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1969 FIL Astros

1969 > Class > 1969 Florida Instructional League North
Overall: 21-18
Scored 183 runs, Allowed 146 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 23-16

Affiliation: Houston Astros-NL
Manager: Mel McGaha
Represented: FL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Ed Armbrister	20	30	64	59	6	13	1	0	0	7	2	2	5	8	.220	.281	.237	.519	14	0	0	0
2	Roy Bethell#	23	8	11	9	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	.111	.273	.444	.717	4	1	0	0
3	Jack Billingham	26	8	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.300	.300	.300	.600	3	0	1	0
4	Ray Busse	20	6	23	20	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	.400	.478	.400	.878	8	0	0	0
5	Cesar Cedeno	18	37	148	133	17	37	9	2	0	22	0	0	10	14	.278	.345	.376	.721	50	4	0	1
6	Rich Chiles*	19	29	77	64	8	10	1	2	0	7	1	0	11	7	.156	.276	.234	.511	15	0	1	1
7	Ron Cook*	21	3	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0
8	Ken Forsch	22	11	18	15	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.333	.313	.400	.713	6	0	2	1
9	Cesar Geronimo*	21	33	99	91	19	27	3	3	1	14	8	4	6	18	.297	.354	.429	.782	39	2	0	0
10	Skip Guinn	24	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
11	Keith Lampard*	23	29	106	101	19	32	5	0	5	16	0	0	3	7	.317	.340	.515	.854	52	1	0	1
12	John Mayberry*	20	29	117	101	20	40	7	3	4	24	2	1	14	10	.396	.479	.644	1.122	65	2	0	0
13	Donnie McLaughlin	18	30	110	103	11	29	1	2	0	11	3	2	7	15	.282	.327	.330	.657	34	0	0	0
14	Wayne Morgan	21	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
15	Jerry Moxey	19	29	102	96	11	25	2	0	0	12	2	0	5	10	.260	.297	.281	.578	27	0	1	0
16	Jim Ray	24	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	1	0
17	Carl Richardson	23	38	157	144	22	48	5	2	0	17	1	2	11	14	.333	.378	.396	.774	57	0	1	1
18	Mark Schaeffer*	21	17	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
19	Scipio Spinks	21	11	18	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	3	0	0	0
20	Fernando Tatis	18	32	108	96	8	16	0	0	0	10	3	1	11	11	.167	.259	.167	.426	16	1	0	0
21	Otis Thornton	24	31	89	85	17	27	4	1	1	8	2	1	4	11	.318	.348	.424	.772	36	0	0	0
22	Bob Watkins	21	6	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	1	0
23	Bob Watson	23	26	89	74	14	21	3	0	2	7	2	0	14	10	.284	.404	.405	.810	30	1	0	0
24	Dale Weatherford	20	16	41	32	3	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	8	9	.250	.390	.344	.734	11	0	0	1
25	Larry Yount	19	9	14	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.222	.417	.222	.639	2	0	2	0
	25 Players	20.6	39	1436	1289	183	360	45	15	14	165	27	13	117	177	.279	.343	.370	.713	477	12	12	6	1

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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Roy Bethell	23	0	1	.000	8.25	4	0		0		1	12.0	10	12	11	1	10	9	3	0	1	1.667	7.5	0.8	7.5	6.8	0.90
2	Jack Billingham	26	3	1	.750	1.50	8	5		1		3	36.0	21	8	6	0	8	41	2	0	2	0.806	5.2	0.0	2.0	10.2	5.13
3	Wayne Brechtel	20	0	0		0.00	2	0		0		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
4	Ron Cook*	21	0	3	.000	5.14	3	3		0		0	14.0	16	12	8	0	8	12	0	1	3	1.714	10.3	0.0	5.1	7.7	1.50
5	Ken Forsch	22	4	3	.571	1.10	10	7		1		1	49.0	30	11	6	0	16	35	0	0	2	0.939	5.5	0.0	2.9	6.4	2.19
6	Skip Guinn*	24	2	1	.667	3.54	11	1		0		3	28.0	21	21	11	0	18	17	1	0	2	1.393	6.8	0.0	5.8	5.5	0.94
7	Wayne Morgan	21	0	2	.000	4.71	10	1		0		2	21.0	28	14	11	1	9	11	1	0	1	1.762	12.0	0.4	3.9	4.7	1.22
8	Jim Ray	24	0	0		3.00	2	2		0		0	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	7	0	0	0	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	10.5	1.75
9	Mark Schaeffer*	21	1	2	.333	1.89	17	1		0		4	38.0	27	17	8	1	29	23	3	0	3	1.474	6.4	0.2	6.9	5.4	0.79
10	Scipio Spinks	21	4	2	.667	3.91	11	8		0		2	53.0	53	27	23	0	38	45	2	2	5	1.717	9.0	0.0	6.5	7.6	1.18
11	Bob Watkins	21	2	1	.667	2.40	6	6		0		0	30.0	16	10	8	1	30	33	0	0	2	1.533	4.8	0.3	9.0	9.9	1.10
12	Larry Yount	19	5	2	.714	2.30	9	5		0		1	43.0	30	12	11	2	19	32	0	0	3	1.140	6.3	0.4	4.0	6.7	1.68
	12 Players	21.9	21	18	.538	2.86	39	39	37	2	5	17	330.2	256	146	105	6	190	266	13	3	24	1.349	7.0	0.2	5.2	7.2	1.40

