1974 Visalia Mets Statistics
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Nolan Campbell (61-79)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 41,714, Avg. 596
The Visalia Mets of the California League ended the 1974 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.
The Mets scored 725 runs and yielded 836 runs, most in the circuit. Craig Cacek paced Visalia with 22 home runs, while Luis Garcia walloped 15 or more, too. Craig Cacek drove in 93 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .315 average. Thomas Tyler, Mardie Cornejo and Edgar Pate paced the team with 9 wins each, and Thomas Tyler recorded a 3.7 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1974 Visalia Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Bruhert, Mardie Cornejo and Craig Cacek.
Nolan Campbell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Tyler | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.70 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 151.0 | 167 | 85 | 62 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Edgar Pate | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.16 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 158.0 | 197 | 96 | 73 | 8 | 48 | 2 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Mardie Cornejo | 9 | 14 | .391 | 5.11 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 155.0 | 192 | 109 | 88 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mike Anderson | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.47 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 147.0 | 193 | 111 | 73 | 7 | 65 | 1 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| David Butler | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.81 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59.0 | 68 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Dyer | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.10 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93.0 | 117 | 79 | 63 | 10 | 75 | 1 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steven Eckert | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.51 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 77.0 | 91 | 46 | 30 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Mike Bruhert | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.13 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85.0 | 90 | 62 | 39 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Gary Nevinger | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.41 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 105 | 81 | 65 | 7 | 62 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Darrell Lakey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Hill | 1 | 1 | .500 | 15.75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Dobson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 63 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bonceil Fleming | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Kevin Meistickle | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Michael Agosto | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Michael Henderson | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Nygard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.47 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Stephen Wojcik | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.84 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 46 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 61 | 79 | .436 | 4.87 | 311 | 140 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 15 | 1149.0 | 1431 | 836 | 622 | 85 | 548 | 11 | 778 | 30 | 6 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Cacek | 139 | 596 | 483 | 112 | 152 | 26 | 2 | 22 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 103 | 94 | .315 | .433 | .513 | .947 | 248 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Richard Harris | 118 | 492 | 440 | 83 | 136 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 43 | 51 | .309 | .374 | .420 | .794 | 185 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Luis Lora | 109 | 480 | 448 | 76 | 136 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 51 | .304 | .342 | .413 | .755 | 185 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Perry | 139 | 551 | 492 | 80 | 124 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 19 | 8 | 47 | 145 | .252 | .327 | .362 | .689 | 178 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Agosto | 120 | 446 | 377 | 57 | 113 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 69 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 95 | .300 | .399 | .488 | .887 | 184 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Luis Garcia | 122 | 483 | 436 | 58 | 110 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 84 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 141 | .252 | .320 | .452 | .771 | 197 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Craig Clark | 87 | 345 | 302 | 49 | 82 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 46 | .272 | .354 | .391 | .745 | 118 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| John Busco | 84 | 358 | 302 | 53 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 56 | .265 | .352 | .348 | .700 | 105 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Richard Bengston | 97 | 347 | 297 | 34 | 76 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 72 | .256 | .350 | .360 | .710 | 107 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Andrew Calufetti | 69 | 267 | 245 | 21 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 46 | .233 | .292 | .322 | .615 | 79 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daryl Tollinche | 65 | 251 | 224 | 36 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 53 | .250 | .323 | .326 | .649 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ernie DiStasi | 56 | 215 | 181 | 25 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 33 | .293 | .400 | .497 | .897 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Blaylock | 31 | 123 | 110 | 19 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .327 | .390 | .582 | .972 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Daniel Hogan | 27 | 103 | 94 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | .213 | .275 | .287 | .562 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Gustafson | 27 | 88 | 72 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 36 | .208 | .352 | .222 | .574 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Hill | 29 | 89 | 74 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | .203 | .326 | .392 | .718 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mardie Cornejo | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Anderson | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bonceil Fleming | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Butler | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1415 | 5242 | 4585 | 726 | 1263 | 200 | 37 | 117 | 638 | 89 | 61 | 564 | 993 | .275 | .357 | .412 | .769 | 1888 | 94 | 39 | 16 | 38 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Cacek | 1B | 129 | 1094 | 71 | 22 | 100 | .981 | 9.031 | ||||
| Gary Blaylock | 1B | 7 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .950 | 8.143 | ||||
| Luis Garcia | 1B | 6 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .897 | 5.833 | ||||
| Bruce Gustafson | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Richard Bengston | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Michael Agosto | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Perry | 2B | 139 | 319 | 415 | 51 | 92 | .935 | 5.281 | ||||
| Daniel Hogan | 2B | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Craig Clark | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Garcia | 3B | 84 | 53 | 134 | 33 | 12 | .850 | 2.226 | ||||
| Ernie DiStasi | 3B | 31 | 11 | 51 | 11 | 3 | .849 | 2.000 | ||||
| Craig Clark | 3B | 31 | 21 | 66 | 7 | 8 | .926 | 2.806 | ||||
| John Busco | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Andrew Calufetti | C | 65 | 414 | 30 | 7 | 2 | .984 | 6.831 | 13 | |||
| Richard Bengston | C | 37 | 185 | 20 | 9 | 2 | .958 | 5.541 | 16 | |||
| Bruce Gustafson | C | 26 | 146 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .970 | 6.269 | 7 | |||
| Ernie DiStasi | C | 19 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .969 | 4.947 | 8 | |||
| Richard Harris | C | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Michael Agosto | OF | 112 | 205 | 12 | 9 | 2 | .960 | 1.938 | ||||
| Richard Harris | OF | 111 | 162 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .972 | 1.586 | ||||
| Luis Lora | OF | 108 | 232 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .979 | 2.176 | ||||
| Daryl Tollinche | OF | 53 | 60 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .926 | 1.189 | ||||
| Richard Bengston | OF | 44 | 86 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .948 | 2.091 | ||||
| Craig Cacek | OF | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Gary Hill | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steven Eckert | P | 44 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .477 | ||||
| Mike Anderson | P | 32 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .875 | 1.094 | ||||
| Paul Dyer | P | 31 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .636 | .452 | ||||
| David Butler | P | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Edgar Pate | P | 26 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Mardie Cornejo | P | 26 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Gary Nevinger | P | 23 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .522 | ||||
| Gregory Dobson | P | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
| Thomas Tyler | P | 22 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.273 | ||||
| Mike Bruhert | P | 18 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 1.056 | ||||
| Ray Nygard | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Bonceil Fleming | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Stephen Wojcik | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .600 | ||||
| Kevin Meistickle | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Michael Henderson | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Hill | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Darrell Lakey | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Agosto | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Busco | SS | 78 | 109 | 257 | 24 | 42 | .938 | 4.692 | ||||
| Craig Clark | SS | 40 | 59 | 130 | 25 | 22 | .883 | 4.725 | ||||
| Daniel Hogan | SS | 25 | 27 | 72 | 10 | 11 | .908 | 3.960 | ||||
| Luis Garcia | SS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ernie DiStasi | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1475 | 3450 | 1500 | 279 | 314 | .947 | 3.356 | 44 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
