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1981 New York Mets (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 17-34, Finished 5th
Second Half: 24-28, Finished 4th
Overall: 41-62, Finished 5th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 348 runs, Allowed 432 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 41-62
Managed by Joe Torre

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

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Game Results

Season Summary   41-62 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   18.5
Days in First:                   3 (last on April 15, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           2 (last on April 15)
Most Games under .500:          22 (last on October 3)

Biggest Lead:                  0.5 (last on April 15)
Farthest Behind Leader:       19.0 (last on September 17)

Longest Winning Streak:          4 (September 18 to September 21)
Longest Losing Streak:           9 (May 10 to May 19)

Most Runs Allowed:              12 (September 28)
Most Runs Scored:               13 (May 25)

Longest Game:                   13 innings (August 10, September 12, and September 21)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      12
Times Opponent Shutout:          3

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        41  62     348     432    .398

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           24  27     186     207    .471
Road           17  35     162     225    .327

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           4  10      42      69    .286
May            11  17     105     126    .393
June            2   7      28      41    .222
August         11  10      68      80    .524
September      12  16      97     105    .429
October         1   2       8      11    .333

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     17  34     175     236    .333
Second Half    24  28     173     196    .462

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     6   1      30      22    .857
Full Games     35  61     318     410    .365

One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        14  12      86      84    .538

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout         6  12      65     107    .333

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ATL             3   3      20      19    .500
CHC             8   5      50      49    .615
CIN             3   7      24      38    .300
HOU             3   6      16      39    .333
LAD             1   5      16      31    .167
MON             3   9      38      50    .250
PHI             7   7      69      60    .500
PIT             3   6      26      46    .333
SDP             2   5      22      32    .286
SFG             2   4      20      27    .333
STL             6   5      47      41    .545

