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Edgy DC Jun 05 2005 09:42 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jan 25 2006 01:09 PM

All-Time Met Homers in a Single Season 1) 1996 Todd Hundley: 41 2) 1999 Mike Piazza: 40 2005 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 39.79 T3) 1988 Darryl Strawberry: 39 T3) 1987 Darryl Strawberry: 39... T5) 1991 Howard Johnson: 38 T5) 2000 Mike Piazza: 38 T7) 1990 Darryl Strawberry: 37 T7) 1982 Dave Kingman: 37 T7) 1976 Dave Kingman: 37 T10) 1989 Howard Johnson: 36 T10) 1987 Howard Johnson: 36 T10) 1975 Dave Kingman: 36 T10) 2001 Mike Piazza: 36 T14) 1993 Bobby Bonilla: 34 T14) 1962 Frank Thomas: 34... ...T99) 1995 Todd Hundley: 15 T99) 1996 Butch Huskey: 15 T99) 1990 Gregg Jefferies: 15 T99) 1965 Johnny Lewis: 15 T99) 1976 John Milner: 15 T99) 1968 Ed Charles: 15 T99) 1965 Jim Hickman: 15 T99) 1963 Frank Thomas: 15 T99) 1978 John Stearns: 15 T99) 1973 Rusty Staub: 15 T99) 1984 Keith Hernandez: 15 T99) 1979 Lee Mazzilli: 15 T99) 2000 Benny Agbayani: 15 T112) 2005 Cliff Floyd to Date:14 T112) 1997 Carl Everett: 14 T112) 1994 Jeff Kent: 14 T112) 1987 Tim Teufel: 14 T112) 1966 Ken Boyer: 14 T112) 1963 Duke Snider: 14 T112) 1967 Jerry Buchek: 14 T112) 1969 Art Shamsky: 14 T112) 1968 Cleon Jones: 14 T112) 1971 Cleon Jones: 14 T112) 1971 Ed Kranepool: 14 T112) 1971 Tommie Agee: 14 T112) 1999 Benny Agbayani: 14 T112) 2004 David Wright: 14 All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 2) Mike Piazza: 207 30 Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95... ...16) Robin Ventura: 77 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 75.79 17) Rusty Staub: 75 18) Ron Swoboda: 69 19) Lee Mazzilli: 68 20) Jeff Kent: 67 21) John Olerud: 63 T22) Jim Hickman: 60 T22) Mookie Wilson: 60 T24) Wayne Garrett: 55 T24) Butch Huskey: 55 26) Jeromy Burnitz: 53 27) Frank Thomas: 52 28) Bernard Gilkey: 52 29) Cliff Floyd: 50 30) John Stearns: 46 31) Donn Clendenon: 45 32) Hubie Brooks: 44 33) Eddie Murray: 43 34) Art Shamsky: 42 35) Gregg Jefferies: 42 36) Todd Zeile: 41 37) Ryan Thompson: 39 38) Joel Youngblood: 38 =blue]Cliff Floyd at Season's Start: 36 39) Charley Smith: 36 40) Rico Brogna: 36 41) Jerry Grote: 35 42) Steve Henderson: 35 43) Tim Teufel: 35 44) Benny Agbayani: 35 45) Mike Cameron: 35

metsmarathon Jun 05 2005 10:29 PM

mike cameron should be moving up that all-time career list, too. its not just all about cliff! also, not that he's going to be catching up to darryl, but mikey's going to be edging closer to first place too.

SI Metman Jun 06 2005 01:02 AM

Hopefully Cliff stays healthy enough to meet those projections. It's sad to see that those power numbers are better than his last 2 seasons combined. Damn injuries. Speaking of where Mets rank, does Reyes still have a shot at catching Lance Johnson (triples) or Roger Cedeno (steals) this season.

metsmarathon Jun 06 2005 08:32 AM

if reyes is to maintain his pace for the entire season, he would: become the all-time met leader in single season at bats take second place in triples (1 behind lance) take 5th in hits (190) take 6th in stolen bases (43) tie kevin mcreynolds for 10th in extra bases (66) tie many other mets for 8th in doubles (37) tie a few others for 6th in games (159) and mike cameron is on pace for third best average, second best obp, and best ever slg and ops. yeah, lets trade him for oogie urbina!

Edgy DC Jun 06 2005 08:44 AM

It's not all about Cliff. I highlight one guy per post. It used to be all about Mike. That got boring.

seawolf17 Jun 06 2005 08:48 AM

Hey, Mikey keeps moving up one very special list: All-Time Mets GIDP Rankings 1. Ed Kranepool 138 2. Mike Piazza 127

Benjamin Grimm Jun 06 2005 08:49 AM

I remember when Wayne Garrett, with his 55 homers, was in tenth place on the all-time Mets list. And when Ed Kranepool was the only Met who had hit 100 homers! Meanwhile, Mike Piazza now has 974 Mets hits. He's getting closer and closer to breaking the curse that keeps imported players from getting 1,000 hits.

Elster88 Jun 06 2005 09:32 AM

]1. Ed Kranepool 138 2. Mike Piazza 127 Also known as, a list of slow players who got a helluva a lot of at-bats as Mets.

Edgy DC Jun 11 2005 08:27 PM

All-Time Met Hits in a Career 1) Ed Kranepool: 1,418 2) Cleon Jones: 1,188 3) Edgardo Alfonzo: 1,136 4) Mookie Wilson: 1,112 Mike Piazza projected to end of season: 1,058 5) Bud Harrelson: 1,029 6) Darryl Strawberry: 1,025 7) Howard Johnson: 997 8) Jerry Grote: 994 9) Mike Piazza: 977 10) Keith Hernandez: 939 Mike Piazza at start of season: 928

Edgy DC Jun 12 2005 12:07 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 12 2005 06:13 AM

All-Time Met Homers in a Single Season 1) 1996 Todd Hundley: 41 2) 1999 Mike Piazza: 40 2005 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 39.19 T3) 1988 Darryl Strawberry: 39 T3) 1987 Darryl Strawberry: 39... T5) 1991 Howard Johnson: 38 T5) 2000 Mike Piazza: 38 T7) 1990 Darryl Strawberry: 37 T7) 1982 Dave Kingman: 37 T7) 1976 Dave Kingman: 37 T10) 1989 Howard Johnson: 36 T10) 1987 Howard Johnson: 36 T10) 1975 Dave Kingman: 36 T10) 2001 Mike Piazza: 36 T14) 1993 Bobby Bonilla: 34 T14) 1962 Frank Thomas: 34... ...T83) 1994 Todd Hundley: 16 T83) 1992 Eddie Murray: 16 T83) 1991 Kevin McReynolds: 16 T83) 1991 Hubie Brooks: 16 T83) 1965 Charley Smith: 16 T83) 1967 Tommy Davis: 16 T83) 1964 Joe Christopher: 16 T83) 1962 Marv Throneberry: 16 T83) 1973 Wayne Garrett: 16 T83) 1984 Hubie Brooks: 16 T83) 1966 Ed Kranepool: 16 T83) 1980 Lee Mazzilli: 16 T83) 1978 Lee Mazzilli: 16 T83) 1979 Joel Youngblood: 16 T83) 2002 Edgardo Alfonzo: 16 T83) 2003 Tony Clark: 16 T99) 2005 Cliff Floyd to Date:15 T99) 1995 Todd Hundley: 15 T99) 1996 Butch Huskey: 15 T99) 1990 Gregg Jefferies: 15 T99) 1965 Johnny Lewis: 15 T99) 1976 John Milner: 15 T99) 1968 Ed Charles: 15 T99) 1965 Jim Hickman: 15 T99) 1963 Frank Thomas: 15 T99) 1978 John Stearns: 15 T99) 1973 Rusty Staub: 15 T99) 1984 Keith Hernandez: 15 T99) 1979 Lee Mazzilli: 15 T99) 2000 Benny Agbayani: 15 All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 2) Mike Piazza: 207 30 Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 11) John Milner: 94 12) Cleon Jones: 93 13) Gary Carter: 89 14) Tommie Agee 82... ...16) Robin Ventura: 77 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 75.19 17) Rusty Staub: 75 18) Ron Swoboda: 69 19) Lee Mazzilli: 68 20) Jeff Kent: 67 21) John Olerud: 63 T22) Jim Hickman: 60 T22) Mookie Wilson: 60 T24) Wayne Garrett: 55 T24) Butch Huskey: 55 26) Jeromy Burnitz: 53 27) Frank Thomas: 52 28) Bernard Gilkey: 52 29) Cliff Floyd: 51 30) John Stearns: 46 31) Donn Clendenon: 45 32) Hubie Brooks: 44 33) Eddie Murray: 43 34) Art Shamsky: 42 35) Gregg Jefferies: 42 36) Todd Zeile: 41 37) Ryan Thompson: 39 38) Joel Youngblood: 38 =orange]Cliff Floyd at Season's Start: 36 39) Charley Smith: 36 40) Rico Brogna: 36 41) Jerry Grote: 35 42) Steve Henderson: 35 43) Tim Teufel: 35 44) Benny Agbayani: 35 45) Mike Cameron: 35

Iubitul Jun 12 2005 12:22 AM

]2004 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 39.19 pssst... This is 2005..

Edgy DC Jun 12 2005 06:12 AM

Thanks. I shall correct now that I have my morning brain on.

Edgy DC Jun 16 2005 07:21 PM

In Met homers, this whole season looks to be a one-man race for second for Mike Piazza, but in the realm of big-league homers, Piazza has caught Dwight Evans, and Johnny Bench within reach. All-Time Mets Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 Mike Piazza projected to end of season: 218 2) Mike Piazza: 208 =orange]Mike Piazza at start of season: 201 3) Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 11) John Milner: 94 12) Cleon Jones: 93 13) Gary Carter: 89 14) Tommie Agee: 82 15) Keith Hernandez: 80 All-Time Big League Homers in a Career 44) Joe Carter: 396 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 395 45) Graig Nettles: 390 46) Johnny Bench: 389 T47) Dwight Evans: 385 T47) Mike Piazza: 385 49) Harold Baines: 384 T50) Frank Howard: 382 T50) Jim Rice: 382 52) Albert Belle: 381 T53) Orlando Cepeda: 379 T53) Tony Perez: 379 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 378 55) Matt Williams: 378

cooby Jun 16 2005 07:40 PM

I thought that said Where Mets Bank

Edgy DC Jun 16 2005 08:01 PM

Yeah, I'm not into the font either.

duan Jun 17 2005 08:28 AM

I don't know for how much money, but I'd really like to try and keep mike for another season. I kinda feel I'd love him to retire as the mets leading HR hitter of all time, the only way that could happen would be if their was a Piazza playing for the mets in 2006. *point of reference here, I went to Shea first in 1997, but I really started following the mets in the summer of 1998 when I came back to NYC in June.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 17 2005 08:34 AM

Mike still needs 45 homers to pass Darryl. I suspect he'd have to return for 2007 (and maybe 2008) to get another 45 home runs. So Darryl's record is probably safe, at least for a while. (The nearest threats are probably Wright and Beltran, who are many years and home runs away.)

Benjamin Grimm Jun 17 2005 08:38 AM

And Piazza now has 981 hits as a Met. He's coming up on a big milestone.

Elster88 Jun 17 2005 08:39 AM

Just out of curiousity, who's number 15 on the All-Time Career Met Homers list?

Edgy DC Jun 17 2005 08:41 AM

I think the Mets have put off talk of resigning Piazza until the off season and so should we.

duan Jun 17 2005 09:29 AM definitely

they should wait and see, I'm just saying that emotionally, he's my strongest bond to the franchise, and I'd like three things to happen 1. Him to retire as a met 2. Him to retire with a met record, not just a mlb record 3. Him to go to HOF as a met and if we don't keep him in 2006 i'd say he may well not do any of those things.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 17 2005 09:32 AM

Number 3 on that list is the one I'd most like to see. Number 1 would pretty much guarantee number 3. The biggest threat to number 3 would be a return to the Dodgers. If Mike leaves the Mets and plays a season or two with some team other than the Dodgers, I think he's still getting a Mets cap on his plaque.

Edgy DC Jun 17 2005 09:45 AM

Well, for what it's worth, his Met career slugging percentage of .546 is likely to stand for a while as a record among Mets with X at-bats, at least until David Wright sees at-bat number X. And Wright, at .515 after 487 at-bats, is certainly no lock. Neither is Beltran, but we'll see. He's stayed out of the double play this season, which is good because he's only 11 behind Ed Kranepool for the all time Mets top slot in that ugly little category.

Nymr83 Jun 17 2005 04:55 PM

]they should wait and see, I'm just saying that emotionally, he's my strongest bond to the franchise, and I'd like three things to happen 1. Him to retire as a met 2. Him to retire with a met record, not just a mlb record 3. Him to go to HOF as a met My friend, a Yankee fan, says that #3 is already a lock. I disagree and I am STRONGLY opposed to resigning the guy just to try and get him into the hall as a Met. The Mets should be trying to win next year and the year after and should only resign Piazza if he is the best overall catching option available this offseason, taking into account offense, defense, and health of all available catchers.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 17 2005 05:41 PM

This emotional attachment to Mike Piazza, which many of you seem to have and which I (clearly) lack, would be okay if you folks would just acknowledge that such ephemeral commodities as the cap on his HOF plaque has cost you a great deal. Getting to root for him the last few unproductive seasons has retarded the Mets' chances of fielding a decent team, and I wouldn't have paid that particular price, if it were up to me. But you've voiced your adoration of Piazza, and Freddy has heard your voices (and the coins jingling in your pocket) and he's given you what you demanded. Piazza's had a great career, and he's performed admirably over the years, and has comported himself well and (for the most part) with dignity and class--but I wish to hell we'd dumped his ass three or four years ago, and thanked him for his services to our club, and moved the hell on. "Oh, shut up. I'm sick to death of hearing you on the subject of Piazza. Just STFU, OK?" Okay, boss.

Frayed Knot Jun 17 2005 10:18 PM

]1. Him to retire as a met 2. Him to retire with a met record, not just a mlb record 3. Him to go to HOF as a met #1 It would be nice (and hey, who said he's getting another job anyway?) but it's not worth it if it doesn't help the team #2 - I don't even understand #2 #3 - I've spouted off about this subject before ... but I really hate this arguement. * First of all, I don't care what he "goes in as". It's not like the image on the plaque limits a career to that phase only at the exclusion of any and all others. It wouldn't diminish his Met career one iota if his likeness contained some other insignia. * His NYM ABs passed his LAD ABs about a year and change ago - so unless he returns to Dodgertown after this season and stays at least 2 full seasons, he'll still wind up w/the plurality of his career in the blue and orange. * And - like #1 - it would be really dumb reason if that were the only reason we retained a player.

duan Jun 18 2005 04:41 AM

Bret Sabermetric wrote: This emotional attachment to Mike Piazza, which many of you seem to have and which I (clearly) lack, would be okay if you folks would just acknowledge that such ephemeral commodities as the cap on his HOF plaque has cost you a great deal. Getting to root for him the last few unproductive seasons has retarded the Mets' chances of fielding a decent team, and I wouldn't have paid that particular price, if it were up to me. But you've voiced your adoration of Piazza, and Freddy has heard your voices (and the coins jingling in your pocket) and he's given you what you demanded. Piazza's had a great career, and he's performed admirably over the years, and has comported himself well and (for the most part) with dignity and class--but I wish to hell we'd dumped his ass three or four years ago, and thanked him for his services to our club, and moved the hell on. "Oh, shut up. I'm sick to death of hearing you on the subject of Piazza. Just STFU, OK?" Okay, boss. Thing is, while sport is about athletic performance and competition it is also apparent that in relation to *teams* emotional attachment is a huge part of why one is capable of and persists in following one particular team rather then the game and the people who play it best at any particular moment in time. I'm aware that it may well be better for the mets to part ways with Piazza at the end of the season, I'm just saying that due to a particular confluence between his arrival in New York and mine that I'm conscious that to me, at least, he's one of the reasons I've bothered to continue to follow baseball from 3,000 miles away.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 18 2005 05:39 AM

duan wrote: it may well be better for the mets to part ways with Piazza at the end of the season. Yeah, the 2001 season. Now after three or four sub-par seasons, you're willing to concede "OKay, we'll be willing to sacrifice his services"--that's mighty big of you. The idea was to do that when he could have gotten you something valuable in return. The luxury of having Piazza catch for you and bat clean-up has cost you a huge chunk of your lives. (Say, where are all those fine folks who claimed at the beginning of this year that Piazza in the four-hole was still a good idea? Lost in cyberspace, I suppose. Let's just say that I made up that last point, since I cant support it thanks to EZ-board any more, okay? Theyre in cyber-heaven, rubbing shoulders with the "Mientkiewicz is a Gold Glove/All-Star/ MVP /Jesus Christ type who we need like air itself" crowd.) "Will you put a freaking sock in it, already? No one cares! You're a Met-hater, and I'm not listening to you any more. LALALALALALA."

KC Jun 18 2005 06:44 AM

>>>This emotional attachment to Mike Piazza, which many of you seem to have and which I (clearly) lack<<< "Many" is a stretch and three quarters.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 18 2005 06:50 AM

I feel the love.

KC Jun 18 2005 06:59 AM

Happy Birthday

cooby Jun 18 2005 07:13 AM

Happy Birthday, Sal! Have a piece of strawberry rhubarb pie for me!

ScarletKnight41 Jun 18 2005 09:24 AM

BS - is it really your birthday? If so, have a great one!

