1981 New York Mets

Lineups and Defense

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 17-34, Finished 5th
Second Half: 24-28, Finished 4th
Overall: 41-62, Finished 5th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Torre (41-62)
Scored 348 runs, Allowed 432 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 41-62

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 704,244 (7th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103

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1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

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Game (# = Opp. LHS)	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P
1. Thu,4/9 at CHC W (2-0)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Wilson	Zachry
2. Sat,4/11 at CHC L (1-3)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jones
3. Sun,4/12 at CHC W (2-1)#	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Wilson	Leary
4. Wed,4/15 vs STL W (5-3)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Wilson	Zachry
5. Thu,4/16 vs STL L (1-5)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Wilson	Scott
6. Sat,4/18 vs MON L (3-5)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jones
7. Sun,4/19 vs MON L (3-4)	Hodges	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Wilson	Youngblood	Swan
8. Sun,4/19 vs MON W (7-2)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Youngblood	Jorgensen	Zachry
9. Wed,4/22 at PIT T (2-2)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Scott
10. Sat,4/25 at MON L (2-4)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Jones
11. Sun,4/26 at MON L (4-8)	Trevino	Jorgensen	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Wilson	Zachry
12. Sun,4/26 at MON L (6-7)	Hodges	Staub	Flynn	Cubbage	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Swan
13. Tue,4/28 vs PIT L (0-8)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Stearns	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Wilson	Scott
14. Wed,4/29 vs PIT L (0-10)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Stearns	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Wilson	Roberts
15. Thu,4/30 vs PIT L (4-7)#	Trevino	Stearns	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Jones
16. Fri,5/1 vs SDP L (2-4)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Stearns	Bailor	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Zachry
17. Sat,5/2 vs SDP W (6-2)#	Trevino	Stearns	Flynn	Brooks	Bailor	Kingman	Wilson	Youngblood	Lynch
18. Sun,5/3 vs SDP L (1-4)	Hodges	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Wilson	Roberts
19. Sun,5/3 vs SDP W (7-4)#	Trevino	Stearns	Flynn	Brooks	Bailor	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Scott
20. Tue,5/5 vs SFG L (7-9)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Jones
21. Wed,5/6 vs SFG L (4-6)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Cubbage	Bailor	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Zachry
22. Thu,5/7 vs SFG W (3-2)	Trevino	Jorgensen	Flynn	Brooks	Bailor	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Lynch
23. Fri,5/8 vs LAD L (0-1)#	Trevino	Stearns	Flynn	Brooks	Bailor	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Scott
24. Sat,5/9 vs LAD W (7-4)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Jorgensen	Wilson	Youngblood	Roberts
25. Sun,5/10 vs LAD L (3-5)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Jorgensen	Wilson	Youngblood	Jones
26. Tue,5/12 at SDP L (0-3)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Zachry
27. Wed,5/13 at SDP L (0-5)#	Trevino	Stearns	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Lynch
28. Thu,5/14 at SDP L (6-10)#	Trevino	Stearns	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Scott
29. Fri,5/15 at LAD L (5-6)	Stearns	Jorgensen	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Jones
30. Sat,5/16 at LAD L (0-9)	Stearns	Jorgensen	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Roberts
31. Sun,5/17 at LAD L (1-6)#	Trevino	Stearns	Flynn	Brooks	Bailor	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Zachry
32. Mon,5/18 at SFG L (1-3)	Stearns	Jorgensen	Backman	Brooks	Flynn	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Lynch
33. Tue,5/19 at SFG L (1-4)	Stearns	Jorgensen	Backman	Brooks	Flynn	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Scott
34. Wed,5/20 at SFG W (4-3)	Stearns	Jorgensen	Backman	Brooks	Flynn	Kingman	Mazzilli	Youngblood	Harris
35. Fri,5/22 at STL W (9-3)	Stearns	Kingman	Backman	Brooks	Flynn	Mazzilli	Wilson	Youngblood	Zachry
36. Sat,5/23 at STL L (2-8)	Stearns	Kingman	Backman	Brooks	Flynn	Mazzilli	Wilson	Youngblood	Falcone
37. Sun,5/24 at STL W (3-1)#	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Youngblood	Scott
38. Mon,5/25 vs PHI W (13-3)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Youngblood	Harris
39. Tue,5/26 vs PHI L (5-7)#	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Youngblood	Jones
40. Wed,5/27 vs PHI W (3-1)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Bailor	Mazzilli	Wilson	Youngblood	Zachry
41. Fri,5/29 vs CHC W (6-1)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Bailor	Mazzilli	Wilson	Youngblood	Scott
42. Sat,5/30 vs CHC L (3-10)	Hodges	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Bailor	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jorgensen	Harris
43. Sun,5/31 vs CHC W (3-2)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Bailor	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jorgensen	Jones
44. Mon,6/1 at PHI L (4-5)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Cubbage	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jorgensen	Zachry
45. Tue,6/2 at PHI L (7-9)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jorgensen	Scott
46. Wed,6/3 at PHI W (6-2)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jorgensen	Harris
47. Fri,6/5 at HOU L (0-3)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Cubbage	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Youngblood	Jones
48. Sat,6/6 at HOU L (2-6)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Cubbage	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Youngblood	Zachry
49. Sun,6/7 at HOU W (3-1)#	Trevino	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Scott
50. Tue,6/9 vs CIN L (4-8)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Harris
