1979 Little Falls Mets Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 31-39
Finished 3rd in the NYPL's Yawkey Division
Manager: Matt Galante (31-39)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Little Falls, New York
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 27,873, Avg. 796

1979 Little Falls Mets Roster

The Little Falls Mets of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1979 season with a record of 31 wins and 39 losses, finishing third in the league's Yawkey Division.

The Mets plated 358 runs and yielded 425 runs. Augustine Garrett recorded 44 runs batted in. John Csefalvay paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .263 clip. Theodore Damiter and Mark Welch topped the team with 5 wins each, while Theodore Damiter registered a 3.47 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Rusty Tillman and Al Pedrique both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Matt Galante 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
Theodore Damiter	5	5	.500	3.47	29	0		0	0	7	57.0	50	26	22	1	30	2	37	1	0	2
Mark Welch	5	5	.500	4.31	15	15		2	1	0	96.0	104	61	46	9	41	0	66	4	0	4
Douglas Mizzi	4	4	.500	4.50	19	7		0	0	0	52.0	53	34	26	4	36	2	44	1	0	8
Douglas Henley	4	6	.400	4.32	15	10		3	1	1	77.0	68	50	37	3	30	0	44	3	0	2
Darryl Paquette	3	3	.500	3.95	11	11		1	0	0	57.0	55	35	25	0	39	0	30	3	0	1
Mark Zwolinski	2	0	1.000	4.18	12	1		0	0	0	28.0	21	19	13	0	28	0	33	1	0	3
John Semprini	2	2	.500	5.14	16	3		0	0	1	42.0	51	27	24	4	28	0	21	1	0	7
James Green	2	3	.400	6.55	10	8		0	0	0	33.0	38	34	24	1	32	0	33	1	1	3
Preston Shockley	2	6	.250	5.66	12	11		0	0	0	62.0	75	50	39	5	47	0	51	3	0	4
Victor Rosario	1	0	1.000	6.00	19	0		0	0	1	24.0	32	24	16	5	15	1	25	0	0	2
Michael Tancredi	1	3	.250	7.50	16	3		0	0	0	36.0	45	35	30	4	38	0	20	3	0	4
Gary Hilton	0	0		4.50	8	0		0	0	0	14.0	12	8	7	1	8	0	12	0	0	1
Al Foust	0	2	.000	5.34	13	2		0	0	0	32.0	28	22	19	2	35	3	23	2	0	1
Totals	31	39	.443	4.84	195	71	0	6	2	10	610.0	632	425	328	39	407	8	439	23	1	42	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
John Csefalvay	69	309	228	51	60	11	1	4	33	13	0	71	19	.263	.443	.373	.816	85		5	2	3
Bill Rittweger	69	316	265	42	60	5	2	2	24	9	4	36	43	.226	.318	.283	.601	75		2	8	5
Augustine Garrett	53	206	180	35	58	6	0	9	44	4	2	24	40	.322	.403	.506	.908	91		1	0	1
Paul Niggebrugge	68	289	235	40	58	12	1	7	40	5	2	49	40	.247	.388	.396	.783	93		5	0	0
Marc Siciliano	56	225	165	27	51	10	0	4	29	2	0	57	24	.309	.484	.442	.927	73		1	0	2
Mike Anicich	59	243	203	24	47	13	2	6	39	2	2	35	45	.232	.346	.404	.750	82		2	0	3
Gary Hardie	70	292	243	29	43	8	1	1	22	5	2	40	62	.177	.301	.230	.531	56		4	3	2
Bill Hill	39	161	139	27	36	4	0	0	4	24	4	18	34	.259	.356	.288	.644	40		3	1	0
James Beck	47	162	127	28	31	6	0	0	12	13	2	32	25	.244	.389	.291	.680	37		0	0	3
Richard Greenfield	52	169	140	17	26	1	1	0	15	3	0	20	33	.186	.296	.207	.503	29		2	7	0
Al Pedrique	33	101	92	3	21	0	2	0	11	3	1	6	12	.228	.280	.272	.552	25		1	1	1
Mike Hennessy	44	174	140	20	21	2	1	0	10	5	2	27	33	.150	.298	.179	.477	25		3	3	1
John Heller	23	73	62	6	12	1	2	0	8	1	1	10	12	.194	.306	.274	.580	17		0	1	0
Rusty Tillman	6	28	22	4	7	0	1	0	4	5	0	3	2	.318	.370	.409	.779	9		0	1	2
Frederick Pustorino	22	44	38	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	10	.105	.227	.132	.359	5		1	0	0
Curt Bryan	6	9	8	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	.250	.333	.500	.833	4		0	0	0
Michael Viggiano	6	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.125	.364	.125	.489	1		0	0	0
Douglas Mizzi	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	741	2813	2296	358	538	80	15	33	299	94	22	437	435	.234	.361	.325	.686	747	0	30	27	23	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Anicich	1B	52	392	22	5	33	.988	7.962
James Beck	1B	25	166	14	0	17	1.000	7.200
Marc Siciliano	1B	1	9	2	0	1	1.000	11.000
Frederick Pustorino	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bill Rittweger	2B	69	195	176	19	37	.951	5.377
Curt Bryan	2B	4	4	8	1	2	.923	3.000
Al Pedrique	2B	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gary Hardie	3B	70	55	130	26	13	.877	2.643
Michael Viggiano	3B	3	0	1	0	1	1.000	.333
Paul Niggebrugge	3B	1	0	5	0	0	1.000	5.000
Curt Bryan	3B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Marc Siciliano	C	51	291	30	7	2	.979	6.294	12
Frederick Pustorino	C	19	82	9	2	1	.978	4.789	4
John Heller	C	18	96	10	3	0	.972	5.889	3
Paul Niggebrugge	OF	64	112	7	4	0	.967	1.859
John Csefalvay	OF	57	103	3	5	1	.955	1.860
Mike Hennessy	OF	42	76	3	3	0	.963	1.881
Bill Hill	OF	23	39	1	1	0	.976	1.739
James Beck	OF	16	23	1	4	0	.857	1.500
Augustine Garrett	OF	15	23	1	2	0	.923	1.600
Rusty Tillman	OF	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.500
Theodore Damiter	P	29	0	12	0	1	1.000	.414
Victor Rosario	P	19	0	2	0	0	1.000	.105
Douglas Mizzi	P	19	1	5	0	0	1.000	.316
Michael Tancredi	P	16	1	3	0	0	1.000	.250
John Semprini	P	16	1	7	0	0	1.000	.500
Mark Welch	P	15	3	17	2	0	.909	1.333
Douglas Henley	P	15	10	14	2	2	.923	1.600
Al Foust	P	13	3	4	0	1	1.000	.538
Mark Zwolinski	P	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	.250
Preston Shockley	P	12	3	7	0	1	1.000	.833
Darryl Paquette	P	11	4	3	1	0	.875	.636
James Green	P	10	1	3	2	0	.667	.400
Gary Hilton	P	8	0	0	0	0		.000
Richard Greenfield	SS	51	68	129	18	22	.916	3.863
Al Pedrique	SS	31	55	88	19	13	.883	4.613
Michael Viggiano	SS	3	4	5	2	1	.818	3.000
Totals		817	1827	728	129	149	.952	3.127	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.