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1967 Covington Astros

1967 > Class Rookie > 1967 Appalachian League
Overall: 29-35
Scored 238 runs, Allowed 261 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 29-35

Affiliation: Houston Astros-NL
Manager: Tony Pacheco
Represented: Covington, VA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1966 / 1968

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	Gordon Allen	19	51		136		20	4	1	2						.147		.235		32
2	Ira Barber	22	3		8		1	0	0	0						.125		.125		1
3	Wayne Brechtel	18	11		11		2	1	0	0						.182		.273		3
4	Ernest Brown	19	9		11		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
5	Tom Brown	19	46		165		47	4	0	1						.285		.327		54
6	Ray Busse	18	60		220		49	6	2	2						.223		.295		65
7	Charles Bynon	20	14		6		1	0	0	0						.167		.167		1
8	Barry Carey	18	3		5		1	0	0	0						.200		.200		1
9	Alexis Corro	18	8		7		1	0	0	0						.143		.143		1
10	Jaime Davis	17	44		133		28	7	0	1						.211		.286		38
11	Daniel Evans	18	11		7		1	1	0	0						.143		.286		2
12	Larry Franklin	17	23		48		12	1	1	0						.250		.313		15
13	Steve Grover*	18	10		17		4	0	0	0						.235		.235		4
14	Wesley Harris	21	2		1		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
15	Ricky Hartzog#	18	43		115		20	4	0	0						.174		.209		24
16	Craig Hilden#	17	11		19		10	1	0	0						.526		.579		11
17	Kim Hillstrom	20	8		16		5	1	0	0						.313		.375		6
18	Ken Hovance	17	3		6		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
19	Shane Hummell	18	33		75		14	1	0	3						.187		.320		24
20	Juan Jimenez	18	4		5		2	0	0	0						.400		.400		2
21	Cliff Johnson	19	36		110		34	7	2	5						.309		.545		60
22	Gerald Johnson	18	18		14		1	1	0	0						.071		.143		2
23	John Kryczkowski*	18	6		2		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
24	Gary Long	18	10		21		1	0	0	0						.048		.048		1
25	John Mayberry*	18	50		155		39	7	0	4						.252		.374		58
26	Kenneth McCary	17	15		19		4	0	1	0						.211		.316		6
27	Emmitt Money	18	14		11		3	0	0	0						.273		.273		3
28	James Moore	19	48		160		39	2	1	0						.244		.269		43
29	Jeff Morrell	18	8		12		4	0	0	0						.333		.333		4
30	Doug Olson	17	13		13		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
31	Geoff Price	18	36		97		17	4	1	1						.175		.268		26
32	Ciro Ramos	--	4		1		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
33	Ricardo Richardson	20	6		7		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
34	Russ Rothermel*	19	3		4		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
35	Jay Schlueter	17	21		70		17	3	0	2						.243		.371		26
36	Tom Suchanek	21	18		10		2	0	0	1						.200		.500		5
37	Boyd Van Patten	20	8		18		6	2	0	0						.333		.444		8
38	Gregory Walling	19	47		102		23	2	1	0						.225		.265		27
39	Dale Weatherford	18	32		90		13	5	0	2						.144		.267		24
40	Ricky Wilson	18	22		63		8	2	0	0						.127		.159		10
	40 Players	18.3	64	2260	1990	238	429	66	10	24	190	51	19	223	491	.216	.299	.295	.594	587	17	21	9	6

