1979 NEW YORK METS

| Level: MLB

Location: Queens,NY
Team Record: 63-99 .389
Result: 6th in National League - East Division
Manager(s): Joe Torre
General Manager: Joe McDonald
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Attendance: 788,905
Playoffs: Did not qualify

New York Mets affiliate history

Oldest Player: Jose Cardenal (35)
Youngest Player: Neil Allen (21)
Longest Tenure: Ed Kranepool (18)
Top Hitter: Lee Mazzilli (10)
Top Pitcher: Craig Swan (5)
Top Draft Pick: Tim Leary (#2)

Roster Continuity: 70.13%

National League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Pittsburgh	98	64	.605	--
Montreal	95	65	.594	2.0
St. Louis	86	76	.531	12.0
Philadelphia	84	78	.519	14.0
Chi Cubs	80	82	.494	18.0
NY Mets	63	99	.389	35.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
11	Frank Taveras	ss	17	29	UDFA: 1968	MLB	153	635	89	167	26	9	1	33	42	19	33	72	2	1	10	0	11	.263	.301	.337	639	214	680	508	69	3.7	.295
16	Lee Mazzilli	of-1b	10	24	1973-1-14	MLB	158	597	78	181	34	4	15	79	34	12	93	74	0	5	0	3	6	.303	.395	.449	844	268	693	437	122	7.5	.325
18	Joel Youngblood	of-3b	33	27	1970-2-40	MLB	158	590	90	162	37	5	16	60	18	13	60	84	7	7	4	4	7	.275	.346	.436	782	257	665	456	99	5.8	.296
23	Doug Flynn	2b-ss	81	28	UDFA: 1971	MLB	157	555	35	135	19	5	4	61	0	3	17	46	0	7	6	2	15	.243	.265	.317	582	176	580	446	46	2.8	.258
12	John Stearns	c	-	27	1973-1-2	MLB	155	538	58	131	29	2	9	66	15	15	52	57	4	5	3	5	21	.243	.312	.355	667	191	602	451	61	3.6	.256
3	Richie Hebner	3b-1b	45	31	1966-1-15	MLB	136	473	54	127	25	2	10	79	3	1	59	59	8	6	1	8	7	.268	.354	.393	747	186	549	363	77	5.7	.284
25	Willie Montanez	1b-of	-	31	UDFA: 1965	MLB	109	410	36	96	19	0	5	47	0	1	25	48	1	7	1	5	15	.234	.277	.317	594	130	442	336	35	2.8	.251
5	Steve Henderson	of	76	26	1974-5-119	MLB	98	350	42	107	16	8	5	39	13	5	38	58	4	6	1	0	7	.306	.380	.440	820	154	393	256	63	6.6	.355
21	Elliott Maddox	of-3b	-	31	1968-1-20	MLB	86	224	21	60	13	0	1	12	3	2	20	27	3	0	1	1	3	.268	.335	.339	674	76	249	171	29	4.5	.299
29	Alex Trevino	c	-	21	UDFA: 1974	MLB	79	207	24	56	11	1	0	20	2	2	20	27	1	2	4	0	8	.271	.338	.333	671	69	232	165	24	3.9	.311
7	Ed Kranepool	1b	-	34	UDFA: 1962	MLB	82	155	7	36	5	0	2	17	0	1	13	18	1	2	0	5	6	.232	.287	.303	591	47	174	131	13	2.7	.243
8	Dan Norman	of	-	24	1974-15-357	MLB	44	110	9	27	3	1	3	11	2	0	10	26	1	2	0	1	1	.245	.311	.373	684	41	122	85	13	4.2	.293
4	Bruce Boisclair	of	-	26	1970-20-479	MLB	59	98	7	18	5	1	0	4	0	2	3	24	1	0	1	3	2	.184	.210	.255	465	25	106	88	3	0.8	.234
17	Gil Flores	of	-	26	UDFA: 1978	MLB	70	93	9	18	1	1	1	10	2	0	8	17	1	0	3	1	1	.194	.262	.258	520	24	106	80	6	2.1	.224
42	Ron Hodges	c	-	30	1972-2-47	MLB	59	86	4	14	4	0	0	5	0	0	19	16	0	3	0	1	0	.163	.311	.209	521	18	106	73	7	2.5	.197
27	Craig Swan	p	-	28	1972-3-61	MLB	35	81	3	10	2	0	0	2	0	1	6	38	0	0	4	0	0	.123	.184	.148	332	12	91	76	-3	-1.1	.233
