1996 Kingsport Mets Statistics
Team Record: 48-19
Finished 1st in the AL's South Division
Manager: John Stephenson (48-19)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: Hunter Wright Stadium
Attendance: 33,188, Avg. 1,106 in 30 home dates
Playoffs - Bluefield Orioles 2 games, Kingsport Mets 1
The Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1996 season with a record of 48 wins and 19 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Mets topped the league with just 246 runs allowed. Kingsport scored 412 runs. Pee Wee Lopez drove in 58 runs. Tim Bishop led all regular batters by hitting .325. Grant Roberts paced the team with 9 wins, while Brett Herbison registered a 1.3 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1996 Kingsport Mets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Leo Estrella, A. J. Burnett, Dicky Gonzalez and Grant Roberts.
John Stephenson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Roberts | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 68.7 | 43 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 285 |
| Andy Zwirchitz | 8 | 1 | .889 | 1.55 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.3 | 51 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 76 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 305 |
| Brett Herbison | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.29 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.7 | 43 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 297 |
| Leo Estrella | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.88 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 54 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 248 |
| A. J. Burnett | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.88 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 245 |
| Craig Jelsovsky | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.59 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.3 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 101 |
| Mike Lyons | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.89 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38.0 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 157 |
| Preston Ballew | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87 |
| Jason Bohannon | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.92 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 34 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 129 |
| Bill Tull | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.83 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32.7 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 118 |
| Dicky Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Mike Davis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.08 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.7 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 80 |
| Chadwick Cooper | 1 | 1 | .500 | 12.79 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66 |
| Joe Pyrtle | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | |
| Matt Ferullo | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
| Ray Lovingood | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Jeff Hafer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.14 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.7 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 137 |
| Ethan Burke | 0 | 3 | .000 | 17.10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Totals | 48 | 19 | .716 | 3.09 | 202 | 67 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 573.3 | 451 | 246 | 197 | 28 | 247 | 6 | 619 | 36 | 16 | 60 | 2400 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pee Wee Lopez | 65 | 287 | 250 | 53 | 79 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 25 | .316 | .397 | .520 | .917 | 130 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Tim Bishop | 61 | 260 | 237 | 47 | 77 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 20 | 42 | .325 | .378 | .435 | .813 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Tessmar | 65 | 279 | 247 | 36 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 32 | .283 | .354 | .393 | .747 | 97 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 64 | 269 | 235 | 46 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 41 | .289 | .364 | .434 | .798 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Brandon Black | 62 | 255 | 219 | 39 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 38 | .256 | .350 | .324 | .675 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Junior Zamora | 60 | 248 | 227 | 37 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 59 | .242 | .294 | .392 | .686 | 89 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bailey Chancey | 59 | 254 | 197 | 44 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 42 | 35 | .269 | .410 | .330 | .740 | 65 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Ryan Jaroncyk | 57 | 260 | 221 | 35 | 52 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 59 | .235 | .331 | .317 | .647 | 70 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Glenn Kushma | 45 | 153 | 129 | 20 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 27 | .287 | .377 | .403 | .781 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Juan Penalver | 36 | 132 | 107 | 24 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 20 | .299 | .419 | .421 | .839 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mo Bruce | 11 | 40 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .184 | .200 | .237 | .437 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Rodriguez | 8 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .280 | .250 | .530 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Frost | 6 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .278 | .278 | .389 | .667 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Chancey | 6 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .263 | .333 | .421 | .754 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamlet Guerrero | 6 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .368 | .375 | .743 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Patton | 24 | 47 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 10 | .129 | .413 | .129 | .542 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerson Perez | 6 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .176 | .333 | .176 | .510 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Craig Jelsovsky | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Davila | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 660 | 2602 | 2240 | 412 | 613 | 94 | 23 | 38 | 350 | 82 | 27 | 279 | 418 | .274 | .361 | .387 | .748 | 867 | 31 | 40 | 18 | 25 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Tessmar | 1B | 65 | 507 | 34 | 8 | 39 | .985 | 8.323 | ||||
| Kevin McCarthy | 1B | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.600 | ||||
| Juan Penalver | 2B | 36 | 46 | 79 | 5 | 23 | .962 | 3.472 | ||||
| Glenn Kushma | 2B | 29 | 44 | 54 | 3 | 9 | .970 | 3.379 | ||||
| Mo Bruce | 2B | 10 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 4 | .921 | 3.500 | ||||
| Craig Jelsovsky | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Junior Zamora | 3B | 60 | 38 | 112 | 16 | 10 | .904 | 2.500 | ||||
| Glenn Kushma | 3B | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Craig Jelsovsky | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Juan Penalver | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pee Wee Lopez | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pee Wee Lopez | C | 51 | 483 | 66 | 7 | 3 | .987 | 1.765 | 8 | 41 | 40 | 49.4 |
| Brandon Black | C | 12 | 77 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 7.083 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 17.4 |
| Robert Frost | C | 5 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.800 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 |
| Mark Rodriguez | C | 4 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 6.250 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Tim Bishop | CF | 48 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bailey Chancey | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Patton | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bailey Chancey | LF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Bishop | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Patton | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hamlet Guerrero | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Chancey | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Black | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Bishop | OF | 61 | 111 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 1.885 | ||||
| Kevin McCarthy | OF | 60 | 75 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.283 | ||||
| Bailey Chancey | OF | 57 | 81 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .966 | 1.474 | ||||
| Cory Patton | OF | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Brandon Black | OF | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Hamlet Guerrero | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Rob Chancey | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Glenn Kushma | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Lyons | P | 25 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .320 | ||||
| Jeff Hafer | P | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Bill Tull | P | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jason Bohannon | P | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
| Leo Estrella | P | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .533 | ||||
| Grant Roberts | P | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Craig Jelsovsky | P | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .231 | ||||
| Brett Herbison | P | 13 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .769 | ||||
| Andy Zwirchitz | P | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| A. J. Burnett | P | 12 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Davis | P | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .182 | ||||
| Ethan Burke | P | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Chadwick Cooper | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Preston Ballew | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Joe Pyrtle | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ray Lovingood | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dicky Gonzalez | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Ferullo | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin McCarthy | RF | 60 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Black | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Patton | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hamlet Guerrero | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glenn Kushma | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Jaroncyk | SS | 57 | 76 | 119 | 17 | 23 | .920 | 3.421 | ||||
| Glenn Kushma | SS | 7 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .957 | 3.143 | ||||
| Jerson Perez | SS | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
| Angel Davila | SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1005 | 1720 | 622 | 90 | 125 | .963 | 2.330 | 14 | 69 | 50 | 42.0 |
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.
