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1978 1980 1979 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

1979 Totals

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Daily Standings Apr: 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 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

1979 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 Joel Youngblood 158 590 90 162 37 5 16 60 60 7 84 7 18 13 4 4 257 .275 .436 .346 Frank Taveras 153 635 89 167 26 9 1 33 33 1 72 2 42 19 10 0 214 .263 .337 .301 Lee Mazzilli 158 597 78 181 34 4 15 79 93 5 74 0 34 12 0 3 268 .303 .449 .395 John Stearns 155 538 58 131 29 2 9 66 52 5 57 4 15 15 3 5 191 .243 .355 .312 Richie Hebner 136 473 54 127 25 2 10 79 59 6 59 8 3 1 1 8 186 .268 .393 .354 Steve Henderson 98 350 42 107 16 8 5 39 38 6 58 4 13 5 1 0 154 .306 .440 .380 Willie Montanez 109 410 36 96 19 0 5 47 25 7 48 1 0 1 1 5 130 .234 .317 .277 Doug Flynn 157 555 35 135 19 5 4 61 17 7 46 0 0 3 6 2 176 .243 .317 .265 Alex Trevino 79 207 24 56 11 1 0 20 20 2 27 1 2 2 4 0 69 .271 .333 .338 Elliott Maddox 86 224 21 60 13 0 1 12 20 0 27 3 3 2 1 1 76 .268 .339 .335 Gil Flores 70 93 9 18 1 1 1 10 8 0 17 1 2 0 3 1 24 .194 .258 .262 Dan Norman 44 110 9 27 3 1 3 11 10 2 26 1 2 0 0 1 41 .245 .373 .311 Jose Cardenal 11 37 8 11 4 0 2 4 6 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 21 .297 .568 .409 Bruce Boisclair 59 98 7 18 5 1 0 4 3 0 24 1 0 2 1 3 25 .184 .255 .210 Ed Kranepool 82 155 7 36 5 0 2 17 13 2 18 1 0 1 0 5 47 .232 .303 .287 Sergio Ferrer 32 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .222 Kelvin Chapman 35 80 7 12 1 2 0 4 5 0 15 0 0 0 1 1 17 .150 .212 .198 Ron Hodges 59 86 4 14 4 0 0 5 19 3 16 0 0 0 0 1 18 .163 .209 .311 Craig Swan 35 81 3 10 2 0 0 2 6 0 38 0 0 1 4 0 12 .123 .148 .184 Dock Ellis 17 26 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 .077 .077 .111 Mike Scott 18 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .077 Pete Falcone 33 52 1 9 0 0 0 2 2 0 19 0 0 0 5 0 9 .173 .173 .204 Kevin Kobel 30 46 1 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 18 0 0 0 9 0 10 .196 .217 .196 Pat Zachry 7 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 Wayne Twitchell 33 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 .375 .375 .375 Jeff Reardon 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 John Pacella 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Jesse Orosco 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Dale Murray 58 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .143 Skip Lockwood 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Roy Lee Jackson 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 Tom Hausman 19 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .115 .115 .115 Andy Hassler 29 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .043 Ed Glynn 46 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Ray Burris 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .167 Dwight Bernard 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 1.000 Juan Berenguer 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .143 .333 Neil Allen 50 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Tim Foli 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 New York Mets Regular Season Pitching Statistics Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Craig Swan 35 251.1 14 13 0.519 241 102 92 20 145 57 35 10 3 0 3.29 Pete Falcone 33 184.0 6 14 0.300 194 91 85 24 113 76 31 1 1 0 4.16 Kevin Kobel 30 161.2 6 8 0.429 169 74 63 14 67 46 27 1 1 0 3.51 Neil Allen 50 99.0 6 10 0.375 100 46 39 4 65 47 5 0 0 8 3.55 Dale Murray 58 97.0 4 8 0.333 105 58 52 6 37 52 0 0 0 4 4.82 Dock Ellis 17 85.0 3 7 0.300 110 60 57 9 41 34 14 1 0 0 6.04 Andy Hassler 29 80.1 4 5 0.444 74 35 33 5 53 42 8 1 0 4 3.70 Tom Hausman 19 78.2 2 6 0.250 65 25 24 6 33 19 10 1 0 2 2.75 Wayne Twitchell 33 63.2 5 3 0.625 55 44 37 6 44 55 2 0 0 0 5.23 Ed Glynn 46 60.0 1 4 0.200 57 22 20 3 32 40 0 0 0 7 3.00 Mike Scott 18 52.1 1 3 0.250 59 35 31 4 21 20 9 0 0 0 5.33 Dwight Bernard 32 44.0 0 3 0.000 59 26 23 2 20 26 1 0 0 0 4.70 Pat Zachry 7 42.2 5 1 0.833 44 19 17 3 17 21 7 1 0 0 3.59 Skip Lockwood 27 42.1 2 5 0.286 33 7 7 3 42 14 0 0 0 9 1.49 Jesse Orosco 18 35.0 1 2 0.333 33 20 19 4 22 22 2 0 0 0 4.89 Juan Berenguer 5 30.2 1 1 0.500 28 13 10 2 25 12 5 0 0 0 2.93 Ray Burris 4 21.2 0 2 0.000 21 10 8 2 10 6 4 0 0 0 3.32 Jeff Reardon 18 20.2 1 2 0.333 12 7 4 2 10 9 0 0 0 2 1.74 John Pacella 4 16.1 0 2 0.000 16 8 8 0 12 4 3 0 0 0 4.41 Roy Lee Jackson 8 16.1 1 0 1.000 11 4 4 1 10 5 0 0 0 0 2.20

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1979

Pitcher D. Murray 58 N. Allen 50 E. Glynn 46 C. Swan 35 W. Twitchell 33 P. Falcone 33 D. Bernard 32 K. Kobel 30 A. Hassler 29 S. Lockwood 28 T. Hausman 19 J. Reardon 18 M. Scott 18 J. Orosco 18 D. Ellis 17 R. Jackson 8 P. Zachry 7 J. Berenguer 5 R. Burris 4 J. Pacella 4 Catcher J. Stearns 121 A. Trevino 36 R. Hodges 22 First Base W. Montanez 108 E. Kranepool 29 J. Stearns 16 L. Mazzilli 15 R. Hebner 6 J. Cardenal 2 B. Boisclair 1 Second Base D. Flynn 147 K. Chapman 22 J. Youngblood 13 A. Trevino 8 S. Ferrer 4 Third Base R. Hebner 134 A. Trevino 27 S. Ferrer 12 J. Youngblood 12 J. Stearns 11 E. Maddox 11 K. Chapman 1 Shortstop F. Taveras 152 D. Flynn 20 S. Ferrer 5 T. Foli 3 Outfield J. Youngblood 147 L. Mazzilli 143 S. Henderson 94 E. Maddox 65 D. Norman 34 G. Flores 32 B. Boisclair 24 J. Cardenal 9 E. Kranepool 8 J. Stearns 6 Left Field S. Henderson 94 J. Youngblood 71 D. Norman 8 B. Boisclair 7 J. Stearns 6 E. Kranepool 2 E. Maddox 2 Center Field L. Mazzilli 143 E. Maddox 26 G. Flores 6 J. Youngblood 5 Right Field J. Youngblood 87 E. Maddox 41 G. Flores 28 D. Norman 26 B. Boisclair 18 J. Cardenal 9 E. Kranepool 6

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