1978 Lynchburg Mets Statistics
Team Record: 73-64
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Jack Aker (73-64)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 56,905, Avg. 831
Playoffs - Lynchburg Mets 3 games, Peninsula Pilots 0
The Lynchburg Mets of the Carolina League ended the 1978 season with a record of 73 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Mets scored 580 runs and allowed 521 runs. Jody Davis led Lynchburg with 16 home runs and drove in 94 runs. Ron MacDonald paced all regular hitters by hitting .325. Freddie Martínez topped the squad with 11 wins, while Greg Harris recorded a 2.16 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1978 Lynchburg Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Burton, Wally Backman, Greg Harris, Dave Von Ohlen, Jody Davis and Freddie Martínez.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Martínez | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.23 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 151.0 | 143 | 80 | 71 | 6 | 65 | 2 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Cacciatore | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.16 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 148.0 | 128 | 69 | 52 | 5 | 88 | 1 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Randy Brown | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.18 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 114 | 68 | 52 | 6 | 82 | 3 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Pete Hamner | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.35 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 88.0 | 62 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Greg Harris | 8 | 9 | .471 | 2.16 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 154.0 | 114 | 52 | 37 | 1 | 74 | 2 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jim Burton | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.93 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 75 | 36 | 30 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Dave Von Ohlen | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.88 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72.0 | 62 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Russell Clark | 5 | 3 | .625 | 0.95 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 66.0 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Duane Howard | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Garry Corrado | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.77 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98.0 | 101 | 52 | 41 | 5 | 42 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tom Thurberg | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.63 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65.0 | 54 | 33 | 19 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Robert Grote | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.32 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 59 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 73 | 64 | .533 | 3.13 | 289 | 137 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 27 | 1172.0 | 998 | 521 | 407 | 42 | 582 | 24 | 766 | 29 | 5 | 83 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron MacDonald | 133 | 557 | 486 | 63 | 158 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 68 | 11 | 7 | 60 | 51 | .325 | .399 | .447 | .846 | 217 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Wally Backman | 132 | 581 | 494 | 86 | 149 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 42 | 17 | 74 | 99 | .302 | .397 | .395 | .791 | 195 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Warren | 128 | 535 | 448 | 72 | 126 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 71 | 65 | .281 | .392 | .384 | .776 | 172 | 12 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jody Davis | 120 | 497 | 408 | 57 | 107 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 94 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 94 | .262 | .362 | .449 | .810 | 183 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Sergio Beltre | 122 | 476 | 424 | 53 | 106 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 88 | .250 | .311 | .337 | .648 | 143 | 7 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Robert Rossen | 108 | 343 | 299 | 31 | 64 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 70 | .214 | .301 | .288 | .588 | 86 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Charleston | 104 | 355 | 320 | 29 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 69 | .194 | .259 | .234 | .494 | 75 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| David Lozano | 87 | 376 | 288 | 60 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 76 | 55 | .212 | .375 | .250 | .625 | 72 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Ward Wilson | 79 | 234 | 211 | 23 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 33 | .223 | .274 | .299 | .572 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Donald Troyan | 53 | 196 | 165 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 52 | .206 | .328 | .242 | .571 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Perez | 52 | 186 | 165 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 44 | .206 | .285 | .297 | .582 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Billy Simpson | 50 | 165 | 146 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 47 | .185 | .262 | .192 | .454 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tonus Thomas | 56 | 165 | 141 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 45 | .177 | .278 | .220 | .498 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Steven Till | 18 | 66 | 58 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 | .172 | .273 | .224 | .497 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Senn | 22 | 64 | 54 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .130 | .234 | .148 | .383 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeffery Gossett | 10 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .238 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Thurberg | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1304 | 4824 | 4130 | 550 | 1022 | 146 | 36 | 47 | 456 | 163 | 84 | 546 | 847 | .247 | .340 | .334 | .674 | 1381 | 0 | 51 | 59 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Troyan | 1B | 52 | 444 | 38 | 10 | 32 | .980 | 9.269 | ||||
| Jody Davis | 1B | 9 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .976 | 8.889 | ||||
| Steven Till | 1B | 7 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 7.143 | ||||
| Terry Senn | 1B | 7 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .947 | 5.143 | ||||
| Ron MacDonald | 1B | 5 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.800 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | 1B | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Ron MacDonald | 2B | 127 | 331 | 333 | 25 | 65 | .964 | 5.228 | ||||
| Gregory Charleston | 2B | 10 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 4.000 | ||||
| David Lozano | 2B | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 3.750 | ||||
| Terry Senn | 2B | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| David Lozano | 3B | 80 | 51 | 155 | 17 | 14 | .924 | 2.575 | ||||
| Gregory Charleston | 3B | 36 | 24 | 58 | 10 | 4 | .891 | 2.278 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | 3B | 17 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 0 | .943 | 2.941 | ||||
| Terry Senn | 3B | 7 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 2.714 | ||||
| Jeffery Gossett | 3B | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .765 | 1.857 | ||||
| Ward Wilson | 3B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jody Davis | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jody Davis | C | 90 | 522 | 71 | 13 | 8 | .979 | 6.589 | 18 | |||
| Ward Wilson | C | 45 | 237 | 21 | 7 | 1 | .974 | 5.733 | 7 | |||
| Steven Till | C | 9 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 6.667 | 2 | |||
| Sergio Beltre | OF | 121 | 285 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .977 | 2.405 | ||||
| Charlie Warren | OF | 109 | 167 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .967 | 1.624 | ||||
| Robert Rossen | OF | 101 | 167 | 6 | 10 | 1 | .945 | 1.713 | ||||
| Tonus Thomas | OF | 55 | 69 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .936 | 1.327 | ||||
| Billy Simpson | OF | 47 | 62 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .945 | 1.468 | ||||
| Gregory Charleston | OF | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Ward Wilson | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeffery Gossett | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | ||||
| Pete Hamner | P | 40 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .929 | .650 | ||||
| Dave Von Ohlen | P | 34 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .500 | ||||
| Russell Clark | P | 31 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .710 | ||||
| Garry Corrado | P | 26 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .808 | ||||
| Tom Thurberg | P | 25 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .360 | ||||
| Randy Brown | P | 25 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.000 | ||||
| Freddie Martínez | P | 24 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.000 | ||||
| Paul Cacciatore | P | 23 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.478 | ||||
| Greg Harris | P | 21 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 0 | .918 | 2.667 | ||||
| Jim Burton | P | 15 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Robert Grote | P | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .917 | ||||
| Duane Howard | P | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Glen Johnson | P | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Wally Backman | SS | 131 | 202 | 329 | 30 | 49 | .947 | 4.053 | ||||
| Gregory Charleston | SS | 17 | 19 | 39 | 3 | 8 | .951 | 3.412 | ||||
| Terry Senn | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ron MacDonald | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1415 | 3024 | 1412 | 194 | 217 | .958 | 3.135 | 27 | 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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