Kingsport Mets

The Kingsport Mets are a minor league baseball team based in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. The team, which plays in the Appalachian League, is a Rookie League affiliate of Major League Baseball's New York Mets.

Once housed at a local high school, Dobyns-Bennett High School, the Kingsport Mets now play their home games at Hunter Wright Stadium. In 1983 while Dobyns-Bennett's field was being renovated, the team temporarily moved to Sarasota, Florida and played in the Gulf Coast League.

The team played as the Kingsport Braves from 1974 to 1979 and were affiliated with the Atlanta Braves. As a Braves affiliate, multiple future major leaguers played for them, including Matt Sinatro, Rick Behenna, Jose Alvarez, Steve Bedrosian, Paul Runge, Brad Komminsk, Milt Thompson, Brook Jacoby and Mike Payne.

Former Mets players Darryl Strawberry, Jeff Henderson, Dwight Gooden, and Kevin Mitchell as well as current players José Reyes, David Wright, Lastings Milledge, and AJ Burnett made their professional debut in Kingsport. In addition former National League MVP Dale Murphy and Cy Young Award Winner Steve Bedrosian played in Kingsport when they were a Braves affiliate from 1974-80. Al Cowens and U. L. Washington were notable players when the Royals were in town from 1969-73.

The team won the Appalachian League titles in 1988 and 1995.

All Silver Anniversary Team (Named in 2005)

• Position players
• C-Brook Fordyce
• 1B-Gregg Jefferies
• 2B-Quilvio Veras
• 3B-David Wright
• SS-Jose Reyes
• LF-Kevin Mitchell
• CF-Preston Wilson
• RF-Darryl Strawberry
• DH-Terrence Long
• UTIL-Brian Daubach
• Pitchers
• RHP-Dwight Gooden
• LHP-Pete Schourek
• RP-Randy Myers
• RP-Jason Isringhausen
• Manager
• MGR-John Gibbons

Year-by-year record

(from Baseball Reference)

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1974	31-39	7th	Hoyt Wilhelm	none
1975	33-33	6th	Gene Hassell	none
1976	25-42	8th	Bobby Dews	none
1977	43-27	2nd	Bob Didier	none
1978	33-37	5th	Eddie Haas	none
1979	39-31	2nd	Gene Hassell	none

Roster

Kingsport Mets roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers  3 Adrian Almeida 46 Eucebio Arias 50 Dillon Becker 53 Connor Buchmann 34 Nabil Crismatt 40 Gabriel Feliz 49 Audry German 45 Harol Gonzalez 26 Merandy Gonzalez  6 Taylor Henry 23 Gabriel Llanes 38 Darwin Ramos 15 Adonis Uceta		Catchers 22 Darryl Knight 52 Jose Maria 20 Ali Sanchez Infielders 11 Luis Caprio  1 Santo Marte Outfielders 13 Arnaldo Berrios -- Bradley Marquez ‡		Manager  9 Luis Rivera Coaches -- Ender Chavez (hitting) -- Royce Ring (pitching) 10px 7-day disabled list * On New York Mets 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated May 10, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → New York Mets minor league players

External links

• Official Kingsport Mets website
• The Baseball Cube
• Baseball Reference Bullpen
• Baseball Reference