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1969 Covington Astros

1969 > Class Rookie > 1969 Appalachian League (North)
Overall: 31-36
Scored 357 runs, Allowed 387 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 31-36

Affiliation: Houston Astros-NL
Manager: Dick Bogard
Represented: Covington, VA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1968 / 1970

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 Adolph Carter 18 49 221 184 44 41 4 4 1 17 7 1 32 37 .223 .338 .304 .642 56 1 2 2
2 Pat Darcy* 19 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
3 Jesus de la Rosa 15 2 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .500 .900 2 0 0 0
4 John Dolinsek* 21 59 249 209 38 63 17 1 7 38 2 1 38 32 .301 .411 .493 .904 103 1 1 0
5 Mike Easler* 18 33 126 113 21 36 7 2 0 11 6 2 12 19 .319 .384 .416 .800 47 0 1 0
6 Larry Elenes 17 13 26 24 4 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .292 .320 .417 .737 10 0 1 0
7 Robert Fernley* 18 35 133 111 16 28 6 1 0 7 4 1 20 26 .252 .364 .324 .688 36 0 1 1
8 Charles Grigsby 21 15 22 21 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 .048 .048 .095 .143 2 0 1 0
9 Raylan Hoellwarth 20 39 131 106 18 25 3 1 6 25 1 2 23 29 .236 .377 .453 .830 48 1 1 0
10 Jerome Hutchinson 18 10 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0
11 Harold Jones 21 31 105 98 10 20 1 0 1 8 2 0 5 20 .204 .257 .245 .502 24 2 0 0
12 Herman Jordan 20 50 183 153 22 37 5 1 5 27 2 2 22 40 .242 .339 .386 .725 59 2 3 3
13 Harlan Keller 17 19 65 58 9 10 2 1 0 3 1 0 7 16 .172 .262 .241 .503 14 0 0 0
14 Mark Keller* 18 16 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .286 .444 .286 .730 2 0 0 0
15 Jose Lopez 18 7 25 24 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .333 .360 .417 .777 10 0 0 0
16 Leroy Martin 17 16 12 9 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .222 .417 .444 .861 4 0 0 0
17 Steven Miller* 20 14 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .231 .000 .231 0 0 1 0
18 Edward Mims 21 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
19 Henry Moore* 17 11 36 28 6 7 1 1 0 7 0 0 6 12 .250 .400 .357 .757 10 1 1 0
20 Washington Orozco 18 18 53 47 9 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 18 .149 .245 .191 .437 9 1 0 0
21 Stan Papi 18 44 179 146 30 41 8 0 5 35 1 0 30 32 .281 .408 .438 .846 64 2 0 1
22 Alan Peters 19 25 95 72 18 13 0 1 4 13 0 1 22 34 .181 .368 .375 .743 27 0 0 1
23 J.R. Richard 19 12 26 23 2 6 2 2 0 6 0 0 2 12 .261 .320 .522 .842 12 0 1 0
24 Alfio Rondon 18 23 73 69 4 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 31 .174 .219 .203 .422 14 0 0 0
25 Alan Schmidt 22 38 152 133 25 34 9 1 1 13 1 1 16 26 .256 .331 .361 .692 48 0 1 2
26 Larry Sheanshang 23 12 35 32 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .219 .219 .281 .500 9 0 3 0
27 Robert Shearer* 20 41 152 125 26 33 8 2 3 22 4 1 21 14 .264 .362 .432 .794 54 0 3 3
28 Anthony Sturtevant* 17 23 74 70 8 18 4 0 2 13 2 0 4 18 .257 .297 .400 .697 28 0 0 0
29 Fernando Tatis 18 63 270 245 40 76 10 0 3 37 8 4 23 39 .310 .370 .388 .758 95 1 0 1
30 Bruce Thomas* 19 14 11 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .143 .400 .143 .543 1 0 1 0
30 Players 19.1 67 2496 2140 357 535 102 18 38 297 41 18 308 530 .250 .346 .368 .713 787 12 22 14 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 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 Pat Darcy 19 2 2 .500 5.46 7 5 1 0 0 28.0 29 18 17 1 9 0 21 1 0 3 1.357 9.3 0.3 2.9 6.8 2.33
2 Larry Elenes 17 2 6 .250 5.28 12 11 2 0 0 58.0 56 61 34 1 47 0 60 7 1 6 1.776 8.7 0.2 7.3 9.3 1.28
3 Charles Grigsby 21 4 6 .400 2.76 15 7 1 0 2 62.0 59 28 19 4 20 1 66 3 0 6 1.274 8.6 0.6 2.9 9.6 3.30
4 Jerome Hutchinson 18 0 3 .000 6.11 10 2 1 0 0 28.0 28 22 19 2 22 1 16 0 0 6 1.786 9.0 0.6 7.1 5.1 0.73
5 Mark Keller* 18 3 1 .750 5.59 16 0 0 0 5 29.0 46 25 18 2 17 1 21 0 0 3 2.172 14.3 0.6 5.3 6.5 1.24
6 Leroy Martin 17 1 2 .333 8.44 16 2 0 0 2 32.0 36 35 30 4 25 0 35 3 0 6 1.906 10.1 1.1 7.0 9.8 1.40
7 Steven Miller* 20 3 2 .600 5.40 14 2 0 0 1 45.0 56 34 27 5 23 0 39 1 0 6 1.756 11.2 1.0 4.6 7.8 1.70
8 Edward Mims 21 0 1 .000 3.86 5 0 0 0 1 7.0 9 4 3 0 4 0 10 0 0 2 1.857 11.6 0.0 5.1 12.9 2.50
9 Henry Moore* 17 5 2 .714 3.94 11 11 6 0 0 80.0 75 41 35 7 30 0 77 0 0 4 1.312 8.4 0.8 3.4 8.7 2.57
10 Alan Peters 19 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
11 J.R. Richard 19 5 4 .556 6.59 12 12 0 0 0 56.0 51 50 41 2 52 0 71 6 0 10 1.839 8.2 0.3 8.4 11.4 1.37
12 Larry Sheanshang 23 5 4 .556 3.21 12 12 5 1 0 84.0 74 39 30 3 25 1 70 2 0 1 1.179 7.9 0.3 2.7 7.5 2.80
13 Bruce Thomas 19 1 3 .250 6.30 14 3 0 0 0 30.0 35 28 21 1 28 0 23 2 1 7 2.100 10.5 0.3 8.4 6.9 0.82
13 Players 19.0 31 36 .463 4.92 67 67 51 16 1 11 542.0 557 387 296 32 304 4 512 25 2 61 1.589 9.2 0.5 5.0 8.5 1.68

