1971 Visalia Mets Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-58
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Joe Frazier (81-58)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 44,933, Avg. 647

1971 Visalia Mets Roster

Playoffs - Visalia Mets 2 games, Fresno Giants 0

The Visalia Mets of the California League ended the 1971 season with a record of 81 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Mets plated 859 runs, tops in the circuit. Visalia yielded 776 runs. George Theodore paced the squad with 28 home runs, while Paul Womble, Greg Harts, Steven Chilcott, Ronnie Collins, Dave Schneck and Roy Staiger each walloped 15 or more also. George Theodore accounted for 113 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .333 average. Ron Stewart led the squad with 13 wins, and Cecil Reynolds registered a 4.35 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Greg Harts, Bob Apodaca, Roy Staiger, Joe Nolan, Benny Ayala, Dave Schneck and George Theodore were all players from the 1971 Visalia Mets who played in the Majors during their careers.

Joe Frazier 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
Ron Stewart	13	7	.650	4.56	26	26		6	1	0	144.0	151	106	73	15	139	0	120	10	2	19
Gregorio Perez	11	9	.550	5.08	28	23		6	1	1	140.0	157	100	79	15	82	2	127	7	2	18
Tommie Sheppard	10	3	.769	3.29	17	16		5	2	0	104.0	89	55	38	9	57	1	93	4	0	5
Bob Apodaca	7	1	.875	3.60	13	8		4	0	0	70.0	62	28	28	5	16	0	52	7	0	2
Cecil Reynolds	7	9	.438	4.35	21	19		4	0	1	118.0	119	77	57	20	51	2	98	5	1	3
Al Wihtol	7	11	.389	4.70	36	19		5	0	3	138.0	125	97	72	22	60	0	105	4	1	5
Wayne Kirby	6	1	.857	4.37	22	6		2	1	3	68.0	68	45	33	9	44	5	60	5	0	5
Daniel Murphy	5	2	.714	5.82	31	2		0	0	5	65.0	73	45	42	13	38	0	47	2	0	5
Robert Bishop	4	2	.667	2.02	25	0		0	0	11	40.0	17	10	9	2	22	3	54	0	0	3
Terry Blitz	4	2	.667	4.18	10	7		1	0	1	56.0	55	34	26	13	20	0	32	0	0	2
Mitchell Olson	4	2	.667	4.23	31	3		1	0	2	83.0	89	43	39	6	39	2	68	4	1	4
Bryan Hartman	2	3	.400	3.96	6	4		1	0	0	25.0	32	17	11	3	11	0	23	1	0	4
Al Dodson	1	2	.333	8.55	9	3		0	0	0	20.0	24	19	19	4	20	0	9	1	1	2
Steve Sibley					8						0.0
Dave Schneck	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0
Reid Braden	0	0		4.20	6	0		0	0	0	15.0	16	7	7	1	6	0	10	2	0	0
Lawrence Potash	0	4	.000	6.52	35	1		0	0	4	69.0	83	67	50	6	56	4	70	3	0	10
Totals	81	58	.583	4.53	326	137	0	35	5	31	1159.0	1162	750	583	143	662	19	975	55	8	87	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
Roy Staiger	139	591	524	91	148	18	5	19	83	8	1	55	72	.282	.346	.445	.790	233		1	1	10
George Theodore	113	507	438	112	146	16	5	28	113	15	2	59	54	.333	.417	.584	1.001	256		6	1	3
Greg Harts	128	505	439	97	125	12	3	19	47	11	7	61	115	.285	.374	.456	.830	200		3	0	2
Ronnie Collins	122	478	408	73	114	14	5	23	87	5	6	57	86	.279	.374	.507	.882	207		8	0	5
Joe Nolan	120	482	393	76	109	17	3	13	75	3	3	83	68	.277	.405	.435	.840	171		3	0	3
Paul Womble	92	385	291	88	97	12	4	22	79	2	1	87	78	.333	.488	.629	1.117	183		4	0	3
Steven Chilcott	91	345	291	59	77	9	3	17	68	0	1	48	95	.265	.372	.491	.864	143		3	1	2
Nelson Pichardo	80	308	286	36	72	10	1	0	18	5	3	15	28	.252	.294	.294	.587	84		2	5	0
Dave Schneck	70	320	256	67	71	10	1	26	57	2	2	55	82	.277	.422	.629	1.051	161		9	0	0
Garnett Davis	83	253	234	37	60	7	2	9	28	6	2	16	92	.256	.312	.419	.731	98		3	0	0
Timothy DeCaminada	45	165	146	20	48	8	6	5	26	0	3	14	31	.329	.384	.568	.953	83		1	1	3
John Jagutis	47	181	165	18	46	3	1	5	22	2	0	15	20	.279	.337	.400	.737	66		0	0	1
Ray Nygard	55	135	114	17	27	5	0	0	11	0	0	20	32	.237	.348	.281	.629	32		0	0	1
Richard Avalos	32	82	70	13	14	1	0	4	11	0	0	12	22	.200	.317	.386	.703	27		0	0	0
Gregorio Perez	28	56	53	5	12	0	1	0	5	0	0	3	14	.226	.268	.264	.532	14		0	0	0
Benny Ayala	21	60	46	3	10	0	1	1	7	0	1	14	21	.217	.400	.326	.726	15		0	0	0
Tommie Sheppard	17	48	39	7	9	0	0	2	4	0	0	5	20	.231	.333	.385	.718	15		1	3	0
Ron Stewart	26	62	58	5	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	26	.121	.164	.121	.285	7		0	1	0
Bob Apodaca	13	29	25	6	6	0	0	4	4	0	0	3	7	.240	.321	.720	1.041	18		0	1	0
