1978 Wausau Mets Statistics
Team Record: 55-81
Finished 4th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Dan Monzon (55-81)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Wausau, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Athletic Park
Attendance: 48,213, Avg. 709
The Wausau Mets of the Midwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 55 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Mets plated 578 runs and allowed 781 runs, most in the league. Stewart Bringhurst paced Wausau with 15 home runs James Noonan drove in 61 runs. Kenneth Jones led all regular batters with a .256 average. Don Pearson topped the squad with 12 wins, while Michael Lowry recorded a 3.97 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1978 Wausau Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jamie Nelson, Randy Johnson and Brent Gaff.
Dan Monzon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Pearson | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.12 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 168.0 | 183 | 109 | 77 | 10 | 75 | 3 | 130 | 4 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Darryl Paquette | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.75 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 146.0 | 142 | 97 | 77 | 12 | 87 | 2 | 84 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Glen Johnson | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 44 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Lowry | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.97 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 127.0 | 120 | 76 | 56 | 13 | 72 | 2 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Bruce Ferguson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.44 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 77.0 | 80 | 58 | 38 | 6 | 48 | 5 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Curtis Baker | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.60 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 15 | 68 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Donald Brazell | 4 | 7 | .364 | 2.93 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 89.0 | 91 | 43 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Christopher Kirby | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.17 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69.0 | 73 | 44 | 32 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Jeffrey Franklin | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.68 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 65 | 46 | 29 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Duane Howard | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.73 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 39 | 42 | 28 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Alexander Coghen | 2 | 7 | .222 | 7.53 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 55 | 55 | 46 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Carman Coppol | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Keith Shermeyer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Brent Gaff | 1 | 13 | .071 | 5.77 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 128.0 | 159 | 106 | 82 | 15 | 68 | 3 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Totals | 55 | 81 | .404 | 4.64 | 298 | 136 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 22 | 1122.0 | 1155 | 781 | 578 | 116 | 629 | 23 | 817 | 38 | 9 | 129 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henri Jones | 130 | 514 | 457 | 77 | 110 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 39 | 10 | 48 | 96 | .241 | .315 | .365 | .680 | 167 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Jones | 123 | 480 | 402 | 56 | 103 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 24 | 3 | 69 | 96 | .256 | .366 | .396 | .762 | 159 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ed Cuervo | 119 | 489 | 434 | 51 | 97 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 51 | 12 | 35 | 94 | .224 | .285 | .251 | .536 | 109 | 4 | 11 | 5 | ||
| James Noonan | 116 | 459 | 384 | 66 | 94 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 69 | 70 | .245 | .360 | .396 | .755 | 152 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Stewart Bringhurst | 108 | 412 | 371 | 46 | 91 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 96 | .245 | .307 | .412 | .720 | 153 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| James Brown | 115 | 414 | 367 | 38 | 82 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 87 | .223 | .300 | .297 | .597 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jamie Nelson | 64 | 232 | 202 | 32 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 41 | .267 | .346 | .421 | .767 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 62 | 253 | 230 | 34 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 14 | .235 | .299 | .365 | .664 | 84 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Junior Roman | 84 | 285 | 248 | 29 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 50 | .214 | .304 | .262 | .566 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| William Chamberlain | 68 | 256 | 235 | 30 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 93 | .213 | .270 | .366 | .635 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Randolph Lamb | 69 | 257 | 228 | 26 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 