1978 New York Mets Statistics

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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162. Oct 1, NYM (66-96) beat CHC, 5-3

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	John Stearns	26	143	563	477	65	126	24	1	15	73	25	13	70	57	.264	.364	.413	.777	121	197	11	8	2	6	4
2	1B	Willie Montañez*	30	159	679	609	66	156	32	0	17	96	9	4	60	92	.256	.320	.392	.712	102	239	13	1	0	9	19
3	2B	Doug Flynn	27	156	572	532	37	126	12	8	0	36	3	5	30	50	.237	.277	.289	.567	62	154	14	1	6	3	10
4	SS	Tim Foli	27	113	443	413	37	106	21	1	1	27	2	5	14	30	.257	.283	.320	.603	72	132	10	2	12	2	1
5	3B	Lenny Randle#	29	132	508	437	53	102	16	8	2	35	14	11	64	57	.233	.330	.320	.650	86	140	7	1	2	4	7
6	LF	Steve Henderson	25	157	654	587	83	156	30	9	10	65	13	7	60	109	.266	.333	.399	.732	108	234	24	2	0	5	3
7	CF	Lee Mazzilli#	23	148	619	542	78	148	28	5	16	61	20	13	69	82	.273	.353	.432	.785	123	234	7	1	2	5	6
8	RF	Elliott Maddox	30	119	469	389	43	100	18	2	2	39	2	11	71	38	.257	.370	.329	.699	101	128	8	2	2	5	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Joel Youngblood	26	113	287	266	40	67	12	8	7	30	4	0	16	39	.252	.294	.436	.730	106	116	4	1	1	3	1
10	RF	Bruce Boisclair*	25	107	244	214	24	48	7	1	4	15	3	3	23	43	.224	.293	.322	.616	76	69	4	0	2	5	3
11	2B	Bobby Valentine	28	69	188	160	17	43	7	0	1	18	1	1	19	18	.269	.346	.331	.677	94	53	7	1	6	2	1
12	C	Ron Hodges*	29	47	115	102	4	26	4	1	0	7	1	2	10	11	.255	.322	.314	.635	82	32	4	1	0	2	0
13	RF	Tom Grieve	30	54	110	101	5	21	3	0	2	8	0	1	9	23	.208	.273	.297	.570	63	30	3	0	0	0	0
14	UT	Ed Kranepool*	33	66	93	81	7	17	2	0	3	19	0	0	8	12	.210	.280	.346	.625	78	28	4	1	0	3	2
15	RF	Dan Norman	23	19	67	64	7	17	0	1	4	10	1	0	2	14	.266	.284	.484	.768	115	31	0	0	0	1	0
16	SS	Sergio Ferrer#	27	37	40	33	8	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	7	.212	.316	.273	.589	69	9	2	1	2	0	0
17	OF	Gil Flores	25	11	33	29	8	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	5	.276	.344	.345	.689	97	10	0	0	1	0	0
18	RF	Ken Henderson#	32	7	26	22	2	5	2	0	1	4	0	1	4	4	.227	.346	.455	.801	127	10	0	0	0	0	1
19	UT	Alex Treviño	20	6	13	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	61	3	1	0	0	0	0
20	C	Butch Benton	20	4	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	217	2	0	1	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
21	P	Craig Swan	27	29	76	65	2	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	.154	.191	.154	.345	0	10	1	0	8	0	0
22	P	Jerry Koosman	35	38	75	70	1	6	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	.086	.086	.129	.214	-40	9	0	0	5	0	0
23	P	Nino Espinosa	24	32	75	67	6	14	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	28	.209	.221	.254	.474	35	17	0	0	7	0	0
24	P	Pat Zachry	26	21	52	43	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	19	.070	.149	.070	.219	-36	3	2	0	5	0	0
25	P	Mike Bruhert	27	27	41	40	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.075	.075	.075	.150	-57	3	0	0	1	0	0
26	P	Kevin Kobel	24	32	30	25	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.160	.192	.200	.392	12	5	0	0	4	0	0
27	P	Tom Hausman	25	10	19	17	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.176	.222	.235	.458	31	4	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Skip Lockwood	31	57	13	11	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.182	.182	.545	.727	100	6	0	0	2	0	0
