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1978 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

66-96, Finished 6th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Torre (66-96)
Scored 607 runs, Allowed 690 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90

Ballparks: 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

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1977 / 1979 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
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 0.1 $
Juan Berenguer 23 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 -0.6 $
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 -0.1 $
Bruce Boisclair 25 L L 6' 2" 185 Dec 9, 1952 4 107 44 107 70 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 2 59 73 52 2 -0.1 $
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 -1.8 $
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 0.5 $
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 -1.0 $
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 -0.1 $
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 10 1 2 0.3 $
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 -1.3 $
Tim Foli 27 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 0.6 $
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 -0.5 $
Tom Hausman 25 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 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 -0.1 $
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 2.5 $
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 0.4 $
Roy Lee Jackson 24 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 -0.6 $
Kevin Kobel 24 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 1.3 $
Jerry Koosman 35 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 0.9 $150,000
Ed Kranepool 33 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 -0.5 $
Skip Lockwood 31 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 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 21, 1947 9 119 104 119 113 0 0 1 0 44 0 0 13 72 85 9 2 1.4 $190,000
Lee Mazzilli 23 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 3.8 $
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 -1.0 $
Willie Montanez 30 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 0.5 $
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 0.2 $
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 0.1 $
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 19 1 1 -0.1 $
Lenny 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 1.1 $
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 -0.3 $
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 5.5 $
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 5.4 $80,000
Alex Trevino 20 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 0.0 $
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 0.2 $
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 55 25 10 1.2 $
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 1.3 $ 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 WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

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Bobby Valentine
Tom Grieve
Sergio Ferrer
Bruce Boisclair
Steve Henderson
Ed Kranepool
Ken Henderson
Lenny Randle

John Stearns
Butch Benton
Lee Mazzilli
Gil Flores
Joel Youngblood
Tim Foli
Ken Henderson
Elliott Maddox

Dale Murray
Doug Flynn
Willie Montanez
Mike Bruhert
Craig Swan
Dwight Bernard
Kevin Kobel
Alex Trevino
Mardie Cornejo

Dwight Bernard
Roy Lee Jackson
Tom Hausman
Dan Norman
Jerry Koosman
Skip Lockwood
Nino Espinosa
Pat Zachry
Ron Hodges

Paul Siebert
Bob Myrick
Butch Metzger
Mardie Cornejo
Juan Berenguer
Kevin Kobel

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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