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1968 Covington Astros

1968 > Class Rookie > 1968 Appalachian League
Overall: 39-32
Scored 460 runs, Allowed 359 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 43-28

Affiliation: Houston Astros-NL
Manager: Tony Pacheco
Represented: Covington, VA
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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Andres Abreu 20 19 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 0 0 0
2 Carlos Alfonso 17 9 19 14 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 .214 .421 .214 .635 3 0 0 0
3 James Baasse* 18 14 22 17 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .059 .273 .059 .332 1 0 0 0
4 Kenneth Barnes 19 8 8 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 2 0 0 0
5 Eric Bedenkop 20 16 27 26 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 8 .192 .222 .192 .415 5 0 0 0
6 Martin Boer 20 73 293 255 43 75 4 7 7 50 19 4 28 67 .294 .370 .447 .817 114 5 1 4
7 Harold Boggs 18 9 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 2 0
8 Harmon Bove* 18 24 38 34 5 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 8 .176 .263 .176 .440 6 0 0 0
9 Rodolfo Carty 18 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0
10 Cesar Cedeno 17 36 139 131 23 49 5 6 0 21 9 1 6 20 .374 .410 .504 .914 66 2 0 0
11 Rich Chiles* 18 32 145 121 44 54 11 5 6 42 15 1 23 22 .446 .538 .769 1.307 93 1 0 0
12 Martin Cott* 17 22 81 68 13 18 7 0 1 10 1 0 11 8 .265 .358 .412 .770 28 0 0 2
13 David Doyle 18 49 156 126 21 24 3 0 2 16 3 1 24 50 .190 .320 .262 .582 33 1 3 2
14 Lambert Ford* 19 47 138 104 29 29 6 1 2 9 5 2 30 22 .279 .441 .413 .855 43 1 2 1
15 Robert French 21 39 112 95 15 24 1 2 0 9 2 1 16 24 .253 .360 .305 .666 29 0 1 0
16 Bill Greif 18 15 24 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 .000 .190 .000 .190 0 0 3 0
17 Buddy Harris 19 11 29 28 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .214 .214 .214 .429 6 0 1 0
18 Richard Hicks 21 14 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 1 0
19 Juan Jimenez 19 16 14 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .091 .286 .091 .377 1 0 0 0
20 Luis Julian* 18 18 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .250 .375 2 0 0 0
21 James Kinds 20 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
22 Larr Mansfield* 19 73 303 254 55 68 13 1 18 62 3 1 39 75 .268 .366 .539 .906 137 4 0 6
23 Donnie McLaughlin 17 64 247 225 38 76 11 4 2 46 3 3 20 30 .338 .393 .449 .842 101 1 0 1
24 Wayne Morgan 20 18 20 16 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .063 .167 .125 .292 2 0 2 0
25 Jerry Moxey 18 61 240 201 59 53 5 3 3 19 10 2 35 46 .264 .371 .363 .734 73 0 3 1