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Thu, Apr  9 box NYM @CHC  W   2-0        1-0     1    Tied  2:22 P Zachry     R Reuschel    37,030 +
  2 Sat, Apr 11 box NYM @CHC  L   1-3        1-1     2     0.5  2:37 D Tidrow     T Hausman     12,114 -
  3 Sun, Apr 12 box NYM @CHC  W   2-1        2-1     1  up 0.5  3:00 N Allen      R Eastwick     7,475 +
  4 Wed, Apr 15 box NYM  STL  W   5-3        3-1     1  up 0.5  2:27 P Zachry     S Martinez    15,205 ++
  5 Thu, Apr 16 box NYM  STL  L   1-5        3-2     3     0.5  2:30 A Rincon     M Scott       10,921 -
  6 Sat, Apr 18 box NYM  MON  L   3-5        3-3     4     2.0  2:40 B Gullickson R Jones       23,710 --
  7 Sun, Apr 19 box NYM  MON  L   3-4        3-4     4     2.5  2:49 R Burris     C Swan             0 ---
  8             box NYM  MON  W   7-2        4-4     4     2.5  2:20 P Zachry     C Lea         21,464 +
  9 Wed, Apr 22 box NYM @PIT  -   2-2        4-4     4     3.0  2:39                             7,530 +
 10 Sat, Apr 25 box NYM @MON  L   2-4        4-5     4     4.0  2:23 S Rogers     R Jones       18,150 -
 11 Sun, Apr 26 box NYM @MON  L   4-8        4-6     5     6.0  2:22 R Burris     P Zachry           0 --
 12             box NYM @MON  L   6-7        4-7     5     6.0  3:00 S Sanderson  C Swan        41,697 ---
 13 Tue, Apr 28 box NYM  PIT  L   0-8        4-8     5     6.5  2:28 R Rhoden     M Scott        6,973 ----
 14 Wed, Apr 29 box NYM  PIT  L   0-10       4-9     5     6.5  2:34 J Bibby      D Roberts      7,175 -----
 15 Thu, Apr 30 box NYM  PIT  L   4-7        4-10    5     7.0  2:25 J Candelaria R Jones        5,553 ------
 16 Fri, May  1 box NYM  SDP  L   2-4        4-11    5     8.0  2:26 J Urrea      P Zachry       7,181 -------
 17 Sat, May  2 box NYM  SDP  W   6-2        5-11    5     7.0  2:23 P Falcone    C Welsh        6,276 +
 18 Sun, May  3 box NYM  SDP  L   1-4        5-12    5     7.5  2:35 R Wise       D Roberts          0 -
 19             box NYM  SDP  W   7-4        6-12    5     7.5  2:31 M Scott      T Lollar      26,392 +
 20 Tue, May  5 box NYM  SFG  L   7-9        6-13    5     8.0  2:43 T Griffin    R Jones        6,031 -
 21 Wed, May  6 box NYM  SFG  L   4-6        6-14    5     8.0  3:28 G Minton     P Zachry       5,119 --
 22 Thu, May  7 box NYM  SFG  W   3-2        7-14    5     8.0  2:13 E Lynch      D Alexander    5,653 +
 23 Fri, May  8 box NYM  LAD  L   0-1        7-15    5     8.0  2:42 F Valenzuela M Scott       39,848 -
 24 Sat, May  9 box NYM  LAD  W   7-4        8-15    5     8.0  2:53 N Allen      B Castillo    16,776 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May 10 box NYM  LAD  L   3-5        8-16    5     8.0  2:43 B Welch      R Jones       12,102 -
 26 Tue, May 12 box NYM @SDP  L   0-3        8-17    5     9.0  2:02 J Eichelberg P Zachry       9,235 --
 27 Wed, May 13 box NYM @SDP  L   0-5        8-18    5     9.0  2:27 C Welsh      E Lynch        7,921 ---
 28 Thu, May 14 box NYM @SDP  L   6-10       8-19    5    10.0  2:34 G Lucas      P Falcone     11,147 ----
 29 Fri, May 15 box NYM @LAD  L   5-6        8-20    5    10.0  2:35 S Howe       N Allen       49,860 -----
 30 Sat, May 16 box NYM @LAD  L   0-9        8-21    5    11.0  2:21 B Hooton     D Roberts     51,000 ------
 31 Sun, May 17 box NYM @LAD  L   1-6        8-22    5    12.0  2:17 J Reuss      P Zachry      50,746 -------
 32 Mon, May 18 box NYM @SFG  L   1-3        8-23    5    12.5  2:41 A Ripley     E Lynch        4,348 --------
 33 Tue, May 19 box NYM @SFG  L   1-4        8-24    5    13.5  2:38 A Holland    M Scott        5,168 ---------
 34 Wed, May 20 box NYM @SFG  W   4-3 (10)   9-24    5    12.5  3:22 J Reardon    G Minton       5,189 +
 35 Fri, May 22 box NYM @STL  W   9-3       10-24    5    12.0  2:32 P Zachry     S Martinez    21,442 ++
