1979 New York Mets Statistics and Roster

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1979 New York Mets (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
63-99, Finished 6th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 593 runs, Allowed 706 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94
Managed by Joe Torre

Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 788,905 (12th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 96
  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        27  155  538   58  131  29  2   9   66  52   57  .243  .312  .355  15  15  21   4   3   5   5   85
1B *Willie Montanez     31  109  410   36   96  19  0   5   47  25   48  .234  .277  .317   0   1  15   1   1   5   7   65
2B  Doug Flynn          28  157  555   35  135  19  5   4   61  17   46  .243  .265  .317   0   3  15   0   6   2   7   61
3B *Richie Hebner       31  136  473   54  127  25  2  10   79  59   59  .268  .354  .393   3   1   7   8   1   8   6  108
SS  Frank Taveras       29  153  635   89  167  26  9   1   33  33   72  .263  .301  .337  42  19  11   2  10   0   1   78
LF  Steve Henderson     26   98  350   42  107  16  8   5   39  38   58  .306  .380  .440  13   5   7   4   1   0   6  128
CF #Lee Mazzilli        24  158  597   78  181  34  4  15   79  93   74  .303  .395  .449  34  12   6   0   0   3   5  135
RF  Joel Youngblood     27  158  590   90  162  37  5  16   60  60   84  .275  .346  .436  18  13   7   7   4   4   7  116
    Elliott Maddox      31   86  224   21   60  13  0   1   12  20   27  .268  .335  .339   3   2   3   3   1   1   0   88
    Alex Trevino        21   79  207   24   56  11  1   0   20  20   27  .271  .338  .333   2   2   8   1   4   0   2   88
   *Ed Kranepool        34   82  155    7   36   5  0   2   17  13   18  .232  .287  .303   0   1   6   1   0   5   2   65
    Dan Norman          24   44  110    9   27   3  1   3   11  10   26  .245  .311  .373   2   0   1   1   0   1   2   90
   *Bruce Boisclair     26   59   98    7   18   5  1   0    4   3   24  .184  .210  .255   0   2   2   1   1   3   0   29
    Gil Flores          26   70   93    9   18   1  1   1   10   8   17  .194  .262  .258   2   0   1   1   3   1   0   46
   *Ron Hodges          30   59   86    4   14   4  0   0    5  19   16  .163  .311  .209   0   0   0   0   0   1   3   48
    Kelvin Chapman      23   35   80    7   12   1  2   0    4   5   15  .150  .198  .213   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   14
    Jose Cardenal       35   11   37    8   11   4  0   2    4   6    3  .297  .409  .568   1   0   0   1   0   0   0  169
   #Sergio Ferrer       28   32    7    7    0   0  0   0    0   2    3  .000  .222  .000   0   2   0   0   0   0   0  -32
    Tim Foli            28    3    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100

    Craig Swan          28   35   81    3   10   2  0   0    2   6   38  .123  .184  .148   0   1   0   0   4   0   0   -6
   *Pete Falcone        25   33   52    1    9   0  0   0    2   2   19  .173  .204  .173   0   0   2   0   5   0   0    6
    Kevin Kobel         25   30   46    1    9   1  0   0    2   0   18  .196  .196  .217   0   0   1   0   9   0   0   15
   #Dock Ellis          34   17   26    2    2   0  0   0    1   1    7  .077  .111  .077   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -47
    Tom Hausman         26   19   26    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    4  .115  .115  .115   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -35
   *Andy Hassler        27   29   22    0    0   0  0   0    0   1   17  .000  .043  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -87
    Pat Zachry          27    7   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    7  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -30
    Neil Allen          21   50   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    6  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mike Scott          24   18   12    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    8  .000  .077  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -77
    Wayne Twitchell     31   33    8    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    5  .375  .375  .375   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  110
    Juan Berenguer      24    5    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    2  .143  .333  .143   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   38
    Ray Burris          28    4    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -7
    Dale Murray         29   58    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -57
    Jesse Orosco        22   18    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Ed Glynn            26   46    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    John Pacella        22    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Skip Lockwood       32   28    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Roy Lee Jackson     25    8    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  459
    Dwight Bernard      27   32    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   2   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  163 5591  593 1399 255 41  74  558 498  817  .250  .312  .350 135  79 117  35  66  40  53   91
    Rank among 12 NL teams         3   11    8   5  8  11        6    8    10    11    10   4   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  Craig Swan          28  35   3.29  14  13  0  35   0  10   3  251.3  241  102   92  20   57  145 1027   2   2  1   9 110
SP *Pete Falcone        25  33   4.16   6  14  0  31   1   1   1  184.0  194   91   85  24   76  113  797  10   1  1  10  87
SP *Kevin Kobel         25  30   3.51   6   8  0  27   1   1   1  161.7  169   74   63  14   46   67  683   2   3  2   4 103
SP  Dock Ellis          34  17   6.04   3   7  0  14   3   1   0   85.0  110   60   57   9   34   41  391   2   1  0  10  60
SP  Tom Hausman         26  19   2.75   2   6  2  10   7   1   0   78.7   65   25   24   6   19   33  315   2   4  0   1 132
SP  Pat Zachry          27   7   3.59   5   1  0   7   0   1   0   42.7   44   19   17   3   21   17  194   1   2  1   2 101
SP  Juan Berenguer      24   5   2.93   1   1  0   5   0   0   0   30.7   28   13   10   2   12   25  126   0   1  2   0 124

