1979 Lynchburg Mets Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-73
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Jack Aker (61-73)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 53,400, Avg. 797

1979 Lynchburg Mets Roster

The Lynchburg Mets of the Carolina League ended the 1979 season with a record of 61 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.

The Mets conceded 558 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Lynchburg plated 548 runs, worst in the circuit,. Jeffery Gossett and Mike Fitzgerald paced the team with 13 home runs apiece. Mike Fitzgerald accounted for 75 RBI. Gregory Korbe led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .286. Michael Lowry and John Violette topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Jeffrey Franklin registered a 2.92 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1979 Lynchburg Mets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ron Gardenhire, Al Pedrique, Brian Giles and Mike Fitzgerald.

Jack Aker served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Michael Lowry	10	5	.667	3.69	21	20		6	2	0	117.0	105	57	48	5	63	3	71	3	2	14
John Violette	10	10	.500	2.94	22	22		12	1	0	153.0	135	63	50	10	39	3	94	3	4	5
Jeffrey Franklin	9	11	.450	2.92	24	24		9	2	0	154.0	131	66	50	8	65	1	107	2	1	8
Tom Thurberg	7	2	.778	2.69	34	0		0	0	2	67.0	56	26	20	0	40	3	66	4	0	4
Glen Johnson	6	9	.400	3.73	22	17		6	2	0	140.0	147	79	58	5	41	3	81	6	2	5
Don Pearson	5	10	.333	3.68	18	16		3	0	0	110.0	118	65	45	3	44	3	90	0	3	7
Randy Brown	5	10	.333	3.92	20	20		6	0	0	117.0	101	65	51	4	67	4	50	3	1	6
Randall Bozeman	4	4	.500	5.95	18	7		1	0	0	62.0	81	51	41	3	44	1	20	2	4	3
Donald Brazell	3	5	.375	1.86	40	0		0	0	12	63.0	49	17	13	0	17	5	33	0	0	2
Randy Pitts	1	0	1.000	1.29	3	0		0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	0	8	0	3	1	0	0
Alexander Coghen	1	4	.200	4.94	12	8		2	0	0	51.0	45	36	28	2	28	0	39	4	0	5
Garry Corrado	0	1	.000	2.25	13	0		0	0	0	28.0	28	10	7	0	10	2	10	0	1	1
Keith Shermeyer	0	2	.000	2.40	24	0		0	0	0	45.0	39	22	12	0	27	4	27	2	2	8
Totals	61	73	.455	3.43	271	134	0	45	7	14	1114.0	1037	558	424	40	493	32	691	30	20	68	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
Gregory Korbe	118	475	409	55	117	21	5	6	62	8	0	48	73	.286	.361	.406	.767	166		2	12	4
Ed Cuervo	104	375	335	48	98	10	2	0	30	19	7	26	52	.293	.352	.334	.687	112		5	9	0
Jeffery Gossett	112	422	386	56	98	25	2	13	53	2	1	24	120	.254	.302	.430	.732	166		4	5	3
James Lauer	116	443	373	48	95	20	4	3	28	9	12	55	27	.255	.356	.354	.709	132		5	7	3
Mike Fitzgerald	117	448	368	55	93	16	4	13	75	0	2	54	84	.253	.351	.424	.775	156		8	7	11
Brian Giles	86	334	278	40	83	16	2	2	33	4	4	47	52	.299	.402	.392	.794	109		3	3	3
Ron Gardenhire	70	308	277	36	82	13	3	4	27	9	5	21	45	.296	.344	.408	.752	113		0	9	1
Charlie Warren	103	361	311	43	77	11	3	0	29	11	3	42	38	.248	.337	.302	.639	94		1	5	2
Donald Troyan	114	384	330	47	70	8	3	3	31	10	6	49	81	.212	.312	.282	.594	93		0	3	2
David Howard	72	276	243	29	62	9	5	7	23	6	2	28	64	.255	.337	.420	.757	102		2	3	0
John Elder	88	293	258	28	59	14	1	1	22	1	3	29	66	.229	.304	.302	.607	78		0	4	2
Richard Lane	61	235	207	18	52	7	0	0	17	1	1	23	20	.251	.326	.285	.611	59		0	5	0
James Noonan	50	163	137	19	32	8	1	0	13	1	2	18	33	.234	.318	.307	.625	42		0	6	2
Douglas Slettvet	66	198	161	12	31	6	1	3	15	0	0	31	57	.193	.330	.298	.628	48		2	4	0
Robert Rossen	39	117	100	9	22	5	1	2	10	2	1	9	21	.220	.297	.350	.647	35		2	6	0
Al Pedrique	19	55	49	2	11	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	7	.224	.269	.265	.535	13		1	3	0
Junior Roman	11	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3		0	0	0
Tom Thurberg	34	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1380	4892	4226	548	1084	192	37	57	473	84	49	507	841	.257	.339	.360	.699	1521	0	35	91	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Donald Troyan	1B	114	971	82	21	107	.980	9.237
Douglas Slettvet	1B	39	266	21	7	32	.976	7.359
Charlie Warren	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Brian Giles	2B	80	180	271	13	64	.972	5.638
James Noonan	2B	37	59	122	8	26	.958	4.892
Ed Cuervo	2B	22	49	64	3	16	.974	5.136
Junior Roman	2B	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000
Jeffery Gossett	3B	109	71	200	32	24	.894	2.486
Ed Cuervo	3B	28	11	42	6	2	.898	1.893
Richard Lane	3B	3	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.333
James Noonan	3B	2	1	4	1	1	.833	2.500
Mike Fitzgerald	C	81	424	60	10	6	.980	5.975	14
Richard Lane	C	38	202	25	5	2	.978	5.974	3
Douglas Slettvet	C	24	108	20	4	0	.970	5.333	1
James Lauer	OF	113	240	6	4	0	.984	2.177
Charlie Warren	OF	95	149	3	4	1	.974	1.600
David Howard	OF	69	87	10	4	0	.960	1.406
John Elder	OF	61	90	5	3	1	.969	1.557
Gregory Korbe	OF	52	84	2	8	0	.915	1.654
Robert Rossen	OF	36	51	1	6	0	.897	1.444
Ed Cuervo	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Junior Roman	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
James Noonan	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Donald Brazell	P	40	6	8	2	1	.875	.350
Tom Thurberg	P	34	4	9	2	1	.867	.382
Keith Shermeyer	P	24	3	11	0	2	1.000	.583
Jeffrey Franklin	P	24	8	25	0	0	1.000	1.375
John Violette	P	22	14	26	2	1	.952	1.818
Glen Johnson	P	22	6	27	4	1	.892	1.500
Michael Lowry	P	21	13	15	2	1	.933	1.333
Randy Brown	P	20	8	14	2	0	.917	1.100
Don Pearson	P	18	7	14	5	2	.808	1.167
Randall Bozeman	P	18	5	8	2	0	.867	.722
Garry Corrado	P	13	2	3	1	0	.833	.385
Alexander Coghen	P	12	0	10	1	1	.909	.833
Randy Pitts	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Ron Gardenhire	SS	69	120	252	21	57	.947	5.391
Ed Cuervo	SS	47	58	115	22	20	.887	3.681
Al Pedrique	SS	18	22	63	6	12	.934	4.722
James Noonan	SS	7	9	15	2	4	.923	3.429
Richard Lane	SS	4	8	11	3	2	.864	4.750
Totals		1427	3344	1571	218	387	.958	3.444	18	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.

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