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August 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 Frank Taveras 30 119 18 33 6 1 1 7 5 0 9 0 8 4 2 0 44 .277 .370 .306 Joel Youngblood 30 114 17 32 11 0 3 15 4 0 11 3 1 2 0 1 52 .281 .456 .320 Lee Mazzilli 30 109 14 29 3 2 3 13 19 0 18 0 6 0 0 0 45 .266 .413 .375 Doug Flynn 30 107 6 34 9 1 0 18 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 45 .318 .421 .330 John Stearns 28 92 9 21 2 1 2 16 8 0 9 1 2 3 1 1 31 .228 .337 .294 Richie Hebner 23 74 6 17 3 0 0 6 8 0 11 2 1 0 0 1 20 .230 .270 .318 Alex Trevino 21 64 11 14 2 0 0 6 5 0 8 1 0 2 1 0 16 .219 .250 .286 Ed Kranepool 19 56 4 17 3 0 0 7 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 20 .304 .357 .333 Dan Norman 21 49 3 7 0 0 1 2 4 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 10 .143 .204 .222 Willie Montanez 12 49 5 14 5 0 0 6 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 19 .286 .388 .300 Jose Cardenal 11 37 8 11 4 0 2 4 6 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 21 .297 .568 .409 Gil Flores 18 32 4 6 1 0 1 3 4 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 10 .188 .312 .297 Ron Hodges 11 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .174 Dock Ellis 6 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Pete Falcone 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Craig Swan 6 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 4 .273 .364 .333 Kevin Kobel 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .125 .125 .125 Elliott Maddox 5 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .429 .429 .429 Andy Hassler 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .143 Sergio Ferrer 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .200 Ray Burris 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 Ed Glynn 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Neil Allen 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Dale Murray 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Wayne Twitchell 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 Dwight Bernard 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 1.000 Jeff Reardon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 August 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 6 40.1 3 2 0.600 42 17 15 -- 9 6 6 1 0 0 3.35 Pete Falcone 6 40.1 3 3 0.500 39 10 10 -- 27 17 6 0 0 0 2.23 Dock Ellis 6 30.1 1 3 0.250 48 27 26 -- 16 12 6 0 0 0 7.71 Kevin Kobel 6 26.2 0 3 0.000 32 16 13 -- 10 7 5 0 0 0 4.39 Andy Hassler 8 25.2 1 2 0.333 31 16 16 -- 18 10 3 0 0 0 5.61 Dale Murray 11 22.0 0 3 0.000 25 17 17 -- 6 14 0 0 0 0 6.95 Neil Allen 12 21.0 0 2 0.000 20 8 8 -- 18 9 0 0 0 4 3.43 Ed Glynn 12 18.1 0 0 0.000 19 9 9 -- 9 12 0 0 0 1 4.42 Dwight Bernard 7 15.0 0 1 0.000 19 7 7 -- 7 9 1 0 0 0 4.20 Ray Burris 2 13.2 0 1 0.000 9 5 3 -- 5 5 2 0 0 0 1.98 Wayne Twitchell 5 9.0 0 1 0.000 10 9 9 -- 8 5 1 0 0 0 9.00 Jeff Reardon 2 2.0 0 1 0.000 4 3 3 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50

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