1974 Visalia Mets Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Nolan Campbell (61-79)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 41,714, Avg. 596

1974 Visalia Mets Roster

The Visalia Mets of the California League ended the 1974 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.

The Mets scored 725 runs and yielded 836 runs, most in the circuit. Craig Cacek paced Visalia with 22 home runs, while Luis Garcia walloped 15 or more, too. Craig Cacek drove in 93 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .315 average. Edgar Pate, Thomas Tyler and Mardie Cornejo paced the team with 9 wins each, and Thomas Tyler recorded a 3.7 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1974 Visalia Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Bruhert, Mardie Cornejo and Craig Cacek.

Nolan Campbell 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
Thomas Tyler	9	9	.500	3.70	22	22		7	0	0	151.0	167	85	62	9	47	1	116	1	2	6
Edgar Pate	9	10	.474	4.16	26	21		6	1	0	158.0	197	96	73	8	48	2	70	6	2	8
Mardie Cornejo	9	14	.391	5.11	26	26		5	0	0	155.0	192	109	88	13	74	0	99	1	0	8
Mike Anderson	8	11	.421	4.47	32	21		6	2	1	147.0	193	111	73	7	65	1	109	3	0	9
David Butler	7	3	.700	3.81	30	2		0	0	3	59.0	68	36	25	5	26	0	40	3	0	1
Paul Dyer	5	7	.417	6.10	31	10		0	0	1	93.0	117	79	63	10	75	1	80	3	0	6
Steven Eckert	4	5	.444	3.51	44	0		0	0	8	77.0	91	46	30	9	29	4	68	1	0	7
Mike Bruhert	4	7	.364	4.13	18	14		3	0	1	85.0	90	62	39	3	51	0	66	8	0	9
Gary Nevinger	3	6	.333	7.41	23	16		1	0	0	79.0	105	81	65	7	62	1	44	0	0	15
Darrell Lakey	1	0	1.000	7.00	2	1		0	0	0	9.0	11	7	7	1	5	0	5	0	0	1
Gary Hill	1	1	.500	15.75	3	1		0	0	0	4.0	9	12	7	1	5	0	3	0	0	1
Gregory Dobson	1	2	.333	5.11	23	1		0	0	1	44.0	63	31	25	4	10	1	26	1	1	0
Bonceil Fleming	0	0		4.09	7	0		0	0	0	22.0	26	12	10	2	12	0	11	1	0	2
Kevin Meistickle	0	0		5.40	5	0		0	0	0	10.0	14	8	6	1	7	0	7	0	0	1
Michael Agosto	0	0		6.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	8	6	2	0	6	0	2	0	0	1
Michael Henderson	0	0		9.82	5	0		0	0	0	11.0	12	12	12	2	11	0	4	0	0	0
Ray Nygard	0	1	.000	8.47	8	0		0	0	0	17.0	22	18	16	2	9	0	15	2	0	2
Stephen Wojcik	0	3	.000	6.84	5	5		2	0	0	25.0	46	25	19	1	6	0	13	0	1	2
Totals	61	79	.436	4.87	311	140	0	30	3	15	1149.0	1431	836	622	85	548	11	778	30	6	79	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
Craig Cacek	139	596	483	112	152	26	2	22	93	5	2	103	94	.315	.433	.513	.947	248	8	2	3	5	1
Richard Harris	118	492	440	83	136	19	6	6	50	19	6	43	51	.309	.374	.420	.794	185	11	5	0	4	1
Luis Lora	109	480	448	76	136	21	5	6	48	19	11	27	51	.304	.342	.413	.755	185	10	0	3	2	0
Ken Perry	139	551	492	80	124	17	5	9	52	19	8	47	145	.252	.327	.362	.689	178	10	9	1	2	1
Michael Agosto	120	446	377	57	113	23	3	14	69	6	12	63	95	.300	.399	.488	.887	184	5	2	0	4	1
Luis Garcia	122	483	436	58	110	21	6	18	84	3	3	41	141	.252	.320	.452	.771	197	8	3	1	2	0
Craig Clark	87	345	302	49	82	15	0	7	42	0	2	33	46	.272	.354	.391	.745	118	8	6	3	1	2
John Busco	84	358	302	53	80	10	0	5	40	5	3	42	56	.265	.352	.348	.700	105	8	3	3	8	0
Richard Bengston	97	347	297	34	76	10	3	5	36	0	3	42	72	.256	.350	.360	.710	107	2	3	1	4	0
Andrew Calufetti	69	267	245	21	57	14	1	2	26	0	1	20	46	.233	.292	.322	.615	79	8	1	0	1	0
Daryl Tollinche	65	251	224	36	56	4	2	3	11	8	4	24	53	.250	.323	.326	.649	73	6	1	0	2	0
Ernie DiStasi	56	215	181	25	53	8	1	9	39	0	1	32	33	.293	.400	.497	.897	90	2	1	0	1	0
Gary Blaylock	31	123	110	19	36	5	1	7	26	1	0	10	31	.327	.390	.582	.972	64	1	2	0	1	2
Daniel Hogan	27	103	94	8	20	2	1	1	6	3	4	8	20	.213	.275	.287	.562	27	3	0	1	0	0
Bruce Gustafson	27	88	72	4	15	1	0	0	2	1	1	16	36	.208	.352	.222	.574	16	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Hill	29	89	74	10	15	3	1	3	13	0	0	13	18	.203	.326	.392	.718	29	4	1	0	1	0
Mardie Cornejo	26	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	0	0	0
Mike Anderson	33	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bonceil Fleming	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Butler	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1415	5242	4585	726	1263	200	37	117	638	89	61	564	993	.275	.357	.412	.769	1888	94	39	16	38	8

