1983 Lynchburg Mets Statistics
Team Record: 96-43
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Sam Perlozzo (96-43)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 80,104, Avg. 1,153
Playoffs - Lynchburg Mets 3 games, Winston-Salem Red Sox 0
The Lynchburg Mets of the Carolina League ended the 1983 season with a record of 96 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Mets surrendered 553 runs, least in the league. Lynchburg plated 786 runs. Dave Cochrane paced the team with 25 home runs and drove in 102 runs. Lenny Dykstra led all regular hitters by hitting .358. Dwight Gooden topped the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 2.5 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1983 Lynchburg Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included DeWayne Vaughn, Wes Gardner, Ed Hearn, Bill Latham, Joe Redfield, Barry Lyons, Lenny Dykstra, Dave Cochrane, Calvin Schiraldi, Jeff Bettendorf, Mark Carreon, Greg Olson, Randy Milligan, Dwight Gooden and Jay Tibbs.
Sam Perlozzo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Gooden | 19 | 4 | .826 | 2.50 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 191.0 | 121 | 58 | 53 | 11 | 112 | 0 | 300 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Jay Tibbs | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.92 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 203.7 | 172 | 94 | 66 | 8 | 96 | 1 | 170 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
| Jeff Bettendorf | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.91 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 148.3 | 142 | 74 | 48 | 13 | 62 | 1 | 138 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Reggie Jackson | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.32 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 127.0 | 131 | 67 | 61 | 15 | 38 | 3 | 101 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| DeWayne Vaughn | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.38 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 100 | 40 | 33 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bill Latham | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 84.3 | 81 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wes Gardner | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.87 | 49 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 62.7 | 55 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Joe Graves | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.78 | 42 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 77.7 | 69 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Calvin Schiraldi | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.45 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dave Wyatt | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.49 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77.3 | 78 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeffery Sunderlage | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.08 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 51.3 | 50 | 36 | 29 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Rich Pickett | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.42 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19.0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bill Fultz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Arthur Ray | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 95 | 42 | .693 | 3.10 | 315 | 137 | 99 | 32 | 10 | 40 | 1183.3 | 1062 | 532 | 408 | 89 | 512 | 13 | 1115 | 24 | 11 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenny Dykstra | 136 | 641 | 525 | 132 | 188 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 81 | 105 | 23 | 107 | 35 | .358 | .472 | .503 | .975 | 264 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mark Carreon | 128 | 583 | 491 | 94 | 164 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 67 | 36 | 8 | 76 | 39 | .334 | .418 | .399 | .817 | 196 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | |
| Fermin Ubri | 115 | 493 | 454 | 65 | 121 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 66 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 44 | .267 | .307 | .341 | .648 | 155 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| Dave Cochrane | 120 | 520 | 445 | 73 | 117 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 102 | 4 | 2 | 71 | 146 | .263 | .365 | .472 | .837 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| Randy Milligan | 106 | 441 | 349 | 60 | 102 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 41 | 7 | 85 | 81 | .292 | .430 | .401 | .831 | 140 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Darryl Denby | 107 | 391 | 367 | 57 | 102 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 21 | 6 | 21 | 81 | .278 | .317 | .436 | .753 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ed Hearn | 91 | 347 | 290 | 37 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 40 | .272 | .375 | .386 | .761 | 112 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Greg Olson | 107 | 383 | 318 | 56 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 36 | .230 | .337 | .252 | .588 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Larry McNutt | 73 | 260 | 224 | 30 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 