1979 NEW YORK METS

| Level: MLB

Location: Queens,NY
Team Record: 63-99 .389
Result: 6th in National League - East Division
Manager(s): Joe Torre
General Manager: Joe McDonald
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Attendance: 788,905
Playoffs: Did not qualify

New York Mets affiliate history

Oldest Player: Jose Cardenal (35)
Youngest Player: Neil Allen (21)
Longest Tenure: Ed Kranepool (18)
Top Hitter: Lee Mazzilli (10)
Top Pitcher: Craig Swan (5)
Top Draft Pick: Tim Leary (#2)

Roster Continuity: 70.13%

National League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Pittsburgh	98	64	.605	--
Montreal	95	65	.594	2.0
St. Louis	86	76	.531	12.0
Philadelphia	84	78	.519	14.0
Chi Cubs	80	82	.494	18.0
NY Mets	63	99	.389	35.0

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	Sgl	XBH	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/Pa	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg
11	Frank Taveras	ss	17	29	UDFA: 1968	MLB	153	680	508	69	3.7	.295	-.175	.074	0.46	0.1	131	36	21.6	4.9	10.6	1.27	0.2	144	92	52	11
16	Lee Mazzilli	of-1b	10	24	1973-1-14	MLB	158	693	437	122	7.5	.325	-.111	.146	1.26	2.2	128	53	29.3	13.4	10.7	0.79	0.2	111	62	49	9
18	Joel Youngblood	of-3b	33	27	1970-2-40	MLB	158	665	456	99	5.8	.296	-.164	.161	0.71	2.4	104	58	35.8	9.0	12.6	0.95	0.2	139	90	49	15
23	Doug Flynn	2b-ss	81	28	UDFA: 1971	MLB	157	580	446	46	2.8	.258	-.218	.074	0.37	0.7	107	28	20.7	2.9	7.9	1.86	0.2	95	56	39	5
12	John Stearns	c	-	27	1973-1-2	MLB	155	602	451	61	3.6	.256	-.147	.112	0.91	1.5	91	40	30.5	8.6	9.5	1.02	0.2	121	75	46	5
3	Richie Hebner	3b-1b	45	31	1966-1-15	MLB	136	549	363	77	5.7	.284	-.140	.125	1.00	1.8	90	37	29.1	10.7	10.7	0.69	0.1	54	34	20	9
25	Willie Montanez	1b-of	-	31	UDFA: 1965	MLB	109	442	336	35	2.8	.251	-.176	.083	0.52	1.1	72	24	25.0	5.7	10.9	0.99	0.3	120	73	47	11
5	Steve Henderson	of	76	26	1974-5-119	MLB	98	393	256	63	6.6	.355	-.174	.134	0.66	1.3	78	29	27.1	9.7	14.8	1.50	0.4	143	94	49	12
21	Elliott Maddox	of-3b	-	31	1968-1-20	MLB	86	249	171	29	4.5	.299	-.174	.071	0.74	0.4	46	14	23.3	8.0	10.8	1.12	0.2	43	27	16	5
29	Alex Trevino	c	-	21	UDFA: 1974	MLB	79	232	165	24	3.9	.311	-.174	.062	0.74	0.0	44	12	21.4	8.6	11.6	1.44	0.3	66	41	25	12
7	Ed Kranepool	1b	-	34	UDFA: 1962	MLB	82	174	131	13	2.7	.243	-.155	.071	0.72	1.1	29	7	19.4	7.5	10.3	0.80	0.1	12	8	4	0
8	Dan Norman	of	-	24	1974-15-357	MLB	44	122	85	13	4.2	.293	-.136	.128	0.38	2.5	20	7	25.9	8.2	21.3	1.19	0.1	14	13	1	7
4	Bruce Boisclair	of	-	26	1970-20-479	MLB	59	106	88	3	0.8	.234	-.173	.071	0.13	0.0	12	6	33.3	2.8	22.6	1.42	0.1	10	7	3	1
17	Gil Flores	of	-	26	UDFA: 1978	MLB	70	106	80	6	2.1	.224	-.086	.064	0.47	0.9	15	3	16.7	7.5	16.0	1.21	0.1	6	4	2	0
42	Ron Hodges	c	-	30	1972-2-47	MLB	59	106	73	7	2.5	.197	.058	.046	1.19	0.0	10	4	28.6	17.9	15.1	0.97	0.0	1	1	0	0
27	Craig Swan	p	-	28	1972-3-61	MLB	35	91	76	-3	-1.1	.233	-.062	.025	0.16	0.0	8	2	20.0	6.6	41.8	1.71	0.4	36	22	14	6
10	Kelvin Chapman	2b	-	23	UDFA: 1975	MLB	35	87	71	2	0.6	.182	-.088	.062	0.33	0.0	9	3	25.0	5.7	17.2	1.55	0.1	8	5	3	0