Bret Sabermetric Jun 18 2005 09:46 AM

Hmmm...maybe I am feeling some love here. Thanks, folks. One year for every card in the deck, every week in the year, every section of "Leaves of Grass."

Edgy DC Jun 19 2005 04:00 PM

All-Time Met Hits in a Career 1) Ed Kranepool: 1,418 2) Cleon Jones: 1,188 3) Edgardo Alfonzo: 1,136 4) Mookie Wilson: 1,112 Mike Piazza projected to end of season: 1,059 5) Bud Harrelson: 1,029 6) Darryl Strawberry: 1,025 7) Howard Johnson: 997 8) Jerry Grote: 994 9) Mike Piazza: 984 10) Keith Hernandez: 939 Mike Piazza at start of season: 928 All-Time Met Doubles in a Career 1) Ed Kranepool: 225 2) Howard Johnson: 214 3) Edgardo Alfonzo: 212 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 205 4) Darryl Strawberry: 187 5) Mike Piazza: 185 6) Cleon Jones: 182 7) Mookie Wilson: 170 Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 170 8) Keith Hernandez: 159 9) Kevin McReynolds: 153 10) John Stearns: 152 I'm guessing, but it may take until the end of the season for Piazza to pass Grote in hits by a Met catcher.

KC Jun 19 2005 04:04 PM

How about rbi and ind lob's or some measure of what he does with risp? He's really kinda sucked the last couple of years.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2005 04:10 PM

In RBI, he's third and within a whisper of second. LoBs and BA with RiSP are elusive stats to measure against the Mets all-time.

KC Jun 19 2005 04:46 PM

He's lucky that his early years were so dominant, otherwise the last couple of years might have elusively whispered him out of the HOF. I'm just so through with him as a Met and tired of defending him or listening to arguments and stats making him out to be some kind of great Met.

ScarletKnight41 Jun 19 2005 04:50 PM

Whenever I think of Glavine, I think of freezing my ass off Opening Day 2003 for his Met debut. And he's a negative example to any youngsters riding in my car. I'm constantly telling kids, "Don't be like Tom Glavine - buckle up." I don't just hat him. I hate him.

KC Jun 19 2005 04:54 PM

I found Gary Carter's post '86 years with the Mets frustrating too. I used to call him Pop Up Carter. At least Mike doesn't make that "damn I can't be- lieve I just made another out" face that Gary used to make. Back up the truck, the goose is cooked.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2005 05:05 PM

He's lucky that his early years were so dominant, otherwise the last couple of years might have elusively whispered him out of the HOF. It's obvious, but it's hard to attribute it to luck.

KC Jun 19 2005 05:25 PM

Fortunate then, don't word play me. If you want to root for him go ahead, I'm done.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 19 2005 08:17 PM

How would a Moslem feel upon having converted the Pope to follow Islam? Proud, I tell ya, proud.

Edgy DC Jun 19 2005 09:10 PM

That's not what I was doing. All-Time Mets RBI 1) Darryl Strawberry: 733 Mike Piazza: 561 2) Howard Johnson: 629 3) Mike Piazza: 622 4) Ed Kranepool: 614 Mike Piazza: 593 5) Edgardo Alfonzo: 538 6) Cleon Jones: 521 7) Keith Hernandez: 468 8) Kevin McReynolds: 456 9) Rusty Staub: 399 10) Todd Hundley: 397 IN 74 plate appearances with runners in scoring position in 2005, Piazza has a .222 batting average, with a .338 on-base percentage and .476 slugging percentage, for an .814 OpS.

duan Jun 20 2005 06:38 AM thing is

you may mock my liking of Piazza and wishing his further success - and tying that up with records, retirements & the hall of fame. Here's the thing Piazza is more of *the mets* to me then any other player. It's as simple as that, when he goes there'll be no connection to the team I first followed. That's fine, all 'fans' go through that it over the passing of time. but it isn't to say that I wouldn't be willing a) for him to be traded, if I felt it was for the overall benefit of the club b) for us NOT to resign him c) for piazza to move down to 5/6/7 in the batting order d) for us to bench him if we had a better option They are decisions that I could make - I wish that it was Piazza's performance rather then his heritage that made them tough to do - is that wrong?

Edgy DC Jun 20 2005 10:24 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 20 2005 11:07 AM

Mike Piazza v. Mike Piazza with Runners in Scoring Position BA OBP SLG OpS Career .313 .384 .557 .941 Career w/RiSP .265 .402 .485 .886 Met Career .299 .376 .546 .921 Met Career w/RiSP* .273 .395 .483 .878 2005 .263 .329 .432 .761 2005 w/RiSP .222 .338 .476 .814 *I haven't been able to locate Piazza's 1998 totals w/RiSP, so this data is incomplete.

KC Jun 20 2005 10:39 AM

I think he probably had a good hundred games with the Mets in 1998 and they were probably productive so it would bolster the numbers a little. Thanks. And Bret, you haven't converted anyone. My point (if I really do have a point) is that at some point I reached a frustration level with our hall-of fame-best- hitting-catcher-of-all-time and I don't feel like he's even been all-star worthy at times. The tv guys talk about him like he's god and hasn't been god-like in quite some time. Drop him down another notch or two and see if he can get hungry again. He had a decent day yesterday. I think the chip in my brain went off when Reyes shorthopped a throw to him at home and the camera caught Piazza looking at him like, "what the fuh". Hey Mike, this team is more Joses and Wrights, and Pedros ... don't be glaring at my boy.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 20 2005 03:47 PM

Well, SOMETHING happened in between mocking some poor hapless predictor's remark that the Mets will never have another playoff team with Piazza on it (by sticking it in your sig line) and "If you want to root for him go ahead, I'm done." I'm claiming it as another soul for Allah.

KC Jun 20 2005 04:01 PM

Poor Sal, we wounded him so ... And perhaps you've forgotten that I embraced Judaism towards the end of last season. I wouldn't know allah from nothin'.

Edgy DC Jun 21 2005 09:15 PM

All-Time Met Triples in a Season 1) Lance Johnson, 1996: 21 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 18.51 2) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 10 T3) Charlie Neal, 1962: 9 T3) Steve Henderson, 1978: 9 T3) Frank Taveras, 1979: 9 T3) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 9 T7) Joe Christopher, 1964: 8 T7) Joel Youngblood, 1970: 8 T7) Bud Harrelson, 1970: 8 T7) Cleon Jones, 1970: 8 T7) Len Randle, 1978: 8 T7) Doug Flynn, 1978: 8 T7) Steve Henderson, 1979: 8 T7) Doug Flynn, 1980: 8 T7) Steve Henderson, 1980: 8 T7) Mookie Wilson, 1981: 8 T7) Mookie Wilson, 1985: 8 T7) Vince Coleman, 1993: 8 T7) Jose Reyes, 2005: 8 All-Time Met Triples in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 62 2) Bud Harrelson: 45 3) Cleon Jones: 33 4) Steve Henderson: 31 5) Darryl Strawberry: 30 6) Lance Johnson: 27 7) Doug Flynn: 26 8) Ed Kranepool: 25 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 24.51 9) Lee Mazzilli: 22 T10) Ron Swoboda: 20 T10) Wayne Garrett: 20 T12) Jerry Grote: 18 T12) Joel Youngblood: 18 T12) Howard Johnson: 18 T15) Lenny Dykstra: 17 T15) Rey Ordóñez: 17 T17) Ken Boswell: 15 T17) Lenny Randle: 15 T19) Joe Christopher: 14 T19) Tommie Agee: 14 T19) Ted Martinez: 14 T19) Mike Phillips: 14 T19) Wally Backman: 14 T19) Kevin McReynolds: 14 T19) Vince Coleman: 14 T19) Jose Vizcaino: 14 T19) Edgardo Alfonzo: 14 T19) Jose Reyes: 14 29) Ron Hunt: 13... ...Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 6 In the single-season category, it looks like Jose could quickly try and fill that huge gap between the leader and the pack.

Nymr83 Jun 21 2005 09:48 PM

Sal, i admit i did not join the "anti-piazza party" until last year, but why does it matter when people came around, calm down on the converting thing, Piazza's lack of production converted them, not you :) to Piazza lovers- if your reason for wanting piazza on the team is to put him in the hall as a met then i disagree strongly with you that this is a worthy objective- the mets should try to win games, not hall placks. if, however, you still believe that he can help this team win, either because he can still be productive or whatever else then i again disagree with you...but i feel this point of view is totally justified if you honestly hold it.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 22 2005 05:00 AM

Nymr83--it's not about my getting credit for conversion, or getting credit for being right, but now it hardly matters if you're pro-Piazza or anti-, because there's no real buyers for Piazza on any level whatsoever. If the Mets released him, there would be many multiples of the numbers of teams who would go "Meh" as opposed to the teams who, even a year or two ago, would go, "I'll buy THAT for a dollar!" Almost literally, you can't give him away any more. But a year or two ago, and cetainly three or four ago, when I was first advocating Piazza's trade value being realized ( and being soundly reviled for it by many of the same folks now, who stick to their hostility without acknowledging that maybe that was just my being a good far-seeing fan), WE COULD HAVE BEGUN THE REBUILDING PROCESS. I mean, Piazza of 2001 or 2002 was an attractive option to many GMs. The problem was even then that maybe he was a bit over-priced, so we would have had to eat some money in a deal trading him for young talent--and Fred would rather, as it happened, spend the money on four bad years of Piazza than eat a few mil in 2001, and as for Mets fans, eating money was equivalent to saying that their love for Piazza was misplaced. Or something. I still don't really get the "Death before Dishonor" mentality of naysaying any Piazza deal for years and years. Like Nixon, you're all suavely admitting to being Keynesians now, when Keynes' economic views are universally accepted and no one disputes you anymore. It's very easy to be down on Piazza now. I don't respect you much for that--you would have to be deaf and blind and very, very dumb to continue upholding the Piazza banner now. But there was a time, and not so long ago, when being down on Piazza still had possibilities that would have worked out very well in the Mets' favor, but you preferred to go on wearing your PIAZZA 31 pajamas and deny what you were seeing happen before your eyes. That's my complaint--you thought you were being good Mets fans, but you were enabling the deterioration of this franchise. I have a problem with that.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 22 2005 05:08 AM

Who are you talking to?

cooby Jun 22 2005 05:14 AM

Wow, I was not aware that my personal interest in this club had such a direct result on their fortunes. And from so far away, too. I will have to be more careful about that.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 22 2005 05:40 AM

Dickshot, I think you and Cooby are being disingenuous here. If my post was addressed to people other than yourself, than please feel free to regard it as my criticism of adversaries who do not exist. I think to say that I haven't received several truckloads of shit (decreasing with Piazza's OPS over the years, though typically lagging a few months behnd that declining curve) for my early "trade Piazza" passion is to remember the past very selectively, so selectively I refuse to do the work (now mainly lost anyway) of finding you archives to support my position. I'll merely refer you to KC's somewhat (he thought) scathing sig line referenced above, quoting me as predicting Piazza's never again playing on a Mets playoff team, presumably to rub my nose in when the Mets contradicted me (as many people felt they surely would), only to gradually drop the sig line and then to come around to taking an anti-Piazza stance, only TLTL after the ship of actually getting a useful return for Piazza had long since sailed. So maybe I'm addressing KC here. He doesn;'t want to credit me for having converted him? Fine. I don't need credit. Maybe I'm addressing (as my post above indicates) Nymr83. Maybe I'm addressing everyone who hotly disputed my claim that Piazza was unlikely to drive in 80 runs last year. Maybe I'm addressing those folks who lost several hundred dollars to me backing up that foolish hope. I certainly don't want to lump in all those fine folks who considered my trade proposals a beneficial thing for the Mets as equally culpable: I just don't see a lot of them here. Maybe I have a very selective memory too, and I've forgotten all the outspoken support I've gotten over the years for thinking that the Mets would do well to deal him for younger players whose potential might be less right here right now. And thanks to EZ board, we may never be able to identify these fine folks and pin medals on them for their prescience and long-term understanding of the Mets' best interests.

KC Jun 22 2005 06:09 AM

I need this like I need a hole in the head.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 22 2005 06:21 AM

You see, KC, that some people are in indefensible positions so they mostly treat my posts as invisible these days. If you ferociously and mockingly asserted that Piazza was likely to drive in 80 runs last year, that makes me think that there may have been an equally wrongheaded major league GM who thought last year at that time that possibility was much larger than I thought it was. What I advocated then was simply to find out what that hypothetical (but very real) GM would have given you in exchange for Piazza. Now, I happen to think that a catcher who drives in 80+ runs is a valuable commodity, and that many contending teams would like to have one, especially in exchange for a few players who's future performances are off in, well, the future. I think it's very hard to take that postition then AND now to take the position that "Who knew Piazza would go south like this?" The Mets are stuck with their crappy roster because they WANTED to be stuck with it, making them a very hard team to root for. I've rooted for some very bad teams in my time, teams that have gotten burned on unwise deals, teams that banked on 5-tool heroes whose tools were all in the garage, teams with a very low base of talent to begin with...but I've never rooted for a team determined to put the APPEARANCE of quality out on the field without the substance, and I find this team more unlikeable the more I see. For Omar even to be TALKING now about being a buyer for 2005 is despicable--he should be indicted for fraud. I think I'll drop Eliot Spitzer a line.

KC Jun 22 2005 07:24 AM

Look, let me be blunt. These outbursts make no fucking sense to me. Maybe I'm stupid. Later. OE: Substitured 'outbursts' for the word 'posts'. Later

Rotblatt Jun 22 2005 07:58 AM

]For Omar even to be TALKING now about being a buyer for 2005 is despicable Okey dokey, smokey! While I agree that we should be sellers this year, your statement is laughable. There are maybe one or two teams who have conceded the season so far. Those teams are worse in the standings than we are and have less talent than we do. Are ALL the GMs with records worse than ours despicable for not throwing in the towel yet? What about all the teams who are more than 6.5 games out? Or maybe just those more than 3 games out of the wild card race? Anything can happen in a season, Sal. Even I know that Omar can't publicly throw in the towel yet, and I totally agree with you that we should be sellers this year, not buyers. As for your hypothesis that Omar is only concerned with putting the appearance of talent on the field, what the fuck are you talking about? He's been here all of about five minutes. How can you possibly blame him for Piazza or Glavine or Kazmir or Huber or Peterson? Maybe you don't like the moves he's made, but it's waaaay too early to start saying he's only interested in window dressing. And I think it's clear that this team, while flawed, is both better than the ones we've trotted out the last few years, and contains more players likely to contribute in the years ahead. Do you honestly think we're worse last year than we are now? Or that we'd be better this year with Phillips, Stanton & McEwing than with Pedro, Beltran & Ishii?

soupcan Jun 22 2005 08:04 AM

I think what you are failing to see as far as Piazza's value to the Mets is the business side of it. People buy, or more accurately bought, tickets to Mets games to see Piazza. He was a drawing card for the franchise at a time when the franchise needed it. Rather than criticizing Fred for not givng the okay to trading him and eating a few million, try to to look at it from the owner's point of view. He needed a marquee name to sell tickets and the pizza man was the guy. He trades him away for some young 'uns and *poof* there goes excitement, ticket sales, tv ratings and revenue. What's that you say? He more than would have made up for it in the ensuing years had the talent he brought back blossomed and added to a better product on the field thereby resulting in sold-out stadiums a year or two or three later? Interesting but you'd be assuming that those imaginary prospects would in fact blossom. What if they didn't? Where's Fred's return? Besides I think the Mets attendance is actually pretty good this season so even if the players a Piazza trade would've netted became drawing cards you would be hard-pressed to show that they would've gotten more people into thebpark this year than Pedro, Carlos et al. I know that we don't like to think of baseball as a business but the guys that own the teams do and unfortunately sdometies we need to as well.

duan Jun 22 2005 08:49 AM that's complete nonsense sal

Ok, the world series in 2000 was the pinnacle of the Leiter/Piazza/Alfonso Mets. They got within Timo Perez actually running freaking hard on a Todd Zeile double again the wall of winning the whole thing. Well, no we weren't but we were petty damn close and if the raison d'etre is winning the world series then that would CLEARLY have been difficult time to "start rebuilding" that was the year to try and strengthen the team in a couple of key areas to go try and take a step up. so the players that made the mets non-competitive in the years POST the world series were NOT Mike Piazza (who gave us better then average production till mid way through 2004) they were the routine signing of mediocre free agents for too much money and too long a time. Lets start with 2000 - Turk Wendell 3 years at 3.3 p/a Rick Reed 3 years at 7 p/a Kevin Appier 4 years @ 10.5 p/a Roger Cedeno 3 years @ 4 p/a John Franco 3 years @ 3.5 that works out @ 27 million per year. Of these only Appier gave anything like a years decent service nor was there anyone here who was worth paying a premium for (like Piazza was in 1998) there was a bunch of guys with either injury histories/potential for reversion to replacement level performance/age Sure we got out of some of these deals, but they set a pattern for panicky signings and trades in a desperate quest for relevancy! If you ACTUALLY think that trading Mike Piazza after the 2000 WS was the right thing to do, you're not recognising where the real mistakes were made.

