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1980 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

67-95, Finished 5th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Torre (67-95)
Scored 611 runs, Allowed 702 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-91

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 1,192,073 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 95

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1979 / 1981 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 22 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 24, 1958 2 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bill Almon 27 R R 6' 3" 180 Nov 21, 1952 7 48 30 48 46 0 0 0 18 8 22 0 0 0 0 1 4 -0.6 $
Wally Backman 20 B R 5' 9" 160 Sep 22, 1959 1st 27 26 27 27 0 0 0 20 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Butch Benton 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 24, 1957 2 12 5 12 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 -0.5 $
Juan Berenguer 25 R R 5' 11" 186 Nov 30, 1954 3 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mark Bomback 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 14, 1953 2 36 25 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Hubie Brooks 23 R R 6' 0" 178 Sep 24, 1956 1st 24 23 24 23 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Ray Burris 29 R R 6' 5" 200 Aug 22, 1950 8 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Jose Cardenal 36 R R 5' 10" 150 Oct 7, 1943 18 26 6 26 11 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 19 0 -0.1 $
Pete Falcone 26 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 1, 1953 6 37 23 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Doug Flynn 29 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 18, 1951 6 128 128 128 128 0 0 0 128 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $140,000
Ed Glynn 27 R L 6' 2" 180 Jun 3, 1953 6 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tom Hausman 27 R R 6' 4" 190 Mar 31, 1953 5 55 4 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Steve Henderson 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 18, 1952 4 143 134 143 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 8 0 2.7 $
Ron Hodges 31 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 22, 1949 8 36 9 36 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0.4 $120,000
Scott Holman 21 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 18, 1958 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Roy Lee Jackson 26 R R 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1954 4 26 8 26 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 $
Mike Jorgensen 31 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 12 119 85 119 100 0 0 72 0 0 0 9 3 22 34 22 1 0.5 $
Kevin Kobel 26 R L 6' 0" 180 Oct 2, 1953 6 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Ed Lynch 24 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 25, 1956 1st 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Elliott Maddox 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 21, 1947 11 130 112 130 119 0 0 2 0 115 0 0 3 1 4 15 0 1.5 $190,000
Phil Mankowski 27 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 9, 1953 5 8 2 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.3 $
Lee Mazzilli 25 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1955 5 152 150 152 150 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 66 0 66 2 0 3.8 $350,000
Dyar Miller 34 R R 6' 1" 195 May 29, 1946 6 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Jerry Morales 31 R R 5' 10" 155 Feb 18, 1949 12 94 39 94 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 55 7 65 39 3 -0.1 $
Jose Moreno 22 B R 6' 0" 175 Nov 1, 1957 1st 37 4 37 8 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 30 0 -0.1 $
Dan Norman 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 11, 1955 4 69 13 69 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 10 19 51 1 -0.2 $
John Pacella 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 15, 1956 3 32 15 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Mario Ramirez 22 R R 5' 9" 155 Sep 12, 1957 1st 18 5 18 13 0 0 0 3 3 7 0 0 0 0 2 5 -0.2 $
Jeff Reardon 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 1, 1955 2 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Luis Rosado 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 6, 1955 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Mike Scott 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 26, 1955 2 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
John Stearns 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 21, 1951 7 91 85 91 89 0 74 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.4 $ All-Star
Craig Swan 29 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 30, 1950 8 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $560,000
Frank Taveras 30 R R 6' 0" 155 Dec 24, 1949 9 141 131 141 140 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 5 1 -0.3 $195,000
Alex Trevino 22 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 26, 1957 3 106 86 106 96 0 86 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0.9 $
Claudell Washington 25 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 31, 1954 7 79 68 79 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 58 81 10 0 0.5 $
Mookie Wilson 24 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 9, 1956 1st 27 26 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 0 27 1 0 0.1 $
Joel Youngblood 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 28, 1951 5 146 128 146 137 0 0 0 6 21 0 0 40 96 136 15 0 2.8 $316,667
Pat Zachry 28 R R 6' 5" 180 Apr 24, 1952 5 28 26 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
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

Mookie Wilson

Phil Mankowski

Mario Ramirez

Steve Henderson

Jose Cardenal

Dan Norman

Frank Taveras

John Stearns

Neil Allen

Butch Benton
Claudell Washington

Lee Mazzilli

Joel Youngblood

Butch Benton
Phil Mankowski

John Pacella

Elliott Maddox

Mike Jorgensen
Jose Moreno

Doug Flynn

Bill Almon
Jerry Morales

Ray Burris
Scott Holman

Craig Swan

Wally Backman
Mark Bomback

Kevin Kobel
Alex Trevino

Mike Scott

Roy Lee Jackson

Tom Hausman

Pete Falcone

Ray Burris

Ed Lynch

Mark Bomback

Wally Backman
Hubie Brooks

Pat Zachry

Ron Hodges

Juan Berenguer

Jeff Reardon

Neil Allen
Scott Holman

Ed Glynn

Kevin Kobel
Dyar Miller

Ed Lynch

Dyar Miller

Luis Rosado

1979 / 1981 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers