1973 Visalia Mets Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 62-78
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Nolan Campbell (62-78)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 38,719, Avg. 553

1973 Visalia Mets Roster

The Visalia Mets of the California League ended the 1973 season with a record of 62 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.

The Mets scored 693 runs and conceded 707 runs. Joel Elderkin led Visalia with 18 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Carlos Sagredo paced batters with significant playing time with a .260 average. Nardi Contreras and Nino Espinosa topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Nardi Contreras registered a 3.05 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1973 Visalia Mets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Nardi Contreras, Rich Puig, Nino Espinosa and Jay Kleven.

Nolan Campbell 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
Nino Espinosa	10	10	.500	4.19	25	25		7	0	0	174.0	184	99	81	16	54	3	109	6	2	6
Nardi Contreras	10	11	.476	3.05	25	25		10	2	0	177.0	158	83	60	11	66	2	170	8	0	11
Steven Eckert	7	0	1.000	1.94	48	0		0	0	8	88.0	68	33	19	3	29	2	70	4	0	7
Greg Pavlick	7	7	.500	3.45	23	21		6	2	1	141.0	150	79	54	17	50	3	79	0	1	3
August Garbatini	7	13	.350	3.97	45	9		4	1	9	111.0	119	64	49	10	37	2	82	3	1	8
Jimmy Whisman	6	4	.600	3.42	31	10		1	1	1	100.0	92	48	38	12	47	4	67	7	0	7
Gary Manderbach	5	7	.417	3.99	33	15		2	1	3	106.0	117	66	47	7	87	3	123	3	1	23
Edgar Pate	3	5	.375	4.25	10	10		0	0	0	53.0	46	32	25	4	33	0	28	1	0	1
Dennis Solari	2	0	1.000	1.50	2	2		0	0	0	12.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	6	2	0	1
Juan Veintidos	2	8	.200	6.40	11	11		0	0	0	52.0	80	57	37	8	39	1	41	0	1	3
Paul Dyer	1	2	.333	3.00	16	1		0	0	1	21.0	17	10	7	1	22	1	15	2	0	4
Ray Nygard	1	2	.333	5.69	35	1		0	0	8	49.0	45	42	31	6	44	1	30	0	0	3
Richard Holman	1	3	.250	6.52	8	6		0	0	0	29.0	39	25	21	5	16	0	18	0	0	0
Michael Agosto	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dan Carey	0	0		11.25	6	0		0	0	0	12.0	14	16	15	0	14	0	8	4	0	1
Olmedo Perez	0	1	.000	7.71	4	0		0	0	0	7.0	14	9	6	2	7	2	7	1	0	2
Tony Maya	0	2	.000	14.40	3	2		0	0	0	5.0	9	15	8	1	7	0	2	0	0	1
David Rusco	0	3	.000	5.29	16	2		1	0	1	34.0	31	27	20	7	24	2	31	1	0	1
Totals	62	78	.443	3.99	342	140	0	31	7	32	1172.0	1191	707	520	111	580	26	887	42	6	82	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
Felix Minaya	126	524	442	77	110	12	1	8	53	38	10	67	83	.249	.353	.335	.688	148		7	3	5
Carlos Sagredo	117	480	388	80	101	14	6	14	63	28	8	77	94	.260	.384	.436	.820	169		6	1	8
Joel Elderkin	113	457	391	56	100	15	5	18	73	3	3	60	99	.256	.355	.458	.813	179		2	1	3
Angel Cantres	129	508	383	69	98	15	2	12	72	4	8	106	87	.256	.430	.399	.829	153		14	1	4
Rich Puig	92	378	315	65	92	13	2	14	49	8	2	58	80	.292	.407	.479	.886	151		3	2	0
Luis Lora	113	376	326	50	86	12	4	4	20	22	7	43	55	.264	.351	.362	.713	118		1	6	0
Jay Kleven	107	380	344	38	74	8	0	5	35	0	0	27	63	.215	.278	.282	.560	97		4	2	3
Craig Clark	69	290	251	32	69	8	2	2	19	8	1	32	45	.275	.357	.347	.703	87		1	4	2
Richard Harris	63	272	239	31	66	17	4	3	35	6	4	19	45	.276	.328	.418	.747	100		4	1	9
John Trevisan	78	265	240	29	56	9	2	4	28	7	1	16	49	.233	.295	.338	.633	81		6	1	2
James Brunette	58	216	171	29	43	9	1	8	33	0	0	41	49	.251	.395	.456	.851	78		1	1	2
David Rusco	68	223	184	33	42	12	0	5	28	5	1	33	61	.228	.354	.375	.729	69		4	0	2
Gary Hill	52	126	107	16	28	6	0	2	14	0	0	17	17	.262	.360	.374	.734	40		0	1	1
Brian Canfield	32	127	105	16	25	4	0	2	11	1	1	20	30	.238	.360	.333	.693	35		0	2	0
Daryl Tollinche	25	108	86	18	22	3	0	3	11	9	2	20	16	.256	.407	.395	.803	34		2	0	0
Nardi Contreras	29	75	65	9	13	3	0	1	6	0	0	8	19	.200	.284	.292	.576	19		0	1	1
Michael Agosto	18	47	42	5	10	1	1	1	8	0	1	5	15	.238	.319	.381	.700	16		0	0	0
