The New York Mets Hall of Heroes
Qualifications

The sixth avenue to achieve enshrinement in the New York Mets Hall of Heroes
is to be a member of one of the Decade Greats Teams chosen by Rounding Third,
and amplified by Linear Weights calculations.
These Decade Greats selections differ from the earlier All-Decade Teams
in that they reward several years of good production as opposed to
a single stellar season.

Players listed are the top twenty-five finishers in total hitting or pitching production
for each decade, using the HoY/PoY formulae described elsewhere.
Players actually selected to the squads are chosen on the same basis as the All-Decade Teams;
that is, six outfielders, two catchers, two first basemen,
a second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, and the next two highest-scoring infielders of different positions.
Pitching staffs are comprised of five starters, two closers (a season with at least ten saves),
and three more relievers (at least half of their appearances as a reliever for the decade).

Players in bold type "made the team." The rest of the top twenty-fives are shown
for the sake of very honorable mention.

Decade Greats, 1960s Hitters
Rank	Player	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2T 2T 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26	Cleon Jones, OF Ron Hunt, 2B Ron Swoboda, OF Frank Thomas, OF Richie Ashburn, OF Art Shamsky, OF Joe Christopher, OF Tommy Davis Tommie Agee Jim Hickman Ed Kranepool, 1B Felix Mantilla, 3B Ken Boyer, IF Duke Snider Ed Charles Jerry Grote, C Charlie Neal, IF Charlie Smith Bob Johnson Ken Boswell Elio Chacon, SS Johnny Lewis Jesse Gonder, C Eddie Bressoud Larry Elliot Marv Throneberry, 1B	86.80 51.88 48.60 66.22 63.29 48.66 67.05 57.57 61.11 36.99 39.18 43.68 38.33 39.40 38.21 33.56 37.86 26.18 33.10 35.22 31.51 38.79 27.41 26.22 18.62 31.56	187.03 140.39 163.11 109.80 63.29 74.57 119.54 57.57 63.71 133.96 161.89 43.68 52.74 39.40 59.56 65.23 48.14 51.82 33.10 51.33 31.51 42.73 46.26 26.22 34.47 30.73	31.17 35.10 32.62 36.60 63.29 37.28 29.88 57.57 31.85 26.79 20.24 43.68 26.37 39.40 19.85 16.31 24.07 25.91 33.10 17.11 31.51 14.24 15.42 26.22 17.23 15.36
Decade Greats, 1960s Pitchers
Rank	Pitcher	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10T 10T 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25	Tom Seaver, SP Jerry Koosman, SP Don Cardwell, SP Ron Taylor, CL Jack Fisher, SP Dennis Ribant, SP Dick Selma, RP Galen Cisco, RP Carl Willey Roger Craig Al Jackson Bob Shaw Gary Gentry Jim McAndrew Tug McGraw, CL Jack Hamilton, RP Bill Wakefield Tracy Stallard Larry Bearnarth Cal Koonce Jack DiLauro Bob Miller Nolan Ryan Frank Lary Grover Powell	80.75 71.28 36.43 29.96 40.48 54.75 31.64 36.79 46.01 27.64 30.75 35.81 34.19 26.54 38.73 31.96 27.56 31.62 28.95 28.26 21.55 20.78 18.86 18.58 15.42	196.23 125.72 87.22 79.60 78.76 66.08 74.63 66.87 55.00 51.73 83.90 44.79 34.19 47.37 54.87 38.43 27.56 37.08 51.63 42.57 21.55 20.78 31.48 25.36 15.42	65.41 41.91 29.07 26.53 19.69 22.03 18.66 16.72 18.33 25.86 13.98 22.40 34.19 23.69 13.72 19.22 27.56 18.54 12.91 14.19 21.55 20.78 10.49 12.68 15.42

