1988 Kingsport Mets Statistics
Team Record: 47-26
Finished 1st in the AL's South Division
Manager: Bobby Floyd (47-26)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 41,044, Avg. 1,124
Playoffs - Kingsport Mets 1 game, Bristol Tigers 0 - One-game playoff for South title.
Finals - Kingsport Mets 2 games, Burlington Indians 0
The Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1988 season with a record of 47 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Mets scored 434 runs and allowed 301 runs. Vince Zawaski led Kingsport with 16 home runs and drove in 67 runs. Rudy Hernandez paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .296. Dan Furmanik and Andy Reich topped the team with 9 wins each, while Archie Corbin recorded a 1.56 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1988 Kingsport Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tito Navarro, Curtis Pride, Alberto Castillo, Archie Corbin, Pat Howell and Denny Harriger.
Bobby Floyd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Furmanik | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.30 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 78.3 | 54 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Andy Reich | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.64 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.7 | 77 | 36 | 26 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Archie Corbin | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.56 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 69.3 | 47 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Denny Harriger | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.14 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 92.3 | 83 | 35 | 22 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ryan Richmond | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.84 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 68 | 44 | 38 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Gregg Langbehn | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.49 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Paul Johnson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.10 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31.0 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Luciano Medina | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.86 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39.7 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bryan Rogers | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.32 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 30 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Andy Fidler | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Julian Vasquez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.19 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31.0 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jon Hudson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.08 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17.7 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Monte Krogman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tom Fine | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.06 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 47 | 26 | .644 | 3.40 | 178 | 73 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 617.3 | 518 | 311 | 233 | 38 | 243 | 3 | 507 | 30 | 18 | 27 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Hernandez | 72 | 333 | 284 | 52 | 84 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 15 | 7 | 44 | 38 | .296 | .394 | .377 | .771 | 107 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Pride | 70 | 322 | 268 | 59 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 50 | 48 | .284 | .397 | .429 | .826 | 115 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Derrick Young | 72 | 299 | 271 | 45 | 76 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 46 | .280 | .327 | .373 | .699 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Vince Zawaski | 72 | 316 | 264 | 56 | 75 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 77 | .284 | .390 | .523 | .913 | 138 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jim Morrisette | 71 | 292 | 258 | 45 | 73 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 52 | .283 | .354 | .496 | .850 | 128 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Tim Howard | 68 | 280 | 243 | 39 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 43 | .280 | .351 | .407 | .759 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| Pat Howell | 66 | 269 | 251 | 43 | 67 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 52 | .267 | .300 | .315 | .614 | 79 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tito Navarro | 54 | 210 | 172 | 26 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 27 | .244 | .361 | .285 | .645 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tim Hines | 31 | 126 | 107 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .280 | .373 | .439 | .812 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Alberto Castillo | 24 | 92 | 75 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | .293 | .407 | .373 | .780 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rich Ostopowicz | 39 | 139 | 102 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 26 | .186 | .360 | .265 | .625 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| David Parouse | 20 | 77 | 66 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .258 | .364 | .318 | .682 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Tesmer | 15 | 43 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .237 | .326 | .289 | .615 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Harris | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 676 | 2805 | 2405 | 434 | 659 | 111 | 20 | 47 | 373 | 98 | 40 | 327 | 464 | .274 | .362 | .395 | .758 | 951 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 31 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Zawaski | 1B | 72 | 628 | 31 | 13 | 55 | .981 | 9.153 | ||||
| Jim Tesmer | 1B | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Rudy Hernandez | 2B | 71 | 151 | 206 | 18 | 43 | .952 | 5.028 | ||||
| Tim Howard | 2B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Jim Morrisette | 3B | 69 | 35 | 126 | 27 | 11 | .856 | 2.333 | ||||
| Tim Howard | 3B | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Hines | C | 31 | 222 | 29 | 3 | 0 | .988 | 8.097 | 8 | |||
| Alberto Castillo | C | 24 | 161 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .973 | 7.458 | 7 | |||
| David Parouse | C | 20 | 130 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.100 | 12 | |||
| Derrick Young | OF | 70 | 123 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 1.786 | ||||
| Curtis Pride | OF | 68 | 118 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .961 | 1.824 | ||||
| Pat Howell | OF | 64 | 122 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 1.984 | ||||
| Rich Ostopowicz | OF | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .950 | ||||
| Jim Tesmer | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Paul Johnson | P | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .125 | ||||
| Julian Vasquez | P | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .368 | ||||
| Luciano Medina | P | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .389 | ||||
| Jon Hudson | P | 17 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
| Bryan Rogers | P | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ryan Richmond | P | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .833 | .769 | ||||
| Andy Reich | P | 13 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.538 | ||||
| Denny Harriger | P | 13 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .929 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dan Furmanik | P | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.462 | ||||
| Archie Corbin | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Gregg Langbehn | P | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Monte Krogman | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Andy Fidler | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Tom Fine | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tito Navarro | SS | 50 | 64 | 133 | 12 | 22 | .943 | 3.940 | ||||
| Tim Howard | SS | 23 | 31 | 70 | 14 | 16 | .878 | 4.391 | ||||
| Totals | 773 | 1852 | 753 | 118 | 166 | .957 | 3.370 | 27 | 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.
