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1979 New York Mets Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
63-99, Finished 6th in NL East
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Scored 593 runs, Allowed 706 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94
Manager: Joe Torre (63-99)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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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 27 155 602 538 58 131 29 2 9 66 15 15 52 57 .243 .312 .355 .667 85 191 21 4 3 5 5
2 1B Willie Montanez* 31 109 442 410 36 96 19 0 5 47 0 1 25 48 .234 .277 .317 .594 65 130 15 1 1 5 7
3 2B Doug Flynn 28 157 580 555 35 135 19 5 4 61 0 3 17 46 .243 .265 .317 .582 61 176 15 0 6 2 7
4 SS Frank Taveras 29 153 680 635 89 167 26 9 1 33 42 19 33 72 .263 .301 .337 .639 78 214 11 2 10 0 1
5 3B Richie Hebner* 31 136 549 473 54 127 25 2 10 79 3 1 59 59 .268 .354 .393 .747 108 186 7 8 1 8 6
6 LF Steve Henderson 26 98 393 350 42 107 16 8 5 39 13 5 38 58 .306 .380 .440 .820 128 154 7 4 1 0 6
7 CF Lee Mazzilli# 24 158 693 597 78 181 34 4 15 79 34 12 93 74 .303 .395 .449 .844 135 268 6 0 0 3 5
8 RF Joel Youngblood 27 158 665 590 90 162 37 5 16 60 18 13 60 84 .275 .346 .436 .782 116 257 7 7 4 4 7
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 OF Elliott Maddox 31 86 249 224 21 60 13 0 1 12 3 2 20 27 .268 .335 .339 .674 88 76 3 3 1 1 0
10 UT Alex Trevino 21 79 232 207 24 56 11 1 0 20 2 2 20 27 .271 .338 .333 .671 88 69 8 1 4 0 2
11 1B Ed Kranepool* 34 82 174 155 7 36 5 0 2 17 0 1 13 18 .232 .287 .303 .591 65 47 6 1 0 5 2
12 RF Dan Norman 24 44 122 110 9 27 3 1 3 11 2 0 10 26 .245 .311 .373 .684 90 41 1 1 0 1 2
13 C Ron Hodges* 30 59 106 86 4 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 19 16 .163 .311 .209 .521 48 18 0 0 0 1 3
14 OF Bruce Boisclair* 26 59 106 98 7 18 5 1 0 4 0 2 3 24 .184 .210 .255 .465 29 25 2 1 1 3 0
15 RF Gil Flores 26 70 106 93 9 18 1 1 1 10 2 0 8 17 .194 .262 .258 .520 46 24 1 1 3 1 0
16 2B Kelvin Chapman 23 35 87 80 7 12 1 2 0 4 0 0 5 15 .150 .198 .213 .410 14 17 1 0 1 1 0
17 UT Jose Cardenal 35 11 44 37 8 11 4 0 2 4 1 0 6 3 .297 .409 .568 .977 169 21 0 1 0 0 0
18 IF Sergio Ferrer# 28 32 9 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 .000 .222 .000 .222 -32 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 SS Tim Foli 28 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 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
20 P Craig Swan 28 35 91 81 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 38 .123 .184 .148 .332 -6 12 0 0 4 0 0
21 P Pete Falcone* 25 33 59 52 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .173 .204 .173 .377 6 9 2 0 5 0 0
22 P Kevin Kobel 25 30 55 46 1 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .196 .196 .217 .413 15 10 1 0 9 0 0
23 P Dock Ellis# 34 17 28 26 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .077 .111 .077 .188 -47 2 0 0 1 0 0
24 P Tom Hausman 26 19 27 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .115 .115 .115 .231 -35 3 1 0 1 0 0
25 P Andy Hassler* 27 29 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .000 .043 .000 .043 -87 0 1 0 0 0 0
26 P Pat Zachry 27 7 16 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 2 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Neil Allen 21 50 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Mike Scott 24 18 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .077 .000 .077 -77 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Juan Berenguer 24 5 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 38 1 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Wayne Twitchell 31 33 9 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .375 .375 .375 .750 110 3 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Dale Murray 29 58 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 0 2 0 0