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Decade Greats, 1970s Hitters
Rank	Player	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25	Rusty Staub, OF Lee Mazzilli, OF Cleon Jones, OF John Milner, 1B Tommie Agee, OF Wayne Garrett, 3B Steve Henderson, OF Ed Kranepool, 1B Len Randle, IF Donn Clendenon John Stearns, C Dave Kingman, OF Joel Youngblood Jerry Grote, C Rich Hebner Art Shamsky Bud Harrelson, SS Felix Millan, 2B Ken Singleton Del Unser Willie Montanez Ken Boswell, IF Bruce Boisclair Elliott Maddox Joe Foy	71.76 83.35 73.03 56.94 66.99 58.56 54.82 47.45 58.12 61.86 57.19 52.19 56.68 37.78 50.88 54.39 38.50 32.77 39.40 43.36 41.01 32.91 34.20 33.30 33.38	219.87 177.51 223.74 258.68 156.95 230.75 151.12 235.32 85.31 82.61 149.01 109.78 87.02 160.48 50.88 63.69 153.39 125.96 61.10 52.59 51.47 75.68 65.37 49.00 33.38	54.97 44.38 37.29 36.95 52.32 32.96 50.37 23.53 42.66 41.31 29.80 36.59 29.01 20.06 50.88 31.84 19.17 25.19 30.55 26.30 25.74 15.14 13.07 24.50 33.38
Decade Greats, 1970s Pitchers
Rank	Pitcher	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8T 8T 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25	Tom Seaver, SP Jon Matlack, SP Jerry Koosman, SP Tug McGraw, CL Craig Swan, SP Skip Lockwood, CL Kevin Kobel, SP Bob Apodaca, RP Gary Gentry Jim McAndrew Ray Sadecki, RP Dan Frisella, RP Pat Zachry Mickey Lolich Nolan Ryan George Stone Nino Espinosa Harry Parker Tom Hausman Neil Allen Pete Falcone Rick Baldwin Ken Sanders Ron Taylor Ed Glynn	94.45 75.46 58.52 58.52 71.60 38.24 42.43 47.03 40.04 49.07 42.11 38.96 36.99 32.37 33.45 46.75 47.30 26.17 30.84 26.28 24.61 25.12 19.31 19.55 19.78	543.61 305.42 380.91 178.11 159.32 151.64 78.31 118.47 91.50 92.84 138.14 79.15 72.73 32.37 43.50 44.26 51.74 49.12 35.56 26.28 24.61 40.28 31.79 31.37 19.78	67.95 43.63 42.32 35.62 22.76 30.33 39.16 23.69 30.50 23.21 23.02 26.38 24.24 32.37 21.75 14.75 10.35 16.37 17.78 26.28 24.61 13.43 15.90 15.69 19.78

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Decade Greats, 1980s Hitters
Rank	Player	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4 5 6T 6T 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27	Darryl Strawberry, OF Keith Hernandez, 1B Howard Johnson, 3B Kevin McReynolds, OF Len Dykstra, OF Gary Carter, C Mookie Wilson, OF George Foster, OF Wally Backman, 2B Tim Teufel, IF Lee Mazzilli, OF Hubie Brooks, IF Dave Magadan, 1B Dave Kingman Steve Henderson Joel Youngblood Ray Knight Danny Heep John Stearns, C Gregg Jefferies Claudell Washington Rusty Staub Kevin Mitchell Ron Hodges Mike Jorgensen Rafael Santana, SS	111.22 83.06 101.98 72.65 67.48 75.99 53.84 54.37 43.49 60.04 69.72 50.14 44.30 40.24 55.99 41.31 54.52 29.65 39.52 40.22 34.49 27.42 41.75 24.54 27.59 22.67	544.93 411.20 300.37 193.51 209.83 188.67 323.85 187.68 202.69 115.15 125.64 119.79 113.03 91.80 55.99 75.38 66.19 89.79 90.64 63.65 34.49 65.84 40.41 64.32 50.06 47.59	77.85 58.74 60.07 64.50 41.97 37.73 32.39 37.54 22.52 28.79 20.94 23.96 28.26 30.60 55.99 25.13 22.06 22.45 18.13 21.22 34.49 13.17 20.21 12.86 12.52 11.90
Decade Greats, 1980s Pitchers
Rank	Pitcher	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25	Dwight Gooden, SP Jesse Orosco, CL Sid Fernandez, SP Ron Darling, SP David Cone, SP Bob Ojeda, SP Roger McDowell, CL Pete Falcone, RP Pat Zachry Doug Sisk, RP Ed Lynch Terry Leach, RP Randy Myers Rick Aguilera Tom Seaver Jeff Reardon Neil Allen Walt Terrell Craig Swan Carlos Diaz Ray Burris Tom Hausman Mark Bomback Mike Scott Dyar Miller	107.42 66.59 54.35 58.24 66.83 65.61 45.54 45.77 50.64 45.34 36.19 45.46 39.96 32.24 39.90 42.10 33.98 34.76 49.00 38.25 26.32 24.24 24.77 29.34 19.61	365.16 250.19 243.51 244.00 125.74 151.11 155.25 97.67 93.06 122.12 138.78 120.35 100.56 102.01 39.90 52.64 93.44 70.20 75.71 40.18 26.32 47.51 24.77 34.68 31.15	60.86 35.74 40.59 34.86 41.91 37.78 31.05 32.56 31.02 20.35 19.83 17.19 20.11 20.40 39.90 26.32 23.36 23.40 15.14 20.09 26.32 15.84 24.77 11.56 15.57