29	P	Dale Murray	28	53	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	-61	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Dwight Bernard	26	30	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	56	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Roy Lee Jackson	24	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	282	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Juan Berenguer	23	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Bob Myrick	25	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Paul Siebert*	25	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Mardie Cornejo	26	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Butch Metzger	26	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.2	162	6132	5433	607	1332	227	47	86	561	100	77	549	829	.245	.314	.352	.666	90	1911	126	24	71	55	59
		Rank in 12 NL teams				6	8	10	9	3	8		8	11	7	6	11	9	11	11		11		7		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.1	162	5728	5074	588	1284	218	47	85	547	100	77	537	693	.253	.324	.365	.689	96	1851	123	24	38	55	59
		Pitcher Totals	27.5	162	404	359	19	48	9	0	1	14	0	0	12	136	.134	.162	.167	.329	-6	60	3	0	33	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Jerry Koosman*	35	3	15	.167	3.75	38	32	6	3	0	2	235.1	221	110	98	17	84	11	160	8	1	5	986	93	3.34	1.296	8.5	0.7	3.2	6.1	1.90
2	SP	Craig Swan	27	9	6	.600	2.43	29	28	0	5	1	0	207.1	164	62	56	12	58	8	125	2	0	1	819	143	3.00	1.071	7.1	0.5	2.5	5.4	2.16
3	SP	Nino Espinosa	24	11	15	.423	4.73	32	32	0	6	1	0	203.2	230	117	107	24	75	10	76	3	3	0	888	74	4.52	1.498	10.2	1.1	3.3	3.4	1.01
4	SP	Pat Zachry	26	10	6	.625	3.33	21	21	0	5	2	0	138.0	120	57	51	9	60	4	78	1	2	3	579	105	3.63	1.304	7.8	0.6	3.9	5.1	1.30
5	SP	Mike Bruhert	27	4	11	.267	4.78	27	22	1	1	1	0	133.2	171	83	71	6	34	5	56	1	2	10	585	73	3.12	1.534	11.5	0.4	2.3	3.8	1.65
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Skip Lockwood	31	7	13	.350	3.57	57	0	40	0	0	15	90.2	78	36	36	10	31	5	73	0	1	3	371	98	3.43	1.202	7.7	1.0	3.1	7.2	2.35
7	RP	Kevin Kobel*	24	5	6	.455	2.91	32	11	12	1	0	0	108.1	95	42	35	9	30	9	51	2	0	1	442	120	3.61	1.154	7.9	0.7	2.5	4.2	1.70
8	RP	Dale Murray	28	8	5	.615	3.65	53	0	38	0	0	5	86.1	85	39	35	4	36	19	37	2	1	5	373	96	3.65	1.402	8.9	0.4	3.8	3.9	1.03
9	RP	Dwight Bernard	26	1	4	.200	4.31	30	1	10	0	0	0	48.0	54	25	23	4	27	3	26	0	0	2	213	81	4.27	1.688	10.1	0.8	5.1	4.9	0.96
10	RP	Paul Siebert*	25	0	2	.000	5.14	27	0	5	0	0	1	28.0	30	16	16	2	21	5	12	1	1	2	130	69	5.01	1.821	9.6	0.6	6.8	3.9	0.57
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Tom Hausman	25	3	3	.500	4.70	10	10	0	0	0	0	51.2	58	28	27	6	9	1	16	1	2	0	216	74	4.06	1.297	10.1	1.0	1.6	2.8	1.78
12		Butch Metzger	26	1	3	.250	6.51	25	0	11	0	0	0	37.1	48	28	27	4	22	7	21	1	1	0	180	54	4.70	1.875	11.6	1.0	5.3	5.1	0.95
13		Mardie Cornejo	26	4	2	.667	2.45	25	0	10	0	0	3	36.2	37	12	10	1	14	5	17	3	1	1	155	143	3.40	1.391	9.1	0.2	3.4	4.2	1.21
14		Bob Myrick*	25	0	3	.000	3.28	17	0	7	0	0	0	24.2	18	10	9	3	13	2	13	0	0	0	102	108	4.69	1.257	6.6	1.1	4.7	4.7	1.00
15		Juan Berenguer	23	0	2	.000	8.31	5	3	1	0	0	0	13.0	17	12	12	1	11	0	8	1	0	0	65	43	5.12	2.154	11.8	0.7	7.6	5.5	0.73
16		Roy Lee Jackson	24	0	0		9.24	4	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	21	13	13	2	6	0	6	2	0	0	61	39	5.59	2.132	14.9	1.4	4.3	4.3	1.00
		Team Totals	27.6	66	96	.407	3.87	162	162	141	21	5	26	1455.1	1447	690	626	114	531	94	775	28	15	33	6165	90	3.69	1.359	8.9	0.7	3.3	4.8	1.46
		Rank in 12 NL teams		12	1		10				10	11	10	1	11	10	10	7	6		9
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W