1988 St. Lucie Mets Statistics
Team Record: 74-65
Finished 2nd in the FSL's East Division
Manager: Clint Hurdle (74-65)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida
Ballpark: First Data Field
Attendance: 68,150, Avg. 981
Playoffs - St. Lucie Mets 2 games, Tampa Tarpons 0
Playoffs - St. Lucie Mets 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 1
Finals - St. Lucie Mets 2 games, Osceola Astros 0
The St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League ended the 1988 season with a record of 74 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Mets scored 560 runs and allowed 500 runs. Brandon Bailey led St. Lucie with 12 home runs Adam Ging recorded 58 runs batted in. Johnny Monell paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .283. Greg Talamantez and Kip Gross topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Kevin Brown recorded a 1.81 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1988 St. Lucie Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dave Liddell, Chris Donnels, Kevin Brown, Mike Maksudian, Terry McDaniel, Rick Aguilera, Kip Gross, Todd Hundley, Bill Latham, Kevin Tapani, Alex Diaz and Tim Bogar.
Clint Hurdle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kip Gross | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.62 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 178.3 | 153 | 72 | 52 | 1 | 53 | 6 | 124 | 7 | 11 | 10 | |
| Greg Talamantez | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.64 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 177.3 | 163 | 65 | 52 | 10 | 62 | 4 | 110 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| Chris Rauth | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.18 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 164.3 | 173 | 73 | 58 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |
| Gus Meizoso | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.48 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 58.0 | 44 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Rob Hernandez | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.20 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122.7 | 99 | 39 | 30 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Mike Anderson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 53 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kevin Brown | 5 | 7 | .417 | 1.81 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 134.0 | 96 | 42 | 27 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 113 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| Chris Bayer | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.70 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 96 | 59 | 48 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 13 | |
| Doug Myres | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.08 | 35 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57.3 | 67 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Rick Brown | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.69 | 35 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 39.0 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Kevin Tapani | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bill Latham | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.79 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dave Trautwein | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.44 | 52 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 70.7 | 64 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Mike Whitlock | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Aguilera | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Stiles | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mike Miller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 74 | 65 | .532 | 2.90 | 345 | 139 | 112 | 27 | 10 | 32 | 1206.0 | 1084 | 500 | 388 | 47 | 383 | 32 | 792 | 54 | 46 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Monell | 116 | 483 | 441 | 55 | 125 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 37 | .283 | .328 | .367 | .696 | 162 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Brandon Bailey | 123 | 466 | 396 | 62 | 95 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 102 | .240 | .352 | .391 | .743 | 155 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Juan Villanueva | 90 | 377 | 337 | 32 | 91 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 63 | .270 | .332 | .347 | .680 | 117 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Repoz | 115 | 423 | 355 | 44 | 91 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 58 | 100 | .256 | .367 | .315 | .682 | 112 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Adam Ging | 119 | 437 | 381 | 42 | 91 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 62 | .239 | .332 | .336 | .668 | 128 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Dave Gelatt | 102 | 364 | 313 | 56 | 80 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 37 | 62 | .256 | .347 | .358 | .705 | 112 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Dre Jacas | 85 | 362 | 305 | 40 | 74 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 37 | 36 | .243 | .349 | .282 | .631 | 86 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Tim Bogar | 76 | 277 | 236 | 34 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 57 | .275 | .370 | .339 | .709 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Fritz Polka | 87 | 306 | 269 | 33 | 58 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 41 | .216 | .298 | .327 | .625 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Zoilo Sanchez | 51 | 207 | 171 | 28 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 39 | .287 | .391 | .450 | .842 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Chris Donnels | 65 | 235 | 198 | 25 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 53 | .217 | .330 | .354 | .684 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Hector Perez | 41 | 158 | 141 | 14 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 28 | .291 | .350 | .340 | .691 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Liddell | 57 | 186 | 165 | 23 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 