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1979 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

63-99, Finished 6th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Torre (63-99)
Scored 593 runs, Allowed 706 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 788,905 (12th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96

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1978 / 1980 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
Neil Allen 21 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 24, 1958 1st 50 5 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Juan Berenguer 24 R R 5' 11" 186 Nov 30, 1954 2 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Dwight Bernard 27 R R 6' 2" 170 May 31, 1952 2 32 1 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bruce Boisclair 26 L L 6' 2" 185 Dec 9, 1952 5 59 14 59 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 18 25 38 0 -0.9 $
Ray Burris 28 R R 6' 5" 200 Aug 22, 1950 7 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Jose Cardenal 35 R R 5' 10" 150 Oct 7, 1943 17 11 11 11 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0 0.5 $
Kelvin Chapman 23 R R 5' 11" 173 Jun 2, 1956 1st 35 15 35 23 0 0 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 -0.8 $
Dock Ellis 34 B R 6' 3" 205 Mar 11, 1945 12 17 14 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Pete Falcone 25 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 1, 1953 5 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Sergio Ferrer 28 B R 5' 7" 145 Jan 29, 1951 4 32 0 32 19 0 0 0 4 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 -0.3 $
Gil Flores 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 27, 1952 3 70 10 70 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 28 34 45 3 -0.6 $
Doug Flynn 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 18, 1951 5 157 153 157 157 0 0 0 147 0 20 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2.5 $100,000
Tim Foli 28 R R 6' 0" 179 Dec 6, 1950 10 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Ed Glynn 26 R L 6' 2" 180 Jun 3, 1953 5 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Andy Hassler 27 L L 6' 5" 220 Oct 18, 1951 8 29 8 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Tom Hausman 26 R R 6' 4" 190 Mar 31, 1953 4 19 10 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Richie Hebner 31 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 26, 1947 12 136 130 136 135 0 0 6 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.3 $
Steve Henderson 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 18, 1952 3 98 94 98 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 94 3 1 1.5 $
Ron Hodges 30 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 22, 1949 7 59 17 59 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0.0 $
Roy Lee Jackson 25 R R 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1954 3 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Kevin Kobel 25 R L 6' 0" 180 Oct 2, 1953 5 30 27 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Ed Kranepool 34 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 8, 1944 18 82 33 82 37 0 0 29 0 0 0 2 0 6 8 49 0 -0.7 $
Skip Lockwood 32 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 17, 1946 12 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Elliott Maddox 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 21, 1947 10 86 49 86 71 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 26 41 69 20 2 -0.1 $190,000
Lee Mazzilli 24 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1955 4 158 157 158 157 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 1 0 4.5 $ All-Star
Willie Montanez 31 L L 6' 0" 170 Apr 1, 1948 11 109 104 109 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -2.5 $
Dale Murray 29 R R 6' 4" 205 Feb 2, 1950 6 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $72,000
Dan Norman 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 11, 1955 3 44 26 44 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 26 34 14 0 -0.5 $
Jesse Orosco 22 R L 6' 2" 174 Apr 21, 1957 1st 18 2 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
John Pacella 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 15, 1956 2 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jeff Reardon 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 1, 1955 1st 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Mike Scott 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 26, 1955 1st 18 9 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
John Stearns 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 21, 1951 6 155 140 155 146 0 121 16 0 11 0 6 0 0 6 12 0 1.0 $300,000 All-Star
Craig Swan 28 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 30, 1950 7 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $90,000
Frank Taveras 29 R R 6' 0" 155 Dec 24, 1949 8 153 150 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Alex Trevino 21 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 26, 1957 2 79 48 79 68 0 36 0 8 27 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0.4 $
Wayne Twitchell 31 R R 6' 6" 215 Mar 10, 1948 10 33 2 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Joel Youngblood 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 28, 1951 4 158 152 158 155 0 0 0 13 12 0 71 5 87 163 5 1 3.7 $78,000
Pat Zachry 27 R R 6' 5" 180 Apr 24, 1952 4 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
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

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Sergio Ferrer
Richie Hebner
Bruce Boisclair
Steve Henderson
Jose Cardenal
Ed Kranepool
Dan Norman
Kelvin Chapman

Frank Taveras
John Stearns
Lee Mazzilli
Gil Flores
Joel Youngblood
Tim Foli
John Pacella
Elliott Maddox

Dale Murray
Doug Flynn
Willie Montanez
Ray Burris
Craig Swan
Dwight Bernard
Kevin Kobel
Alex Trevino
Dock Ellis
Mike Scott

Roy Lee Jackson
Tom Hausman
Pete Falcone
Dock Ellis
Ray Burris
Wayne Twitchell
Skip Lockwood
Pat Zachry
Ron Hodges

Juan Berenguer
Andy Hassler
Jeff Reardon
Neil Allen
Jesse Orosco
Juan Berenguer
Ed Glynn
Kevin Kobel
Andy Hassler

Jesse Orosco

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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