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Decade Greats, 1990s Hitters
Rank	Player	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8T 8T 10 11T 11T 13T 13T 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25	John Olerud, 1B Mike Piazza, C Edgardo Alfonzo, 3B Bernard Gilkey, OF Bobby Bonilla, OF Howard Johnson, IF Todd Hundley, C Lance Johnson, OF Dave Magadan, 1B Robin Ventura Rickey Henderson, OF Jeff Kent, 2B Eddie Murray Kevin McReynolds, OF Darryl Strawberry, OF Gregg Jefferies, IF Rico Brogna Butch Huskey Roger Cedeno Brian McRae Daryl Boston Carl Everett Brett Butler Vince Coleman Jose Vizcaino, SS	118.13 92.59 93.03 102.72 76.36 80.71 87.36 84.27 79.90 91.80 84.71 49.55 58.71 65.73 80.82 56.75 58.88 59.12 72.63 68.53 40.30 38.82 47.24 30.13 35.29	304.20 183.74 264.10 167.93 254.21 191.99 268.39 117.40 164.74 91.80 84.71 183.01 110.99 126.79 80.82 101.66 105.38 124.73 72.63 99.46 102.76 85.80 47.24 78.12 77.38	101.40 91.87 52.82 55.98 50.84 48.00 29.82 58.70 54.91 91.80 84.71 36.60 55.50 42.26 80.82 50.83 35.13 24.95 72.63 33.15 34.25 28.60 47.24 26.04 25.79
Decade Greats, 1990s Pitchers
Rank	Pitcher	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21T 21T 23 24 25	Bret Saberhagen, SP Rick Reed, SP Al Leiter, SP Bobby Jones, SP Sid Fernandez, SP David Cone John Franco, CL Frank Viola Dwight Gooden Mark Clark Armando Benitez, CL Masato Yoshii Dave Mlicki Turk Wendell, RP Dennis Cook, RP Pete Harnisch Jeff Innis, RP Orel Hershiser Greg McMichael Doug Henry Jason Isringhausen Brian Bohanon Alejandro Pena Wally Whitehurst Anthony Young	77.77 75.17 80.87 59.63 60.18 51.95 41.61 68.57 52.86 62.24 55.83 41.81 38.21 36.57 31.34 39.49 29.92 35.16 36.80 29.40 40.12 25.11 22.75 19.05 22.32	188.92 166.60 124.84 241.24 162.98 145.89 302.05 91.17 151.54 90.68 55.83 82.27 101.19 69.57 54.14 64.27 80.07 35.16 50.61 43.62 51.89 43.79 45.32 54.84 54.17	47.23 55.53 62.42 34.46 40.74 48.63 30.20 45.58 30.31 45.34 55.83 41.14 25.30 23.19 27.07 21.42 20.02 35.16 16.87 21.81 12.97 21.90 22.66 18.28 18.06

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Decade Greats, 2000s Hitters
Rank	Player	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4T 4T 6T 6T 8 9 10 11 12 13 14T 14T 16 17 18 19T 19T 21 22 23 24 25	David Wright, 3B Carlos Beltran, OF Mike Piazza, C Edgardo Alfonzo, 2B Carlos Delgado, 1B Cliff Floyd, OF Jose Reyes, SS Todd Zeile, 1B Mike Cameron, OF Robin Ventura, IF Benny Agbayani, OF Paul Lo Duca, C Luis Castillo, IF Fernando Tatis, OF Ty Wigginton Jay Payton, OF Derek Bell Mo Vaughn Shawn Green Jeromy Burnitz Moises Alou Roger Cedeno Timo Perez Jason Phillips Desi Relaford	118.93 108.26 105.39 107.65 87.39 79.68 83.62 66.43 60.25 54.90 59.83 55.63 52.76 42.87 42.09 47.93 56.19 60.55 55.15 39.46 59.84 34.38 45.72 55.28 44.56	527.15 398.93 423.56 227.06 245.06 236.20 340.92 140.81 104.70 107.85 93.04 88.75 103.78 82.44 102.14 97.67 56.19 66.42 67.58 70.76 65.53 68.22 78.52 75.44 44.56	87.86 79.79 70.59 75.69 61.27 59.05 48.70 46.94 52.35 53.92 46.52 44.38 34.59 41.22 34.05 32.56 56.19 33.21 33.79 35.38 32.76 34.11 19.63 18.86 44.56
Decade Greats, 2000s Pitchers
Rank	Pitcher	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4 5 6T 6T 8 9T 9T 11 12T 12T 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25	Al Leiter, SP Johan Santana, SP Tom Glavine, SP Armando Benitez, CL Steve Trachsel, SP Pedro Martinez, SP Billy Wagner, CL Mike Hampton Rick Reed John Maine Orlando Hernandez Glendon Rusch Jae Seo Kevin Appier Oliver Perez Braden Looper, RP Aaron Heilman, RP Pedro Feliciano, RP David Weathers Kris Benson Mike Pelfrey Francisco Rodriguez Turk Wendell Darren Oliver Duaner Sanchez	76.17 92.05 56.68 55.48 56.49 79.08 54.01 75.98 51.07 51.53 50.73 51.91 53.74 56.15 57.65 48.21 41.16 32.53 36.33 36.91 50.67 35.29 30.99 30.59 26.50	297.24 159.08 228.71 168.56 212.19 127.93 137.64 75.98 99.26 136.34 83.34 76.08 109.40 56.15 83.43 72.02 107.99 114.09 71.65 52.05 72.48 35.29 48.10 30.59 40.45	59.45 79.54 45.74 42.14 35.36 31.98 34.41 75.98 49.63 34.09 41.67 38.04 27.35 56.15 20.86 36.01 18.00 16.30 23.88 26.03 18.12 35.29 24.05 30.59 20.23