Terry Deremer	8	29	27	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	5	.185	.241	.333	.575	9		0	0	0
Richard Belair	11	34	30	2	5	2	0	0	6	1	0	4	5	.167	.265	.233	.498	7		0	0	0
Mitchell Olson	31	27	22	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.182	.280	.182	.462	4		1	2	0
Al Wihtol	36	52	42	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	6	22	.095	.204	.167	.371	7		0	3	1
Valentino Gamber	7	16	14	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.143	.250	.286	.536	4		0	0	0
Lawrence Potash	35	20	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.111	.200	.111	.311	2		1	0	0
Terry Blitz	10	23	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.105	.227	.105	.333	2		0	1	0
Michael Graham	9	36	29	4	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	6	4	.069	.222	.172	.395	5		0	0	1
Cecil Reynolds	21	45	38	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	27	.053	.143	.053	.195	2		0	3	0
Reid Braden	6	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		0	0	0
Jack Burik	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Robert Bishop	26	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0	0
Bryan Hartman	6	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0	0
Daniel Murphy	31	22	17	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	10	.059	.238	.235	.473	4		0	1	0
Wayne Kirby	22	25	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	3	0
Al Dodson	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1593	5355	4587	859	1231	147	41	201	769	61	32	660	1094	.268	.364	.450	.813	2063	0	46	27	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Theodore	1B	87	756	33	19	86	.976	9.069
Timothy DeCaminada	1B	38	296	26	6	35	.982	8.474
Richard Belair	1B	8	67	3	2	6	.972	8.750
Paul Womble	1B	3	26	2	0	4	1.000	9.333
Ronnie Collins	1B	3	16	2	0	1	1.000	6.000
Steven Chilcott	1B	3	29	4	0	1	1.000	11.000
Ronnie Collins	2B	98	214	277	15	83	.970	5.010
Roy Staiger	2B	18	53	44	3	11	.970	5.389
Nelson Pichardo	2B	15	29	50	4	9	.952	5.267
Ray Nygard	2B	12	22	20	6	4	.875	3.500
Terry Deremer	2B	6	13	14	2	3	.931	4.500
John Jagutis	2B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Roy Staiger	3B	104	77	221	12	24	.961	2.865
Ray Nygard	3B	17	11	18	9	3	.763	1.706
Benny Ayala	3B	17	8	16	7	3	.774	1.412
Joe Nolan	3B	9	9	17	4	2	.867	2.889
Ronnie Collins	3B	3	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.000
Joe Nolan	C	101	728	78	13	9	.984	7.980	20
Steven Chilcott	C	29	204	15	6	0	.973	7.552	5
Ray Nygard	C	8	53	8	1	1	.984	7.625	6
Valentino Gamber	C	4	18	3	2	0	.913	5.250	5
Greg Harts	OF	114	198	10	11	1	.950	1.825
Paul Womble	OF	84	103	10	9	1	.926	1.345
Dave Schneck	OF	69	118	12	8	2	.942	1.884
Garnett Davis	OF	65	76	11	3	1	.967	1.338
Steven Chilcott	OF	52	71	1	6	1	.923	1.385
George Theodore	OF	27	31	5	2	1	.947	1.333
Richard Avalos	OF	19	26	1	2	0	.931	1.421
Michael Graham	OF	9	14	1	1	0	.938	1.667
Joe Nolan	OF	7	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.286
Al Wihtol	P	36	14	18	3	1	.914	.889
Lawrence Potash	P	35	0	2	1	0	.667	.057
Mitchell Olson	P	31	1	5	1	0	.857	.194
Daniel Murphy	P	31	2	7	1	0	.900	.290
Gregorio Perez	P	28	1	20	3	1	.875	.750
Ron Stewart	P	26	5	34	7	2	.848	1.500
Robert Bishop	P	25	2	4	0	0	1.000	.240
Wayne Kirby	P	22	2	12	2	2	.875	.636
Cecil Reynolds	P	21	3	19	3	0	.880	1.048
Tommie Sheppard	P	17	4	24	2	2	.933	1.647
Bob Apodaca	P	13	9	15	0	3	1.000	1.846
Terry Blitz	P	10	5	4	1	0	.900	.900
Al Dodson	P	9	2	8	0	1	1.000	1.111
Steve Sibley	P	8						.000
Bryan Hartman	P	6	1	3	1	1	.800	.667
Reid Braden	P	6	0	4	0	0	1.000	.667
Dave Schneck	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Nelson Pichardo	SS	66	97	154	26	31	.906	3.803
John Jagutis	SS	47	64	133	8	31	.961	4.191
Roy Staiger	SS	19	20	42	7	9	.899	3.263
Ronnie Collins	SS	17	27	54	7	11	.920	4.765
Jack Burik	SS	3	3	1	0	1	1.000	1.333
Ray Nygard	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1509	3541	1471	226	388	.957	3.321	36	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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