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Eight Mets birthdays today!

Benjamin Grimm Dec 09 2009 02:11 PM

This may be a record: Eight Mets were born on December 9. (I discovered this while looking up game dates for Irish's memorable games thread.) * Del Unser (1944) * Jerry Cram (1947) * Doc Medich (1948) * Bruce Boisclair (1952) * Juan Samuel (1960) * Mike Fyhrie (1969) * Tony Tarasco (1970) * Jeff Duncan (1978)

Edgy DC Dec 09 2009 02:15 PM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

And such a consistent level of excellence!

Ashie62 Dec 09 2009 10:48 PM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

[quote="Edgy DC":34bqyn3l]And such a consistent level of excellence![/quote:34bqyn3l] We all have our niche*

metirish Dec 10 2009 07:17 AM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

That's very cool but I do wonder what the record would be.....six Mets were born on this day Doc Edwards (1937) Ted Martinez (1947) Doug Henry (1963) Mel Rojas (1966) Dan Wheeler (1977) Victor Diaz (1981) what's the average?

Edgy DC Dec 10 2009 07:24 AM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

That's easy. Eight hundred and seventy four Mets divided by 365.25 days in the year gives us an average of 2.3928815879534565366187542778919 Met birthdays celebrated every day, not counting non-playing personnel.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 10 2009 07:31 AM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

I'm sure I'm going to feel compelled, before too long, to do some SQLing to get some exact answers. Stay tuned for Mets birthday statistics...

Frayed Knot Dec 10 2009 08:02 AM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":272y8v5i]I'm sure I'm going to feel compelled, before too long, to do some SQLing to get some exact answers. Stay tuned for Mets birthday statistics...[/quote:272y8v5i] I want to know if there are any "blank" days. Odds would be against it.

Edgy DC Dec 10 2009 08:05 AM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

And that would totally be the day I'd pick to induce labor.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 10 2009 08:06 AM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

I'm pretty sure that there are. When each day is allotted 2 point something, and some days are getting six or eight, then other days will end up below average. I'll list the blank days when I find them. My guess is that there will be a couple of dozen of them. February 29, though, won't be one of them, thanks to Terrence Long's brief stint as a Met.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 10 2009 09:31 AM BIRTHDAY FUN FACTS

Okay, December 9 is the most popular date for Mets players* to be born, with eight. It's tied with October 1. Of the eight Mets born on October 1, two of them (25 per cent!) are named "Chuck." [list]Chuck Hiller Buzz Capra Jeff Reardon Bob Myrick Pete Falcone Chuck McElroy John Thomson Brandon Knight[/list:u] Seven Mets were born on December 1 (Julio Machado, George Foster, Dan Schatzeder, Elliott Maddox, Tom Filer, Herm Winningham, and Greg McMichael) and another seven on December 3 (Wayne Garrett, Mark Bradley, Paul Byrd, Kevin Morgan, Darryl Hamilton, Dave Eilers, and Tobi Stoner). The day in between, December 2, is one of the 29 dates on which zero Mets were born. (01/05, 01/18, 01/25, 01/26, 02/03, 02/06, 02/08, 02/26, 03/06, 03/14, 03/15, 03/18, 04/22, 05/22, 05/26, 05/30, 06/13, 06/14, 07/20, 07/23, 07/26, 07/27, 07/28, 09/10, 10/08, 11/19, 12/02, 12/12, and 12/22.) This might lead you to think that most Mets were born in December, but you'd be WRONG! December, with 85 Met birthdays, comes in third, behind 30-day months November (93) and April (88). February, with the fewest days, has more birthdays (59) than 31-day July, which came in last with 55. August has 81, October 79, March 70, September 69, June 67, January 65, and May 63. Five Mets were born on Christmas Day. Strangely, none of them were named "Noel" or "Holly" or "Joy": Rickey Henderson, Dennis Musgraves, Tom O'Malley, Al Jackson, and Ruben Gotay. Frank Taveras and Matt Ginter were born on Christmas Eve. Rick Aguilera is the lone Met to have been born on New Year's Eve, giving his parents a last-minute tax deduction. Fernando Tatis wasn't so courteous. He's the only Met born on New Year's Day, but the tax laws may be different in the Dominican Republic, where he was born. Pairs of Mets who were born on the very same day: [list]Donn Clendenon and Bob Miller Ken Sanders and Gary Kroll Ron Locke and Jim Fregosi Phil Hennigan and Leroy Stanton Gene Clines and Gary Gentry Bob Gallagher and Tommy Moore Pepe Mangual and Butch Metzger Roger Mason and Scott Holman Rusty Tillman and Bill Latham Mario Diaz and Jim Lindeman Rich Rodriguez and Tony Castillo Wally Whitehurst and Bret Saberhagen Kenny Rogers and Junior Noboa Pat Howell and Hideo Nomo Ken Takahashi and Fernando Vina Bobby Jones and Alberto Castillo Carl Everett and Aaron Ledesma Kris Benson and Glendon Rusch McKay Christensen and Eric Cammack[/list:u] * I didn't look at coaches and other non-playing personnel, because the question of where to draw the line can be fuzzy. I'm only looking at the elite 874 human beings who have worn the Mets uniform in regulation play.

Edgy DC Dec 10 2009 09:40 AM Re: BIRTHDAY FUN FACTS

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":3rwjuxl6]Carl Everett and Aaron Ledesma[/quote:3rwjuxl6] I knew it! Matt Holliday was born on an unobserved holiday (or an inacurately observed one), the real birthday of MLK.

metirish Dec 10 2009 09:41 AM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

That is brillaint.....29 dates with zero Mets is a number I would never have guessed......

MFS62 Dec 10 2009 09:56 AM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

Great work, Ben. I'm not goint to re-post the list of pairs (part of our save the server program). But it seems that few, if any, of the pairs born on the same day show players of relatively equal ability or baseball fortune. I wonder how an astrologist would spin that. (maybe time of the day the kid was born ?) Later

metirish Dec 11 2009 08:48 AM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

Born on this date..... Jay Bell (1965) Derek Bell (1968 Coolness

MFS62 Dec 11 2009 04:26 PM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

[quote="metirish":29bq26ha]Born on this date..... Jay Bell (1965) Derek Bell (1968) Coolness[/quote:29bq26ha] ding dong. Later

G-Fafif Dec 11 2009 04:31 PM Re: Eight Mets birthdays today!

[quote="MFS62":2mvx615p][quote="metirish":2mvx615p]Born on this date..... Jay Bell (1965) Derek Bell (1968) Coolness[/quote:2mvx615p] ding dong.[/quote:2mvx615p] And just a couple of weeks shy of being Christmas Bells.