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Mets by the Numbers: Wearing your power on your back

Edgy DC Jun 29 2007 11:39 AM

Baseball numbers originally represented batting order positions, with table setters wearing one or two, and sluggers wearing three or four. There was a residual influence long after the lineup position tradition faded, and the best hitters generally wore single digits. When I saw moldbreaker Hank Aaron in 44, I kind of grew up thinking of that as his target homerun total. I thought of 44 as pretty much what I expected from Reggie Jackson, health permitting. So recently, I've been thinking of Mets whose number pretty much represented a reasonable homerun expectation during his Met tenure, even if that expectation was only fulfilled in idealized seasons when he stayed healthy or you had to project a fulltime workload onto a part-time or part-season player. Springing to mind: Rey Ordoņez 0 Vince Coleman 1 Hubie Brooks 7 Lee Mazzilli 16 Joel Youngblood 18 Donn Clendenon 22 Bobby Bonilla 25 Mike Piazza 31

Benjamin Grimm Jun 29 2007 11:43 AM

Tommie Agee 20. Jose Reyes 7 Keith Hernandez 17

Edgy DC Jun 29 2007 11:56 AM

I like Agee and Reyes there, but I considered Keith, and I just think of him as a 12-15 guy, who only reached 17 in 1987, when the league spiked in power. Santana, for instance, jumped from his annual one to an unprecedented five. Stearns: 12 McReynolds: 22

Johnny Dickshot Jun 29 2007 12:21 PM

Wayne Garrett 11 Chris Woodward 4

Farmer Ted Jun 29 2007 12:21 PM

Bud and #3. I KNOW he was capable of more than one homer per season.

Willets Point Jun 29 2007 12:31 PM

Pedro Astacio 34

Edgy DC Jun 29 2007 12:34 PM

Farmer Ted wrote: Bud and #3. I KNOW he was capable of more than one homer per season. Survey says.... X ="Willets Point"]Pedro Astacio 34 Survey says.... X X

soupcan Jun 29 2007 12:43 PM

Donn Clendenon - 22

Farmer Ted Jun 29 2007 01:16 PM

Whoa, Richard Dawson, what the heck?

Edgy DC Jun 29 2007 01:23 PM

Show me... Donn Clendenon! Ding! Donn Clendenon 22 !!!!!!!

Nymr83 Jun 29 2007 01:24 PM

Willets Point wrote: Pedro Astacio 34 homers allowed? yeah.

Willets Point Jun 29 2007 01:27 PM

Nymr83 wrote: ="Willets Point"]Pedro Astacio 34 homers allowed? yeah. Yes, that was the humor I was going for. Edgy didn't get it.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 29 2007 01:30 PM

Shawn Green is a candidate for 20 this year. Reuben Gotay could be a 6. How about Tim Teufel 11 or Cliff Floyd 30?

Edgy DC Jun 29 2007 01:33 PM

Willets Point wrote: ="Nymr83"] Willets Point wrote: Pedro Astacio 34 homers allowed? yeah. Yes, that was the humor I was going for. Edgy didn't get it. I get it. I was just funnier.

metirish Jun 29 2007 01:39 PM

Vance Wilson - # 3 Mo Vaughn - # 42.....I was optimistic to say the least.