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1981 New York Mets (MLB)
+ National League
| Nickname: | |||
| W-L Record: | 41-62 .398 | ||
| Rank: | th in National League East | ||
| Run Differential: | 348-432 -84 | ||
| Manager(s): | Joe Torre | ||
| General Manager: | Frank Cashen | ||
| Location: | New York, New York | ||
| Ballpark: | Shea Stadium | ||
| Attendance: | 704,244 18/26 | ||
| Playoffs: | |||
| Top Draft Pick: | Terry Blocker (#4) All picks | ||
| Years Active: | |||
| Franchise Information | |||
Coaching Staff
Bullpen Coach: Rube WalkerFirst Base Coach: Joe Pignatano
Hitting Coach: Deron Johnson
Pitching Coach: Bob Gibson
Third Base Coach: Chuck Cottier
#1 Draft Picks
Tim Leary (#2), John Stearns (#2), Tim Leary (#2), Hubie Brooks (#3), Lee Mazzilli (#14), Wally Backman (#16)Organization Affiliates
MLB: New York Mets (MLB-NL) 41-62AAA: Tidewater Tides (IL) 70-68
AA: Jackson Mets (Tex) 29-39
A+: Lynchburg Mets (Caro) 71-69
A: Shelby Mets (SAL) 59-83
A-: Little Falls Mets (NYPL) 31-39
Rk: Kingsport Mets (App) 21-49
Organizational Player Roster
New York Mets Affiliate History
| National League East Standings | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | WPct | GBL | |||||
| St. Louis | 59 | 43 | .578 | -- | |||||
| Montreal | 60 | 48 | .556 | 3.0 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 59 | 48 | .551 | 2.5 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 46 | 56 | .451 | 13.0 | |||||
| NY Mets | 41 | 62 | .398 | 18.5 | |||||
| Chi Cubs | 38 | 65 | .369 | 21.5 | |||||
| Batting Statistics |
| # | Player | Pos | Age | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | GDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | secA | Babip | K/BB | AB/HR | TB | PA |
| 13 | Neil Allen | P | 23 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .600 | 800 | .400 | .400 | 1.000 | -- | -- | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Wally Backman | 2B | 21 | 26 | 36 | 5 | 10 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .350 | .333 | 683 | .056 | .194 | .345 | 1.75 | -- | 12 | 42 |
| 4 | Bob Bailor | SS-OF | 29 | 51 | 81 | 11 | 23 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .284 | .344 | .346 | 690 | .062 | .185 | .324 | 1.38 | -- | 28 | 94 |
| 7 | Hubie Brooks | 3B | 24 | 98 | 358 | 34 | 110 *Loading* (click to close) | 21 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 38 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .307 | .344 | .411 | 755 | .103 | .179 | .359 | 2.83 | 89.5 | 147 | 388 |
| 3 | Mike Cubbage | 3B | 30 | 67 | 80 | 9 | 17 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .213 | .289 | .325 | 614 | .113 | .225 | .246 | 1.67 | 80.0 | 26 | 90 |
| 33 | Pete Falcone | P | 27 | 35 | 22 | 1 | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .318 | 500 | .136 | .136 | .176 | -- | 22.0 | 7 | 22 |
| 23 | Doug Flynn | 2B | 30 | 105 | 325 | 24 | 72 *Loading* (click to close) | 12 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 20 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 12 | .222 | .247 | .292 | 539 | .071 | .102 | .233 | 1.73 | 325.0 | 95 | 343 |
| 19 | Ron Gardenhire | SS | 23 | 27 | 48 | 2 | 13 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .340 | .292 | 632 | .021 | .125 | .333 | 1.80 | -- | 14 | 53 |
| 15 | Brian Giles | SS-2B | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Greg Harris | P | 25 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .227 | 409 | .045 | .045 | .444 | -- | -- | 5 | 22 |
| 32 | Tom Hausman | P | 28 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | 333 | .000 | .500 | .000 | 1.00 | -- | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | Ron Hodges | C | 32 | 35 | 43 | 5 | 13 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .375 | .419 | 794 | .116 | .256 | .353 | 1.60 | 43.0 | 18 | 48 |
| 5 | Mike Howard | OF | 23 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .276 | .208 | 484 | .042 | .292 | .211 | 1.50 | -- | 5 | 29 |