33	Pete Falcone	p	-	25	1973-2-38	MLB	33	59	50	-1	-0.7	.273	-.135	.000	0.11	0.0	9	0	0.0	3.4	32.2	5.00	0.1	4	4	0	0
49	Kevin Kobel	p	84	25	1971-11-241	MLB	30	55	47	0	-0.2	.321	-.196	.021	0.00	0.0	8	1	11.1	0.0	32.7	2.33	0.4	20	16	4	5
6	Jose Cardenal	of	-	35	UDFA: 1961	MLB	11	44	26	10	10.7	.281	-.108	.271	2.00	4.5	5	6	54.5	13.6	6.8	0.92	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Tom Hausman	p	-	26	1971-10-217	MLB	19	27	25	-1	-1.5	.136	-.115	.000	0.00	0.0	3	0	0.0	0.0	14.8	2.50	0.1	4	4	0	0
35	Dock Ellis	p	-	34	UDFA: 1964	MLB	17	28	25	-2	-1.9	.105	-.038	.000	0.14	0.0	2	0	0.0	3.6	25.0	1.57	0.0	0	0	0	0
44	Andy Hassler	p	-	27	1969-25-579	MLB	29	23	23	-	-	.000	.045	.000	0.06	0.0	0	0	0.0	4.3	73.9	4.00	0.3	7	5	2	1
40	Pat Zachry	p	-	27	1970-19-447	MLB	7	16	14	-1	-2.1	.222	-.125	.000	0.00	0.0	2	0	0.0	0.0	43.8	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
46	Neil Allen	p	-	21	1976-11-253	MLB	50	14	14	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	42.9	2.00	0.2	3	3	0	0
30	Mike Scott	p	-	24	1976-2-37	MLB	18	14	13	-2	-3.6	.000	.083	.000	0.13	0.0	0	0	0.0	7.1	57.1	4.00	0.3	4	2	2	0
36	Wayne Twitchell	p	-	31	1966-1-3	MLB	33	9	6	1	3.0	1.000	-.375	.000	0.00	0.0	3	0	0.0	0.0	55.6	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
43	Juan Berenguer	p	-	24	UDFA: 1975	MLB	5	10	7	0	1.6	.200	.143	.000	1.00	0.0	1	0	0.0	20.0	20.0	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Tim Foli	ss	27	28	1968-1-1	MLB	3	7	8	-	-	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.33	0.0	0	0	0	0
1	Sergio Ferrer	ss-2b	-	28	UDFA: 1978	MLB	32	9	9	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.67	0.0	0	0	0.0	22.2	33.3	1.00	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Ray Burris	p	-	28	1972-17-399	MLB	4	7	6	0	-0.6	.250	-.167	.000	0.00	0.0	1	0	0.0	0.0	28.6	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
47,61	Jesse Orosco	p	-	22	1978-2-41	MLB	18	7	7	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	57.1	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Dale Murray	p	-	29	1970-18-411	MLB	58	9	8	-1	-1.8	.000	.167	.000	0.33	0.0	0	0	0.0	11.1	33.3	4.00	0.1	1	1	0	0
20	John Pacella	p	-	22	1974-4-89	MLB	4	4	4	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	25.0	0.50	0.0	0	0	0	0
48	Ed Glynn	p	-	26	UDFA: 1972	MLB	46	4	4	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	25.0	0.50	0.0	0	0	0	0
38	Skip Lockwood	p	-	32	UDFA: 1966	MLB	28	3	3	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	33.3	1.00	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Roy Lee Jackson	p	-	25	1972-12-273	MLB	8	1	0	1	--	1.000	-1.000	.000	--	0.0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Dwight Bernard	p	-	27	1974-2-41	MLB	32	3	2	0	5.7	.000	-	.000	--	0.0	0	0	0.0	33.3	0.0	--	0.0	0	0	0	0
Totals: (38 players)							--	6230	4494	651	3.9	.280	-.151	.000	0.61	1.2	1029	370	26.4	8.0	13.1	1.15	0.19	1166	739	427	114

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