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Southern League (AA)

Record: 84-59 .587....1st in Southern League Eastern
Stadium: Golden Park
Playoffs: Lost in Finals
Attendance: 108,076

Houston Astros affiliate.

Affiliates - MLB: Houston Astros AAA Charleston Charlies A+ Daytona Astros Rk Gulf Coast Astros

Team Leaders

HR: Knicely [33]
RBI: Heep [84]
2B: Wiedenbauer [31]
SB: Gross, Pittman [15]
W: Leatherwood [15]
SV: Ladd, Troedson [4]
SO: Leatherwood [95]

Oldest Player: Brent Strom [30]
Youngest Player: Tom Wiedenbauer [20]

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Roster of Players

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	HT	WT	Born	Place	High Level	MLB Years
	Ricardo Aponte	P	23		R			4/3/1956	El Seybo, DR	AAA
	Reggie Baldwin	C	24	R	R	6-1	195	8/19/1954	River Rouge, MI	MLB	1978-1979
	Rod Boxberger	P	21					8/22/1957	Santa Ana, CA	AA
	Alberto Cajide	P	23	R	R	6-3	215	3/10/1956	Havana, CU	AA
	Greg Cypret	SS	-							AAA
	Gregory Dahl		-							AA
	George Gross	P	-							AAA
	Arvis Harper	OF	-							AA
	Danny Heep	OF-1B	21	L	L	5-11	177	7/3/1957	San Antonio, TX	MLB	1979-1991
	Phil Klimas	3B	-							AA
	Alan Knicely	C-OF	24	R	R	6-0	194	5/19/1955	Harrisonburg, VA	MLB	1979-1986
	Pete Ladd	P	22	R	R	6-3	240	7/17/1956	Portland, ME	MLB	1979-1986
	Delrick Leatherwood	P	24	R	R	6-0	185	3/30/1955	Houston, TX	AAA
	Stan Leland	P	-							AAA
	Scott Loucks	OF	22	R	R	6-0	178	11/11/1956	Anchorage, AK	MLB	1980-1985
	James MacDonald	P	-							AAA
	Ron Meridith	P	22	L	L	6-0	175	11/26/1956	San Pedro, CA	MLB	1984-1987
	Dennis Miscik	1B	-							AAA
	Fred Morris	P	-							AA
	Jim Pankovits	2B-OF	23	R	R	5-10	175	8/6/1955	Pennington Gap, VA	MLB	1984-1990
	Joe Pittman	2B-SS	25	R	R	6-1	180	1/1/1954	Houston, TX	MLB	1981-1984
	Steve Quealey	P	-							AA
	Gary Rajsich	OF-1B	24	L	L	6-2	210	10/28/1954	Youngstown, OH	MLB	1982-1985
	Bert Roberge	P	24	R	R	6-4	190	10/3/1954	Lewiston, ME	MLB	1979-1986
	Simon Rosario		-							AAA
	Billy Smith	P	24	R	R	6-7	200	9/13/1954	La Marque, TX	MLB	1981-1981
	Jeff Smith	SS	-							AA
	Doug Stokke	SS	-							AAA
	Brent Strom	P	30	R	L	6-3	190	10/14/1948	San Diego, CA	MLB	1972-1977
	Thad Troedson	P	-							AA
	Reggie Waller	OF	-							AA
	Tom Wiedenbauer	OF	20	R	R	6-1	180	11/5/1958	Menomonie, WI	MLB	1979-1979