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What happened to all the triples?

Benjamin Grimm Aug 09 2014 09:04 AM

The Mets have only hit 9 triples so far this season. It's possible that 2014 will end up being the least tripliest season in Mets history. The current record for fewest triples by the team is the 14 that they hit in 1999. The only other seasons when the Mets had fewer than 20 triples were 1992 (17) and 2001 (18). The most was in 2009, when they had 49 triples. The Mets had 47 triples in both 1978 and 1996. 1962 40 1963 35 1964 31 1965 27 1966 35 1967 23 1968 30 1969 41 1970 42 1971 29 1972 31 1973 24 1974 22 1975 34 1976 34 1977 30 1978 47 1979 41 1980 41 1981 35 1982 26 1983 26 1984 25 1985 35 1986 31 1987 34 1988 24 1989 21 1990 21 1991 24 1992 17 1993 37 1994 21 1995 34 1996 47 1997 28 1998 24 1999 14 2000 20 2001 18 2002 22 2003 24 2004 20 2005 32 2006 41 2007 27 2008 38 2009 49 2010 40 2011 39 2012 21 2013 32 2014 9

Edgy MD Aug 09 2014 09:08 AM Re: What happened to all the triples?

Tejada replacing Rey-O certainly started it. More recently, a mix largely including Young and Abreu replacing most of Eric Young. That was certainly a factor. David Wright: 0 triples in 2014.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 09 2014 10:52 AM Re: What happened to all the triples?

Jose Reyes only had 2 of the Mets' 49 triples in 2009. Angel Pagan had the most, with 11. Cory Sullivan (!) was second with 5, followed by Fernando Tatis and Daniel Murphy, each with 4. Luis Castillo and David Wright had 3 each. Six players had 2 triples, and there were seven players who had 1, including Josh Thole, Omir Santos, and Nelson Figueroa.

Frayed Knot Aug 09 2014 11:02 AM Re: What happened to all the triples?

To be virtually triple-less in this ballpark (5 at home, 4 on road) is really freaky-low. CF, even in its newer slightly smaller state, is built for triples.

smg58 Aug 09 2014 12:04 PM Re: What happened to all the triples?

From FanGraphs park factor analysis: before the walls came in: HR 93, TR 109, overall 97 (many other factors contribute to the overall as well) after the walls came in: HR 103, TR89, overall 96 Basically the dimensions change killed triples more than it boosted home runs. The park still favors pitchers on the whole (but never by as much as people have made it out to), but people's assumptions on how the park plays have not changed with the statistics. The analysis does not consider 2014 data yet. And obviously a big part of the drop this year has to do with not having triples hitters in general. (Our pitching staff has given up 9 triples at home and 14 on the road.)

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 09 2014 01:29 PM Re: What happened to all the triples?

I have no recollection of the triple-basing Cory Sullivan!

themetfairy Aug 09 2014 01:31 PM Re: What happened to all the triples?

Corey Sullivan in October 2009 -

Edgy MD Aug 09 2014 05:06 PM Re: What happened to all the triples?

Man, there's a crowd.

Edgy MD Aug 10 2014 12:29 PM Re: What happened to all the triples?

Juan Lagares just went to war with this thread.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 27 2014 02:34 PM Re: What happened to all the triples?

Number of Mets triples this year is now 11.