1979 New York Mets Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 63-99-1, Finished 6th in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Joe Torre (63-99-1)

General Manager: Joe McDonald (Fired 2/21/1980)

Farm Director: Pete Gebrian

Ballpark: Shea Stadium

Attendance: 788,905 (11th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 68-94, 593 Runs, 706 Runs Allowed

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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	27	155	602	538	58	131	29	2	9	66	15	15	52	57	.243	.312	.355	.667	86	191	21	4	3	5	5
2	1B	Willie Montañez*	31	109	442	410	36	96	19	0	5	47	0	1	25	48	.234	.277	.317	.594	66	130	15	1	1	5	7
3	2B	Doug Flynn	28	157	580	555	35	135	19	5	4	61	0	3	17	46	.243	.265	.317	.582	62	176	15	0	6	2	7
4	SS	Frank Taveras	29	153	680	635	89	167	26	9	1	33	42	19	33	72	.263	.301	.337	.639	78	214	11	2	10	0	1
5	3B	Richie Hebner*	31	136	550	473	54	127	25	2	10	79	3	1	59	59	.268	.354	.393	.747	109	186	7	8	1	8	6
6	LF	Steve Henderson	26	98	393	350	42	107	16	8	5	39	13	5	38	58	.306	.380	.440	.820	129	154	7	4	1	0	6
7	CF	Lee Mazzilli#	24	158	693	597	78	181	34	4	15	79	34	12	93	74	.303	.395	.449	.844	136	268	6	0	0	3	5
8	RF	Joel Youngblood	27	158	665	590	90	162	37	5	16	60	18	13	60	84	.275	.346	.436	.782	117	257	7	7	4	4	7
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	OF	Elliott Maddox	31	86	249	224	21	60	13	0	1	12	3	2	20	27	.268	.335	.339	.674	89	76	3	3	1	1	0
10	UT	Alex Treviño	21	79	232	207	24	56	11	1	0	20	2	2	20	27	.271	.338	.333	.671	89	69	8	1	4	0	2
11	1B	Ed Kranepool*	34	82	174	155	7	36	5	0	2	17	0	1	13	18	.232	.287	.303	.591	65	47	6	1	0	5	2
12	RF	Dan Norman	24	44	122	110	9	27	3	1	3	11	2	0	10	26	.245	.311	.373	.684	91	41	1	1	0	1	2
13	C	Ron Hodges*	30	59	106	86	4	14	4	0	0	5	0	0	19	16	.163	.311	.209	.521	49	18	0	0	0	1	3
14	OF	Bruce Boisclair*	26	59	106	98	7	18	5	1	0	4	0	2	3	24	.184	.210	.255	.465	29	25	2	1	1	3	0
15	RF	Gil Flores	26	70	106	93	9	18	1	1	1	10	2	0	8	17	.194	.262	.258	.520	46	24	1	1	3	1	0
16	2B	Kelvin Chapman	23	35	87	80	7	12	1	2	0	4	0	0	5	15	.150	.198	.213	.410	15	17	1	0	1	1	0
17	UT	José Cardenal	35	11	44	37	8	11	4	0	2	4	1	0	6	3	.297	.409	.568	.977	170	21	0	1	0	0	0
18	IF	Sergio Ferrer#	28	32	9	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	.000	.222	.000	.222	-32	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	SS	Tim Foli	28	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	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
20	P	Craig Swan	28	35	91	81	3	10	2	0	0	2	0	1	6	38	.123	.184	.148	.332	-6	12	0	0	4	0	0
21	P	Pete Falcone*	25	33	59	52	1	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.173	.204	.173	.377	7	9	2	0	5	0	0
22	P	Kevin Kobel	25	30	55	46	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	.196	.196	.217	.413	15	10	1	0	9	0	0
23	P	Dock Ellis#	34	17	28	26	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.077	.111	.077	.188	-46	2	0	0	1	0	0
24	P	Tom Hausman	26	19	27	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.115	.115	.115	.231	-35	3	1	0	1	0	0
25	P	Andy Hassler*	27	29	23	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.000	.043	.000	.043	-87	0	1	0	0	0	0
26	P	Pat Zachry	27	7	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	2	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Neil Allen	21	50	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Mike Scott	24	18	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Juan Berenguer	24	5	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.143	.333	.143	.476	38	1	0	0	1	0	0
30	P	Wayne Twitchell	31	33	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.375	.375	.375	.750	111	3	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Dale Murray	29	58	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-56	0	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	Jesse Orosco	22	18	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Ray Burris	28	4	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1	0	0	1	0	0
