1983 New York Mets Statistics and Roster

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1983 New York Mets (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982/1984)
68-94, Finished 6th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 575 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-93
Managed by George Bamberger and Frank Howard

Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,112,774 (12th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 97, 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  *Ron Hodges          34  110  250   20   65  12  0   0   21  49   42  .260  .383  .308   0   3   8   2   2   2   6   95
1B *Keith Hernandez     29   95  320   43   98   8  3   9   37  64   42  .306  .424  .434   8   4   5   2   2   1   9  140
2B  Brian Giles         23  145  400   39   98  15  0   2   27  36   77  .245  .308  .298  17  10   8   2   4   3   1   70
3B  Hubie Brooks        26  150  586   53  147  18  4   5   58  24   96  .251  .284  .321   6   4  14   4   7   3   2   68
SS #Jose Oquendo        19  120  328   29   70   7  0   1   17  19   60  .213  .260  .244   8   9  10   2   3   1   2   42
LF  George Foster       34  157  601   74  145  19  2  28   90  38  111  .241  .289  .419   1   1  19   4   0   4   5   95
CF #Mookie Wilson       27  152  638   91  176  25  6   7   51  18  103  .276  .300  .367  54  16   6   4   2   1   3   85
RF *Darryl Strawberry   21  122  420   63  108  15  7  26   74  47  128  .257  .336  .512  19   6   5   4   0   2   9  134
    Bob Bailor          31  118  340   33   85   8  0   1   30  20   23  .250  .290  .282  18   3  11   1   3   4   2   61
   *Danny Heep          25  115  253   30   64  12  0   8   21  29   40  .253  .326  .395   3   3   5   1   1   5   6  101
    Dave Kingman        34  100  248   25   49   7  0  13   29  22   57  .198  .265  .383   2   1   2   1   1   1   1   79
    Junior Ortiz        23   68  185   10   47   5  0   0   12   3   34  .254  .270  .281   1   0   1   1   1   0   0   54
   *Rusty Staub         39  104  115    5   34   6  0   3   28  14   10  .296  .371  .426   0   0   4   1   0   2   3  122
    Mark Bradley        26   73  104   10   21   4  0   3    5  11   35  .202  .278  .327   4   2   2   0   0   0   1   68
    Ronn Reynolds       24   24   66    4   13   1  0   0    2   8   12  .197  .280  .212   0   0   2   0   0   1   1   39
    Tucker Ashford      28   35   56    3   10   0  1   0    2   7    4  .179  .270  .214   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   37
   #Wally Backman       23   26   42    6    7   0  1   0    3   2    8  .167  .205  .214   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   17
   *Gary Rajsich        28   11   36    5   12   3  0   1    3   3    1  .333  .400  .500   0   0   1   1   0   0   1  150
   *Clint Hurdle        25   13   33    3    6   2  0   0    2   2   10  .182  .229  .242   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   32
    Ron Gardenhire      25   17   32    1    2   0  0   0    1   1    4  .063  .091  .063   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -56
   *Mike Jorgensen      34   38   24    5    6   3  0   1    3   2    4  .250  .333  .500   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  130
    Mike Fitzgerald     22    8   20    1    2   0  0   1    2   3    6  .100  .217  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   30
    Mike Bishop         24    3    8    2    1   1  0   0    0   3    4  .125  .364  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   74
   #Mike Howard         25    1    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   87
    John Stearns        31    4    0    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

    Mike Torrez         36   39   65    2    3   0  0   0    2   1   20  .046  .061  .046   0   0   1   0   8   0   0  -70
    Tom Seaver          38   34   64    6   10   0  2   0    4   6   26  .156  .225  .219   0   0   2   0   6   1   0   25
    Ed Lynch            27   30   52    3    8   0  0   0    4   1   17  .154  .170  .154   0   0   0   0  11   0   0   -9
   *Walt Terrell        25   21   44    3    8   1  0   3    8   1   17  .182  .200  .409   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   66
    Craig Swan          32   27   26    0    2   0  0   0    1   0   11  .077  .077  .077   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -57
    Scott Holman        24   35   23    1    5   0  0   0    2   0    9  .217  .217  .217   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   22
    Jesse Orosco        26   62   12    0    4   0  0   0    2   1    3  .333  .357  .333   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   94
    Neil Allen          25   21   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Ron Darling         22    5   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -44
    Rick Ownbey         25   12    9    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -38
    Doug Sisk           25   67    6    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    2  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  180
    Carlos Diaz         25   54    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -50
   *Tom Gorman          25   25    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   40
    Brent Gaff          24    4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Tim Leary           24    2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   87
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  162 5444  575 1314 172 26 112  542 436 1031  .241  .298  .344 141  64 113  31  66  32  54   85
    Rank among 12 NL teams         8   12   11  12 12   7       12    1    11    12    12   8  10                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Tom Seaver          38  34   3.55   9  14  0  34   0   5   2  231.0  201  104   91  18   86  135  962  10   4  0   5 103
SP  Mike Torrez         36  39   4.37  10  17  0  34   4   5   0  222.3  227  120  108  16  113   94  972   7   1  1  11  83
SP  Ed Lynch            27  30   4.28  10  10  0  27   1   1   0  174.7  208   94   83  17   41   44  749   3   3  2  10  85
SP  Walt Terrell        25  21   3.57   8   8  0  20   1   4   2  133.7  123   57   53   7   55   59  561   5   2  0   7 102
SP  Craig Swan          32  27   5.51   2   8  1  18   4   0   0   96.3  112   63   59  14   42   43  424   1   0  1   3  66
SP  Ron Darling         22   5   2.80   1   3  0   5   0   1   0   35.3   31   11   11   0   17   23  148   3   3  2   1 130

