1997 Kingsport Mets Statistics
Team Record: 37-31
Finished 3rd in the AL's West Division
Manager: Ken Berry (37-31)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: Hunter Wright Stadium
Attendance: 48,396, Avg. 1,467 in 33 home dates
The Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1997 season with a record of 37 wins and 31 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Mets scored 414 runs and conceded 418 runs. Rob Stratton led Kingsport with 15 home runs and drove in 50 runs. Jerson Perez paced all regular hitters by hitting .267. Ray Lovingood topped the team with 6 wins, while Dicky Gonzalez registered a 4.36 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1997 Kingsport Mets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Endy Chávez, Tim Corcoran, Alex Escobar and Dicky Gonzalez.
Ken Berry 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Lovingood | 6 | 3 | .667 | 5.86 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 80 | 48 | 41 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 294 |
Randy Hamilton | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.53 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46.3 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 192 |
Tony Payne | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.26 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 120 |
Joaquin Montada | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.90 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 78 | 55 | 46 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 282 |
Dicky Gonzalez | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.36 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 70 | 38 | 32 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 282 |
Humberto Santana | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.28 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76.7 | 87 | 51 | 45 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 329 |
Tim Corcoran | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 75 |
Rob Borkowski | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 16.88 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Mark Maberry | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.80 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35.0 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 158 |
Adam Garmon | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.71 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42.0 | 50 | 43 | 36 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 200 |
Ynocencio De La Cruz | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.61 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 46 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 151 |
John Mattson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.63 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 98 |
Chad Durick | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.17 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Mark Enloe | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.45 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 57 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 208 |
Rob Cox | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.71 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 49 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 188 |
Jason Bowring | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | |
Shane Smith | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
Totals | 37 | 31 | .544 | 5.32 | 192 | 68 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 592.0 | 683 | 418 | 350 | 75 | 208 | 19 | 578 | 45 | 7 | 50 | 2670 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerson Perez | 65 | 270 | 258 | 45 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 41 | .267 | .293 | .357 | .649 | 92 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Rob Stratton | 63 | 270 | 245 | 51 | 61 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 50 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 94 | .249 | .319 | .518 | .837 | 127 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Juan Penalver | 51 | 220 | 180 | 37 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 32 | .317 | .431 | .406 | .837 | 73 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Pat Burns | 60 | 248 | 224 | 32 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 67 | .246 | .300 | .321 | .622 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Jason Bowring | 61 | 235 | 218 | 32 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 43 | .248 | .298 | .385 | .683 | 84 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brandon Copeland | 41 | 179 | 148 | 31 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 33 | .338 | .438 | .561 | .999 | 83 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Mo Bruce | 34 | 146 | 128 | 35 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 20 | .367 | .445 | .547 | .992 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Brett | 49 | 196 | 170 | 25 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 42 | .271 | .347 | .324 | .671 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Chad Durick | 31 | 136 | 126 | 23 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 35 | .302 | .346 | .524 | .869 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kelly Ramos | 50 | 192 | 170 | 25 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 33 | .224 | .298 | .376 | .674 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Shane Smith | 37 | 135 | 113 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 22 | .221 | .333 | .363 | .696 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Endy Chávez | 19 | 88 | 73 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | .301 | .407 | .356 | .763 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sean McGrath | 26 | 95 | 78 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 26 | .256 | .348 | .308 | .656 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Tony Johnson | 15 | 54 | 45 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .333 | .444 | .600 | 1.044 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Rodriguez | 26 | 100 | 87 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .149 | .221 | .264 | .485 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Escobar | 10 | 40 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .194 | .250 | .278 | .528 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Josh Cook | 9 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .150 | .346 | .150 | .496 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Maberry | 23 | 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 | 0 |
Jose Nunez | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Adam Garmon | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 690 | 2639 | 2327 | 414 | 621 | 109 | 20 | 57 | 356 | 87 | 47 | 230 | 560 | .267 | .341 | .404 | .746 | 941 | 36 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 7 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Burns | 1B | 49 | 388 | 19 | 8 | 38 | .981 | 8.306 | ||||
Mark Rodriguez | 1B | 8 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 7.125 | ||||
Chad Durick | 1B | 8 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.625 | ||||
Shane Smith | 1B | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
Mo Bruce | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
Jason Brett | 2B | 28 | 56 | 58 | 7 | 17 | .942 | 4.071 | ||||
Jason Bowring | 2B | 14 | 25 | 34 | 1 | 6 | .983 | 4.214 | ||||
Juan Penalver | 2B | 9 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 2.556 | ||||
Jerson Perez | 2B | 7 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .889 | 4.571 | ||||
Sean McGrath | 2B | 7 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 7 | .955 | 6.000 | ||||
Mo Bruce | 2B | 6 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 5 | .969 | 5.167 | ||||
Juan Penalver | 3B | 38 | 29 | 100 | 13 | 12 | .908 | 3.395 | ||||
Jason Bowring | 3B | 15 | 5 | 29 | 9 | 4 | .791 | 2.267 | ||||
Sean McGrath | 3B | 11 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 2.909 | ||||
Mark Rodriguez | 3B | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Chad Durick | 3B | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
Jerson Perez | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Kelly Ramos | C | 45 | 386 | 47 | 9 | 4 | .980 | 9.622 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 52.4 |
Shane Smith | C | 25 | 162 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 7.640 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 36.1 |
Josh Cook | C | 5 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 6.400 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mo Bruce | CF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
Endy Chávez | CF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
Brandon Copeland | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
Alex Escobar | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
Jason Bowring | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Brandon Copeland | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
Jason Bowring | LF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
Chad Durick | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
Tony Johnson | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Pat Burns | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Jason Brett | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Rob Cox | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Rob Stratton | OF | 63 | 100 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .953 | 1.619 | ||||
Brandon Copeland | OF | 40 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .909 | 1.500 | ||||
Jason Bowring | OF | 28 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.036 | ||||
Mo Bruce | OF | 23 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 1.783 | ||||
Endy Chávez | OF | 18 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 2.500 | ||||
Chad Durick | OF | 14 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
Alex Escobar | OF | 10 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.900 | ||||
Tony Johnson | OF | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
Pat Burns | OF | 8 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.875 | ||||
Jason Brett | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Rob Cox | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Mark Maberry | P | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .227 | ||||
Randy Hamilton | P | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Rob Cox | P | 21 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .429 | ||||
Adam Garmon | P | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .167 | ||||
Mark Enloe | P | 15 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .733 | ||||
Humberto Santana | P | 13 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.385 | ||||
Joaquin Montada | P | 13 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
Ray Lovingood | P | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
Dicky Gonzalez | P | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
Tony Payne | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
Tim Corcoran | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
John Mattson | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Chad Durick | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
Ynocencio De La Cruz | P | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Rob Borkowski | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
Shane Smith | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
Jason Bowring | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Rob Stratton | RF | 63 | .000 | |||||||||
Jason Bowring | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Brandon Copeland | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Chad Durick | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Jerson Perez | SS | 52 | 98 | 130 | 22 | 27 | .912 | 4.385 | ||||
Jason Brett | SS | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | .792 | 4.750 | ||||
Juan Penalver | SS | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
Sean McGrath | SS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 1.500 | ||||
Jose Nunez | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 980 | 1776 | 713 | 129 | 149 | .951 | 2.540 | 13 | 46 | 35 | 43.2 |
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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