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1977 1979 1978 Statistical Breakdowns: Individual Players vs. Teams Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Houston Astros Los Angeles Dodgers Montreal Expos Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals

1977 Lynchburg

The 1978 Lynchburg Mets CAROLINA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS Wins: 73 Losses: 64 Pos: 1st, 1.0 Games Ahead (First Half) 3rd, 17.0 Games Behind (Second Half) Manager: Jack Aker

1979 Lynchburg

1978 Lynchburg Mets Batting Statistics

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP Wally Backman 132 494 86 149 19 9 3 38 74 -- 99 5 42 17 6 2 195 .302 .395 .397 Ronald MacDonald 133 486 63 158 30 4 7 68 60 -- 51 2 11 7 6 3 217 .325 .447 .399 Charles Warren 128 448 72 126 17 7 5 41 71 -- 65 12 21 8 2 2 172 .281 .384 .392 Sergio Beltre 122 424 53 106 9 8 4 48 32 -- 88 7 13 15 10 3 143 .250 .337 .311 Jody Davis 120 408 57 107 24 2 16 94 67 -- 94 4 7 4 5 13 183 .262 .449 .362 Gregory Charleston 104 320 29 62 10 0 1 24 25 -- 69 4 3 5 4 2 75 .194 .234 .259 Robert Rossen 108 299 31 64 5 4 3 34 36 -- 70 1 9 7 7 0 86 .214 .288 .301 David Lozano 87 288 60 61 6 1 1 24 76 -- 55 1 37 9 8 3 72 .212 .250 .375 Ward Wilson 79 211 23 47 7 0 3 32 14 -- 33 2 4 2 4 3 63 .223 .299 .274 Curtis Fisher 64 195 30 49 4 2 4 29 43 -- 37 1 4 1 5 5 69 .251 .381 .395 Don Troyan 53 165 19 34 4 1 0 9 27 -- 52 3 6 1 1 0 40 .206 .242 .328 Francisco Perez 52 165 13 34 9 0 2 11 17 -- 44 2 2 2 0 2 49 .206 .297 .285 William Simpson 50 146 15 27 1 0 0 12 14 -- 47 2 3 3 1 2 28 .185 .192 .262 Tonus Thomas 56 141 18 25 3 0 1 9 14 -- 45 6 4 2 3 1 31 .177 .220 .278 Steve Till 18 58 7 10 0 0 1 5 8 -- 17 0 1 2 0 0 13 .172 .224 .273 Terrence Senn 22 54 1 7 1 0 0 3 8 -- 8 0 0 0 0 2 8 .130 .148 .234 Jeff Gossett 10 21 1 5 1 0 0 4 3 -- 9 0 0 0 2 0 6 .238 .286 .333 Tom Thurberg 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1978 Lynchburg Mets Pitching Statistics

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Greg Harris 21 154.0 8 9 0.471 114 52 37 1 102 74 21 10 2 0 2.16 Alfredo Martinez 24 151.0 11 7 0.611 143 80 71 6 111 65 24 9 3 0 4.23 Paul Cacciatore 23 148.0 10 5 0.667 128 69 52 5 90 88 23 9 3 0 3.16 Randall Brown 25 112.0 9 8 0.529 114 68 52 6 60 82 23 0 0 0 4.18 Gary Corrado 26 98.0 3 5 0.375 101 52 41 5 41 42 7 1 0 1 3.77 Jim Burton 15 92.0 6 5 0.545 75 36 30 7 85 48 11 3 1 0 2.93 Peter Hamner 40 88.0 8 4 0.667 62 29 23 4 50 24 1 0 0 8 2.35 Dave Von Ohlen 34 72.0 6 7 0.462 62 28 23 3 54 22 0 0 0 1 2.88 Russell Clark 31 66.0 5 3 0.625 34 11 7 0 40 22 0 0 0 14 0.95 Tom Thurberg 25 65.0 2 1 0.667 54 33 19 1 54 39 4 0 0 3 2.63 Robert Grote 12 65.0 2 6 0.250 59 32 24 3 39 27 10 3 0 0 3.32 Duane Howard 10 45.0 3 3 0.500 30 24 22 1 30 44 10 0 0 0 4.40 Glen Johnson 3 16.0 0 1 0.000 22 7 6 0 10 5 3 0 0 0 3.38

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1978

Catcher J. Davis 90 W. Wilson 45 S. Till 9 First Base D. Troyan 52 J. Davis 9 T. Senn 7 S. Till 7 R. MacDonald 5 F. Perez 4 C. Fisher * Second Base R. MacDonald 127 G. Charleston 10 D. Lozano 4 T. Senn 2 Third Base D. Lozano 80 G. Charleston 36 F. Perez 17 J. Gossett 7 T. Senn 7 W. Wilson 3 J. Davis 1 Shortstop W. Backman 131 G. Charleston 17 R. MacDonald 1 T. Senn 1 Outfield S. Beltre 121 C. Warren 109 R. Rossen 101 T. Thomas 55 W. Simpson 47 G. Charleston 16 W. Wilson 3 J. Gossett 2

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