1979 New York Mets Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 63-99
Finished 6th in the NL's East Division
Attendance: 788,905, Avg. 11,431
Ballpark: Shea Stadium
Manager: Joe Torre (63-99)
Location: New York, New York

1979 New York Mets Roster
1979 New York Mets Results

The New York Mets of the National League ended the 1979 season with a record of 63 wins and 99 losses, finishing sixth in the NL's East Division.

The Mets scored 593 runs and yielded 706 runs. Joel Youngblood led New York with 16 home runs, and Lee Mazzilli walloped 20 or more, too. Richie Hebner and Lee Mazzilli each drove in 79 runs. Lee Mazzilli paced all regular hitters with a .303 average. Craig Swan topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.29 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Joe Torre coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Craig Swan	14	13	.519	3.29	35	35	0	10	3	0	251.3	241	102	92	20	57	9	145	2	1	2	1027
Kevin Kobel	6	8	.429	3.51	30	27	1	1	1	0	161.7	169	74	63	14	46	4	67	3	2	2	683
Neil Allen	6	10	.375	3.55	50	5	27	0	0	8	99.0	100	46	39	4	47	13	65	0	0	6	431
Pete Falcone	6	14	.300	4.16	33	31	1	1	1	0	184.0	194	91	85	24	76	10	113	1	1	10	797
Pat Zachry	5	1	.833	3.59	7	7	0	1	0	0	42.7	44	19	17	3	21	2	17	2	1	1	194
Wayne Twitchell	5	3	.625	5.23	33	2	9	0	0	0	63.7	55	44	37	6	55	8	44	4	1	1	294
Andy Hassler	4	5	.444	3.70	29	8	11	1	0	4	80.3	74	35	33	5	42	8	53	0	2	7	343
Dale Murray	4	8	.333	4.82	58	0	24	0	0	4	97.0	105	58	52	6	52	14	37	0	0	3	428
Dock Ellis	3	7	.300	6.04	17	14	3	1	0	0	85.0	110	60	57	9	34	10	41	1	0	2	391
Skip Lockwood	2	5	.286	1.49	27	0	22	0	0	9	42.3	33	7	7	3	14	5	42	0	0	2	164
Tom Hausman	2	6	.250	2.75	19	10	7	1	0	2	78.7	65	25	24	6	19	1	33	4	0	2	315
Roy Lee Jackson	1	0	1.000	2.20	8	0	0	0	0	0	16.3	11	4	4	1	5	0	10	1	0	1	61
Juan Berenguer	1	1	.500	2.93	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.7	28	13	10	2	12	0	25	1	2	0	126
Jeff Reardon	1	2	.333	1.74	18	0	10	0	0	2	20.7	12	7	4	2	9	3	10	0	0	2	81
Jesse Orosco	1	2	.333	4.89	18	2	6	0	0	0	35.0	33	20	19	4	22	0	22	2	0	0	154
Mike Scott	1	3	.250	5.33	18	9	0	0	0	0	52.3	59	35	31	4	20	3	21	0	1	1	229
Ed Glynn	1	4	.200	3.00	46	0	20	0	0	7	60.0	57	22	20	3	40	10	32	2	0	1	269
Ray Burris	0	2	.000	3.32	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.7	21	10	8	2	6	3	10	1	0	1	93
John Pacella	0	2	.000	4.41	4	3	0	0	0	0	16.3	16	8	8	0	4	0	12	0	0	0	69
Dwight Bernard	0	3	.000	4.70	32	1	6	0	0	0	44.0	59	26	23	2	26	4	20	0	0	1	208
Totals	63	99	.389	3.84	491	163	147	16	5	36	1482.7	1486	706	633	120	607	107	819	24	11	45	6357