Johnny Dickshot Jun 22 2005 09:48 AM

Come on now. It's so much easier just to accuse the other side of sleeping in Piazza Pajamas.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 22 2005 10:02 AM

I make too easy a target of myself by using hyperbolic rhetoric like Piazza pajamas. I can say it in a less attractive way for the Dickshots of this world, but I prefer not to. Soupy's point is the most well-considered. Most of the posters who've disagreed forcefully with me over the years on this issue cut Fred some slack for "business" decisions. Some cut him a lot of slack , like Soupy. Some even say (Cooby comes to mind), that the W-L record is a blip on the radar screen of their enjoyment. I cut him no slack. I don't give a shit if he makes a lot of money, makes a nice slice of change or loses his shirt, because that's his business, literally and figuratively. My business is watching a competitive team that, by sheer coincidence, also happens to be Fred's number #1 route to untold riches, so I can blow off my lack of concern for his wallet, knowing that my goal will lead to his goal anyway. The despicable part of Omar's professing to be committed to being a buyer is that he doesn't avoid the questions, doesn't "no comment" them., doesn't "we'll see" them but aggressively confronts reporters asking them and laboriously asserts the ruinous policies that have messed up this team for years before he ever got here and, I'm afraid, (because I don't think the words coming out of his mouth are coming from his mind) will go on long after he leaves. This is no longer a biggie to me, as I rejoice whenever the Mets get their asses handed to them these days, as they richly deserve, but a more cynical, manipulative managerial style I have never before seen. Well, maybe from my ex-wife's divorce attorney....

cooby Jun 22 2005 10:04 AM

Mind telling us what you're doing on a pro-Mets forum then?

soupcan Jun 22 2005 10:14 AM

Bret Sabermetric wrote: Soupy's point is the most well-considered. Most of the posters who've disagreed forcefully with me over the years on this issue cut Fred some slack for "business" decisions. Some cut him a lot of slack , like Soupy. Some even say (Cooby comes to mind), that the W-L record is a blip on the radar screen of their enjoyment. I cut him no slack. I don't give a shit if he makes a lot of money, makes a nice slice of change or loses his shirt, because that's his business, literally and figuratively. My business is watching a competitive team that, by sheer coincidence, also happens to be Fred's number #1 route to untold riches, so I can blow off my lack of concern for his wallet, knowing that my goal will lead to his goal anyway. You don't have to agree with Fred or even sympathize. I just get the impression that you think they are just stoopid for not dealing Piazza when in fact there are very valid reasons for not doing so. Also if you think that owning a professional sports team is the source of 'untold riches' then I'm wondering how you got the keys to MFS' medicine cabinet. Its well documented that these teams lose more money than they make and even those that do turn a profit do a relitively modest one at that. These franchises are playthings, toys and in many cases tax shelters that serve to massage the egos of their billionaire owners. Why do you think there are no more 'family-owned' teams? They can't afford them. Teams are owned by multi-national conglomerates for the pupose of providing a vehicle to promote their other products. In terms of te Mets they are owned by Sterling Equities which is a real estate company. Don't think that lo, those many moons ago when Wilpon and Doubleday bought the team, that Freddy didn't know that one day a stadium would be built and Sterling would profit handsomely. Sure it took a lot longer than he thought but here it comes.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 22 2005 10:16 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 22 2005 10:32 AM

I am pro-Mets. Fred isn't. Your position, IMO, is utterly indefensible. I mean, I love you madly, and the Old Mole (who endorses your position) too, but your lack of concern for wins and losses just has me completely baffled. I understand this team better than I do any other, I follow them more closely than most of the CPFers (in disgust and pain nowadays), I'm able to analyze their moves, wretched and self-defeating as most of them are, and I happen to feel that voicing that here serves a useful purpose. I try to be honest in my evaluations, and I'm not in the habit of trolling (stating views that I don't genuinely hold to get a rise out of you nice folks), which to my standards justifies posting now and then. But I'll stop anytime you ask, Cooby.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 22 2005 10:18 AM

Soup--Piazza's a symbol of the problem. I actually like the guy, in many ways. If I want to care, even a little, about the non-baseball rationales for running a fucked-up business, I'd spend more time looking over my stock portfolio.

soupcan Jun 22 2005 10:22 AM

I hear ya.

cooby Jun 22 2005 10:22 AM

Well no, I'm not asking you to stop. I'm just curious as to how you knew what my jammies look like

cooby Jun 22 2005 10:26 AM

(Cooby comes to mind), that the W-L record is a blip on the radar screen of their enjoyment. And this has more to do with the fact that I have a lot more than the Mets to think about in my life, not with the fact that I am a total airhead. Wait a minute, that didn't come out right

Willets Point Jun 22 2005 10:32 AM

Everything seems right with this forum now.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 22 2005 10:42 AM

soupcan wrote: Why do you think there are no more 'family-owned' teams? They can't afford them. Teams are owned by multi-national conglomerates for the pupose of providing a vehicle to promote their other products. In terms of te Mets they are owned by Sterling Equities which is a real estate company. Don't think that lo, those many moons ago when Wilpon and Doubleday bought the team, that Freddy didn't know that one day a stadium would be built and Sterling would profit handsomely. Sure it took a lot longer than he thought but here it comes. Maybe someone can explain this stuff to me. The Mets are essentially a charitable organization that runs at a loss year after year, yet is part of a gigantic money-generating mega-conglomerate: Am I supposed to commiserate with the poor Metsies for their difficulty keeping out of bankruptcy, or view them as a money-making monster for the crucial part they play in the big, bad mega-conglomerate's financial scheme to control the world? Or are you spinning it both ways at once? If the team per se loses money (on one set of books) but enable Fred to print cash for his real estate business (on another), am I supposed to then give a flying fuck that he's unwilling to lose a few more millions in his loss-leader here?

soupcan Jun 22 2005 10:48 AM

I don't pretend to know how exactly it works. I have been told by people who are in a position to know however, that it does. And very nicely. Basically it is what I said it is. An advertising vehicle for those who can afford it and can validate the losses based on the returns it gives them in other areas. I didn't say that any losses the Mets might incur should or would prevent them from continuing to spend money (obviously it doesn't) just that contrary to what people think - professional teams are not the cash machines that they are generally perceived to be. P.S. I hate that this forum has no spell check.

Rotblatt Jun 22 2005 11:06 AM

I think that many owners do get back more money than they put in, but they are (quite legally) able to hide certain incomes in such ways that shows them to be losing money. Which is to their advantage for tax & PR purposes. It also helps when they're trying to bilk a stadium out of a city. I've read a number of articles about the accounting of baseball, and I feel like I get it every time, but it never seems to stick. So to answer your question, Sal, you're supposed to view them as a money-making monster that you desperately hope realizes becoming efficient and judicious in use of money--rather than cheap and/or stupid--is the way to become a bigger monster. As for Omar, I can understand wanting him to be more honest with reporters & fans, but I prefer to judge him by his actions. And so far, he's done alright, if you ask me. What he does in the next month and a half will tell me what kind of GM he's going to be . . .

duan Jun 22 2005 11:06 AM if you want to address

the issue of the way baseball teams make money, that's an ENTIRELY different ball game - for a start the restrictive labor practices would need to go, similarly the 'mlb' structure where it's a closed shop is hugely negative to genuine competition. For example, you can make a profit, lose 162 games AND STILL get a huge chunk of revenue sharing changed even if your roster was comprised of 25* minimum wage players. It's a very odd situation - one that CLEARLY gives rise to the kind of shadiness you are talking about (let alone the kind of stuff that's done by the Braves and the Cubs to artificially deflate their revenues).

duan Jun 22 2005 11:09 AM by the way

if you've the remotest interest in all this kind of skullduggery you should start by checking out the late Doug Pappas' fantastic website [url]http://roadsidephotos.sabr.org/baseball/index.htm[/url]

Vic Sage Jun 22 2005 11:24 AM

]Maybe I'm addressing everyone who hotly disputed my claim that Piazza was unlikely to drive in 80 runs last year. Maybe I'm addressing those folks who lost several hundred dollars to me backing up that foolish hope. well, since you're apparently talking to me... 1) i don't go to see Mike Piazza ...i go to see my baseball team; 2) i never said we shouldn't trade him, i just disagreed as to the value of a good hitting catcher, even one in decline, so paying somebody to take him in exchange for a bag of balls (which YOU were advocating) was not a deal i was interested in; 3) That he's batted in the middle of the order for too long has had to do with the dearth of other options, but now has more to do with Randolph's inability to write out a lineup card. WWSB has had Reyes 1st and Wright hitting 7th-8th most of the season! It should come as no great surprise he's also been slow to adjust to Mike's continuing decline; 4) Despite his decline, Mike Piazza is currently 4TH IN RUNS CREATED amongst major league catchers, trailing only I-rod, posada and Varitek; 5) His presence hasn't kept us from the post-season, and it hasn't kept us from spending money, it has simply allowed us to continue to have one of the better hitting catchers in baseball in our lineup. 6) I don't see a steady diet of Ramon Castro being of much help to this franchise, now or in the future; 7) I don't care what hat Mike wears in the HOF; 8) I'd be happy to trade him or nor re-sign him if we have better catching options. But we don't right now. Whether we re-sign Mike should have to do with what our needs are, who is available, and at what price, and what we think a reasonable expectation is for his production next year. I take no position on it right now. Although a .260/20hr/60rbi season still makes him a productive catcher, as long as he's hitting 6th-7th, not 4th. on a broader subject, your advocacy of "dumping" the best hitting catcher in baseball the year after he lead us to the WS (after 2 prior playoff seasons) was met with derision, and rightfully so. In 2001, Mike was (again) 1st amongst catchers in RC (by a large margin); in 2002, he was 2nd (just behind Posada); in 2003, he was injured in 2004, he was 8th and this year, he's 4th I don't see, from this, a catcher we needed to dump. Instead of signing other mediocrities to big money, perhaps we should've built the team more wisely, and then Mike's contributions would've been more valuable in the context of better teams. You've gone on record as being an advocate for youth over experience, for rebuilding on principle, for your willingness to suffer 100-loss seasons as long as it might increase our future chances of winning the WS. I, on the other hand, am not tolerant of 100 loss seasons, i don't value youth for its own sake, nor discredit experience, and, in the biggest media market in the world, Wilpon can afford to keep a team winning at the same time that we cultivate the players in our farm system... it doesn't have to be one or the other. I've lived thru rebuilding that led to nothing, and it was based on ownership's UNWILLINGNESS to participate fully in the economics of baseball at the time. You can continue to rend your clothes over our Snidely Whiplash owner, and prop yourself up as the vindicated martyr, but i'm bored by the act.

KC Jun 22 2005 11:42 AM

So Bret, let me get this straight. You drag me through the muck on the forum in a borderline character assasination in this thread but no men- tion of the hostilities you have towards me and some Mets fans when we see each other in real life? Saturday would have been the perfect opporitunity to hold a kangaroo court. There were several CPFr's avail- able to jury and a couple of colorful disinterested guests as well. Uncle Ted or whatever his name was could have been judge.

Willets Point Jun 22 2005 12:07 PM

]Hey, I never claimed to be well. Look at my avatar, I have my arm around, and I'm shaking hands with, a man with a plastic baseball head. And Mr. Met looks so happy to be with you too!

duan Jun 22 2005 12:17 PM all this kinda started

when I said this "I don't know for how much money, but I'd really like to try and keep mike for another season. I kinda feel I'd love him to retire as the mets leading HR hitter of all time, the only way that could happen would be if their was a Piazza playing for the mets in 2006. *point of reference here, I went to Shea first in 1997, but I really started following the mets in the summer of 1998 when I came back to NYC in June" and then (in response to edgy/bigtrain whatever he's called now over here suggestion that the mets are gonna wait till the offseason before worrying about resigning Piazza) this "definitely they should wait and see, I'm just saying that emotionally, he's my strongest bond to the franchise, and I'd like three things to happen 1. Him to retire as a met 2. Him to retire with a met record, not just a mlb record 3. Him to go to HOF as a met and if we don't keep him in 2006 i'd say he may well not do any of those things." I was expressing what I'd like to see happen - not what will happen, not what should happen (although, at the end of the season I'd hope that it'd be the right decision - however, if in the cold light of day it isn't that's fine, such is the way of the world).... It comes from this, Johnny Giles was talking recently about what it meant to be a player and how all that really mattered in the long term was what you left as your legacy; he was very articulate about it, talking about how, he looks back, and feels that the Leeds team with which he dominated England in the late 60s & 70s had left a tarnished legacy (due to their propensity for the nastier side of the game) and how he regrets it. In a sense, to him, the glory was fleeting, a legacy is forever. He knows that he played in one of the greatest football teams of all time, and yet they don't get treated with the same respect as say Matt Busby's Manchester Utd or even Liverpool of the 1980s. I'm sure Sal's going to say now that Piazza's tarnishing his own legacy by his less then stellar play over the last 24 months. That's fine, he can think that. [/url]

Edgy DC Jun 22 2005 12:37 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 22 2005 12:48 PM

In other news, Braden Looper's save last night, getting his tormentor Bobby Abreu, leaves him ensconced as the ninth most prolific savior in Mets history. His season is cureently alone as the 37th saviest in Met history. The future awaits. All-Time Met Saves in a Career 1) John Franco: 276 2) Armando Benitez: 160 3) Jesse Orosco: 107 4) Tug McGraw: 85 5) Roger McDowell: 84 6) Neil Allen: 69 7) Skip Lockwood: 65 Braden Looper Projected to End of Season: 61.4 8) Randy Myers: 56 9) Braden Looper: 43 10) Doug Sisk: 33 =orange]Braden Looper at Start of Season: 29 11) Ron Taylor: 28 12) Bob Apodaca: 26 13) Danny Frisella: 22 14) Anthony Young: 18 15) Doug Henry: 13 16) Harry Parker: 11 T17) Jeff Reardon: 10 T17) Turk Wendell: 10 T19) Dale Murray: 9 T19) Alejandro Peña: 9 T21) Ed Glynn: 8 T21) Greg McMichael: 8 T23) Cal Koonce: 7 T23) Rick Baldwin: 7 T23) Terry Leach: 7 T23) Rick Aguilera: 7 T23) Mike Maddux: 7 T23) Dave Weathers: 7 T29) Ken Sanders: 6 T29) Dennis Cook: 6 T31) Jerry Koosman: 5 T31) Jeff Innis: 5 T31) Mike Stanton 5 All-Time Met Saves in a Season 1) Armando Benitez, 2001:43 2) Armando Benitez, 2000: 41 3) John Franco, 1998: 38 4) John Franco, 1997: 36 T5) John Franco, 1990: 33 T5) Armando Benitez, 2002: 33 Braden Looper Projected to End of Season: 32.4 7) Jesse Orosco, 1984: 31 T8) John Franco, 1991: 30 T8) John Franco, 1994: 30 T10) John Franco, 1995: 29 T10) Braden Looper, 2004: 29 12) John Franco, 1996: 28 13) Tug McGraw, 1972: 27 14) Randy Myers, 1988: 26 T15) Tug McGraw, 1973: 25 T15) Roger McDowell, 1987: 25 17) Randy Myers, 1989: 24 T18) Roger McDowell, 1986: 22 T18) Neil Allen, 1980: 22 T18) Armando Benitez, 1999: 22 T21) Jesse Orosco, 1986: 21 T21) Armando Benitez, 2003: 21 23) Skip Lockwood, 1977: 20 T24) Skip Lockwood, 1976: 19 T24) Neil Allen, 1982: 19 T24) John Franco, 1999: 19 27) Neil Allen, 1981: 18 T28) Roger McDowell, 1985: 17 T28) Jesse Orosco, 1983: 17 T28) Jesse Orosco, 1985: 17 T31) Jesse Orosco, 1987: 16 T31) Roger McDowell, 1988: 16 T33) Anthony Young, 1992: 15 T33) Skip Lockwood, 1978: 15 T33) Doug Sisk, 1984: 15 T33) John Franco, 1992: 15 37) Braden Looper, 2005: 14 T38) Ron Taylor, 1970: 13 T38) Ron Taylor, 1969: 13 T38) Bob Apodaca, 1975: 13

cooby Jun 22 2005 12:42 PM

Oh yeah, this thread had an actual point to it once

Johnny Dickshot Jun 22 2005 01:04 PM

Just curious: Combined team saves in one season? Which season wins?

Bret Sabermetric Jun 22 2005 03:16 PM

Borderline character assassination, KC? I've never advocated the assasination of a borderline in my life. All I said about you (recently, here) was "So maybe I'm addressing KC here. He doesn;'t want to credit me for having converted him? Fine. I don't need credit. " That's borderline? What border did I cross? You wrote a snide comment quoting me in your sig line, and I'm reminding you that you were totally wrong to cite it as if I were behaving like a jerk when I was merely being accurate. And,Vic? I mostly agree with you here, except that your policy of not tolerating awful 100-loss teams has been our typical fate the last few years anyway, or 90-loss teams for sure, so I don't think your desired policies are giving you what you wanted. (Fabulous seats last night, btw. A funny spectacular show--we enjoyed it mucho.) I'm taking a leaf from your book here--being critical of policies while refusing to suggest specific moves I would have made, on the sensible grounds that I'm not salaried to make decsions on personnel but somebody is and that somebody isn't doing his job very well. Fellas, calm yourselves down here. I don;t like the Mets' policies, and I'm trying to say how and why. If you get caught defending policies I don't like, relax--we're talking baseball. And if you dont want me attaching names to these threads, that's fine with me, but would you please speak to the hordes who demand to know who I'm addressing here? (As if that matters much---if it applies to you, then respond--and if not, then STFU), who's talking to you?) It's not like I'm going out of my way to bring you in by name--but what would you have me do when Dickshot asks who I'm talking to? Tell him "The voices in my head"? Maybe I should just say "You're disingenuous" and let it go at that. OE: And I t hoght we were getting into some good stuff with the Fred/business issues. I really find that stuff murky and confusing, and I find it hard to accept that he gets cut the kind of slack he does around here for his penny-pinching, last-place-for-five-years ways.

