1978 New York Mets Statistics and Roster

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1978 New York Mets (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
66-96, Finished 6th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 607 runs, Allowed 690 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90
Managed by Joe Torre

Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,007,328 (10th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   John Stearns        26  143  477   65  126  24  1  15   73  70   57  .264  .364  .413  25  13  11   8   2   6   4  121
1B *Willie Montanez     30  159  609   66  156  32  0  17   96  60   92  .256  .320  .392   9   4  13   1   0   9  19  102
2B  Doug Flynn          27  156  532   37  126  12  8   0   36  30   50  .237  .277  .289   3   5  14   1   6   3  10   62
3B #Len Randle          29  132  437   53  102  16  8   2   35  64   57  .233  .330  .320  14  11   7   1   2   4   7   86
SS  Tim Foli            27  113  413   37  106  21  1   1   27  14   30  .257  .283  .320   2   5  10   2  12   2   1   72
LF  Steve Henderson     25  157  587   83  156  30  9  10   65  60  109  .266  .333  .399  13   7  24   2   0   5   3  108
CF #Lee Mazzilli        23  148  542   78  148  28  5  16   61  69   82  .273  .353  .432  20  13   7   1   2   5   6  123
RF  Elliott Maddox      30  119  389   43  100  18  2   2   39  71   38  .257  .370  .329   2  11   8   2   2   5   1  101
    Joel Youngblood     26  113  266   40   67  12  8   7   30  16   39  .252  .294  .436   4   0   4   1   1   3   1  106
   *Bruce Boisclair     25  107  214   24   48   7  1   4   15  23   43  .224  .293  .322   3   3   4   0   2   5   3   76
    Bobby Valentine     28   69  160   17   43   7  0   1   18  19   18  .269  .346  .331   1   1   7   1   6   2   1   94
   *Ron Hodges          29   47  102    4   26   4  1   0    7  10   11  .255  .322  .314   1   2   4   1   0   2   0   82
    Tom Grieve          30   54  101    5   21   3  0   2    8   9   23  .208  .273  .297   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   63
   *Ed Kranepool        33   66   81    7   17   2  0   3   19   8   12  .210  .280  .346   0   0   4   1   0   3   2   78
    Dan Norman          23   19   64    7   17   0  1   4   10   2   14  .266  .284  .484   1   0   0   0   0   1   0  115
   #Sergio Ferrer       27   37   33    8    7   0  1   0    1   4    7  .212  .316  .273   1   0   2   1   2   0   0   69
    Gil Flores          25   11   29    8    8   0  1   0    1   3    5  .276  .344  .345   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   97
   #Ken Henderson       32    7   22    2    5   2  0   1    4   4    4  .227  .346  .455   0   1   0   0   0   0   1  127
    Alex Trevino        20    6   12    3    3   0  0   0    0   1    2  .250  .308  .250   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   61
    Butch Benton        20    4    4    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    0  .500  .600  .500   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  217

    Jerry Koosman       35   38   70    1    6   3  0   0    2   0   27  .086  .086  .129   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -40
    Nino Espinosa       24   32   67    6   14   3  0   0    4   1   28  .209  .221  .254   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   35
    Craig Swan          27   29   65    2   10   0  0   0    3   3   15  .154  .191  .154   0   0   1   0   8   0   0    0
    Pat Zachry          26   21   43    4    3   0  0   0    0   4   19  .070  .149  .070   0   0   2   0   5   0   0  -36
    Mike Bruhert        27   27   40    0    3   0  0   0    0   0   21  .075  .075  .075   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -57
    Kevin Kobel         24   32   25    3    4   1  0   0    2   1    8  .160  .192  .200   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   12
    Tom Hausman         25   10   17    1    3   1  0   0    2   1    5  .176  .222  .235   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   31
    Skip Lockwood       31   57   11    1    2   1  0   1    1   0    5  .182  .182  .545   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  100
    Dale Murray         28   53    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    4  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -61
    Dwight Bernard      26   30    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .200  .333  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   56
    Juan Berenguer      23    5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Roy Lee Jackson     24    4    3    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .667  .667  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  282
    Bob Myrick          25   17    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Paul Siebert        25   27    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1  162 5433  607 1332 227 47  86  561 549  829  .245  .314  .352 100  77 126  24  71  55  59   96
    Rank among 12 NL teams         6    8   10   9  3   8        7    7    11     8    11   8   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Nino Espinosa       24  32   4.73  11  15  0  32   0   6   1  203.7  230  117  107  24   75   76  888   0   3  3  10  73
SP *Jerry Koosman       35  38   3.75   3  15  2  32   6   3   0  235.3  221  110   98  17   84  160  986   5   8  1  11  93
SP  Craig Swan          27  29   2.43   9   6  0  28   0   5   1  207.3  164   62   56  12   58  125  819   1   2  0   8 143
SP  Mike Bruhert        27  27   4.78   4  11  0  22   1   1   1  133.7  171   83   71   6   34   56  585  10   1  2   5  73
SP  Pat Zachry          26  21   3.33  10   6  0  21   0   5   2  138.0  120   57   51   9   60   78  579   3   1  2   4 104
SP  Tom Hausman         25  10   4.70   3   3  0  10   0   0   0   51.7   58   28   27   6    9   16  216   0   1  2   1  74

