The New York Mets Hall of Heroes
Qualifications

The second avenue to achieve enshrinement in the New York Mets Hall of Heroes
is to have been named one of the single-season Hitters or Pitchers of the Year by Rounding Third--
also expanded by Linear Weights calculations, and now corrected by HoY/PoY.

Both the Rounding Third and the Linear Weights calculations
have been expanded to include second-place finishers who missed
winning outright by less than 1% of their total score.
All players are shown who would have qualified via any of the means, and
those whose names are in bold print are now recognized as the single-season champions
using the combined calculation (HoY/PoY).

See the notes at the bottom of the page for information about the calculations.

Hitters of the Year
Year	Player	R3	LW	HoY
1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1887 1887	Candy Nelson Dave Orr Dave Orr Dave Orr Paul Radford Dave Orr Darby O'Brien	219.47  319.09  301.85  378.13  318.68  339.87  338.94	6.46  29.51  28.79  41.00  41.26  32.94  32.87	28.41  61.42  58.97  78.81  73.13  66.93  66.76
1962 1962 1963 1963 1964 1965 1966 1966	Frank Thomas  Richie Ashburn Ron Hunt Duke Snider Joe Christopher Johnny Lewis Ed Kranepool Ken Boyer	411.28 384.01  366.63 306.49  417.03  363.29  356.84 358.91	25.09  24.89  7.36  8.75 25.35  2.46  3.50  2.44	66.22 63.29  44.02 39.40  67.05  38.79  39.18  38.33
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971	Tommy Davis Cleon Jones Cleon Jones Tommie Agee Cleon Jones	392.64  400.52  453.96  407.84  429.50	18.31  16.67  41.40  26.21  30.08	57.57  56.72  86.80  66.99  73.03
1972 1972 1972 1973 1974 1974 1975 1976	John Milner Rusty Staub Tommie Agee Rusty Staub Rusty Staub Cleon Jones Rusty Staub John Milner	318.67  224.05  331.39  389.93 378.33  383.20  410.86  406.11	10.31  12.39  -2.04  20.87 15.62  12.91  30.67  16.33	42.18  34.80  31.10  59.86  53.45  49.44  71.76  56.94
1977 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981	Len Randle Steve Henderson Lee Mazzilli John Stearns Lee Mazzilli Lee Mazzilli Dave Kingman	394.91  335.63 394.10  389.87 426.37  401.88  254.97	18.63  21.26  18.18  18.20  40.71  29.53  13.59	58.12  54.82  57.59  57.19  83.35  69.72  39.09
1982 1982 1983 1983 1984 1985 1986 1986	Dave Kingman John Stearns Darryl Strawberry Keith Hernandez Keith Hernandez Darryl Strawberry Keith Hernandez Darryl Strawberry	359.71  293.23  399.44  331.25 430.98  442.07  431.24  434.24	4.27  10.20  24.41  24.81  39.39  39.50  39.94  32.52	40.24  39.52  64.35  57.93  82.49  83.71  83.06  75.94
1987 1988 1989 1990 1990 1991	Darryl Strawberry Darryl Strawberry Howard Johnson Darryl Strawberry Dave Magadan Howard Johnson	492.53  451.73  465.92  441.34  438.70  437.83	61.97  44.40  55.39  36.69  36.03 36.93	111.22  89.57  101.98  80.82  79.90 80.71
1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996	Bobby Bonilla Bobby Bonilla Bobby Bonilla Bobby Bonilla Rico Brogna Bernard Gilkey	391.23  438.82  307.17  343.41  368.78  479.64	14.60  32.48  26.08  29.89  22.00  54.76	53.72  76.36  56.80  64.23  58.88  102.72
1997 1997 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001	John Olerud Todd Hundley John Olerud John Olerud Mike Piazza Edgardo Alfonzo Mike Piazza Mike Piazza	446.05  473.32  501.23  449.64  472.57  485.38  508.16  480.17	42.82  40.03  68.01  53.68  43.90  59.11  54.57  46.14	87.43  87.36  118.13  98.64  91.16  107.65  105.39  94.16
2002 2003 2004 2004 2005 2006	Mike Piazza Cliff Floyd Mike Piazza Mike Cameron David Wright Carlos Beltran	450.36  374.70  404.46  400.48  457.63  493.02	33.35  28.77  20.95  20.20  47.43  58.96	78.39  66.24  61.40  60.25  93.19  108.26
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011	David Wright David Wright David Wright David Wright Jose Reyes	483.26  463.86  420.02  429.86  440.28	70.60  57.11  34.52  34.21  42.87	118.93  103.50  76.52  77.20  86.90
2012 2013 2014 2015 2015 2016	David Wright David Wright Lucas Duda Curtis Granderson Lucas Duda Yoenis Cespedes	443.42  443.06  416.43  411.91  420.77  443.70	41.38  37.54  26.00  29.70  24.60  32.62	85.72  81.85  67.64  70.89  66.68  76.99
2017 2018 2019 2020 2020 2021	Michael Conforto Brandon Nimmo Pete Alonso Michael Conforto Dominic Smith Pete Alonso	411.30  444.98  472.27  215.96  194.57  432.98	35.01  35.20  52.27  17.36  18.14  34.08	76.14  79.70  99.50  38.96  37.60  77.38
2022 2023 2023 2023 2024	Pete Alonso Francisco Lindor Brandon Nimmo Pete Alonso Francisco Lindor	436.45  404.78  416.12  412.22  423.68	39.12  31.61  30.23  25.44  38.15	82.76  72.09  71.84  66.66  80.52