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	Wayne Brechtel	18	4	2	.667	4.60	11	6				43.0	41	27	22	6	12							1.233	8.6	1.3	2.5
2	Ernest Brown	19	0	0		1.80	2	0				5.0	3	3	1	0	6							1.800	5.4	0.0	10.8
3	Charles Bynon	20	1	3	.250	3.66	14	4				32.0	34	20	13	2	19							1.656	9.6	0.6	5.3
4	Daniel Evans*	18	1	1	.500	3.46	11	1				26.0	26	10	10	1	17							1.654	9.0	0.3	5.9
5	Larry Franklin	17	0	0		18.00	2	0				1.0	3	3	2	0	1							4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0
6	Steve Grover*	18	3	3	.500	4.25	10	9				55.0	52	33	26	0	29							1.473	8.5	0.0	4.7
7	Craig Hilden*	17	5	2	.714	3.17	11	7				54.0	40	24	19	4	22							1.148	6.7	0.7	3.7
8	Kim Hillstrom	20	3	1	.750	0.88	8	8				51.0	36	7	5	2	34							1.373	6.4	0.4	6.0
9	Gerald Johnson	18	1	2	.333	1.69	18	3				48.0	37	17	9	3	26							1.312	6.9	0.6	4.9
10	John Kryczkowski*	18	1	0	1.000	4.91	6	1				11.0	7	6	6	0	14							1.909	5.7	0.0	11.5
11	Emmitt Money	18	2	6	.250	4.81	14	6				43.0	48	29	23	1	25							1.698	10.0	0.2	5.2
12	Jeff Morrell	18	0	1	.000	5.79	8	1				14.0	17	12	9	2	9							1.857	10.9	1.3	5.8
13	Doug Olson	17	0	5	.000	2.90	13	9				59.0	58	28	19	4	21							1.339	8.8	0.6	3.2
14	Ciro Ramos	--	1	1	.500	5.40	4	0				5.0	8	3	3	0	1							1.800	14.4	0.0	1.8
15	Steve Ritchie*	18	1	1	.500	1.93	9	1				14.0	10	11	3	0	11							1.500	6.4	0.0	7.1
16	Russ Rothermel*	19	2	1	.667	1.89	3	3				19.0	14	4	4	2	8							1.158	6.6	0.9	3.8
17	Tom Suchanek	21	4	6	.400	3.75	18	5				48.0	36	24	20	1	30							1.375	6.8	0.2	5.6
	17 Players	18.5	29	35	.453	3.29	64	64	55	9	4	530.0	470	261	194	28	285	29	440	12	5	35	2371	1.425	8.0	0.5	4.8	7.5	1.54

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
Gerald Johnson	18							0.00
Tom Suchanek	18							0.00
Charles Bynon	14							0.00
Emmitt Money	14							0.00
Doug Olson	13							0.00
Wayne Brechtel	11							0.00
Daniel Evans	11							0.00
Craig Hilden	11							0.00
Steve Grover	10							0.00
Steve Ritchie	9							0.00
Kim Hillstrom	8							0.00
Jeff Morrell	8							0.00
John Kryczkowski	6							0.00
Ciro Ramos	4							0.00
Russ Rothermel	3							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Gordon Allen	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Feb 11, 1948
Ira Barber	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	1945
Wayne Brechtel	18	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Mar 14, 1949	Ridgway, PA, US
Ernest Brown	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	1948
Tom Brown	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 11, 1947	Lakeview, OR, US
Ray Busse	18	R	R	6' 4.0"	175	Sep 25, 1948	Daytona Beach, FL, US
Charles Bynon	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	Nov 1, 1946
Barry Carey	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1949
Alexis Corro	18	R	R	5' 10.0"	145	Jun 19, 1949
Jaime Davis	17	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Aug 11, 1949
Daniel Evans	18	R	L	6' 3.0"	208	Jun 10, 1949	Jersey City, NJ, US
Larry Franklin	17	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 6, 1949
Steve Grover	18	L	L	6' 0.0"	200	Dec 28, 1948
Wesley Harris	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Mar 1, 1946
Ricky Hartzog	18	S	R	6' 1.0"	174	Sep 16, 1948
Craig Hilden	17	S	L	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 10, 1949
Kim Hillstrom	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Nov 15, 1946
Ken Hovance	17	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Dec 31, 1949
Shane Hummell	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Sep 27, 1948	Barnsboro, NJ, US
Juan Jimenez	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	165	Mar 8, 1949	La Torre, La Vega, DO
Cliff Johnson	19	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Jul 22, 1947	San Antonio, TX, US
Gerald Johnson	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	May 22, 1949
John Kryczkowski	18	L	L	5' 11.0"	177	May 20, 1949	Hamtramck, MI, US
Gary Long	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Jan 13, 1949
John Mayberry	18	L	L	6' 3.0"	215	Feb 18, 1949	Detroit, MI, US
Kenneth McCary	17	R	R	5' 9.0"	185	Sep 9, 1949
Emmitt Money	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Jan 31, 1949
James Moore	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Feb 6, 1948
Jeff Morrell	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	Jul 17, 1948
Doug Olson	17	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Sep 20, 1949
Geoff Price	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Mar 22, 1949
Ciro Ramos	--	R	R			Unknown
Ricardo Richardson	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	165	May 3, 1947
Steve Ritchie	18	R	L	6' 4.0"	182	Feb 17, 1949
Russ Rothermel	19	L	L	6' 1.0"	170	Mar 21, 1948	Pottsville, PA, US
Jay Schlueter	17	R	R	6' 0.0"	182	Jul 31, 1949	Phoenix, AZ, US
Tom Suchanek	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Apr 12, 1946
Boyd Van Patten	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	1947
Gregory Walling	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	178	Nov 12, 1947
Dale Weatherford	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Nov 3, 1948	Kansas City, MO, US
Ricky Wilson	18	R	R	6' 1.0"		Feb 5, 1949

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