Decades: Met of the 1970s

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Decades: Met of the 1970s

Tommie Agee, 1970-1972 0 votes

Bob Apodaca, 1973-1977 0 votes

Ken Boswell, 1970-1974 0 votes

Donn Clendenon, 1970-1971 0 votes

Wayne Garrett, 1970-1976 0 votes

Jerry Grote, 1970-1977 0 votes

Bud Harrelson, 1970-1977 0 votes

Steve Henderson, 1977-1979 0 votes

Ron Hodges, 1973-1979 0 votes

Cleon Jones, 1970-1975 0 votes

Dave Kingman, 1975-1977 0 votes

Jerry Koosman, 1970-1978 0 votes

Ed Kranepool, 1970-1979 0 votes

Skip Lockwood, 1975-1979 0 votes

Jon Matlack, 1970-1977 0 votes

Lee Mazzilli, 1976-1979 0 votes

Tug McGraw, 1970-1974 0 votes

Felix Millan, 1973-1977 0 votes

John Milner, 1971-1977 1 votes

Lenny Randle, 1977-1978 0 votes

Tom Seaver, 1970-1977 18 votes

John Stearns, 1975-1979 1 votes

Rusty Staub, 1972-1975 0 votes

Craig Swan, 1973-1979 0 votes

Del Unser, 1975-1976 0 votes

G-Fafif
Dec 17 2009 01:18 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 17 2009 01:39 PM

Please choose the Met of the 1970s based on performance between 1970 and 1979, disregarding anything any individual player may have done in the '60s or '80s as a Met.

Apologies to several '70s stalwarts and fan favorites who did not make the cut. The blue and orange-ribbon committee tried to make this representative from across the decade. Also, at the risk of queering the voting, this could have been a one-man ballot for purposes of selecting a winner, but it's always fun to consider who else was around.

themetfairy
Dec 17 2009 01:29 PM
Re: Decades: Met of the 1970s

Seaver was, indeed, The Franchise.

Fucking M. Donald Grant....

Edgy DC
Dec 17 2009 01:37 PM
Re: Decades: Met of the 1970s

Del Unser was an alluring alternative, though.

G-Fafif
Dec 17 2009 01:41 PM
Re: Decades: Met of the 1970s

[quote="Edgy DC":3fu4sibs]Del Unser was an alluring alternative, though.[/quote:3fu4sibs]

A recent viewing of the 1975 highlight film won Del one of the final spots on the ballot, as the committee was reminded of his Gilkeyesque period awesomeness (stat-adjusted to account for it having been 1975 and his having been Del Unser).

Edgy DC
Dec 17 2009 01:54 PM
Re: Decades: Met of the 1970s

I like that adjustment.

You know, if you adjust for me being me, and neutralize that whole thing, I had as good a '96 as Gilkey.

Benjamin Grimm
Dec 17 2009 02:02 PM
Re: Decades: Met of the 1970s

You only needed to include one choice here.

Edgy DC
Dec 17 2009 02:06 PM
Re: Decades: Met of the 1970s

Yabbut, the John Milner Faction seems say otherwise.

Benjamin Grimm
Dec 17 2009 02:14 PM
Re: Decades: Met of the 1970s

Milner was very good at hitting the ball straight up into the air.

G-Fafif
Dec 17 2009 03:15 PM
Re: Decades: Met of the 1970s

I'm guessing those who voted Milner and Stearns passed their ballot along to the respective ten-year-old versions of themselves.

metsguyinmichigan
Dec 17 2009 03:20 PM
Re: Decades: Met of the 1970s

Seaver's the answer, of course. But I think the poll is a little tough because the best of the Mets straddled the end and beginning of the decades.

Edgy DC
Dec 29 2009 08:23 AM
Re: Decades: Met of the 1970s

This was closer than you might have thought. I guess sticking around an extra season and a half helps, even if it means you lose 30 games in that period.

