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1977 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

64-98, Finished 6th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Frazier (15-30) and Joe Torre (49-68)
Scored 587 runs, Allowed 663 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 1,066,825 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96

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1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Luis Alvarado 28 R R 5' 9" 162 Jan 15, 1949 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Apodaca 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 31, 1950 5 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Rick Baldwin 24 L R 6' 3" 180 Jun 1, 1953 3 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bruce Boisclair 24 L L 6' 2" 185 Dec 9, 1952 3 127 67 127 98 0 0 9 0 0 0 31 9 56 96 38 3 0.8 $50,000
Nino Espinosa 23 R R 6' 1" 192 Aug 15, 1953 4 32 29 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $
Doug Flynn 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 18, 1951 3 90 81 90 90 0 0 0 29 2 67 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2.3 $
Leo Foster 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Feb 2, 1951 5 36 21 36 29 0 0 0 20 2 8 0 0 0 0 6 4 -0.5 $
Jerry Grote 34 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 6, 1942 14 42 31 42 34 0 28 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.1 $
Bud Harrelson 33 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 13 107 84 107 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 1 11 -0.3 $80,000
Steve Henderson 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 18, 1952 1st 99 92 99 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 1 0 98 2 2 2.9 $
Ron Hodges 28 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 22, 1949 5 66 22 66 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0.3 $
Roy Lee Jackson 23 R R 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1954 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Dave Kingman 28 R R 6' 6" 210 Dec 21, 1948 7 58 53 58 55 0 0 17 0 0 0 26 0 20 46 5 0 -0.6 $95,000
Jerry Koosman 34 R L 6' 2" 205 Dec 23, 1942 11 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $150,000
Ed Kranepool 32 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 8, 1944 16 108 71 108 82 0 0 41 0 0 0 10 0 32 42 37 0 0.3 $
Skip Lockwood 30 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 17, 1946 10 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.4 $
Pepe Mangual 25 R R 5' 10" 157 May 23, 1952 6 8 0 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 1 -0.1 $
Jon Matlack 27 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 7 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Lee Mazzilli 22 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1955 2 159 148 159 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156 7 2 1.1 $20,000
Doc Medich 28 R R 6' 5" 225 Dec 9, 1948 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Felix Millan 33 R R 5' 11" 172 Aug 21, 1943 12 91 81 91 89 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.2 $100,000
John Milner 27 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 28, 1949 7 131 100 131 109 0 0 87 0 0 0 21 0 1 22 25 1 2.0 $85,000
Bob Myrick 24 R L 6' 1" 195 Oct 1, 1952 2 44 4 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Dan Norman 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 11, 1955 1st 7 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 1 0 0.0 $
John Pacella 20 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 15, 1956 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Phillips 26 L R 6' 0" 170 Aug 19, 1950 5 38 16 38 32 0 0 0 4 9 23 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.2 $
Lenny Randle 28 B R 5' 10" 169 Feb 12, 1949 7 136 128 136 133 0 0 0 20 110 1 4 4 0 8 5 0 4.2 $93,000
Luis Rosado 21 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 6, 1955 1st 9 8 9 8 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Ray Sadecki 36 L L 5' 11" 180 Dec 26, 1940 18 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tom Seaver HOF 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1944 11 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $225,000
Paul Siebert 24 L L 6' 2" 205 Jun 5, 1953 4 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Roy Staiger 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 6, 1950 3 40 31 40 36 0 0 0 0 36 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.8 $40,000
John Stearns 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 21, 1951 4 139 121 139 131 0 128 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 3.5 $45,000 All-Star
Craig Swan 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 30, 1950 5 26 24 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $70,000
Jackson Todd 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 20, 1951 1st 19 10 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Joe Torre 36 R R 6' 2" 212 Jul 18, 1940 18 26 12 26 17 0 0 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.6 $100,000
Mike Vail 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 10, 1951 3 108 68 108 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 82 84 32 3 0.2 $
Bobby Valentine 27 R R 5' 10" 189 May 13, 1950 8 42 17 42 28 0 0 15 0 4 14 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.7 $
Joel Youngblood 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 28, 1951 2 70 40 70 60 0 0 0 33 10 0 4 7 13 24 16 4 0.3 $
Pat Zachry 25 R R 6' 5" 180 Apr 24, 1952 2 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Leo Foster
Bobby Valentine

Roy Staiger

Bud Harrelson

Bruce Boisclair

Steve Henderson
Mike Phillips

Mike Vail

Ed Kranepool

Joe Torre

Pepe Mangual
Lenny Randle

John Stearns

Jerry Grote

Lee Mazzilli

Felix Millan

Joel Youngblood

Luis Alvarado
Leo Foster

John Pacella

Doc Medich

Doug Flynn

Dave Kingman

Craig Swan

John Milner

Jackson Todd

Roy Lee Jackson

Jon Matlack

Dan Norman
Ray Sadecki

Bob Apodaca

Luis Rosado

Jerry Koosman

Skip Lockwood

Nino Espinosa

Pat Zachry

Tom Seaver

Ron Hodges

Paul Siebert

Bob Myrick

Rick Baldwin

Paul Siebert

1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers