1989 Jackson Mets Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 61-74
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Steve Swisher (61-74)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Ballpark: Smith-Wills Stadium
Attendance: 87,153, Avg. 1,291
1989 Jackson Mets RosterTeam Record: 61-74
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Steve Swisher (61-74)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Ballpark: Smith-Wills Stadium
Attendance: 87,153, Avg. 1,291
The Jackson Mets of the Texas League ended the 1989 season with a record of 61 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Mets conceded 548 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Jackson tallied 469 runs, worst in the circuit,. Zoilo Sanchez paced the team with 11 home runs and drove in 57 runs, while leading all regular hitters with a .280 average. Julio Valera topped the squad with 10 wins, and Julio Valera and Kip Gross registered a 2.49 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1989 Jackson Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Kip Gross, Julio Machado, Alex Diaz, Tim Bogar, Chuck Carr, Julio Valera, Chris Jelic, Dave Liddell, Kevin Brown and Brian Givens.
Steve Swisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Valera | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.49 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 137.3 | 123 | 47 | 38 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 107 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kip Gross | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.49 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 96 | 47 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Dave Trautwein | 6 | 6 | .500 | 1.65 | 44 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 71.0 | 50 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Toby Nivens | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.04 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 160.3 | 154 | 81 | 72 | 15 | 49 | 9 | 82 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Chris Rauth | 6 | 13 | .316 | 3.81 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 148.7 | 157 | 73 | 63 | 13 | 43 | 5 | 74 | 10 | 4 | 3 | |
| Dale Plummer | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.03 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 71.0 | 60 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kevin Brown | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.26 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51.7 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Pete Bauer | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.40 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.3 | 47 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Julio Machado | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.84 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57.0 | 42 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Brian Givens | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.39 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 76 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 55 | 5 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| Gus Meizoso | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.94 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.7 | 41 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Greg Talamantez | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.95 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 49 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Jeff Bumgarner | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.78 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 80 | 53 | 49 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Bean Stringfellow | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.91 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ron Gideon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.61 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virgil Conley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Welborn | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.91 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.7 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 61 | 74 | .452 | 3.42 | 314 | 135 | 109 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 1171.3 | 1092 | 548 | 445 | 67 | 421 | 41 | 754 | 47 | 25 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Freiling | 115 | 443 | 415 | 34 | 115 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 51 | .277 | .317 | .364 | .681 | 151 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Zoilo Sanchez | 111 | 430 | 386 | 49 | 108 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 64 | .280 | .333 | .440 | .773 | 170 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| Tim Bogar | 112 | 462 | 406 | 44 | 108 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 57 | .266 | .340 | .352 | .692 | 143 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Chuck Carr | 116 | 481 | 444 | 45 | 107 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 47 | 20 | 27 | 66 | .241 | .285 | .275 | .560 | 122 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| Angelo Cuevas | 100 | 401 | 350 | 46 | 99 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 51 | .283 | .358 | .391 | .749 | 137 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| Johnny Monell | 80 | 249 | 232 | 27 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 28 | .310 | .347 | .431 | .778 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Chris Jelic | 86 | 297 | 249 | 32 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 37 | .257 | .365 | .394 | .758 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Craig Repoz | 104 | 349 | 296 | 35 | 64 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 83 | .216 | .324 | .314 | .638 | 93 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Manny Salinas | 48 | 179 | 168 | 13 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .250 | .279 | .280 | .559 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Dave Joiner | 54 | 180 | 167 | 16 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20 | .234 | .266 | .269 | .535 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Juan Villanueva | 59 | 193 | 168 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 32 | .214 | .304 | .304 | .607 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dave Liddell | 62 | 222 | 191 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 58 | .178 | .276 | .236 | .512 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Crucito Lara | 35 | 137 | 128 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .242 | .276 | .312 | .589 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brant Alyea | 37 | 126 | 120 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .250 | .270 | .458 | .728 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gilberto Roca | 37 | 119 | 113 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .239 | .271 | .265 | .537 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alex Diaz | 23 | 98 | 95 