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Edgy DC Apr 17 2006 03:59 PM

I think only one pitcher has won his 200th game while in a Mets uniform.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 17 2006 04:01 PM

And who would that be? I know it wasn't Seaver or Koosman. And it certainly wasn't Spahn. My guess: Hershiser?

Elster88 Apr 17 2006 04:02 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 17 2006 04:03 PM

I don't think Al got to 200. Edit: I was right.

metsmarathon Apr 17 2006 04:03 PM

orel hershiser did, if that's who you're thinking of...

KC Apr 17 2006 04:05 PM

Orel in '99, I don't know he's the only one though.

Edgy DC Apr 17 2006 04:06 PM

Seaver won it in 1977, after going to Cincinnati. He left with 189 wins and pounded out 14 more with the Red Machine that season. Hershiser, as far as I know, is the only one. Guys who arrived with number 200 already notched included Spahn, Mickey Lolich, and Tom Glavine. Koosman won his 200th with the White Sox in 1983, which is cool because he came over to the Phils in 1984 with 202 wins, so we weren't in a position to root against him as he sought his 200th. On edit: Frank Tanana also joined the Mets with over 200 wins.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 17 2006 04:11 PM

Frank Viola came to the Mets with 112 wins, and when he left he had 150. He ended up with 176.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 17 2006 04:14 PM

Similar numbers for Bret Saberhagen: Arrived with 110, left with 139, finished with 167.

seawolf17 Apr 17 2006 04:15 PM

Hershiser. I think I was at the game, although maybe not.

Edgy DC Apr 17 2006 04:18 PM

Which brings us to the test to find out who got the closest without reaching. Dwight Gooden arrived with zero and left with 157. I guess Seaver is unbeatable. He left in 1977 with 189 career wins and turned around and left in 1984 with 198 Met wins. A serious tease to the round-number lovers.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 17 2006 04:21 PM

Yes. I was hoping he'd get two wins in 1987! Other round-number near misses: George Foster, 99 home runs. Howard Johnson, 997 hits. Jerry Grote, 994 hits. Ron Darling, 99 wins. Sid Fernandez 98 wins. Al Leiter 95 wins.

cooby Apr 17 2006 09:55 PM Re: Trivia I'm not sure is right

Edgy DC wrote: I think only one pitcher has won his 200th game while in a Mets uniform. I'm pretty sure Pedro did it

Yancy Street Gang Apr 18 2006 07:05 PM

Gary Cohen just said that only three pitchers reached 200 wins with fewer losses than Pedro's 84. He didn't say who any of them were, though. Does anybody know?

seawolf17 Apr 18 2006 07:10 PM

One was Dan Carothers, who pitched a looooooooong time ago. I don't remember the other two.

MFS62 Apr 18 2006 07:38 PM

IIRC one is Whitey Ford and the other Lefty Grove. Nice company to be in. Later

Elster88 Apr 19 2006 06:27 AM

I do not know the complete answer to this one: Name all the players to hit for the cycle while wearing a Met uniform, and the exact date (or at least the year).

duan Apr 19 2006 06:43 AM

eric valent, 2004 is the only one i know!

seawolf17 Apr 19 2006 08:27 AM

John Olerud did it (1997?), Kevin McReynolds did it in August 1989. Keith Hernandez did it in the 19-inning game in Atlanta in 1985. I want to say that Alex Ochoa did it too, but that might be wrong.

Johnny Dickshot Apr 19 2006 08:32 AM

Can't forget Mike Phillips in 75 or 76.

86-Dreamer Apr 19 2006 08:49 AM

Jim Hickman hit for the "natural cycle" in 1963, one of only 13 times that has been accomplished in MLB history. Jose Valentin also hit for the natural cycle while with the White Sox in 2000. Anyone else think that he will fail to complete the cycle over the course of this season?