10	Kelvin Chapman	2b	-	23	UDFA: 1975	MLB	35	80	7	12	1	2	0	4	0	0	5	15	0	0	1	1	1	.150	.198	.212	410	17	87	71	2	0.6	.182
33	Pete Falcone	p	-	25	1973-2-38	MLB	33	52	1	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	0	0	5	0	2	.173	.204	.173	377	9	59	50	-1	-0.7	.273
49	Kevin Kobel	p	84	25	1971-11-241	MLB	30	46	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	0	0	9	0	1	.196	.196	.217	413	10	55	47	0	-0.2	.321
6	Jose Cardenal	of	-	35	UDFA: 1961	MLB	11	37	8	11	4	0	2	4	1	0	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	.297	.409	.568	977	21	44	26	10	10.7	.281
32	Tom Hausman	p	-	26	1971-10-217	MLB	19	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	.115	.115	.115	231	3	27	25	-1	-1.5	.136
35	Dock Ellis	p	-	34	UDFA: 1964	MLB	17	26	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.111	.077	188	2	28	25	-2	-1.9	.105
44	Andy Hassler	p	-	27	1969-25-579	MLB	29	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.043	.000	43	0	23	23	-	-	.000
40	Pat Zachry	p	-	27	1970-19-447	MLB	7	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	2	16	14	-1	-2.1	.222
46	Neil Allen	p	-	21	1976-11-253	MLB	50	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	14	14	-	-	.000
30	Mike Scott	p	-	24	1976-2-37	MLB	18	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.077	.000	77	0	14	13	-2	-3.6	.000
36	Wayne Twitchell	p	-	31	1966-1-3	MLB	33	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.375	.375	.375	750	3	9	6	1	3.0	1.000
43	Juan Berenguer	p	-	24	UDFA: 1975	MLB	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.333	.143	476	1	10	7	0	1.6	.200
19	Tim Foli	ss	27	28	1968-1-1	MLB	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	8	-	-	.000
1	Sergio Ferrer	ss-2b	-	28	UDFA: 1978	MLB	32	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.222	.000	222	0	9	9	-	-	.000
26	Ray Burris	p	-	28	1972-17-399	MLB	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	7	6	0	-0.6	.250
47,61	Jesse Orosco	p	-	22	1978-2-41	MLB	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	7	-	-	.000
22	Dale Murray	p	-	29	1970-18-411	MLB	58	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	0	9	8	-1	-1.8	.000
20	John Pacella	p	-	22	1974-4-89	MLB	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
48	Ed Glynn	p	-	26	UDFA: 1972	MLB	46	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
38	Skip Lockwood	p	-	32	UDFA: 1966	MLB	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
31	Roy Lee Jackson	p	-	25	1972-12-273	MLB	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
28	Dwight Bernard	p	-	27	1974-2-41	MLB	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	3	2	0	5.7	.000
Totals: (38 players)							162	5591	593	1399	255	41	74	558	135	79	498	817	35	53	66	40	117	.250	.313	.350	663	1958	6230	4494	651	3.9	.280