CL *Jesse Orosco        26  62   1.47  13   7 17   0  42   0   0  110.0   76   27   18   3   38   84  432   1   1  2   7 247
RP  Doug Sisk           25  67   2.24   5   4 11   0  39   0   0  104.3   88   38   26   1   59   33  447   5   4  1   7 162
RP *Carlos Diaz         25  54   2.05   3   1  2   0  20   0   0   83.3   62   22   19   1   35   64  339   2   1  0  13 177
RP  Scott Holman        24  35   3.74   1   7  0  10  10   0   0  101.0   90   48   42   7   52   44  439   3   1  1   8  97
RP *Tom Gorman          25  25   4.93   1   4  0   4   9   0   0   49.3   45   29   27   3   15   30  204   2   0  1   4  74

    Neil Allen          25  21   4.50   2   7  2   4   9   1   1   54.0   57   29   27   6   36   32  246   2   0  0   5  81
    Rick Ownbey         25  10   4.67   1   3  0   4   3   0   0   34.7   31   19   18   4   21   19  152   1   1  2   0  78
    Tim Leary           24   2   3.38   1   1  0   2   0   1   0   10.7   15   10    4   0    4    9   53   0   0  1   0 108
    Brent Gaff          24   4   6.10   1   0  0   0   2   0   0   10.3   18    9    7   0    1    4   53   1   0  0   1  60
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2 162   3.68  68  94 33 162 144  18   7 1451.0 1384  680  593  97  615  717 6181  46  21 14  82  99
    Rank among 12 NL teams          8  12   1 10          10   9      8    5    8        2   11   11

