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1979 New York Mets  (1978)  (1980) 107-55, 1st in NL Eastern Division Scored 912 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 105-57 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .711 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 101-61   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 63-99 Manager(s): Jon Fellows Lost to Cincinnati Reds in Championship Series, 3 games to 2.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF #Lee Mazzilli         24  156  597  132  198  36   4  15   74  39  12  120   80  .332  .442  .481  141   9.1  2(+3)e5    78  
 1B *Keith Hernandez      25  162  667  124  228  46  10   8   99  12   4   79   87  .342  .410  .477  131   7.7  1e8       -43  
 OF  Sixto Lezcano        25  151  505  110  142  26   2  33  119   1   2   97   90  .281  .399  .537  111   7.9  1(-3)e5   -51  
 3B  Toby Harrah          30  156  580  122  159  19   1  22   82  16   6   92   81  .274  .380  .424  101   6.0  3e23      -28  
 C   Johnny Bench         31  133  461   67  125  23   0  19   94   3   0   52   64  .271  .342  .445   68   5.2  1(-3)e1   -36  
 OF #Reggie Smith         34   98  242   49   77  19   3  16   64  10   1   32   53  .318  .399  .620   60   9.2  3(-3)e6   194  
 OF  Joel Youngblood      27  143  437   70  108  24   5  14   66  14   5   37   61  .247  .313  .421   58   4.6  2(-3)e6   -48  
 2B *Jorge Orta           28  109  307   46   81  14   5   9   55   0   0   53   24  .264  .372  .430   52   5.9  4e16       17  
 C  *Joe Nolan            28   68  177   32   65  11   4   3   33   4   0   27   21  .367  .455  .525   45  10.4  4(+2)e6   281  
 OF  Leon Roberts         28  107  300   36   71   8   7   7   47   2   1   32   47  .237  .311  .380   36   4.1  4(0)e7   -113  
 SS  Chris Speier         29  106  348   38   83   9   2   2   31   0   0   36   43  .239  .316  .293   33   3.3  3e26      -39  
 2B  Mike Tyson           29   89  195   13   53   8   3   2   30   2   0   13   27  .272  .314  .374   22   3.9  2e24       54  
 SS #Roger Metzger        31   85  244   30   48   9   9   0   19   7   1   22   28  .197  .261  .307   18   2.4  3e36      -82  
 SS  Jimmy Sexton         27   18   35    3   11   5   0   0    4   0   0    7    8  .314  .419  .457    7   7.5  4e40      346  
 OF  Dan Norman           24   36   39    4    9   1   2   1    7   0   0    3    9  .231  .279  .436    5   4.4  4(0)e12    31  
 C   Alex Trevino         21   16   24    2    3   2   1   0    4   0   0    3    7  .125  .214  .292    1   1.3  3(0)e5   -165  
 PH *Ron Hodges           30    6    5    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200  .333  .400    0   5.1            213  
 OF *Bruce Boisclair      26    6    9    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    1    3  .111  .200  .333    0   2.2  4(0)e7     69  
 2B  Kelvin Chapman       23    4    5    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .200  .200  .600    0   3.2  4e17      390  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           897                    0

     * - 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 *Steve Carlton        34  25   6  .806  38  38   9   0   0   0   3  274.0  257  132  117  43   72  212  3.84  128   4.2   30  
  P  Craig Swan           28  21  11  .656  37  37   7   0   0   0   1  263.0  242   96   86  16   43  151  2.94   92   3.2  -84  
  P  Don Aase             24  18   9  .667  32  30   2   2   0   1   1  196.1  187   81   79  15   70  115  3.62   86   3.9 -109  
  P *Ken Kravec           27  17  11  .607  38  38   8   0   0   0   2  265.2  222  120  111  25  130  164  3.76  110   3.8   -4  
  P *Sparky Lyle          34   6   3  .667  57   0   0  29  16   4   0   76.2   63   33   28   6   22   49  3.29   26   3.0  -29  
  P  Skip Lockwood        32   5   1  .833  26   0   0   6   1   0   0   41.2   36   14   13   4   10   48  2.81   15   3.3    4  
  P  Neil Allen           21   5   4  .556  58   2   0  26   5   2   0   91.1  112   46   41   5   34   63  4.04   55   5.5   36  
  P  Pat Zachry           27   3   1  .750   6   6   0   0   0   0   0   39.2   42   23   20   6   11   20  4.54   22   5.1   -5  
  P  Juan Berenguer       24   2   1  .667   4   4   0   0   0   0   0   28.0   29   14   10   0   10   20  3.21   14   4.6  -11  
  P  Mike Scott           24   2   3  .400  15   7   0   6   0   0   0   46.0   60   30   22   7   21   15  4.30   33   6.4   75  
  P  Don Stanhouse        28   2   4  .333  61   0   0  45  32   2   0   71.1   42   20   17   1   44   34  2.14   17   2.2 -117  
  P  Jeff Reardon         23   1   1  .500  16   0   0   7   3   1   0   19.2   15    8    8   3   13   11  3.66    9   4.3  121  
  P  Dwight Bernard       27   0   0  .000  16   0   0   5   0   0   0   23.2   46   39   37   2   27    7 14.07   32  12.8  174  
  P *Jesse Orosco         22   0   0  .000  22   0   0  10   0   0   0   27.2   29   15   14   7   14   12  4.55   20   6.6  132  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      667        -18

     * - 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 1046 113 128 720 39 8 2 .990 25 19 Joe Nolan 373 45 46 261 14 4 1 .986 24 12 Alex Trevino 44 4 8 30 2 1 0 .970 2 1 Ron Hodges 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Keith Hernandez 1446 159 162 1380 131 9 138 .994 9.41 Johnny Bench 18 3 3 21 0 1 2 .955 10.50 Lee Mazzilli 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jorge Orta 788 99 104 266 227 6 55 .988 5.63 Mike Tyson 488 42 88 138 144 6 40 .979 5.20 Roger Metzger 104 11 17 36 29 3 7 .956 5.64 Joel Youngblood 60 8 11 14 27 0 6 1.000 6.12 Kelvin Chapman 15 1 4 7 2 0 1 1.000 5.40 Jimmy Sexton 8 1 2 4 2 1 0 .857 6.75 Alex Trevino 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Toby Harrah 1332 146 155 117 273 17 30 .958 2.64 Joel Youngblood 133 16 20 17 22 6 1 .867 2.64 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chris Speier 889 99 103 161 337 22 60 .958 5.04 Roger Metzger 487 52 65 85 178 9 33 .967 4.86 Jimmy Sexton 83 10 13 10 39 1 6 .980 5.31 Toby Harrah 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Leon Roberts 590 74 76 99 2 2 0 .981 1.54 Joel Youngblood 458 38 84 102 4 2 2 .981 2.08 Reggie Smith 387 47 50 74 0 1 0 .987 1.72 Dan Norman 22 2 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 Bruce Boisclair 8 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lee Mazzilli 1322 146 149 400 13 2 2 .995 2.81 Joel Youngblood 137 16 17 40 2 1 0 .977 2.75 Reggie Smith 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sixto Lezcano 1202 130 142 243 16 6 1 .977 1.94 Joel Youngblood 150 19 19 38 1 2 0 .951 2.35 Reggie Smith 79 9 12 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 Dan Norman 14 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bruce Boisclair 12 2 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.75 Leon Roberts 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Toby Harrah
Round 2 (#32):	Sparky Lyle
Round 3 (#49):	Roger Metzger

Transactions

• 1979-01: acquired Jimmy Sexton as a free agent
• 1979 postseason: released Kelvin Chapman, Roger Metzger

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