1981 Kingsport Mets Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 21-49
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Al Jackson (21-49)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 22,630, Avg. 647
1981 Kingsport Mets RosterTeam Record: 21-49
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Al Jackson (21-49)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 22,630, Avg. 647
The Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1981 season with a record of 21 wins and 49 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Mets plated 318 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 452 runs, most in the league. Kevin Mitchell accounted for 45 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .335, while Timothy Hampton registered a 4.5 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1981 Kingsport Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Lou Thornton, Kevin Mitchell, José Bautista, Herm Winningham and Mark Carreon.
Al Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Hampton | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.50 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 78 | 48 | 38 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Fernando Alba | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.11 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35.0 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Lance Englin | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.62 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 45 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| José Bautista | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.64 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 66.0 | 84 | 54 | 34 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Matthew Fitts | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.96 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 74 | 50 | 38 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Stephen D'Ercole | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.62 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.0 | 57 | 37 | 30 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Keith Thomas | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9.28 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 46 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Aris Tirado | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.70 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 76 | 61 | 45 | 11 | 48 | 2 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Michael Prosper | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Williams | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.46 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 37 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rich Webster | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.00 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Walker | 0 | 4 | .000 | 12.86 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 29 | 39 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| James Oates | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.41 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 39 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 21 | 49 | .300 | 5.57 | 166 | 70 | 56 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 559.0 | 635 | 452 | 346 | 73 | 300 | 19 | 302 | 18 | 11 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Mitchell | 62 | 246 | 221 | 39 | 74 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 31 | .335 | .390 | .489 | .879 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mark Carreon | 64 | 260 | 232 | 30 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 13 | .289 | .355 | .336 | .691 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Felix Perdomo | 56 | 229 | 213 | 40 | 66 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 37 | .310 | .345 | .469 | .815 | 100 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Costello | 58 | 209 | 186 | 28 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 19 | .280 | .349 | .360 | .709 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Herm Winningham | 58 | 240 | 204 | 44 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 33 | 31 | .255 | .364 | .358 | .722 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry McNutt | 57 | 201 | 172 | 30 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 29 | .273 | .360 | .413 | .773 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lou Thornton | 48 | 168 | 153 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 34 | .209 | .280 | .294 | .574 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Franks | 38 | 131 | 115 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | .261 | .338 | .287 | .625 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Larry Czeszewski | 38 | 125 | 115 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .252 | .304 | .287 | .591 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Luis Martinez | 47 | 145 | 136 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 20 | .199 | .241 | .294 | .535 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Phillips | 34 | 102 | 89 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 19 | .281 | .366 | .483 | .849 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Miguel Sanchez | 40 | 107 | 99 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .172 | .226 | .232 | .459 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Hoffman | 25 | 74 | 58 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 26 | .138 | .315 | .224 | .539 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jame Cazet | 33 | 87 | 71 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 26 | .113 | .264 | .169 | .433 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gregory Shirley | 18 | 51 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .122 | .280 | .244 | .524 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Russ Orrick | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .417 | .300 | .717 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Brophy | 7 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .176 | .364 | .176 | .540 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Andujar | 10 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lance Englin | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Garcia | 9 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .056 | .190 | .111 | .302 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Williams | 8 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .045 | .045 | .136 | .182 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Prosper | 5 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephen D'Ercole | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 748 | 2484 | 2203 | 318 | 550 | 89 | 11 | 34 | 268 | 65 | 15 | 233 | 405 | .250 | .326 | .346 | .672 | 763 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 3 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Thornton | 1B | 44 | 338 | 43 | 16 | 36 | .960 | 8.659 | ||||
| Larry McNutt | 1B | 25 | 174 | 21 | 9 | 9 | .956 | 7.800 | ||||
| Luis Martinez | 1B | 3 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 8.667 | ||||
| Martin Brophy | 1B | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
| Bob Costello | 1B | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Felix Perdomo | 2B | 37 | 53 | 84 | 8 | 12 | .945 | 3.703 | ||||
| Michael Franks | 2B | 36 | 70 | 114 | 6 | 24 | .968 | 5.111 | ||||
| Steve Phillips | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Russ Orrick | 2B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kevin Mitchell | 3B | 58 | 42 | 102 | 18 | 12 | .889 | 2.483 | ||||
| Luis Martinez | 3B | 12 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| Bob Costello | C | 36 | 161 | 18 | 6 | 2 | .968 | 4.972 | 4 | |||
| Larry Czeszewski | C | 25 | 107 | 15 | 5 | 3 | .961 | 4.880 | 3 | |||
| Luis Garcia | C | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 3.143 | 5 | |||
| Luis Martinez | C | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 2 | |||
| Martin Brophy | C | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 0 | |||
| James Gonzales | C | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Carreon | C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Mark Carreon | OF | 63 | 99 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .963 | 1.667 | ||||
| Herm Winningham | OF | 56 | 128 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 2.339 | ||||
| Miguel Sanchez | OF | 39 | 66 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .909 | 1.795 | ||||
| Larry McNutt | OF | 23 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 1.826 | ||||
| Randy Hoffman | OF | 20 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gregory Shirley | OF | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .733 | ||||
| Jose Andujar | OF | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Leon Williams | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Michael Prosper | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Russ Orrick | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Kevin Mitchell | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stephen D'Ercole | P | 22 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .952 | .909 | ||||
| Fernando Alba | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Williams | P | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .353 | ||||
| James Oates | P | 16 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .688 | ||||
| Keith Thomas | P | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Matthew Fitts | P | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Aris Tirado | P | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 1.462 | ||||
| José Bautista | P | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 1.846 | ||||
| Timothy Hampton | P | 12 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Steve Walker | P | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .700 | .700 | ||||
| Lance Englin | P | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .857 | ||||
| Rich Webster | P | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .722 | 2.167 | ||||
| Michael Prosper | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Phillips | SS | 30 | 45 | 57 | 16 | 10 | .864 | 3.400 | ||||
| Jame Cazet | SS | 30 | 50 | 53 | 9 | 13 | .920 | 3.433 | ||||
| Felix Perdomo | SS | 18 | 24 | 51 | 12 | 13 | .862 | 4.167 | ||||
| Totals | 782 | 1655 | 683 | 161 | 157 | .936 | 2.990 | 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.
