The 1979 New York Mets
Rounding Third Hitter of the Year Lee Mazzilli		Rounding Third Pitcher of the Year Craig Swan
63-99, 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 ============================================================================================== Steve Henderson   98  350  42  107  16  8  5  39  154  13  5  58  38   4   1  0 .380 .440 .306 Lee Mazzilli 158  597  78  181  34  4 15  79  268  34 12  74  93   0   0  3 .395 .449 .303 Jose Cardenal     11   37   8   11   4  0  2   4   21   1  0   3   6   1   0  0 .409 .568 .297 Joel Youngblood 158  590  90  162  37  5 16  60  257  18 13  84  60   7   4  4 .346 .436 .275 Alex Trevino      79  207  24   56  11  1  0  20   69   2  2  27  20   1   4  0 .338 .333 .271 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richie Hebner    136  473  54  127  25  2 10  79  186   3  1  59  59   8   1  8 .354 .393 .268 Elliott Maddox    86  224  21   60  13  0  1  12   76   3  2  27  20   3   1  1 .335 .339 .268 Frank Taveras    153  635  89  167  26  9  1  33  214  42 19  72  33   2  10  0 .301 .337 .263 Dan Norman        44  110   9   27   3  1  3  11   41   2  0  26  10   1   0  1 .311 .373 .245 John Stearns     155  538  58  131  29  2  9  66  191  15 15  57  52   4   3  5 .312 .355 .243 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doug Flynn       157  555  35  135  19  5  4  61  176   0  3  46  17   0   6  2 .265 .317 .243 Willie Montanez  109  410  36   96  19  0  5  47  130   0  1  48  25   1   1  5 .277 .317 .234 Ed Kranepool      82  155   7   36   5  0  2  17   47   0  1  18  13   1   0  5 .287 .303 .232 Gil Flores        70   93   9   18   1  1  1  10   24   2  0  17   8   1   3  1 .262 .258 .194 Bruce Boisclair   59   98   7   18   5  1  0   4   25   0  2  24   3   1   1  3 .210 .255 .184 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Hodges        59   86   4   14   4  0  0   5   18   0  0  16  19   0   0  1 .311 .209 .163 Kelvin Chapman    35   80   7   12   1  2  0   4   17   0  0  15   5   0   1  1 .198 .213 .150 Sergio Ferrer     32    7   7    0   0  0  0   0    0   0  2   3   2   0   0  0 .222 .000 .000 Tim Foli           3    7   0    0   0  0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0   0   0  0 .000 .000 .000 ============================================================================================== HITTERS TOTALS  1684 5252 585 1358 252 41 74 551 1914 135 78 674 483  35  36 40 .323 .364 .259 PITCHERS TOTALS  492  339   8   41   3  0  0   7   44   0  1 143  15   0  30  0 .158 .130 .121 ============================================================================================== TEAM TOTALS     2176 5591 593 1399 255 41 74 558 1958 135 79 817 498  35  66 40 .313 .350 .250

OPS+  bWAR    HoY =================  129   1.7  50.54 136 4.9 83.35  170   0.6   8.56  117   2.1  56.68   88   0.5  13.90 -----------------  109   4.5  50.88   89   0.0  15.71   78   1.0  20.27   91  -0.4   8.70   86   1.5  25.22 -----------------   62  -1.6   3.79   66  -2.0  10.46   65  -0.7   4.43   46  -0.4   0.42   29  -0.7  -4.66 -----------------   49   0.1   1.44   15  -0.8  -4.70  -32  -0.2  -2.09 -100  -0.2  -1.75 =================