Willets Point Jun 22 2005 03:55 PM

Well said, Bret. Just curious, what motivated to you to start posting here again regularly? You had stated some good reasons not to when we met last month.

KC Jun 22 2005 04:03 PM

Of course it's well said, he an excellent wordsmith. He's also full of crap and gets these circular arguments going with the whole martyr thing and I'll have no part of it. I have to admit, I'm quite fucking pissed off at myself for being drawn in one more time. No one here really did anything wrong to him and if anything it pales in comparison to things he's done to posters in the past.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 22 2005 04:39 PM

Why, thank you, KC. Willets Point wrote: What motivated to you to start posting here again regularly? You had stated some good reasons not to when we met last month. I don't know. I think I had to do some real work, and this seemed like more fun. Maybe you'll remind me of my reasons next Wednesday? I may have been right the first time. (Also I was planning to go incognito, but Widey Dickshot blew me out of the water prematurely.) Anyway, this needn't be about me nor about you guys. All's I was trying to establish was that Edgy and Norrin clearly felt last year that Piazza was a good bet to drive in 80 runs. Now, unless you accept the thesis that they're nuts or awful baseball judges, and I don't, there must have been some GMs who also considered that a real possibility. We should have found one of those GMs and figured out what was the maximum price we could extract from him. The Mets felt otherwise, mainly I think because of the non-baseball logic that Soupy is offering in this thread. I think that non-baseball logic requires us to feel bad for Freddy's bank account (maybe trading Piazza would have cost him some walkup sales in 2004, and that's just too damned bad for poor Fred.) This ongoing policy, of keeping your washed up veterans and maintaining a buyer's stance, and NOT DELIVERING YEAR AFTER YEAR, is getting very old, yet I don't hear any calls to back up the truck and endure a rebuilding season (which translates as A season in which we don't pretend to be a contender.) As long as that's unacceptable to you, and I haven't heard cries for it, I think we're on this treadmill to fifth place. That's why I;'m rooting for the Mets to lose--as long as you're taking solace in a fourth place finish or a .500 record through mid-May as positive signs, we're getting force-fed more of the same crap from Fred and Omar and the rest of the fakers.

Bret Sabermetric Jun 22 2005 05:13 PM

Anyway I don't mean to hog this thread nor hijack it. Maybe I should start another thread about Soupy's thesis, and whether you accept it: Are the Mets really a small part of a mega-real estate deal, and it doesn't matter if Fred's baseball biz is successful or not (to him)? By successful, I mean he wants a team that appears competitive, and puts fannies in the seats, and he'll take a pennant if it all shakes out that way by chance every so often, but there's no commitment to spending money to push the team into strong contention. The 80 to 90 win range is just fine for Fred, keeps the income stream going, but the main prize is the franchise's role in building his real estate empire. Is that how you read this? Or is Soupy flat wrong, and Fred's as dedicated to putting a winning team out there every year?

Edgy DC Jun 23 2005 01:12 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 23 2005 05:00 PM

All-Time Mets Stolen Bases in a Season 1) Roger Cedeño, 1999: 66 2) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 58 3) Mookie Wilson, 1983: 54 4) Lance Johnson, 1996: 50 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 47.52 5) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 46 6) Frank Taveras: 1979: 42 T7) Howard Johnson, 1989: 41 T7) Lee Mazzilli, 1980: 41 9) Vince Coleman, 1993: 38 T10) Vince Coleman, 1991: 37 T10) Rickey Henderson, 1999: 37 12) Darryl Strawberry, 1987: 36 T13) Howard Johnson, 1990: 34 T13) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 34 15) Lenny Randle, 1977: 33 T16) Howard Johnson, 1987: 32 T16) Frank Taveras, 1980: 32 T16) Wally Backman, 1984: 32 T19) Juan Samuel, 1989: 31 T19) Tommie Agee, 1970: 31 T19) Lenny Dykstra, 1986: 31 T22) Howard Johnson, 1991: 30 T22) Lenny Dykstra, 1988: 30 T22) Wally Backman, 1985: 30 25) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 29 T26) Bud Harrelson, 1971: 28 T26) Tommie Agee, 1971: 28 T26) Darryl Strawberry, 1986: 28 T29) Lenny Dykstra, 1987: 27 T29) Darryl Strawberry, 1984: 27 T31) Gregg Jefferies, 1991: 26 T31) Darryl Strawberry, 1985: 26 T33) John Stearns, 1978: 25 T33) Mookie Wilson, 1986: 25 T33) Roger Cedeño, 2002: 25 T36) Vince Coleman, 1992: 24 T36) Mookie Wilson, 1981: 24 T36) Mookie Wilson, 1985: 24 T39) Howard Johnson, 1988: 23 T39) Steve Henderson, 1980: 23 T39) Bud Harrelson, 1970: 23 T39) Cleon Jones, 1968: 23 T43) Jose Reyes, 2005: 22 T43) Howard Johnson, 1992: 22 T43) Joe Foy, 1970 22 T43) Lee Mazzilli, 1977: 22 T43) Mike Cameron, 2004: 22 T48) Brett Butler, 1995: 21 T48) Gregg Jefferies, 1989: 21 T48) Mookie Wilson, 1987: 21 T48) Kevin McReynolds, 1988: 21 All-Time Mets Stolen Bases in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 281 2) Howard Johnson: 202 3) Darryl Strawberry: 191 4) Lee Mazzilli: 152 5) Lenny Dykstra: 116 6) Bud Harrelson: 115 7) Wally Backman: 106 8) Roger Cedeño: 105 9) Vince Coleman: 99 10) Tommie Agee: 92 T11) Cleon Jones: 91 T11) John Stearns: 91 13) Frank Taveras: 90 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 69.52 14) Kevin McReynolds: 67 15) Lance Johnson: 65 16) Gregg Jefferies: 63 17) Steve Henderson: 55 18) Jose Reyes: 54 19) Lenny Randle: 47 T20) Daryl Boston: 45 T20) Edgardo Alfonzo: 45 22) Keith Miller: 44 23) Rickey Henderson: 42 24) Bob Bailor: 40 25) Joel Youngblood: 39 26) Wayne Garrett: 33 T27) Hubie Brooks: 31 T27) Juan Samuel: 31 T29) Dave Kingman: 29 T29) Bernard Gilkey: 29 T31) Rey Ordóñez: 28 T31) Mike Cameron: 28 33) Ken Boswell: 26 T34) Carl Everett: 25 T34) Brian McRae: 25 36) Brian Giles: 23 Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 22 T37) Joe Christopher: 22 T37) Joe Foy: 22 T37) Joe McEwing: 22 T37) Roberto Alomar: 22

Willets Point Jun 23 2005 01:59 PM

Geez Louise, Cedeno never made it into the top 48 on that list in any of his other seasons with the Mets. What a blip!

Edgy DC Jun 23 2005 03:08 PM

Not shown: T33) Roger Cedeño, 2002: 25

Willets Point Jun 23 2005 03:14 PM

Oops, didn't notice the snip.

Edgy DC Jun 23 2005 03:37 PM

Still, "The Bilp" is a good Cedeño nickname.

Edgy DC Jun 23 2005 05:08 PM

I filled in the gap above and also added the career list. With three stolen bases today, Reyes has left behind the historic 21-steal seasons of Gregg Jefferies '89, Mookie Wilson '87, and Kevin McReynolds '88 (though K-Mac was a record 21-21 that year). Not shown but also downgraded today were Brian McRae '98, Bob Bailor '82, and Lee Mazzilli '78 (all 20), Darryl Strawberry's rookie year of 1983 (19), and Jose's own 19-steals-between-injuries campaign last year. The career list shows Jose breathing down the neck of Steve Henderson, and there's really nothing Hendu can do about it. There's a big gap between McReynolds in 14th place with 67 and former Met single-season record holder Frank Taveras with 90. Jose projects to reach that gap but crossing it looks to be a story for another season.

Edgy DC Jun 24 2005 11:54 AM

It's interesting, but it seems that part of where Piazza's home run power is going is into doubles. He's on a pace to produce the heighest doubles total of his career. All-Time Met Hits in a Career 1) Ed Kranepool: 1,418 2) Cleon Jones: 1,188 3) Edgardo Alfonzo: 1,136 4) Mookie Wilson: 1,112 Mike Piazza projected to end of season: 1,063 5) Bud Harrelson: 1,029 6) Darryl Strawberry: 1,025 7) Howard Johnson: 997 8) Jerry Grote: 994 9) Mike Piazza: 988 10) Keith Hernandez: 939 Mike Piazza at start of season: 928 All-Time Met Doubles in a Career 1) Ed Kranepool: 225 2) Howard Johnson: 214 3) Edgardo Alfonzo: 212 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 206 4) Darryl Strawberry: 187 5) Mike Piazza: 186 6) Cleon Jones: 182 7) Mookie Wilson: 170 Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 170 8) Keith Hernandez: 159 9) Kevin McReynolds: 153 10) John Stearns: 152

Edgy DC Jun 24 2005 12:13 PM

Pedro's aiming at breaking into what has been thus far a pretty exclusive three-man club in the top ten. All-Time Mets Strikeouts in a Season 1) Tom Seaver, 1971: 289 2) Tom Seaver, 1970: 283 3) Dwight Gooden, 1984: 276 4) Dwight Gooden, 1985: 268 Pedro Martinez Projected to End of Season: 256.5 5) Tom Seaver, 1973: 251 6) Tom Seaver, 1972: 249 7) Tom Seaver, 1975: 243 8) David Cone, 1991: 241 9) Tom Seaver, 1976: 235 T10) David Cone, 1990: 233 T10) Dwight Gooden, 1990: 223... ...T97) Jack Fisher, 1967: 117 T97) Masato Yoshii, 1998: 117 T97) Dick Selma, 1968: 117 T97) Steve Trachsel, 2004: 117 T97) Al Leiter, 2004: 117 T102) Jack Fisher, 1965: 116 T102) Bobby Jones, 1996: 116 T104) Bobby Jones, 1998: 115 T104) Jack Fisher, 1964: 115 T106) Jason Isringhausen, 1996: 114 T106) Pete Harnisch, 1996: 114 T106) Walt Terrell, 1984: 114 T106) Pedro Martinez, 2005: 114 T110) Pete Falcone, 1979: 113 T110) Rick Reed, 1997: 113

Edgy DC Jun 24 2005 09:14 PM

Tonight's homer was Cliff Floyd's 18th, his magic number as a Met. Let's hope he can re-write that rule. All-Time Met Homers in a Single Season 1) 1996 Todd Hundley: 41 2) 1999 Mike Piazza: 40 2005 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 39.95 T3) 1988 Darryl Strawberry: 39 T3) 1987 Darryl Strawberry: 39... T5) 1991 Howard Johnson: 38 T5) 2000 Mike Piazza: 38 T7) 1990 Darryl Strawberry: 37 T7) 1982 Dave Kingman: 37 T7) 1976 Dave Kingman: 37 T10) 1989 Howard Johnson: 36 T10) 1987 Howard Johnson: 36 T10) 1975 Dave Kingman: 36 T10) 2001 Mike Piazza: 36 T14) 1993 Bobby Bonilla: 34 T14) 1962 Frank Thomas: 34... ...T63) Bobby Bonilla, 1992: 19 T63) Rusty Staub, 1974: 19 T63) Ron Swoboda, 1965: 19 T63) Rusty Staub, 1975: 19 T63) John Olerud, 1999: 19 T63) Jeromy Burnitz, 2002: 19 T69) Bernard Gilkey, 1997: 18 T69) Ryan Thompson, 1994: 18 T69) Bobby Bonilla, 1995: 18 T69) Keith Hernandez, 1987: 18 T69) Derek Bell, 2000: 18 T69) Jeromy Burnitz, 2003: 18 T69) Cliff Floyd, 2003: 18 T69) Cliff Floyd, 2004: 18 T69) Cliff Floyd 2005 to Date:18 T78) Edgardo Alfonzo, 1998: 17 T78) John Milner, 1972: 17 T78) Willie Montanez, 1978: 17 T78) Jim Hickman, 1963: 17 T78) Jay Payton, 2000: 17 T78) Edgardo Alfonzo, 2001: 17 All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 2) Mike Piazza: 207 30 Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 11) John Milner: 94 12) Cleon Jones: 93 13) Gary Carter: 89 14) Tommie Agee 82 15) Keith Hernandez: 80 16) Robin Ventura: 77 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 75.95 17) Rusty Staub: 75 18) Ron Swoboda: 69 19) Lee Mazzilli: 68 20) Jeff Kent: 67 21) John Olerud: 63 T22) Jim Hickman: 60 T22) Mookie Wilson: 60 T24) Wayne Garrett: 55 T24) Butch Huskey: 55 26) Cliff Floyd: 54 27) Jeromy Burnitz: 53 T28) Frank Thomas: 52 T28) Bernard Gilkey: 52 30) John Stearns: 46 31) Donn Clendenon: 45 32) Hubie Brooks: 44 33) Eddie Murray: 43 T34) Art Shamsky: 42 T3r) Gregg Jefferies: 42 36) Todd Zeile: 41 37) Ryan Thompson: 39 38) Joel Youngblood: 38 =orange]Cliff Floyd at Season's Start: 36 T39) Charley Smith: 36 T39) Rico Brogna: 36 T39) Mike Cameron: 36 T42) Jerry Grote: 35 T42) Steve Henderson: 35 T42) Tim Teufel: 35 T42) Benny Agbayani: 35

Edgy DC Jun 25 2005 03:21 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 25 2005 03:34 PM

Floyd's season passes nine others with that homer, including two of his own. He currently projects to put up the homerist season in the Mets in their 44-year history. All-Time, as a Met, he has tied Wayne Garrett and Butch Huskey. Stay freakin' tuned. All-Time Met Homers in a Single Season 2005 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 41.59 1) Todd Hundley, 1996: 41 2) Mike Piazza, 1999: 40 T3) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 39 T3) Darryl Strawberry 1987: 39 T5) Howard Johnson, 1991: 38 T5) Mike Piazza, 2000: 38 T7) Darryl Strawberry, 1990: 37 T7) Dave Kingman, 1982: 37 T7) Dave Kingman, 1976: 37 T10) Howard Johnson, 1989: 36 T10) Howard Johnson, 1987: 36 T10) Dave Kingman, 1975: 36 T10) Mike Piazza, 2001: 36 T14) Bobby Bonilla, 1993: 34 T14) Frank Thomas, 1962: 34... ...T52) Brian McRae, 1998 21 T52) Jeff Kent, 1993: 21 T52) George Foster, 1985: 21 T52) Robin Ventura, 2001: 21 T52) Richard Hidalgo, 2004: 21 T57) Jeff Kent, 1995: 20 T57) Bobby Bonilla, 1994: 20 T57) Gary Carter, 1987: 20 T57) John Milner, 1974: 20 T57) Charley Smith, 1964: 20 T57) Mike Piazza, 2004: 20 T63) Bobby Bonilla, 1992: 19 T63) Rusty Staub, 1974: 19 T63) Ron Swoboda, 1965: 19 T63) Rusty Staub, 1975: 19 T63) John Olerud, 1999: 19 T63) Jeromy Burnitz, 2002: 19 T63) Cliff Floyd 2005 to Date:19 T70) Bernard Gilkey, 1997: 18 T70) Ryan Thompson, 1994: 18 T70) Bobby Bonilla, 1995: 18 T70) Keith Hernandez, 1987: 18 T70) Derek Bell, 2000: 18 T70) Jeromy Burnitz, 2003: 18 T70) Cliff Floyd, 2003: 18 T70) Cliff Floyd, 2004: 18 All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 2) Mike Piazza: 207 30 Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 11) John Milner: 94 12) Cleon Jones: 93 13) Gary Carter: 89 14) Tommie Agee 82 15) Keith Hernandez: 80 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 77.59 16) Robin Ventura: 77 17) Rusty Staub: 75 18) Ron Swoboda: 69 19) Lee Mazzilli: 68 20) Jeff Kent: 67 21) John Olerud: 63 T22) Jim Hickman: 60 T22) Mookie Wilson: 60 T24) Wayne Garrett: 55 T24) Butch Huskey: 55 T24) Cliff Floyd: 55 27) Jeromy Burnitz: 53 T28) Frank Thomas: 52 T28) Bernard Gilkey: 52 30) John Stearns: 46 31) Donn Clendenon: 45 32) Hubie Brooks: 44 33) Eddie Murray: 43 T34) Art Shamsky: 42 T3r) Gregg Jefferies: 42 36) Todd Zeile: 41 37) Ryan Thompson: 39 38) Joel Youngblood: 38 =orange]Cliff Floyd at Season's Start: 36 T39) Charley Smith: 36 T39) Rico Brogna: 36 T39) Mike Cameron: 36

KC Jun 25 2005 03:29 PM

I have to admit I thought about Hundley's mark this afternoon. I quieted my mind ... too early for such thoughts.

