1978 Jackson Mets Statistics
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
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.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Reardon | 17 | 4 | .810 | 2.54 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 163.0 | 128 | 56 | 46 | 8 | 65 | 4 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Scott Holman | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.26 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 128 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 66 | 3 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Larry Prewitt | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.62 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 149.0 | 124 | 72 | 60 | 6 | 83 | 4 | 132 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Kim Seaman | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.13 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 97.0 | 73 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 52 | 11 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Luis Lunar | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.79 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 159.0 | 137 | 86 | 67 | 7 | 113 | 4 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Neil Allen | 5 | 9 | .357 | 2.10 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 120.0 | 88 | 38 | 28 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Grose | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.45 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Pacella | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.62 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 48.0 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Russell Clark | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Greg Harris | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.00 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Smith | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.92 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 39.0 | 46 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Grote | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.32 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 48 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Keith Bodie | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Covert | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Solari | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.29 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 55.0 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Anderson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Milke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 58 | .567 | 3.03 | 290 | 135 | 0 | 41 | 15 | 24 | 1136.0 | 959 | 479 | 383 | 49 | 563 | 38 | 871 | 38 | 6 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mookie Wilson | 132 | 554 | 497 | 72 | 145 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 72 | 38 | 9 | 39 | 70 | .292 | .347 | .421 | .767 | 209 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Juan Monasterio | 128 | 493 | 460 | 45 | 133 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 14 | 8 | 23 | 32 | .289 | .326 | .354 | .680 | 163 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Kelvin Chapman | 131 | 561 | 488 | 84 | 130 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 41 | 13 | 56 | 74 | .266 | .347 | .383 | .730 | 187 | 7 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Robert Bryant | 117 | 468 | 421 | 61 | 114 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 28 | 9 | 36 | 66 | .271 | .338 | .406 | .744 | 171 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Keith Bodie | 122 | 456 | 404 | 48 | 105 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 18 | 11 | 38 | 63 | .260 | .336 | .344 | .680 | 139 | 10 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Butch Benton | 106 | 414 | 360 | 49 | 99 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 44 | 61 | .275 | .352 | .422 | .774 | 152 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Ken Perry | 113 | 441 | 382 | 43 | 91 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 62 | .238 | .331 | .343 | .674 | 131 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||
| William Covert | 86 | 240 | 222 | 23 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 | .243 | .290 | .297 | .587 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bud Cardwell | 72 | 221 | 202 | 19 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 48 | .213 | .273 | .267 | .540 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hubie Brooks | 45 | 166 | 153 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 34 | .216 | .277 | .340 | .617 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Healy | 58 | 190 | 161 | 20 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 41 | .199 | .301 | .292 | .593 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Randy Rogers | 26 | 116 | 101 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | .287 | .379 | .426 | .805 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Hough | 46 | 142 | 125 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 26 | .200 | .270 | .280 | .550 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Francisco Perez | 33 | 103 | 95 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .158 | .214 | .305 | .519 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Lozano | 22 | 71 | 65 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .154 | .225 | .215 | .441 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Lunar | 29 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .185 | .290 | .185 | .476 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Scott Holman | 25 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .250 | .381 | .375 | .756 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kim Seaman | 42 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Neil Allen | 16 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Prewitt | 26 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .115 | .172 | .115 | .288 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Reardon | 28 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Clark | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Milke | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Grote | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Harris | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Pacella | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Anderson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Smith | 28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Solari | 23 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Grose | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1528 | 4841 | 4310 | 540 | 1083 | 184 | 47 | 53 | 474 | 173 | 68 | 399 | 738 | .251 | .320 | .353 | .673 | 1520 | 0 | 55 | 41 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Perry | 1B | 108 | 805 | 48 | 23 | 74 | .974 | 7.898 | ||||
| William Covert | 1B | 32 | 238 | 22 | 5 | 19 | .981 | 8.125 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | 1B | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Kelvin Chapman | 2B | 129 | 312 | 383 | 15 | 84 | .979 | 5.388 | ||||
| Ken Perry | 2B | 6 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .870 | 3.333 | ||||
| Randy Rogers | 2B | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| David Lozano | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Keith Bodie | 3B | 67 | 59 | 89 | 17 | 14 | .897 | 2.209 | ||||
| Bud Cardwell | 3B | 56 | 50 | 81 | 13 | 9 | .910 | 2.339 | ||||
| Randy Rogers | 3B | 9 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 3.000 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | 3B | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| David Lozano | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Hubie Brooks | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Butch Benton | C | 97 | 672 | 91 | 19 | 13 | .976 | 7.866 | 19 | |||
| Stan Hough | C | 41 | 240 | 25 | 5 | 5 | .981 | 6.463 | 5 | |||
| Mookie Wilson | OF | 132 | 282 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .977 | 2.212 | ||||
| Juan Monasterio | OF | 127 | 225 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .983 | 1.866 | ||||
| Robert Bryant | OF | 95 | 141 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 1.579 | ||||
| Keith Bodie | OF | 47 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 1.511 | ||||
| William Covert | OF | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Stan Hough | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Hubie Brooks | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kim Seaman | P | 42 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Luis Lunar | P | 29 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 2 | .804 | 1.276 | ||||
| Daniel Smith | P | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Jeff Reardon | P | 28 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .643 | ||||
| Larry Prewitt | P | 26 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.038 | ||||
| Dennis Solari | P | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .435 | ||||
| Scott Holman | P | 23 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.957 | ||||
| Robert Grote | P | 20 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Russell Clark | P | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Neil Allen | P | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Grose | P | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .333 | ||||
| John Pacella | P | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Greg Harris | P | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rick Anderson | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| George Milke | P | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| William Covert | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Bodie | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Healy | SS | 57 | 91 | 135 | 22 | 33 | .911 | 3.965 | ||||
| Hubie Brooks | SS | 36 | 44 | 83 | 14 | 14 | .901 | 3.528 | ||||
| David Lozano | SS | 17 | 20 | 46 | 5 | 8 | .930 | 3.882 | ||||
| Randy Rogers | SS | 16 | 27 | 34 | 5 | 8 | .924 | 3.812 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | SS | 15 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 5 | .886 | 2.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1411 | 3409 | 1326 | 188 | 311 | .962 | 3.356 | 24 | 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.
