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The No-Homers Club

Edgy MD Jul 10 2015 08:07 AM

The New York Mets just ended a streak of nine games without a homer. And as amazing as it was, it's extra amazing that it was ended by Eric Campbell, who had been doing a pretty excellent imitation of a human dampening switch for most of the season. I investigated whether this approached our team's longest-ever clout drought, and I found the question had already been investigated back in 2011 during a similar dry time, when Justin Turner ended a 10-game period of power rationing. And according to baseball-reference, this recent streak didn't even crack the franchise's top ten. (I checked, and the list hasn't expanded since 2011). Rk Strk Start End Games W L AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Opp 1 8/27/80 9/13/80 17 2 15 561 48 127 15 2 0 44 109 59 18 16 .226 .300 .260 .560 SDP,SFG,LAD,MON,PHI,CHC 2 4/16/80 5/2/80 13 4 9 431 40 100 23 0 0 33 56 56 15 7 .232 .320 .285 .606 MON,CHC,PHI,HOU,SDP 3 5/7/80 5/23/80 12 6 6 404 40 104 15 4 0 35 55 36 13 7 .257 .321 .314 .635 CIN,MON,ATL,HOU 4 7/19/76 7/30/76 11 4 7 375 26 76 10 5 0 24 57 42 6 2 .203 .282 .256 .538 ATL,CIN,MON,PHI,PIT 5 9/27/69 4/16/70 11 6 5 388 39 88 17 5 0 37 67 51 5 2 .227 .316 .296 .613 PHI,CHC,PIT,STL 6 5/21/11 5/31/11 10 3 7 349 40 107 17 4 0 36 62 21 10 3 .307 .346 .378 .724 NYY,CHC,PHI,PIT 7 8/26/79 9/4/79 10 1 9 334 23 73 10 0 0 22 44 20 10 4 .219 .265 .249 .514 CIN,ATL,HOU,MON 8 8/19/78 8/29/78 10 3 7 328 28 79 16 3 0 26 49 31 9 3 .241 .315 .308 .623 LAD,SFG,SDP 9 8/17/67 8/28/67 10 1 9 357 25 93 8 5 0 23 59 14 2 1 .261 .287 .311 .598 PIT,PHI,CHC,STL 10 9/18/64 9/27/64 10 1 9 306 10 52 7 1 0 7 73 20 0 1 .170 .223 .199 .422 HOU,STL,CIN Four takeaways: 1. In case your Daddy never told you, the 1980 Mets were pretty atrocious at the hitting thing. 2. The 2011 streak stands out, amazingly, in that the Mets otherwise didn't seem to be hitting poorly. But the 1969 team actually went 11 games without a homer... and produced a winning record over the same span! 3. Just look at September 1964. I've seen offenses struggle and I've seen them fail, but team is being carried across the finish line. Even compared to the rest of the teams on the list, those numbers are terrifying. They didn't even steal a base! 4. Home runs are good things. The can cover a lot of ills, anyhow. And Terry, they're bad to waste in the leadoff position.

Frayed Knot Jul 10 2015 08:24 AM Re: The No-Homers Club

As mentioned by Gary the other day, the last NYM HR not by Granderson (prior to Campbell's) was by Travis d'Arnaud, who's now been gone so long I've forgotten what he looks like. actually it was June 20th but it just seems like ancient history. It was in the top half of the 6th inning vs the Braves and was his 3rd RBI of the night. He would be injured in the bottom of that same inning