Edgy DC Jun 25 2005 07:02 PM

Now for the post-game. I'll start with the obvious, rebooting Cliff Floyd's pace to account for his second homer. Remember T64) Bobby Bonilla 1992 and Rusty Staub, 1974? Cliff is so over those seasons? How about Ron Swoboda's rookie season of 1965? His once Met rookie record of 19 homers is now tied for 64th all-time thanks to Cliff's smackdown of Yankee pitching. Likewise Rusty Staub 1975, John Olerud, 1999, and Jeromy Burnitz 2002. Dustbin of history. On the all-time list, he has passed both Garrett and Huskey. All-Time Met Homers in a Single Season 2005 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 43.78 1) Todd Hundley, 1996: 41 2) Mike Piazza, 1999: 40 T3) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 39 T3) Darryl Strawberry 1987: 39 T5) Howard Johnson, 1991: 38 T5) Mike Piazza, 2000: 38 T7) Darryl Strawberry, 1990: 37 T7) Dave Kingman, 1982: 37 T7) Dave Kingman, 1976: 37 T10) Howard Johnson, 1989: 36 T10) Howard Johnson, 1987: 36 T10) Dave Kingman, 1975: 36 T10) Mike Piazza, 2001: 36 T14) Bobby Bonilla, 1993: 34 T14) Frank Thomas, 1962: 34... ...T45) John Olerud, 1998: 22 T45) John Olerud, 1997: 22 T45) Rico Brogna, 1995: 22 T45) Kevin McReynolds 1989: 22 T45) Donn Clendenon, 1970: 22 T45) Dave Kingman, 1981: 22 T45) Todd Zeile, 2000: 22 T52) Brian McRae, 1998 21 T52) Jeff Kent, 1993: 21 T52) George Foster, 1985: 21 T52) Robin Ventura, 2001: 21 T52) Richard Hidalgo, 2004: 21 T57) Jeff Kent, 1995: 20 T57) Bobby Bonilla, 1994: 20 T57) Gary Carter, 1987: 20 T57) John Milner, 1974: 20 T57) Charley Smith, 1964: 20 T57) Mike Piazza, 2004: 20 T57) Cliff Floyd 2005 to Date: 20 T64) Bobby Bonilla, 1992: 19 T64) Rusty Staub, 1974: 19 T64) Ron Swoboda, 1965: 19 T64) Rusty Staub, 1975: 19 T64) John Olerud, 1999: 19 T64) Jeromy Burnitz, 2002: 19 All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 2) Mike Piazza: 207 30 Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 11) John Milner: 94 12) Cleon Jones: 93 13) Gary Carter: 89 14) Tommie Agee 82 15) Keith Hernandez: 80 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 79.78 16) Robin Ventura: 77 17) Rusty Staub: 75 18) Ron Swoboda: 69 19) Lee Mazzilli: 68 20) Jeff Kent: 67 21) John Olerud: 63 T22) Jim Hickman: 60 T22) Mookie Wilson: 60 24) Cliff Floyd: 56 T25) Wayne Garrett: 55 T25) Butch Huskey: 55 27) Jeromy Burnitz: 53 T28) Frank Thomas: 52 T28) Bernard Gilkey: 52 30) John Stearns: 46 31) Donn Clendenon: 45 32) Hubie Brooks: 44 33) Eddie Murray: 43 T34) Art Shamsky: 42 T3r) Gregg Jefferies: 42 36) Todd Zeile: 41 37) Ryan Thompson: 39 38) Joel Youngblood: 38 =orange]Cliff Floyd at Season's Start: 36 T39) Charley Smith: 36 T39) Rico Brogna: 36 T39) Mike Cameron: 36 Now for other news. Did you know, a lot is happening this season on the doubles front? Just to keep things jake, I'm going to track three guys at once. Because of the nature of doubles (most everybody who starts can reach at least the high teens in doubles totals over a season), these guys are still way back in the pack, all-time, but they're projecting to three of the doubliest seasons in Met history. Obviously, it's going to take some health for Piazza to keep going, but it's not too hard to imagine Beltran picking up his pace. 1) Bernard Gilkey, 1996: 44 David Wright Projected to End of Season: 43.78 T2) Howard Johnson, 1989: 41 T2) Edgardo Alfonzo, 1999: 41 T4) Gregg Jefferies, 1990: 40 T4) Edgardo Alfonzo 40 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 39.41 6) John Olerud, 1999: 39 7) Robin Ventura, 1999: 38 T8) Eddie Murray, 1992: 37 T8) Howard Johnson, 1990: 37 T8) Lenny Dykstra, 1987: 37 T8) Felix Millan, 1975: 37 T8) Joel Youngblood, 1979: 37 T13) Brian McRae, 1998: 36 T13) John Olerud, 1998: 36 T13) Rusty Staub, 1973: 36 T13) Todd Zeile, 2000: 36 T13) Ty Wigginton, 2003: 36 Carlos Beltran Projected to End of Season: 35.03 T18) John Olerud, 1997: 34 T18) Howard Johnson, 1991: 34 T18) Keith Hernandez, 1985: 34 T18) Keith Hernandez, 1986: 34 T18) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 34... ...T147) Rey Ordóñez, 1998: 20 T147) Jeff Kent, 1996: 20 T147) Kevin Elster, 1990: 20 T147) Tim Teufel, 1988: 20 T147) John Milner, 1977: 20 T147) Charley Smith, 1965: 20 T147) David Wright, 2005: 20 T147) Ken Boswell, 1971: 20 T147) Wayne Garrett, 1973: 20 T147) Ed Kranepool, 1971: 20 T147) Tim Teufel, 1986: 20 T147) Robin Ventura, 2001: 20... ...T181) Butch Huskey, 1998: 18 T181) Dick Schofield, 1992: 18 T181) Darryl Strawberry, 1990: 18 T181) Gary Carter, 1987: 18 T181) Elliott Maddox, 1978: 18 T181) Del Unser, 1975: 18 T181) Bud Harrelson, 1970: 18 T181) Donn Clendenon, 1970: 18 T181) Jerry Grote, 1968: 18 T181) Joe Christopher, 1965: 18 T181) Jim Hickman, 1965: 18 T181) Jim Hickman, 1962: 18 T181) Hubie Brooks, 1983: 18 T181) Mike Piazza, 2005: 18 T181) Wally Backman, 1986: 18 T181) Howard Johnson, 1985: 18 T181) Benny Agbayani, 1999: 18 T181) Mo Vaughn, 2002: 18 T181) Jeromy Burnitz, 2003: 18 T181) Jason Phillips, 2004: 18... ...T221) Butch Huskey, 1996: 16 T221) Kevin Elster, 1991: 16 T221) Daryl Boston, 1991: 16 T221) Keith Hernandez, 1988: 16 T221) Gary Carter, 1988: 16 T221) Claudell Washington, 1980: 16 T221) Elliott Maddox, 1980: 16 T221) Steve Henderson, 1979: 16 T221) Steve Henderson, 1977: 16 T221) Lenny Randle, 1978: 16 T221) Joe Torre, 1975: 16 T221) Bud Harrelson, 1967: 16 T221) Carlos Beltran, 2005: 16 T221) Bud Harrelson, 1971: 16 T221) Ed Kranepool, 1975: 16 T221) Cleon Jones, 1966: 16 T221) Mookie Wilson, 1985: 16 T221) Jay Payton, 2001: 16 T221) Todd Zeile, 2004: 16 T221) Jose Reyes, 2004: 16

Iubitul Jun 25 2005 07:13 PM

I really hope Cliff passes Hundley - I always believed that Hundley's numbers were steroid assisted...

soupcan Jun 25 2005 07:21 PM

I'm surprised to read that lubby. Never thought about it myself but these days who knows?

Edgy DC Jun 28 2005 12:09 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 28 2005 03:20 PM

Using our PotG statistics, Mike Piazza has already moved from the ninth-most accomplished Met to the sixth-most this season, and will, barring a catastrophic injury, certainly pass fellow-31 John Franco in fifth place. This was expected, as the fifth-11th guys are all really tightly packed. But it does underscore one thing. In Mets history, there are four indisputable legends, for better or worse, then there are bunch of other cool guys. Even in the unlikely circumstance of three more seasons plus copious health, Piazza would still be unlikely to reach the top four. The next highest active guy is Cliff Floyd, who, judging by the PotG pointage, has climbed from 99 to 73, just ahead of Art Shamsky. But the next ones capable of making a run at the top four appear to be Reyes (already at 118) and Wright (134). a shocking turn or fortune for the likes of Jae Weong-Seo (128) could also put him in the mix.

Elster88 Jun 28 2005 03:14 PM

Wright's first full season and he's on almost pace to tie the all-time doubles record? Not bad, kid.

Edgy DC Jun 28 2005 03:36 PM

By the way, the countdown to 1,000 Met hits has begun for Mike Piazza: Hit Number 991: Piazza singles against Paul Quantrill of the Yankees in the top of the seventh on an 0-2 pitch. The hit is a on a ground ball to center fielder Bernie Williams, with Cliff Floyd on first and the Mets up 7-2 with no outs. Piazza would come around to score on a sacrifice fly by David Wright in a game the Mets would win 10-2, a game which Alex Rodriguez had pledged would see the Yankees come out "like warriors."

Edgy DC Jun 28 2005 07:18 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 28 2005 07:44 PM

Hit Number 992: 6/28/2005: Piazza singles against Geoff Geary of the Phillies in the bottom of the fifth on an 3-1 pitch. The hit is a on a ground ball to center against a drawn-in infield, with Carlos Beltran scoring from third to extend the Mets' lead to 3-1. The RBI was the 32nd of Piazza's season and the 625th of his Met career. Piazza would go to third on a followup single to right by Marlon Anderson and score on a hard single to right by David Wright.

Edgy DC Jun 28 2005 07:43 PM

Hit Number 993: 6/28/2005: Piazza goes old school homering on a 1-0 inside fastball against Amaury Telmaco of the Phillies in the bottom of the sixth. The shot is on a deep drive into the picnic area and was caught by nine-year-old-ish kid wearing a black Mets Jersey with "13" on it. Cliff Floyd was on first and the shot put the Mets up 8-1. The RBIs were the 33rd and 34th of Piazza's season and the 626th and 627th of his Met career.

seawolf17 Jun 30 2005 12:34 PM

All Time Mets Triples 1. Mookie Wilson 62 2. Bud Harrelson 45 3. Cleon Jones 33 4. Steve Henderson 31 5. Darryl Strawberry 30 6. Lance Johnson 27 7. Doug Flynn 26 8. Ed Kranepool 25 9. Lee Mazzilli 22 10. Ron Swoboda 20 11. Wayne Garrett 20 12. Jerry Grote 18 13. Joel Youngblood 18 14. Howard Johnson 18 15. Lenny Dykstra 17 16. Rey Ordóñez 17 17. Jose Reyes 15 17. Ken Boswell 15 18. Lenny Randle 15

Frayed Knot Jun 30 2005 12:46 PM

Hit Number 994: 6/30/2005: 5th inning - Piazza smacks one down the 3rd base line, but is thrown out trying to stretch into a double.

seawolf17 Jun 30 2005 01:02 PM

All Time Mets K's: 1. Tom Seaver 2541 2. Dwight Gooden 1875 3. Jerry Koosman 1799 4. Sid Fernandez 1449 5. David Cone 1172 6. Ron Darling 1148 7. Al Leiter 1106 8. Jon Matlack 1023 9. Bobby Jones 714 10. Craig Swan 671 11. Tug McGraw 618 12. John Franco 592 13. Rick Reed 590 14. Gary Gentry 563 15. Al Jackson 561 16. Jesse Orosco 506 17. Nolan Ryan 493 18. Steve Trachsel 477 19. Jack Fisher 475 20. Bob Ojeda 459 21. Armando Benitez 456 22. Jim McAndrew 408 23. Dave Mlicki 402 24. Pat Zachry 391 25. Bret Saberhagen 388 26. Frank Viola 387 27. Ray Sadecki 380 28. Pete Falcone 379 29. Skip Lockwood 368 30. Rick Aguilera 351 31. Glendon Rusch 313 32. Danny Frisella 296 33. Neil Allen 285 34. Randy Myers 264 35. Ed Lynch 259 36. Turk Wendell 259 37. Dick Selma 253 38. Dennis Cook 234 39. Tom Glavine 234 40. Galen Cisco 230 41. Tracy Stallard 228 42. Roger McDowell 228 43. Roger Craig 226 44. Jason Isringhausen 225 45. Masato Yoshii 222 46. Don Cardwell 221 47. Nino Espinosa 215 48. Mark Clark 214 49. Wally Whitehurst 212 50. Pete Harnisch 208 51. Jay Hook 207 52. Pete Schourek 199 53. Ron Taylor 197 54. Bob Apodaca 197 55. Terry Leach 194 56. Jeff Innis 192 57. Walt Terrell 181 58. Jae Seo 179 59. Kevin Appier 172 60. Pedro Astacio 172 61. Doug Sisk 163 62. Dave Weathers 161 63. Bob Shaw 153 64. Mike Scott 151 65. Mike Hampton 151 66. Anthony Young 146 67. Harry Parker 143 68. Greg McMichael 143 69. Jeff Reardon 139 70. Dennis Ribant 132 71. Cal Koonce 132 72. Tom Hausman 131 73. Carl Willey 128 74. Aaron Heilman 128 75. Bob Miller 127 76. George Stone 127 77. Pat Mahomes 127 78. Kevin Kobel 126 79. Alejandro Pena 125 80. Pedro Martinez 123

Edgy DC Jun 30 2005 07:51 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 01 2005 06:39 AM

OK, let's do this right. With his homerun last night, Cliff Floyd tied Brian McRae 1998, Jeff Kent 1993 (who says he never did it for the Mets?), George Foster 1985, Robin Ventura 2001, and Richard Hidalgo, 2004 with 21 homers, the 52nd round-trippiest total in Mets history. On the career list, he remains three behind Mookie Hickman. All-Time Met Homers in a Single Season 2005 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 43.62 1) Todd Hundley, 1996: 41 2) Mike Piazza, 1999: 40 T3) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 39 T3) Darryl Strawberry 1987: 39 T5) Howard Johnson, 1991: 38 T5) Mike Piazza, 2000: 38 T7) Darryl Strawberry, 1990: 37 T7) Dave Kingman, 1982: 37 T7) Dave Kingman, 1976: 37 T10) Howard Johnson, 1989: 36 T10) Howard Johnson, 1987: 36 T10) Dave Kingman, 1975: 36 T10) Mike Piazza, 2001: 36 T14) Bobby Bonilla, 1993: 34 T14) Frank Thomas, 1962: 34... ...T42) Mike Piazza, 1998: 23 T42) Howard Johnson, 1990: 23 T42) John Milner, 1973: 23 T45) John Olerud, 1998: 22 T45) John Olerud, 1997: 22 T45) Rico Brogna, 1995: 22 T45) Kevin McReynolds 1989: 22 T45) Donn Clendenon, 1970: 22 T45) Dave Kingman, 1981: 22 T45) Todd Zeile, 2000: 22 T52) Brian McRae, 1998 21 T52) Jeff Kent, 1993: 21 T52) Cliff Floyd 2005 to Date: 21 T52) George Foster, 1985: 21 T52) Robin Ventura, 2001: 21 T52) Richard Hidalgo, 2004: 21 T58) Jeff Kent, 1995: 20 T58) Bobby Bonilla, 1994: 20 T58) Gary Carter, 1987: 20 T58) John Milner, 1974: 20 T58) Charley Smith, 1964: 20 T58) Mike Piazza, 2004: 20 All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 2) Mike Piazza: 210 30 Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 11) John Milner: 94 12) Cleon Jones: 93 13) Gary Carter: 89 14) Tommie Agee 82 15) Keith Hernandez: 80 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 79.62 16) Robin Ventura: 77 17) Rusty Staub: 75 18) Ron Swoboda: 69 19) Lee Mazzilli: 68 20) Jeff Kent: 67 21) John Olerud: 63 T22) Jim Hickman: 60 T22) Mookie Wilson: 60 24) Cliff Floyd: 57 T25) Wayne Garrett: 55 T25) Butch Huskey: 55 27) Jeromy Burnitz: 53 T28) Frank Thomas: 52 T28) Bernard Gilkey: 52 30) John Stearns: 46 31) Donn Clendenon: 45 32) Hubie Brooks: 44 33) Eddie Murray: 43 T34) Art Shamsky: 42 T3r) Gregg Jefferies: 42 36) Todd Zeile: 41 37) Ryan Thompson: 39 38) Joel Youngblood: 38 =orange]Cliff Floyd at Season's Start: 36 T39) Charley Smith: 36 T39) Rico Brogna: 36 T39) Mike Cameron: 36

Edgy DC Jun 30 2005 08:01 PM

Three games from the half-way mark in the season, Jose Reyes already has the third highest triple total in Mets history. His pace isn't currently fast enough to overtake Lance Johnson 1996, but it is increasing. Besides, Johnson 1996 was a fantastic year. In terms of career, it sounds funny, but he's on a pace to come up just short of catching Ed Kranepool. Sounds funny, but we all know 'Pool had a 15.5 year head-start. All-Time Met Triples in a Season 1) Lance Johnson, 1996: 21 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 18.69 2) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 10 T3) Charlie Neal, 1962: 9 T3) Steve Henderson, 1978: 9 T3) Jose Reyes, 2005: 9 T3) Frank Taveras, 1979: 9 T3) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 9 T8) Joe Christopher, 1964: 8 T8) Joel Youngblood, 1970: 8 T8) Bud Harrelson, 1970: 8 T8) Cleon Jones, 1970: 8 T8) Len Randle, 1978: 8 T8) Doug Flynn, 1978: 8 T8) Steve Henderson, 1979: 8 T8) Doug Flynn, 1980: 8 T8) Steve Henderson, 1980: 8 T8) Mookie Wilson, 1981: 8 T8) Mookie Wilson, 1985: 8 T8) Vince Coleman, 1993: 8 All-Time Met Triples in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 62 2) Bud Harrelson: 45 3) Cleon Jones: 33 4) Steve Henderson: 31 5) Darryl Strawberry: 30 6) Lance Johnson: 27 7) Doug Flynn: 26 8) Ed Kranepool: 25 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 24.69 9) Lee Mazzilli: 22 T10) Ron Swoboda: 20 T10) Wayne Garrett: 20 T12) Jerry Grote: 18 T12) Joel Youngblood: 18 T12) Howard Johnson: 18 T15) Lenny Dykstra: 17 T15) Rey Ordóñez: 17 T17) Ken Boswell: 15 T17) Jose Reyes: 15 T17) Len Randle:15 T20) Joe Christopher: 14 T20) Tommie Agee: 14 T20) Ted Martinez: 14 T20) Mike Phillips: 14 T20) Wally Backman: 14 T20) Kevin McReynolds: 14 T20) Vince Coleman: 14 T20) Jose Vizcaino: 14 T20) Edgardo Alfonzo: 14... ...Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 6