26 Danny Nixon* 21 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
27 Patrick O'Keefe 23 52 182 141 24 33 5 4 0 20 4 1 36 47 .234 .401 .326 .727 46 4 0 1
28 Edward Ontiveros 18 16 39 32 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 16 .094 .194 .188 .382 6 0 3 0
29 Alan Peters 18 7 15 11 5 4 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 4 .364 .533 .545 1.079 6 0 0 0
30 Francis Schmitt* 20 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 1 0
31 Oscar Sed 20 38 97 79 19 18 5 0 0 7 0 0 13 10 .228 .361 .291 .652 23 4 0 1
32 Frederick Taylor* 19 51 163 152 32 44 7 1 1 21 8 2 7 32 .289 .325 .368 .694 56 2 0 2
33 Antoine Williams 18 17 35 27 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 13 .185 .371 .185 .557 5 0 0 0
34 Ricky Wilson 19 25 86 75 9 22 1 0 0 4 0 2 10 21 .293 .376 .307 .683 23 0 1 0
34 Players 18.9 73 2715 2303 460 627 89 34 43 362 86 21 342 596 .272 .369 .396 .766 913 25 24 21 24
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 Andres Abreu 20 1 0 1.000 4.94 19 1 0 0 31.0 37 21 17 2 18 4 37 0 0 2 1.774 10.7 0.6 5.2 10.7 2.06
2 Kenneth Barnes 19 1 1 .500 2.84 8 2 0 0 19.0 22 7 6 0 7 1 23 2 0 2 1.526 10.4 0.0 3.3 10.9 3.29
3 Eric Bedenkop 20 6 4 .600 4.50 16 11 2 1 74.0 71 42 37 9 31 2 52 0 0 0 1.378 8.6 1.1 3.8 6.3 1.68
4 Harold Boggs 18 1 0 1.000 4.70 9 4 0 0 23.0 20 14 12 1 19 0 25 3 0 3 1.696 7.8 0.4 7.4 9.8 1.32
5 Bill Greif 18 5 4 .556 2.84 15 11 2 0 76.0 64 31 24 4 29 2 92 4 1 8 1.224 7.6 0.5 3.4 10.9 3.17
6 Buddy Harris 19 5 2 .714 2.25 11 8 3 0 64.0 61 30 16 2 20 1 107 0 0 1 1.266 8.6 0.3 2.8 15.0 5.35
7 Richard Hicks 21 1 5 .167 6.75 14 6 0 0 32.0 35 31 24 2 25 5 41 2 0 2 1.875 9.8 0.6 7.0 11.5 1.64
8 Juan Jimenez 19 3 4 .429 3.35 16 1 0 0 43.0 43 24 16 4 18 3 35 0 0 1 1.419 9.0 0.8 3.8 7.3 1.94
9 Luis Julian* 18 3 2 .600 5.56 18 1 0 0 34.0 25 24 21 2 22 4 31 1 0 5 1.382 6.6 0.5 5.8 8.2 1.41
10 James Kinds 20 0 0 18.00 3 0 0 0 2.0 7 10 4 0 5 0 1 0 0 3 6.000 31.5 0.0 22.5 4.5 0.20
11 Wayne Morgan 20 6 2 .750 4.86 17 7 0 0 50.0 46 38 27 2 47 1 59 2 1 12 1.860 8.3 0.4 8.5 10.6 1.26
12 Danny Nixon* 21 0 1 .000 12.00 3 1 0 0 6.0 8 9 8 0 6 1 6 0 1 2 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
13 Edward Ontiveros 18 5 5 .500 2.90 16 14 3 2 90.0 66 42 29 7 41 3 98 6 0 8 1.189 6.6 0.7 4.1 9.8 2.39
14 Alfredo Ortiz 19 0 1 .000 18.00 2 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 27.0 1.50
15 Alan Peters 18 1 1 .500 8.55 6 2 0 0 20.0 22 21 19 4 11 1 14 2 1 3 1.650 9.9 1.8 5.0 6.3 1.27
16 Francis Schmitt* 20 1 0 1.000 4.50 7 4 1 0 20.0 15 12 10 1 19 4 12 2 0 2 1.700 6.8 0.4 8.6 5.4 0.63
16 Players 19.1 39 32 .549 4.19 73 73 62 11 5 584.1 544 359 272 41 320 33 636 24 4 54 1.479 8.4 0.6 4.9 9.8 1.99