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Decade Greats, 2010s Hitters
Rank	Player	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23T 23T 25 27	Michael Conforto, OF David Wright, 3B Curtis Granderson, OF Jeff McNeil, OF Jose Reyes, SS Asdrubal Cabrera, IF Lucas Duda, 1B Yoenis Cespedes, OF Daniel Murphy, 2B Pete Alonso, 1B Brandon Nimmo, OF Ike Davis Angel Pagan, OF Carlos Beltran J. D. Davis, IF Marlon Byrd Neil Walker Wilmer Flores Jay Bruce Todd Frazier Wilson Ramos, C Amed Rosario Jason Bay Ruben Tejada Juan Lagares Travis d'Arnaud. C	78.61 85.72 70.89 84.15 86.90 61.71 67.64 76.99 49.92 99.50 79.70 59.63 58.39 67.66 70.28 58.30 56.98 38.23 56.06 49.74 52.69 48.95 41.69 32.01 34.09 32.88	268.79 369.55 223.37 119.33 216.76 165.60 318.94 186.14 239.68 99.50 141.32 162.54 99.71 94.25 70.28 58.30 88..04 159.10 90.25 83.08 52.69 87.24 84.42 118.76 113.07 107.15	53.76 46.19 55.84 59.67 43.35 55.20 39.87 46.54 47.94 99.50 35.33 32.51 49.85 47.13 70.28 58.30 44.02 26.52 30.08 41.54 52.69 29.08 28.14 16.97 16.15 15.31
Decade Greats, 2010s Pitchers
Rank	Pitcher	Best Season	Total Points	Points/ Season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21T 21T 23 24 25	Jacob deGrom, SP R. A. Dickey, SP Noah Syndergaard, SP Zack Wheeler, SP Jon Niese, SP Matt Harvey Seth Lugo, RP Bartolo Colon Jeurys Familia, CL Johan Santana Steven Matz Addison Reed, CL Dillon Gee Francisco Rodriguez, RP Mike Pelfrey Hisanori Takahashi, RP Bobby Parnell LaTroy Hawkins Carlos Torres Robert Gsellman Elmer Dessens Chris Young Jerry Blevins Hansel Robles Chris Capuano	101.02 76.92 70.85 52.48 51.08 74.33 40.92 51.87 53.48 64.52 39.93 40.57 37.30 37.38 45.42 37.54 30.94 28.64 27.93 19.02 21.57 20.33 19.15 22.01 21.20	408.79 194.76 213.76 157.41 182.92 145.41 120.73 98.85 164.18 75.63 114.27 77.98 118.48 59.81 66.03 37.54 84.77 28.64 54.36 54.92 21.57 33.16 44.72 42.49 21.20	68.13 64.92 42.75 31.48 26.13 24.24 30.18 32.95 20.52 37.81 22.85 25.99 19.75 29.90 22.01 37.54 14.13 28.64 18.12 13.73 21.57 16.58 11.18 10.62 21.20

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Notes on the calculations used:

1. The points are tabulated on the basis of the combination of the old Rounding Third calculation melded with Linear Weights, which is described elsewhere on this website. For ranking purposes, the columns are weighted as follows: three parts Best Season, five parts Total Points, and two parts Points per Season. These rankings are completely arbitrary on my part and are open to argument, but of course, all "top so-and-so" rankings are open to argument. If you wish to use a different methodology, I encourage you to do so, and publish your results on your own website. The more the merrier!