 36 Sat, May 23 box NYM @STL  L   2-8       10-25    5    13.0  2:35 B Forsch     P Falcone     24,710 -
 37 Sun, May 24 box NYM @STL  W   3-1 (10)  11-25    5    12.0  2:25 N Allen      B Sutter      33,889 +
 38 Mon, May 25 box NYM  PHI  W  13-3       12-25    5    11.0  2:31 G Harris     D Ruthven     20,469 ++
 39 Tue, May 26 box NYM  PHI  L   5-7       12-26    5    11.0  2:35 R Reed       N Allen       13,973 -
 40 Wed, May 27 box NYM  PHI  W   3-1       13-26    5    10.0  2:04 P Zachry     L Christenso  10,930 +
 41 Fri, May 29 box NYM  CHC  W   6-1       14-26    5    10.0  2:58 M Scott      R Martz       18,035 ++
 42 Sat, May 30 box NYM  CHC  L   3-10      14-27    5    10.0  3:07 M Krukow     G Harris      11,507 -
 43 Sun, May 31 box NYM  CHC  W   3-2       15-27    5    10.0  1:50 R Jones      R Reuschel    17,524 +
 44 Mon, Jun  1 box NYM @PHI  L   4-5       15-28    5    11.0  2:28 S Lyle       N Allen       27,631 -
 45 Tue, Jun  2 box NYM @PHI  L   7-9       15-29    5    12.0  3:05 M Proly      E Lynch       25,375 --
 46 Wed, Jun  3 box NYM @PHI  W   6-2       16-29    5    11.0  2:27 G Harris     D Ruthven     27,588 +
 47 Fri, Jun  5 box NYM @HOU  L   0-3       16-30    5    11.5  2:09 N Ryan       R Jones       28,085 -
 48 Sat, Jun  6 box NYM @HOU  L   2-6       16-31    5    12.5  2:17 V Ruhle      P Zachry      42,478 --
 49 Sun, Jun  7 box NYM @HOU  W   3-1       17-31    5    12.0  2:13 M Scott      B Knepper     29,873 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Tue, Jun  9 box NYM  CIN  L   4-8       17-32    5    13.5  2:56 T Hume       P Falcone     12,313 -
 51 Wed, Jun 10 box NYM  CIN  L   0-2       17-33    5    14.5  2:14 M Soto       R Jones        9,732 --
 52 Thu, Jun 11 box NYM  CIN  L   2-5       17-34    5    15.0  2:36 T Seaver     P Zachry      18,612 ---
 53 Mon, Aug 10 box NYM @CHC  W   7-5 (13)  18-34    5    14.0  3:30 D Miller     L McGlothen    7,551 +
 54 Tue, Aug 11 box NYM @CHC  W   4-2       19-34    5    14.0  3:02 R Searage    L Smith       10,250 ++
 55 Wed, Aug 12 box NYM @CHC  W   7-4 (10)  20-34    5    13.0  2:58 N Allen      D Tidrow       8,372 +++
 56 Thu, Aug 13 box NYM @CHC  L   1-6       20-35    5    13.5  2:27 D Bird       G Harris       7,412 -
 57 Fri, Aug 14 box NYM  PHI  L   4-8       20-36    5    14.5  2:32 L Christenso M Scott       34,136 --
 58 Sat, Aug 15 box NYM  PHI  W   3-1       21-36    5    14.0  2:11 P Falcone    N Espinosa    14,309 +
 59 Sun, Aug 16 box NYM  PHI  W   5-2       22-36    5    13.5  2:12 P Zachry     D Ruthven     21,635 ++
 60 Tue, Aug 18 box NYM @ATL  W   4-0       23-36    5    13.0  2:31 E Lynch      R Mahler       7,566 +++
 61 Wed, Aug 19 box NYM @ATL  L   2-5       23-37    5    14.0  2:24 T Boggs      M Scott        6,080 -
 62 Thu, Aug 20 box NYM @ATL  L   4-6       23-38    5    14.5  2:27 P Niekro     G Harris       4,787 --
 63 Fri, Aug 21 box NYM @CIN  L   0-2       23-39    5    14.5  2:09 M Soto       P Zachry      20,410 ---
 64 Sat, Aug 22 box NYM @CIN  W   7-4       24-39    5    13.5  2:53 D Boitano    F Pastore     25,949 +
 65 Sun, Aug 23 box NYM @CIN  W   3-2 (10)  25-39    5    13.5  2:38 N Allen      T Hume        20,761 ++
 66 Mon, Aug 24 box NYM @CIN  L   0-2       25-40    5    14.5  2:04 B Berenyi    M Scott       19,506 -
 67 Tue, Aug 25 box NYM  HOU  W   2-1       26-40    5    13.5  2:32 M Marshall   J Sambito     15,622 +
 68 Wed, Aug 26 box NYM  HOU  L   3-9       26-41    5    14.5  2:34 D Sutton     P Zachry      16,731 -
 69 Thu, Aug 27 box NYM  HOU  W   3-2       27-41    5    14.5  2:28 M Marshall   J Sambito     17,488 +
 70 Fri, Aug 28 box NYM  CIN  L   2-5       27-42    5    15.0  2:33 T Seaver     N Allen       23,061 -
