1988 Columbia Mets Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 74-63
Finished 4th in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Butch Hobson (74-63)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 114,172, Avg. 1,667

1988 Columbia Mets Roster

The Columbia Mets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1988 season with a record of 74 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.

The Mets scored 583 runs and conceded 588 runs. Jaime Roseboro accounted for 72 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .272 average. Julio Valera led the team with 15 wins, while Mike Miller recorded a 2.76 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1988 Columbia Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chris Donnels, Eric Hillman, Terry McDaniel, Tim Bogar, Alex Diaz and Julio Valera.

Butch Hobson 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
Julio Valera	15	11	.577	3.20	30	27	3	8	0	1	191.0	171	77	68	8	51	3	144	4	6	9
Mike Miller	14	8	.636	2.76	31	20	8	8	0	3	163.3	146	64	50	7	28	1	98	12	3	8
Rocky Elli	13	8	.619	3.47	27	27	0	4	2	0	168.7	147	87	65	12	65	1	104	11	8	10
Juan Marina	11	8	.579	3.07	26	26	0	5	2	0	173.0	167	74	59	8	61	4	83	13	3	9
Mike Anderson	7	5	.583	4.01	18	18	0	4	1	0	114.3	94	62	51	8	45	1	114	6	5	8
Steve Larose	4	4	.500	3.95	32	0	27	0	0	10	41.0	52	28	18	1	18	0	33	6	3	9
Pete Bauer	4	5	.444	3.71	40	0	32	0	0	12	68.0	64	33	28	3	23	3	55	0	4	4
Rick Durant	3	4	.429	3.95	29	4	12	0	0	2	66.0	77	40	29	4	25	3	73	4	4	8
Kevin Ponder	2	1	.667	3.39	30	1	13	0	0	5	82.3	80	36	31	5	19	1	71	1	6	0
Eric Hillman	1	6	.143	3.95	17	13	4	0	0	1	73.0	54	45	32	2	43	0	60	6	3	5
Mike Whitlock	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1
Jim McAnarney	0	3	.000	6.52	22	1	9	0	0	0	49.7	59	40	36	9	35	0	33	3	4	12
Totals	74	63	.540	3.52	304	137	108	29	5	34	1194.3	1115	588	467	67	413	17	872	66	49	83	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
Jaime Roseboro	125	526	486	53	132	24	4	2	72	27	5	23	74	.272	.318	.350	.668	170		12	1	4	2
Alex Diaz	123	515	481	82	126	14	11	0	37	28	8	21	49	.262	.294	.337	.631	162		2	9	2	3
Terry McDaniel	127	536	449	76	111	16	6	5	43	41	10	74	173	.247	.360	.343	.703	154		7	3	3	5
Manny Mantrana	80	360	320	47	97	23	0	2	35	9	7	28	34	.303	.362	.394	.756	126		4	4	4	0
Scott Spoolstra	110	376	314	41	87	15	1	4	45	4	4	57	71	.277	.390	.369	.760	116		2	2	1	1
Rodney Murrell	110	399	335	36	78	14	0	5	46	10	1	51	57	.233	.332	.319	.652	107		3	2	8	5
Al Jimenez	103	396	343	40	74	12	1	4	35	1	1	40	69	.216	.312	.292	.604	100		9	2	2	5
Scott Jaster	72	273	234	35	51	6	1	3	26	11	7	31	41	.218	.314	.291	.604	68		3	2	3	3
Rob Lemle	71	261	213	34	50	5	0	0	16	16	3	40	56	.235	.364	.258	.623	55		4	3	1	1
Javier Gonzalez	79	274	250	21	50	4	2	3	21	0	1	15	58	.200	.250	.268	.518	67		2	6	1	0