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
27	Craig Swan	5	28	1972-3-61	MLB	14	13	3.29	35	35	10	3	0	0	251.1	241	102	92	20	57	145	2	1	1.19	8.63	0.72	2.04	5.19	0.39	.283	0.61
33	Pete Falcone	38	25	1973-2-38	MLB	6	14	4.16	33	31	1	1	1	0	184.0	194	91	85	24	76	113	10	1	1.47	9.49	1.17	3.72	5.53	0.67	.300	0.82
49	Kevin Kobel	69	25	1971-11-241	MLB	6	8	3.51	30	27	1	1	1	0	161.2	169	74	63	14	46	67	2	2	1.33	9.41	0.78	2.56	3.73	0.69	.290	0.97
46	Neil Allen	60	21	1976-11-253	MLB	6	10	3.55	50	5	0	0	27	8	99.0	100	46	39	4	47	65	6	0	1.48	9.09	0.36	4.27	5.91	0.72	.316	0.96
22	Dale Murray	50	29	1970-18-411	MLB	4	8	4.82	58	0	0	0	24	4	97.0	105	58	52	6	52	37	3	0	1.62	9.74	0.56	4.82	3.43	1.41	.307	1.37
35	Dock Ellis	-	34	UDFA: 1964	MLB	3	7	6.04	17	14	1	0	3	0	85.0	110	60	57	9	34	41	2	0	1.69	11.65	0.95	3.60	4.34	0.83	.344	1.48
44	Andy Hassler	-	27	1969-25-579	MLB	4	5	3.70	29	8	1	0	11	4	80.1	74	35	33	5	42	53	7	2	1.44	8.29	0.56	4.71	5.94	0.79	.292	1.48
32	Tom Hausman	-	26	1971-10-217	MLB	2	6	2.75	19	10	1	0	7	2	78.2	65	25	24	6	19	33	2	0	1.07	7.44	0.69	2.17	3.78	0.58	.238	1.54
36	Wayne Twitchell	-	31	1966-1-3	MLB	5	3	5.23	33	2	0	0	9	0	63.2	55	44	37	6	55	44	1	1	1.73	7.77	0.85	7.77	6.22	1.25	.278	0.67
48	Ed Glynn	71	26	UDFA: 1972	MLB	1	4	3.00	46	0	0	0	20	7	60.0	57	22	20	3	40	32	1	0	1.62	8.55	0.45	6.00	4.80	1.25	.292	0.92
30	Mike Scott	-	24	1976-2-37	MLB	1	3	5.33	18	9	0	0	0	0	52.1	59	35	31	4	20	21	1	1	1.51	10.15	0.69	3.44	3.61	0.95	.307	1.39
28	Dwight Bernard	-	27	1974-2-41	MLB	0	3	4.70	32	1	0	0	6	0	44.0	59	26	23	2	26	20	1	0	1.93	12.07	0.41	5.32	4.09	1.30	.365	0.82
40	Pat Zachry	-	27	1970-19-447	MLB	5	1	3.59	7	7	1	0	0	0	42.2	44	19	17	3	21	17	1	1	1.52	9.28	0.63	4.43	3.59	1.24	.283	0.65
38	Skip Lockwood	64	32	UDFA: 1966	MLB	2	5	1.49	27	0	0	0	22	9	42.1	33	7	7	3	14	42	2	0	1.11	7.02	0.64	2.98	8.93	0.33	.294	0.81
47,61	Jesse Orosco	-	22	1978-2-41	MLB	1	2	4.89	18	2	0	0	6	0	35.0	33	20	19	4	22	22	0	0	1.57	8.49	1.03	5.66	5.66	1.00	.287	0.59
43	Juan Berenguer	-	24	UDFA: 1975	MLB	1	1	2.93	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.2	28	13	10	2	12	25	0	2	1.30	8.22	0.59	3.52	7.34	0.48	.310	0.43
26	Ray Burris	-	28	1972-17-399	MLB	0	2	3.32	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.2	21	10	8	2	6	10	1	0	1.25	8.72	0.83	2.49	4.15	0.60	--	0.90
45	Jeff Reardon	-	23	UDFA: 1977	MLB	1	2	1.74	18	0	0	0	10	2	20.2	12	7	4	2	9	10	2	0	1.02	5.23	0.87	3.92	4.35	0.90	.175	0.92
31	Roy Lee Jackson	-	25	1972-12-273	MLB	1	0	2.20	8	0	0	0	0	0	16.1	11	4	4	1	5	10	1	0	0.98	6.06	0.55	2.76	5.51	0.50	.227	1.43
20	John Pacella	-	22	1974-4-89	MLB	0	2	4.41	4	3	0	0	0	0	16.1	16	8	8	0	4	12	0	0	1.22	8.82	0.00	2.20	6.61	0.33	.302	2.36
Totals: (38 players)						63	99	3.84	162	162	16	5	146	36	1,483	1486	706	633	74	607	819	45	11	1.28	9.02	0.73	3.68	4.97	0.74	.307

