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Gwreck Jun 16 2008 12:11 PM

In the history of the New York Mets, there have been exactly two non-pitchers who recorded defensive statistics for the Mets but never got a plate appearance: Joe Hietpas, catching one inning in 2004 and ???

AG/DC Jun 16 2008 12:16 PM

Some other guy. I'll go with Gary Bennett.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 16 2008 12:16 PM

Francisco Estrada? (For the record, I haven't looked anything up yet. I just remember him as one of the early one-game guys.)

Gwreck Jun 16 2008 12:20 PM

Fransisco got 4 innings behind the plate (and went 1-2 to boot). Gary Bennett is a correct answer to the other question. He owns a 1.000 Mets batting average.

AG/DC Jun 16 2008 12:25 PM

Wow, I brought the right gun to the wrong fight.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 16 2008 12:28 PM

Every guess so far, right or wrong, has been a catcher. And so was Vance Wilson, who was temporarily a correct answer to this question.

Gwreck Jun 16 2008 01:35 PM

The correct answer here is not a catcher. The player got in 7 games, either as a pinch-runner (never scoring) or an outfielder...playing for Bobby V.

Mex17 Jun 16 2008 01:48 PM

Is it McKay Christianson?

Gwreck Jun 16 2008 01:53 PM

Good guess but nope. Christiansen -- who actually replaced Gary Matthews, Jr. on the Mets roster in 2002 -- was 1-3 as a Met.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 16 2008 02:05 PM

Oh... Um... Wayne Kirby?

metirish Jun 16 2008 02:16 PM

I've racked my brains and come up with Shane Halter.

Gwreck Jun 16 2008 02:18 PM

Wayne got 31 ABs for the Mets in '98. The correct answer to this question -- guessed by G-Fafif in the other thread -- is Shane Halter. Shane got in 7 games for the Mets in '99 without a plate appearance. He made 5 pinch running appearances (never scoring) and played a total of 2 and 1/3 defensive innings: 1 inning at SS, 1/3 of an inning in RF and 1 inning in CF.

G-Fafif Jun 16 2008 02:36 PM

That's how all my 90s on the Regents became 75s.