42 | .248 | .326 | .321 | .647 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Toale | 55 | 210 | 183 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 35 | .213 | .305 | .279 | .583 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kurt Deluca | 50 | 195 | 174 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 35 | .184 | .262 | .282 | .543 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Manny Mantrana | 31 | 109 | 92 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 11 | .217 | .324 | .228 | .552 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Jaster | 35 | 120 | 106 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 31 | .179 | .263 | .208 | .470 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Maksudian | 13 | 51 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .214 | .333 | .310 | .643 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jovon Edwards | 21 | 67 | 57 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .158 | .273 | .228 | .501 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Geary Jones | 16 | 55 | 48 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .146 | .222 | .271 | .493 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Soper | 11 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .211 | .286 | .263 | .549 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry McDaniel | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .357 | .250 | .607 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Hundley | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Rauth | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Diaz | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1392 | 5137 | 4450 | 560 | 1086 | 173 | 42 | 45 | 483 | 133 | 69 | 552 | 871 | .244 | .334 | .332 | .666 | 1478 | 97 | 65 | 33 | 37 | 30 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bailey | 1B | 111 | 1021 | 78 | 9 | 97 | .992 | 9.901 | ||||
| Hector Perez | 1B | 17 | 160 | 11 | 4 | 13 | .977 | 1.059 | ||||
| John Toale | 1B | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adam Ging | 1B | 8 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.750 | ||||
| Zoilo Sanchez | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mike Maksudian | 1B | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.000 | ||||
| Dave Gelatt | 2B | 55 | 112 | 171 | 8 | 33 | .973 | 5.145 | ||||
| Tim Bogar | 2B | 44 | 94 | 117 | 6 | 24 | .972 | 4.795 | ||||
| Adam Ging | 2B | 32 | 64 | 70 | 3 | 19 | .978 | 4.188 | ||||
| Manny Mantrana | 2B | 22 | 35 | 63 | 10 | 14 | .907 | 4.455 | ||||
| Mike Soper | 2B | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .882 | 3.750 | ||||
| Johnny Monell | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Chris Donnels | 3B | 54 | 40 | 116 | 15 | 11 | .912 | 2.889 | ||||
| Adam Ging | 3B | 50 | 35 | 115 | 12 | 7 | .926 | 3.000 | ||||
| Craig Repoz | 3B | 46 | 33 | 106 | 8 | 10 | .946 | 3.022 | ||||
| Dave Gelatt | 3B | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Toale | 3B | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Bogar | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Fritz Polka | C | 80 | 432 | 52 | 10 | 7 | .980 | 6.050 | 20 | |||
| Dave Liddell | C | 54 | 299 | 35 | 9 | 3 | .974 | 6.185 | 3 | |||
| Geary Jones | C | 15 | 86 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 6.267 | 1 | |||
| Todd Hundley | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Monell | OF | 103 | 154 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .964 | 1.544 | ||||
| Dre Jacas | OF | 84 | 136 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 1.762 | ||||
| Craig Repoz | OF | 71 | 140 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .949 | 2.085 | ||||
| Zoilo Sanchez | OF | 46 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.587 | ||||
| Kurt Deluca | OF | 46 | 82 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 1.848 | ||||
| Scott Jaster | OF | 34 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.794 | ||||
| Hector Perez | OF | 26 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.308 | ||||
| Adam Ging | OF | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dave Gelatt | OF | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Terry McDaniel | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jovon Edwards | OF | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Toale | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Trautwein | P | 52 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .462 | ||||
| Gus Meizoso | P | 45 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .222 | ||||
| Doug Myres | P | 35 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .171 | ||||
| Rick Brown | P | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .171 | ||||
| Rob Hernandez | P | 30 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .633 | ||||
| Kip Gross | P | 28 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .881 | 1.321 | ||||
| Greg Talamantez | P | 25 | 14 | 40 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 2.160 | ||||
| Chris Rauth | P | 25 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 1.560 | ||||
| Chris Bayer | P | 24 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .917 | ||||
| Kevin Brown | P | 20 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .912 | 1.550 | ||||
| Mike Anderson | P | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Bill Stiles | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Kevin Tapani | P | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bill Latham | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Whitlock | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rick Aguilera | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Miller | P | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Juan Villanueva | SS | 87 | 132 | 261 | 34 | 47 | .920 | 4.517 | ||||
| Tim Bogar | SS | 31 | 47 | 93 | 13 | 21 | .915 | 4.516 | ||||
| Dave Gelatt | SS | 27 | 45 | 80 | 11 | 15 | .919 | 4.630 | ||||
| Alex Diaz | SS | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1545 | 3497 | 1635 | 208 | 356 | .961 | 3.322 | 24 | 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.