CL  Skip Lockwood       31  57   3.57   7  13 15   0  40   0   0   90.7   78   36   36  10   31   73  371   3   0  1   5  97
RP  Dale Murray         28  53   3.65   8   5  5   0  38   0   0   86.3   85   39   35   4   36   37  373   5   2  1  19  95
RP  Dwight Bernard      26  30   4.31   1   4  0   1  10   0   0   48.0   54   25   23   4   27   26  213   2   0  0   3  81
RP *Paul Siebert        25  27   5.14   0   2  1   0   5   0   0   28.0   30   16   16   2   21   12  130   2   1  1   5  68
RP  Mardie Cornejo      26  25   2.45   4   2  3   0  10   0   0   36.7   37   12   10   1   14   17  155   1   3  1   5 142

   *Kevin Kobel         24  32   2.91   5   6  0  11  12   1   0  108.3   95   42   35   9   30   51  442   1   2  0   9 119
    Butch Metzger       26  25   6.51   1   3  0   0  11   0   0   37.3   48   28   27   4   22   21  180   0   1  1   7  53
   *Bob Myrick          25  17   3.28   0   3  0   0   7   0   0   24.7   18   10    9   3   13   13  102   0   0  0   2 106
    Juan Berenguer      23   5   8.31   0   2  0   3   1   0   0   13.0   17   12   12   1   11    8   65   0   1  0   0  42
    Roy Lee Jackson     24   4   9.24   0   0  0   2   0   0   0   12.7   21   13   13   2    6    6   61   0   2  0   0  38
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 162   3.87  66  96 26 162 141  21   7 1455.0 1447  690  626 114  531  775 6165  33  28 15  94  90
    Rank among 12 NL teams         10  12   1 10          10  11      1   11   10        7    6    9