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RHodges 685 73 96 360 45 12 4 .971 5 14 82 32 JOrtiz 478 56 67 273 31 11 2 .965 6 23 70 23 RReynolds 200 23 24 99 14 7 2 .942 1 7 27 11 MFitzgerald 61 7 8 37 8 2 0 .957 0 0 12 6 MBishop 25 3 3 16 1 1 0 .944 0 2 3 1 TAshford 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1451 162 162 786 99 33 8 .964 12 46 194 73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHernandez 785 89 90 837 96 7 85 .993 10.69 DKingman 416 50 50 443 28 3 43 .994 10.17 GRajsich 86 10 10 94 6 0 9 1.000 10.47 DHeep 82 8 14 69 7 0 11 1.000 8.31 RStaub 43 5 5 36 5 1 6 .976 8.52 MJorgensen 37 0 19 36 3 0 5 1.000 9.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1451 162 162 1515 145 11 159 .993 10.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGiles 1029 120 140 299 380 14 87 .980 5.93 BBailor 301 32 50 73 120 8 25 .960 5.77 WBackman 44 3 14 11 12 0 2 1.000 4.63 HBrooks 42 6 7 9 14 0 3 1.000 4.93 TAshford 33 1 13 8 14 0 4 1.000 5.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1451 162 162 400 540 22 121 .977 5.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HBrooks 1233 137 145 107 289 21 25 .950 2.89 TAshford 90 10 15 5 17 1 2 .957 2.20 CHurdle 58 8 9 1 15 4 2 .800 2.48 BBailor 51 5 11 9 14 0 5 1.000 4.00 WBackman 18 2 2 5 3 2 0 .800 4.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1451 162 162 127 338 28 34 .943 2.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JOquendo 895 104 116 182 326 21 65 .960 5.11 BBailor 438 47 75 84 162 8 35 .969 5.05 RGardenhire 86 10 15 13 30 0 4 1.000 4.50 BGiles 29 1 12 10 10 0 3 1.000 6.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1451 162 162 289 528 29 107 .966 5.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GFoster 1328 151 153 317 11 4 3 .988 2.22 DHeep 65 7 11 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.79 MBradley 28 0 13 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 RStaub 19 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.95 BBailor 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1451 162 162 336 12 5 3 .986 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MWilson 1285 144 148 416 5 8 2 .981 2.95 DHeep 129 14 19 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 MBradley 36 4 7 11 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1451 162 162 462 7 8 3 .983 2.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DStrawberry 1007 114 117 227 9 4 0 .983 2.11 DHeep 239 25 31 43 2 0 1 1.000 1.69 MBradley 121 14 16 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 DKingman 42 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 RStaub 18 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 MHoward 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CHurdle 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BBailor 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1451 162 162 309 12 4 1 .988 1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.27 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GFoster 1328 151 153 314 12 4 3 .988 2.21 MWilson 1285 144 148 422 5 7 1 .984 2.99 DStrawberry 1007 114 117 232 8 4 0 .984 2.14 DHeep 434 46 61 90 4 0 1 1.000 1.95 MBradley 186 18 35 41 2 0 1 1.000 2.08 DKingman 42 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 RStaub 37 5 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.97 BBailor 13 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.28 MHoward 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CHurdle 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1451 162 162 1115 31 16 6 .986 2.37 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TSeaver 231 34 34 22 28 4 0 .926 1.95 MTorrez 222 34 39 20 33 2 4 .964 2.15 ELynch 174 27 30 10 24 0 0 1.000 1.75 WTerrell 133 20 21 16 15 0 2 1.000 2.09 JOrosco 110 0 62 5 19 0 0 1.000 1.96 DSisk 104 0 67 7 14 1 1 .955 1.81 SHolman 101 10 35 16 22 2 1 .950 3.39 CSwan 96 18 27 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.31 CDiaz 83 0 54 8 13 0 2 1.000 2.27 NAllen 54 4 21 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.83 TGorman 49 4 25 3 7 0 2 1.000 1.83 RDarling 35 5 5 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.04 ROwnbey 34 4 10 1 6 1 1 .875 1.82 TLeary 10 2 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.36 BGaff 10 0 4 1 2 2 0 .600 2.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1451 162 162 121 208 12 14 .965 2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Wilson .276

On-base % Wilson .300

Slugging % Foster .419

OPS Foster .708

Games Foster 157

At Bats Wilson 638

Plate Appearances (approx.) Wilson 663

Runs Wilson 91

Hits Wilson 176

Total Bases Foster 252

Doubles Wilson 25

Triples Strawberry 7

Home Runs Foster 28

RBI Foster 90

Bases on Balls Hernandez 64

Strikeouts Strawberry 128

Stolen Bases Wilson 54

Singles Wilson 138

Adjusted OPS+ Foster 95

Runs Created Strawberry 74

Adjusted Batting Runs Hernandez 21

Batting Wins Hernandez 2.1

Extra-Base Hits Foster 49

Times on Base Wilson 198

Offensive Win% Wilson .464

Hit By Pitch Brooks, Foster, Strawberry, and Wilson 4

Sac. Hits Lynch 11

Sac. Flies Heep 5

Intentional Walks Hernandez and Strawberry 9

Grounded into Double Plays Foster 19

Caught Stealing Wilson 16

Power/Speed Number Strawberry 22.0

At Bats per Strikeout Wilson 6.2

At Bats per Home Run Foster 21.5

Outs Wilson 487

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ERA Seaver 3.55

Wins Orosco 13

Won-Loss % Orosco .650

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Seaver 1.242

Hits Allowed/9IP Seaver 7.83

Bases on Balls/9IP Lynch 2.11

Strikeouts/9IP Seaver 5.26

Games Sisk 67

Saves Orosco 17

Innings Seaver 231.0

Strikeouts Seaver 135

Games Started Seaver and Torrez 34

Comp. Games Seaver and Torrez 5

Shutouts Seaver and Terrell 2

Home Runs Allow. Seaver 18

Bases On Balls Allow. Torrez 113

Hits Allowed Torrez 227

SO to Walk Seaver 1.57

Losses Torrez 17

Earned Runs Allow. Torrez 108

Wild Pitches Seaver 10

Hit Batsmen Seaver and Sisk 4

Batters Faced Torrez 972

Games Finished Orosco 42

Adjusted ERA+ Seaver 103

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