1978 New York Mets Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1978 New York Mets Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		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 Montanez*	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	Len 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		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 Trevino	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		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	27.1	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	2	7	7	11	8	11	11		11
Rk	Pos		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	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	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	73	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	104	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	1.534	11.5	0.4	2.3	3.8	1.65
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	97	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	119	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	95	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	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	68	1.821	9.6	0.6	6.8	3.9	0.57
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	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	53	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	142	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	106	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	42	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	38	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	1.359	8.9	0.7	3.3	4.8	1.46
		Rank in 12 NL teams		12	1						10	11	10	1	11	10	10	7	6		9
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Butch Benton	20	1	0	7.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	5.14	4.00	0	0	0	0		C
Juan Berenguer	23	5	3	13.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									1.38	0.40						P
Dwight Bernard	26	30	1	48.0	9	2	7	0	2	1.000									1.69	0.30						P
Bruce Boisclair	25	74	44	439.2	125	120	3	2	0	.984	3.1	8.5	4.1	1.4	2.7	-1			2.52	1.66						RF-LF-CF-1B
Mike Bruhert	27	27	22	133.2	38	11	22	5	1	.868									2.22	1.22						P
Mardie Cornejo	26	25	0	36.2	6	2	4	0	0	1.000									1.47	0.24						P
Nino Espinosa	24	32	32	203.2	58	10	47	1	2	.983									2.52	1.78						P
Sergio Ferrer	27	34	7	120.1	77	27	48	2	9	.974	-0.6	-6.0	0.4	-0.5	0.9		-1		5.61	2.21						SS-2B-3B
Gil Flores	25	10	8	60.1	18	17	0	1	0	.944	-1.1	-21.9	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	-1			2.54	1.70						CF-LF-RF
Doug Flynn	27	188	156	1358.2	773	332	426	15	91	.981	-7.9	-7.0	-9.9	-8.6	-1.3		2		5.02	4.03						2B-SS
Tim Foli	27	112	105	915.0	522	190	314	18	78	.966	3.3	4.3	-0.7	-0.3	-0.3		4		4.96	4.50						SS
Tom Grieve	30	28	21	167.1	59	53	5	1	1	.983	0.3	2.2	1.3	0.5	0.8	-1	0		3.12	2.07						RF-LF-1B
Tom Hausman	25	10	10	51.2	15	6	8	1	0	.933									2.44	1.40						P
Ken Henderson	32	7	7	59.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	-2.2	-44.7	-1.2	0.0	-1.2	-1			2.29	2.14						RF
Steve Henderson	25	155	151	1332.1	341	310	20	11	3	.968	-1.5	-1.4	-2.5	3.7	-6.2	1			2.23	2.13						LF
Ron Hodges	29	30	25	226.0	168	145	20	3	5	.982	0.0	0.0						0	6.57	5.50	8	5	25	14	36%	C
Roy Lee Jackson	24	4	2	12.2	6	1	4	1	1	.833									3.55	1.25						P
Kevin Kobel	24	32	11	108.1	22	4	16	2	1	.909									1.66	0.63						P
Jerry Koosman	35	38	32	235.1	58	4	48	6	4	.897									1.99	1.37						P
Ed Kranepool	33	15	9	84.2	40	36	4	0	3	1.000	-3.5	-49.6	-2.5	-0.5	-2.0	-1	0		4.25	2.67						RF-1B-LF
Skip Lockwood	31	57	0	90.2	10	4	5	1	1	.900									0.89	0.16						P
Elliott Maddox	30	129	104	897.2	287	197	81	9	8	.969	-4.6	-6.1	-1.6	2.8	-4.6	-3	0		2.79	2.16						RF-3B-CF-1B
Lee Mazzilli	23	144	138	1246.2	397	384	8	5	3	.987	-8.9	-8.6	-11.9	-9.1	-2.8	3			2.83	2.72						CF
Butch Metzger	26	25	0	37.1	5	1	4	0	0	1.000									1.21	0.20						P
Willie Montanez	30	158	158	1417.2	1462	1350	104	8	138	.995	-2.1	-1.8	-3.1	-1.7	-1.4		1		9.23	9.20						1B
Dale Murray	28	53	0	86.1	29	6	22	1	1	.966									2.92	0.53						P
Bob Myrick	25	17	0	24.2	6	1	5	0	1	1.000									2.19	0.35						P
Dan Norman	23	19	17	147.2	35	34	1	0	0	1.000	-3.0	-24.4	-2.0	-1.2	-0.8	-1			2.13	1.84						RF-LF
Len Randle	29	129	108	1000.1	337	111	215	11	21	.967	-0.9	-1.1	-0.9	0.8	-1.8		0		2.93	2.53						3B-2B
Paul Siebert	25	27	0	28.0	8	3	5	0	0	1.000									2.57	0.30						P
John Stearns	26	142	134	1203.2	807	711	84	12	7	.985	9.9	9.9	-0.1	-0.1	0.0			10	5.94	5.60	8	27	86	52	38%	C-3B
Craig Swan	27	29	28	207.1	49	17	30	2	5	.959									2.04	1.62						P
Alex Trevino	20	6	3	27.0	16	12	4	0	0	1.000	0.7	31.1	-0.3	-0.3	0.0		0	1	5.33	2.67	0	1	0	3	100%	C-3B
Bobby Valentine	28	54	40	337.1	193	78	109	6	13	.969	-1.1	-3.9	-0.1	-2.6	2.5		-1		4.99	3.46						2B-3B
Joel Youngblood	26	104	61	594.1	260	159	95	6	21	.977	-0.1	-0.2	-2.1	2.1	-4.0	1	1		3.85	2.44						2B-RF-CF-3B-LF-SS
Pat Zachry	26	21	21	138.0	35	9	24	2	4	.943									2.15	1.57						P
Team Totals	27.1	162	1458	13098.0	6290	4366	1792	132	424	.979	-20.2	-1.9	-33.2	-13.1	-20.1	-4	6	11	4.23	3.15	16	33	111	69	38%
Rank in 12 NL teams								10	2	2
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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