CL  Skip Lockwood       32  27   1.49   2   5  9   0  22   0   0   42.3   33    7    7   3   14   42  164   2   0  0   5 244
RP  Dale Murray         29  58   4.82   4   8  4   0  24   0   0   97.0  105   58   52   6   52   37  428   3   0  0  14  75
RP *Ed Glynn            26  46   3.00   1   4  7   0  20   0   0   60.0   57   22   20   3   40   32  269   1   2  0  10 121
RP  Neil Allen          21  50   3.55   6  10  8   5  27   0   0   99.0  100   46   39   4   47   65  431   6   0  0  13 102
RP  Dwight Bernard      27  32   4.70   0   3  0   1   6   0   0   44.0   59   26   23   2   26   20  208   1   0  0   4  77

   *Andy Hassler        27  29   3.70   4   5  4   8  11   1   0   80.3   74   35   33   5   42   53  343   7   0  2   8  98
    Wayne Twitchell     31  33   5.23   5   3  0   2   9   0   0   63.7   55   44   37   6   55   44  294   1   4  1   8  69
    Mike Scott          24  18   5.33   1   3  0   9   0   0   0   52.3   59   35   31   4   20   21  229   1   0  1   3  68
   *Jesse Orosco        22  18   4.89   1   2  0   2   6   0   0   35.0   33   20   19   4   22   22  154   0   2  0   0  74
    Ray Burris          28   4   3.32   0   2  0   4   0   0   0   21.7   21   10    8   2    6   10   93   1   1  0   3 109
    Jeff Reardon        23  18   1.74   1   2  2   0  10   0   0   20.7   12    7    4   2    9   10   81   2   0  0   3 208
    John Pacella        22   4   4.41   0   2  0   3   0   0   0   16.3   16    8    8   0    4   12   69   0   0  0   0  82
    Roy Lee Jackson     25   8   2.20   1   0  0   0   0   0   0   16.3   11    4    4   1    5   10   61   1   1  0   0 165
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5 163   3.84  63  99 36 163 147  16  10 1482.0 1486  706  632 120  607  819 6357  45  24 11 107  94
    Rank among 12 NL teams          8  12   1  5          12   5      3   10    7        6   12    5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 1029 113 121 628 85 12 11 .983 7 26 100 52 ATrevino 300 33 36 208 31 6 7 .976 7 14 23 21 RHodges 152 17 22 82 16 2 1 .980 1 5 13 9 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1482 163 163 918 132 20 19 .981 15 45 136 82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WMontanez 949 104 108 905 76 11 95 .989 9.30 EKranepool 228 26 29 203 19 0 18 1.000 8.76 JStearns 130 14 16 114 8 0 16 1.000 8.43 LMazzilli 130 15 15 122 12 1 15 .993 9.28 RHebner 25 2 6 26 2 1 1 .966 9.96 JCardenal 18 2 2 16 0 0 3 1.000 8.00 BBoisclair 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 1388 117 13 148 .991 9.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DFlynn 1225 141 148 369 380 13 98 .983 5.50 KChapman 161 15 22 50 46 2 15 .980 5.37 JYoungblood 71 6 13 21 22 2 6 .956 5.40 ATrevino 17 1 8 6 3 0 1 1.000 4.68 SFerrer 7 0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 447 454 17 121 .981 5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHebner 1102 128 134 99 246 22 26 .940 2.82 ATrevino 161 14 27 15 37 3 6 .945 2.90 JYoungblood 72 7 12 8 17 2 1 .926 3.12 JStearns 65 7 11 5 14 2 2 .905 2.63 EMaddox 62 7 11 2 17 1 0 .950 2.76 SFerrer 17 0 12 3 2 1 0 .833 2.54 KChapman 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 133 333 31 35 .938 2.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FTaveras 1322 150 153 270 438 25 88 .966 4.82 DFlynn 132 12 20 33 41 3 9 .961 5.03 TFoli 16 1 3 4 6 0 1 1.000 5.62 SFerrer 12 0 5 4 5 0 2 1.000 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 311 490 28 100 .966 4.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SHenderson 831 94 94 197 6 2 3 .990 2.20 JYoungblood 505 53 71 136 9 2 2 .986 2.58 DNorman 54 5 8 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.47 JStearns 40 6 6 7 0 2 0 .778 1.55 BBoisclair 32 4 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 EKranepool 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EMaddox 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 362 16 6 5 .984 2.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LMazzilli 1260 142 143 368 12 4 1 .990 2.71 EMaddox 169 17 26 61 3 0 1 1.000 3.41 JYoungblood 38 4 5 11 0 1 0 .917 2.61 GFlores 15 0 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 447 15 5 2 .989 2.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JYoungblood 686 82 87 164 8 2 2 .989 2.26 EMaddox 252 25 41 70 3 2 0 .973 2.61 DNorman 190 21 26 43 3 2 0 .958 2.18 GFlores 123 10 28 33 2 1 1 .972 2.56 BBoisclair 117 10 18 24 2 0 0 1.000 1.99 JCardenal 71 9 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 EKranepool 43 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 363 18 7 3 .982 2.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.33 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- LMazzilli 1260 142 143 358 12 4 1 .989 2.64 JYoungblood 1229 139 147 308 18 5 3 .985 2.39 SHenderson 831 94 94 201 6 2 3 .990 2.24 EMaddox 425 42 65 129 5 2 1 .985 2.84 DNorman 244 26 33 54 4 2 0 .967 2.13 BBoisclair 150 14 24 34 2 0 0 1.000 2.16 GFlores 138 10 32 39 1 1 0 .976 2.61 JCardenal 71 9 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 EKranepool 56 7 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 JStearns 40 6 6 7 0 2 0 .778 1.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1482 163 163 1159 48 18 8 .985 2.44 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CSwan 251 35 35 17 29 0 3 1.000 1.65 PFalcone 184 31 33 3 14 1 1 .944 0.83 KKobel 161 27 30 13 26 3 2 .929 2.17 NAllen 99 5 50 9 14 1 1 .958 2.09 DMurray 97 0 58 5 19 1 3 .960 2.23 DEllis 85 14 17 7 13 0 1 1.000 2.12 AHassler 80 8 29 1 16 1 0 .944 1.91 THausman 78 10 19 10 11 0 0 1.000 2.40 WTwitchell 63 2 33 2 8 1 1 .909 1.41 EGlynn 60 0 46 5 3 0 0 1.000 1.20 MScott 52 9 18 3 7 2 0 .833 1.72 DBernard 44 1 32 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.05 PZachry 42 7 7 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.11 SLockwood 42 0 27 1 3 1 1 .800 0.85 JOrosco 35 2 18 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.83 JBerenguer 30 5 5 0 1 1 0 .500 0.29 RBurris 21 4 4 4 3 1 0 .875 2.90 JReardon 20 0 18 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.87 JPacella 16 3 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.66 RJackson 16 0 8 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1482 163 163 92 194 13 17 .957 1.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .303

