Kingsport Mets

• Location: Kingsport, TN
• League: Appalachian League 1980-1982, 1984-2020
• Affiliation: New York Mets 1980-1982, 1984-2020
• Ballpark: Hunter Wright Stadium

The Kingsport Mets were a New York Mets affiliate in the old Appalachian League. They played their home games at Hunter Wright Stadium in Kingsport, Tennessee. In the minor league reorganization of 2021 they were tranformed into a summer collegiate team and renamed the Kingsport Axmen.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
1980	35-35	3rd	Chuck Hiller	none
1981	21-49	6th	Al Jackson	none
1982	28-40	7th	Ed Olsen	none
1984	31-38	7th	Dan Radison
1985	26-44	8th	Tucker Ashford	none
1986	16-52	8th	Chuck Hiller
1987	28-42	7th	Bobby Floyd
1988	47-26	1st	Bobby Floyd	League Champs
1989	35-37	5th	Jim Eschen		Dan Norman
1990	41-31	3rd	Jim Thrift	none	Dan Norman
1991	36-31	5th (t)	Andre David			Jesus Hernaiz
1992	27-35	8th	Andre David		Geary Jones	Jesus Hernaiz
1993	30-38	7th	Ron Gideon			Jesus Hernaiz
1994	36-30	4th (t)	Ron Gideon		John Stephenson	Jesus Hernaiz
1995	48-18	2nd	John Gibbons	League Champs		Dave Jorn
1996	48-19	1st	John Stephenson	Lost League Finals		Dave Jorn
1997	37-31	5th	Ken Berry
1998	38-30	3rd (t)	Tim Foli
1999	34-36	6th	Guy Conti
2000	35-32	4th	Edgar Alfonzo
2001	31-36	6th	Joey Cora
2002	23-44	9th	Joey Cora
2003	25-39	8th	Mookie Wilson		Luis Natera	Rick Mahler
2004	32-36	6th	Mookie Wilson		Luis Natera
2005	28-40	9th	Jesse Levis			Dan Murray
2006	34-33	4th (t)	Donovan Mitchell			Dan Murray
2007	35-33	4th	Donovan Mitchell			Marc Valdes
2008	34-32	6th	Nick Leyva/Pedro Lopez		Ryan Ellis	Marc Valdes
2009	30-35	6th	Mike DiFelice			Jonathan Hurst
2010	28-39	9th	Mike DiFelice		Luis Rivera	Jonathan Hurst
2011	39-29	4th (t)	Frank Fultz		Luis Rivera	Jonathan Hurst
2012	23-43	9th	Jose Leger		Yunir Garcia	Jonathan Hurst
2013	40-27	2nd (t)	Jose Leger	Lost in 1st round	Yunir Garcia	Jonathan Hurst
2014	34-34	6th	Jose Leger		Yunir Garcia	Jonathan Hurst
2015	40-28	2nd	Luis Rivera	Lost in 1st Round	Sean Ratliff	Jonathan Hurst
2016	27-41	9th	Luis Rivera		Ender Chavez	Royce Ring
2017	29-37	8th	Luis Rivera		Ender Chavez	Josue Matos
2018	33-35	5th	Sean Ratliff		Delwyn Young	Josue Matos
2019	34-34	5th (t)	Rich Donnelly		Mariano Duncan	Jerome Williams	Stephen Gaylor
2020	Season cancelled