The 1977 New York Mets
Rounding Third Hitter of the Year Len Randle		Rounding Third Pitcher of the Year Nino Espinosa
64-98, 6th place in National League East

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BATTING RECORD (team leaders in red) PLAYER             G   AB   R    H  2B 3B HR RBI   TB SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG ============================================================================================= Len Randle       136  513  78  156  22  7  5  27  207 33 21  70  65   2   3  2 .383 .404 .304 Steve Henderson   99  350  67  104  16  6 12  65  168  6  3  79  43   1   0  4 .372 .480 .297 Bruce Boisclair  127  307  41   90  21  1  4  44  125  6  4  57  31   1   7  1 .359 .407 .293 Ed Kranepool     108  281  28   79  17  0 10  40  126  1  4  20  23   0   0  5 .330 .448 .281 Jerry Grote       42  115   8   31   3  1  0   7   36  0  0  12   9   2   2  0 .333 .313 .270 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Hodges        66  117   6   31   4  0  1   5   38  0  2  17   9   0   0  0 .317 .325 .265 Mike Vail        108  279  29   73  12  1  8  35  111  0  7  58  19   2   0  3 .310 .398 .262 John Milner      131  388  43   99  20  3 12  57  161  6  2  55  61   0   0  4 .353 .415 .255 Joel Youngblood   70  182  16   46  11  1  0  11   59  1  3  40  13   0   1  1 .301 .324 .253 Roy Staiger       40  123  16   31   9  0  2  11   46  1  0  20   4   0   2  0 .276 .374 .252 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Stearns     139  431  52  108  25  1 12  55  171  9  8  76  77   7   1  4 .370 .397 .251 Lee Mazzilli 159  537  66  134  24  3  6  46  182 22 15  72  72   3   4  2 .340 .339 .250 Dan Norman         7   16   2    4   1  0  0   0    5  0  0   2   4   0   0  0 .400 .313 .250 Felix Millan      91  314  40   78  11  2  2  21   99  1  1   9  18   3   3  2 .294 .315 .248 Leo Foster        36   75   6   17   3  0  0   6   20  3  1  14   5   1   0  0 .284 .267 .227 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Kingman      58  211  22   44   7  0  9  28   78  3  2  66  13   3   0  1 .263 .370 .209 Mike Phillips     38   86   5   18   2  1  1   3   25  0  1  15   2   2   0  0 .244 .291 .209 Luis Rosado        9   24   1    5   1  0  0   3    6  0  0   3   1   1   0  2 .250 .250 .208 Doug Flynn        90  282  14   54   6  1  0  14   62  1  3  23  11   0   5  2 .220 .220 .191 Bud Harrelson    107  269  25   48   6  2  1  12   61  5  4  28  27   1   7  1 .255 .227 .178 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Torre         26   51   2    9   3  0  1   9   15  0  0  10   2   0   0  1 .204 .294 .176 Pepe Mangual       8    7   1    1   0  0  0   2    1  0  0   4   1   0   0  0 .250 .143 .143 Bobby Valentine   42   83   8   11   1  0  1   3   15  0  0   9   6   0   1  0 .191 .181 .133 Luis Alvarado      1    2   0    0   0  0  0   0    0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0 .000 .000 .000 ============================================================================================= HITTERS TOTALS  1738 5043 576 1271 225 30 87 504 1817 98 81 759 516  29  36 35 .323 .360 .252 PITCHERS TOTALS  410  367  11   48   2  0  1  21   53  0  0 128  13   1  27  2 .162 .144 .131 ============================================================================================= TEAM TOTALS     2148 5410 587 1319 227 30 88 525 1870 98 81 887 529  30  63 37 .313 .346 .244

OPS+  bWAR    HoY ================= 118 4.2 58.12  133   2.7  54.82  111   0.5  34.20  113   0.0  29.85   80   0.1   6.80 -----------------   78   0.3   4.98   94   0.2  18.20  111   1.7  48.12   73   0.2   6.30   77   0.9   5.82 -----------------  112   3.4  52.90   88   1.2  32.84  100   0.0   1.91   68   0.0  10.87   53  -0.5   1.07 -----------------   47  -0.2   8.61   73  -0.8  -0.89   39  -0.3  -0.16   22  -2.0 -14.29   34  -0.1  -6.19 -----------------   36  -0.4  -1.20   12  -0.1  -0.39    3  -0.5  -6.33 -100   0.0  -0.50 =================

