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1978 1980 1979 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

1978 Lynchburg

The 1979 Lynchburg Mets Wins: 61 Losses: 73 Pos: 5th, 11.5 Games Behind (First Half) 6th, 9.5 Games Behind (Second Half) Manager: Jack Aker

1980 Lynchburg

1979 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 Mike Fitzgerald 117 368 55 93 16 4 13 75 54 -- 84 8 0 2 7 11 156 .253 .424 .351 Greg Korbe 118 409 55 117 21 5 6 62 48 -- 73 2 8 0 12 4 166 .286 .406 .361 Brian Giles 86 278 40 83 16 2 2 33 47 -- 52 3 4 4 3 3 109 .299 .392 .402 Jeff Gossett 112 386 56 98 25 2 13 53 24 -- 120 4 2 1 5 3 166 .254 .430 .302 James Lauer 116 373 48 95 20 4 3 28 55 -- 27 5 9 12 7 3 132 .255 .354 .356 James Noonan 60 137 19 32 8 1 0 13 18 -- 33 0 1 2 6 2 42 .234 .307 .318 Charles Warren 103 311 43 77 11 3 0 29 42 -- 38 1 11 3 5 2 94 .248 .302 .337 John Elder 88 258 28 59 14 1 1 22 29 -- 66 0 1 3 4 2 78 .229 .302 .304 Don Troyan 114 330 47 70 8 3 3 31 49 -- 81 0 10 6 3 2 93 .212 .282 .312 Ron Gardenhire 70 277 36 82 13 3 4 27 21 -- 45 0 9 5 9 1 113 .296 .408 .344 Al Pedrique 19 49 2 11 2 0 0 3 2 -- 7 1 1 0 3 0 13 .224 .265 .269 Tom Thurberg 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.000 Doug Slettvet 66 161 12 31 6 1 3 15 31 -- 57 2 0 0 4 0 48 .193 .298 .330 Robert Rossen 39 100 9 22 5 1 2 10 9 -- 21 2 2 1 6 0 35 .220 .350 .297 Rosendo Roman 11 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .500 .750 .500 David Howard 72 243 29 62 9 5 7 23 28 -- 64 2 6 2 3 0 102 .255 .420 .337 Edward Cuervo 104 335 48 98 10 2 0 30 26 -- 52 5 19 7 9 0 112 .293 .334 .352 Richard Lane 61 207 18 52 7 0 0 17 23 -- 20 0 1 1 5 0 59 .251 .285 .326

1979 Lynchburg Mets Pitching Statistics

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA John Violette 22 153.0 10 10 0.500 135 63 50 10 94 39 22 12 1 0 2.94 Jeff Franklin 24 154.0 9 11 0.450 131 66 50 8 107 65 24 9 2 0 2.92 Michael Lowry 21 117.0 10 5 0.667 105 57 48 5 71 63 20 6 2 0 3.69 Glen Johnson 22 140.0 6 9 0.400 147 79 58 5 81 41 17 6 2 0 3.73 Randall Brown 20 117.0 5 10 0.333 101 65 51 4 50 67 20 6 0 0 3.92 Donald Pearson 18 110.0 5 10 0.333 118 65 45 3 90 44 16 3 0 0 3.68 Alex Coghen 12 51.0 1 4 0.200 45 36 28 2 39 28 8 2 0 0 4.94 Randall Bozeman 18 62.0 4 4 0.500 81 51 41 3 20 44 7 1 0 0 5.95 Tom Thurberg 34 67.0 7 2 0.778 56 26 20 0 66 40 0 0 0 2 2.69 Gary Corrado 13 28.0 0 1 0.000 28 10 7 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 2.25 Randy Pitts 3 7.0 1 0 1.000 2 1 1 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 1.29 Donald Brazell 40 63.0 3 5 0.375 49 17 13 0 33 17 0 0 0 12 1.86 Keith Shermeyer 24 45.0 0 2 0.000 39 22 12 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 2.40

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1979

Catcher M. Fitzgerald 81 R. Lane 38 D. Slettvet 24 First Base D. Troyan 114 D. Slettvet 39 C. Warren 1 Second Base B. Giles 80 J. Noonan 37 E. Cuervo 22 R. Roman 1 Third Base J. Gossett 109 E. Cuervo 28 R. Lane 3 J. Noonan 2 Shortstop R. Gardenhire 69 E. Cuervo 47 A. Pedrique 18 J. Noonan 7 R. Lane 4 Outfield J. Lauer 113 C. Warren 95 D. Howard 69 J. Elder 61 G. Korbe 52 R. Rossen 36 E. Cuervo 3 R. Roman 2 J. Noonan 1

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