1978 Little Falls Mets Statistics
Team Record: 29-42
Finished 4th in the NYPL's Yawkey Division
Manager: Chris Krug (29-42)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Little Falls, New York
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 27,416, Avg. 772
The Little Falls Mets of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1978 season with a record of 29 wins and 42 losses, finishing fourth in the league's Yawkey Division.
The Mets plated 366 runs and surrendered 403 runs. Gregory Korbe drove in 42 runs. David Smith led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .299 clip. Randall Burkman and Brad Simmons topped the team with 5 wins each, while Randall Burkman registered a 3.87 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1978 Little Falls Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rick Anderson, Mike Fitzgerald, Randy Johnson, Al Pedrique and Brian Giles.
Chris Krug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Simmons | 5 | 1 | .833 | 5.27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 39 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randall Burkman | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.87 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 73 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Randy Pitts | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.33 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 76 | 49 | 38 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Randall Bozeman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.68 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 49 | 48 | 36 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Gary Hilton | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.03 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 93 | 50 | 39 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Rick Anderson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40.0 | 48 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Ronald Crum | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.02 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47.0 | 46 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Michael Tancredi | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.57 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 55 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Francisco Sombra | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Douglas Mizzi | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Green | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.97 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 38 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Gregory Korbe | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gregory Johnson | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Alexander Coghen | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.86 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 53 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 29 | 42 | .408 | 4.78 | 159 | 71 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 595.0 | 618 | 405 | 316 | 47 | 340 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Smith | 67 | 292 | 254 | 37 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 30 | .299 | .372 | .366 | .739 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Gregory Korbe | 70 | 303 | 259 | 44 | 65 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 37 | 36 | .251 | .343 | .390 | .733 | 101 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jeffery Gossett | 61 | 251 | 233 | 30 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 64 | .253 | .300 | .391 | .691 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Walker | 61 | 231 | 203 | 27 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 13 | .286 | .358 | .399 | .757 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Elder | 46 | 167 | 136 | 32 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 26 | .368 | .467 | .603 | 1.070 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Richard Lane | 43 | 176 | 135 | 32 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 5 | .333 | .453 | .400 | .853 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Brian Giles | 61 | 240 | 195 | 36 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 36 | 48 | .226 | .350 | .364 | .714 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Mike Fitzgerald | 48 | 179 | 140 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 29 | .257 | .413 | .436 | .849 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Curt Bryan | 32 | 96 | 79 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 23 | .266 | .389 | .342 | .731 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marc Siciliano | 29 | 90 | 72 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | .264 | .404 | .417 | .821 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Augustine Garrett | 30 | 107 | 94 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 32 | .202 | .276 | .266 | .542 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Beck | 15 | 75 | 60 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 11 | .300 | .411 | .383 | .794 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| William Chamberlain | 22 | 73 | 67 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 | .224 | .288 | .433 | .721 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Pedrique | 20 | 57 | 54 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .222 | .263 | .296 | .559 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Cannon | 20 | 71 | 63 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .190 | .282 | .254 | .536 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Viggiano | 29 | 81 | 71 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .141 | .225 | .211 | .436 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Darrell Henderson | 19 | 57 | 53 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 | .170 | .211 | .245 | .456 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 5 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .348 | .400 | .435 | .835 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allan Wilkerson | 20 | 60 | 54 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | .148 | .233 | .148 | .381 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cesar Castillo | 11 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .194 | .265 | .194 | .458 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Till | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .333 | .467 | .333 | .800 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Figueroa | 11 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .138 | .167 | .138 | .305 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 724 | 2711 | 2317 | 366 | 598 | 96 | 26 | 38 | 299 | 119 | 47 | 326 | 452 | .258 | .351 | .371 | .722 | 860 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Walker | 1B | 58 | 459 | 36 | 11 | 43 | .978 | 8.534 | ||||
| James Beck | 1B | 12 | 107 | 5 | 3 | 4 | .974 | 9.333 | ||||
| Marc Siciliano | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| William Chamberlain | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | 1B | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| Brian Giles | 2B | 58 | 135 | 144 | 16 | 30 | .946 | 4.810 | ||||
| Jose Figueroa | 2B | 11 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .909 | 3.636 | ||||
| Curt Bryan | 2B | 9 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 3.889 | ||||
| Cesar Castillo | 2B | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jeffery Gossett | 3B | 58 | 52 | 102 | 19 | 9 | .890 | 2.655 | ||||
| John Elder | 3B | 10 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | .704 | 1.900 | ||||
| Allan Wilkerson | 3B | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | 3B | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Curt Bryan | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Fitzgerald | C | 35 | 230 | 37 | 1 | 3 | .996 | 7.629 | 9 | |||
| Marc Siciliano | C | 20 | 127 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 6.800 | 5 | |||
| Richard Lane | C | 17 | 117 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .971 | 7.941 | 5 | |||
| Steven Till | C | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.500 | 0 | |||
| Gregory Korbe | OF | 69 | 153 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .970 | 2.362 | ||||
| David Smith | OF | 62 | 83 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .927 | 1.435 | ||||
| Augustine Garrett | OF | 28 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.107 | ||||
| John Elder | OF | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.208 | ||||
| Michael Cannon | OF | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.053 | ||||
| Darrell Henderson | OF | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .933 | ||||
| James Beck | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeffery Gossett | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ronald Crum | P | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .150 | ||||
| Brad Simmons | P | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .118 | ||||
| Gary Hilton | P | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randall Burkman | P | 14 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Randall Bozeman | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Anderson | P | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Michael Tancredi | P | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.077 | ||||
| Randy Pitts | P | 13 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.308 | ||||
| James Green | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .846 | ||||
| Francisco Sombra | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Alexander Coghen | P | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gregory Johnson | P | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Douglas Mizzi | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gregory Korbe | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Viggiano | SS | 28 | 30 | 71 | 7 | 9 | .935 | 3.607 | ||||
| Al Pedrique | SS | 19 | 25 | 48 | 6 | 9 | .924 | 3.842 | ||||
| Curt Bryan | SS | 16 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 8 | .851 | 3.938 | ||||
| Allan Wilkerson | SS | 15 | 19 | 37 | 5 | 5 | .918 | 3.733 | ||||
| Cesar Castillo | SS | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | SS | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 772 | 1784 | 759 | 132 | 146 | .951 | 3.294 | 19 | 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.