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Two notes about pitchers:

(1) In the Rounding Third method of evaluating season scores, a lower number is better.

(2) In the Linear Weights method, you may see some unusual names listed.
In the early years of Met history, pitching was so uniformly bad that some pitchers
led the team in Linear Weights simply by being the least terrible for the season!

Pitchers of the Year
Year	Pitcher	R3	LW	PoY
1883 1884 1885 1886 1886 1887 1887	Tim Keefe Tim Keefe Ed Cushman Ed Cushman John Shaffer Jack Lynch Bill Fagan	1.07  0.98  1.37  1.53  2.86  2.14  3.62	60.97  52.88  9.76  11.48  11.37  -16.86  1.45	122.02  115.68  64.87  63.27  36.69  22.84  11.61
1962 1962 1962 1963 1964 1964 1965 1965 1966	Al Jackson Roger Craig Galen Cisco Carl Willey Galen Cisco Ron Locke Jack Fisher Dennis Musgraves Dennis Ribant	2.00  2.00  3.83 1.59  1.76  3.28  1.84  3.36  1.47	-11.73  -14.85  1.46  3.90  -1.82  0.21  -11.22 5.29  8.96	30.75  27.64  7.27  46.01  36.79  8.44  23.93  9.99  54.75
1967 1968 1968 1969 1970 1971	Tom Seaver Jerry Koosman Tom Seaver Tom Seaver Tom Seaver Tom Seaver	1.48  1.26  1.16  1.10  1.33  1.04	16.99  26.60 24.25 42.33  39.80  54.48	57.11  58.78  58.37  80.75  78.86  94.45
1972 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1976	Jon Matlack Tug McGraw Tom Seaver Jon Matlack Tom Seaver Tom Seaver Jerry Koosman	1.38  1.31  1.12  1.41  1.22  1.32  1.28	30.53  20.63  50.93  35.72  38.76  27.39  22.19	66.91  58.52  93.25  75.46  81.87  60.08  55.59
1977 1978 1979 1980 1980 1981 1981	Nino Espinosa Craig Swan Craig Swan Pat Zachry Jeff Reardon Pete Falcone Mike Scott	1.63  1.31  1.54  1.61  2.10  1.68  1.69	10.89  26.24  12.16  10.87  12.13  9.97  -6.26	47.30  71.60  54.87  50.64  42.10  45.77  29.34
1982 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986	Craig Swan Jesse Orosco Jesse Orosco Dwight Gooden Dwight Gooden Bob Ojeda	1.53  2.22  1.56  1.28  0.93  1.25	4.53  10.73  26.37  23.96  63.36  27.83	49.00  41.38  66.59  68.35  107.42  65.61
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991	Dwight Gooden David Cone Sid Fernandez Frank Viola David Cone	1.47  1.19  1.28  1.37  1.56	17.45  31.68  16.05  31.14  10.13	57.81  66.83  54.35  68.57  45.31
1992 1993 1993 1994 1995 1995 1995 1995 1996	Sid Fernandez Dwight Gooden Sid Fernandez Bret Saberhagen Bret Saberhagen Jason Isringhausen Bobby Jones Dave Mlicki Mark Clark	1.34  1.61  1.91  1.23  1.98  2.19  1.80  1.78  1.60	18.48  13.67  14.72  29.15  10.09  14.19  -0.12  -1.38  18.56	60.18  52.86  47.82  77.77  40.36  40.12  33.60  32.73  62.24
1997 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2001	Rick Reed Al Leiter Armando Benitez Masato Yoshii Al Leiter Mike Hampton Al Leiter Kevin Appier	1.32  1.31  2.06  1.75  1.49  1.65  1.56  1.57	30.45  37.92  23.52  3.16  33.00  35.98  21.75  18.12	75.17  80.87  55.83  41.81  76.17  75.98  59.95  56.15