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
Raylan Hoellwarth 35 246 22 9 0 .968 7.66 19
Harlan Keller 18 124 12 3 1 .978 7.56 10
Harold Jones 17 134 10 5 1 .966 8.47 17
Jose Lopez 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 2

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Dolinsek 59 431 46 10 26 .979 8.08
Herman Jordan 6 35 5 2 3 .952 6.67
Jesus de la Rosa 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.00
Alan Peters 2 11 1 2 0 .857 6.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Alan Schmidt 35 63 77 6 9 .959 4.00
Robert Fernley 32 56 67 2 14 .984 3.84

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Fernando Tatis 58 41 92 26 6 .836 2.29
Alfio Rondon 6 6 14 2 1 .909 3.33
Mike Easler 4 2 8 1 0 .909 2.50

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Stan Papi 43 66 92 23 13 .873 3.67
Alfio Rondon 14 23 26 6 2 .891 3.50
Robert Shearer 8 8 18 1 4 .963 3.25
Fernando Tatis 4 4 10 0 0 1.000 3.50

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Adolph Carter 49 95 6 8 1 .927 2.06
Herman Jordan 41 45 4 4 0 .925 1.20
Robert Shearer 24 43 2 3 1 .938 1.88
Mike Easler 23 23 2 3 0 .893 1.09
Alan Peters 20 43 1 6 0 .880 2.20
Anthony Sturtevant 19 24 3 4 0 .871 1.42
Washington Orozco 15 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
Harold Jones 11 6 0 2 0 .750 0.55
Jose Lopez 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.40
John Dolinsek 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mark Keller 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.25
Leroy Martin 16 1 3 1 0 .800 0.25
Charles Grigsby 15 4 10 1 0 .933 0.93
Steven Miller 14 3 8 2 0 .846 0.79
Bruce Thomas 14 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.14
Larry Elenes 12 4 12 2 1 .889 1.33
J.R. Richard 12 6 11 3 0 .850 1.42
Larry Sheanshang 12 4 12 1 0 .941 1.33
Henry Moore 11 2 2 5 1 .444 0.36
Jerome Hutchinson 10 0 6 1 0 .857 0.60
Pat Darcy 7 3 2 1 0 .833 0.71
Edward Mims 5 0 0 0 0 0.00
Alan Peters 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Adolph Carter 18 R R 5' 10.0" 155 1951
Pat Darcy 19 L R 6' 3.0" 175 May 12, 1950 Troy, OH, US
Jesus de la Rosa 15 R R 6' 1.0" 153 Aug 5, 1953 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
John Dolinsek 21 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Jan 3, 1948 Santa Rosa, CA, US
Mike Easler 18 L R 6' 0.0" 190 Nov 29, 1950 Cleveland, OH, US
Larry Elenes 17 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Sep 29, 1951 Long Beach, CA, US
Robert Fernley 18 L R 5' 11.0" 170 1951
Charles Grigsby 21 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Nov 17, 1947 Shreveport, LA, US
Raylan Hoellwarth 20 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1949
Jerome Hutchinson 18 R R 6' 4.0" 170 1951
Harold Jones 21 R R 6' 3.0" 1948
Herman Jordan 20 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Feb 24, 1949 Jacksonville, FL, US
Harlan Keller 17 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Aug 26, 1951 Keota, OK, US
Mark Keller 18 L L 6' 2.0" 175 1951
Jose Lopez 18 R R 6' 1.0" 158 Dec 23, 1950 Maracay, Aragua, VE
Leroy Martin 17 R R 6' 2.0" 187 Aug 24, 1951 Salinas, CA, US
Steven Miller 20 L L 6' 3.0" 210 1949
Edward Mims 21 R R 6' 3.0" 225 Feb 29, 1948 Pittsburg, CA, US
Henry Moore 17 L L 6' 3.0" 198 Aug 5, 1951 Saginaw, MI, US
Washington Orozco 18 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Jun 14, 1951 San Juan de la Maguana, DO
Stan Papi 18 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 4, 1951 Fresno, CA, US
Alan Peters 19 R R 6' 5.0" 190 1950
J.R. Richard 19 R R 6' 8.0" 222 Mar 7, 1950 Vienna, LA, US
Alfio Rondon 18 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Feb 6, 1951 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Alan Schmidt 22 R R 6' 1.0" 175 1947
Larry Sheanshang 23 R R 6' 5.0" 215 1946
Robert Shearer 20 L R 5' 9.0" 165 1949
Anthony Sturtevant 17 L R 6' 3.0" 190 Oct 1, 1951 Mobile, AL, US
Fernando Tatis 18 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Jul 12, 1950 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Bruce Thomas 19 L R 6' 1.0" 170 1950

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