.3 10.3 8.00
12 Wayne Schlosser 20 0 8 .000 6.53 13 9 2 0 1 51.0 58 53 37 2 45 2 34 6 0 5 2.020 10.2 0.4 7.9 6.0 0.76
13 James Simpson -- 1 2 .333 6.55 12 2 1 0 0 33.0 39 30 24 2 17 1 15 1 3 1 1.697 10.6 0.5 4.6 4.1 0.88
14 Charles Smalling 19 1 5 .167 4.50 11 4 0 0 0 40.0 31 31 20 2 45 0 14 3 1 4 1.900 7.0 0.4 10.1 3.2 0.31
15 Brian White 18 0 1 .000 4.85 7 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 7 7 0 11 0 2 0 2 0 1.923 9.7 0.0 7.6 1.4 0.18
16 Leonard Yonkman 18 2 3 .400 3.32 5 5 2 0 0 38.0 33 18 14 2 15 0 15 4 1 1 1.263 7.8 0.5 3.6 3.6 1.00
17 Kevin Young 18 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
17 Players 19.0 9 47 .161 5.22 57 57 45 12 1 3 455.0 464 399 264 15 400 6 275 27 14 32 1.899 9.2 0.3 7.9 5.4 0.69

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Larry Lien 21 96 9 3 3 .972 5.00 16
Jose Fonseca 19 76 7 4 1 .954 4.37 4
Gary Carter 14 86 11 7 2 .933 6.93 5
Michel Dion 13 52 5 4 1 .934 4.38 2

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Blair Mackasey 20 149 2 3 10 .981 7.55
Roger DeLazzer 16 102 8 5 7 .957 6.88
Maurice Robert 10 78 5 1 7 .988 8.30
Larry Lien 8 73 4 1 4 .987 9.63
Gary Carter 4 25 0 1 2 .962 6.25
Harry Rogers 3 21 2 1 2 .958 7.67
Leonard Bonk 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Edgardo Vega 1 9 1 0 1 1.000 10.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Socrates Santana 37 81 84 23 15 .878 4.46
Luis Jonas 15 31 21 7 5 .881 3.47
Leonard Bonk 10 21 24 3 4 .938 4.50

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jay Thornton 46 38 93 16 5 .891 2.85
Leonel Carrion 6 5 10 7 0 .682 2.50
Keith Hansen 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.33
Leonard Bonk 2 1 8 0 0 1.000 4.50
Maurice Robert 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
Gary Carter 1 0 1 2 0 .333 1.00
Harry Rogers 1 3 3 1 0 .857 6.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Arnaldo Nazario 55 76 158 25 20 .903 4.25
Leonard Bonk 2 1 8 0 0 1.000 4.50

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ellis Valentine 50 76 4 1 0 .988 1.60
Leonel Carrion 36 73 2 3 0 .962 2.08
Luis Jonas 32 51 2 2 0 .964 1.66
Roger DeLazzer 25 34 1 1 0 .972 1.40
Kevin Young 22 36 0 1 0 .973 1.64
Carl Baker 16 40 6 5 0 .902 2.88
Kevin Umlah 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Blair Mackasey 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Jay Thornton 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jeffrey Bloom 17 0 4 1 0 .800 0.24
Cecil Kozloski 13 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.31
Wayne Schlosser 13 2 11 2 1 .867 1.00
James Simpson 12 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.75
Gary Bryant 11 4 6 1 0 .909 0.91
Charles Smalling 11 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.27
Abraham Ayala 9 0 13 9 0 .591 1.44
Michael Criss 7 0 5 0 1 1.000 0.71
Brian White 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.29
Billy Bolden 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.50
Dennis Blair 5 5 5 0 2 1.000 2.00
Leonard Yonkman 5 1 8 1 1 .900 1.80
Ed Riley 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25
Joe Leeder 2 1 1 1 0 .667 1.00
Ferris French 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wayne Piper 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00
Kevin Young 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Abraham Ayala 20 R R 6' 2.0" 180 1952
Carl Baker 20 R R 6' 2.0" 175 1952
Dennis Blair 18 R R 6' 5.0" 182 Jun 5, 1954 Middletown, OH, US
Jeffrey Bloom 19 R L 5' 9.0" 175 1953
Billy Bolden 19 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Oct 26, 1952 Jefferson, TX, US
Leonard Bonk 20 L R 5' 11.0" 150 1952
Gary Bryant 19 R R 6' 3.0" 208 1953
Leonel Carrion 20 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Feb 15, 1952 Maracaibo, Zulia, VE
Gary Carter 18 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Apr 8, 1954 Culver City, CA, US
Michael Criss 18 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1954
Roger DeLazzer 18 L L 6' 4.0" 1954
Michel Dion 18 R R 5' 10.0" 170 1954
Jose Fonseca 17 R R 5' 11.0" 160 1955
Ferris French 24 R R 6' 2.0" 190 1948
Keith Hansen 21 L R 6' 0.0" 180 1951
Luis Jonas 18 R R 6' 0.0" 1954
Cecil Kozloski 19 R R 6' 5.0" 215 Jul 27, 1952
Joe Leeder 18 R R 6' 3.0" 191 May 6, 1954 Brockville, ON, CA
Larry Lien 19 R R 6' 1.0" 195 1953
Blair Mackasey 16 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Dec 13, 1955 Hamilton, ON, CA
Arnaldo Nazario 17 R R 5' 7.0" 150 1955
Wayne Piper 20 R R 6' 10.0" 223 1952
Ed Riley 18 R R 5' 8.0" 160 Sep 20, 1953
Maurice Robert 21 R R 6' 1.0" 195 1951
Harry Rogers -- R R Unknown
Socrates Santana 18 R R 5' 11.0" 170 1954
Wayne Schlosser 20 R R 6' 0.0" 215 Jun 17, 1952 Lestock, SK, CA
James Simpson -- R R Unknown
Charles Smalling 19 R R 6' 8.0" 215 1953
Jay Thornton 19 R R 5' 11.0" 180 1953
Kevin Umlah 17 R R 6' 2.0" 180 1955
Ellis Valentine 17 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Jul 30, 1954 Helena, AR, US
Edgardo Vega 19 L L 6' 0.0" 160 1953
Brian White 18 L R 6' 0.0" 170 1954
Leonard Yonkman 18 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Sep 22, 1953 Lestock, SK, CA
Kevin Young 18 R R 5' 11.0" 185 1954

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