1984 Kingsport Mets Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 31-38
Finished 3rd in the AL's South Division
Manager: Dan Radison (31-38)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 34,007, Avg. 986
1984 Kingsport Mets RosterTeam Record: 31-38
Finished 3rd in the AL's South Division
Manager: Dan Radison (31-38)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 34,007, Avg. 986
The Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1984 season with a record of 31 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Mets plated 358 runs and allowed 420 runs, most in the league. Shawn Abner paced Kingsport with 10 home runs and drove in 35 runs. Marcus Lawton led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .298, while Rolando Belen recorded a 3.12 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1984 Kingsport Mets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Marcus Lawton, Heathcliff Slocumb, Brian Givens and Shawn Abner.
Dan Radison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Givens | 4 | 1 | .800 | 6.50 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 41 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 20 | |
| Rolando Belen | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.11 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72.3 | 57 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jeff Howes | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.53 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 45 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Troy James | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.14 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 45.7 | 42 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Kelvin Page | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.74 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Lorin Jundy | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.55 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Rodney Rogers | 3 | 10 | .231 | 6.12 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 78 | 63 | 51 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| Dave Takach | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sam Brooks | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Barry Hightower | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.7 | 52 | 45 | 37 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.70 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 55 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Marty Crews | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Heathcliff Slocumb | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Overcash | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Woellert | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Encarnacion | 0 | 0 | 7.84 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Gomez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Sanders | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.68 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.3 | 31 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Totals | 31 | 38 | .449 | 5.14 | 188 | 69 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 566.0 | 549 | 420 | 323 | 48 | 416 | 9 | 423 | 26 | 5 | 91 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Lawton | 54 | 216 | 191 | 43 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 38 | 4 | 25 | 22 | .298 | .380 | .377 | .757 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Abner | 46 | 197 | 183 | 32 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 24 | .273 | .315 | .481 | .796 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Angelo Cuevas | 45 | 174 | 154 | 27 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 6 | .299 | .368 | .506 | .874 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rob Colescott | 54 | 200 | 180 | 23 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 43 | .239 | .305 | .344 | .649 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brandon Bailey | 62 | 226 | 202 | 28 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 50 | .213 | .280 | .356 | .636 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Andres Espinoza | 51 | 178 | 169 | 16 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .249 | .281 | .325 | .606 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Zoilo Sanchez | 50 | 179 | 158 | 25 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 28 | .259 | .335 | .386 | .721 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dean Johnson | 46 | 130 | 106 | 22 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 16 | .330 | .446 | .509 | .956 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Erick Ricketts | 48 | 138 | 123 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 27 | .276 | .348 | .358 | .706 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Juan Villanueva | 37 | 123 | 110 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .273 | .336 | .327 | .663 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Genaro Castro | 40 | 129 | 116 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 32 | .241 | .318 | .319 | .637 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Thompson | 39 | 121 | 104 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 34 | .260 | .358 | .317 | .676 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Crews | 31 | 103 | 94 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 35 | .266 | .330 | .479 | .809 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Desi Brooks | 31 | 107 | 79 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | .278 | .458 | .354 | .812 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ernesto Ramon | 29 | 78 | 64 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .219 | .359 | .219 | .578 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Natera | 19 | 47 | 43 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .279 | .326 | .349 | .675 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lorenzo Sisney | 30 | 83 | 70 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .143 | .253 | .200 | .453 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bryant Robertson | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .455 | .462 | .636 | 1.098 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rolando Belen | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Howes | 9 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .267 | .400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Gomez | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Takach | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Sanders | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Hightower | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Givens | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rodney Rogers | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Page | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Brooks | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lorin Jundy | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hayes | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy James | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 897 | 2527 | 2228 | 358 | 572 | 89 | 16 | 44 | 297 | 112 | 23 | 256 | 461 | .257 | .335 | .370 | .705 | 825 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 2 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bailey | 1B | 40 | 278 | 25 | 5 | 26 | .984 | 7.575 | ||||
| Andres Espinoza | 1B | 37 | 256 | 25 | 6 | 23 | .979 | 7.595 | ||||
| Genaro Castro | 2B | 35 | 65 | 79 | 9 | 14 | .941 | 4.114 | ||||
| Juan Villanueva | 2B | 23 | 36 | 63 | 7 | 10 | .934 | 4.304 | ||||
| Zoilo Sanchez | 2B | 20 | 33 | 37 | 1 | 9 | .986 | 3.500 | ||||
| Luis Natera | 2B | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Rob Colescott | 3B | 41 | 37 | 76 | 16 | 6 | .876 | 2.756 | ||||
| Zoilo Sanchez | 3B | 29 | 33 | 55 | 14 | 2 | .863 | 3.034 | ||||
| Luis Natera | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Carlos Gomez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Desi Brooks | C | 30 | 152 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .988 | 5.567 | 2 | |||
| Marty Crews | C | 29 | 158 | 28 | 10 | 2 | .949 | 6.414 | 19 | |||
| Lorenzo Sisney | C | 20 | 110 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 6.250 | 10 | |||
| Erick Ricketts | C | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 1 | |||
| Shawn Abner | OF | 46 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.913 | ||||
| Angelo Cuevas | OF | 44 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 2.091 | ||||
| Erick Ricketts | OF | 39 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .902 | 1.179 | ||||
| Dean Johnson | OF | 38 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .923 | 1.263 | ||||
| Tony Thompson | OF | 35 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .922 | 1.686 | ||||
| Ernesto Ramon | OF | 25 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .907 | 1.560 | ||||
| Bryant Robertson | OF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rob Colescott | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brandon Bailey | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Troy James | P | 26 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Kelvin Page | P | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .263 | ||||
| Rolando Belen | P | 17 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .914 | 1.882 | ||||
| David Sanders | P | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Chris Hayes | P | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Barry Hightower | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Brian Givens | P | 14 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Rodney Rogers | P | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Sam Brooks | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .385 | ||||
| Lorin Jundy | P | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Jeff Howes | P | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jose Encarnacion | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Martin Overcash | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Takach | P | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ron Woellert | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Heathcliff Slocumb | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos Gomez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Marty Crews | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Marcus Lawton | SS | 52 | 86 | 126 | 20 | 27 | .914 | 4.077 | ||||
| Juan Villanueva | SS | 14 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 12 | .927 | 3.643 | ||||
| Luis Natera | SS | 13 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 4 | .896 | 3.308 | ||||
| Totals | 814 | 1698 | 705 | 142 | 147 | .944 | 2.952 | 32 | 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.