ABG Apr 19 2006 08:52 AM

Ochoa did it in 97 or so I believe.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 19 2006 08:53 AM

+------------+----------+------------+-----------+ | lastname | usename | gamedate | teamname | +------------+----------+------------+-----------+ | Guerrero | Vladimir | 2003-09-14 | Expos | | Lankford | Ray | 1991-09-15 | Cardinals | | Parker | Wes | 1970-05-07 | Dodgers | | Hernandez | Keith | 1985-07-04 | Mets | | McReynolds | Kevin | 1989-08-01 | Mets | | Olerud | John | 1997-09-11 | Mets | | Ochoa | Alex | 1996-07-03 | Mets | | Phillips | Mike | 1976-06-25 | Mets | | Agee | Tommie | 1970-07-06 | Mets | | Valent | Eric | 2004-07-29 | Mets | | Hickman | Jim | 1963-08-07 | Mets | +------------+----------+------------+-----------+

Yancy Street Gang Apr 19 2006 08:54 AM

What's surprising here is that the Mets have out-cycled their opponents 8 to 3.

Elster88 Apr 19 2006 08:56 AM

Cheater.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 19 2006 09:01 AM

What do you mean? I did that from memory!

mlbaseballtalk Apr 19 2006 09:10 AM

Regular Reed Richards over there! Hey maybe you really ARE Reed Richards and just pretending to be The Ever Loving Blue Eyed Thing! Lets see, milestone Met Homers in Met Unis Off hand Eddie Murray and Duke Snider hit 400 as Mets Gary Carter hit 300 as a Met... Rest... [Dr. Doom voice]RICHARDS![/Dr. Doom voice] =;)

Yancy Street Gang Apr 19 2006 09:11 AM

Piazza hit number 300, too. And I think Mo Vaughn did also.

mlbaseballtalk Apr 19 2006 09:11 AM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Piazza hit number 300, too. And I think Mo Vaughn did also. Right about those, see what I told you about Yancy really being Reed!

mlbaseballtalk Apr 19 2006 09:13 AM

Obviously the highest HR career total a Met has ever attained in a Met uni is Mays' # 660th and final HR of his career

Edgy DC Apr 19 2006 10:07 AM

George Foster hit his 300th at the beginning of the 1985 season. He also drove in his 1000th run in 1983 by beating out an apparent double-play grounder as Mookie Wilson scored the go-ahead run all the way from second. Sometime in 1982 came Kingman's 300th. Mazzilli hit his 100th as a Met. Straw hit his 100th in 1986 and his 200th in 1989.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 19 2006 10:09 AM

If we're going all the way down to 100, let us not forget Jimmy Piersall. And Ed Kranepool.

Elster88 Apr 19 2006 01:35 PM

Here's another for Yancy: What is the shortest nine-plus-inning game in Met history.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 19 2006 01:36 PM

Don't know. I don't track game durations.

mlbaseballtalk Apr 19 2006 01:43 PM

WOW! The Fantastic Mr. Reed Richards is FINALLY STUMPED! [Dr. Doom Voice]BAH! Victor Von Doom will do the research that the accursed Richards can not! Just give Doom a few hours on RetroSheet.org! REVENGE WILL BE MINE! BAH![/Dr. Doom Voice]

metirish Apr 19 2006 01:47 PM

Who the hell is Reed Richards?

mlbaseballtalk Apr 19 2006 01:51 PM

metirish wrote: Who the hell is Reed Richards? Marvel Comics comic book superhero Member of the Fantastic Four [url]http://ffplaza.com[/url] See Yancy's avatar, that guy is another one of them, The Thing Dr. Doom is theirs (and specifically Reed "Mr. Fantastic" Richards') mortal enemy Joker to their Batman if you will

cooby Apr 19 2006 01:53 PM

="mlbaseballtalk"] [Dr. Doom Voice] REVENGE WILL BE MINE! BAH![/Dr. Doom Voice] I didn't realize you and Yancy were fighting! Cool!

mlbaseballtalk Apr 19 2006 01:55 PM

mlbaseballtalk wrote: ="metirish"]Who the hell is Reed Richards? Marvel Comics comic book superhero Member of the Fantastic Four [url]http://ffplaza.com[/url] See Yancy's avatar, that guy is another one of them, The Thing Dr. Doom is theirs (and specifically Reed "Mr. Fantastic" Richards') mortal enemy Joker to their Batman if you will Also part of the joke is that Reed is legitimately the smartest man in Marvel's "Universe" and The Thing is, well, not so much Hence, the creator of UMDB is really more like Reed, not The Thing