1998 Kingsport Mets Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 38-30
Finished 3rd in the AL's West Division
Manager: Tim Foli (38-30)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: Hunter Wright Stadium
Attendance: 49,579, Avg. 1,599 in 31 home dates
1998 Kingsport Mets RosterTeam Record: 38-30
Finished 3rd in the AL's West Division
Manager: Tim Foli (38-30)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: Hunter Wright Stadium
Attendance: 49,579, Avg. 1,599 in 31 home dates
The Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League ended the 1998 season with a record of 38 wins and 30 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Mets plated 386 runs and yielded 346 runs. Billy Martin drove in 42 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .308. Orlando Encarnacion, Gary Bohannon and Yon German led the team with 6 wins each, while Yon German recorded a 2.34 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1998 Kingsport Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Endy Chávez, Gil Velazquez and Heath Bell.
Tim Foli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Encarnacion | 6 | 1 | .857 | 4.58 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 73 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 301 |
| Gary Bohannon | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.56 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59.7 | 56 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 238 |
| Yon German | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.34 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 63 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 311 |
| Nick Maness | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.48 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 68 | 41 | 32 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 289 |
| Randy Driscoll | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.48 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.3 | 39 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 182 |
| David Wheeler | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.44 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31.3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 117 |
| Rene Vega | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.62 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 | 46 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 186 |
| Matt Lowe | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.42 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.7 | 50 | 40 | 29 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 198 |
| Heath Bell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.54 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 46.0 | 40 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 189 |
| Jay Krystofolski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.76 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Justin Kurtz | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.91 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 47 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 171 |
| Yorkis Guzman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joaquin Montada | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Shaun Mikkola | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | |
| Gene Gobbel | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Tony Johnson | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Nell Alvarez | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Juan Brito | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.57 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 30 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 110 |
| Willie Suggs | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.72 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 46 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 225 |
| Totals | 38 | 30 | .559 | 4.17 | 207 | 68 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 601.7 | 600 | 346 | 279 | 49 | 228 | 5 | 568 | 28 | 12 | 59 | 2637 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Cole | 56 | 241 | 230 | 36 | 69 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 23 | .300 | .317 | .491 | .808 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Billy Martin | 61 | 244 | 214 | 43 | 66 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 58 | .308 | .385 | .495 | .881 | 106 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Jenkins | 55 | 226 | 201 | 31 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 17 | .259 | .333 | .403 | .736 | 81 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Hill | 57 | 207 | 181 | 33 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 25 | .271 | .330 | .414 | .744 | 75 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Gene Gobbel | 48 | 179 | 150 | 28 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 28 | .307 | .406 | .473 | .879 | 71 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Johnson | 58 | 213 | 182 | 35 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 48 | .242 | .349 | .434 | .783 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Meadows | 51 | 197 | 170 | 33 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 57 | .253 | .340 | .418 | .758 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Yorkis Guzman | 42 | 141 | 132 | 20 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 23 | .318 | .345 | .545 | .891 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Stoffels | 41 | 154 | 137 | 23 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 29 | .292 | .351 | .358 | .709 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Paciorek | 42 | 164 | 151 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 31 | .265 | .304 | .464 | .768 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Endy Chávez | 33 | 137 | 114 | 26 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 17 | .289 | .373 | .430 | .803 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Josh Taylor | 36 | 110 | 91 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 21 | .264 | .368 | .330 | .698 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Champagne | 42 | 156 | 133 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 13 | .180 | .286 | .241 | .526 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nell Alvarez | 21 | 55 | 48 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .229 | .302 | .375 | .677 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Proctor | 14 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .263 | .300 | .342 | .642 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerard Prosper | 16 | 50 | 43 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .233 | .340 | .279 | .619 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Durick | 11 | 46 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | .190 | .261 | .357 | .618 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gil Velazquez | 12 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .103 | .156 | .138 | .294 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Kurtz | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 714 | 2596 | 2287 | 386 | 614 | 126 | 35 | 50 | 330 | 90 | 50 | 212 | 439 | .268 | .339 | .420 | .759 | 960 | 31 | 42 | 36 | 19 | 4 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Meadows | 1B | 47 | 451 | 22 | 8 | 30 | .983 | 1.064 | ||||
| Billy Martin | 1B | 9 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.111 | ||||
| Brian Jenkins | 1B | 9 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .987 | 8.333 | ||||
| Chad Durick | 1B | 4 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 8.250 | ||||
| Tom Paciorek | 1B | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .952 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Hill | 2B | 28 | 57 | 60 | 10 | 17 | .921 | 4.179 | ||||
| Andre Champagne | 2B | 25 | 36 | 47 | 2 | 8 | .976 | 3.320 | ||||
| Josh Taylor | 2B | 16 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 4 | .887 | 2.938 | ||||
| Gene Gobbel | 2B | 11 | 17 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.727 | ||||
| Billy Martin | 3B | 43 | 24 | 66 | 10 | 7 | .900 | 2.093 | ||||
| Mark Proctor | 3B | 14 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
| Gene Gobbel | 3B | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .737 | 1.400 | ||||
| Josh Taylor | 3B | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andre Champagne | 3B | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gil Velazquez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chad Durick | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Alex Stoffels | C | 40 | 281 | 39 | 3 | 4 | .991 | 8.000 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 35.6 |
| Yorkis Guzman | C | 25 | 182 | 29 | 3 | 3 | .986 | 8.440 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 26.5 |
| Nell Alvarez | C | 16 | 84 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 5.875 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 41.7 |
| Gary Bohannon | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Cole | CF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| Endy Chávez | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerard Prosper | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Jenkins | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Hill | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre Champagne | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Johnson | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Paciorek | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Jenkins | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Cole | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre Champagne | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerard Prosper | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Yorkis Guzman | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Durick | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nell Alvarez | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Cole | OF | 55 | 82 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 1.564 | ||||
| Brian Jenkins | OF | 38 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .923 | 1.263 | ||||
| Tom Paciorek | OF | 36 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tony Johnson | OF | 36 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Endy Chávez | OF | 16 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gerard Prosper | OF | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Yorkis Guzman | OF | 15 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Andre Champagne | OF | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Bobby Hill | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Chad Durick | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Alex Stoffels | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Nell Alvarez | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Driscoll | P | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
| Rene Vega | P | 22 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .409 | ||||
| Heath Bell | P | 22 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| David Wheeler | P | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .263 | ||||
| Justin Kurtz | P | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .294 | ||||
| Willie Suggs | P | 15 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .652 | 1.000 | ||||
| Nick Maness | P | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Matt Lowe | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Yon German | P | 13 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.769 | ||||
| Orlando Encarnacion | P | 13 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Juan Brito | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Gary Bohannon | P | 10 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Jay Krystofolski | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Shaun Mikkola | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Joaquin Montada | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Johnson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Yorkis Guzman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Gobbel | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Nell Alvarez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Jenkins | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Paciorek | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Johnson | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Yorkis Guzman | RF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Stoffels | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerard Prosper | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Hill | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Durick | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Gobbel | SS | 28 | 37 | 67 | 9 | 16 | .920 | 3.714 | ||||
| Bobby Hill | SS | 24 | 32 | 89 | 10 | 12 | .924 | 5.042 | ||||
| Gil Velazquez | SS | 12 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 3 | .863 | 3.667 | ||||
| Josh Taylor | SS | 11 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 3 | .891 | 3.727 | ||||
| Andre Champagne | SS | 8 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 2.875 | ||||
| Totals | 1067 | 1805 | 757 | 130 | 143 | .952 | 2.401 | 25 | 61 | 30 | 33.0 |
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.
