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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
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* - 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
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* - 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