| 25,35 | Randy Jones | P | 31 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | 236 | .000 | .000 | .250 | -- | -- | 2 | 18 |
| 22 | Mike Jorgensen | 1B | 32 | 86 | 122 | 8 | 25 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 15 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .205 | .270 | .352 | 622 | .148 | .279 | .224 | 2.00 | 40.7 | 43 | 139 |
| 26 | Dave Kingman | 1B-OF | 32 | 100 | 353 | 40 | 78 *Loading* (click to close) | 11 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 22 *Loading* (click to close) | 59 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 105 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .221 | .324 | .456 | 780 | .235 | .408 | .246 | 1.91 | 16.0 | 161 | 411 |
| 43 | Terry Leach | P | 27 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | 667 | .000 | 2.000 | .000 | 0.00 | -- | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Tim Leary | P | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 1 |
| 34,35 | Ed Lynch | P | 25 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .269 | .190 | 459 | .048 | .238 | .250 | 2.50 | -- | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Mike Marshall | P | 38 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1.000 | - | 1000 | - | - | - | 0.00 | -- | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Lee Mazzilli | OF | 26 | 95 | 324 | 36 | 74 *Loading* (click to close) | 14 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 *Loading* (click to close) | 34 | 17 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .228 | .321 | .358 | 679 | .130 | .302 | .253 | 1.15 | 54.0 | 116 | 374 |
| 49 | Dyar Miller | P | 35 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 666 | .000 | .000 | .333 | -- | -- | 1 | 3 |
| 47 | Jesse Orosco | P | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | - | -- | -- | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Charlie Puleo | P | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | - | -- | -- | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | Jeff Reardon | P | 25 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Dave Roberts | P | 36 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | 500 | .000 | .000 | .500 | -- | -- | 1 | 4 |
| 30 | Mike Scott | P | 26 | 23 | 41 | 4 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .073 | .133 | .073 | 206 | .000 | .073 | .125 | 6.00 | -- | 3 | 46 |
| 44 | Ray Searage | P | 26 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2000 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Rusty Staub | 1B | 37 | 70 | 161 | 9 | 51 *Loading* (click to close) | 9 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 21 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .317 | .395 | .466 | 861 | .149 | .292 | .315 | 0.55 | 32.2 | 75 | 185 |
| 12 | John Stearns | C | 29 | 80 | 273 | 25 | 74 *Loading* (click to close) | 12 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 24 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .271 | .329 | .333 | 662 | .062 | .187 | .285 | 0.71 | 273.0 | 91 | 305 |
| 27 | Craig Swan | P | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Frank Taveras | SS | 31 | 84 | 283 | 30 | 65 *Loading* (click to close) | 11 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .230 | .258 | .290 | 548 | .060 | .145 | .260 | 3.00 | -- | 82 | 303 |
| 29 | Alex Trevino | C | 23 | 56 | 149 | 17 | 39 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .262 | .319 | .275 | 594 | .013 | .121 | .298 | 1.46 | -- | 41 | 164 |
| 17 | Ellis Valentine | OF | 26 | 48 | 169 | 15 | 35 *Loading* (click to close) | 8 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 21 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .207 | .227 | .355 | 582 | .148 | .160 | .234 | 7.60 | 33.8 | 60 | 176 |
| 1 | Mookie Wilson | OF | 25 | 92 | 328 | 49 | 89 *Loading* (click to close) | 8 *Loading* (click to close) | 8 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 14 | 24 | 12 | 20 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .271 | .313 | .372 | 685 | .101 | .198 | .323 | 2.95 | 109.3 | 122 | 348 |
