1996 St. Lucie Mets Statistics
Team Record: 71-62
Finished 1st in the FSL's East Division
Manager: John Gibbons (71-62)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida
Ballpark: First Data Field
Attendance: 74,728, Avg. 1,168 in 64 home dates
Playoffs - St. Lucie Mets 2 games, Vero Beach Dodgers 0
Finals - St. Lucie Mets 3 games, Clearwater Phillies 1
The St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League ended the 1996 season with a record of 71 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Mets plated 517 runs and yielded 505 runs. Jose Lopez paced St. Lucie with 11 home runs Randy Warner drove in 69 runs. Jose Lopez led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .291. Arnie Gooch topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.58 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1996 St. Lucie Mets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jesús Sánchez, Paul Wilson, Dan Murray, Pete Harnisch, Kevin Flora, Preston Wilson, Jay Payton, Jarrod Patterson, Vance Wilson, Shannon Withem, Ramón Tatís, Guillermo Mota, Scott Sauerbeck and Rafael Roque.
John Gibbons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Gooch | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.58 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.7 | 131 | 74 | 48 | 7 | 51 | 3 | 141 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 680 |
| Jesús Sánchez | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1.96 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 53 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 344 |
| Dan Murray | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.25 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101.7 | 114 | 60 | 48 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 465 |
| Barry Short | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.34 | 58 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 88.3 | 70 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 350 |
| Rafael Roque | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76.3 | 57 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 311 |
| Scott Sauerbeck | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.27 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 99.3 | 101 | 37 | 25 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 406 |
| Ramón Tatís | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.39 | 46 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 74.3 | 71 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 38 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 325 |
| Toby Larson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.69 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 60 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 210 |
| Rich Turrentine | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.28 | 45 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 51.3 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 232 |
| Bryan Rogers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.54 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Joe Atwater | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.38 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 86.3 | 79 | 47 | 42 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 365 |
| Chris Roberts | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Shannon Withem | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| Pete Harnisch | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.77 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Luis Arroyo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 170 |
| Rob Cox | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Steve Arffa | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.7 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 132 |
| Jim McCready | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.86 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65 |
| John Carter | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 93 |
| Phil Olson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.32 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 63 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 220 |
| Scott Marquardt | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| John Kelly | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Steve Pack | 0 | 0 | 3.63 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.7 | 41 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 151 | |
| Paul Wilson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Jeff Cosman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.59 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Craig Bullock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.94 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Totals | 71 | 62 | .534 | 3.15 | 400 | 133 | 124 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 1156.0 | 1045 | 505 | 405 | 53 | 431 | 22 | 852 | 37 | 8 | 82 | 4834 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Lopez | 121 | 470 | 419 | 63 | 122 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 60 | 18 | 10 | 39 | 103 | .291 | .362 | .434 | .797 | 182 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Scott Hunter | 127 | 527 | 475 | 71 | 122 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 49 | 12 | 38 | 68 | .257 | .321 | .314 | .634 | 149 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Randy Warner | 109 | 421 | 386 | 43 | 107 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 65 | .277 | .323 | .407 | .730 | 157 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Julio Zorrilla | 110 | 432 | 403 | 43 | 100 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 25 | 72 | .248 | .291 | .270 | .562 | 109 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Miller | 86 | 349 | 310 | 32 | 79 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 51 | .255 | .310 | .319 | .629 | 99 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Vance Wilson | 93 | 352 | 311 | 29 | 76 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 41 | .244 | .321 | .360 | .681 | 112 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Angel Jaime | 98 | 337 | 288 | 38 | 74 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 47 | .257 | .344 | .330 | .674 | 95 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Guillermo Mota | 102 | 348 | 304 | 34 | 71 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 90 | .234 | .311 | .296 | .607 | 90 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Rafael Guerrero | 83 | 283 | 260 | 32 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 37 | .246 | .300 | .315 | .616 | 82 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cesar Diaz | 74 | 271 | 247 | 29 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 72 | .239 | .295 | .393 | .688 | 97 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Bob Daly | 53 | 197 | 183 | 18 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 22 | .273 | .315 | .350 | .664 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeramie Simpson | 59 | 244 | 222 | 25 