1980 Lynchburg Mets Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 3rd in the CL's South Division
Manager: Jack Aker (71-68)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 66,207, Avg. 953

1980 Lynchburg Mets Roster

The Lynchburg Mets of the Carolina League ended the 1980 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Mets plated 638 runs and allowed 621 runs. Mike Anicich paced Lynchburg with 22 home runs Rusty Tillman drove in 79 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .316. Douglas Henley led the squad with 10 wins, while Dave Smith recorded a 3.35 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Mike Fitzgerald, José Oquendo, Rick Ownbey, Jamie Nelson, Al Pedrique, Rusty Tillman, Ronn Reynolds and Dave Smith were all players from the 1980 Lynchburg Mets who played in the Majors during their careers.

Jack Aker served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Douglas Henley	10	11	.476	3.97	28	27		9	2	0	177.0	189	88	78	11	43	2	94	1	1	9
David Buttles	9	12	.429	5.09	26	26		7	1	0	145.0	169	97	82	17	46	2	63	10	3	12
Rick Ownbey	8	1	.889	1.86	12	12		6	2	0	92.0	66	24	19	2	35	3	93	3	1	2
Dave Smith	8	7	.533	3.35	29	10		3	0	1	113.0	121	60	42	2	63	8	63	4	2	6
Theodore Damiter	7	3	.700	4.65	39	0		0	0	6	60.0	67	39	31	7	22	2	41	2	1	4
John Violette	5	2	.714	2.87	30	7		2	1	5	94.0	79	37	30	5	43	2	53	2	0	0
Preston Shockley	5	10	.333	4.35	20	20		2	0	0	120.0	117	72	58	2	84	2	102	6	1	5
Michael Lowry	4	2	.667	2.64	10	10		2	0	0	75.0	51	25	22	2	27	1	59	4	0	3
Ron Graves	4	2	.667	3.23	36	1		0	0	4	78.0	72	39	28	5	39	6	40	4	1	4
Thomas Miller	4	4	.500	4.71	11	10		1	0	0	63.0	65	39	33	6	27	0	48	3	0	3
Jeffrey Franklin	3	4	.429	5.95	19	7		1	0	1	62.0	72	45	41	4	21	2	51	0	0	2
Jesse Anderson	2	6	.250	3.45	10	10		3	0	0	60.0	46	30	23	5	27	0	35	3	2	4
John Semprini	1	1	.500	1.97	16	0		0	0	4	32.0	21	11	7	1	17	3	37	1	0	6
Kenneth Stelly	1	2	.333	5.57	19	0		0	0	6	21.0	24	14	13	1	16	2	13	0	0	0
John Csefalvay	0	0			1	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donald Brazell	0	1	.000	1.80	6	0		0	0	1	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
Totals	71	68	.511	3.82	312	140	0	36	6	28	1197.0	1162	621	508	70	511	35	798	43	12	60	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
Rusty Tillman	135	580	526	94	166	27	11	8	79	43	8	46	90	.316	.369	.454	.824	239		1	3	4
John Csefalvay	132	595	481	90	139	30	7	6	54	22	15	102	73	.289	.414	.418	.831	201		3	5	4
Bill Rittweger	119	494	437	49	120	19	3	0	45	6	2	41	32	.275	.333	.332	.665	145		1	8	7
Mike Anicich	130	539	447	74	119	20	0	22	73	1	1	69	77	.266	.363	.459	.821	205		6	4	13
Gary Hardie	120	475	399	49	91	19	3	4	40	3	5	57	77	.228	.330	.321	.651	128		5	12	2
David Howard	93	336	285	51	81	17	2	7	44	15	8	49	83	.284	.390	.432	.821	123		1	0	1
Al Pedrique	105	362	321	37	79	3	2	0	24	6	3	19	28	.246	.299	.268	.567	86		8	8	6
James Lauer	94	303	261	35	63	6	3	0	23	15	7	35	28	.241	.332	.287	.620	75		2	2	3
William Chamberlain	52	204	171	25	53	8	1	3	24	4	1	30	34	.310	.422	.421	.843	72		3	0	0
José Oquendo	109	363	301	38	51	10	3	0	26	14	6	47	59	.169	.280	.223	.503	67		0	13	2
David Duff	55	208	172	17	41	7	2	1	21	1	0	28	30	.238	.354	.320	.674	55		4	2	2
Ronn Reynolds	36	124	105	14	21	3	0	2	17	0	2	13	17	.200	.295	.286	.581	30		2	2	2
Roger Frash	23	96	88	7	16	1	0	1	12	1	0	6	20	.182	.240	.227	.467	20		1	0	1
Jamie Nelson	25	79	65	10	15	3	0	1	8	1	1	10	11	.231	.338	.323	.661	21		1	2	1
James Noonan	6	15	15	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	3		0	0	0
Frederick Pustorino	3	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Douglas Henley	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ron Graves	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Violette	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1333	4784	4083	593	1058	173	37	55	490	132	59	554	668	.259	.349	.360	.709	1470	0	38	61	48	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Anicich	1B	124	1110	98	22	88	.982	9.742
James Lauer	1B	18	141	9	4	18	.974	8.333
Roger Frash	1B	3	20	4	0	1	1.000	8.000
Bill Rittweger	2B	115	249	351	20	71	.968	5.217
Al Pedrique	2B	29	54	81	7	12	.951	4.655
James Noonan	2B	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.000
Gary Hardie	3B	120	99	203	24	21	.926	2.517
Al Pedrique	3B	20	11	36	5	1	.904	2.350
William Chamberlain	3B	8	2	27	0	0	1.000	3.625
James Noonan	3B	1	1	3	1	0	.800	4.000
David Duff	C	47	267	25	6	2	.980	6.213	10
Ronn Reynolds	C	34	206	23	3	1	.987	6.735	4
Jamie Nelson	C	16	76	10	3	0	.966	5.375	3
Frederick Pustorino	C	3	7	0	1	0	.875	2.333	0
John Csefalvay	OF	124	199	9	8	2	.963	1.677
Rusty Tillman	OF	101	173	10	5	3	.973	1.812
David Howard	OF	77	154	12	1	3	.994	2.156
James Lauer	OF	68	134	3	2	0	.986	2.015
Roger Frash	OF	19	33	2	2	0	.946	1.842
William Chamberlain	OF	7	3	1	1	0	.800	.571
Theodore Damiter	P	39	4	18	1	2	.957	.564
Ron Graves	P	36						.000
John Violette	P	30	8	18	0	1	1.000	.867
Dave Smith	P	29	7	26	5	0	.868	1.138
Douglas Henley	P	28	20	28	10	0	.828	1.714
David Buttles	P	26	16	24	1	0	.976	1.538
Preston Shockley	P	20	9	15	0	0	1.000	1.200
Kenneth Stelly	P	19	3	4	0	0	1.000	.368
Jeffrey Franklin	P	19	2	11	2	2	.867	.684
John Semprini	P	16	0	2	0	0	1.000	.125
Rick Ownbey	P	12	8	6	0	0	1.000	1.167
Thomas Miller	P	11	2	13	3	1	.833	1.364
Michael Lowry	P	10	8	16	1	0	.960	2.400
Jesse Anderson	P	10	5	8	0	0	1.000	1.300
Donald Brazell	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
John Csefalvay	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
José Oquendo	SS	107	126	358	31	59	.940	4.523
Al Pedrique	SS	48	55	117	12	14	.935	3.583
James Noonan	SS	1	0	4	1	0	.800	4.000
Gary Hardie	SS	1	0	2	1	0	.667	2.000
Totals		1404	3213	1579	184	302	.963	3.413	17	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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