Lee Sigman	25	83	65	4	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	15	24	.154	.325	.154	.479	10		2	0	1
Greg Pavlick	24	58	50	4	7	2	0	1	5	0	0	5	13	.140	.218	.240	.458	12		0	3	0
Nino Espinosa	27	72	58	7	7	0	0	0	9	0	1	10	23	.121	.250	.121	.371	7		0	4	0
Steven Eckert	48	19	18	3	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.333	.316	.611	.927	11		0	0	1
Jimmy Whisman	33	36	34	5	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.176	.200	.206	.406	7		0	1	0
Ray Nygard	36	13	13	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.385	.385	.385	.769	5		0	0	0
Otto Dacosta	7	20	20	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	4		0	0	0
August Garbatini	45	35	30	3	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	12	.133	.235	.200	.435	6		1	1	0
Edgar Pate	10	20	19	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.158	.158	.158	.316	3		0	1	0
Olmedo Perez	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3		0	0	0
Dan Carey	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3		0	0	0
Richard Holman	8	12	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.222	.300	.222	.522	2		0	2	0
Juan Veintidos	11	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	2		0	2	0
Gary Manderbach	34	34	30	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	.067	.097	.100	.197	3		1	3	0
Dennis Solari	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Paul Dyer	16	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	2	0
Tony Maya	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1629	5293	4459	692	1097	171	30	108	584	139	51	685	1046	.246	.351	.370	.721	1652	0	59	46	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Carlos Sagredo	1B	97	737	49	20	63	.975	8.103
James Brunette	1B	40	316	14	4	31	.988	8.250
Joel Elderkin	1B	9	60	2	1	2	.984	6.889
John Trevisan	1B	6	44	4	0	5	1.000	8.000
Rich Puig	2B	87	193	232	28	55	.938	4.885
Felix Minaya	2B	46	122	129	7	22	.973	5.457
Craig Clark	2B	14	31	42	4	6	.948	5.214
Felix Minaya	3B	48	38	97	11	12	.925	2.812
Joel Elderkin	3B	42	30	61	9	3	.910	2.167
Brian Canfield	3B	32	17	42	6	7	.908	1.844
James Brunette	3B	12	7	10	5	1	.773	1.417
Craig Clark	3B	9	5	18	2	1	.920	2.556
Jay Kleven	C	105	701	76	14	5	.982	7.400	25
John Trevisan	C	40	195	17	6	3	.972	5.300	10
Otto Dacosta	C	4	28	4	2	1	.941	8.000	1
Angel Cantres	OF	121	199	12	10	2	.955	1.744
Luis Lora	OF	99	187	8	15	2	.929	1.970
Richard Harris	OF	61	116	5	7	2	.945	1.984
Joel Elderkin	OF	59	75	4	3	1	.963	1.339
Gary Hill	OF	26	38	0	1	0	.974	1.462
John Trevisan	OF	24	30	3	0	0	1.000	1.375
Daryl Tollinche	OF	24	27	4	2	0	.939	1.292
Carlos Sagredo	OF	23	35	1	5	0	.878	1.565
Michael Agosto	OF	11	11	1	0	0	1.000	1.091
Craig Clark	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steven Eckert	P	48	2	12	2	3	.875	.292
August Garbatini	P	45	2	17	1	0	.950	.422
Ray Nygard	P	35	0	4	1	0	.800	.114
Gary Manderbach	P	33	6	23	2	0	.935	.879
Jimmy Whisman	P	31	2	17	2	0	.905	.613
Nino Espinosa	P	25	15	31	1	3	.979	1.840
Nardi Contreras	P	25	11	18	6	1	.829	1.160
Greg Pavlick	P	23	8	17	2	0	.926	1.087
David Rusco	P	16	4	4	0	1	1.000	.500
Paul Dyer	P	16	2	1	0	0	1.000	.188
Juan Veintidos	P	11	2	9	2	2	.846	1.000
Edgar Pate	P	10	2	7	2	0	.818	.900
Richard Holman	P	8	1	2	0	0	1.000	.375
Dan Carey	P	6	2	3	0	0	1.000	.833
Olmedo Perez	P	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tony Maya	P	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Dennis Solari	P	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Michael Agosto	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
David Rusco	SS	52	76	162	17	6	.933	4.577
Craig Clark	SS	47	68	159	24	24	.904	4.830
Felix Minaya	SS	23	26	60	12	5	.878	3.739
Lee Sigman	SS	21	28	65	12	15	.886	4.429
Joel Elderkin	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1526	3504	1453	248	284	.952	3.248	36	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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