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1978 New York Mets  (1977)  (1979) 82-80, 3rd in NL Eastern Division Scored 793 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .701 Park Factor: Batting - 90 / Pitching - 89 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 91-71   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 66-96 Manager(s): Jon Fellows

 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         23  150  573  108  170  31   2  29   74  22   7   87   77  .297  .389  .510  119   7.7  2(+2)e6   113  
 OF #Reggie Smith         33  140  470   86  130  24   2  31   88   6   0   54  106  .277  .348  .534   88   6.7  3(-3)e16  -60  
 1B *Keith Hernandez      24  152  559   82  134  23   3  17   73  13   2   68   66  .240  .325  .383   69   4.1  1e11      -33  
 OF  Sixto Lezcano        24  143  475   72  122  15   3  16   67   3   2   54  100  .257  .326  .402   64   4.7  1(-3)e8  -109  
 OF  Leon Roberts         27  110  388   60  115  15   5  17   64   3   1   22   47  .296  .332  .492   62   6.0  4(0)e11   -55  
 C   Johnny Bench         30  120  407   63  100  15   1  29   75   0   0   41   82  .246  .313  .501   62   5.3  2(-3)e1    -9  
 2B *Jorge Orta           27  130  442   63  113  25   3  14   36   1   0   39   43  .256  .320  .421   60   4.8  4e13      -21  
 SS  Chris Speier         28  139  471   44  128  14   3  11   68   0   0   49   65  .272  .335  .384   59   4.3  3e20       61  
 3B  Toby Harrah          29   96  351   59   97  13   3  10   48  23   6   52   48  .276  .368  .416   56   5.3  4e15       74  
 C  *Joe Nolan            27   62  180   15   55   8   3   5   27   2   1   27   19  .306  .394  .467   34   7.2  4(+2)e3   175  
 UT  Elliott Maddox       30   53  131   29   40   7   2   0   20   0   0   29    8  .305  .431  .389   24   7.1            121  
 3B  Joel Youngblood      26   65  132   24   39   3   5   9   29   2   0    6   21  .295  .324  .598   24   6.7  4e47      192  
 2B  Mike Tyson           28   87  175   21   52   2   0   2   17   1   0   15   18  .297  .345  .343   21   4.6  2e19      111  
 OF  Dan Norman           23   23   26    6   12   0   1   4    6   0   0    1    4  .462  .481 1.000   12  24.4  4(0)e11   714  
 3B  Buddy Bell           26   42  155   19   31   3   2   1   14   0   0   16   21  .200  .273  .265   11   2.4  2e17     -183  
 C  *Ron Hodges           29   27   50    3   19   1   1   0    3   0   2    5    6  .380  .436  .440    8   7.1  4(+2)e12  241  
 SS #Bud Harrelson        34   41   88    4   18   1   0   0   13   3   2   18   24  .205  .336  .216    8   3.0  3e12       -2  
 PH  Merv Rettenmund      35   34   31    9    9   0   0   0    1   0   0   13    2  .290  .500  .290    5   6.8             -3  
 PH  Tom Spencer          27   21   28    2   12   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    4  .429  .429  .429    5   8.7            448  
 PH *Bruce Boisclair      25    3    3    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333  .333  .667    0   9.0            384  
 1B *Mike Jorgensen       29    8   21    0    2   0   0   0    3   0   1    3    4  .095  .208  .095    0    .4  1e11     -273  
 C   Fred Kendall         29    2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4(+3)e16 -424  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           802                   17