32 P Jesse Orosco 22 18 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
33 P Ray Burris 28 4 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 1 0 0 1 0 0
34 P John Pacella 22 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Ed Glynn 26 46 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Skip Lockwood 32 28 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
37 P Dwight Bernard 27 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 2 0 0
38 P Roy Lee Jackson 25 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 459 1 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 163 6230 5591 593 1399 255 41 74 558 135 79 498 817 .250 .313 .350 .664 85 1958 117 35 66 40 53
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 11 8 5 8 11 4 2 6 8 10 11 10 10 10
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 Craig Swan 28 14 13 .519 3.29 35 35 0 10 3 0 251.1 241 102 92 20 57 9 145 2 1 2 1027 110 1.186 8.6 0.7 2.0 5.2 2.54
2 SP Pete Falcone* 25 6 14 .300 4.16 33 31 1 1 1 0 184.0 194 91 85 24 76 10 113 1 1 10 797 87 1.467 9.5 1.2 3.7 5.5 1.49
3 SP Kevin Kobel* 25 6 8 .429 3.51 30 27 1 1 1 0 161.2 169 74 63 14 46 4 67 3 2 2 683 103 1.330 9.4 0.8 2.6 3.7 1.46
4 SP Dock Ellis 34 3 7 .300 6.04 17 14 3 1 0 0 85.0 110 60 57 9 34 10 41 1 0 2 391 60 1.694 11.6 1.0 3.6 4.3 1.21
5 SP Tom Hausman 26 2 6 .250 2.75 19 10 7 1 0 2 78.2 65 25 24 6 19 1 33 4 0 2 315 132 1.068 7.4 0.7 2.2 3.8 1.74
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 32 2 5 .286 1.49 27 0 22 0 0 9 42.1 33 7 7 3 14 5 42 0 0 2 164 244 1.110 7.0 0.6 3.0 8.9 3.00
7 RP Neil Allen 21 6 10 .375 3.55 50 5 27 0 0 8 99.0 100 46 39 4 47 13 65 0 0 6 431 102 1.485 9.1 0.4 4.3 5.9 1.38
8 RP Dale Murray 29 4 8 .333 4.82 58 0 24 0 0 4 97.0 105 58 52 6 52 14 37 0 0 3 428 75 1.619 9.7 0.6 4.8 3.4 0.71
9 RP Wayne Twitchell 31 5 3 .625 5.23 33 2 9 0 0 0 63.2 55 44 37 6 55 8 44 4 1 1 294 69 1.728 7.8 0.8 7.8 6.2 0.80
10 RP Ed Glynn* 26 1 4 .200 3.00 46 0 20 0 0 7 60.0 57 22 20 3 40 10 32 2 0 1 269 121 1.617 8.6 0.5 6.0 4.8 0.80
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 Andy Hassler* 27 4 5 .444 3.70 29 8 11 1 0 4 80.1 74 35 33 5 42 8 53 0 2 7 343 98 1.444 8.3 0.6 4.7 5.9 1.26
12 Mike Scott 24 1 3 .250 5.33 18 9 0 0 0 0 52.1 59 35 31 4 20 3 21 0 1 1 229 68 1.510 10.1 0.7 3.4 3.6 1.05
13 Dwight Bernard 27 0 3 .000 4.70 32 1 6 0 0 0 44.0 59 26 23 2 26 4 20 0 0 1 208 77 1.932 12.1 0.4 5.3 4.1 0.77
14 Pat Zachry 27 5 1 .833 3.59 7 7 0 1 0 0 42.2 44 19 17 3 21 2 17 2 1 1 194 101 1.523 9.3 0.6 4.4 3.6 0.81
15 Jesse Orosco* 22 1 2 .333 4.89 18 2 6 0 0 0 35.0 33 20 19 4 22 0 22 2 0 0 154 74 1.571 8.5 1.0 5.7 5.7 1.00
16 Juan Berenguer 24 1 1 .500 2.93 5 5 0 0 0 0 30.2 28 13 10 2 12 0 25 1 2 0 126 124 1.304 8.2 0.6 3.5 7.3 2.08
17 Ray Burris 28 0 2 .000 3.32 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.2 21 10 8 2 6 3 10 1 0 1 93 109 1.246 8.7 0.8 2.5 4.2 1.67
18 Jeff Reardon 23 1 2 .333 1.74 18 0 10 0 0 2 20.2 12 7 4 2 9 3 10 0 0 2 81 208 1.016 5.2 0.9 3.9 4.4 1.11
19 John Pacella 22 0 2 .000 4.41 4 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 16 8 8 0 4 0 12 0 0 0 69 82 1.224 8.8 0.0 2.2 6.6 3.00
20 Roy Lee Jackson 25 1 0 1.000 2.20 8 0 0 0 0 0 16.1 11 4 4 1 5 0 10 1 0 1 61 165 0.980 6.1 0.6 2.8 5.5 2.00
Team Totals 26.7 63 99 .389 3.84 163 163 147 16 5 36 1482.2 1486 706 633 120 607 107 819 24 11 45 6357 94 1.412 9.0 0.7 3.7 5.0 1.35
Rank in 12 NL teams 12 1 12 5 5 3 10 7 9 6 12 5
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
Neil Allen 21 50 5 99.0 24 9 14 1 1 .958 0.0 0.0 2.09 0.46 P
Juan Berenguer 24 5 5 30.2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.29 0.20 P
