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Edgy MD May 01 2014 12:27 PM

Mejia: 0-12 Gee: 0-9 Colon: 0-8 Wheeler: 0-7 Niese: 0-4 Torres: 0-1 German: 0-1 It's, like, the hitlessiest start for a pitching staff since the 70s or something. Not all has been in futility, though. Met pitchers have walked six times, four of them by Niese, including that bases loaded jobbie that sunk Hamels the other night. They have three of the squad's 101 RBI. They have also successfully sacrificed runners ahead on the bases six times. Most impressive feat has to be that Colon only has six strikeouts, meaning he has put the ball in play twice. Go, Bartolo!!

Edgy MD May 02 2014 10:25 AM Re: Help the Cause!

Colon grounds out in the lone appearance by a Mets pitcher at the plate last night, raising the staff's season-long batting drought to 0-43. You're in Colorady! If you can't hit here, then where?! Help the cause!

Benjamin Grimm May 02 2014 11:24 AM Re: Help the Cause!

Previously, the deepest the Mets ever went into a season without a pitcher getting a hit was 14 games in 2005. That year, Victor Zambrano was the guy who broke the streak, getting a hit on April 19. The latest calendar date that saw the first Mets pitcher get a hit was 1995, when the season was delayed by a strike. Bret Saberhagen got a base hit on April 28, in the third game of the season. Other years where the Mets went ten or more games before a pitcher got a hit were in 1997 and 2009. Year Game No. Pitcher Date 1962 2 Jones, Moford 4/13/1962 1963 3 Hook 4/11/1963 1964 2 Stallard 4/15/1964 1965 2 Spahn 4/14/1965 1966 2 Hamilton 4/16/1966 1967 2 Seaver 4/13/1967 1968 5 Seaver 4/15/1968 1969 7 McAndrew 4/14/1969 1970 5 Seaver 4/12/1970 1971 3 Koosman 4/10/1971 1972 1 McGraw 4/15/1972 1973 4 Seaver 4/12/1973 1974 2 Matlack 4/7/1974 1975 3 Koosman 4/11/1975 1976 8 Koosman 4/17/1976 1977 4 Seaver 4/12/1977 1978 5 Swan 4/10/1978 1979 1 Swan 4/5/1979 1980 1 Swan 4/10/1980 1981 5 Scott 4/16/1981 1982 7 Scott 4/14/1982 1983 4 Seaver 4/12/1983 1984 5 Leary 4/8/1984 1984 5 Sisk 4/8/1984 1985 1 Gooden 4/9/1985 1986 1 Gooden 4/8/1986 1987 4 Aguilera 4/11/1987 1988 3 Ojeda 4/7/1988 1989 5 Gooden 4/9/1989 1990 3 Fernandez 4/12/1990 1991 1 Gooden 4/8/1991 1992 4 Young 4/9/1992 1993 1 Gooden 4/5/1993 1994 1 Gooden 4/4/1994 1995 3 Saberhagen 4/28/1995 1996 7 Isringhausen 4/9/1996 1997 11 Jones 4/13/1997 1998 4 Mlicki 04/04/1998 1999 2 Watson 4/6/1999 2000 5 Hampton 4/6/2000 2001 3 Reed 4/5/2001 2002 4 Astacio 4/5/2002 2003 4 Cone 4/4/2003 2004 1 Glavine 4/6/2004 2005 14 Zambrano 4/19/2005 2006 1 Glavine 4/3/2006 2007 1 Glavine 4/1/2007 2008 5 Santana 4/6/2008 2009 13 Perez 4/21/2009 2010 4 Pelfrey 4/9/2010 2011 4 Young 4/5/2011 2012 2 Dickey 4/7/2012 2013 1 Niese 4/1/2013

Edgy MD May 02 2014 11:25 AM Re: Help the Cause!

That's some good data crunching. You should send that one in to Cohen.

Benjamin Grimm May 02 2014 11:38 AM Re: Help the Cause!

I hereby give my permission to any Twitter users in the audience to tweet the above to Gary Cohen. Giving credit to the UMDB would be nice, but not necessary.

Frayed Knot May 02 2014 11:49 AM Re: Help the Cause!

Probably too long to tweet. Besides, we all know Gary drops by here so it's only a matter of time until he reads it on his own.

Benjamin Grimm May 02 2014 12:23 PM Re: Help the Cause!

Ultimate Mets Database Facebook page wrote: Twenty-seven games into the season, and the Mets have yet to have any of their pitchers get a base hit. This is the first time that the Mets have made it to May without a pitcher getting a hit. The longest previous season-opening drought was in 2005 when Victor Zambrano (remember him?) had a fifth-inning triple on April 19 in Philadelphia in the 14th game of the season.

Zvon May 02 2014 01:04 PM Re: Help the Cause!

That list is a great piece a work. Thanks.

HahnSolo May 02 2014 01:32 PM Re: Help the Cause!

'98 I don't think is right. Matt Franco had a hit in that game, but not John. Great work though.

Edgy MD May 02 2014 01:41 PM Re: Help the Cause!

Yeah, John Franco went oh-for-Mets, despite most of 14 seasons with the team.

Benjamin Grimm May 02 2014 01:54 PM Re: Help the Cause!

HahnSolo wrote: '98 I don't think is right. Matt Franco had a hit in that game, but not John. Great work though. Nice catch, thanks. That was Matt Franco in the table, but the database incorrectly had him flagged as a pitcher. It's been fixed; the actual first Mets pitcher to get a hit in 1998 was Dave Mlicki, in the fourth game of the season.