Danny Naughton	70	202	182	17	46	6	2	0	14	2	2	18	47	.253	.323	.308	.631	56		1	1	0	1
Dave Lau	78	255	209	19	44	6	0	0	19	2	1	29	38	.211	.306	.239	.545	50		2	10	5	0
Dave Joiner	61	197	177	17	42	8	1	0	13	3	1	12	26	.237	.286	.294	.580	52		1	5	2	0
Tim Bogar	45	170	142	19	40	4	2	3	21	5	3	22	29	.282	.385	.401	.786	57		3	1	2	0
Chris Donnels	42	167	133	19	32	6	0	2	13	5	0	30	25	.241	.382	.331	.713	44		1	2	1	2
Luis Natera	37	105	95	10	18	2	0	0	9	1	1	7	26	.189	.243	.211	.453	20		0	2	1	0
Greg Turtletaub	23	73	62	4	14	3	0	0	5	1	2	9	20	.226	.329	.274	.603	17		1	0	1	1
Radhames Polanco	34	103	91	10	13	1	0	1	7	1	0	10	31	.143	.233	.187	.420	17		1	0	1	1
Juan Marina	27	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
Kevin Ponder	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Pete Bauer	41	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Mike Anderson	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1	0	0
Totals	1506	5195	4521	581	1105	169	31	34	477	167	57	517	928	.244	.327	.318	.645	1438	0	58	57	42	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Al Jimenez	1B	101	872	93	9	75	.991	9.554
Scott Spoolstra	1B	44	322	20	1	25	.997	7.773
Rodney Murrell	1B	4	23	1	0	6	1.000	6.000
Manny Mantrana	2B	80	167	228	22	45	.947	4.938
Tim Bogar	2B	36	77	104	7	21	.963	5.028
Dave Joiner	2B	18	27	47	5	11	.937	4.111
Luis Natera	2B	9	16	16	5	4	.865	3.556
Rodney Murrell	2B	3	5	3	1	1	.889	2.667
Rodney Murrell	3B	57	36	105	13	5	.916	2.474
Chris Donnels	3B	35	29	84	7	6	.942	3.229
Radhames Polanco	3B	33	6	41	5	2	.904	1.424
Dave Joiner	3B	16	8	14	3	3	.880	1.375
Luis Natera	3B	11	6	18	1	2	.960	2.182
Javier Gonzalez	C	77	487	31	11	2	.979	6.727	4
Dave Lau	C	75	417	64	5	7	.990	6.413	9
Rodney Murrell	C	1	10	2	1	0	.923	12.000	0
Jaime Roseboro	OF	122	201	11	9	1	.959	1.738
Terry McDaniel	OF	120	211	7	11	3	.952	1.817
Rob Lemle	OF	68	115	5	5	0	.960	1.765
Scott Jaster	OF	67	129	3	3	2	.978	1.970
Danny Naughton	OF	43	54	4	1	0	.983	1.349
Greg Turtletaub	OF	20	26	0	0	0	1.000	1.300
Rodney Murrell	OF	4	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
Pete Bauer	P	40	9	10	1	1	.950	.475
Steve Larose	P	32	4	9	3	1	.812	.406
Mike Miller	P	31	17	21	1	0	.974	1.226
Julio Valera	P	30	16	25	4	2	.911	1.367
Kevin Ponder	P	30	3	10	0	0	1.000	.433
Rick Durant	P	29	3	7	3	1	.769	.345
Rocky Elli	P	27	14	37	5	3	.911	1.889
Juan Marina	P	26	19	24	6	2	.878	1.654
Jim McAnarney	P	22	2	7	1	0	.900	.409
Mike Anderson	P	18	11	19	1	1	.968	1.667
Eric Hillman	P	17	7	16	0	1	1.000	1.353
Mike Whitlock	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Alex Diaz	SS	108	175	299	72	54	.868	4.389
Dave Joiner	SS	20	25	48	4	10	.948	3.650
Luis Natera	SS	16	14	45	7	8	.894	3.688
Tim Bogar	SS	11	12	16	1	2	.966	2.545
Totals		1503	3583	1495	234	307	.956	3.379	13	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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