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1976 New York Mets  (1975)  (1977) 95-67, 1st in NL Eastern Division Scored 687 runs, Allowed 617 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .709 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 103 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 95-67   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 86-76 Manager(s): Jon Fellows Lost to Cincinnati Reds in Championship Series, 3 games to 1.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Jay Johnstone        30  131  451   71  161  45   7   7   62   6   6   44   37  .357  .420  .534   99   8.8  3(-1)e7   124  
 C   Johnny Bench         28  147  500   72  119  29   1  18   73   9   0   94   97  .238  .359  .408   78   5.3  1(-3)e1    26  
 UT *John Milner          26  128  381   53  116  26   5   7   62   0   0   66   44  .304  .404  .454   73   7.1             49  
 3B  Buddy Bell           24  112  411   49  138  22   2   7   51   2   4   27   30  .336  .378  .450   66   6.1  2e21      132  
 1B *Keith Hernandez      22  145  396   67  114  24   6   5   43   0   2   50   55  .288  .371  .417   62   5.6  2e15      -16  
 OF #Reggie Smith         31  127  418   47  101  14   4  20   72   1   0   31   64  .242  .295  .438   52   4.3  2(-3)e4   -32  
 OF *Bruce Boisclair      23  107  293   45   95  18   1   0   27  10   2   22   41  .324  .369  .392   43   5.6  3(0)e6     37  
 2B *Jerry Remy           23  145  518   43  113  15   4   0   50  38   3   44   51  .218  .278  .263   43   2.6  2e20      -74  
 OF  Sixto Lezcano        22  125  416   46  101  16   3   5   45   8   4   28   97  .243  .294  .332   41   3.4  2(-1)e11 -105  
 UT  Joe Torre            35   86  192   20   70   3   1   6   20   1   2   13   16  .365  .410  .484   36   7.2            130  
 SS #Bud Harrelson        32  119  383   41   73  12   1   2   37   6   0   72   64  .191  .319  .243   36   3.1  3e29      -88  
 OF #Dave Collins         23   82  196   30   50   5   3   1   11  15   8   28   18  .255  .348  .327   24   4.2  4(+2)e2     6  
 OF *Pat Kelly            31   91  146   34   42  10   1   3   17   7   3   20   24  .288  .376  .432   24   5.7  4(+2)e13   73  
 3B *Mike Cubbage         25   29   97   11   32   5   1   0   11   0   0   12    6  .330  .404  .402   16   6.7  4e30      102  
 SS  Mario Guerrero       26   49  152   13   33   3   0   1    8   0   0    3   10  .217  .239  .257    9   2.0  4e44     -148  
 C  *Ron Hodges           27   38   98    7   22   3   0   1   15   1   0   13    5  .224  .312  .286    8   3.0  4(+1)e10  -83  
 UT  Terry Harmon         32   50   55    5   15   4   1   0    9   3   0    4   12  .273  .317  .382    7   4.6            -23  
 2B  Mike Tyson           26   15   47    6   12   3   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .255  .314  .383    5   3.7  2e26      -74  
 OF  Leon Brown           27    5   10    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .500  .500  .500    2  13.5  4(-1)e5   486  
 OF #Lee Mazzilli         21   14   35    7    6   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .171  .275  .200    2   1.9  3(+2)e7  -146  
 3B  Roy Staiger          26   27   28    1    4   1   0   0    2   0   1    0    1  .143  .172  .179    0    .6  2e16     -200  
 C   Joel Youngblood      24    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4(+2)e16 -479  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           737                    4

