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1977 1979 1978 Statistical Breakdowns: Individual Players vs. Teams Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Houston Astros Los Angeles Dodgers Montreal Expos Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals

1978 Totals

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Daily Standings Apr: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May: 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 Jun: 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 26 27 28 29 30 Jul: 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 Aug: 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sep: 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 26 27 28 29 30 Oct: 1

1978 New York Mets Regular Season Batting Statistics Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP Elliott Maddox 119 389 43 100 18 2 2 39 71 1 38 2 2 11 2 5 128 .257 .329 .370 John Stearns 143 477 65 126 24 1 15 73 70 4 57 8 25 13 2 6 197 .264 .413 .364 Lee Mazzilli 148 542 78 148 28 5 16 61 69 6 82 1 20 13 2 5 234 .273 .432 .353 Lenny Randle 132 437 53 102 16 8 2 35 64 7 57 1 14 11 2 4 140 .233 .320 .330 Willie Montanez 159 609 66 156 32 0 17 96 60 19 92 1 9 4 0 9 239 .256 .392 .320 Steve Henderson 157 587 83 156 30 9 10 65 60 3 109 2 13 7 0 5 234 .266 .399 .333 Doug Flynn 156 532 37 126 12 8 0 36 30 10 50 1 3 5 6 3 154 .237 .289 .277 Bruce Boisclair 107 214 24 48 7 1 4 15 23 3 43 0 3 3 2 5 69 .224 .322 .293 Bobby Valentine 69 160 17 43 7 0 1 18 19 1 18 1 1 1 6 2 53 .269 .331 .346 Joel Youngblood 113 266 40 67 12 8 7 30 16 1 39 1 4 0 1 3 116 .252 .436 .294 Tim Foli 113 413 37 106 21 1 1 27 14 1 30 2 2 5 12 2 132 .257 .320 .283 Ron Hodges 47 102 4 26 4 1 0 7 10 0 11 1 1 2 0 2 32 .255 .314 .322 Tom Grieve 54 101 5 21 3 0 2 8 9 0 23 0 0 1 0 0 30 .208 .297 .273 Ed Kranepool 66 81 7 17 2 0 3 19 8 2 12 1 0 0 0 3 28 .210 .346 .280 Ken Henderson 7 22 2 5 2 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 10 .227 .455 .346 Pat Zachry 21 43 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 0 0 0 5 0 3 .070 .070 .149 Sergio Ferrer 37 33 8 7 0 1 0 1 4 0 7 1 1 0 2 0 9 .212 .273 .316 Gil Flores 11 29 8 8 0 1 0 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 10 .276 .345 .344 Craig Swan 29 65 2 10 0 0 0 3 3 0 15 0 0 0 8 0 10 .154 .154 .191 Dan Norman 19 64 7 17 0 1 4 10 2 0 14 0 1 0 0 1 31 .266 .484 .284 Dwight Bernard 30 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .333 Nino Espinosa 32 67 6 14 3 0 0 4 1 0 28 0 0 0 7 0 17 .209 .254 .221 Tom Hausman 10 17 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 .176 .235 .222 Kevin Kobel 32 25 3 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 5 .160 .200 .192 Dale Murray 53 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .125 Alex Trevino 6 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .308 Juan Berenguer 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .667 .000 Mike Bruhert 27 40 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 1 0 3 .075 .075 .075 Mardie Cornejo 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Roy Lee Jackson 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .667 .667 .667 Jerry Koosman 38 70 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 27 0 0 0 5 0 9 .086 .129 .086 Skip Lockwood 57 11 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 6 .182 .545 .182 Butch Metzger 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Bob Myrick 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Paul Siebert 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Butch Benton 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .600 1978 New York Mets Regular Season Pitching Statistics Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Jerry Koosman 38 235.1 3 15 0.167 221 110 98 17 160 84 32 3 0 2 3.75 Craig Swan 29 207.1 9 6 0.600 164 62 56 12 125 58 28 5 1 0 2.43 Nino Espinosa 32 203.2 11 15 0.423 230 117 107 24 76 75 32 6 1 0 4.73 Pat Zachry 21 138.0 10 6 0.625 120 57 51 9 78 60 21 5 2 0 3.33 Mike Bruhert 27 133.2 4 11 0.267 171 83 71 6 56 34 22 1 1 0 4.78 Kevin Kobel 32 108.1 5 6 0.455 95 42 35 9 51 30 11 1 0 0 2.91 Skip Lockwood 57 90.2 7 13 0.350 78 36 36 10 73 31 0 0 0 15 3.57 Dale Murray 53 86.1 8 5 0.615 85 39 35 4 37 36 0 0 0 5 3.65 Tom Hausman 10 51.2 3 3 0.500 58 28 27 6 16 9 10 0 0 0 4.70 Dwight Bernard 30 48.0 1 4 0.200 54 25 23 4 26 27 1 0 0 0 4.31 Butch Metzger 25 37.1 1 3 0.250 48 28 27 4 21 22 0 0 0 0 6.51 Mardie Cornejo 25 36.2 4 2 0.667 37 12 10 1 17 14 0 0 0 3 2.45 Paul Siebert 27 28.0 0 2 0.000 30 16 16 2 12 21 0 0 0 1 5.14 Bob Myrick 17 24.2 0 3 0.000 18 10 9 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 3.28 Juan Berenguer 5 13.0 0 2 0.000 17 12 12 1 8 11 3 0 0 0 8.31 Roy Lee Jackson 4 12.2 0 0 0.000 21 13 13 2 6 6 2 0 0 0 9.24

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1978

Pitcher S. Lockwood 57 D. Murray 53 J. Koosman 38 K. Kobel 32 N. Espinosa 32 D. Bernard 30 C. Swan 29 M. Bruhert 27 P. Siebert 27 B. Metzger 25 M. Cornejo 25 P. Zachry 21 B. Myrick 17 T. Hausman 10 J. Berenguer 5 R. Jackson 4 Catcher J. Stearns 141 R. Hodges 30 A. Trevino 5 B. Benton 1 First Base W. Montanez 158 E. Kranepool 3 T. Grieve 2 E. Maddox 1 B. Boisclair 1 Second Base D. Flynn 126 B. Valentine 45 J. Youngblood 40 L. Randle 5 S. Ferrer 3 Third Base L. Randle 124 E. Maddox 44 J. Youngblood 9 B. Valentine 9 S. Ferrer 2 A. Trevino 1 J. Stearns 1 Shortstop T. Foli 112 D. Flynn 61 S. Ferrer 29 J. Youngblood 1 Outfield S. Henderson 155 L. Mazzilli 144 E. Maddox 79 B. Boisclair 69 J. Youngblood 51 T. Grieve 26 D. Norman 18 E. Kranepool 12 G. Flores 8 K. Henderson 7 Left Field S. Henderson 155 B. Boisclair 12 J. Youngblood 7 E. Kranepool 3 T. Grieve 2 G. Flores 1 D. Norman 1 Center Field L. Mazzilli 144 J. Youngblood 14 E. Maddox 13 G. Flores 6 B. Boisclair 2 Right Field E. Maddox 72 B. Boisclair 59 J. Youngblood 34 T. Grieve 24 D. Norman 18 E. Kranepool 9 K. Henderson 7 G. Flores 2

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