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 55 | .216 | .284 | .293 | .577 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| David Sanderson | 50 | 189 | 163 | 17 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 42 | .239 | .333 | .307 | .640 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Turner | 33 | 112 | 99 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .202 | .286 | .293 | .579 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Preston Wilson | 23 | 95 | 85 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 | .176 | .263 | .247 | .510 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrod Patterson | 17 | 66 | 61 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .180 | .227 | .262 | .490 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Gomez | 7 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .375 | .444 | .708 | 1.153 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Payton | 9 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .308 | .400 | .385 | .785 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Flora | 11 | 48 | 39 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .154 | .312 | .256 | .569 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Tijerina | 19 | 48 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .071 | .188 | .119 | .307 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jon Farrell | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Naples | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1288 | 4856 | 4356 | 517 | 1083 | 161 | 31 | 51 | 461 | 177 | 84 | 378 | 863 | .249 | .314 | .335 | .649 | 1459 | 91 | 54 | 37 | 31 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Warner | 1B | 55 | 497 | 48 | 3 | 46 | .995 | 9.909 | ||||
| Bob Daly | 1B | 50 | 494 | 27 | 3 | 54 | .994 | 1.420 | ||||
| Brian Turner | 1B | 20 | 188 | 18 | 1 | 18 | .995 | 1.300 | ||||
| Jarrod Patterson | 1B | 14 | 137 | 12 | 5 | 15 | .968 | 1.643 | ||||
| Brandon Naples | 1B | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Rafael Guerrero | 1B | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Julio Zorrilla | 2B | 108 | 219 | 317 | 19 | 92 | .966 | 4.963 | ||||
| Ryan Miller | 2B | 32 | 52 | 94 | 8 | 14 | .948 | 4.562 | ||||
| Jose Lopez | 3B | 118 | 74 | 299 | 37 | 23 | .910 | 3.161 | ||||
| Guillermo Mota | 3B | 22 | 14 | 42 | 4 | 6 | .933 | 2.545 | ||||
| Paul Gomez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Vance Wilson | C | 81 | 502 | 87 | 8 | 1 | .987 | 7.272 | 11 | 68 | 30 | 30.6 |
| Cesar Diaz | C | 44 | 290 | 33 | 6 | 0 | .982 | 7.341 | 9 | 38 | 15 | 28.3 |
| Tony Tijerina | C | 16 | 60 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 4.250 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 29.4 |
| Jeramie Simpson | CF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Sanderson | CF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angel Jaime | CF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Flora | CF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Preston Wilson | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Hunter | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Farrell | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Hunter | LF | 120 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angel Jaime | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Sanderson | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Guerrero | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Hunter | OF | 121 | 167 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .952 | 1.488 | ||||
| Angel Jaime | OF | 86 | 111 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .968 | 1.395 | ||||
| Rafael Guerrero | OF | 74 | 94 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .960 | 1.311 | ||||
| Jeramie Simpson | OF | 56 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.893 | ||||
| David Sanderson | OF | 47 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.745 | ||||
| Preston Wilson | OF | 20 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 2.150 | ||||
| Kevin Flora | OF | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.909 | ||||
| Brian Turner | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Randy Warner | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jon Farrell | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Barry Short | P | 58 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .414 | ||||
| Ramón Tatís | P | 46 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .413 | ||||
| Rich Turrentine | P | 45 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .244 | ||||
| Dan Murray | P | 33 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.030 | ||||
| Arnie Gooch | P | 26 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 2 | .894 | 1.615 | ||||
| Steve Pack | P | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .130 | ||||
| Luis Arroyo | P | 22 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .591 | ||||
| Joe Atwater | P | 19 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.105 | ||||
| Scott Sauerbeck | P | 17 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.529 | ||||
| Jesús Sánchez | P | 16 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.812 | ||||
| Phil Olson | P | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rafael Roque | P | 14 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.929 | ||||
| Steve Arffa | P | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim McCready | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Bryan Rogers | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Toby Larson | P | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Craig Bullock | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rob Cox | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Carter | P | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| Jeff Cosman | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Shannon Withem | P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Paul Wilson | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Pete Harnisch | P | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Chris Roberts | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Marquardt | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Kelly | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Guerrero | RF | 72 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angel Jaime | RF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Preston Wilson | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Sanderson | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Turner | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Warner | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Guillermo Mota | SS | 81 | 113 | 251 | 17 | 38 | .955 | 4.494 | ||||
| Ryan Miller | SS | 58 | 90 | 172 | 10 | 50 | .963 | 4.517 | ||||
| Angel Jaime | SS | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 1.167 | ||||
| Totals | 1960 | 3468 | 1669 | 167 | 371 | .969 | 2.621 | 20 | 118 | 50 | 29.8 |
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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