PITCHING RECORD (team leaders in red) PITCHER           G  GS CG     IP  W  L   PCT    H   R  ER  SO  BB ShO SV   ERA =============================================================================== Skip Lockwood    27   0  0   42.1  2  5  .286   33   7   7  42  14   0  9  1.49 Jeff Reardon     18   0  0   20.2  1  2  .333   12   7   4  10   9   0  2  1.74 Roy Lee Jackson   8   0  0   16.1  1  0 1.000   11   4   4  10   5   0  0  2.20 Tom Hausman      19  10  1   78.2  2  6  .250   65  25  24  33  19   0  2  2.75 Juan Berenguer    5   5  0   30.2  1  1  .500   28  13  10  25  12   0  0  2.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Glynn         46   0  0   60.0  1  4  .200   57  22  20  32  40   0  7  3.00 Craig Swan       35  35 10  251.1 14 13  .519  241 102  92 145  57   3  0  3.29 Ray Burris        4   4  0   21.2  0  2  .000   21  10   8  10   6   0  0  3.32 Kevin Kobel      30  27  1  161.2  6  8  .429  169  74  63  67  46   1  0  3.51 Neil Allen       50   5  0   99.0  6 10  .375  100  46  39  65  47   0  8  3.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pat Zachry        7   7  1   42.2  5  1  .833   44  19  17  17  21   0  0  3.59 Andy Hassler     29   8  1   80.1  4  5  .444   74  35  33  53  42   0  4  3.70 Pete Falcone     33  31  1  184.0  6 14  .300  194  91  85 113  76   1  0  4.16 John Pacella      4   3  0   16.1  0  2  .000   16   8   8  12   4   0  0  4.41 Dwight Bernard   32   1  0   44.0  0  3  .000   59  26  23  20  26   0  0  4.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dale Murray 58   0  0   97.0  4  8  .333  105  58  52  37  52   0  4  4.82 Jesse Orosco     18   2  0   35.0  1  2  .333   33  20  19  22  22   0  0  4.89 Wayne Twitchell  33   2  0   63.2  5  3  .625   55  44  37  44  55   0  0  5.23 Mike Scott       18   9  0   52.1  1  3  .250   59  35  31  21  20   0  0  5.33 Dock Ellis       17  14  1   85.0  3  7  .300  110  60  57  41  34   0  0  6.04 =============================================================================== METS TOTALS     491 163 16 1482.2 63 99  .389 1486 706 633 819 607   5 36  3.84

ERA+  bWAR    PoY =================  246   2.2  26.02  213   0.4  11.41  169   0.6   7.88  133   2.2  30.84  126   0.5  10.41 -----------------  122   1.1  19.78 110 4.6 54.87  111   0.3   6.06  104   2.0  42.43  103   0.3  26.28 -----------------  102   0.5  10.67   99   0.7  19.66   87   1.4  24.61   84   0.1   2.30   78  -0.1   1.24 -----------------   76  -1.0   7.12   75  -0.2   2.02   70  -0.9   0.48   69  -0.7   0.40   60  -1.3  -8.88  =================

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Coaching Staff	1979 National League East Standings	1979 Opening Day Lineup
Joe Torre, MGR Chuck Cottier, CO Willie Mays, CO Joe Pignatano, CO Dick Sisler, CO Rube Walker, CO	Team     W   L  PCT GB ====================== Pit NL  98  64 .605    Mon NL  95  65 .594  2 StL NL  86  76 .531 12 Phi NL  84  78 .519 14 Chi NL  80  82 .494 18 *METS*  63  99 .389 35	Lee Mazzilli, CF Kelvin Chapman, 2B Rich Hebner, 3B John Stearns, C Willie Montanez, 1B Steve Henderson, LF Elliott Maddox, RF Doug Flynn, SS Craig Swan, P
THE SEASON STORY
For the third consecutive season the Mets finished in the cellar of the NL East. The season followed the established Met pattern of solid pitching, faint hitting, and little (if anything) more to hope for in the near term. The starting outfield of Lee Mazzilli, Steve Henderson, and Joel Youngblood was quite adequate, but there was not much contribution from the rest of the hitters; the entire club tallied only 74 longballs all season. The pitchers were led by a solid season from reigning ERA champion Craig Swan, but the only others on the staff to post as many as 100 innings were Pete Falcone and Kevin Kobel. The team avoided losing 100 games only by winning their last six games in a row, which felt like a great moral victory for the moment. Tangentially related to these developments: St. Louis first baseman Keith Hernandez was claiming half of the NL MVP award along with the Pirates’ Willie Stargell. Keith would of course become a much bigger part of this story in a couple of years.

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