2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006	Al Leiter Steve Trachsel Steve Trachsel David Weathers Al Leiter Pedro Martinez Billy Wagner Tom Glavine	1.67  1.75  1.67  2.70  1.69  1.19  1.77  1.68	14.31  14.31  11.33  11.69  20.97  33.75  18.09  14.78	52.29  50.75  56.49  36.33  61.82  79.08  54.01  52.51
2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011	Oliver Perez John Maine Johan Santana Johan Santana R. A. Dickey Johan Santana R. A. Dickey	1.66  1.66  1.34  1.52  1.48  1.49  1.64	17.12  11.01  45.96  19.59  23.06  23.11  12.45	57.65  51.53  92.05  67.03  64.57  64.52  50.68
2012 2013 2014 2014 2014 2015 2016	R. A. Dickey Matt Harvey Jacob deGrom Jon Niese Bartolo Colon Jacob deGrom Noah Syndergaard	1.22  1.14  1.66  1.67  1.66  1.20  1.39	31.29  28.91  15.07  5.32  -9.72  28.77  31.89	78.12  77.21  48.66  38.86  23.95  67.22  70.85
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021	Jacob deGrom Jacob deGrom Jacob deGrom Jacob deGrom Jacob deGrom Marcus Stroman	1.53  1.09  1.21  2.77  1.77  1.51	18.09  56.17  44.28  15.77  31.93  23.53	54.17  100.99  86.72  38.83  63.04  59.82
2022 2023 2024	Max Scherzer Kodai Senga Sean Manaea	1.31  1.50  1.41	33.41  31.12 45.39	70.41  74.68  58.75

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Notes on the calculations used:

1. The Rounding Third calculation for batters compares teammates within the same team for relative value to the club, and places an emphasis on being a starting player. The formula is essentially (OBP+SLG)*(team games*3.1) for batters who achieved at least (team games*3.1) plate appearances. For players who did not reach (team games*3.1) plate appearances, the formula is (OBP+SLG)*(plate appearances).

2. The Linear Weights calculation for batters compares players' performances against established values which would apply to any player on any team, and recognizes quality of performance without regard to "qualification" as a starter. Therefore, if all of a team's starters are uniformly bad, a good season by a part-time player could identify him as the "best" player on a team. The formula I used to calculate Linear Weights is slightly modified from the official version, which was more complicated than I could easily calculate. It is (.47)1B+(.78)2B+(1.09)3B+(1.4)HR+(.33)(BB+HBP)+(.3)SB-(.6)CS-(.25)(AB-H).

3. The Rounding Third calculation for pitchers is so convoluted that I'm not even going to bother printing it here, but suffice it to say that, like its companion measurement for hitters, it tends to favor starting pitchers over relievers, in particular due to the number of innings pitched. Unlike Linear Weights, however, there is no possibility of a negative score, so if a pitcher racks up a batch of innings with any degree of success at all, he's got a shot. What may be most surprising about the Rounding Third calculation for pitchers is the degree of agreement between that and Linear Weights, at least when it comes to naming the "best" for any given year.

4. The Linear Weights calculation for pitchers, which again compares performances against values which would apply to any pitcher throughout history, is quite simple: IP*(league ERA/9)-ER.