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Lee Mazzilli	158	693	597	78	181	34	4	15	79	34	12	93	74	.303	.395	.449	.844	268	6	0	0	3	5
Frank Taveras	153	680	635	89	167	26	9	1	33	42	19	33	72	.263	.301	.337	.639	214	11	2	10	0	1
Joel Youngblood	158	665	590	90	162	37	5	16	60	18	13	60	84	.275	.346	.436	.782	257	7	7	4	4	7
Doug Flynn	157	580	555	35	135	19	5	4	61	0	3	17	46	.243	.265	.317	.582	176	15	0	6	2	7
John Stearns	155	602	538	58	131	29	2	9	66	15	15	52	57	.243	.312	.355	.667	191	21	4	3	5	5
Richie Hebner	136	549	473	54	127	25	2	10	79	3	1	59	59	.268	.354	.393	.747	186	7	8	1	8	6
Steve Henderson	98	393	350	42	107	16	8	5	39	13	5	38	58	.306	.380	.440	.820	154	7	4	1	0	6
Willie Montanez	109	442	410	36	96	19	0	5	47	0	1	25	48	.234	.277	.317	.594	130	15	1	1	5	7
Elliott Maddox	86	249	224	21	60	13	0	1	12	3	2	20	27	.268	.335	.339	.674	76	3	3	1	1	0
Alex Trevino	79	232	207	24	56	11	1	0	20	2	2	20	27	.271	.338	.333	.671	69	8	1	4	0	2
Ed Kranepool	82	174	155	7	36	5	0	2	17	0	1	13	18	.232	.287	.303	.591	47	6	1	0	5	2
Dan Norman	44	122	110	9	27	3	1	3	11	2	0	10	26	.245	.311	.373	.684	41	1	1	0	1	2
Gil Flores	70	106	93	9	18	1	1	1	10	2	0	8	17	.194	.262	.258	.520	24	1	1	3	1	0
Bruce Boisclair	59	106	98	7	18	5	1	0	4	0	2	3	24	.184	.210	.255	.465	25	2	1	1	3	0
Ron Hodges	59	106	86	4	14	4	0	0	5	0	0	19	16	.163	.311	.209	.521	18	0	0	0	1	3
Kelvin Chapman	35	87	80	7	12	1	2	0	4	0	0	5	15	.150	.198	.213	.410	17	1	0	1	1	0
Jose Cardenal	11	44	37	8	11	4	0	2	4	1	0	6	3	.297	.409	.568	.977	21	0	1	0	0	0
Craig Swan	35	91	81	3	10	2	0	0	2	0	1	6	38	.123	.184	.148	.332	12	0	0	4	0	0
Kevin Kobel	30	55	46	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	.196	.196	.217	.413	10	1	0	9	0	0
Pete Falcone	33	59	52	1	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.173	.204	.173	.377	9	2	0	5	0	0
Wayne Twitchell	33	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.375	.375	.375	.750	3	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Hausman	19	27	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.115	.115	.115	.231	3	1	0	1	0	0
Pat Zachry	7	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dock Ellis	17	28	26	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.077	.111	.077	.188	2	0	0	1	0	0
Roy Lee Jackson	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Burris	4	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1	0	0
Juan Berenguer	5	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	0	0	1	0	0
Skip Lockwood	28	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sergio Ferrer	32	9	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Foli	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ed Glynn	46	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Scott	18	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	1	0	0
John Pacella	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Orosco	18	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Andy Hassler	29	23	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.000	.043	.000	.043	0	1	0	0	0	0
Dale Murray	58	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	2	0	0
Neil Allen	50	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Reardon	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Bernard	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals	2176	6230	5591	593	1399	255	41	74	558	135	79	498	817	.250	.313	.350	.664	1958	117	35	66	40	53

