1978 New York Mets Roster (40-man)

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 66-96-0, Finished 6th in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Joe Torre (66-96)

General Manager: Joe McDonald

Farm Director: Pete Gebrian

Ballpark: Shea Stadium

Attendance: 1,007,328 (10th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 72-90, 607 Runs, 690 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Butch Benton	20	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Aug 24, 1957	1st	4	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.1
Juan Berenguer	23	pa PA	R	R	5' 11"	186	Nov 30, 1954	1st	5	3	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Dwight Bernard	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	170	May 31, 1952	1st	30	1	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Bruce Boisclair	25	us US	L	L	6' 2"	185	Dec 9, 1952	4	107	44	107	70	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	2	59	69	52	2	0.1
Mike Bruhert	27	us US	R	R	6' 6"	220	Jun 24, 1951	1st	27	22	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.4
Mardie Cornejo	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Aug 5, 1951	1st	25	0	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.6
Nino Espinosa	24	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	192	Aug 15, 1953	5	32	32	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Sergio Ferrer	27	pr PR	B	R	5' 7"	145	Jan 29, 1951	3	37	7	37	33	0	0	0	3	2	29	0	0	0	0	1	13	-0.1
Gil Flores	25	pr PR	R	R	6' 0"	185	Oct 27, 1952	2	11	8	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	8	1	2	0.3
Doug Flynn	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Apr 18, 1951	4	156	156	156	156	0	0	0	126	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0
Tim Foli	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	179	Dec 6, 1950	9	113	105	113	112	0	0	0	0	0	112	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.9
Tom Grieve	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Mar 4, 1948	8	54	21	54	28	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	24	26	27	0	-0.3
Tom Hausman	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Mar 31, 1953	3	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Ken Henderson	32	us US	B	R	6' 2"	180	Jun 15, 1946	14	7	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	0	-0.2
Steve Henderson	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Nov 18, 1952	2	157	151	157	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	155	0	0	155	4	0	2.5
Ron Hodges	29	us US	L	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 22, 1949	6	47	25	47	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0.5
Roy Lee Jackson	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	May 1, 1954	2	4	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Kevin Kobel	24	us US	R	L	6' 0"	180	Oct 2, 1953	4	32	11	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Jerry Koosman	35	us US	R	L	6' 2"	205	Dec 23, 1942	12	38	32	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$150,000
Ed Kranepool	33	us US	L	L	6' 3"	205	Nov 8, 1944	17	66	9	66	15	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	9	12	57	0	-0.6
Skip Lockwood	31	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Aug 17, 1946	11	57	0	57	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Elliott Maddox	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Dec 21, 1947	9	119	104	119	113	0	0	1	0	44	0	0	13	72	79	9	2	0.9	$190,000
Lee Mazzilli	23	us US	B	R	6' 1"	180	Mar 25, 1955	3	148	138	148	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	144	0	144	8	2	3.3
Butch Metzger	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	May 23, 1952	5	25	0	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9
Willie Montañez	30	pr PR	L	L	6' 0"	170	Apr 1, 1948	10	159	158	159	158	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.4
Dale Murray	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Feb 2, 1950	5	53	0	53	53	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Bob Myrick	25	us US	R	L	6' 1"	195	Oct 1, 1952	3	17	0	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Dan Norman	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Jan 11, 1955	2	19	17	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	18	1	1	-0.1
Lenny Randle	29	us US	B	R	5' 10"	169	Feb 12, 1949	8	132	108	132	125	0	0	0	5	124	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0.9
Paul Siebert	25	us US	L	L	6' 2"	205	Jun 5, 1953	5	27	0	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
John Stearns	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 21, 1951	5	143	134	143	141	0	141	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	5.3
Craig Swan	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Nov 30, 1950	6	29	28	29	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	$80,000
Alex Treviño	20	mx MX	R	R	5' 10"	165	Aug 26, 1957	1st	6	3	6	5	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1
Bobby Valentine	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	189	May 13, 1950	9	69	40	69	54	0	0	0	45	9	0	0	0	0	0	18	2	0.3
Joel Youngblood	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Aug 28, 1951	3	113	61	113	91	0	0	0	40	9	1	7	14	34	51	25	10	1.1
Pat Zachry	26	us US	R	R	6' 5"	180	Apr 24, 1952	3	21	21	21	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5		All-Star
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Joe Torre HOF	37	us US	Jul 18, 1940	Manager	Apr 7	Oct 1
Dal Maxvill	39	us US	Feb 18, 1939		Apr 7	Oct 1
Willie Mays	47	us US	May 6, 1931		Apr 7	Oct 1
Joe Pignatano	48	us US	Aug 4, 1929		Apr 7	Oct 1
Denny Sommers	37	us US	Jul 12, 1940		Apr 7	Oct 1
Rube Walker	52	us US	May 16, 1926		Apr 7	Oct 1
Phil Cavarretta	61	us US	Jul 19, 1916	Coach	Apr 7	Oct 1
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date