| 18 | Joel Youngblood | OF | 29 | 43 | 143 | 16 | 50 *Loading* (click to close) | 10 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 25 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .350 | .390 | .531 | 921 | .182 | .245 | .371 | 1.58 | 35.8 | 76 | 159 |
| 40 | Pat Zachry | P | 29 | 24 | 38 | 1 | 6 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .158 | .214 | .158 | 372 | .000 | .079 | .222 | 4.00 | -- | 6 | 46 |
| Pitching Statistics |
| # | Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | BK | HB | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | K/BB | BABIP |
| 47 | Jesse Orosco | 0 | 1 | 1.59 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.12 | 6.88 | 1.06 | 3.18 | 9.53 | 3.00 | .268 |
| 27 | Craig Swan | 0 | 2 | 3.21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.79 | 6.43 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 5.79 | 9.00 | .250 |
| 44 | Ray Searage | 1 | 0 | 3.65 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | 8.27 | 0.49 | 4.14 | 3.89 | 0.94 | .274 |
| 30 | Mike Scott | 5 | 10 | 3.90 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 130 | 65 | 59 | 11 | 34 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.21 | 8.60 | 0.73 | 2.25 | 3.57 | 1.59 | .274 |
| 15 | Dave Roberts | 0 | 3 | 9.60 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.07 | 15.60 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 6.00 | 2.00 | .375 |
| 44 | Jeff Reardon | 1 | 0 | 3.41 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | 8.38 | 0.62 | 3.72 | 8.69 | 2.33 | .294 |
| 25 | Charlie Puleo | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.23 | 5.54 | 0.00 | 5.54 | 5.54 | 1.00 | .222 |
| 49 | Dyar Miller | 1 | 0 | 3.32 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 49 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.68 | 11.61 | 0.47 | 3.55 | 5.21 | 1.47 | .373 |
| 6 | Mike Marshall | 3 | 2 | 2.61 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.10 | 7.55 | 0.58 | 2.32 | 2.32 | 1.00 | .226 |
| 34,35 | Ed Lynch | 4 | 5 | 2.92 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 79 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 8.89 | 0.67 | 2.36 | 3.04 | 1.29 | .263 |
| 38 | Tim Leary | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 13.50 | 3.00 | .000 |
| 43 | Terry Leach | 1 | 1 | 2.57 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.09 | 6.69 | 0.51 | 3.09 | 4.11 | 1.33 | .220 |
| 25,35 | Randy Jones | 1 | 8 | 4.88 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 65 | 48 | 32 | 8 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.75 | 9.92 | 1.22 | 5.80 | 2.14 | 0.37 | .265 |
| 32 | Tom Hausman | 0 | 1 | 2.18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.06 | 7.64 | 0.55 | 1.91 | 3.55 | 1.86 | .250 |
| 20 | Greg Harris | 3 | 5 | 4.43 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 65 | 36 | 34 | 8 | 28 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.35 | 8.48 | 1.04 | 3.65 | 7.04 | 1.93 | .282 |
| 33 | Pete Falcone | 5 | 3 | 2.56 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 95 | 84 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 36 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.26 | 7.96 | 0.28 | 3.41 | 5.31 | 1.56 | .279 |
| 36 | Dan Boitano | 2 | 1 | 5.62 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.62 | 11.81 | 1.12 | 2.81 | 4.50 | 1.60 | .328 |
| 13 | Neil Allen | 7 | 6 | 2.96 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | 66 | 64 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | 8.60 | 0.54 | 3.49 | 6.72 | 1.92 | .311 |
| 40 | Pat Zachry | 7 | 14 | 4.14 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 151 | 78 | 64 | 13 | 56 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.49 | 9.78 | 0.84 | 3.63 | 4.92 | 1.36 | .309 |
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