 71 Sat, Aug 29 box NYM  CIN  W   3-2       28-42    5    15.5  2:20 M Scott      B Berenyi     44,598 +
 72 Sun, Aug 30 box NYM  CIN  L   3-6       28-43    5    15.5  2:53 M LaCoss     G Harris      18,770 -
 73 Mon, Aug 31 box NYM @HOU  L   1-6       28-44    5    16.0  2:27 D Sutton     P Zachry      10,669 --
 74 Tue, Sep  1 box NYM @HOU  L   2-3       28-45    5    16.0  2:39 J Sambito    M Marshall    16,339 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Wed, Sep  2 box NYM @HOU  L   0-8       28-46    5    17.0  2:21 B Knepper    M Scott       18,938 ----
 76 Fri, Sep  4 box NYM  ATL  W   4-1       29-46    5    17.5  2:06 G Harris     P Niekro      15,021 +
 77 Sat, Sep  5 box NYM  ATL  W   4-2       30-46    5    16.5  2:19 P Zachry     G Perry       11,009 ++
 78 Sun, Sep  6 box NYM  ATL  L   2-5       30-47    5    16.5  2:37 R Mahler     R Jones       19,746 -
 79 Mon, Sep  7 box NYM @PIT  L   1-2       30-48    5    17.0  2:12 O Jones      N Allen            0 --
 80             box NYM @PIT  L   4-5       30-49    5    17.0  2:49 B Long       D Boitano      9,935 ---
 81 Tue, Sep  8 box NYM @PIT  W   3-1       31-49    5    16.0  2:20 E Lynch      L Tiant        5,383 +
 82 Wed, Sep  9 box NYM @PIT  W   5-3       32-49    5    15.0  2:36 T Leach      P Perez        7,089 ++
 83 Fri, Sep 11 box NYM @STL  L   2-4       32-50    5    16.0  2:03 B Forsch     P Zachry      14,787 -
 84 Sat, Sep 12 box NYM @STL  L   2-4 (13)  32-51    5    17.0  3:22 D Bair       M Marshall    19,884 --
 85 Sun, Sep 13 box NYM @STL  L   2-4       32-52    5    18.0  2:50 J Andujar    T Leach       14,689 ---
 86 Wed, Sep 16 box NYM  PHI  L   1-3       32-53    5    18.0  2:14 D Ruthven    P Zachry           0 ----
 87             box NYM  PHI  W   5-4       33-53    5    18.0  2:16 M Marshall   S Carlton      4,353 +
 88 Thu, Sep 17 box NYM  PHI  L   2-3       33-54    5    19.0  2:19 D Noles      M Scott        5,501 -
 89 Fri, Sep 18 box NYM  STL  W   8-1       34-54    5    18.0  2:32 E Lynch      B Shirley     12,317 +
 90 Sat, Sep 19 box NYM  STL  W   6-2       35-54    5    17.0  1:58 P Falcone    J Martin      10,200 ++
 91 Sun, Sep 20 box NYM  STL  W   7-6       36-54    5    16.0  2:55 N Allen      B Sutter      13,337 +++
 92 Mon, Sep 21 box NYM  PIT  W   4-3 (13)  37-54    5    16.0  3:51 D Boitano    M Lee          7,429 ++++
 93 Tue, Sep 22 box NYM  PIT  L   3-5       37-55    5    16.0  2:47 J Bibby      M Scott        6,855 -
 94 Wed, Sep 23 box NYM @CHC  L   1-2       37-56    5    16.0  2:06 M Krukow     E Lynch        2,754 --
 95 Thu, Sep 24 box NYM @CHC  L   9-10      37-57    5    16.0  3:03 D Tidrow     J Orosco       2,555 ---
 96 Fri, Sep 25 box NYM @MON  L   3-6       37-58    5    16.0  2:49 B Gullickson P Zachry      41,351 ----
 97 Sat, Sep 26 box NYM @MON  L   2-4       37-59    5    17.0  2:45 R Burris     G Harris      38,821 -----
 98 Sun, Sep 27 box NYM @MON  W   2-1       38-59    5    17.0  2:45 M Scott      S Rogers      52,089 +
 99 Mon, Sep 28 box NYM @PHI  L   4-12      38-60    5    18.0  2:44 L Christenso E Lynch       20,403 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Tue, Sep 29 box NYM @PHI  W   7-0       39-60    5    18.0  2:04 P Falcone    M Davis       20,110 +
101 Wed, Sep 30 box NYM  CHC  W   2-1       40-60    5    17.0  2:22 N Allen      R Martz        4,473 ++
102 Thu, Oct  1 box NYM  CHC  -   2-2       40-60    5    17.5  2:25                             3,553 ++
103 Fri, Oct  2 box NYM  MON  L   0-3       40-61    5    17.5  2:08 S Rogers     P Zachry       6,720 -
104 Sat, Oct  3 box NYM  MON  L   4-5       40-62    5    18.5  3:01 B Lee        N Allen       17,954 --
105 Sun, Oct  4 box NYM  MON  W   2-1       41-62    5    18.5  1:54 P Falcone    B Gullickson   7,618 +

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