1978 Jackson Mets Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-58
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Bob Wellman (76-58)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Ballpark: Smith-Wills Stadium
Attendance: 68,178, Avg. 1,018
1978 Jackson Mets Roster

Playoffs - Jackson Mets 2 games, Arkansas Travelers 1
Finals - El Paso Diablos 3 games, Jackson Mets 0

The Jackson Mets of the Texas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 76 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Mets topped the circuit with just 479 runs allowed. Jackson scored 540 runs, worst in the league,. Mookie Wilson drove in 72 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .292 average. Jeff Reardon led the team with 17 wins, while Neil Allen recorded a 2.1 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1978 Jackson Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hubie Brooks, Neil Allen, Kelvin Chapman, Butch Benton, Mookie Wilson, Kim Seaman, Scott Holman, Greg Harris, Rick Anderson, John Pacella and Jeff Reardon.

Bob Wellman served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Jeff Reardon174.8102.542821920163.012856468654115505
Scott Holman115.6883.262323600138.01285750766368519
Larry Prewitt116.6473.622626750149.0124726068341322011
Kim Seaman104.7142.1342400597.073302305211117216
Luis Lunar89.4713.792924511159.0137866771134781328
Neil Allen59.3572.101616830120.08838286380111203
Jeff Grose43.5712.4515411044.0311812236041101
John Pacella43.5712.627732048.0311614216044101
Russell Clark21.6671.2918000221.01933010217001
Greg Harris23.4003.006511033.0241311210018011
Daniel Smith13.2503.9228000839.0462617417433206
Robert Grote15.1675.3220110044.0483126327132212
Keith Bodie000.00100001.00000000000
William Covert0013.50100002.04330200000
Dennis Solari01.0002.2923000855.0512014212251300
Rick Anderson01.0003.38410008.09330716001
George Milke01.0003.603300015.018760928000
Totals7658.5673.0329013504115241136.09594793834956338871386550

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
Mookie Wilson1325544977214513157723893970.292.347.421.767209666
Juan Monasterio128493460451331533471482332.289.326.354.680163352
Kelvin Chapman1315614888413023584241135674.266.347.383.730187755
Robert Bryant117468421611142358522893666.271.338.406.744171731
Keith Bodie1224564044810522325018113863.260.336.344.6801391013
Butch Benton10641436049993126441464461.275.352.422.774152226
Ken Perry1134413824391182646634362.238.331.343.6741311204
William Covert86240222235482017001330.243.290.297.58766221
Bud Cardwell72221202194342113221648.213.273.267.54054111
Hubie Brooks45166153193381316311334.216.277.340.61752000
Robert Healy58190161203241313312241.199.301.292.59347241
Randy Rogers26116101152942215331511.287.379.426.80543000
Stan Hough46142125142581011311026.200.270.280.55035313
Francisco Perez331039510150141100728.158.214.305.51929001
David Lozano227165710210900615.154.225.215.44114000
Luis Lunar29342745000101410.185.290.185.4765030
Scott Holman2521161401040043.250.381.375.7566001
Kim Seaman4219121300020035.250.400.250.6503040
Neil Allen1618171300020016.176.222.176.3993000
Larry Prewitt26322623000200212.115.172.115.2883031
Jeff Reardon28323022000100221.067.125.067.1922000
Russell Clark182101000100101.0001.0001.0002.0001000
George Milke3320100010010.500.667.5001.1671000
Robert Grote20550100000001.200.200.200.4001000
Greg Harris610100110010004.100.100.200.3002000
John Pacella710100100010005.100.100.100.2001000
Rick Anderson4110000000000.000.000.000.0000000
Daniel Smith28550000000003.000.000.000.0000000
Dennis Solari23770000000005.000.000.000.0000000
Jeff Grose16650000000002.000.000.000.0000010
Totals1528484143105401083184475347417368399738.251.320.353.673152005541360


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Ken Perry1B108805482374.9747.898
William Covert1B3223822519.9818.125
Francisco Perez1B210114.9175.500
Kelvin Chapman2B1293123831584.9795.388
Ken Perry2B613733.8703.333
Randy Rogers2B258031.0006.500
David Lozano2B12210.8004.000
Keith Bodie3B6759891714.8972.209
Bud Cardwell3B565081139.9102.339
Randy Rogers3B9111612.9643.000
Francisco Perez3B85810.9291.625
David Lozano3B41121.500.500
Hubie Brooks3B111001.0002.000
Butch BentonC97672911913.9767.86619
Stan HoughC412402555.9816.4635
Mookie WilsonOF1322821073.9772.212
Juan MonasterioOF1272251243.9831.866
Robert BryantOF95141921.9871.579
Keith BodieOF4764711.9861.511
William CovertOF1190001.000.818
Stan HoughOF350001.0001.667
Hubie BrooksOF240001.0002.000
Kim SeamanP42417001.000.500
Luis LunarP2992892.8041.276
Daniel SmithP2833001.000.214
Jeff ReardonP2851310.947.643
Larry PrewittP2652220.9311.038
Dennis SolariP2337011.000.435
Scott HolmanP23113411.9781.957
Robert GroteP2048001.000.600
Russell ClarkP1806001.000.333
Neil AllenP1631310.9411.000
Jeff GroseP150520.714.333
John PacellaP7111001.0001.714
Greg HarrisP621010.9232.000
Rick AndersonP421001.000.750
George MilkeP355001.0003.333
William CovertP10000.000
Keith BodieP110001.0001.000
Robert HealySS57911352233.9113.965
Hubie BrooksSS3644831414.9013.528
David LozanoSS17204658.9303.882
Randy RogersSS16273458.9243.812
Francisco PerezSS15152455.8862.600
Totals141134091326188311.9623.3562400

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.





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