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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

1978 Jackson

The 1979 Jackson Mets Wins: 70 Losses: 65 Pos: 2nd, 5.5 Games Behind (First Half) 3rd, 6.5 Games Behind (Second Half)

1980 Jackson

1979 Jackson Mets Batting Statistics

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP Ronald MacDonald 133 458 62 132 21 4 16 74 47 -- 42 4 5 2 6 8 209 .288 .456 .354 Mike Howard 131 447 43 102 13 3 2 42 43 -- 50 2 31 9 0 5 127 .228 .284 .296 Keith Bodie 133 435 45 113 16 4 5 37 37 -- 63 4 16 8 3 2 152 .260 .349 .322 Jody Davis 132 433 57 128 23 4 21 91 63 -- 93 3 3 2 0 9 222 .296 .513 .382 Hubie Brooks 112 406 68 124 21 2 3 28 51 -- 59 4 14 8 3 1 158 .305 .389 .387 Wally Backman 110 404 63 114 11 5 2 19 35 -- 50 5 23 5 3 1 141 .282 .349 .346 Sergio Beltre 125 374 38 91 19 2 9 50 31 -- 67 3 11 5 6 3 141 .243 .377 .304 Randall Johnson 86 228 23 67 7 0 2 20 25 -- 18 3 0 2 0 2 80 .294 .351 .368 Bob Bryant 79 227 41 69 11 2 6 36 32 -- 32 6 13 8 2 1 102 .304 .449 .402 Francisco Perez 77 222 21 56 10 1 3 20 21 -- 31 0 0 1 1 2 77 .252 .347 .314 Steve Till 54 141 13 36 11 2 1 11 14 -- 30 0 0 1 0 1 54 .255 .383 .321 Rich Miller 31 80 8 16 4 0 0 7 7 -- 11 1 2 1 0 0 20 .200 .250 .273 Stan Hough 13 47 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 -- 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 .128 .149 .146 Greg Harris 26 31 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 -- 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 .097 .097 .125 Alfredo Martinez 24 28 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 -- 14 0 0 0 1 0 3 .107 .107 .138 Robert Grote 23 24 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 -- 9 0 0 0 4 0 4 .167 .167 .231 Larry Prewitt 16 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 Rick Anderson 25 23 1 6 2 0 0 1 2 -- 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 .261 .348 .320 Paul Cacciatore 24 22 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 .136 .182 .136 Richard Lane 6 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 -- 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .067 .067 .176 Daniel Smith 44 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 .286 .571 .286 John Violette 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 -- 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .667 .667 .750 Luis Lunar 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Doug Slettvet 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .333 Peter Hamner 37 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 Dave Von Ohlen 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Russell Clark 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1979 Jackson Mets Pitching Statistics

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Greg Harris 25 163.0 9 11 0.450 125 58 41 6 89 81 25 11 2 0 2.26 Alfredo Martinez 24 157.0 11 8 0.579 152 71 58 10 108 74 24 5 3 0 3.32 Paul Cacciatore 24 136.0 10 8 0.556 141 85 68 13 103 64 24 7 0 0 -- Rick Anderson 25 131.0 8 11 0.421 124 72 56 5 71 43 21 7 1 0 3.85 Robert Grote 21 128.0 9 10 0.474 145 62 49 4 65 43 21 8 3 0 3.45 Daniel Smith 44 102.0 10 5 0.667 104 45 41 10 76 42 4 1 1 9 3.62 Larry Prewitt 16 91.0 7 2 0.778 63 29 25 1 70 64 13 5 2 0 2.47 Peter Hamner 37 58.0 2 3 0.400 56 26 22 3 32 14 0 0 0 4 3.41 Dave Von Ohlen 37 34.0 4 1 0.800 28 11 7 0 26 10 0 0 0 7 1.85 Russell Clark 20 29.0 0 1 0.000 22 12 7 1 22 13 0 0 0 5 2.17 Luis Lunar 8 22.0 0 2 0.000 25 18 15 1 17 28 0 0 0 1 6.14 John Violette 3 17.0 0 3 0.000 16 6 6 2 8 4 3 2 0 0 3.18

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1979

Catcher J. Davis 90 S. Till 40 S. Hough 5 R. Lane 5 First Base M. Howard 51 F. Perez 44 J. Davis 26 R. Johnson 12 R. MacDonald 6 D. Slettvet 1 Second Base R. MacDonald 126 W. Backman 5 R. Johnson 3 M. Howard 1 Third Base H. Brooks 92 R. Johnson 29 K. Bodie 12 F. Perez 10 Shortstop W. Backman 104 H. Brooks 25 M. Howard 10 Outfield K. Bodie 119 S. Beltre 119 M. Howard 72 B. Bryant 70 R. Miller 21 R. Johnson 9 S. Hough 7 S. Till 3 R. MacDonald 1

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