51. Wed,6/10 vs CIN L (0-2)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Wilson	Valentine	Jones
52. Thu,6/11 vs CIN L (2-5)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Cubbage	Bailor	Kingman	Wilson	Valentine	Zachry
53. Mon,8/10 at CHC W (7-5)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Scott
54. Tue,8/11 at CHC W (4-2)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Youngblood	Wilson	Valentine	Zachry
55. Wed,8/12 at CHC W (7-4)#	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Youngblood	Wilson	Valentine	Lynch
56. Thu,8/13 at CHC L (1-6)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Youngblood	Wilson	Valentine	Harris
57. Fri,8/14 vs PHI L (4-8)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Youngblood	Wilson	Valentine	Scott
58. Sat,8/15 vs PHI W (3-1)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Leach
59. Sun,8/16 vs PHI W (5-2)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Zachry
60. Tue,8/18 at ATL W (4-0)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Lynch
61. Wed,8/19 at ATL L (2-5)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Scott
62. Thu,8/20 at ATL L (4-6)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Harris
63. Fri,8/21 at CIN L (0-2)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Zachry
64. Sat,8/22 at CIN W (7-4)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Wilson	Valentine	Falcone
65. Sun,8/23 at CIN W (3-2)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Wilson	Valentine	Lynch
66. Mon,8/24 at CIN L (0-2)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Scott
67. Tue,8/25 vs HOU W (2-1)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Harris
68. Wed,8/26 vs HOU L (3-9)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Zachry
69. Thu,8/27 vs HOU W (3-2)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Falcone
70. Fri,8/28 vs CIN L (2-5)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Lynch
71. Sat,8/29 vs CIN W (3-2)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Valentine	Scott
72. Sun,8/30 vs CIN L (3-6)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Valentine	Harris
73. Mon,8/31 at HOU L (1-6)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Jorgensen	Mazzilli	Valentine	Zachry
74. Tue,9/1 at HOU L (2-3)	Trevino	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jorgensen	Falcone
75. Wed,9/2 at HOU L (0-8)#	Trevino	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Scott
76. Fri,9/4 vs ATL W (4-1)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Harris
77. Sat,9/5 vs ATL W (4-2)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Zachry
78. Sun,9/6 vs ATL L (2-5)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Jones
79. Mon,9/7 at PIT L (1-2)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Cubbage	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Brooks	Scott
80. Mon,9/7 at PIT L (4-5)	Hodges	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jorgensen	Falcone
81. Tue,9/8 at PIT W (3-1)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jorgensen	Lynch
82. Wed,9/9 at PIT W (5-3)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jorgensen	Harris
83. Fri,9/11 at STL L (2-4)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Jorgensen	Zachry
84. Sat,9/12 at STL L (2-4)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Gardenhire	Mazzilli	Wilson	Jorgensen	Scott
85. Sun,9/13 at STL L (2-4)	Trevino	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Gardenhire	Mazzilli	Wilson	Howard	Lynch
86. Wed,9/16 vs PHI L (1-3)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Zachry
87. Wed,9/16 vs PHI W (5-4)#	Stearns	Kingman	Bailor	Brooks	Gardenhire	Mazzilli	Wilson	Trevino	Harris
88. Thu,9/17 vs PHI L (2-3)	Stearns	Staub	Bailor	Brooks	Gardenhire	Kingman	Wilson	Howard	Scott
89. Fri,9/18 vs STL W (8-1)#	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Gardenhire	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Lynch
90. Sat,9/19 vs STL W (6-2)#	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Gardenhire	Mazzilli	Wilson	Howard	Falcone
91. Sun,9/20 vs STL W (7-6)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Gardenhire	Mazzilli	Wilson	Howard	Zachry
92. Mon,9/21 vs PIT W (4-3)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Harris
93. Tue,9/22 vs PIT L (3-5)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Gardenhire	Mazzilli	Wilson	Howard	Scott
94. Wed,9/23 at CHC L (1-2)	Stearns	Mazzilli	Flynn	Brooks	Gardenhire	Kingman	Wilson	Bailor	Lynch
95. Thu,9/24 at CHC L (9-10)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Falcone
96. Fri,9/25 at MON L (3-6)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Cubbage	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Valentine	Zachry
97. Sat,9/26 at MON L (2-4)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Cubbage	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Valentine	Harris
98. Sun,9/27 at MON W (2-1)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Cubbage	Gardenhire	Kingman	Mazzilli	Valentine	Scott
99. Mon,9/28 at PHI L (4-12)	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Cubbage	Gardenhire	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Lynch
100. Tue,9/29 at PHI W (7-0)#	Stearns	Kingman	Flynn	Brooks	Gardenhire	Mazzilli	Wilson	Valentine	Falcone
101. Wed,9/30 vs CHC W (2-1)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Gardenhire	Kingman	Wilson	Valentine	Puleo
102. Thu,10/1 vs CHC T (2-2)	Stearns	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Gardenhire	Kingman	Wilson	Valentine	Swan
103. Fri,10/2 vs MON L (0-3)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Wilson	Valentine	Zachry
104. Sat,10/3 vs MON L (4-5)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Taveras	Kingman	Mazzilli	Valentine	Scott
105. Sun,10/4 vs MON W (2-1)	Trevino	Staub	Flynn	Brooks	Giles	Bailor	Howard	Valentine	Falcone
105 Games	3 Players	5 Players	3 Players	3 Players	5 Players	5 Players	4 Players	8 Players	11 Players
Most-Games	Stearns-63 Trevino-37 Hodges-5	Kingman-50 Staub-40 Stearns-7 Jorgensen-7 Mazzilli-1	Flynn-98 Backman-5 Bailor-2	Brooks-91 Cubbage-11 Stearns-3	Taveras-73 Gardenhire-14 Bailor-12 Flynn-5 Giles-1	Mazzilli-49 Kingman-48 Youngblood-4 Jorgensen-3 Bailor-1	Wilson-66 Mazzilli-37 Youngblood-1 Howard-1	Valentine-43 Youngblood-32 Jorgensen-12 Wilson-10 Howard-5 Bailor-1 Brooks-1 Trevino-1	Zachry-24 Scott-23 Harris-14 Lynch-13 Jones-12 Falcone-9 Roberts-4 Swan-3 Puleo-1 Leach-1