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Otis Thornton	27	150	11	4	2	.976	5.96	5
Dale Weatherford	14	69	3	2	1	.973	5.14	2
Bob Watson	11	52	3	1	0	.982	5.00	3

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Mayberry	29	226	14	2	17	.992	8.28
Bob Watson	7	57	4	2	7	.968	8.71
Cesar Cedeno	5	45	3	0	5	1.000	9.60
Otis Thornton	1	5	2	0	0	1.000	7.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Donnie McLaughlin	28	63	62	5	17	.962	4.46
Jerry Moxey	15	26	25	2	10	.962	3.40
Carl Richardson	2	5	13	0	0	1.000	9.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Carl Richardson	27	30	48	5	10	.940	2.89
Fernando Tatis	9	6	14	1	2	.952	2.22
Jerry Moxey	7	6	7	2	0	.867	1.86
Keith Lampard	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Fernando Tatis	20	32	49	14	5	.853	4.05
Carl Richardson	8	12	19	3	2	.912	3.88
Jerry Moxey	7	8	9	3	0	.850	2.43
Ray Busse	6	9	17	1	7	.963	4.33

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Cesar Cedeno	32	53	3	4	1	.933	1.75
Cesar Geronimo	29	37	1	2	0	.950	1.31
Keith Lampard	26	28	1	2	0	.935	1.12
Ed Armbrister	22	21	0	0	0	1.000	0.95
Rich Chiles	17	22	0	1	0	.957	1.29
Bob Watson	11	6	0	0	0	1.000	0.55
Roy Bethell	3	1	0	2	0	.333	0.33
Carl Richardson	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mark Schaeffer	17	1	7	1	1	.889	0.47
Skip Guinn	11	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.18
Scipio Spinks	11	5	8	1	0	.929	1.18
Ken Forsch	10	0	14	1	0	.933	1.40
Wayne Morgan	10	2	2	0	0	1.000	0.40
Larry Yount	9	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.11
Jack Billingham	8	5	9	0	0	1.000	1.75
Bob Watkins	6	1	7	2	0	.800	1.33
Roy Bethell	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.00
Ron Cook	3	1	1	1	0	.667	0.67
Wayne Brechtel	2	0	0	0	0		0.00
Jim Ray	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ed Armbrister	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jul 4, 1948	Nassau, BS
Roy Bethell	23	S	R	6' 2.0"	185	May 22, 1946	Nassau, BS
Jack Billingham	26	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	Feb 21, 1943	Orlando, FL, US
Wayne Brechtel	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Mar 14, 1949	Ridgway, PA, US
Ray Busse	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	175	Sep 25, 1948	Daytona Beach, FL, US
Cesar Cedeno	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Feb 25, 1951	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Rich Chiles	19	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	Nov 22, 1949	Sacramento, CA, US
Ron Cook	21	L	L	6' 1.0"	175	Jul 11, 1947	Jefferson, TX, US
Ken Forsch	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	Sep 8, 1946	Sacramento, CA, US
Cesar Geronimo	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	165	Mar 11, 1948	El Seibo, El Seibo, DO
Skip Guinn	24	R	L	5' 10.0"	180	Oct 25, 1944	St. Charles, MO, US
Keith Lampard	23	L	R	6' 2.0"	197	Dec 20, 1945	Warrington, Cheshire, GB
John Mayberry	20	L	L	6' 3.0"	215	Feb 18, 1949	Detroit, MI, US
Donnie McLaughlin	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jul 4, 1950	Shreveport, LA, US
Wayne Morgan	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	1948
Jerry Moxey	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	172	Dec 16, 1949	Nassau, BS
Jim Ray	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Dec 1, 1944	Rock Hill, SC, US
Carl Richardson	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	155	Jun 2, 1946	Cincinnati, OH, US
Mark Schaeffer	21	L	L	6' 5.0"	215	Jun 5, 1948	Santa Monica, CA, US
Scipio Spinks	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	183	Jul 12, 1947	Chicago, IL, US
Fernando Tatis	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jul 12, 1950	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Otis Thornton	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	186	Jun 30, 1945	Docena, AL, US
Bob Watkins	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Mar 12, 1948	San Francisco, CA, US
Bob Watson	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	201	Apr 10, 1946	Los Angeles, CA, US
Dale Weatherford	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Nov 3, 1948	Kansas City, MO, US
Larry Yount	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Feb 15, 1950	Houston, TX, US

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