64 | .277 | .365 | .420 | .785 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bruce Morrison | 56 | 221 | 201 | 22 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 34 | .244 | .308 | .284 | .591 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Marlin McPhail | 41 | 176 | 143 | 28 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 25 | .301 | .417 | .441 | .858 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Julio Paula | 55 | 203 | 180 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 44 | .222 | .292 | .317 | .609 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Joe Redfield | 62 | 222 | 192 | 32 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 44 | .203 | .291 | .359 | .650 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Heller | 56 | 163 | 135 | 26 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 16 | .274 | .389 | .430 | .819 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jose Marcano | 58 | 186 | 164 | 23 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 22 | .220 | .303 | .250 | .553 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Augie Garcia | 44 | 162 | 133 | 24 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 39 | .241 | .348 | .361 | .709 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Barry Lyons | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Moscat | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1358 | 5402 | 4620 | 786 | 1285 | 163 | 48 | 87 | 675 | 244 | 77 | 671 | 791 | .278 | .370 | .391 | .761 | 1805 | 0 | 34 | 22 | 55 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Milligan | 1B | 66 | 495 | 39 | 12 | 43 | .978 | 8.091 | ||||
| Bruce Morrison | 1B | 45 | 351 | 24 | 8 | 40 | .979 | 8.333 | ||||
| Larry McNutt | 1B | 15 | 101 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .983 | 7.533 | ||||
| Ed Hearn | 1B | 14 | 116 | 6 | 4 | 12 | .968 | 8.714 | ||||
| Joe Redfield | 1B | 7 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 8.143 | ||||
| Fermin Ubri | 2B | 114 | 192 | 301 | 15 | 57 | .970 | 4.325 | ||||
| Jose Marcano | 2B | 19 | 25 | 41 | 1 | 11 | .985 | 3.474 | ||||
| Julio Paula | 2B | 9 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .977 | 4.667 | ||||
| Joe Redfield | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Frank Moscat | 2B | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Dave Cochrane | 3B | 114 | 66 | 167 | 26 | 22 | .900 | 2.044 | ||||
| Marlin McPhail | 3B | 15 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 1 | .826 | 2.533 | ||||
| Joe Redfield | 3B | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ed Hearn | 3B | 7 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Greg Olson | C | 107 | 881 | 82 | 10 | 5 | .990 | 9.000 | 13 | |||
| Ed Hearn | C | 32 | 215 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .983 | 7.312 | 4 | |||
| John Heller | C | 19 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .954 | 3.263 | 2 | |||
| Barry Lyons | C | 2 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.500 | 0 | |||
| Lenny Dykstra | OF | 131 | 268 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .975 | 2.115 | ||||
| Mark Carreon | OF | 127 | 173 | 8 | 14 | 2 | .928 | 1.425 | ||||
| Darryl Denby | OF | 101 | 159 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .960 | 1.673 | ||||
| Randy Milligan | OF | 32 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 2.031 | ||||
| Marlin McPhail | OF | 20 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.450 | ||||
| Larry McNutt | OF | 14 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .783 | 1.286 | ||||
| John Heller | OF | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Joe Redfield | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wes Gardner | P | 49 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .408 | ||||
| Joe Graves | P | 42 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Jeffery Sunderlage | P | 30 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .400 | ||||
| Reggie Jackson | P | 29 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.069 | ||||
| Jay Tibbs | P | 28 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 1.607 | ||||
| Dwight Gooden | P | 27 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.037 | ||||
| Dave Wyatt | P | 24 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .933 | .583 | ||||
| Jeff Bettendorf | P | 21 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.714 | ||||
| Rich Pickett | P | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| DeWayne Vaughn | P | 13 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
| Bill Latham | P | 13 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Arthur Ray | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Calvin Schiraldi | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bill Fultz | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Augie Garcia | SS | 44 | 56 | 124 | 10 | 19 | .947 | 4.091 | ||||
| Julio Paula | SS | 40 | 68 | 83 | 15 | 14 | .910 | 3.775 | ||||
| Joe Redfield | SS | 36 | 56 | 86 | 12 | 21 | .922 | 3.944 | ||||
| Jose Marcano | SS | 28 | 34 | 61 | 11 | 7 | .896 | 3.393 | ||||
| Totals | 1491 | 3624 | 1358 | 194 | 290 | .963 | 3.341 | 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.
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