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
Oscar Sed 27 211 13 3 1 .987 8.30 13
Ricky Wilson 23 174 16 4 0 .979 8.26 11
Martin Cott 21 196 15 3 0 .986 10.05 2
Harmon Bove 15 65 6 1 0 .986 4.73 2

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Larr Mansfield 73 488 55 18 38 .968 7.44
Oscar Sed 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
Ricky Wilson 1 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Donnie McLaughlin 55 80 126 9 21 .958 3.75
Patrick O'Keefe 20 24 42 3 6 .957 3.30
James Baasse 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
Frederick Taylor 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Frederick Taylor 45 28 48 7 3 .916 1.69
Patrick O'Keefe 16 15 15 4 1 .882 1.88
Jerry Moxey 12 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.33
Antoine Williams 11 8 17 4 0 .862 2.27
Carlos Alfonso 8 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.38
Donnie McLaughlin 7 4 5 1 1 .900 1.29

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
David Doyle 48 51 83 22 14 .859 2.79
Patrick O'Keefe 19 30 36 7 8 .904 3.47
Jerry Moxey 13 14 21 6 3 .854 2.69
James Baasse 10 8 8 5 1 .762 1.60
Donnie McLaughlin 2 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
Rodolfo Carty 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Martin Boer 73 105 6 4 0 .965 1.52
Jerry Moxey 40 43 5 1 0 .980 1.20
Cesar Cedeno 36 49 8 7 3 .891 1.58
Lambert Ford 33 29 0 0 0 1.000 0.88
Rich Chiles 32 48 4 3 1 .945 1.63
Robert French 29 32 0 1 0 .970 1.10

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Andres Abreu 19 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.32
Luis Julian 18 3 11 1 0 .933 0.78
Wayne Morgan 17 2 9 4 0 .733 0.65
Eric Bedenkop 16 3 11 5 1 .737 0.88
Juan Jimenez 16 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.50
Edward Ontiveros 16 3 14 0 0 1.000 1.06
Bill Greif 15 4 3 2 0 .778 0.47
Richard Hicks 14 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.64
Buddy Harris 11 0 6 1 0 .857 0.55
Harold Boggs 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.11
Kenneth Barnes 8 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.13
Francis Schmitt 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.14
Alan Peters 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
James Kinds 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
Danny Nixon 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
Alfredo Ortiz 2 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Andres Abreu 20 R R 6' 2.0" 176 1948
Carlos Alfonso 17 R R 5' 11.0" 178 Dec 18, 1950 La Habana, La Habana, CU
James Baasse 18 L R 6' 1.0" 185 1950
Kenneth Barnes 19 R R 6' 2.0" 180 1949
Eric Bedenkop 20 R R 6' 2.0" 195 1948
Martin Boer 20 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Jan 31, 1948 Modesto, CA, US
Harold Boggs 18 R R 6' 4.0" 193 1950
Harmon Bove 18 L R 5' 10.0" 190 1950
Rodolfo Carty 18 R R 5' 9.0" 150 1950
Cesar Cedeno 17 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Feb 25, 1951 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Rich Chiles 18 L L 5' 11.0" 170 Nov 22, 1949 Sacramento, CA, US
Martin Cott 17 L R 6' 3.0" 185 Nov 3, 1950 Buffalo, NY, US
David Doyle 18 R R 6' 0.0" 170 1950
Lambert Ford 19 L R 5' 9.0" 170 Mar 3, 1949 Vineland, NJ, US
Robert French 21 R R 5' 11.0" 170 1947
Bill Greif 18 R R 6' 4.0" 196 Apr 25, 1950 Fort Stockton, TX, US
Buddy Harris 19 R R 6' 7.0" 245 Dec 5, 1948 Philadelphia, PA, US
Richard Hicks 21 R R 6' 1.0" 185 1947
Juan Jimenez 19 R R 6' 1.0" 165 Mar 8, 1949 La Torre, La Vega, DO
Luis Julian 18 L L 6' 1.0" 147 Aug 20, 1949
James Kinds 20 R R 6' 5.0" 195 May 9, 1948
Larr Mansfield 19 L L 6' 8.0" 235 Dec 31, 1948 Memphis, TN, US
Donnie McLaughlin 17 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Jul 4, 1950 Shreveport, LA, US
Wayne Morgan 20 R R 5' 11.0" 175 1948
Jerry Moxey 18 R R 6' 0.0" 172 Dec 16, 1949 Nassau, BS
Danny Nixon 21 L L 6' 4.0" 208 Nov 8, 1946
Patrick O'Keefe 23 R R 5' 11.0" 180 1945
Edward Ontiveros 18 R R 6' 3.0" 203 1950
Alfredo Ortiz 19 R R 5' 10.0" 154 1949
Alan Peters 18 R R 6' 5.0" 190 1950
Francis Schmitt 20 L L 6' 0.0" 170 1948
Oscar Sed 20 R R 6' 0.0" 180 1948
Frederick Taylor 19 L R 6' 1.0" 160 1949
Antoine Williams 18 R R 5' 10.0" 175 1950
Ricky Wilson 19 R R 6' 1.0" Feb 5, 1949

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