1983 Jackson Mets Statistics
Team Record: 69-67
Finished 3rd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Bob Schaefer (69-67)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Ballpark: Smith-Wills Stadium
Attendance: 105,456, Avg. 1,551
Playoffs - Jackson Mets 2 games, Arkansas Travelers 0
Finals - Beaumont Golden Gators 3 games, Jackson Mets 0
The Jackson Mets of the Texas League ended the 1983 season with a record of 69 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Mets scored 693 runs and yielded 686 runs. John Gibbons led Jackson with 18 home runs, and Kevin Mitchell walloped 15 or more also. Kevin Mitchell accounted for 85 RBI. John Christensen paced batters with significant playing time with a .333 average. Joe Georger topped the squad with 13 wins, while Phil Huffman recorded a 3.9 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1983 Jackson Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Pedrique, Roger McDowell, John Christensen, Jeff Bettendorf, Calvin Schiraldi, Phil Huffman, Mike Bishop, Terry Blocker, Kevin Mitchell, Mike Howard, Bill Latham, Vance McHenry, Herm Winningham, DeWayne Vaughn, La Schelle Tarver, Rick Anderson, Ed Hearn, John Gibbons, Joe Redfield and Billy Beane.
Bob Schaefer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Georger | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4.44 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.7 | 139 | 75 | 66 | 11 | 57 | 3 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Roger McDowell | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.86 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 172.3 | 203 | 111 | 93 | 10 | 71 | 2 | 115 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Phil Huffman | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.88 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 113.7 | 105 | 56 | 49 | 13 | 44 | 2 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Rick Anderson | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.59 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77.7 | 77 | 40 | 31 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rob Schilling | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.42 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124.3 | 133 | 73 | 61 | 11 | 63 | 6 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bill Latham | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.33 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 | 72 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Byron Ballard | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.09 | 53 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 99.0 | 88 | 53 | 45 | 10 | 54 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Jeff Bettendorf | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Matt Bullinger | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.69 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31.7 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Lockenmeyer | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.18 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.7 | 44 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Calvin Schiraldi | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.82 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 | 41 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| DeWayne Vaughn | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.49 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 76 | 51 | 44 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Brian Kolbe | 2 | 4 | .333 | 8.27 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 44 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thomas Miller | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Myles | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Semprini | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.68 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 44.0 | 40 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dennis Long | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| David Duff | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Poe | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Randolph | 0 | 0 | 2.40 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Howard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 69 | 66 | .511 | 4.56 | 329 | 136 | 108 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 1137.7 | 1169 | 676 | 577 | 105 | 562 | 31 | 721 | 39 | 9 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Schelle Tarver | 121 | 540 | 481 | 95 | 152 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 52 | 46 | .316 | .383 | .364 | .747 | 175 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| John Christensen | 109 | 465 | 405 | 76 | 135 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 72 | 12 | 6 | 48 | 53 | .333 | .406 | .496 | .903 | 201 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Kevin Mitchell | 120 | 497 | 441 | 75 | 132 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 85 | 11 | 5 | 48 | 84 | .299 | .367 | .467 | .834 | 206 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| John Gibbons | 110 | 424 | 373 | 63 | 111 | 25 | 1 | 18 | 67 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 84 | .298 | .375 | .515 | .890 | 192 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Billy Beane | 121 | 462 | 423 | 53 | 104 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 75 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 129 | .246 | .293 | .362 | .655 | 153 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| Herm Winningham | 78 | 336 | 288 | 54 | 102 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 43 | 44 | .354 | .436 | .483 | .918 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Terry Blocker | 66 | 287 | 263 | 38 | 81 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 40 | .308 | .345 | .456 | .801 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Al Pedrique | 102 | 374 | 326 | 43 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 33 | .239 | .318 | .267 | .585 | 87 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
| Ricky McMullen | 71 | 303 | 265 | 38 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 14 | .249 | .312 | .313 | .625 | 83 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