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Willie Montanez	1B	108	104	949.0	905	76	11	95	.989	9.303	9.083	0	0	0
Ed Kranepool	1B	29	26	228.0	203	19	0	18	1.000	8.763	7.655	0	0	0
John Stearns	1B	16	14	130.3	114	8	0	16	1.000	8.425	7.625	0	0	0
Lee Mazzilli	1B	15	15	130.0	122	12	1	15	.993	9.277	8.933	0	0	0
Richie Hebner	1B	6	2	25.3	26	2	1	1	.966	9.947	4.667	0	0	0
Jose Cardenal	1B	2	2	18.0	16	0	0	3	1.000	8.000	8.000	0	0	0
Bruce Boisclair	1B	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0
Doug Flynn	2B	148	141	1225.0	369	380	13	98	.983	5.503	5.061	0	0	0
Kelvin Chapman	2B	22	15	161.0	50	46	2	15	.980	5.366	4.364	0	0	0
Joel Youngblood	2B	13	6	71.7	21	22	2	6	.956	5.400	3.308	0	0	0
Alex Trevino	2B	8	1	17.3	6	3	0	1	1.000	4.673	1.125	0	0	0
Sergio Ferrer	2B	4	0	7.7	1	3	0	1	1.000	4.696	1.000	0	0	0
Richie Hebner	3B	134	128	1100.7	99	246	22	26	.940	2.821	2.575	0	0	0
Alex Trevino	3B	27	14	161.3	15	37	3	6	.945	2.901	1.926	0	0	0
Joel Youngblood	3B	12	7	73.0	8	17	2	1	.926	3.082	2.083	0	0	0
John Stearns	3B	11	7	66.0	5	14	2	2	.905	2.591	1.727	0	0	0
Elliott Maddox	3B	11	7	62.0	2	17	1	0	.950	2.758	1.727	0	0	0
Sergio Ferrer	3B	12	0	17.7	3	2	1	0	.833	2.547	.417	0	0	0
Kelvin Chapman	3B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
John Stearns	C	121	113	1029.7	628	85	12	11	.983	6.232	5.893	7	100	52	34.2
Alex Trevino	C	36	33	300.7	208	31	6	7	.976	7.154	6.639	7	23	21	47.7
Ron Hodges	C	22	17	152.3	82	16	2	1	.980	5.790	4.455	1	13	9	40.9
Lee Mazzilli	OF	143	142	1260.7	358	12	4	1	.989	2.641	2.587	0	0	0
Joel Youngblood	OF	147	139	1228.7	308	18	5	3	.985	2.388	2.218	0	0	0
Steve Henderson	OF	94	94	831.7	201	6	2	3	.990	2.240	2.202	0	0	0
Elliott Maddox	OF	65	42	425.3	129	5	2	1	.985	2.835	2.062	0	0	0
Dan Norman	OF	33	26	244.7	54	4	2	0	.967	2.134	1.758	0	0	0
Bruce Boisclair	OF	24	14	151.3	34	2	0	0	1.000	2.141	1.500	0	0	0
Gil Flores	OF	32	10	138.0	39	1	1	0	.976	2.609	1.250	0	0	0
Jose Cardenal	OF	9	9	71.0	17	0	0	0	1.000	2.155	1.889	0	0	0
Ed Kranepool	OF	8	7	56.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.929	1.500	0	0	0
John Stearns	OF	6	6	40.7	7	0	2	0	.778	1.549	1.167	0	0	0
Craig Swan	P	35	35	251.3	17	29	0	3	1.000	1.647	1.314	0	0	0
Pete Falcone	P	33	31	184.0	3	14	1	1	.944	.832	.515	0	0	0
Kevin Kobel	P	30	27	161.7	13	26	3	2	.929	2.171	1.300	0	0	0
Neil Allen	P	50	5	99.0	9	14	1	1	.958	2.091	.460	0	0	0
Dale Murray	P	58	0	97.0	5	19	1	3	.960	2.227	.414	0	0	0
Dock Ellis	P	17	14	85.0	7	13	0	1	1.000	2.118	1.176	0	0	0
Andy Hassler	P	29	8	80.3	1	16	1	0	.944	1.905	.586	0	0	0
Tom Hausman	P	19	10	78.7	10	11	0	0	1.000	2.403	1.105	0	0	0
Wayne Twitchell	P	33	2	63.7	2	8	1	1	.909	1.414	.303	0	0	0
Ed Glynn	P	46	0	60.0	5	3	0	0	1.000	1.200	.174	0	0	0
Mike Scott	P	18	9	52.3	3	7	2	0	.833	1.720	.556	0	0	0
Dwight Bernard	P	32	1	44.0	2	8	0	1	1.000	2.045	.313	0	0	0
Pat Zachry	P	7	7	42.7	3	7	0	0	1.000	2.109	1.429	0	0	0
Skip Lockwood	P	27	0	42.3	1	3	1	1	.800	.850	.148	0	0	0
Jesse Orosco	P	18	2	35.0	2	9	0	1	1.000	2.829	.611	0	0	0
Juan Berenguer	P	5	5	30.7	0	1	1	0	.500	.293	.200	0	0	0
Ray Burris	P	4	4	21.7	4	3	1	0	.875	2.908	1.750	0	0	0
Jeff Reardon	P	18	0	20.7	1	1	0	1	1.000	.871	.111	0	0	0
John Pacella	P	4	3	16.3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.653	.750	0	0	0
Roy Lee Jackson	P	8	0	16.3	2	1	0	1	1.000	1.653	.375	0	0	0
Frank Taveras	SS	153	150	1322.3	270	438	25	88	.966	4.819	4.627	0	0	0
Doug Flynn	SS	20	12	132.3	33	41	3	9	.961	5.033	3.700	0	0	0
Tim Foli	SS	3	1	16.0	4	6	0	1	1.000	5.625	3.333	0	0	0
Sergio Ferrer	SS	5	0	12.0	4	5	0	2	1.000	6.750	1.800	0	0	0
Totals		1992	1467	13344.0	4448	1768	140	448	.978	4.192	3.120	15	136	82	37.6

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