Edgy DC Jun 30 2005 08:13 PM

Big top-ten-type news here: Piazza's fifth-inning single was the 994th of his Met career, tying him with fellow-catcher Jerry Grote as the eighth hitliest Met of all time. All-Time Met Hits in a Career 1) Ed Kranepool: 1,418 2) Cleon Jones: 1,188 3) Edgardo Alfonzo: 1,136 4) Mookie Wilson: 1,112 Mike Piazza projected to end of season: 1,067.15 5) Bud Harrelson: 1,029 6) Darryl Strawberry: 1,025 7) Howard Johnson: 997 T8) Jerry Grote: 994 T8) Mike Piazza: 988 10) Keith Hernandez: 939 Mike Piazza at start of season: 928

Edgy DC Jun 30 2005 08:34 PM

Finally, Pedro has already tied John Matlack '77 and Dave Mlicki '95 for 86th place on the all-time season strikeout list for the Mets. I like this list a lot, because it shows how guys simply have their level, with a lot of guys -- Al Leiter or Bobby Jones f'rinstance, but Nolan Ryan also -- having their healthy seasons bunched together. Five ahead of Pedro is Armando Benitez, who struck out an amazing 128 in relief in 1999. In 78 innings! All-Time Mets Strikeouts in a Season 1) Tom Seaver, 1971: 289 2) Tom Seaver, 1970: 283 3) Dwight Gooden, 1984: 276 4) Dwight Gooden, 1985: 268 Pedro Martinez Projected to End of Season: 255.46 5) Tom Seaver, 1973: 251 6) Tom Seaver, 1972: 249 7) Tom Seaver, 1975: 243 8) David Cone, 1991: 241 9) Tom Seaver, 1976: 235 T10) David Cone, 1990: 233 T10) Dwight Gooden, 1990: 223... ...67) Bret Saberhagen, 1994: 143 T68) Mark Clark, 1996: 142 T68) Al Jackson, 1963: 142 T68) Al Leiter, 2001: 142 71) Al Leiter, 2003: 139 72) Nolan Ryan, 1971: 137 73) Ron Darling, 1984: 136 74) Tom Seaver 1983: 135 T75) Gary Gentry, 1970: 134 T75) Sid Fernandez, 1987: 134 T77) Bob Ojeda, 1988: 133 T77) Nolan Ryan, 1968: 133 79) Frank Viola, 1991: 132 80) Armando Benitez, 1999: 128 T81) Jack Fisher, 1966: 127 T81) Bobby Jones, 1995: 127 T83) Bobby Jones, 1997: 125 T83) Craig Swan, 1978: 125 T83) Nolan Ryan, 1970 125 T86) Jon Matlack, 1977: 123 T86) Pedro Martinez, 2005: 123 T86) 1995 Dave Mlicki 123 89) 2000 Rick Reed 121 T90) 1965 Al Jackson 120 T90) 1976 Mickey Lolich 120 T90) 1972 Gary Gentry 120 T90) 1971 Ray Sadecki 120

Willets Point Jun 30 2005 08:41 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Five ahead of Pedro is Armando Benitez, who struck out an amazing 128 in relief in 1999. In 78 innings! Musn't have been big innings.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 01 2005 05:49 AM

Piazza's June 30 hit was actually his 995th as a Met. He's ahead of Grote and closing in on HoJo. Can he get the five hits he needs to break the "Curse of the Thousand Hits"? (For any furrowed brows out there: the only Mets to have reached 1,000 hits have been players who were produced by the Mets farm system. The nearest misses, Howard Johnson, Jerry Grote, and Keith Hernandez were all imports. If Piazza gets that 1,000th hit, he'll be the first imported Met to do so.)

Elster88 Jul 02 2005 05:17 PM

All-Time Mets Hits in a Single Season 1. 1996 Lance Johnson 227 2. 1998 John Olerud 197 3. 1975 Felix Millan 191 4. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 191 5. 1973 Felix Millan 185 6. 1985 Keith Hernandez 183 7. 1970 Tommie Agee 182 8. 1996 Bernard Gilkey 181 9. 1979 Lee Mazzilli 181 Jose Reyes projected to end of year … 180.22506 10. 1982 Mookie Wilson 178 11. 1999 Robin Ventura 177 12. 1983 Mookie Wilson 176 13. 2000 Edgardo Alfonzo 176 14. 1993 Eddie Murray 174 15. 1967 Tommy Davis 174 16. 1999 John Olerud 173 17. 1990 Gregg Jefferies 171 18. 1986 Keith Hernandez 171 19. 1984 Keith Hernandez 171 20. 1987 Keith Hernandez 170 21. 1979 Frank Taveras 167 22. 1989 Howard Johnson 164 23. 1969 Cleon Jones 164 24. 1997 Edgardo Alfonzo 163 25. 1987 Kevin McReynolds 163 26. 1964 Joe Christopher 163 27. 1973 Rusty Staub 163 28. 1975 Rusty Staub 162 29. 1980 Lee Mazzilli 162 30. 1984 Mookie Wilson 162 31. 1979 Joel Youngblood 162 32. 1999 Mike Piazza 162 ….. 257. 1977 Bruce Boisclair 90 258. 1972 Bud Harrelson 90 T-259. 1988 Wally Backman 89 T-259. 1975 Joe Torre 89 T-259. 1970 Ken Boswell 89 T-259. 1981 Mookie Wilson 89 T-259. 2004 Ty Wigginton 89 T-259. 2005 Jose Reyes 89 264. 1973 Cleon Jones 88 265. 1968 Bud Harrelson 88 266. 1976 Jerry Grote 88 267. 1972 Ed Kranepool 88 268. 1988 Dave Magadan 87 269. 1988 Kevin Elster 87 270. 1969 Wayne Garrett 87 271. 1965 Jim Hickman 87 272. 1962 Rod Kanehl 87 273. 1962 Elio Chacon 87 274. 1962 Marv Throneberry 87 275. 1984 Mike Fitzgerald 87

Benjamin Grimm Jul 07 2005 01:06 PM

Two hits today (so far) and Mike Piazza now has 997 as a Met. Tied with HoJo. Three away from a small slice of Mets history.

Elster88 Jul 07 2005 01:12 PM

Just looking through the list of single season hits. T-3. 1999 - Edgardo Alfonzo - 191 11. 1999 - Robin Ventura - 177 16. 1999 - John Olerud - 173 T-28.1999 - Mike Piazza - 162

Edgy DC Jul 07 2005 08:23 PM

Yeah, a big part of what made that season such big news for Piazza is that he had four of the best table-setters in Met history on base in front of him -- Henderson, Alfonzo, Olerud, and Cede&#241o. Back to the important news. Hit Number 996: 7/7/2005: In the fourth inning at Washington, Mike Piazza doubles on a 2-0 pitch from Tony Armas, Jr., striking on a sharp line drive to left fielder Matt Cepicky. Carlos Beltran scores the tying run for the Mets, who had been down 2-1, but would go on to win 3-2. Piazza would end the inning stranded at second. Hit Number 997: 7/7/2005: In the same game, Piazza leads off the seventh inning and falls behind 0-1, but then singles on a grounder up the middle. The Mets fail to advance him and the score remains 2-2. Piazza has tied Howard Johnson for eighth place on the Mets' all-time hit list. Hit Number 998: 7/7/2005: In the same game, the score remains tied and the Mets go to extra innings. After Carlos Beltran doubles with one out in the eleventh, Washington pitcher Luis Ayala is ordered by manager Frank Robinson to walk Cliff Floyd to confront the crisis instead against Mike Piazza. Ayala complies, but his cooperation is for naught, as Piazza loops a single to right fielder Jose Guillen. Beltran scores ahead of Guillen's throw, but Piazza, trying to advance on the throw, is pegged at second base, and then Cliff Floyd, trying to advance on that throw, is pegged attempting to score. Despite the rally-ending double play, the RBI holds up as the game-winner, and Piazza takes sole possession of seventh place on the Mets all-time list of most prolific hitters. All-Time Met Hits in a Career 1) Ed Kranepool: 1,418 2) Cleon Jones: 1,188 3) Edgardo Alfonzo: 1,136 4) Mookie Wilson: 1,112 Mike Piazza projected to end of season: 1,061.41 5) Bud Harrelson: 1,029 6) Darryl Strawberry: 1,025 7) Mike Piazza: 998 8) Howard Johnson: 997 Mike Piazza at start of game: 995 9) Jerry Grote: 994 10) Keith Hernandez: 939 Mike Piazza at start of season: 928

Edgy DC Jul 07 2005 08:36 PM

And HoJo is falling on two fronts! All-Time Met RBI in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry 733 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 661.61 T2) Howard Johnson 629 T2) Mike Piazza 629 4) Ed Kranepool 614 Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 593 5) Edgardo Alfonzo 538 6) Cleon Jones 521 7) Keith Hernandez 468 8) Kevin McReynolds 456 9) Rusty Staub 399 10) Todd Hundley 397

Benjamin Grimm Jul 11 2005 06:28 AM

Strikeouts in a season: 1. 1971 Tom Seaver 289 2. 1970 Tom Seaver 283 3. 1984 Dwight Gooden 276 4. 1985 Dwight Gooden 268 2005 Pedro Martinez (projected) 254 5. 1973 Tom Seaver 251 6. 1972 Tom Seaver 249 7. 1975 Tom Seaver 243 8. 1991 David Cone 241 9. 1976 Tom Seaver 235 10. 1990 David Cone 233 11. 1990 Dwight Gooden 223 12. 1992 David Cone 214 13. 1988 David Cone 213 14. 1969 Tom Seaver 208 15. 1973 Jon Matlack 205 16. 1968 Tom Seaver 205 17. 1974 Tom Seaver 201 18. 1986 Dwight Gooden 200 19. 1986 Sid Fernandez 200 20. 1976 Jerry Koosman 200 21. 2000 Al Leiter 200 22. 1989 Sid Fernandez 198 23. 1974 Jon Matlack 195 24. 1992 Sid Fernandez 193 25. 1977 Jerry Koosman 192 26. 1989 David Cone 190 27. 1988 Sid Fernandez 189 28. 1974 Jerry Koosman 188 29. 1986 Ron Darling 184 30. 1990 Frank Viola 182 31. 1990 Sid Fernandez 181 32. 1969 Jerry Koosman 180 33. 1985 Sid Fernandez 180 34. 1968 Jerry Koosman 178 35. 1988 Dwight Gooden 175 36. 1998 Al Leiter 174 37. 1975 Jerry Koosman 173 38. 2001 Kevin Appier 172 39. 2002 Al Leiter 172 40. 1967 Tom Seaver 170 41. 1972 Jon Matlack 169 42. 1987 Ron Darling 167 43. 1985 Ron Darling 167 44. 1999 Al Leiter 162 45. 1988 Ron Darling 161 46. 1978 Jerry Koosman 160 47. 1997 Dave Mlicki 157 48. 2000 Glendon Rusch 157 49. 1973 Jerry Koosman 156 50. 2001 Glendon Rusch 156 51. 1971 Gary Gentry 155 52. 1975 Jon Matlack 154 53. 1969 Gary Gentry 154 54. 1989 Ron Darling 153 55. 1976 Jon Matlack 153 56. 1998 Rick Reed 153 57. 2002 Pedro Astacio 152 58. 2000 Mike Hampton 151 59. 1991 Dwight Gooden 150 60. 1993 Dwight Gooden 149 61. 1986 Bob Ojeda 148 62. 1987 Dwight Gooden 148 63. 1972 Jerry Koosman 147 64. 1979 Craig Swan 145 65. 1992 Dwight Gooden 145 66. 2001 Steve Trachsel 144 67. 1994 Bret Saberhagen 143 68. 1996 Mark Clark 142 69. 1963 Al Jackson 142 70. 2001 Al Leiter 142 71. 2003 Al Leiter 139 72. 2005 Pedro Martinez 138

Benjamin Grimm Jul 11 2005 06:29 AM

Totals strikeouts as a Met: 1. Tom Seaver 2541 2. Dwight Gooden 1875 3. Jerry Koosman 1799 4. Sid Fernandez 1449 5. David Cone 1172 6. Ron Darling 1148 7. Al Leiter 1106 8. Jon Matlack 1023 9. Bobby Jones 714 10. Craig Swan 671 11. Tug McGraw 618 12. John Franco 592 13. Rick Reed 590 14. Gary Gentry 563 15. Al Jackson 561 16. Jesse Orosco 506 17. Nolan Ryan 493 18. Steve Trachsel 477 19. Jack Fisher 475 20. Bob Ojeda 459 21. Armando Benitez 456 22. Jim McAndrew 408 23. Dave Mlicki 402 24. Pat Zachry 391 25. Bret Saberhagen 388 26. Frank Viola 387 27. Ray Sadecki 380 28. Pete Falcone 379 29. Skip Lockwood 368 30. Rick Aguilera 351 31. Glendon Rusch 313 32. Danny Frisella 296 33. Neil Allen 285 34. Randy Myers 264 35. Ed Lynch 259 36. Turk Wendell 259 Pedro Martinez (projected) 254 37. Dick Selma 253 38. Tom Glavine 237 39. Dennis Cook 234 40. Galen Cisco 230 41. Tracy Stallard 228 42. Roger McDowell 228 43. Roger Craig 226 44. Jason Isringhausen 225 45. Masato Yoshii 222 46. Don Cardwell 221 47. Nino Espinosa 215 48. Mark Clark 214 49. Wally Whitehurst 212 50. Pete Harnisch 208 51. Jay Hook 207 52. Pete Schourek 199 53. Ron Taylor 197 54. Bob Apodaca 197 55. Terry Leach 194 56. Jeff Innis 192 57. Walt Terrell 181 58. Jae Seo 179 59. Kevin Appier 172 60. Pedro Astacio 172 61. Doug Sisk 163 62. Dave Weathers 161 63. Bob Shaw 153 64. Mike Scott 151 65. Mike Hampton 151 66. Anthony Young 146 67. Harry Parker 143 68. Greg McMichael 143 69. Jeff Reardon 139 70. Pedro Martinez 138

Edgy DC Jul 11 2005 07:28 AM

Pretty interesting that, after all this time, the top ten is a three-man club. Heck, the top 14.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 11 2005 07:30 AM

And Matlack is the only southpaw to get more than 200 in a season. In their best strikeout years, Koosman, Leiter, and Fernandez each got exactly 200.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 14 2005 07:42 PM

Piazza gets his 1,000th Mets hit with style. A three-run tie-breaking homer against the Braves at Shea.

Edgy DC Jul 14 2005 07:47 PM

Sweet.

Frayed Knot Jul 14 2005 07:52 PM

Funny how neither of the radio guys mentioned that it was hit #1,000. Not that I expected it immediately since the result of the smack was a bigger story than the fact that it was a goofy round number, but that's the sort of thing Howie in particular usually eats up with a spoon. And even if he missed it I'm surpised that Jay Horowitz didn't come running in to their booth with road flares to inform them. Maybe it'll get mentioned during the post-game.

Edgy DC Jul 15 2005 09:15 AM

Piazza's likely done climbing the Mets career ladder in homers, but the overall ladder goes on. Active players below are in red. (I''m not projecting all the active players now, but I should at some point.) Did you that Lee Mazzilli is currently managing two of the top ten homerun hitters in major league history? All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 219.2 2) Mike Piazza: 211 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 201 3) Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 All-Time Homers by a Major Leaguer 1) Hank Aaron: 755 2) Babe Ruth: 714 =darkred]3) Barry Bonds: 703 4) Willie Mays: 660 5) Frank Robinson: 586 T6) Mark McGwire: 583 =darkred]T6) Sammy Sosa: 583 8) Harmon Killebrew: 573 =darkred]9) Rafael Palmeiro: 566 10) Reggie Jackson: 563 11) Mike Schmidt: 548 12) Mickey Mantle: 536 13) Jimmie Foxx: 534 T14) Willie McCovey: 521 T14) Ted Williams: 521 16) Ken Griffey: 518 T17) Ernie Banks: 512 T17) Eddie Mathews: 512 19) Mel Ott: 511 20) Eddie Murray: 504 T21) Lou Gehrig: 493 T21) Fred McGriff: 493 T23) Stan Musial: 475 T23) Willie Stargell: 475 25) Dave Winfield: 465 26) Jose Canseco: 462 27) Carl Yastrzemski: 452 =darkred]28) Jeff Bagwell: 449 29) Frank Thomas: 447 30) Dave Kingman: 442 31) Andre Dawson: 438 =darkred]32) Juan Gonzalez: 434 33) Gary Sheffield: 433 34) Cal Ripken: 431 =darkred]35) Jim Thome: 430 36) Billy Williams: 426 37) Darrell Evans: 414 =darkred]38) Manny Ramirez: 412 39) Duke Snider: 407 =darkred]40) Alex Rodriguez: 405 T41) Andres Galarraga: 399 T41) Al Kaline: 399 43) Dale Murphy: 398 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 396.2 44) Joe Carter: 396 45) Graig Nettles: 390 46) Johnny Bench: 389 47) Mike Piazza: 388 48) Dwight Evans: 385 49) Harold Baines: 384 T50) Frank Howard: 382 T50) Jim Rice: 382 52) Albert Belle: 381 T53) Orlando Cepeda: 379 T53) Tony Perez: 379 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 378 55) Matt Williams 378 R 56) Norm Cash* 377 L

Edgy DC Jul 15 2005 05:24 PM

The home run also accounted for Mike Piazza's 1,200th RBi.