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | .274 | .296 | .411 | .706 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Debutch | 31 | 118 | 87 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 20 | .264 | .449 | .379 | .828 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alan Hayden | 9 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .424 | .525 | .424 | .949 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geary Jones | 21 | 63 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .179 | .258 | .321 | .579 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Jaster | 13 | 48 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .136 | .208 | .159 | .367 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fritz Polka | 8 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .227 | .320 | .273 | .593 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Valera | 19 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .217 | .280 | .261 | .541 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kip Gross | 16 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .148 | .143 | .148 | .291 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Trautwein | 44 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Gideon | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .364 | .444 | .808 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rob Hernandez | 5 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jovon Edwards | 9 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .312 | .535 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Brown | 8 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Rauth | 22 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toby Nivens | 26 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Machado | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Plummer | 25 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stevenson | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Talamantez | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Bauer | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Givens | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Meizoso | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bumgarner | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virgil Conley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Welborn | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1583 | 4912 | 4392 | 469 | 1091 | 189 | 18 | 55 | 419 | 103 | 52 | 391 | 759 | .248 | .313 | .337 | .650 | 1481 | 0 | 39 | 48 | 42 | 33 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Freiling | 1B | 109 | 980 | 90 | 7 | 85 | .994 | 9.817 | ||||
| Chris Jelic | 1B | 21 | 166 | 12 | 3 | 13 | .983 | 8.476 | ||||
| Manny Salinas | 1B | 12 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 5 | .990 | 8.250 | ||||
| Brant Alyea | 1B | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Juan Villanueva | 2B | 44 | 90 | 111 | 12 | 25 | .944 | 4.568 | ||||
| Dave Joiner | 2B | 35 | 73 | 107 | 7 | 21 | .963 | 5.143 | ||||
| Crucito Lara | 2B | 20 | 42 | 52 | 6 | 16 | .940 | 4.700 | ||||
| Alex Diaz | 2B | 18 | 25 | 65 | 3 | 10 | .968 | 5.000 | ||||
| Manny Salinas | 2B | 14 | 26 | 43 | 1 | 4 | .986 | 4.929 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | 2B | 9 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 6 | .977 | 4.667 | ||||
| Craig Repoz | 3B | 85 | 55 | 164 | 16 | 12 | .932 | 2.576 | ||||
| Chris Jelic | 3B | 35 | 28 | 65 | 7 | 4 | .930 | 2.657 | ||||
| Manny Salinas | 3B | 14 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .875 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Joiner | 3B | 8 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.625 | ||||
| Juan Villanueva | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave Liddell | C | 62 | 347 | 53 | 5 | 6 | .988 | 6.452 | 6 | |||
| Gilberto Roca | C | 33 | 194 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 6.697 | 5 | |||
| Geary Jones | C | 20 | 100 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .982 | 5.550 | 2 | |||
| Chris Jelic | C | 18 | 85 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 5.278 | 0 | |||
| Fritz Polka | C | 7 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 7.429 | 2 | |||
| Chuck Carr | OF | 113 | 280 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .973 | 2.575 | ||||
| Zoilo Sanchez | OF | 97 | 163 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .949 | 1.732 | ||||
| Angelo Cuevas | OF | 93 | 166 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 1.828 | ||||
| Johnny Monell | OF | 54 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 1.574 | ||||
| Craig Repoz | OF | 13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.923 | ||||
| Scott Jaster | OF | 13 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 2.615 | ||||
| Brant Alyea | OF | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | OF | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.583 | ||||
| Alan Hayden | OF | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Alex Diaz | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jovon Edwards | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Trautwein | P | 44 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .432 | ||||
| Julio Machado | P | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .281 | ||||
| Gus Meizoso | P | 29 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .345 | ||||
| Dale Plummer | P | 25 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .720 | ||||
| Toby Nivens | P | 25 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 1.080 | ||||
| Todd Welborn | P | 23 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .652 | ||||
| Chris Rauth | P | 22 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 1.955 | ||||
| Julio Valera | P | 19 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.842 | ||||
| Kip Gross | P | 16 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 2.375 | ||||
| Pete Bauer | P | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Brian Givens | P | 13 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.692 | ||||
| Jeff Bumgarner | P | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Gideon | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Bean Stringfellow | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .100 | ||||
| Greg Talamantez | P | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Kevin Brown | P | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Virgil Conley | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Bogar | SS | 104 | 185 | 351 | 29 | 61 | .949 | 5.154 | ||||
| Crucito Lara | SS | 15 | 18 | 47 | 2 | 7 | .970 | 4.333 | ||||
| Juan Villanueva | SS | 7 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | SS | 6 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Manny Salinas | SS | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| Alex Diaz | SS | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1443 | 3514 | 1551 | 166 | 309 | .968 | 3.510 | 15 | 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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