Most Common Lineups

17 Games C. Stearns 1B. Kingman 2B. Flynn 3B. Brooks SS. Taveras LF. Mazzilli CF. Wilson RF. Valentine P. Pitcher	6 Games C. Trevino 1B. Staub 2B. Flynn 3B. Brooks SS. Taveras LF. Kingman CF. Mazzilli RF. Wilson P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Trevino 1B. Staub 2B. Flynn 3B. Brooks SS. Taveras LF. Kingman CF. Mazzilli RF. Youngblood P. Pitcher	4 Games C. Stearns 1B. Kingman 2B. Flynn 3B. Brooks SS. Taveras LF. Youngblood CF. Wilson RF. Valentine P. Pitcher	3 Games C. Stearns 1B. Kingman 2B. Flynn 3B. Brooks SS. Gardenhire LF. Mazzilli CF. Wilson RF. Howard P. Pitcher	3 Games C. Stearns 1B. Jorgensen 2B. Backman 3B. Brooks SS. Flynn LF. Kingman CF. Mazzilli RF. Youngblood P. Pitcher

17 Games
C. Stearns
1B. Kingman
2B. Flynn
3B. Brooks
SS. Taveras
LF. Mazzilli
CF. Wilson
RF. Valentine
P. Pitcher

6 Games
C. Trevino
1B. Staub
2B. Flynn
3B. Brooks
SS. Taveras
LF. Kingman
CF. Mazzilli
RF. Wilson
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Trevino
1B. Staub
2B. Flynn
3B. Brooks
SS. Taveras
LF. Kingman
CF. Mazzilli
RF. Youngblood
P. Pitcher

4 Games
C. Stearns
1B. Kingman
2B. Flynn
3B. Brooks
SS. Taveras
LF. Youngblood
CF. Wilson
RF. Valentine
P. Pitcher

3 Games
C. Stearns
1B. Kingman
2B. Flynn
3B. Brooks
SS. Gardenhire
LF. Mazzilli
CF. Wilson
RF. Howard
P. Pitcher

3 Games
C. Stearns
1B. Jorgensen
2B. Backman
3B. Brooks
SS. Flynn
LF. Kingman
CF. Mazzilli
RF. Youngblood
P. Pitcher

53 total lineups (88 when including pitchers)

1980 / 1982 Lineups and Defense

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