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Greenville Mets
The Greenville Mets was the name of an American minor players Duffy Dyer, Ed Figueroa and Dick Selma, among
league baseball franchise representing Greenville, South others.
Carolina, that played for the 1965 and 1966 seasons in The Mets moved to the Florida State League in 1967
the Class A Western Carolinas League. It played its home and the Boston Red Sox became parents of the Greenville
games at Meadowbrook Park and produced future Base- WCL club.
ball Hall of Fame pitcher and strikeout king Nolan Ryan Year Record Finish Attendance Manager
as well as another hurler, Jerry Koosman, who would go
1965 44-80 Eighth 30,250 Ken Deal
on to star on the New York Mets’ 1969 "Miracle Mets"
team. 1966 86-40 Second 59,078 Pete Pavlick
Greenville was represented in the WCL from
1963–1972, taking its nicknames from its various parent
organizations. The Mets succeeded the Milwaukee Braves
References
as the Major League Baseball parents of the Greenville • Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The
franchise after the 1964 campaign. Koosman played on Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3d edition.
the 1965 club, posting a lacklustre 5-11 won/lost record Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007.
and an earned run average of 4.71. But Ryan dominated
the 1966 Western Carolinas League. He won 17 games,
lost only two, and struck out 272 batters in 183 innings
External links
pitched. The Greenville Mets also produced future MLB • Baseball Reference
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Categories:
• Defunct Western Carolinas League teams
• Sports in Greenville, South Carolina
• Sports clubs established in 1965
• Sports clubs disestablished in 1966
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