25 | .197 | .285 | .246 | .531 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Keith Shermeyer | 84 | 281 | 233 | 35 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 77 | .172 | .300 | .275 | .575 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| James Beck | 43 | 147 | 129 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 28 | .248 | .319 | .426 | .746 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Allan Wilkerson | 32 | 97 | 83 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 29 | .265 | .330 | .289 | .619 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | 21 | 82 | 69 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 21 | .246 | .358 | .420 | .778 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Till | 22 | 80 | 66 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | .242 | .375 | .409 | .784 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Franklin Sanchez | 14 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Hinkel | 6 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .150 | .190 | .400 | .590 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Healy | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bruce Ferguson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1284 | 4804 | 4198 | 578 | 968 | 162 | 20 | 89 | 468 | 173 | 55 | 503 | 957 | .231 | .315 | .342 | .657 | 1437 | 0 | 29 | 42 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Shermeyer | 1B | 77 | 631 | 37 | 15 | 51 | .978 | 8.675 | ||||
| James Beck | 1B | 25 | 172 | 13 | 4 | 25 | .979 | 7.400 | ||||
| Junior Roman | 1B | 13 | 74 | 5 | 3 | 4 | .963 | 6.077 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | 1B | 12 | 87 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .978 | 7.583 | ||||
| William Chamberlain | 1B | 12 | 82 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .937 | 7.417 | ||||
| Steven Till | 1B | 10 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 7.000 | ||||
| Ed Cuervo | 2B | 89 | 182 | 225 | 26 | 44 | .940 | 4.573 | ||||
| Randolph Lamb | 2B | 50 | 67 | 152 | 22 | 19 | .909 | 4.380 | ||||
| Junior Roman | 2B | 19 | 29 | 40 | 8 | 9 | .896 | 3.632 | ||||
| Franklin Sanchez | 2B | 11 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | .860 | 4.455 | ||||
| James Noonan | 2B | 8 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .952 | 5.000 | ||||
| James Noonan | 3B | 97 | 84 | 170 | 26 | 14 | .907 | 2.619 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | 3B | 21 | 22 | 43 | 8 | 4 | .890 | 3.095 | ||||
| Jamie Nelson | 3B | 13 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 2.308 | ||||
| Junior Roman | 3B | 7 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 2.143 | ||||
| Ed Cuervo | 3B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Stewart Bringhurst | C | 79 | 503 | 57 | 17 | 6 | .971 | 7.089 | 26 | |||
| Jamie Nelson | C | 33 | 166 | 33 | 8 | 2 | .961 | 6.030 | 9 | |||
| Jerry Johnson | C | 20 | 137 | 24 | 6 | 2 | .964 | 8.050 | 3 | |||
| Steven Till | C | 5 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
| John Hinkel | C | 4 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 6.500 | 2 | |||
| Henri Jones | OF | 127 | 261 | 13 | 15 | 1 | .948 | 2.157 | ||||
| Kenneth Jones | OF | 115 | 195 | 11 | 17 | 4 | .924 | 1.791 | ||||
| James Brown | OF | 114 | 158 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .949 | 1.474 | ||||
| Junior Roman | OF | 47 | 69 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 1.574 | ||||
| James Beck | OF | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| William Chamberlain | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .750 | ||||
| Duane Howard | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donald Brazell | P | 49 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .265 | ||||
| Christopher Kirby | P | 41 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .317 | ||||
| Bruce Ferguson | P | 38 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .762 | .421 | ||||
| Don Pearson | P | 25 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 0 | .795 | 1.240 | ||||
| Brent Gaff | P | 25 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .923 | .960 | ||||
| Darryl Paquette | P | 24 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .759 | .917 | ||||
| Curtis Baker | P | 24 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .583 | ||||
| Michael Lowry | P | 22 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 1.227 | ||||
| Alexander Coghen | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Franklin | P | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Duane Howard | P | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .300 | ||||
| Glen Johnson | P | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .875 | ||||
| Keith Shermeyer | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Carman Coppol | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Randolph Lamb | SS | 50 | 68 | 156 | 24 | 19 | .903 | 4.480 | ||||
| Ed Cuervo | SS | 32 | 37 | 90 | 17 | 13 | .882 | 3.969 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | SS | 29 | 53 | 89 | 13 | 17 | .916 | 4.897 | ||||
| Allan Wilkerson | SS | 28 | 29 | 76 | 17 | 14 | .861 | 3.750 | ||||
| Robert Healy | SS | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1464 | 3379 | 1500 | 327 | 279 | .937 | 3.333 | 41 | 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.
