1979 Grays Harbor Mets Statistics
Team Record: 19-52
Finished 4th in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Dan Monzon (19-52)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Aberdeen, Washington
Ballpark: Olympic Stadium, Pioneer Park
Attendance: 16,665, Avg. 469
The Grays Harbor Mets of the Northwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 19 wins and 52 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Mets plated 278 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 437 runs, most in the league. William Chamberlain recorded 34 runs batted in. Rusty Tillman led all regular hitters by connecting at a .295 clip, while Jesse Anderson registered a 3.21 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1979 Grays Harbor Mets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Rusty Tillman, Jeff Bettendorf, Dave Smith and José Oquendo.
Dan Monzon served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Miller | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | 48 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Anderson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 85 | 48 | 31 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Dave Smith | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.37 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | 81 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ron Graves | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.15 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65.0 | 60 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| James Cooperider | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.50 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 66 | 63 | 44 | 3 | 69 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Randall Burkman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Buttles | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.74 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 44 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Bettendorf | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.09 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 50 | 33 | 20 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 13 | ||
| David Michael | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.92 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 35 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jeffery Sunderlage | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.57 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 59 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Spicer | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.63 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 41 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Joseph Plummer | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.50 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.0 | 50 | 37 | 22 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 52 | .268 | 4.85 | 162 | 71 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 597.0 | 635 | 437 | 322 | 33 | 389 | 11 | 460 | 32 | 5 | 51 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Tillman | 60 | 255 | 217 | 33 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 34 | 42 | .295 | .386 | .392 | .778 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Doug Elliott | 66 | 276 | 231 | 35 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 31 | 43 | .273 | .364 | .316 | .680 | 73 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| William Chamberlain | 65 | 267 | 221 | 24 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 64 | .253 | .361 | .344 | .705 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Darryl Denby | 64 | 233 | 214 | 27 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 57 | .243 | .281 | .304 | .584 | 65 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| José Oquendo | 64 | 257 | 220 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 45 | .227 | .329 | .277 | .607 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| David Duff | 57 | 237 | 202 | 17 | 48 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 31 | .238 | .335 | .366 | .701 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ronald Souza | 55 | 213 | 182 | 27 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 36 | .231 | .336 | .242 | .578 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pittman | 52 | 196 | 171 | 19 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 55 | .234 | .327 | .304 | .631 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Augie Garcia | 57 | 212 | 180 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 54 | .178 | .292 | .244 | .537 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Lais | 37 | 145 | 117 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 32 | .222 | .372 | .265 | .637 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Orlando Echenique | 45 | 171 | 139 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 36 | .180 | .316 | .245 | .560 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Scott LaVielle | 31 | 107 | 93 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .226 | .318 | .280 | .597 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Marques Cooper | 10 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .212 | .257 | .242 | .500 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Dunbar | 21 | 76 | 63 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23 | .111 | .263 | .143 | .406 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Thomson | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .286 | .500 | .286 | .786 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 687 | 2690 | 2290 | 278 | 535 | 74 | 12 | 17 | 232 | 68 | 25 | 334 | 554 | .234 | .334 | .299 | .633 | 684 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Pittman | 1B | 36 | 261 | 9 | 14 | 14 | .951 | 7.500 | ||||
| William Chamberlain | 1B | 32 | 247 | 18 | 11 | 24 | .960 | 8.281 | ||||
| Johnny Lais | 1B | 5 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 11.600 | ||||
| Orlando Echenique | 1B | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Doug Elliott | 2B | 59 | 165 | 143 | 7 | 36 | .978 | 5.220 | ||||
| Augie Garcia | 2B | 12 | 23 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .964 | 4.417 | ||||
| Ronald Souza | 2B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| José Oquendo | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ronald Souza | 3B | 36 | 22 | 69 | 13 | 7 | .875 | 2.528 | ||||
| Augie Garcia | 3B | 31 | 27 | 59 | 18 | 4 | .827 | 2.774 | ||||
| William Chamberlain | 3B | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .571 | .800 | ||||
| Doug Elliott | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Orlando Echenique | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| David Duff | C | 51 | 344 | 69 | 9 | 7 | .979 | 8.098 | 24 | |||
| Scott LaVielle | C | 13 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 6.077 | 5 | |||
| Bryan Dunbar | C | 12 | 67 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 7.083 | 10 | |||
| Darryl Denby | OF | 62 | 111 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .930 | 1.935 | ||||
| Rusty Tillman | OF | 60 | 140 | 7 | 5 | 4 | .967 | 2.450 | ||||
| Johnny Lais | OF | 29 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 1.690 | ||||
| William Chamberlain | OF | 27 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .920 | 1.704 | ||||
| Orlando Echenique | OF | 23 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .957 | ||||
| Ronald Souza | OF | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marques Cooper | OF | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1.125 | ||||
| Scott Thomson | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joseph Plummer | P | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .476 | ||||
| Thomas Miller | P | 21 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .429 | ||||
| Ron Graves | P | 19 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .684 | ||||
| Jesse Anderson | P | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Kevin Spicer | P | 14 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .929 | ||||
| Dave Smith | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .786 | ||||
| James Cooperider | P | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Michael | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jeffery Sunderlage | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Jeff Bettendorf | P | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .778 | ||||
| David Buttles | P | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Randall Burkman | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Oquendo | SS | 63 | 88 | 175 | 40 | 27 | .868 | 4.175 | ||||
| Augie Garcia | SS | 10 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 4 | .862 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ronald Souza | SS | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| William Chamberlain | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 758 | 1791 | 748 | 176 | 146 | .935 | 3.350 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