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Stearns	C	121		628	85	12	11	.983	0.00
Alex Trevino	C	36		208	31	6	7	.976	0.00
Ron Hodges	C	22		82	16	2	1	.980	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Montanez	1B	108		905	76	11	95	.989	0.00
Ed Kranepool	1B	29		203	19	0	18	1.000	0.00
John Stearns	1B	16		114	8	0	16	1.000	0.00
Lee Mazzilli	1B	15		122	12	1	15	.993	0.00
Richie Hebner	1B	6		26	2	1	1	.966	0.00
Jose Cardenal	1B	2		16	0	0	3	1.000	0.00
Bruce Boisclair	1B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Doug Flynn	2B	148		369	380	13	98	.983	0.00
Kelvin Chapman	2B	22		50	46	2	15	.980	0.00
Joel Youngblood	2B	13		21	22	2	6	.956	0.00
Alex Trevino	2B	8		6	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Sergio Ferrer	2B	4		1	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Richie Hebner	3B	134		99	246	22	26	.940	0.00
Alex Trevino	3B	27		15	37	3	6	.945	0.00
Sergio Ferrer	3B	12		3	2	1	0	.833	0.00
Joel Youngblood	3B	12		8	17	2	1	.926	0.00
Elliott Maddox	3B	11		2	17	1	0	.950	0.00
John Stearns	3B	11		5	14	2	2	.905	0.00
Kelvin Chapman	3B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank Taveras	SS	153		270	438	25	88	.966	0.00
Doug Flynn	SS	20		33	41	3	9	.961	0.00
Sergio Ferrer	SS	5		4	5	0	2	1.000	0.00
Tim Foli	SS	3		4	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joel Youngblood	OF	147		308	18	5	3	.985	0.00
Lee Mazzilli	OF	143		358	12	4	1	.989	0.00
Steve Henderson	OF	94		201	6	2	3	.990	0.00
Elliott Maddox	OF	65		129	5	2	1	.985	0.00
Dan Norman	OF	33		54	4	2	0	.967	0.00
Gil Flores	OF	32		39	1	1	0	.976	0.00
Bruce Boisclair	OF	24		34	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jose Cardenal	OF	9		17	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ed Kranepool	OF	8		12	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Stearns	OF	6		7	0	2	0	.778	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dale Murray	P	58	97	5	19	1	3	.960	2.23
Neil Allen	P	50	99	9	14	1	1	.958	2.09
Ed Glynn	P	46	60	5	3	0	0	1.000	1.20
Craig Swan	P	35	251	17	29	0	3	1.000	1.65
Pete Falcone	P	33	184	3	14	1	1	.944	0.83
Wayne Twitchell	P	33	63	2	8	1	1	.909	1.42
Dwight Bernard	P	32	44	2	8	0	1	1.000	2.05
Kevin Kobel	P	30	161	13	26	3	2	.929	2.18
Andy Hassler	P	29	80	1	16	1	0	.944	1.91
Skip Lockwood	P	27	42	1	3	1	1	.800	0.86
Tom Hausman	P	19	78	10	11	0	0	1.000	2.42
Jesse Orosco	P	18	35	2	9	0	1	1.000	2.83
Jeff Reardon	P	18	20	1	1	0	1	1.000	0.89
Mike Scott	P	18	52	3	7	2	0	.833	1.73
Dock Ellis	P	17	85	7	13	0	1	1.000	2.12
Roy Lee Jackson	P	8	16	2	1	0	1	1.000	1.68
Pat Zachry	P	7	42	3	7	0	0	1.000	2.13
Juan Berenguer	P	5	30	0	1	1	0	.500	0.30
Ray Burris	P	4	21	4	3	1	0	.875	2.97
John Pacella	P	4	16	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.68

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