Dwight Bernard 27 32 1 44.0 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.05 0.31 P
Bruce Boisclair 26 26 14 152.1 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -9.5 -1.2 -1.0 -0.2 0 2.13 1.38 RF-LF-1B
Ray Burris 28 4 4 21.2 8 4 3 1 0 .875 0.0 0.0 2.91 1.75 P
Jose Cardenal 35 11 11 89.0 33 33 0 0 3 1.000 0.2 2.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 0 0 3.34 3.00 RF-1B
Kelvin Chapman 23 23 15 163.0 99 51 46 2 15 .980 -1.3 -9.6 -1.3 -0.8 -0.5 0 5.36 4.22 2B-3B
Dock Ellis 34 17 14 85.0 20 7 13 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.12 1.18 P
Pete Falcone 25 33 31 184.0 18 3 14 1 1 .944 0.0 0.0 0.83 0.52 P
Sergio Ferrer 28 21 0 37.1 19 8 10 1 3 .947 -0.2 -6.4 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 0 4.34 0.86 3B-SS-2B
Gil Flores 26 34 10 138.0 43 40 2 1 1 .977 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.6 -0.9 0 2.74 1.24 RF-CF
Doug Flynn 28 168 153 1357.1 839 402 421 16 107 .981 -7.3 -6.5 -8.3 -6.3 -1.9 1 5.46 4.90 2B-SS
Tim Foli 28 3 1 16.0 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -15.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 5.62 3.33 SS
Ed Glynn 26 46 0 60.0 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.20 0.17 P
Andy Hassler 27 29 8 80.1 18 1 16 1 0 .944 0.0 0.0 1.90 0.59 P
Tom Hausman 26 19 10 78.2 21 10 11 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.40 1.11 P
Richie Hebner 31 140 130 1128.0 396 125 248 23 27 .942 -6.8 -7.2 -7.8 -7.6 -0.2 1 2.98 2.66 3B-1B
Steve Henderson 26 94 94 831.2 205 197 6 2 3 .990 -3.5 -5.1 0.5 -3.1 3.7 -4 2.20 2.16 LF
Ron Hodges 30 22 17 152.1 100 82 16 2 1 .980 1.0 7.9 1 5.79 4.45 1 5 13 9 41% C
Roy Lee Jackson 25 8 0 16.1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.65 0.38 P
Kevin Kobel 25 30 27 161.2 42 13 26 3 2 .929 0.0 0.0 2.17 1.30 P
Ed Kranepool 34 37 33 284.0 234 215 19 0 18 1.000 -1.7 -7.2 -1.7 -0.4 -1.2 0 0 7.42 6.32 1B-RF-LF
Skip Lockwood 32 27 0 42.1 5 1 3 1 1 .800 0.0 0.0 0.85 0.15 P
Elliott Maddox 31 80 49 487.1 159 133 23 3 1 .981 -1.5 -3.7 1.5 3.4 -1.9 -3 0 2.88 1.95 RF-CF-3B-LF
Lee Mazzilli 24 158 157 1390.2 519 490 24 5 16 .990 -7.9 -6.8 -9.9 -0.3 -9.6 2 0 3.33 3.25 CF-1B
Willie Montanez 31 108 104 949.0 992 905 76 11 95 .989 -0.6 -0.8 -0.6 -0.9 0.3 0 9.30 9.08 1B
Dale Murray 29 58 0 97.0 25 5 19 1 3 .960 0.0 0.0 2.23 0.41 P
Dan Norman 24 34 26 244.2 63 57 4 2 0 .968 -4.1 -20.1 -3.1 -3.0 -0.2 -1 2.24 1.79 RF-LF
Jesse Orosco 22 18 2 35.0 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.83 0.61 P
John Pacella 22 4 3 16.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.65 0.75 P
Jeff Reardon 23 18 0 20.2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.87 0.11 P
Mike Scott 24 18 9 52.1 12 3 7 2 0 .833 0.0 0.0 1.72 0.56 P
John Stearns 27 154 140 1265.2 877 754 107 16 29 .982 -0.4 -0.4 -2.4 -1.6 -0.8 -1 0 3 6.12 5.59 7 26 100 52 34% C-1B-3B-LF
Craig Swan 28 35 35 251.1 46 17 29 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.65 1.31 P
Frank Taveras 29 153 150 1322.1 733 270 438 25 88 .966 -8.3 -7.5 -8.3 -8.4 0.1 0 4.82 4.63 SS
Alex Trevino 21 71 48 479.1 309 229 71 9 14 .971 -2.0 -5.0 -2.0 -0.2 -1.8 0 0 5.63 4.23 7 14 23 21 48% C-3B-2B
Wayne Twitchell 31 33 2 63.2 11 2 8 1 1 .909 0.0 0.0 1.41 0.30 P
Joel Youngblood 27 188 152 1373.1 405 340 56 9 11 .978 13.0 11.4 6.0 6.6 -0.6 7 0 2.60 2.11 RF-LF-3B-2B-CF
Pat Zachry 27 7 7 42.2 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.11 1.43 P
Team Totals 27.4 163 1467 13344.0 6356 4448 1768 140 448 .978 -32.9 -3.0 -38.9 -23.1 -15.7 0 2 4 4.19 3.12 15 45 136 82 38%
Rank in 12 NL teams 4 1 7
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

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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