1981 Jackson Mets Statistics
Team Record: 68-66
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Davey Johnson (68-66)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Ballpark: Smith-Wills Stadium
Attendance: 112,511, Avg. 1,679
Playoffs - Jackson Mets 2 games, Tulsa Drillers 1
Finals - Jackson Mets 3 games, San Antonio Dodgers 0
The Jackson Mets of the Texas League ended the 1981 season with a record of 68 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Mets led the league with just 554 runs allowed. Jackson scored 532 runs. Mike Davis paced the team with 10 home runs and drove in 62 runs. Ricky Poe topped batters with significant playing time with a .288 average. Rick Ownbey paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.77 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1981 Jackson Mets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Al Pedrique, Ronn Reynolds, Rusty Tillman, Dave Smith, Terry Leach, Scott Holman, Jeff Bittiger, Dave Von Ohlen, Doug Sisk, Marvell Wynne, Rick Ownbey, Bob Apodaca, Brent Gaff and Mike Fitzgerald.
Davey Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Ownbey | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.77 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 133.0 | 110 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 62 | 1 | 125 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| John Semprini | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.09 | 34 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 56.0 | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Tom Thurberg | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.76 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121.0 | 118 | 83 | 64 | 13 | 79 | 3 | 106 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Robert Simond | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.87 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 135.0 | 123 | 54 | 43 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Michael Lowry | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.36 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 126.0 | 132 | 67 | 61 | 16 | 64 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Terry Leach | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.71 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 47 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Gaff | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.53 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 48 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Von Ohlen | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.93 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.0 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.50 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 55 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Scott Holman | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.85 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 106 | 57 | 47 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Doug Sisk | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bittiger | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.09 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Miller | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.40 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 56 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| John Violette | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.71 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Apodaca | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.56 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 39 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mark Daly | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Davis | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Skinner | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jose Rodriguez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.73 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 60 | .524 | 3.49 | 308 | 124 | 96 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 1079.0 | 987 | 505 | 419 | 68 | 501 | 25 | 730 | 27 | 8 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvell Wynne | 127 | 533 | 497 | 69 | 142 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 73 | .286 | .318 | .376 | .694 | 187 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| Rusty Tillman | 122 | 494 | 464 | 66 | 129 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 92 | .278 | .314 | .379 | .694 | 176 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stephen Moore | 119 | 503 | 441 | 72 | 119 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 57 | 65 | .270 | .352 | .342 | .694 | 151 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Mike Davis | 122 | 473 | 431 | 56 | 117 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 62 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 50 | .271 | .327 | .413 | .740 | 178 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Ricky Poe | 106 | 413 | 364 | 41 | 105 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 40 | .288 | .356 | .335 | .691 | 122 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| Ed Cuervo | 115 | 436 | 411 | 40 | 100 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 86 | .243 | .274 | .341 | .615 | 140 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Al Pedrique | 115 | 418 | 379 | 39 | 91 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 33 | .240 | .292 | .264 | .556 | 100 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| Mike Fitzgerald | 66 | 250 | 218 | 28 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 44 | .312 | .386 | .450 | .835 | 98 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Bill Haslerig | 69 | 242 | 220 | 33 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 49 | .295 | .360 | .464 | .823 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ronn Reynolds | 88 | 313 | 272 | 16 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 59 | .235 | .314 | .309 | .623 | 84 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| Gregory Pastors | 89 | 308 | 270 | 28 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 59 | .230 | .309 | .296 | .605 | 80 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sergio Beltre | 48 | 182 | 165 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 42 | .212 | .276 | .279 | .555 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mike Anicich | 47 | 165 | 148 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 28 | .216 | .279 | .345 | .623 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ricky McMullen | 13 | 55 | 52 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .269 | .291 | .288 | .579 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Duff | 17 | 55 | 47 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .149 | .245 | .170 | .415 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Simond | 22 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .227 | .261 | .227 | .488 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Thurberg | 28 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .200 | .304 | .250 | .554 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Lowry | 24 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Ownbey | 21 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .148 | .207 | .148 | .355 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Gaff | 7 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Leach | 8 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Holman | 23 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Sisk | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bittiger | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Von Ohlen | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Violette | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Apodaca | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Miller | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Smith | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Skinner | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Rodriguez | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Semprini | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1540 | 5017 | 4538 | 532 | 1176 | 190 | 29 | 47 | 471 | 95 | 49 | 366 | 798 | .259 | .317 | .345 | .662 | 1565 | 0 | 33 | 45 | 35 | 34 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Poe | 1B | 91 | 783 | 66 | 6 | 71 | .993 | 9.330 | ||||
| Mike Anicich | 1B | 40 | 347 | 31 | 5 | 36 | .987 | 9.450 | ||||
| Mike Fitzgerald | 1B | 7 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 5.429 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | 1B | 5 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.600 | ||||
| Rusty Tillman | 1B | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 7.500 | ||||
| Sergio Beltre | 1B | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ed Cuervo | 2B | 103 | 247 | 321 | 19 | 63 | .968 | 5.515 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | 2B | 26 | 52 | 71 | 4 | 12 | .969 | 4.731 | ||||
| Ricky McMullen | 2B | 12 | 22 | 43 | 4 | 12 | .942 | 5.417 | ||||
| Al Pedrique | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Davis | 3B | 118 | 96 | 238 | 12 | 32 | .965 | 2.831 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | 3B | 18 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Stephen Moore | 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mike Fitzgerald | 3B | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Ronn Reynolds | C | 83 | 493 | 67 | 12 | 4 | .979 | 6.747 | 6 | |||
| Mike Fitzgerald | C | 47 | 297 | 42 | 2 | 4 | .994 | 7.213 | 3 | |||
| David Duff | C | 17 | 71 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.294 | 4 | |||
| Ed Cuervo | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
| Marvell Wynne | OF | 124 | 267 | 21 | 6 | 3 | .980 | 2.323 | ||||
| Stephen Moore | OF | 103 | 142 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .962 | 1.466 | ||||
| Rusty Tillman | OF | 74 | 112 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .975 | 1.608 | ||||
| Bill Haslerig | OF | 55 | 88 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .918 | 1.636 | ||||
| Sergio Beltre | OF | 43 | 79 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .943 | 1.930 | ||||
| Ricky Poe | OF | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Mike Fitzgerald | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ed Cuervo | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Semprini | P | 34 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .382 | ||||
| Tom Thurberg | P | 28 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .889 | .857 | ||||
| Thomas Miller | P | 25 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .440 | ||||
| Dave Smith | P | 24 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .542 | ||||
| Michael Lowry | P | 24 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Robert Simond | P | 22 | 18 | 33 | 2 | 6 | .962 | 2.318 | ||||
| Rick Ownbey | P | 20 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Scott Holman | P | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Mark Daly | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ted Davis | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Rodriguez | P | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Doug Sisk | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Dave Von Ohlen | P | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Terry Leach | P | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| Brent Gaff | P | 7 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 2.714 | ||||
| John Skinner | P | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bob Apodaca | P | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| John Violette | P | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Bittiger | P | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Al Pedrique | SS | 112 | 184 | 323 | 34 | 68 | .937 | 4.527 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | SS | 35 | 37 | 79 | 11 | 9 | .913 | 3.314 | ||||
| Totals | 1458 | 3561 | 1557 | 165 | 352 | .969 | 3.510 | 14 | 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.
