1980 Kingsport Mets Statistics
Team Record: 35-35
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Chuck Hiller (35-35)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 35,730, Avg. 1,021
The Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1980 season with a record of 35 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Mets plated 356 runs and allowed 370 runs. Larry Pittman paced Kingsport with 11 home runs and drove in 44 runs. John Jackson led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .300. Doug Sisk topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 2.66 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1980 Kingsport Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Lloyd McClendon, Darryl Strawberry, John Gibbons, Jay Tibbs and Doug Sisk.
Chuck Hiller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Sisk | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.66 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 91 | 46 | 29 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Stephen Ibarguen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.58 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 78.0 | 87 | 52 | 31 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Eric Kuntz | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.06 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Teate | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.00 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 62 | 56 | 48 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jay Tibbs | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.38 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 88 | 54 | 37 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Clifford Faust | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.57 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42.0 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fernando Alba | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.82 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donald Magdziuk | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 41 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Merlack | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.43 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58.0 | 63 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Charles Robinson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.91 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 35 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| David Barton | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Foust | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.62 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Elvin Pina | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 35 | .500 | 4.39 | 162 | 71 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 587.0 | 581 | 370 | 286 | 50 | 295 | 4 | 384 | 20 | 8 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Pittman | 68 | 274 | 238 | 41 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 53 | .286 | .376 | .496 | .872 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Heller | 68 | 263 | 241 | 41 | 66 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 40 | .274 | .319 | .419 | .738 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Jackson | 54 | 213 | 190 | 32 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | .300 | .363 | .432 | .795 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Gibbons | 53 | 210 | 181 | 28 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 39 | .276 | .357 | .442 | .799 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tim Brown | 45 | 189 | 162 | 30 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | .302 | .380 | .358 | .738 | 58 | 7 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Darryl Strawberry | 44 | 180 | 157 | 27 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 39 | .268 | .350 | .420 | .770 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steven Brigante | 54 | 202 | 177 | 23 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 25 | .237 | .325 | .311 | .636 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hennessy | 56 | 221 | 181 | 37 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 21 | .221 | .350 | .276 | .626 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Leo Fuller | 42 | 142 | 127 | 20 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .276 | .345 | .339 | .684 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Manning | 44 | 155 | 133 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 26 | .241 | .340 | .331 | .671 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Stone | 35 | 106 | 99 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .293 | .324 | .414 | .738 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Greenfield | 56 | 175 | 145 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 34 | .186 | .306 | .214 | .520 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mark Elliott | 34 | 99 | 80 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | .238 | .333 | .300 | .633 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Lloyd McClendon | 14 | 51 | 46 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .326 | .392 | .435 | .827 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Dunbar | 21 | 56 | 46 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .239 | .345 | .348 | .693 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Orlando Echenique | 10 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .333 | .375 | .444 | .819 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 698 | 2568 | 2230 | 356 | 591 | 84 | 20 | 42 | 299 | 46 | 19 | 268 | 370 | .265 | .347 | .377 | .724 | 841 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Pittman | 1B | 65 | 570 | 58 | 16 | 58 | .975 | 9.662 | ||||
| Mark Elliott | 1B | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.800 | ||||
| Steven Brigante | 1B | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 8.500 | ||||
| Orlando Echenique | 1B | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Tim Brown | 2B | 43 | 80 | 130 | 6 | 35 | .972 | 4.884 | ||||
| Steven Brigante | 2B | 27 | 67 | 94 | 9 | 11 | .947 | 5.963 | ||||
| Mark Manning | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Richard Greenfield | 2B | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Leo Fuller | 3B | 27 | 13 | 51 | 13 | 3 | .831 | 2.370 | ||||
| Mark Manning | 3B | 23 | 18 | 43 | 8 | 5 | .884 | 2.652 | ||||
| Steven Brigante | 3B | 22 | 24 | 46 | 9 | 6 | .886 | 3.182 | ||||
| John Heller | 3B | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.429 | ||||
| Richard Greenfield | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Gibbons | C | 34 | 177 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .964 | 5.529 | 11 | |||
| Bryan Dunbar | C | 20 | 105 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 5.650 | 3 | |||
| David Stone | C | 14 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 4.000 | 6 | |||
| Lloyd McClendon | C | 8 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 3.000 | 2 | |||
| John Heller | C | 5 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.400 | 0 | |||
| Mike Hennessy | OF | 54 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .970 | 1.778 | ||||
| John Jackson | OF | 52 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .975 | 1.519 | ||||
| John Heller | OF | 46 | 64 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .909 | 1.522 | ||||
| Darryl Strawberry | OF | 39 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 1.513 | ||||
| Mark Elliott | OF | 28 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.821 | ||||
| Orlando Echenique | OF | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leo Fuller | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Clifford Faust | P | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .360 | ||||
| Scott Merlack | P | 18 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| Doug Sisk | P | 15 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| Kevin Teate | P | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Charles Robinson | P | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Donald Magdziuk | P | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Stephen Ibarguen | P | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .824 | 1.077 | ||||
| Fernando Alba | P | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| Jay Tibbs | P | 12 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Eric Kuntz | P | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 2.667 | ||||
| Elvin Pina | P | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .714 | ||||
| Al Foust | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| David Barton | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Greenfield | SS | 54 | 72 | 128 | 18 | 33 | .917 | 3.704 | ||||
| Mark Manning | SS | 23 | 33 | 57 | 8 | 18 | .918 | 3.913 | ||||
| Totals | 773 | 1734 | 768 | 135 | 192 | .949 | 3.237 | 22 | 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.
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