1979 New York Mets | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |
City | New York | |
Owners | Charles Shipman Payson | |
General managers | Joe McDonald | |
Managers | Joe Torre | |
Television | WOR-TV | |
Radio |
WMCA ( Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert) | |
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The 1979 New York Mets season was the 18th season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Joe Torre, the team had a 63–99 record and finished in sixth place in the National League East. This was also the first season that the players names appeared on the back of the uniforms.
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | — | 48–33 | 50–31 |
Montreal Expos | 95 | 65 | 0.594 | 2 | 56–25 | 39–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 12 | 42–39 | 44–37 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 14 | 43–38 | 41–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 18 | 45–36 | 35–46 |
New York Mets | 63 | 99 | 0.389 | 35 | 28–53 | 35–46 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 4–8 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 1–9 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 4–8 | |||||
Chicago | 8–4 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–10 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–6 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–7 | 6–12 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 11–7 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 14–4 | 7–11 | 6–6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 6–12 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 8–10 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 6–6 | |||||
Montreal | 9–1 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 15–3 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 3–15 | — | 5–13 | 8–10–1 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-7 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–11–1 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 12–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 10–8–1 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 11–7 | |||||
San Diego | 12–6 | 3–9 | 7–10 | 4–14 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 7–11 | 4–8 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–4 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 11–7–1 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | John Stearns | 155 | 538 | 131 | .243 | 9 | 66 |
1B | Willie Montañez | 109 | 410 | 96 | .234 | 5 | 47 |
2B | Doug Flynn | 157 | 555 | 135 | .243 | 4 | 61 |
SS | Frank Taveras | 153 | 635 | 167 | .263 | 1 | 33 |
3B | Richie Hebner | 136 | 473 | 127 | .268 | 10 | 79 |
LF | Steve Henderson | 98 | 350 | 107 | .306 | 5 | 39 |
CF | Lee Mazzilli | 158 | 597 | 181 | .303 | 15 | 79 |
RF | Joel Youngblood | 158 | 590 | 162 | .275 | 16 | 60 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Elliott Maddox | 86 | 224 | 60 | .268 | 1 | 12 |
Alex Treviño | 79 | 207 | 56 | .271 | 0 | 20 |
Ed Kranepool | 82 | 155 | 36 | .232 | 2 | 17 |
Dan Norman | 44 | 110 | 27 | .245 | 3 | 11 |
Bruce Boisclair | 59 | 98 | 18 | .184 | 0 | 4 |
Gil Flores | 70 | 93 | 18 | .194 | 1 | 10 |
Ron Hodges | 59 | 86 | 14 | .163 | 0 | 5 |
Kelvin Chapman | 35 | 80 | 12 | .150 | 0 | 4 |
José Cardenal | 11 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 2 | 4 |
Sergio Ferrer | 32 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Foli | 3 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Craig Swan | 35 | 251.1 | 14 | 13 | 3.29 | 145 |
Pete Falcone | 33 | 184.0 | 6 | 14 | 4.16 | 113 |
Kevin Kobel | 30 | 161.2 | 6 | 8 | 3.51 | 67 |
Dock Ellis | 17 | 85.0 | 3 | 7 | 6.04 | 41 |
Pat Zachry | 7 | 42.2 | 5 | 1 | 3.59 | 17 |
Juan Berenguer | 5 | 30.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.93 | 25 |
Ray Burris | 4 | 21.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.32 | 10 |
John Pacella | 4 | 16.1 | 0 | 2 | 4.41 | 12 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Andy Hassler | 29 | 80.1 | 4 | 5 | 3.70 | 53 |
Tom Hausman | 19 | 78.2 | 2 | 6 | 2.75 | 33 |
Mike Scott | 18 | 52.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.33 | 21 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Neil Allen | 50 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3.55 | 65 |
Dale Murray | 58 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4.82 | 37 |
Ed Glynn | 46 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3.00 | 32 |
Wayne Twitchell | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5.23 | 44 |
Dwight Bernard | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.70 | 20 |
Skip Lockwood | 27 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1.49 | 42 |
Jesse Orosco | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.89 | 22 |
Jeff Reardon | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.74 | 10 |
Roy Lee Jackson | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.20 | 10 |