1979 Jackson Mets Statistics
Team Record: 70-65
Finished 3rd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Bob Wellman (70-65)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Ballpark: Smith-Wills Stadium
Attendance: 68,340, Avg. 1,012
The Jackson Mets of the Texas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 70 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Mets scored 495 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 495 runs. Jody Davis paced Jackson with 21 home runs, while Ron MacDonald walloped 15 or more, too. Jody Davis drove in 91 runs. Hubie Brooks led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .305 average. Freddie Martínez topped the squad with 11 wins, and Greg Harris recorded a 2.26 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Rick Anderson, Wally Backman, Hubie Brooks, Jody Davis, Greg Harris, Mike Howard, Randy Johnson, Freddie Martínez and Dave Von Ohlen were all players from the 1979 Jackson Mets who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Bob Wellman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Martínez | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.32 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 157.0 | 152 | 71 | 58 | 10 | 74 | 2 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Daniel Smith | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.62 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 102.0 | 104 | 45 | 41 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Paul Cacciatore | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.50 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 136.0 | 141 | 85 | 68 | 13 | 64 | 0 | 103 | 14 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Robert Grote | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.45 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 128.0 | 145 | 62 | 49 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Greg Harris | 9 | 11 | .450 | 2.26 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 163.0 | 125 | 58 | 41 | 6 | 81 | 5 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rick Anderson | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.85 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 131.0 | 124 | 72 | 56 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Larry Prewitt | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.47 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 91.0 | 63 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Von Ohlen | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.85 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34.0 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Hamner | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.41 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 58.0 | 56 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Russell Clark | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29.0 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Luis Lunar | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Violette | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 70 | 65 | .519 | 3.33 | 284 | 135 | 0 | 46 | 12 | 26 | 1068.0 | 1001 | 495 | 395 | 56 | 480 | 30 | 687 | 32 | 4 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron MacDonald | 133 | 523 | 458 | 62 | 132 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 42 | .288 | .354 | .456 | .810 | 209 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Jody Davis | 132 | 508 | 433 | 57 | 128 | 23 | 4 | 21 | 91 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 93 | .296 | .382 | .513 | .895 | 222 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Hubie Brooks | 112 | 465 | 406 | 68 | 124 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 51 | 59 | .305 | .387 | .389 | .777 | 158 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Wally Backman | 110 | 448 | 404 | 63 | 114 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 35 | 50 | .282 | .346 | .349 | .695 | 141 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Keith Bodie | 133 | 481 | 435 | 45 | 113 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 37 | 63 | .260 | .322 | .349 | .672 | 152 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Mike Howard | 131 | 497 | 447 | 43 | 102 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 43 | 50 | .228 | .296 | .284 | .580 | 127 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Sergio Beltre | 125 | 417 | 374 | 38 | 91 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 67 | .243 | .304 | .377 | .681 | 141 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Robert Bryant | 79 | 268 | 227 | 41 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 32 | .304 | .402 | .449 | .852 | 102 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 86 | 258 | 228 | 23 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 18 | .294 | .368 | .351 | .719 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Francisco Perez | 77 | 246 | 222 | 21 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 31 | .252 | .314 | .347 | .661 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steven Till | 54 | 156 | 141 | 13 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 30 | .255 | .321 | .383 | .703 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rich Miller | 31 | 88 | 80 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .200 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Anderson | 25 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .261 | .320 | .348 | .668 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Hough | 13 | 48 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .128 | .146 | .149 | .295 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Grote | 23 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Paul Cacciatore | 24 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Martínez | 24 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .107 | .138 | .107 | .245 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Harris | 26 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .097 | .125 | .097 | .222 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Violette | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Smith | 44 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .571 | .857 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Prewitt | 16 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Hamner | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Lane | 6 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Slettvet | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Clark | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Lunar | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Von Ohlen | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1511 | 4603 | 4086 | 496 | 1081 | 171 | 30 | 70 | 441 | 118 | 52 | 417 | 616 | .265 | .335 | .372 | .708 | 1522 | 0 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Howard | 1B | 51 | 418 | 19 | 7 | 34 | .984 | 8.569 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | 1B | 44 | 341 | 28 | 6 | 29 | .984 | 8.386 | ||||
| Jody Davis | 1B | 26 | 184 | 13 | 5 | 14 | .975 | 7.577 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | 1B | 12 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 6 | .990 | 8.083 | ||||
| Ron MacDonald | 1B | 6 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 8.833 | ||||
| Douglas Slettvet | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron MacDonald | 2B | 126 | 259 | 341 | 11 | 63 | .982 | 4.762 | ||||
| Wally Backman | 2B | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 4.400 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | 2B | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 5.333 | ||||
| Mike Howard | 2B | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Hubie Brooks | 3B | 92 | 55 | 158 | 19 | 12 | .918 | 2.315 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | 3B | 29 | 21 | 42 | 4 | 4 | .940 | 2.172 | ||||
| Keith Bodie | 3B | 12 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .872 | 2.833 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | 3B | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Jody Davis | C | 90 | 477 | 68 | 10 | 6 | .982 | 6.056 | 13 | |||
| Steven Till | C | 40 | 215 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .996 | 5.950 | 3 | |||
| Richard Lane | C | 5 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 5.200 | 1 | |||
| Stan Hough | C | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.600 | 0 | |||
| Keith Bodie | OF | 119 | 183 | 18 | 8 | 4 | .962 | 1.689 | ||||
| Sergio Beltre | OF | 119 | 235 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .953 | 2.034 | ||||
| Mike Howard | OF | 72 | 134 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.972 | ||||
| Robert Bryant | OF | 70 | 112 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 1.657 | ||||
| Rich Miller | OF | 21 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.524 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | OF | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Stan Hough | OF | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Steven Till | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ron MacDonald | OF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Daniel Smith | P | 44 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .523 | ||||
| Dave Von Ohlen | P | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .189 | ||||
| Pete Hamner | P | 37 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .405 | ||||
| Greg Harris | P | 25 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 1 | .898 | 1.760 | ||||
| Rick Anderson | P | 25 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.120 | ||||
| Freddie Martínez | P | 24 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .882 | 1.250 | ||||
| Paul Cacciatore | P | 24 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 1 | .720 | .750 | ||||
| Robert Grote | P | 21 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 4 | .969 | 1.476 | ||||
| Russell Clark | P | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .450 | ||||
| Larry Prewitt | P | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .750 | ||||
| Luis Lunar | P | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| John Violette | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Wally Backman | SS | 104 | 170 | 251 | 30 | 46 | .933 | 4.048 | ||||
| Hubie Brooks | SS | 25 | 37 | 60 | 10 | 12 | .907 | 3.880 | ||||
| Mike Howard | SS | 10 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 3.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1402 | 3199 | 1312 | 165 | 249 | .965 | 3.218 | 17 | 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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