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Craig Cacek	1B	129	1094	71	22	100	.981	9.031
Gary Blaylock	1B	7	55	2	3	2	.950	8.143
Luis Garcia	1B	6	33	2	4	2	.897	5.833
Bruce Gustafson	1B	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000
Richard Bengston	1B	1	7	1	1	0	.889	8.000
Michael Agosto	1B	1	2	0	0	1	1.000	2.000
Ken Perry	2B	139	319	415	51	92	.935	5.281
Daniel Hogan	2B	3	5	6	0	1	1.000	3.667
Craig Clark	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Luis Garcia	3B	84	53	134	33	12	.850	2.226
Ernie DiStasi	3B	31	11	51	11	3	.849	2.000
Craig Clark	3B	31	21	66	7	8	.926	2.806
John Busco	3B	1	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.000
Andrew Calufetti	C	65	414	30	7	2	.984	6.831	13
Richard Bengston	C	37	185	20	9	2	.958	5.541	16
Bruce Gustafson	C	26	146	17	5	2	.970	6.269	7
Ernie DiStasi	C	19	80	14	3	2	.969	4.947	8
Richard Harris	C	2	5	1	0	1	1.000	3.000	0
Michael Agosto	OF	112	205	12	9	2	.960	1.938
Richard Harris	OF	111	162	14	5	0	.972	1.586
Luis Lora	OF	108	232	3	5	0	.979	2.176
Daryl Tollinche	OF	53	60	3	5	0	.926	1.189
Richard Bengston	OF	44	86	6	5	0	.948	2.091
Craig Cacek	OF	5	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.400
Gary Hill	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Steven Eckert	P	44	8	13	3	0	.875	.477
Mike Anderson	P	32	11	24	5	2	.875	1.094
Paul Dyer	P	31	3	11	8	0	.636	.452
David Butler	P	30	5	3	2	1	.800	.267
Edgar Pate	P	26	7	21	2	1	.933	1.077
Mardie Cornejo	P	26	7	27	2	2	.944	1.308
Gary Nevinger	P	23	3	9	3	0	.800	.522
Gregory Dobson	P	23	0	9	0	0	1.000	.391
Thomas Tyler	P	22	5	23	1	0	.966	1.273
Mike Bruhert	P	18	4	15	5	0	.792	1.056
Ray Nygard	P	8	0	3	0	0	1.000	.375
Bonceil Fleming	P	7	0	3	0	1	1.000	.429
Stephen Wojcik	P	5	0	3	2	0	.600	.600
Kevin Meistickle	P	5	0	1	1	0	.500	.200
Michael Henderson	P	5	0	0	0	0		.000
Gary Hill	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Darrell Lakey	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Michael Agosto	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Busco	SS	78	109	257	24	42	.938	4.692
Craig Clark	SS	40	59	130	25	22	.883	4.725
Daniel Hogan	SS	25	27	72	10	11	.908	3.960
Luis Garcia	SS	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000
Ernie DiStasi	SS	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Totals		1475	3450	1500	279	314	.947	3.356	44	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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