PITCHING RECORD (team leaders in red) PITCHER           G  GS CG     IP  W  L  PCT    H   R  ER  SO  BB ShO SV   ERA ============================================================================== John Pacella      3   0  0    4.0  0  0 ----    2   2   0   1   2   0  0  0.00 Tom Seaver       13  13  5   96.0  7  3 .700   79  33  32  72  28   3  0  3.00 Skip Lockwood 63   0  0  104.0  4  8 .333   87  40  39  84  31   0 20  3.38 Nino Espinosa    32  29  7  200.0 10 13 .435  188  82  76 105  55   1  0  3.42 Bob Apodaca      59   0  0   84.0  4  8 .333   83  38  32  53  30   0  5  3.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jerry Koosman    32  32  6  226.2  8 20 .286  195 102  88 192  81   1  0  3.49 Bob Myrick       44   4  0   87.1  2  2 .500   86  39  35  49  33   0  2  3.61 Pat Zachry       19  19  2  119.2  7  6 .538  129  59  50  63  48   1  0  3.76 Paul Siebert     25   0  0   28.0  2  1 .667   27  12  12  20  13   0  0 3.86 George Medich     1   1  0    7.0  0  1 .000    6   3   3   3   1   0  0  3.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Matlack      26  26  5  169.0  7 15 .318  175  86  79 123  43   3  0  4.21 Craig Swan       26  24  2  146.2  9 10 .474  153  76  69  71  56   1  0  4.23 Rick Baldwin     40   0  0   62.2  1  2 .333   62  32  31  23  31   0  1  4.45 Jackson Todd     19  10  0   71.2  3  6 .333   78  41  38  39  20   0  0  4.77 Ray Sadecki       4   0  0    3.0  0  1 .000    3   2   2   0   3   0  0  6.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roy Lee Jackson   4   4  0   24.0  0  2 .000   25  16  16  13  15   0  0  6.00 ============================================================================== METS TOTALS     410 162 27 1433.2 64 98 .395 1378 663 601 911 490  10 28  3.77

ERA+  bWAR    PoY =================  ---   0.0   2.94  124   2.3  34.17  111   1.6  38.22 109 3.2  47.28  109   0.6  23.51 -----------------  107   2.5  44.84  104   0.6  21.87   99   0.6  25.05   98   0.2   5.85  102   0.1   1.58 -----------------   89   0.8  26.56   88   0.6  22.56   84   0.4   7.76   78  -0.4   6.22   70  -0.1  -0.61 -----------------   63  -0.4  -2.68  =================

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Coaching Staff	1977 National League East Standings	1977 Opening Day Lineup
Joe Frazier, MGR Joe Torre, MGR Tom Burgess, CO Phil Cavarretta, CO Willie Mays, CO Joe Pignatano, CO Denny Sommers, CO Rube Walker, CO	Team     W   L  PCT GB ====================== Phi NL 101  61 .623    Pit NL  96  66 .593  5 StL NL  83  79 .512 18 Chi NL  81  81 .500 20 Mon NL  75  87 .463 26 *METS*  64  98 .395 37	Lee Mazzilli, CF Felix Millan, 2B John Milner, LF Dave Kingman, RF Ed Kranepool, 1B John Stearns, C Roy Staiger, 3B Bud Harrelson, SS Tom Seaver, P
THE SEASON STORY
Well … this happened. After celebrating the successful 1976 campaign, with its decent record and its representative marks that spoke strongly to a certain kind of positive Mets tradition, they went all the way back to the beginning for their blueprint this time: last place, 37 games behind the Phillies in the NL East. Their home run leader fell from a total of 37 in 1976 to 12 in ’77. In fact, three players tied with 12 home runs to pace the club; their cumulative total of 36 still didn’t match Dave Kingman’s 37 in 1976. Jerry Koosman transformed from a 20-game winner to a 20-game loser, matching Al Jackson’s 8-20 record in 1962. But worst of all, the Mets’ braintrust decided to trade away Tom Seaver-—the Franchise-—something no sane team should ever dare to do, and a blow that no fanbase should ever have to endure. They got back four major-league players for Tom Terrific, but in no world does Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, and Dan Norman equal Tom Seaver. Okay, though, there were a couple of individual performances that did merit some positive press from 1977. Rookie centerfielder Lee Mazzilli made his full-season debut, and only hit .250 with six home runs, but was full of handsome potential for the future. Veteran firebrand Lenny Randle played third base for ’77, batting over .300 and stole over 30 bases, though not particularly efficiently (he was caught stealing 21 times). Young pitcher Nino Espinosa led the team in wins and ERA, and rookie leftfielder Henderson looked like the real deal, thus mitigating the Seaver trade just a bit.

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