On-base % Mazzilli .395

Slugging % Mazzilli .449

OPS Mazzilli .844

Games Mazzilli and Youngblood 158

At Bats Taveras 635

Plate Appearances (approx.) Mazzilli 693

Runs Youngblood 90

Hits Mazzilli 181

Total Bases Mazzilli 268

Doubles Youngblood 37

Triples Taveras 9

Home Runs Youngblood 16

RBI Hebner and Mazzilli 79

Bases on Balls Mazzilli 93

Strikeouts Youngblood 84

Stolen Bases Taveras 42

Singles Taveras 131

Adjusted OPS+ Mazzilli 135

Runs Created Mazzilli 115

Adjusted Batting Runs Mazzilli 33

Batting Wins Mazzilli 3.2

Extra-Base Hits Youngblood 58

Times on Base Mazzilli 274

Offensive Win% Mazzilli .704

Hit By Pitch Hebner 8

Sac. Hits Taveras 10

Sac. Flies Hebner 8

Intentional Walks Flynn, Montanez, and Youngblood 7

Grounded into Double Plays Stearns 21

Caught Stealing Taveras 19

Power/Speed Number Mazzilli 20.8

At Bats per Strikeout Flynn 12.1

At Bats per Home Run Youngblood 36.9

Outs Taveras 508

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ERA Swan 3.29

Wins Swan 14

Won-Loss % Swan .519

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Swan 1.186

Hits Allowed/9IP Swan 8.63

Bases on Balls/9IP Swan 2.04

Strikeouts/9IP Falcone 5.53

Games Murray 58

Saves Lockwood 9

Innings Swan 251.3

Strikeouts Swan 145

Games Started Swan 35

Comp. Games Swan 10

Shutouts Swan 3

Home Runs Allow. Falcone 24

Bases On Balls Allow. Falcone 76

Hits Allowed Swan 241

SO to Walk Swan 2.54

Losses Falcone 14

Earned Runs Allow. Swan 92

Wild Pitches Falcone 10

Hit Batsmen Hausman and Twitchell 4

Batters Faced Swan 1027

Games Finished Allen 27

Adjusted ERA+ Swan 110

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