1976 Marion Mets Statistics
Team Record: 28-42
Finished 4th in the AL's North Division
Manager: Tom Egan (28-42)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Marion, Virginia
Ballpark: Marion Stadium
Attendance: 7,198, Avg. 206
The Marion Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1976 season with a record of 28 wins and 42 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Mets scored 285 runs and allowed 320 runs. Curtis Fisher drove in 33 runs. Charlie Warren paced batters with significant playing time with a .288 average. Carman Coppol and Don Pearson topped the team with 6 wins each, while Robert Grote recorded a 3.8 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1976 Marion Mets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Kelvin Chapman, Neil Allen, Jody Davis and Dave Von Ohlen.
Tom Egan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carman Coppol | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.51 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43.0 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Don Pearson | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.83 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 88 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Paul Cacciatore | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.33 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 37 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Neil Allen | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.91 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33.0 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Wolf | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.64 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 39 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Grote | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.80 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 63 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Von Ohlen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.35 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Garry Corrado | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Martin Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Simon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Owen | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.98 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 61 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Mitchell | 1 | 3 | .250 | 12.18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Juan Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Tanner | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.09 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.0 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Biehl | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.57 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gilbert Joseph | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.55 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Richard Rodriguez | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.08 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 45 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 42 | .391 | 4.10 | 170 | 69 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 568.0 | 553 | 320 | 259 | 35 | 259 | 13 | 410 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Warren | 62 | 234 | 205 | 34 | 59 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 33 | .288 | .365 | .410 | .775 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Kelvin Chapman | 62 | 247 | 219 | 33 | 59 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 22 | .269 | .341 | .347 | .688 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Curtis Fisher | 65 | 240 | 201 | 31 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 35 | .284 | .388 | .453 | .840 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Pappageorgas | 54 | 204 | 183 | 18 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | .246 | .296 | .361 | .657 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Jody Davis | 50 | 178 | 164 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 32 | .232 | .287 | .366 | .652 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bud Cardwell | 47 | 172 | 148 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 31 | .236 | .343 | .338 | .681 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Baker | 46 | 157 | 139 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 41 | .237 | .325 | .338 | .663 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Thurberg | 57 | 198 | 169 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 69 | .183 | .298 | .284 | .582 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stuart Greenstein | 30 | 110 | 102 | 16 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .294 | .339 | .392 | .732 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Baker | 29 | 101 | 91 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | .220 | .283 | .264 | .547 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lester Morales | 24 | 79 | 73 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .247 | .286 | .301 | .587 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rick Armer | 27 | 80 | 76 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | .211 | .250 | .382 | .632 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Murphy | 19 | 65 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .241 | .312 | .414 | .726 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Grant | 31 | 85 | 65 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | .215 | .388 | .215 | .604 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sergio Beltre | 25 | 73 | 67 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .179 | .225 | .284 | .509 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Bryant | 7 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .429 | .520 | .714 | 1.234 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tonus Thomas | 18 | 59 | 53 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .151 | .237 | .208 | .445 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Gomez | 20 | 43 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .200 | .349 | .229 | .577 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Ashline | 11 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .200 | .310 | .257 | .567 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alvin Suggs | 7 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .222 | .286 | .222 | .508 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tony Wylie | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Wolf | 15 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .111 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gabriel Ferrer | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 711 | 2453 | 2156 | 275 | 521 | 76 | 21 | 36 | 228 | 58 | 36 | 254 | 447 | .242 | .323 | .346 | .670 | 747 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Fisher | 1B | 63 | 505 | 24 | 8 | 34 | .985 | 8.397 | ||||
| James Murphy | 1B | 6 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 6.667 | ||||
| Tony Wylie | 1B | 3 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Kelvin Chapman | 2B | 61 | 138 | 164 | 8 | 24 | .974 | 4.951 | ||||
| Carlos Gomez | 2B | 13 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .921 | 2.692 | ||||
| Steven Ashline | 2B | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 6.500 | ||||
| Bud Cardwell | 3B | 42 | 29 | 64 | 9 | 5 | .912 | 2.214 | ||||
| Curtis Baker | 3B | 18 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 3 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| James Murphy | 3B | 12 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Richard Wolf | 3B | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Carlos Gomez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jody Davis | C | 47 | 290 | 30 | 13 | 3 | .961 | 6.809 | 6 | |||
| Robert Grant | C | 28 | 143 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .976 | 5.750 | 1 | |||
| Richard Wolf | C | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.750 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Warren | OF | 62 | 81 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .955 | 1.355 | ||||
| Tom Thurberg | OF | 57 | 94 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .936 | 1.789 | ||||
| Sergio Beltre | OF | 24 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Rick Armer | OF | 24 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Lester Morales | OF | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .824 | ||||
| Stuart Greenstein | OF | 16 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 2.125 | ||||
| James Baker | OF | 16 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.875 | ||||
| Tonus Thomas | OF | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Alvin Suggs | OF | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Robert Bryant | OF | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Gabriel Ferrer | OF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Carman Coppol | P | 25 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .240 | ||||
| David Owen | P | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .158 | ||||
| Gilbert Joseph | P | 16 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Richard Rodriguez | P | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .786 | ||||
| Don Pearson | P | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 1.231 | ||||
| Michael Tanner | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Robert Grote | P | 12 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
| Paul Cacciatore | P | 10 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .684 | 1.300 | ||||
| Michael Mitchell | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Richard Wolf | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| David Biehl | P | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 1.429 | ||||
| Juan Rodriguez | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Neil Allen | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Dave Von Ohlen | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Willie Simon | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Garry Corrado | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Martin Robinson | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Pappageorgas | SS | 54 | 77 | 168 | 17 | 27 | .935 | 4.537 | ||||
| Curtis Baker | SS | 10 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 2.400 | ||||
| Steven Ashline | SS | 8 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 5 | .952 | 5.000 | ||||
| Richard Wolf | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 790 | 1706 | 714 | 127 | 117 | .950 | 3.063 | 7 | 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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