Elster88 Jul 21 2005 09:44 AM

All-Time Mets Hits in a Single Season 1. 1996 Lance Johnson 227 2. 1998 John Olerud 197 3. 1975 Felix Millan 191 4. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 191 5. 1973 Felix Millan 185 6. 1985 Keith Hernandez 183 Jose Reyes projected to end of year … 182.67988 7. 1970 Tommie Agee 182 8. 1996 Bernard Gilkey 181 9. 1979 Lee Mazzilli 181 10. 1982 Mookie Wilson 178 11. 1999 Robin Ventura 177 12. 1983 Mookie Wilson 176 13. 2000 Edgardo Alfonzo 176 14. 1993 Eddie Murray 174 15. 1967 Tommy Davis 174 ….. 192. 1989 Darryl Strawberry 107 193. 1989 Dave Magadan 107 194. 1979 Steve Henderson 107 195. 1971 Ken Boswell 107 196. 2001 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 107 T-197. 1989 Kevin Elster 106 T-197. 1964 Charley Smith 106 T-197. 1970 Jerry Grote 106 T-197. 2005 Jose Reyes 106 201. 1978 Tim Foli 106 202. 2003 Cliff Floyd 106 203. 1994 Jose Vizcaino 105 204. 1964 Jim Hickman 105 205. 1975 Ed Kranepool 105

Edgy DC Jul 21 2005 10:31 AM

Four hundred is a little more possible today than yesterday. All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 219.95 2) Mike Piazza: 212 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 201 3) Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 All-Time Homers by a Major Leaguer 1) Hank Aaron: 755 2) Babe Ruth: 714 =darkred]3) Barry Bonds: 703 4) Willie Mays: 660 5) Frank Robinson: 586 T6) Mark McGwire: 583 =darkred]T6) Sammy Sosa: 583 8) Harmon Killebrew: 573 =darkred]9) Rafael Palmeiro: 566 10) Reggie Jackson: 563 11) Mike Schmidt: 548 12) Mickey Mantle: 536 13) Jimmie Foxx: 534 T14) Willie McCovey: 521 T14) Ted Williams: 521 16) Ken Griffey: 518 T17) Ernie Banks: 512 T17) Eddie Mathews: 512 19) Mel Ott: 511 20) Eddie Murray: 504 T21) Lou Gehrig: 493 T21) Fred McGriff: 493 T23) Stan Musial: 475 T23) Willie Stargell: 475 25) Dave Winfield: 465 26) Jose Canseco: 462 27) Carl Yastrzemski: 452 =darkred]28) Jeff Bagwell: 449 29) Frank Thomas: 447 30) Dave Kingman: 442 31) Andre Dawson: 438 =darkred]32) Juan Gonzalez: 434 33) Gary Sheffield: 433 34) Cal Ripken: 431 =darkred]35) Jim Thome: 430 36) Billy Williams: 426 37) Darrell Evans: 414 =darkred]38) Manny Ramirez: 412 39) Duke Snider: 407 =darkred]40) Alex Rodriguez: 405 T41) Andres Galarraga: 399 T41) Al Kaline: 399 43) Dale Murphy: 398 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 396.95 44) Joe Carter: 396 45) Graig Nettles: 390 T46) Mike Piazza: 389 T46) Johnny Bench: 389 48) Dwight Evans: 385 49) Harold Baines: 384 T50) Frank Howard: 382 T50) Jim Rice: 382 52) Albert Belle: 381 T53) Orlando Cepeda: 379 T53) Tony Perez: 379 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 378 55) Matt Williams 378 R 56) Norm Cash* 377 L

Edgy DC Jul 22 2005 03:01 PM

Goal: To get Jose Reyes off the bottom of the MLB OpS charts among qualifiers: RK PLAYER OPS 1 Derrek Lee 1.175 2 Albert Pujols 1.050 3 Alex Rodriguez 1.012 4 Travis Hafner .995 5 Brian Roberts .984 6 Miguel Cabrera .981 7 Morgan Ensberg .974 8 Aramis Ramirez .966 9 David Ortiz Bos .958 10 Miguel Tejada .956 11 Manny Ramirez .954 12 Nick Johnson .952 13 Carlos Delgado .943 14 Brian Giles .942 15 Adam Dunn .942 16 Andruw Jones .938 17 Gary Sheffield .937 18 J.D. Drew .931 19 Jason Bay .925 20 Bobby Abreu .923 21 Jim Edmonds .920 22 Ken Griffey Jr. .918 23 Chase Utley .916 24 Moises Alou .909 25 Vladimir Guerrero .909 26 David Dellucci .908 27 Pat Burrell .898 28 Jeff Kent .897 29 Hideki Matsui .892 30 Richie Sexson .891 31 Cliff Floyd .890 32 Mark Teixeira .888 33 Jason Varitek .887 34 Michael Young .880 35 Todd Helton .878 36 Mike Sweeney .874 37 Jose Guillen .872 38 Troy Glaus .872 39 David Wright .871 40 Felipe Lopez .869 41 Kevin Mench .868 42 Trot Nixon Bos .863 43 Alfonso Soriano .861 44 Chad Tracy .860 45 Johnny Damon .857 46 Shawn Green .857 47 Melvin Mora .856 48 Juan Encarnacion .847 49 Lyle Overbay .844 50 Rafael Palmeiro .843 51 Jeromy Burnitz .842 52 Carlos Lee .842 53 Ryan Klesko .842 54 Hank Blalock .841 55 Preston Wilson .836 56 Paul Konerko .836 57 Geoff Jenkins .834 58 Jermaine Dye .832 59 Raul Ibanez .827 60 Joe Randa .827 61 Bill Hall .826 62 Shea Hillenbrand .825 63 Vernon Wells .822 64 Matt Lawton .822 65 Craig Biggio .822 66 David DeJesus .818 67 Luis Castillo .817 68 Joe Mauer .816 69 Marcus Giles .816 70 Ray Durham .810 71 Jorge Cantu .809 72 Emil Brown .809 73 Derek Jeter .808 74 Brandon Inge .807 75 Bobby Kielty .805 76 Rondell White .805 77 Jay Gibbons .801 78 Luis Gonzalez .800 79 Jacque Jones .799 80 Torii Hunter .798 81 Jorge Posada .797 82 Brad Wilkerson .795 83 Grady Sizemore .786 84 Ivan Rodriguez .785 85 Bill Mueller .785 86 Brady Clark .784 87 Coco Crisp .783 88 Dmitri Young .780 89 Garret Anderson .775 90 Craig Monroe .774 91 Eric Chavez .774 92 Craig Counsell .773 93 Ichiro Suzuki .770 94 Rob Mackowiak .764 95 Justin Morneau .762 96 Sean Casey .762 97 Mike Piazza .760 98 Carl Crawford .759 99 Alex Rios .758 100 Pedro Feliz .758 101 Jason Lane .756 102 Omar Vizquel .751 103 Paul Lo Duca .751 104 Shannon Stewart .750 105 Daryle Ward.750 106 Carlos Beltran .748 107 Aaron Rowand .748 108 Kevin Millar .745 109 Joe Crede .741 110 Tadahito Iguchi .740 111 Ben Broussard .740 112 Edgar Renteria .731 113 Jimmy Rollins .731 114 Chone Figgins .730 115 Scott Hatteberg .730 116 Jason Ellison .727 117 Victor Martinez .726 118 Vinny Castilla .726 119 Julio Lugo .725 120 Darin Erstad .724 121 Orlando Hudson .724 122 Ronnie Belliard .723 123 Eric Hinske .721 124 Lew Ford .720 125 Mark Kotsay .720 126 David Eckstein .719 127 Aubrey Huff .718 128 Randy Winn .718 129 Mark Grudzielanek .712 130 Rafael Furcal .712 131 Richard Hidalgo .709 132 Alex Gonzalez .709 133 Adrian Beltre .707 134 Scott Podsednik .707 135 Casey Blake .704 136 Bernie Williams .702 137 Sammy Sosa .701 138 Willy Taveras .697 139 Jeremy Reed .690 140 Mark Bellhorn .689 141 Adam Everett .678 142 David Bell .677 143 Juan Pierre .677 144 Jason Kendall .674 145 Neifi Perez .672 146 Angel Berroa .672 147 Royce Clayton .668 148 Jose Reyes .664 149 Bret Boone .659 150 Orlando Cabrera .655 151 Jason Phillips .652 152 Cesar Izturis .651 153 Corey Patterson .649 154 Aaron Boone .642 155 Mike Lowell .632 156 Juan Uribe .631 157 Jack Wilson .618

Johnny Dickshot Jul 22 2005 03:24 PM

How about we also get Carlos Beltran out of Daryle Ward's neighborhood. My goodness.

Elster88 Jul 22 2005 04:53 PM

Ichiro and Crawford are also down there? Lo Duca below Piazza?

Edgy DC Jul 25 2005 09:35 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 05 2005 10:49 PM

Piazza's next chase is Joe Carter. Four hundred is still a reach of sorts. All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 220.84 2) Mike Piazza: 213 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 201 3) Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 All-Time Homers by a Major Leaguer 1) Hank Aaron: 755 2) Babe Ruth: 714 =darkred]3) Barry Bonds: 703 4) Willie Mays: 660 5) Frank Robinson: 586 =darkred]6) Sammy Sosa: 585 7) Mark McGwire: 583 8) Harmon Killebrew: 573 =darkred]9) Rafael Palmeiro: 567 10) Reggie Jackson: 563 11) Mike Schmidt: 548 12) Mickey Mantle: 536 13) Jimmie Foxx: 534 T14) Willie McCovey: 521 T14) Ted Williams: 521 =darkred]16) Ken Griffey: 518 T17) Ernie Banks: 512 T17) Eddie Mathews: 512 19) Mel Ott: 511 20) Eddie Murray: 504 T21) Lou Gehrig: 493 T21) Fred McGriff: 493 T23) Stan Musial: 475 T23) Willie Stargell: 475 25) Dave Winfield: 465 26) Jose Canseco: 462 27) Carl Yastrzemski: 452 =darkred]28) Jeff Bagwell: 449 29) Frank Thomas: 447 30) Dave Kingman: 442 31) Andre Dawson: 438 =darkred]32) Gary Sheffield: 435 =darkred]33) Juan Gonzalez: 434 34) Cal Ripken: 431 =darkred]35) Jim Thome: 430 36) Billy Williams: 426 =darkred]37) Manny Ramirez: 417 38) Darrell Evans: 414 =darkred]39) Alex Rodriguez: 408 40) Duke Snider: 407 T41) Andres Galarraga: 399 T41) Al Kaline: 399 43) Dale Murphy: 398 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 397.84 44) Joe Carter: 396 T45) Graig Nettles: 390 T45) Mike Piazza: 390 47) Johnny Bench: 389 48) Dwight Evans: 385 49) Harold Baines: 384 T50) Frank Howard: 382 T50) Jim Rice: 382 52) Albert Belle: 381 T53) Orlando Cepeda: 379 T53) Tony Perez: 379 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 378 55) Matt Williams 378 R 56) Norm Cash* 377 L

Elster88 Jul 25 2005 09:43 AM

Junior Griffey should be in brick color too, no? I'm guessing that's not Senior?

Edgy DC Jul 25 2005 09:49 AM

OK, back to an ol' favorite. Jose Reyes's 2005 is already the second tripliest of all Met time. His pace has seemingly fallen off to put him out of contention for catching Lance Johnson, but these things come in bunches. He has now sole posession of the 17th tripliest career in Mets history, and is still a decent bet to become the youngest Met to triple his age, garnering 22 career triples as a 22-year-old. All-Time Met Triples in a Season 1) Lance Johnson, 1996: 21 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 16.53 T2) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 10 T2) Jose Reyes, 2005: 10 T4) Charlie Neal, 1962: 9 T4) Steve Henderson, 1978: 9 T4) Frank Taveras, 1979: 9 T4) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 9 T8) Joe Christopher, 1964: 8 T8) Joel Youngblood, 1970: 8 T8) Bud Harrelson, 1970: 8 T8) Cleon Jones, 1970: 8 T8) Len Randle, 1978: 8 T8) Doug Flynn, 1978: 8 T8) Steve Henderson, 1979: 8 T8) Doug Flynn, 1980: 8 T8) Steve Henderson, 1980: 8 T8) Mookie Wilson, 1981: 8 T8) Mookie Wilson, 1985: 8 T8) Vince Coleman, 1993: 8 All-Time Met Triples in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 62 2) Bud Harrelson: 45 3) Cleon Jones: 33 4) Steve Henderson: 31 5) Darryl Strawberry: 30 6) Lance Johnson: 27 7) Doug Flynn: 26 8) Ed Kranepool: 25 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 22.53 9) Lee Mazzilli: 22 T10) Ron Swoboda: 20 T10) Wayne Garrett: 20 T12) Jerry Grote: 18 T12) Joel Youngblood: 18 T12) Howard Johnson: 18 T15) Lenny Dykstra: 17 T15) Rey Ordóñez: 17 17) Jose Reyes: 16 T18) Ken Boswell: 15 T18) Len Randle:15 T20) Joe Christopher: 14 T20) Tommie Agee: 14 T20) Ted Martinez: 14 T20) Mike Phillips: 14 T20) Wally Backman: 14 T20) Kevin McReynolds: 14 T20) Vince Coleman: 14 T20) Jose Vizcaino: 14 T20) Edgardo Alfonzo: 14... ...Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 6

Elster88 Jul 25 2005 09:51 AM

All-Time Met Doubles in a Single Season 1. 1996 Bernard Gilkey 44 David Wright Projected to End of Season 42.97947 T-2. 1989 Howard Johnson 41 T-2. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 41 T-4. 1990 Gregg Jefferies 40 T-4. 2000 Edgardo Alfonzo 40 6. 1999 John Olerud 39 7. 1999 Robin Ventura 38 T-8. 1992 Eddie Murray 37 T-8. 1990 Howard Johnson 37 T-8. 1987 Lenny Dykstra 37 T-8. 1975 Felix Millan 37 T-8. 1979 Joel Youngblood 37 ...... 56. 1995 Rico Brogna 27 57. 1997 Edgardo Alfonzo 27 58. 1998 Carlos Baerga 27 59. 1988 Darryl Strawberry 27 60. 1980 Frank Taveras 27 61. 1984 Darryl Strawberry 27 62. 1986 Darryl Strawberry 27 63. 1986 Lenny Dykstra 27 64. 2001 Desi Relaford 27 65. 2002 Timo Perez 27 T-66. 1997 Butch Huskey 26 T-66. 1989 Darryl Strawberry 26 T-66. 1979 Frank Taveras 26 T-66. 1964 Joe Christopher 26 T-66. 1980 Joel Youngblood 26 T-66. 2000 Mike Piazza 26 T-66. 2002 Edgardo Alfonzo 26 T-66. 2004 Cliff Floyd 26 T-66. 2005 David Wright 26

Elster88 Jul 25 2005 01:09 PM

Jose has missed one game so far this year. I predicted he would play in 120 games this year in our predictions thread in the old CPF. This isn't a category that gets cracked often, only three new entries to the top 20 since 1991. All Time Met At-Bats in a Single Season Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season 697.58984 1. 1996 Lance Johnson 682 2. 1975 Felix Millan 676 3. 1982 Mookie Wilson 639 4. 1973 Felix Millan 638 5. 1983 Mookie Wilson 638 6. 1970 Tommie Agee 636 7. 1979 Frank Taveras 635 8. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 628 9. 1993 Eddie Murray 610 10. 1978 Willie Montanez 609 11. 1990 Gregg Jefferies 604 12. 1983 George Foster 601 13. 1979 Lee Mazzilli 597 14. 1985 Keith Hernandez 593 15. 1990 Howard Johnson 590 16. 1987 Kevin McReynolds 590 17. 1979 Joel Youngblood 590 18. 2002 Roberto Alomar 590 19. 1999 Robin Ventura 588 ...... 165. 1987 Lenny Dykstra 431 166. 1977 John Stearns 431 167. 1986 Lenny Dykstra 431 168. 1988 Lenny Dykstra 429 169. 1971 Tommie Agee 425 T-170. 1964 George Altman 422 T-170. 1972 Tommie Agee 422 T-170. 2005 Jose Reyes 422

Edgy DC Jul 25 2005 09:39 PM

Jose's all alone in second place now. It's a long chase after Lance. All-Time Met Triples in a Season 1) Lance Johnson, 1996: 21 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 18 2) Jose Reyes, 2005: 11 3) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 10 T4) Charlie Neal, 1962: 9 T4) Steve Henderson, 1978: 9 T4) Frank Taveras, 1979: 9 T4) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 9 T8) Joe Christopher, 1964: 8 T8) Joel Youngblood, 1970: 8 T8) Bud Harrelson, 1970: 8 T8) Cleon Jones, 1970: 8 T8) Len Randle, 1978: 8 T8) Doug Flynn, 1978: 8 T8) Steve Henderson, 1979: 8 T8) Doug Flynn, 1980: 8 T8) Steve Henderson, 1980: 8 T8) Mookie Wilson, 1981: 8 T8) Mookie Wilson, 1985: 8 T8) Vince Coleman, 1993: 8 All-Time Met Triples in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 62 2) Bud Harrelson: 45 3) Cleon Jones: 33 4) Steve Henderson: 31 5) Darryl Strawberry: 30 6) Lance Johnson: 27 7) Doug Flynn: 26 8) Ed Kranepool: 25 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 24 9) Lee Mazzilli: 22 T10) Ron Swoboda: 20 T10) Wayne Garrett: 20 T12) Jerry Grote: 18 T12) Joel Youngblood: 18 T12) Howard Johnson: 18 T15) Lenny Dykstra: 17 T15) Rey Ordóñez: 17 T15) Jose Reyes: 17 T18) Ken Boswell: 15 T18) Len Randle:15 T20) Joe Christopher: 14 T20) Tommie Agee: 14 T20) Ted Martinez: 14 T20) Mike Phillips: 14 T20) Wally Backman: 14 T20) Kevin McReynolds: 14 T20) Vince Coleman: 14 T20) Jose Vizcaino: 14 T20) Edgardo Alfonzo: 14... ...Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 6

seawolf17 Jul 27 2005 02:15 PM

Interesting, albeit relatively worthless, info from today's Mets Press Pass notes: All-Time Games Caught 23. Ernie Lombardi 1544 24. Steve O'Neill 1528 =red]T25. Mike Piazza 1506 T25. Darrell Porter 1506

Elster88 Jul 27 2005 02:20 PM

Where does one who isn't a member of the press get Press Pass notes? Or is that not possible?

seawolf17 Jul 27 2005 02:24 PM

They have them on mlb.com... go to News, then Press Pass. You have to create an account, then they'll e-mail you every day when they're ready. I usually check them, just for kicks; if I think of it, I try to print them out before I go to a game (because I'm a nerd). They're an invaluable KTE resource.

