1989 Kingsport Mets Statistics
Team Record: 35-37
Finished 4th in the AL's South Division
Manager: Jim Eschen (35-37)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 38,791, Avg. 1,078
The Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1989 season with a record of 35 wins and 37 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Mets scored 382 runs and allowed 380 runs. Nick Davis led Kingsport with 10 home runs James Harris drove in 55 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .367. Ed Vazquez paced the team with 7 wins, while Chris Butler recorded a 2.52 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1989 Kingsport Mets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Alberto Castillo, Brook Fordyce, Mike Thomas and Héctor Carrasco.
Jim Eschen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Vazquez | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.05 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82.7 | 87 | 40 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| Chris Butler | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.51 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 89.7 | 77 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Luciano Medina | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.81 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Chaco Polanco | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.55 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55.3 | 59 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jim Scheffler | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.18 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.7 | 51 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |
| Tom Engle | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.66 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.7 | 62 | 55 | 39 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Deron Sample | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.78 | 29 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 35.7 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mike Lehnerz | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.09 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Craig Scott | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.14 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54.3 | 39 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Andy Fidler | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Craig Johnston | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.89 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.7 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mike Thomas | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.52 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Héctor Carrasco | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.74 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 69 | 49 | 34 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| James Harris | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Auchard | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 37 | .486 | 4.14 | 195 | 72 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 597.7 | 572 | 380 | 275 | 50 | 310 | 11 | 519 | 24 | 24 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harris | 58 | 241 | 210 | 37 | 77 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 28 | .367 | .415 | .543 | .958 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Al Diaz | 68 | 293 | 273 | 55 | 76 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 17 | 24 | .278 | .323 | .377 | .700 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brook Fordyce | 69 | 262 | 226 | 45 | 74 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 26 | .327 | .405 | .513 | .919 | 116 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Reid Hartmann | 66 | 264 | 227 | 46 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 24 | 52 | .295 | .373 | .476 | .849 | 108 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Tim McClinton | 70 | 262 | 230 | 38 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 24 | 63 | .278 | .351 | .448 | .799 | 103 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Nick Davis | 64 | 237 | 206 | 24 | 52 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 54 | .252 | .339 | .481 | .820 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Kyle Washington | 62 | 221 | 185 | 28 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 46 | .222 | .335 | .362 | .697 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Buhe | 57 | 206 | 165 | 29 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 35 | .236 | .371 | .285 | .656 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robbie Guzik | 52 | 161 | 146 | 10 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 31 | .247 | .273 | .301 | .574 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wallace Minnifield | 41 | 130 | 121 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 38 | .223 | .269 | .364 | .633 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alberto Castillo | 27 | 86 | 74 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | .257 | .360 | .432 | .793 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rich Ostopowicz | 19 | 66 | 57 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .246 | .338 | .368 | .707 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Thornton | 41 | 103 | 90 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | .156 | .232 | .189 | .421 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mason Rudolph | 20 | 52 | 51 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .157 | .154 | .314 | .468 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Thompson | 10 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .200 | .286 | .200 | .486 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deron Sample | 32 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .400 | .625 | .400 | 1.025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Vazquez | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 774 | 2623 | 2292 | 382 | 615 | 122 | 9 | 61 | 313 | 146 | 48 | 245 | 479 | .268 | .343 | .409 | .753 | 938 | 0 | 29 | 34 | 23 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Davis | 1B | 41 | 291 | 18 | 5 | 19 | .984 | 7.537 | ||||
| James Harris | 1B | 36 | 279 | 21 | 4 | 17 | .987 | 8.333 | ||||
| Rich Ostopowicz | 1B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mason Rudolph | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Alberto Castillo | 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Al Diaz | 2B | 67 | 108 | 184 | 20 | 23 | .936 | 4.358 | ||||
| Reid Hartmann | 2B | 11 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .970 | 2.909 | ||||
| Wallace Minnifield | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 4.000 | ||||
| Reid Hartmann | 3B | 47 | 25 | 78 | 13 | 4 | .888 | 2.191 | ||||
| Tim McClinton | 3B | 20 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | .796 | 1.950 | ||||
| James Harris | 3B | 18 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brook Fordyce | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Brook Fordyce | C | 50 | 303 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .991 | 6.560 | 11 | |||
| Alberto Castillo | C | 19 | 138 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 8.211 | 3 | |||
| Mason Rudolph | C | 18 | 79 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .956 | 4.833 | 6 | |||
| James Harris | C | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | |||
| Kyle Washington | OF | 58 | 115 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .967 | 2.052 | ||||
| Robbie Guzik | OF | 51 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .891 | .961 | ||||
| Tim McClinton | OF | 44 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Wallace Minnifield | OF | 37 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .953 | 1.649 | ||||
| Eric Thornton | OF | 34 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Rich Ostopowicz | OF | 19 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.474 | ||||
| Brook Fordyce | OF | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Ed Vazquez | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| James Harris | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | ||||
| Deron Sample | P | 29 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .345 | ||||
| Craig Scott | P | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .895 | .773 | ||||
| Chaco Polanco | P | 21 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .571 | ||||
| Jim Scheffler | P | 18 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Ed Vazquez | P | 17 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 2.176 | ||||
| Craig Johnston | P | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .333 | ||||
| Chris Butler | P | 15 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 2.533 | ||||
| Tom Engle | P | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .231 | ||||
| Héctor Carrasco | P | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .917 | ||||
| Dan Auchard | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .125 | ||||
| Mike Lehnerz | P | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Mike Thomas | P | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Andy Fidler | P | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Luciano Medina | P | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| James Harris | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim Buhe | SS | 56 | 83 | 136 | 25 | 16 | .898 | 3.911 | ||||
| Reid Hartmann | SS | 16 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 3 | .873 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jeff Thompson | SS | 9 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.556 | ||||
| Totals | 878 | 1793 | 733 | 138 | 105 | .948 | 2.877 | 20 | 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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