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Jon Matlack          26  21  10  .677  39  38  11   0   0   0   6  276.0  246   98   83  20   53  156  2.71   99   3.2  -30  
  P *Steve Carlton        31  14  16  .467  37  37   5   0   0   0   4  264.2  281  137  117  28   69  202  3.98  132   4.5   48  
  P  Pat Zachry           24  13   7  .650  38  29   4   6   1   0   3  204.2  178   85   77  13   96  142  3.39   86   3.8   17  
  P  Skip Lockwood        29   8   4  .667  57   0   0  40  21   6   0   95.0   78   26   22   5   33  114  2.08   28   2.7   21  
  P  Bob Apodaca          26   7   5  .583  54   0   0  28  12   0   0   91.1   58   24   20   5   22   43  1.97   19   1.9 -115  
  P  Craig Swan           25   7   6  .538  21  21   2   0   0   0   1  136.0  127   58   55   5   47   99  3.64   61   4.1  -55  
  P *Mickey Lolich        35   7  11  .389  26  25   3   1   0   0   0  171.1  173   79   72  13   35   92  3.78   81   4.2  -10  
  P  Doyle Alexander      25   6   1  .857  10  10   2   0   0   0   1   74.0   55   26   26   3   27   24  3.16   21   2.7  -87  
  P *Dave Tomlin          27   6   2  .750  42   0   0  22   4   4   0   58.1   45   13   11   1   10   44  1.70   14   2.2 -105  
  P  Alan Foster          29   4   1  .800  24   1   0  18   2   0   0   42.2   40   20   18   3   24   11  3.80   17   3.6  -34  
  P  Steve Stone          28   2   2  .500  33   0   0  13   2   1   0   51.2   54   36   32   2   16   33  5.57   25   4.4    8  
  P *Bob Myrick           23   0   0  .000  10   0   0   5   1   0   0   11.2   12    4    4   1    3    3  3.09    5   4.1 -108  
  P *Paul Siebert         23   0   1  .000   4   0   0   0   0   0   0    4.0   10    6    4   0    4    2  9.00    5  10.9  230  
  P  Nino Espinosa        22   0   1  .000   4   1   0   2   0   1   0   10.1   13    5    5   1    6   10  4.35    7   6.1   84  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      605        -13

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Johnny Bench 1266 136 145 915 62 3 6 .997 52 19 Ron Hodges 225 26 29 148 17 6 1 .965 19 7 Joel Youngblood 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Keith Hernandez 908 87 131 896 64 10 89 .990 9.52 John Milner 349 46 47 343 29 2 25 .995 9.59 Joe Torre 232 29 34 226 21 0 24 1.000 9.60 Reggie Smith 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Jay Johnstone 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Remy 1309 143 145 430 351 17 92 .979 5.37 Mike Tyson 108 12 14 25 37 5 9 .925 5.15 Terry Harmon 53 5 11 21 12 2 4 .943 5.64 Mario Guerrero 19 2 3 6 7 0 1 1.000 6.16 Mike Cubbage 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Bruce Boisclair 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Buddy Bell* 1309 140 152 109 305 14 34 .967 2.85 Mike Cubbage* 931 109 121 96 189 24 17 .922 2.76 Joe Torre 135 18 24 8 30 4 3 .905 2.53 Reggie Smith 107 13 16 8 17 1 1 .962 2.10 Roy Staiger 81 1 27 7 24 1 2 .969 3.44 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bud Harrelson 1070 117 119 193 386 19 72 .968 4.87 Mario Guerrero 341 44 44 54 114 10 10 .944 4.44 Terry Harmon 81 1 30 11 34 1 9 .978 4.98 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Milner 474 62 68 84 5 0 0 1.000 1.69 Dave Collins 276 31 43 41 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 Reggie Smith 217 21 36 43 2 0 0 1.000 1.86 Pat Kelly 188 21 28 30 2 0 0 1.000 1.53 Jay Johnstone 112 11 20 30 1 2 0 .939 2.49 Bruce Boisclair 109 9 22 16 0 1 0 .941 1.32 Sixto Lezcano 101 5 28 20 4 0 0 1.000 2.15 Leon Brown 15 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bruce Boisclair 515 52 77 127 6 0 1 1.000 2.32 Reggie Smith 434 46 57 132 9 0 1 1.000 2.92 Sixto Lezcano 351 42 44 104 7 0 0 1.000 2.85 Dave Collins 107 14 19 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.19 Lee Mazzilli 77 8 11 17 0 1 0 .944 2.00 Jay Johnstone 7 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Leon Brown 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jay Johnstone 840 97 101 187 5 7 1 .965 2.06 Sixto Lezcano 466 49 54 108 5 6 1 .950 2.18 Reggie Smith 151 14 26 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.79 Pat Kelly 33 2 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.73 Bruce Boisclair 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1976 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Reggie Smith
Round 2 (#22):	Doyle Alexander
Round 3 (#40):	Mike Cubbage
Round 4 (#59):	Mario Guerrero
Round 5 (#77):	Pedro Borbon

Transactions

• 1976-01: acquired Paul Siebert as a free agent
• 1976-01: traded Jose Cruz, Mike Caldwell to MLA for Steve Carlton, Sixto Lezcano
• 1976-01: traded John Stearns to CIN for Pat Zachry, Joel Youngblood
• 1976-01: traded Mike Vail, Pedro Borbon to CHA for Dave Collins, Dave Tomlin
• 1976-07: traded Doyle Alexander, Mike Cubbage to MNA for Buddy Bell, Steve Stone
• 1976 postseason: released Terry Harmon, Paul Siebert, Joe Torre

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