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1978 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
66-96, Finished 6th in NL East
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Scored 607 runs, Allowed 690 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90
Manager: Joe Torre (66-96)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
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
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1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Butch Benton 20 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
Juan Berenguer 23 R R 5' 11" 215 Nov 30, 1954 1st 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwight Bernard 26 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
Bruce Boisclair 25 L L 6' 2" 190 Dec 9, 1952 4 107 44 107 70 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 2 59 69 52 2
Mike Bruhert 27 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
Mardie Cornejo 26 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
Nino Espinosa 24 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
Sergio Ferrer 27 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
Gil Flores 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 27, 1952 2 11 8 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 9 1 2
Doug Flynn 27 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
Tim Foli 27 R R 6' 0" 179 Dec 8, 1950 9 113 105 113 112 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Grieve 30 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
Tom Hausman 25 R R 6' 5" 200 Mar 31, 1953 3 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Henderson 32 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
Steve Henderson 25 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
Ron Hodges 29 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
Roy Lee Jackson 24 R R 6' 2" 194 May 1, 1954 2 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Kobel 24 R L 6' 1" 195 Oct 2, 1953 4 32 11 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Koosman 35 R L 6' 2" 208 Dec 23, 1942 12 38 32 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Kranepool 33 L L 6' 3" 215 Nov 8, 1944 17 66 9 66 15 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 9 12 57 0
Skip Lockwood 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 17, 1946 11 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elliott Maddox 30 R R 5' 11" 181 Dec 21, 1947 9 119 104 119 113 0 0 1 0 44 0 0 13 72 79 9 2
Lee Mazzilli 23 B R 6' 1" 185 Mar 25, 1955 3 148 138 148 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 8 2
Butch Metzger 26 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
Willie Montanez 30 L L 6' 1" 193 Apr 1, 1948 10 159 158 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dale Murray 28 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
Bob Myrick 25 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
Dan Norman 23 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
Len Randle 29 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
Paul Siebert 25 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
John Stearns 26 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
Craig Swan 27 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
Alex Trevino 20 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 26, 1957 1st 6 3 6 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bobby Valentine 28 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
Joel Youngblood 26 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
Pat Zachry 26 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 All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played