1985 Kingsport Mets Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 26-44
Finished 7th in the AL
Manager: Tucker Ashford (26-44)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 20,817, Avg. 595
1985 Kingsport Mets RosterTeam Record: 26-44
Finished 7th in the AL
Manager: Tucker Ashford (26-44)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 20,817, Avg. 595
The Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1985 season with a record of 26 wins and 44 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.
The Mets scored 301 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 387 runs, most in the circuit. Brandon Bailey led Kingsport with 10 home runs Jaime Archibald accounted for 40 RBI. Brandon Bailey paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .299. Barry Hightower topped the team with 5 wins, while Juan Marina recorded a 4.94 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Gregg Jefferies and Heathcliff Slocumb both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Tucker Ashford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Hightower | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.45 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Chris Hayes | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.07 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 76.3 | 88 | 57 | 43 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Ernesto Ramon | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.45 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.3 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Heathcliff Slocumb | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.78 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 | 47 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |
| Juan Marina | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.94 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 60 | 41 | 34 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Sam Brooks | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.82 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37.3 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Bohne | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.92 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bruce McDonald | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.97 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 45 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Victor Garcia | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Rich Holder | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.91 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.0 | 44 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Mark Willoughby | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 50 | 39 | 25 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jeff Howes | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.40 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 46 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Michael Plecker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Crews | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Tubbleville | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Sanders | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.88 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 26 | 44 | .371 | 4.87 | 192 | 70 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 532.7 | 550 | 387 | 288 | 31 | 289 | 4 | 336 | 20 | 5 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bailey | 69 | 257 | 211 | 34 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 60 | .299 | .409 | .474 | .882 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Gregg Jefferies | 47 | 182 | 166 | 27 | 57 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 16 | .343 | .396 | .530 | .926 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Genaro Castro | 66 | 243 | 213 | 32 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 34 | .225 | .310 | .286 | .596 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alan Hayden | 57 | 174 | 146 | 41 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 13 | .308 | .402 | .397 | .800 | 58 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaime Archibald | 47 | 176 | 149 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 43 | .282 | .381 | .550 | .931 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rodney Murrell | 54 | 179 | 148 | 22 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 20 | .257 | .369 | .372 | .740 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ken Farmer | 47 | 148 | 133 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 16 | .226 | .288 | .263 | .551 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Marty Crews | 45 | 143 | 132 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 55 | .212 | .259 | .265 | .524 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Rob Lemle | 51 | 159 | 133 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 43 | .173 | .308 | .241 | .549 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Radhames Polanco | 47 | 164 | 138 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 47 | .167 | .294 | .210 | .505 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Art Douglas | 36 | 92 | 81 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | .210 | .304 | .259 | .564 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Thompson | 32 | 104 | 81 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 29 | .210 | .385 | .420 | .804 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Celis | 27 | 80 | 63 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 21 | .190 | .354 | .238 | .593 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Darrel Beasant | 21 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .156 | .255 | .267 | .522 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victor Garcia | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .800 | .750 | 1.550 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Cooley | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .375 | .444 | .375 | .819 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Jones | 15 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .120 | .290 | .120 | .410 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Plecker | 19 | 48 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .070 | .167 | .140 | .306 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Tubbleville | 28 | 65 | 56 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .054 | .185 | .054 | .238 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heathcliff Slocumb | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Holder | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Hightower | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .800 | .500 | 1.300 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Willoughby | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hayes | 13 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juan Marina | 13 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce McDonald | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernesto Ramon | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Sanders | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Howes | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Brooks | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 887 | 2366 | 2025 | 301 | 472 | 79 | 12 | 36 | 254 | 111 | 27 | 291 | 504 | .233 | .334 | .337 | .671 | 683 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bailey | 1B | 60 | 465 | 43 | 12 | 46 | .977 | 8.467 | ||||
| Jaime Archibald | 1B | 11 | 78 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .976 | 7.364 | ||||
| Ken Farmer | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Genaro Castro | 2B | 62 | 107 | 153 | 17 | 32 | .939 | 4.194 | ||||
| Jeff Jones | 2B | 12 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .912 | 2.583 | ||||
| Gregg Jefferies | 2B | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Radhames Polanco | 3B | 46 | 35 | 67 | 18 | 4 | .850 | 2.217 | ||||
| Rodney Murrell | 3B | 25 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 2 | .839 | 2.080 | ||||
| Jeff Cooley | 3B | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Marty Crews | C | 43 | 196 | 30 | 7 | 6 | .970 | 5.256 | 13 | |||
| Darrel Beasant | C | 21 | 78 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 4.048 | 7 | |||
| Michael Plecker | C | 16 | 82 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 5.312 | 2 | |||
| Rob Lemle | OF | 49 | 95 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .961 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jaime Archibald | OF | 33 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .902 | 1.121 | ||||
| Ken Farmer | OF | 31 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.387 | ||||
| Art Douglas | OF | 27 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.296 | ||||
| Randy Tubbleville | OF | 26 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 1.269 | ||||
| Tony Thompson | OF | 26 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .958 | 1.769 | ||||
| Alan Hayden | OF | 23 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .868 | 1.435 | ||||
| Johnny Celis | OF | 20 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .837 | 1.800 | ||||
| Radhames Polanco | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rich Holder | P | 25 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .520 | ||||
| Sam Brooks | P | 23 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .478 | ||||
| Ernesto Ramon | P | 20 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Mark Willoughby | P | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce McDonald | P | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Victor Garcia | P | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .643 | ||||
| Juan Marina | P | 13 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Chris Hayes | P | 13 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.923 | ||||
| Mark Bohne | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .417 | ||||
| Heathcliff Slocumb | P | 11 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .889 | 2.182 | ||||
| David Sanders | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Barry Hightower | P | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jeff Howes | P | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.125 | ||||
| Randy Tubbleville | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Plecker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Marty Crews | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gregg Jefferies | SS | 44 | 72 | 124 | 21 | 27 | .903 | 4.455 | ||||
| Rodney Murrell | SS | 25 | 31 | 53 | 3 | 10 | .966 | 3.360 | ||||
| Genaro Castro | SS | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.400 | ||||
| Totals | 804 | 1598 | 676 | 144 | 148 | .940 | 2.828 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
