1977 Lynchburg Mets Statistics
Team Record: 78-60
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Jack Aker (78-60)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 55,123, Avg. 799
Playoffs - Peninsula Pilots 3 games, Lynchburg Mets 2
The Lynchburg Mets of the Carolina League ended the 1977 season with a record of 78 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Mets plated 748 runs and yielded 695 runs. Curtis Fisher paced Lynchburg with 18 home runs, and Francisco Perez walloped 15 or more also. Francisco Perez accounted for 86 RBI. William Covert topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .306. Randy Tate led the squad with 11 wins, while Neil Allen recorded a 2.79 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Neil Allen, Randy Tate, Butch Benton, Mario Ramirez, Glenn Brummer, Freddie Martínez, Dave Von Ohlen, Cliff Speck and Jeff Reardon were all players from the 1977 Lynchburg Mets who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Jack Aker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Tate | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.57 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 141.0 | 134 | 81 | 56 | 11 | 100 | 1 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Neil Allen | 10 | 2 | .833 | 2.79 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 142.0 | 136 | 55 | 44 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 126 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Reardon | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.30 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 101.0 | 89 | 42 | 37 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Russell Clark | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.18 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 97.0 | 94 | 53 | 45 | 4 | 45 | 7 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Randy Brown | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.20 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 135.0 | 139 | 71 | 63 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Von Ohlen | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.71 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 65.0 | 75 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Carman Coppol | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.70 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88.0 | 102 | 52 | 46 | 6 | 47 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Gene Bardot | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.50 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 95 | 57 | 45 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cliff Speck | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.34 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 90 | 62 | 54 | 9 | 64 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Fred Westfall | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.79 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 107 | 65 | 54 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Theodore O'Neill | 4 | 5 | .444 | 7.32 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 | 79 | 53 | 48 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ron Gill | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.82 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.0 | 35 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Freddie Martínez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.00 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54.0 | 58 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Robert Grote | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Solari | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scott Winston | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 60 | .565 | 4.37 | 310 | 138 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 20 | 1192.0 | 1253 | 695 | 579 | 80 | 629 | 24 | 704 | 43 | 11 | 78 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Covert | 123 | 579 | 517 | 68 | 158 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 69 | 13 | 4 | 52 | 56 | .306 | .370 | .379 | .750 | 196 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Francisco Perez | 125 | 504 | 462 | 69 | 131 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 78 | .284 | .336 | .465 | .801 | 215 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Curtis Fisher | 131 | 544 | 436 | 87 | 122 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 121 | .280 | .416 | .470 | .886 | 205 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jeryl McIver | 115 | 439 | 370 | 61 | 109 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 9 | 4 | 59 | 50 | .295 | .387 | .403 | .790 | 149 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Stuart Greenstein | 106 | 440 | 390 | 55 | 109 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 39 | .279 | .345 | .349 | .694 | 136 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Robert Bryant | 59 | 261 | 225 | 51 | 81 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 32 | 46 | .360 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Butch Benton | 59 | 261 | 233 | 40 | 80 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 27 | .343 | .402 | .494 | .896 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Juan Monasterio | 59 | 253 | 225 | 33 | 69 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | .307 | .359 | .449 | .807 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Robert Rossen | 83 | 309 | 263 | 50 | 68 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 66 | .259 | .347 | .422 | .769 | 111 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mario Ramirez | 72 | 296 | 272 | 41 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 64 | .228 | .280 | .379 | .659 | 103 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| George Bradbury | 104 | 314 | 265 | 37 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 60 | .219 | .305 | .245 | .550 | 65 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Glenn Brummer | 40 | 146 | 137 | 16 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .328 | .370 | .380 | .749 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Kesses | 53 | 194 | 164 | 24 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 24 | .262 | .356 | .329 | .685 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Michael Brown | 53 | 193 | 169 | 26 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 45 | .249 | .337 | .414 | .751 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steven Yost | 66 | 198 | 160 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 34 | .219 | .362 | .344 | .706 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Grant | 47 | 149 | 122 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 17 | .221 | .358 | .303 | .661 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ward Wilson | 39 | 123 | 105 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | .219 | .314 | .229 | .543 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Charleston | 37 | 101 | 90 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .222 | .265 | .222 | .488 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Robert Healy | 7 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .280 | .357 | .320 | .677 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carman Coppol | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1414 | 5333 | 4631 | 746 | 1289 | 216 | 46 | 73 | 647 | 103 | 45 | 579 | 798 | .278 | .360 | .392 | .752 | 1816 | 0 | 35 | 45 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Fisher | 1B | 130 | 1077 | 64 | 21 | 117 | .982 | 8.777 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | 1B | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
| Robert Grant | 1B | 8 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .957 | 5.500 | ||||
| William Covert | 1B | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Jeryl McIver | 2B | 115 | 268 | 307 | 29 | 76 | .952 | 5.000 | ||||
| George Bradbury | 2B | 29 | 62 | 76 | 6 | 15 | .958 | 4.759 | ||||
| George Bradbury | 3B | 76 | 61 | 136 | 20 | 14 | .908 | 2.592 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | 3B | 73 | 69 | 135 | 12 | 9 | .944 | 2.795 | ||||
| Gregory Charleston | 3B | 9 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ward Wilson | 3B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Stephen Kesses | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Stuart Greenstein | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Grant | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Butch Benton | C | 48 | 277 | 36 | 9 | 3 | .972 | 6.521 | 16 | |||
| Glenn Brummer | C | 38 | 190 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 5.316 | 5 | |||
| Ward Wilson | C | 32 | 179 | 16 | 6 | 6 | .970 | 6.094 | 10 | |||
| Robert Grant | C | 28 | 137 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .974 | 5.393 | 6 | |||
| Stuart Greenstein | OF | 101 | 171 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .973 | 1.812 | ||||
| Robert Rossen | OF | 70 | 173 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .962 | 2.557 | ||||
| Steven Yost | OF | 62 | 110 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .975 | 1.855 | ||||
| Juan Monasterio | OF | 58 | 135 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .942 | 2.517 | ||||
| Robert Bryant | OF | 57 | 104 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 1.877 | ||||
| Michael Brown | OF | 51 | 77 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .966 | 1.647 | ||||
| Stephen Kesses | OF | 49 | 88 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .947 | 1.837 | ||||
| William Covert | OF | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Russell Clark | P | 47 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | .882 | .638 | ||||
| Dave Von Ohlen | P | 37 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .297 | ||||
| Carman Coppol | P | 35 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .486 | ||||
| Gene Bardot | P | 27 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .556 | ||||
| Randy Tate | P | 22 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .857 | 1.364 | ||||
| Fred Westfall | P | 21 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .905 | ||||
| Cliff Speck | P | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .400 | ||||
| Randy Brown | P | 20 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Neil Allen | P | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Gill | P | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .294 | ||||
| Jeff Reardon | P | 16 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.062 | ||||
| Theodore O'Neill | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .455 | ||||
| Freddie Martínez | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Scott Winston | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Grote | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dennis Solari | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mario Ramirez | SS | 71 | 123 | 186 | 19 | 34 | .942 | 4.352 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | SS | 46 | 80 | 122 | 13 | 30 | .940 | 4.391 | ||||
| Gregory Charleston | SS | 25 | 33 | 71 | 10 | 14 | .912 | 4.160 | ||||
| Robert Healy | SS | 7 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 5 | .900 | 3.857 | ||||
| Totals | 1516 | 3570 | 1409 | 213 | 355 | .959 | 3.284 | 37 | 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.