Rank Points Guy
1 53,046 Tom Seaver
2 47,306 Jerry Koosman
3 34,734 Jon Matlack
4 27,602 Tug McGraw
5 26,208 John Milner
6 25,144 Rusty Staub
7 24,020 Ed Kranepool
8 22,487 Cleon Jones
9 21,681 Wayne Garrett
10 21,452 Bud Harrelson
11 20,723 Jerry Grote
12 19,565 Felix Millan
13 17,654 Ray Sadecki
14 16,730 Tommie Agee
15 15,002 Skip Lockwood
16 14,941 Lee Mazzilli
17 14,787 Stevie Henderson
18 14,366 John Stearns
19 13,780 Dave Kingman
20 13,542 Craig Swan
21 13,114 Jim McAndrew
22 11,272 Gary Gentry
23 10,994 Bob Apodaca
24 10,140 Dan Frisella
25 9,251 Len Randle
26 8,478 Joel Youngblood
27 8,449 Donn Clendenon
28 7,653 Bruce Boisclair
29 7,339 Nino Espinosa
30 7,216 Willie Montañez
31 7,081 Doug Flynn
32 7,014 Nolan Ryan
33 6,842 Harry Parker
34 6,475 Joe Torre
35 6,132 Ken Boswell
36 6,023 Del nser
37 5,722 George Stone
38 5,512 Willie Mays
39 4,864 Ron Taylor
40 4,554 Mike Phillips
41 4,259 Neil Allen
42 4,206 Don Hahn
43 4,192 Teddy Martinez
44 4,161 Mike Vail
45 4,145 Eliot Maddox
46 3,946 Pat Zachry
47 3,868 Tim Foli
48 3,728 Kevin Kobel
49 3,629 Pete Falcone
50 3,519 Ken Singleton
51 3,517 Rick Baldwin
52 3,451 Ron Hodges
53 3,430 Duffy Dyer
54 3,140 Ken Sanders
55 2,988 Art Shamsky
56 2,942 Tom Hausman
57 2,778 Frank Tavares
58 2,498 Roy Staiger
59 2,485 Mickey Lolich
60 2,420 Dave Marshall
61 2,400 Hank Webb
62 2,274 Richie Hebner
63 2,247 Dale Murray
64 1,899 Jim Fregosi
65 1,755 Buzz Capra
66 1,613 Andy Hassler
67 1,418 Doc Ellis
68 1,403 Ron Swoboda
69 1,403 Charlie Williams
70 1,392 Jack Aker
71 1,294 Mike Bruhert
72 1,200 Bob G. Miller
73 1,195 Joe Foy
74 1,181 Randy Tate
75 1,065 Alex Treviño
76 1,053 Bobby Valentine
77 1,004 Bob Aspromonte
78 992 Tom Hall
79 960 Phil Hennigan
80 907 Ed Glynn
81 884 Bobby Myrick
82 799 Mardie Cornejo
83 727 Dave Schneck
84 685 Dwight Bernard
85 640 Jim Beauchamp
86 616 Dan Norman
87 540 Mike Jorgensen
88 531 Al Weis
89 525 Gene Clines
90 479 Leo Foster
91 454 Benny Ayala
92 410 George Theodore
93 403 Mike Scott
94 348 Jerry Cram
95 323 Tom Grieve
96 299 Ron Herbel
97 274 Bob Rauch
98 227 Jesse Orosco
99 208 Cal Koonce
100 205 Jack Heidemann
101 190 Chuck Taylor
102 158 Juan Berenguer
103 133 Don Cardwell
104 131 Jesus Alou
105 122 Lute Barnes
106 101 Jeff Reardon
107 86 Jim Gosger
108 77 Pepe Mangual
109 75 Rich Folkers
110 68 Tom Moore
111 59 Butch Metzger
112 38 John Strohmayer
113 33 Leroy Stanton
114 28 Randy Sterling
115 26 Paul Siebert
116 9 Leon Brown
117 7 Sergio Ferrer
118 6 Kelvin Chapman