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JStearns 1202 134 141 711 84 12 7 .985 8 27 86 52 RHodges 226 25 30 145 20 3 5 .982 8 5 25 14 ATrevino 20 3 5 12 3 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 3 BBenton 7 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1455 162 162 872 107 15 12 .985 16 33 111 69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WMontanez 1417 158 158 1350 104 8 138 .995 9.23 EKranepool 27 3 3 27 4 0 3 1.000 10.33 TGrieve 8 1 2 9 2 0 1 1.000 11.93 EMaddox 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 6.92 BBoisclair 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 1388 110 9 142 .994 9.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DFlynn 928 106 128 249 299 8 70 .986 5.31 BValentine 278 33 45 76 92 4 13 .977 5.43 JYoungblood 233 23 39 67 72 3 19 .979 5.37 SFerrer 9 0 3 4 4 0 2 1.000 8.00 LRandle 6 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 399 467 15 104 .983 5.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LRandle 994 108 124 108 215 11 21 .967 2.92 EMaddox 329 38 43 40 72 6 5 .949 3.06 JYoungblood 63 9 9 5 16 2 1 .913 3.00 BValentine 59 7 9 2 17 2 0 .905 2.90 ATrevino 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 SFerrer 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 JStearns 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 156 321 21 27 .958 2.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TFoli 915 105 112 190 314 18 78 .966 4.96 DFlynn 430 50 60 83 127 7 21 .968 4.40 SFerrer 109 7 29 22 44 2 7 .971 5.43 JYoungblood 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 297 485 27 106 .967 4.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHenderson 1332 151 155 310 20 11 3 .968 2.23 BBoisclair 50 4 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.02 EKranepool 26 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 JYoungblood 25 2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 TGrieve 9 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 GFlores 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.90 DNorman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 344 21 11 3 .971 2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LMazzilli 1246 138 144 384 8 5 3 .987 2.83 JYoungblood 81 9 14 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.78 EMaddox 77 8 13 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 GFlores 48 7 7 14 0 1 0 .933 2.62 BBoisclair 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 445 9 6 3 .987 2.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMaddox 489 58 72 134 9 2 3 .986 2.63 BBoisclair 386 40 59 101 3 2 0 .981 2.42 JYoungblood 190 18 34 55 5 1 1 .984 2.83 TGrieve 149 19 24 41 3 1 0 .978 2.65 DNorman 146 17 18 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.15 KHenderson 59 7 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 EKranepool 31 3 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.16 GFlores 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 384 21 6 4 .985 2.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SHenderson 1332 151 155 315 18 11 3 .968 2.25 LMazzilli 1246 138 144 386 8 5 3 .987 2.84 EMaddox 567 66 79 155 8 2 3 .988 2.59 BBoisclair 438 44 69 114 3 2 0 .983 2.40 JYoungblood 297 29 50 86 8 1 1 .989 2.85 TGrieve 159 20 26 43 3 1 0 .979 2.60 DNorman 147 17 18 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.07 GFlores 60 8 8 17 0 1 0 .944 2.54 KHenderson 59 7 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 EKranepool 57 6 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1455 162 162 1173 49 23 10 .982 2.52 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKoosman 235 32 38 4 48 6 4 .897 1.99 CSwan 207 28 29 17 30 2 5 .959 2.04 NEspinosa 203 32 32 10 47 1 2 .983 2.52 PZachry 138 21 21 9 24 2 4 .943 2.15 MBruhert 133 22 27 11 22 5 1 .868 2.22 KKobel 108 11 32 4 16 2 1 .909 1.66 SLockwood 90 0 57 4 5 1 1 .900 0.89 DMurray 86 0 53 6 22 1 1 .966 2.92 THausman 51 10 10 6 8 1 0 .933 2.44 DBernard 48 1 30 2 7 0 2 1.000 1.69 BMetzger 37 0 25 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.21 MCornejo 36 0 25 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.47 PSiebert 28 0 27 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.57 BMyrick 24 0 17 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.19 JBerenguer 13 3 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 RJackson 12 2 4 1 4 1 1 .833 3.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 81 253 22 23 .938 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Mazzilli .273

On-base % Stearns .364

Slugging % Mazzilli .432

OPS Mazzilli .785

Games Montanez 159

At Bats Montanez 609

Plate Appearances (approx.) Montanez 679

Runs Henderson 83

Hits Henderson and Montanez 156

Total Bases Montanez 239

Doubles Montanez 32

Triples Henderson 9

Home Runs Montanez 17

RBI Montanez 96

Bases on Balls Maddox 71

Strikeouts Henderson 109

Stolen Bases Stearns 25

Singles Henderson and Montanez 107

Adjusted OPS+ Mazzilli 123

Runs Created Mazzilli 85

Adjusted Batting Runs Mazzilli 18

Batting Wins Mazzilli 1.8

Extra-Base Hits Henderson, Mazzilli, and Montanez 49

Times on Base Henderson and Mazzilli 218

Offensive Win% Mazzilli .615

Hit By Pitch Stearns 8

Sac. Hits Foli 12

Sac. Flies Montanez 9

Intentional Walks Montanez 19

Grounded into Double Plays Henderson 24

Caught Stealing Mazzilli and Stearns 13

Power/Speed Number Stearns 18.8

At Bats per Strikeout Flynn 10.6

At Bats per Home Run Stearns 31.8

Outs Montanez 479

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ERA Swan 2.43

Wins Espinosa 11

Won-Loss % Zachry .625

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Swan 1.071

Hits Allowed/9IP Swan 7.12

Bases on Balls/9IP Swan 2.52

Strikeouts/9IP Koosman 6.12

Games Lockwood 57

Saves Lockwood 15

Innings Koosman 235.3

Strikeouts Koosman 160

Games Started Espinosa and Koosman 32

Comp. Games Espinosa 6

Shutouts Zachry 2

Home Runs Allow. Espinosa 24

Bases On Balls Allow. Koosman 84

Hits Allowed Espinosa 230

SO to Walk Swan 2.16

Losses Espinosa and Koosman 15

Earned Runs Allow. Espinosa 107

Wild Pitches Bruhert 10

Hit Batsmen Koosman 8

Batters Faced Koosman 986

Games Finished Lockwood 40

Adjusted ERA+ Swan 143

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