34	P	John Pacella	22	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Ed Glynn	26	46	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Skip Lockwood	32	28	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
37	P	Dwight Bernard	27	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	2	0	0
38	P	Roy Lee Jackson	25	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	461	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Jeff Reardon	23	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.7	163	6231	5591	593	1399	255	41	74	558	135	79	498	817	.250	.313	.350	.664	85	1958	117	35	66	40	53
		Rank in 12 NL teams				3	11	8	5	8	11		4	11	6	5	10	11	10	10		10		2		9
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.8	163	5847	5252	585	1358	252	41	74	551	135	78	483	674	.259	.323	.364	.687	92	1914	112	35	36	40	53
		Pitcher Totals	26.7	163	384	339	8	41	3	0	0	7	0	1	15	143	.121	.158	.130	.288	-18	44	5	0	30	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	Craig Swan	28	14	13	.519	3.29	35	35	0	10	3	0	251.1	241	102	92	20	57	9	145	2	1	2	1027	110	3.32	1.186	8.6	0.7	2.0	5.2	2.54
2	SP	Pete Falcone*	25	6	14	.300	4.16	33	31	1	1	1	0	184.0	194	91	85	24	76	10	113	1	1	10	797	87	4.45	1.467	9.5	1.2	3.7	5.5	1.49
3	SP	Kevin Kobel*	25	6	8	.429	3.51	30	27	1	1	1	0	161.2	169	74	63	14	46	4	67	3	2	2	683	104	3.94	1.330	9.4	0.8	2.6	3.7	1.46
4	SP	Dock Ellis	34	3	7	.300	6.04	17	14	3	1	0	0	85.0	110	60	57	9	34	10	41	1	0	2	391	60	4.38	1.694	11.6	1.0	3.6	4.3	1.21
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
5	CL	Skip Lockwood	32	2	5	.286	1.49	27	0	22	0	0	9	42.1	33	7	7	3	14	5	42	0	0	2	164	246	2.66	1.110	7.0	0.6	3.0	8.9	3.00
6	RP	Neil Allen	21	6	10	.375	3.55	50	5	27	0	0	8	99.0	100	46	39	4	47	13	65	0	0	6	431	103	3.37	1.485	9.1	0.4	4.3	5.9	1.38
7	RP	Dale Murray	29	4	8	.333	4.82	58	0	24	0	0	4	97.0	105	58	52	6	52	14	37	0	0	3	428	76	4.38	1.619	9.7	0.6	4.8	3.4	0.71
8	RP	Wayne Twitchell	31	5	3	.625	5.23	33	2	9	0	0	0	63.2	55	44	37	6	55	8	44	4	1	1	294	70	5.36	1.728	7.8	0.8	7.8	6.2	0.80
9	RP	Ed Glynn*	26	1	4	.200	3.00	46	0	20	0	0	7	60.0	57	22	20	3	40	10	32	2	0	1	269	122	4.42	1.617	8.6	0.5	6.0	4.8	0.80
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
10		Andy Hassler*	27	4	5	.444	3.70	29	8	11	1	0	4	80.1	74	35	33	5	42	8	53	0	2	7	343	99	3.79	1.444	8.3	0.6	4.7	5.9	1.26
11		Tom Hausman	26	2	6	.250	2.75	19	10	7	1	0	2	78.2	65	25	24	6	19	1	33	4	0	2	315	133	3.76	1.068	7.4	0.7	2.2	3.8	1.74
12		Mike Scott	24	1	3	.250	5.33	18	9	0	0	0	0	52.1	59	35	31	4	20	3	21	0	1	1	229	69	4.07	1.510	10.1	0.7	3.4	3.6	1.05
13		Dwight Bernard	27	0	3	.000	4.70	32	1	6	0	0	0	44.0	59	26	23	2	26	4	20	0	0	1	208	78	4.19	1.932	12.1	0.4	5.3	4.1	0.77
14		Pat Zachry	27	5	1	.833	3.59	7	7	0	1	0	0	42.2	44	19	17	3	21	2	17	2	1	1	194	102	4.47	1.523	9.3	0.6	4.4	3.6	0.81
15		Jesse Orosco*	22	1	2	.333	4.89	18	2	6	0	0	0	35.0	33	20	19	4	22	0	22	2	0	0	154	75	5.02	1.571	8.5	1.0	5.7	5.7	1.00
16		Juan Berenguer	24	1	1	.500	2.93	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	28	13	10	2	12	0	25	1	2	0	126	125	3.22	1.304	8.2	0.6	3.5	7.3	2.08
17		Ray Burris	28	0	2	.000	3.32	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.2	21	10	8	2	6	3	10	1	0	1	93	111	3.98	1.246	8.7	0.8	2.5	4.2	1.67
18		Jeff Reardon	23	1	2	.333	1.74	18	0	10	0	0	2	20.2	12	7	4	2	9	3	10	0	0	2	81	213	4.33	1.016	5.2	0.9	3.9	4.4	1.11
19		Roy Lee Jackson	25	1	0	1.000	2.20	8	0	0	0	0	0	16.1	11	4	4	1	5	0	10	1	0	1	61	169	3.41	0.980	6.1	0.6	2.8	5.5	2.00
20		John Pacella	22	0	2	.000	4.41	4	3	0	0	0	0	16.1	16	8	8	0	4	0	12	0	0	0	69	84	2.00	1.224	8.8	0.0	2.2	6.6	3.00
		Team Totals	26.7	63	99	.389	3.84	163	163	147	16	5	36	1482.2	1486	706	633	120	607	107	819	24	11	45	6357	95	3.96	1.412	9.0	0.7	3.7	5.0	1.35
		Rank in 12 NL teams		12	1		8				12	5	5	3	10	7	9	6	12		5
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