| Mike Bishop | 66 | 268 | 207 | 40 | 58 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 48 | .280 | .438 | .541 | .979 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| James Woodward | 83 | 271 | 246 | 32 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 42 | .207 | .259 | .309 | .568 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Vance McHenry | 48 | 189 | 171 | 18 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 20 | .269 | .333 | .322 | .655 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sergio Beltre | 46 | 189 | 172 | 25 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 41 | .250 | .302 | .349 | .650 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| David Duff | 62 | 209 | 187 | 16 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 27 | .193 | .273 | .251 | .524 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Redfield | 36 | 146 | 127 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 43 | .197 | .295 | .291 | .586 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ricky Poe | 25 | 99 | 89 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 18 | .180 | .242 | .247 | .490 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ed Hearn | 5 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .300 | .364 | .350 | .714 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Howard | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .267 | .353 | .267 | .620 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Byron Ballard | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1325 | 5099 | 4500 | 693 | 1246 | 201 | 28 | 91 | 632 | 117 | 66 | 487 | 774 | .277 | .349 | .395 | .743 | 1776 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 58 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bishop | 1B | 54 | 481 | 47 | 1 | 40 | .998 | 9.778 | ||||
| John Christensen | 1B | 36 | 307 | 26 | 4 | 24 | .988 | 9.250 | ||||
| Billy Beane | 1B | 23 | 213 | 17 | 7 | 13 | .970 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ricky Poe | 1B | 17 | 112 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 7.235 | ||||
| David Duff | 1B | 13 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.923 | ||||
| Ed Hearn | 1B | 3 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 11.333 | ||||
| Joe Redfield | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Ricky McMullen | 2B | 67 | 146 | 191 | 9 | 30 | .974 | 5.030 | ||||
| James Woodward | 2B | 48 | 90 | 134 | 9 | 30 | .961 | 4.667 | ||||
| Al Pedrique | 2B | 33 | 67 | 78 | 2 | 13 | .986 | 4.394 | ||||
| Vance McHenry | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Kevin Mitchell | 3B | 114 | 70 | 224 | 21 | 18 | .933 | 2.579 | ||||
| James Woodward | 3B | 21 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.810 | ||||
| John Christensen | 3B | 9 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .846 | 2.444 | ||||
| Mike Bishop | 3B | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Al Pedrique | 3B | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Mike Howard | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Gibbons | C | 103 | 575 | 62 | 12 | 7 | .982 | 6.184 | 3 | |||
| David Duff | C | 41 | 195 | 30 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 5.488 | 6 | |||
| Ed Hearn | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Billy Beane | OF | 94 | 169 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 1.872 | ||||
| La Schelle Tarver | OF | 79 | 127 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .949 | 1.646 | ||||
| Herm Winningham | OF | 76 | 157 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .964 | 2.132 | ||||
| John Christensen | OF | 59 | 103 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .974 | 1.881 | ||||
| Terry Blocker | OF | 53 | 92 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .951 | 1.830 | ||||
| Sergio Beltre | OF | 38 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .970 | 1.711 | ||||
| Ricky Poe | OF | 13 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| James Woodward | OF | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Kevin Mitchell | OF | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
| Mike Howard | OF | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Joe Redfield | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Byron Ballard | P | 53 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .340 | ||||
| John Semprini | P | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .300 | ||||
| Rob Schilling | P | 27 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.074 | ||||
| Roger McDowell | P | 27 | 19 | 45 | 5 | 5 | .928 | 2.370 | ||||
| Matt Bullinger | P | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .148 | ||||
| Joe Georger | P | 26 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .936 | 1.692 | ||||
| Mark Lockenmeyer | P | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .217 | ||||
| Phil Huffman | P | 17 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Dennis Long | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Kolbe | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Rick Anderson | P | 13 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.769 | ||||
| DeWayne Vaughn | P | 12 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .765 | 1.083 | ||||
| Bill Latham | P | 12 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Thomas Miller | P | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Calvin Schiraldi | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .714 | ||||
| Jeff Bettendorf | P | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Robert Randolph | P | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Rick Myles | P | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ricky Poe | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Howard | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Duff | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Al Pedrique | SS | 68 | 114 | 207 | 18 | 36 | .947 | 4.721 | ||||
| Vance McHenry | SS | 42 | 59 | 117 | 11 | 20 | .941 | 4.190 | ||||
| Joe Redfield | SS | 28 | 38 | 93 | 12 | 11 | .916 | 4.679 | ||||
| James Woodward | SS | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Howard | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1496 | 3478 | 1539 | 161 | 287 | .969 | 3.354 | 9 | 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.