     * - 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        33  17  14  .548  37  37  10   0   0   0   2  269.0  257  134  117  26   71  205  3.91  122   4.1  -42  
  P *Ken Kravec           26  16  11  .593  32  32   7   0   0   0   2  213.2  196  111   95  23   78  191  4.00   98   4.1  -51  
  P  Don Aase             23  12  10  .545  28  28   3   0   0   0   2  171.2  168   79   65   9   66  120  3.41   78   4.1  -78  
  P  Pat Zachry           26  10   9  .526  23  23   4   0   0   0   1  148.0  120   70   65  13   62   88  3.95   59   3.6  -40  
  P  Craig Swan           27  10  12  .455  34  34   3   0   0   0   2  221.2  198  110  104  29   62  149  4.22  103   4.1   89  
  P  Nino Espinosa        24   5   3  .625   8   8   2   0   0   0   1   49.2   51   25   23   3   18   26  4.17   25   4.6  -96  
  P  Don Stanhouse        27   4   9  .308  63   0   0  49  25   5   0   77.0   67   40   36   1   64   50  4.21   38   4.4   47  
  P  Skip Lockwood        31   3   2  .600  57   0   0  30   7   5   0   92.1   84   30   27   6   28   82  2.63   38   3.7  -52  
  P  Warren Brusstar      26   3   3  .500  53   0   0  19   1   0   0   89.2   93   42   35   2   30   62  3.51   39   4.0   68  
  P *Darold Knowles       36   2   5  .286  48   0   0  21   3   4   0   55.2   54   27   27   7   26   27  4.37   32   5.3   58  
  P  Mardie Cornejo       26   0   0  .000  15   0   0   4   0   0   0   24.1   34   22   18   3    7   14  6.66   18   7.0  152  
  P  Mike Bruhert         27   0   0  .000   4   0   0   0   0   0   0    5.1    8    5    4   2    1    6  6.75    5   8.9  270  
  P *Bob Myrick           25   0   0  .000   2   0   0   2   0   0   0    1.2    3    2    2   0    1    1 10.80    1  10.2  467  
  P  Dwight Bernard       26   0   2  .000  20   0   0   8   0   0   0   20.1   32   20   15   3   11   11  6.64   20   8.4  131  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      683         -5

     * - 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 890 98 115 731 47 5 0 .994 36 29 Joe Nolan 452 53 54 315 18 6 0 .982 43 10 Ron Hodges 86 10 13 71 4 2 0 .974 14 2 Fred Kendall 12 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Keith Hernandez 1314 147 152 1194 120 14 102 .989 9.00 Mike Jorgensen 45 5 6 37 5 0 3 1.000 8.40 Elliott Maddox 41 5 5 40 2 0 6 1.000 9.22 Johnny Bench 40 5 5 43 2 2 6 .957 10.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jorge Orta 945 117 122 281 283 7 58 .988 5.37 Mike Tyson 455 40 86 146 122 8 33 .971 5.30 Joel Youngblood 40 5 9 23 9 1 2 .970 7.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Buddy Bell* 1405 157 159 128 326 22 30 .954 2.91 Toby Harrah* 1227 138 138 109 292 10 23 .976 2.94 Joel Youngblood 161 18 21 22 47 4 3 .945 3.85 Elliott Maddox 68 7 11 11 19 0 1 1.000 3.99 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chris Speier 1210 139 139 279 372 19 62 .972 4.84 Bud Harrelson 223 23 32 38 74 1 16 .991 4.51 Joel Youngblood 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Reggie Smith 834 93 99 188 4 6 0 .970 2.07 Leon Roberts 520 63 64 111 8 6 0 .952 2.06 Elliott Maddox 42 1 12 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 Tom Spencer 19 3 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 Joel Youngblood 11 0 5 2 0 1 0 .667 1.64 Merv Rettenmund 8 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Dan Norman 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lee Mazzilli 1235 136 145 260 6 7 2 .974 1.94 Elliott Maddox 121 15 19 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.34 Reggie Smith 84 11 14 11 2 0 0 1.000 1.39 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sixto Lezcano 1065 118 132 200 7 3 2 .986 1.75 Leon Roberts 256 31 31 39 1 3 0 .930 1.41 Reggie Smith 93 11 14 17 0 1 0 .944 1.65 Merv Rettenmund 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dan Norman 9 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Elliott Maddox 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Joel Youngblood 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1978 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Leon Roberts
Round 2 (#32):	Don Stanhouse
Round 3 (#53):	Don Aase
Round 4 (#74):	Darold Knowles
Round 5 (#95):	Merv Rettenmund
Round 6 (#115):	Bud Harrelson
Round 7 (#132):	Jim Morrison

Transactions

• 1978-01: acquired Fred Kendall as a free agent
• 1978-03: traded Bob Myrick to ATN for Joe Nolan
• 1978-07: traded Buddy Bell to TEA for Toby Harrah
• 1978-16: traded Jim Morrison to CHA for Tom Spencer, Mike Jorgensen
• 1978 postseason: released Warren Brusstar, Bud Harrelson, Mike Jorgensen, Elliott Maddox, Merv Rettenmund

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