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1979 1981 1980 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

The 1980 Kingsport Mets Wins: 35 Losses: 35 Pos: 3rd, 11.0 Games Behind Manager: Chuck Hiller

1981 Kingsport

1980 Kingsport Mets Batting Statistics

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP John Heller 68 241 41 66 6 4 7 41 18 -- 40 0 2 2 0 4 101 .274 .419 .319 Larry Pittman 68 238 41 68 13 2 11 44 35 -- 53 0 0 0 0 1 118 .286 .496 .376 John Jackson 54 190 32 57 11 4 2 27 17 -- 14 3 5 5 1 2 82 .300 .432 .363 Mike Hennessy 56 181 37 40 2 1 2 20 35 -- 21 2 10 0 1 2 50 .221 .276 .350 John Gibbons 53 181 28 50 7 1 7 34 18 -- 39 7 1 3 0 4 80 .276 .442 .357 Steven Brigante 54 177 23 42 6 2 1 23 23 -- 25 0 7 0 2 0 55 .237 .311 .325 Tim Brown 45 162 30 49 4 1 1 12 14 -- 10 7 1 2 5 1 58 .302 .358 .380 Darryl Strawberry 44 157 27 42 5 2 5 20 20 -- 39 1 5 1 0 2 66 .268 .420 .350 Richard Greenfield 56 145 11 27 4 0 0 14 25 -- 34 1 1 2 2 2 31 .186 .214 .306 Mark Manning 44 133 21 32 7 1 1 14 18 -- 26 2 5 1 2 0 44 .241 .331 .340 Leonard Fuller 42 127 20 35 3 1 1 15 13 -- 14 1 4 0 0 1 43 .276 .339 .345 David Stone 35 99 11 29 4 1 2 9 5 -- 25 0 2 0 1 1 41 .293 .414 .324 Mark Elliott 34 80 12 19 5 0 0 8 12 -- 6 1 3 2 3 3 24 .238 .300 .333 Bryan Dunbar 21 46 10 11 2 0 1 4 7 -- 13 1 0 0 1 1 16 .239 .348 .345 Lloyd McClendon 14 46 7 15 2 0 1 9 5 -- 7 0 0 1 0 0 20 .326 .435 .392 Orlando Echenique 10 27 5 9 3 0 0 5 3 -- 4 0 0 0 0 2 12 .333 .444 .375

1980 Kingsport Mets Pitching Statistics

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Doug Sisk 15 98.0 8 5 0.615 91 46 29 5 41 45 15 4 0 0 2.66 Stephen Ibarguen 13 78.0 7 4 0.636 87 52 31 3 57 37 13 4 2 0 3.58 Jay Tibbs 12 76.0 3 7 0.300 88 54 37 8 45 32 12 2 0 0 4.38 Kevin Teate 14 72.0 3 5 0.375 62 56 48 10 52 45 11 1 0 0 6.00 Scott Merlack 18 58.0 2 5 0.286 63 41 35 3 41 29 7 1 0 2 5.43 Eric Kuntz 9 48.0 5 1 0.833 31 12 11 0 30 12 5 3 0 0 2.06 Clifford Faust 25 42.0 2 1 0.667 37 15 12 4 37 12 0 0 0 5 2.57 Donald Magdzvik 14 40.0 2 2 0.500 41 26 23 7 31 30 3 0 0 2 5.18 Lowrey Robinson 14 32.0 1 2 0.333 35 22 21 5 22 13 3 0 0 0 5.91 Fernando Alba 13 17.0 2 1 0.667 15 14 11 1 15 11 0 0 0 2 5.82 Algernan Foust 7 13.0 0 1 0.000 15 12 11 2 7 16 1 0 0 0 7.62 Elvin Pina 7 12.0 0 1 0.000 14 17 15 2 6 11 1 0 0 0 11.25 David Barton 1 1.0 0 0 0.000 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 18.00

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1980

Catcher J. Gibbons 34 B. Dunbar 20 D. Stone 14 L. McClendon 8 J. Heller 5 First Base L. Pittman 65 M. Elliott 5 S. Brigante 2 O. Echenique 1 Second Base T. Brown 43 S. Brigante 27 R. Greenfield 1 M. Manning 1 Third Base L. Fuller 27 M. Manning 23 S. Brigante 22 J. Heller 7 R. Greenfield 1 Shortstop R. Greenfield 54 M. Manning 23 Outfield M. Hennessy 54 J. Jackson 52 J. Heller 46 D. Strawberry 39 M. Elliott 28 O. Echenique 5 L. Fuller 4

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