1976 Lynchburg Mets Statistics
Team Record: 64-75
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Jack Aker (64-75)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 46,302, Avg. 666
The Lynchburg Mets of the Carolina League ended the 1976 season with a record of 64 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Mets scored 581 runs and yielded 646 runs, most in the circuit. Marshall Brant led Lynchburg with 23 home runs and accounted for 93 RBI. William Covert paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .282. John Pacella topped the squad with 12 wins, while Richard Sander registered a 3 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1976 Lynchburg Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Marshall Brant, Roy Lee Jackson, John Pacella, Cliff Speck, Alex Treviño and Juan Berenguer.
Jack Aker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pacella | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.26 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 185.0 | 151 | 97 | 67 | 5 | 83 | 2 | 119 | 9 | 3 | 14 | ||
| Richard Sander | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.00 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 168.0 | 145 | 66 | 56 | 8 | 65 | 5 | 108 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Juan Berenguer | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.61 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 187.0 | 175 | 89 | 75 | 4 | 118 | 2 | 114 | 13 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Glenn Harper | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.23 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 93.0 | 95 | 64 | 54 | 6 | 61 | 5 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Alex Gorgie | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.75 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 113 | 65 | 48 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Robert Leonard | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.67 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 56 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cliff Speck | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.25 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 37 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Charles Cummings | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.60 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 87 | 48 | 34 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Roy Lee Jackson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.44 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 51 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ruben Cruz | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.46 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52.0 | 56 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Don Driskill | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 70.0 | 70 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Russell Clark | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.08 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 43 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Feola | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.45 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 54 | 45 | 38 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Totals | 64 | 75 | .460 | 3.81 | 288 | 139 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 19 | 1187.0 | 1133 | 646 | 502 | 53 | 597 | 29 | 732 | 50 | 16 | 90 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Covert | 120 | 492 | 451 | 62 | 127 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 71 | .282 | .332 | .361 | .693 | 163 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Marshall Brant | 135 | 544 | 476 | 75 | 123 | 32 | 7 | 23 | 93 | 13 | 7 | 54 | 89 | .258 | .331 | .500 | .831 | 238 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| David Lozano | 125 | 534 | 436 | 89 | 119 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 87 | 65 | .273 | .397 | .339 | .736 | 148 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Rafael Contreras | 116 | 449 | 392 | 48 | 98 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 55 | .250 | .327 | .355 | .681 | 139 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Stephen Kesses | 87 | 346 | 306 | 39 | 86 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 63 | .281 | .354 | .343 | .697 | 105 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Steven Yost | 112 | 409 | 352 | 47 | 86 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 26 | 6 | 41 | 70 | .244 | .331 | .372 | .703 | 131 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Francisco Perez | 93 | 355 | 319 | 34 | 73 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 48 | .229 | .280 | .307 | .587 | 98 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Stan Hough | 99 | 325 | 288 | 39 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 50 | .243 | .312 | .326 | .638 | 94 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Alex Treviño | 94 | 318 | 284 | 17 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 49 | .201 | .260 | .254 | .514 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Luis Garcia | 67 | 266 | 230 | 29 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 50 | .230 | .322 | .383 | .705 | 88 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Robert Bryant | 51 | 178 | 160 | 23 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 34 | .319 | .369 | .388 | .757 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| William Gifford | 54 | 186 | 167 | 8 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 27 | .275 | .332 | .335 | .667 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bryan Jones | 48 | 168 | 137 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 24 | .204 | .337 | .328 | .666 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Dyer | 58 | 158 | 144 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 50 | .139 | .190 | .160 | .349 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Edward Grady | 50 | 114 | 96 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 25 | .177 | .307 | .344 | .651 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stuart Greenstein | 14 | 56 | 48 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .312 | .389 | .438 | .826 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Felix Minaya | 18 | 65 | 61 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .246 | .266 | .328 | .593 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Oswaldo Olivares | 20 | 51 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .114 | .196 | .114 | .310 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Patterson | 19 | 50 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .049 | .204 | .146 | .350 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Harper | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ruben Cruz | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1460 | 5067 | 4435 | 581 | 1092 | 187 | 55 | 53 | 483 | 162 | 64 | 487 | 805 | .246 | .323 | .349 | .672 | 1548 | 0 | 42 | 54 | 49 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Brant | 1B | 135 | 1208 | 69 | 15 | 101 | .988 | 9.459 | ||||
| William Covert | 1B | 5 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 6.200 | ||||
| Rafael Contreras | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| David Lozano | 2B | 125 | 283 | 356 | 20 | 76 | .970 | 5.112 | ||||
| Alex Treviño | 2B | 7 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.571 | ||||
| Bryan Jones | 2B | 7 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .893 | 3.571 | ||||
| Luis Garcia | 2B | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Felix Minaya | 2B | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 6.333 | ||||
| James Dyer | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Gifford | 3B | 46 | 28 | 64 | 6 | 2 | .939 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Garcia | 3B | 44 | 34 | 103 | 14 | 6 | .907 | 3.114 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | 3B | 38 | 25 | 103 | 11 | 11 | .921 | 3.368 | ||||
| Alex Treviño | 3B | 14 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .952 | 2.857 | ||||
| Felix Minaya | 3B | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.200 | ||||
| Bryan Jones | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Stan Hough | C | 78 | 405 | 35 | 5 | 4 | .989 | 5.641 | 7 | |||
| Alex Treviño | C | 68 | 366 | 67 | 12 | 8 | .973 | 6.368 | 18 | |||
| Rick Patterson | C | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 3 | |||
| Rafael Contreras | OF | 113 | 230 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .972 | 2.124 | ||||
| Steven Yost | OF | 107 | 192 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .943 | 1.841 | ||||
| William Covert | OF | 73 | 128 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .957 | 1.822 | ||||
| Stephen Kesses | OF | 70 | 118 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 1.771 | ||||
| Robert Bryant | OF | 49 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.204 | ||||
| Oswaldo Olivares | OF | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.353 | ||||
| Stuart Greenstein | OF | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | ||||
| Stan Hough | OF | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Luis Garcia | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Edward Grady | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don Driskill | P | 44 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .364 | ||||
| Ruben Cruz | P | 40 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Glenn Harper | P | 37 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .486 | ||||
| Juan Berenguer | P | 28 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .943 | 1.179 | ||||
| John Pacella | P | 26 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 1 | .773 | 1.308 | ||||
| Richard Sander | P | 21 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 1.238 | ||||
| Larry Feola | P | 21 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .667 | ||||
| Charles Cummings | P | 17 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.118 | ||||
| Alex Gorgie | P | 16 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .826 | 1.188 | ||||
| Robert Leonard | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .692 | ||||
| Cliff Speck | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Russell Clark | P | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roy Lee Jackson | P | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| James Dyer | SS | 56 | 82 | 148 | 25 | 30 | .902 | 4.107 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | SS | 55 | 75 | 140 | 13 | 26 | .943 | 3.909 | ||||
| Bryan Jones | SS | 26 | 33 | 59 | 9 | 14 | .911 | 3.538 | ||||
| Luis Garcia | SS | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 2.111 | ||||
| Alex Treviño | SS | 6 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 4.167 | ||||
| Felix Minaya | SS | 4 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.750 | ||||
| William Gifford | SS | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1488 | 3563 | 1506 | 211 | 308 | .960 | 3.407 | 28 | 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.