Elster88 Aug 03 2005 08:56 AM

A good couple of weeks and Jose is projecting to break the top 3. All-Time Mets Hits in a Single Season 1. 1996 Lance Johnson 227 2. 1998 John Olerud 197 Jose Reyes projected to end of year … 195.62294 T-3. 1975 Felix Millan 191 T-3. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 191 5. 1973 Felix Millan 185 6. 1985 Keith Hernandez 183 7. 1970 Tommie Agee 182 T-8. 1996 Bernard Gilkey 181 T-8. 1979 Lee Mazzilli 181 10. 1982 Mookie Wilson 178 ….. 114. 1974 Cleon Jones 130 T-115. 1996 Rey Ordóñez 129 T-115. 1997 Bernard Gilkey 129 T-117. 1973 Wayne Garrett 129 T-117. 2003 Roger Cedeño 129 T-119. 1974 John Milner 128 T-119. 1965 Roy McMillan 128 T-119. 1962 Felix Mantilla 128 T-119. 2005 Jose Reyes 128

Elster88 Aug 03 2005 09:00 AM

Reyes has missed one game this year. Wright has missed two. I'm guessing that the the 1999 stats, including Olerud's 162, are out of 163 games. Talk about stats that need an asterisk. I really like the Interactive Statistics in the UMDB. All-Time Mets Games in a Single (Regular) Season 1. 1975 Felix Millan 162 2. 1999 John Olerud 162 3. 1999 Robin Ventura 161 4. 1998 John Olerud 160 5. 1996 Lance Johnson 160 6. 1998 Brian McRae 159 7. 1978 Willie Montanez 159 8. 1977 Lee Mazzilli 159 9. 1982 Mookie Wilson 159 10. 1985 Keith Hernandez 158 11. 1979 Lee Mazzilli 158 12. 1979 Joel Youngblood 158 13. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 158

Elster88 Aug 03 2005 09:06 AM

Reyes looking to break 700. He's looking to pass Kaz's mark from last year. I think he might just. All Time Met At-Bats in a Single Season Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season 701.49162 1. 1996 Lance Johnson 682 2. 1975 Felix Millan 676 3. 1982 Mookie Wilson 639 4. 1973 Felix Millan 638 5. 1983 Mookie Wilson 638 .... 141. 2004 Kaz Matsui 460 142. 2005 Jose Reyes 459 143. 1989 Kevin Elster 458

Benjamin Grimm Aug 03 2005 09:25 AM

I seem to remember a time when the single-season record for at bats in a season was 699. (Manny Trillo, perhaps?) I'm pretty sure it's since been broken, and that there have been a few 700 seasons. Though not, of course, for the Mets.

Edgy DC Aug 03 2005 11:38 AM

Willie Wilson had the first 700-at-bat season, I'm pretty sure.

Frayed Knot Aug 03 2005 01:05 PM

700 AB seasons: Willie Wilson - 705, 1980 Ichiro Suzuki - 704, 2004 Juan Samuel - 701, 1984 Dave Cash (699 - 1975) was the pre-Reagan era leader

Benjamin Grimm Aug 03 2005 01:47 PM

My Manny Trillo guess was way off. His career high was 582 at bats. Dave Cash, huh? I never would have guessed that.

Edgy DC Aug 04 2005 10:05 PM

Round number time. With the season two thirds gone, Mike Piazza is on a pace for exactly 21 homers, which projects him to exactly 399 homers for his career, the exact same place his almost teammate Andres Galarraga packed it in. Meanwhile Supect Sammy Sosa has passed Frank Robinson, which has got to bring some seriously mixed feelings to the old guy. All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 222 2) Mike Piazza: 215 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 201 3) Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 All-Time Homers by a Major Leaguer 1) Hank Aaron: 755 2) Babe Ruth: 714 =darkred]3) Barry Bonds: 703 4) Willie Mays: 660 =darkred]5) Sammy Sosa: 588 6) Frank Robinson: 586 7) Mark McGwire: 583 8) Harmon Killebrew: 573 =darkred]9) Rafael Palmeiro: 569 10) Reggie Jackson: 563 11) Mike Schmidt: 548 12) Mickey Mantle: 536 13) Jimmie Foxx: 534 T14) Willie McCovey: 521 T14) Ted Williams: 521 16) Ken Griffey: 518 T17) Ernie Banks: 512 T17) Eddie Mathews: 512 19) Mel Ott: 511 20) Eddie Murray: 504 T21) Lou Gehrig: 493 T21) Fred McGriff: 493 T23) Stan Musial: 475 T23) Willie Stargell: 475 25) Dave Winfield: 465 26) Jose Canseco: 462 27) Carl Yastrzemski: 452 =darkred]28) Jeff Bagwell: 449 29) Frank Thomas: 447 30) Dave Kingman: 442 31) Andre Dawson: 438 =darkred]32) Gary Sheffield: 436 =darkred]33) Juan Gonzalez: 434 34) Cal Ripken: 431 =darkred]35) Jim Thome: 430 36) Billy Williams: 426 =darkred]37) Manny Ramirez: 420 38) Darrell Evans: 414 =darkred]39) Alex Rodriguez: 411 40) Duke Snider: 407 T41) Andres Galarraga: 399 T41) Al Kaline: 399 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 399 43) Dale Murphy: 398 44) Joe Carter: 396 45) Mike Piazza: 392 46) Graig Nettles: 390 47) Johnny Bench: 389 48) Dwight Evans: 385 49) Harold Baines: 384 T50) Frank Howard: 382 T50) Jim Rice: 382 52) Albert Belle: 381 T53) Orlando Cepeda: 379 T53) Tony Perez: 379 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 378 55) Matt Williams 378 R 56) Norm Cash* 377 L

Edgy DC Aug 05 2005 07:29 AM

Just when I was sure Greg couldin't carry him any longer, Jason steps up. Way to go, J-Fafif.

metirish Aug 05 2005 07:39 AM

Excellent, I've added "fear & faith" as a favorite,I was at this game,great discription. ]. June 17, 2001: The Yankees had beaten us in the first two games of the Shea leg of the Subway Series, and it was beginning to dawn on us that the irritating drawbacks of the 2001 team weren't some passing thing. 7-2 Yankees, eighth inning, and we look as dead as dead can look. Ventura reaches on an error by Derek Jeter -- Schadenfreudish snickers. McEwing HBP. Relaford RBI single makes it 7-3. Ordonez walks, causing thousands of fans to pinch, punch and set fire to themselves to confirm such a thing really happened. Mark Johnson strikes out. Randy Choate exits for someone named Carlos Almanzar. Agbayani singles to make it 7-5. Hope lifts its weary head, looks around, blinks, sees Yankees, awaits execution. Shinjo hits a grounder, slides into first to demonstrate that this thing about Japanese players and good fundamentals is a myth -- but isn't doubled up. Ordonez scores: It's 7-6 with two outs and Piazza striding to the plate. Hope begins to scamper about wildly, still pretty sure it's gonna get its head bashed in with a shovel, but what the heck. On an 1-0 pitch, Mike destroys an Almanzar pitch for an 8-7 lead and the salvation of our honor. Hope does a drunken jig, goes into the fetal position when Armando tries his hardest to blow the save, begins dancing again when he somehow doesn't.

Edgy DC Aug 05 2005 10:59 PM

Mike Piazza has passed Darryl in one category. In the other, you can feel it in the air, the Darryl's out of reach. But he has passed Johnson. 'Eighty-six Mets are dropping like infield flies. All-Time Met Doubles in a Career 1) Ed Kranepool: 225 2) Howard Johnson: 214 3) Edgardo Alfonzo: 212 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 202.69 4) Mike Piazza: 192 5) Darryl Strawberry: 187 6) Cleon Jones: 182 7) Mookie Wilson: 170 Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 170 8) Keith Hernandez: 159 9) Kevin McReynolds: 153 10) John Stearns: 152 All-Time Mets RBI 1) Darryl Strawberry: 733 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 661.36 3) Mike Piazza: 639 2) Howard Johnson: 629 4) Ed Kranepool: 614 Mike Piazza at start of Season: 593 5) Edgardo Alfonzo: 538 6) Cleon Jones: 521 7) Keith Hernandez: 468 8) Kevin McReynolds: 456 9) Rusty Staub: 399 10) Todd Hundley: 397

soupcan Aug 06 2005 09:10 AM

This is my favorite thread to peruse by the way. Thanks for it.

Iubitul Aug 06 2005 09:38 AM

="Edgy DC"] Meanwhile Supect Sammy Sosa has passed Frank Robinson, which has got to bring some seriously mixed feelings to the old guy. All-Time Homers by a Major Leaguer 1) Hank Aaron: 755 2) Babe Ruth: 714 3) Barry Bonds: 703 4) Willie Mays: 660 5) Sammy Sosa: 588 6) Frank Robinson: 586 7) Mark McGwire: 583 8) Harmon Killebrew: 573 9) Rafael Palmeiro: 569 10) Reggie Jackson: 563 11) Mike Schmidt: 548 12) Mickey Mantle: 536 13) Jimmie Foxx: 534 T14) Willie McCovey: 521 T14) Ted Williams: 521 16) Ken Griffey: 518 T17) Ernie Banks: 512 T17) Eddie Mathews: 512 19) Mel Ott: 511 20) Eddie Murray: 504 T21) Lou Gehrig: 493 T21) Fred McGriff: 493 T23) Stan Musial: 475 T23) Willie Stargell: 475 25) Dave Winfield: 465 26) Jose Canseco: 462 27) Carl Yastrzemski: 452 28) Jeff Bagwell: 449 29) Frank Thomas: 447 30) Dave Kingman: 442 31) Andre Dawson: 438 32) Gary Sheffield: 436 33) Juan Gonzalez: 434 34) Cal Ripken: 431 35) Jim Thome: 430 36) Billy Williams: 426 37) Manny Ramirez: 420 38) Darrell Evans: 414 39) Alex Rodriguez: 411 40) Duke Snider: 407 T41) Andres Galarraga: 399 T41) Al Kaline: 399 =blue]Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 399 43) Dale Murphy: 398 44) Joe Carter: 396 45) Mike Piazza: 392 46) Graig Nettles: 390 47) Johnny Bench: 389 48) Dwight Evans: 385 49) Harold Baines: 384 T50) Frank Howard: 382 T50) Jim Rice: 382 52) Albert Belle: 381 T53) Orlando Cepeda: 379 T53) Tony Perez: 379 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 378 55) Matt Williams 378 R 56) Norm Cash* 377 L With the exception of Manny, and maybe A-Rod, it seems like all of those names in dark red are suspect.

Edgy DC Aug 08 2005 12:04 PM

All-Time Wins by a Major League Pitcher (Actvive Non-Met Players in Red) 1) Cy Young: 511 2) Walter Johnson: 417 T3) Pete Alexander: 373 T3) Christy Mathewson: 373 5) Pud Galvin: 364 6) Warren Spahn: 363 7) Kid Nichols: 361 8) Tim Keefe: 342 9) Roger Clemens: 339 10) Steve Carlton: 329 11) John Clarkson: 328 12) Eddie Plank: 326 T13) Nolan Ryan: 324 T13) Don Sutton: 324 15) Phil Niekro: 318 16) Gaylord Perry: 314 17) Greg Maddux: 313 18) Tom Seaver: 311 19) Charley Radbourn: 309 20) Mickey Welch: 307 T21) Lefty Grove: 300 T21) Early Wynn: 300 23) Bobby Mathews: 297 24) Tommy John: 288 25) Bert Blyleven: 287 26) Robin Roberts: 286 T27) Fergie Jenkins: 284 T27) Tony Mullane: 284 29) Jim Kaat: 283 =blue]Tom Glavine Projected to End of Season: 273.68 30) Red Ruffing: 273 T31) Burleigh Grimes: 270 T31) Tom Glavine: 270 33) Jim Palmer: 268 T34) Bob Feller: 266 T34) Eppa Rixey: 266 36) Jim McCormick: 265 37) Gus Weyhing: 264 =orange]Tom Glavine at start of Season: 262 38)Ted Lyons: 260 T39) Red Faber: 254 T39) Jack Morris: 254

Edgy DC Aug 09 2005 10:07 AM

Since last we checked, Jose Reyes's 2005 has gone from the 43rd theftiest season in Met history to the tenth. Career-wise, Jose has entered this huge void of 23 thefts between 13th and 14th, between Frank Taveras and Kevn McReynolds, between base-stealers and guys that can steal. All-Time Mets Stolen Bases in a Season 1) Roger Cedeño, 1999: 66 2) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 58 3) Mookie Wilson, 1983: 54 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 54 4) Lance Johnson, 1996: 50 5) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 46 6) Frank Taveras: 1979: 42 T7) Howard Johnson, 1989: 41 T7) Lee Mazzilli, 1980: 41 9) Vince Coleman, 1993: 38 T10) Vince Coleman, 1991: 37 T10) Rickey Henderson, 1999: 37 T10) Jose Reyes, 2005: 37 13) Darryl Strawberry, 1987: 36 T14) Howard Johnson, 1990: 34 T14) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 34 16) Lenny Randle, 1977: 33 T17) Howard Johnson, 1987: 32 T17) Frank Taveras, 1980: 32 T17) Wally Backman, 1984: 32 T20) Juan Samuel, 1989: 31 T20) Tommie Agee, 1970: 31 T20) Lenny Dykstra, 1986: 31 T23) Howard Johnson, 1991: 30 T23) Lenny Dykstra, 1988: 30 T23) Wally Backman, 1985: 30 26) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 29 T27) Bud Harrelson, 1971: 28 T27) Tommie Agee, 1971: 28 T27) Darryl Strawberry, 1986: 28 T30) Lenny Dykstra, 1987: 27 T30) Darryl Strawberry, 1984: 27 T32) Gregg Jefferies, 1991: 26 T32) Darryl Strawberry, 1985: 26 T34) John Stearns, 1978: 25 T34) Mookie Wilson, 1986: 25 T34) Roger Cedeño, 2002: 25 T37) Vince Coleman, 1992: 24 T37) Mookie Wilson, 1981: 24 T37) Mookie Wilson, 1985: 24 T40) Howard Johnson, 1988: 23 T40) Steve Henderson, 1980: 23 T40) Bud Harrelson, 1970: 23 T40) Cleon Jones, 1968: 23 T44) Howard Johnson, 1992: 22 T44) Joe Foy, 1970 22 T44) Lee Mazzilli, 1977: 22 T44) Mike Cameron, 2004: 22 T48) Brett Butler, 1995: 21 T48) Gregg Jefferies, 1989: 21 T48) Mookie Wilson, 1987: 21 T48) Kevin McReynolds, 1988: 21 All-Time Mets Stolen Bases in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 281 2) Howard Johnson: 202 3) Darryl Strawberry: 191 4) Lee Mazzilli: 152 5) Lenny Dykstra: 116 6) Bud Harrelson: 115 7) Wally Backman: 106 8) Roger Cedeño: 105 9) Vince Coleman: 99 10) Tommie Agee: 92 T11) Cleon Jones: 91 T11) John Stearns: 91 13) Frank Taveras: 90 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 86 14) Jose Reyes: 69 15) Kevin McReynolds: 67 16) Lance Johnson: 65 17) Gregg Jefferies: 63 18) Steve Henderson: 55 19) Lenny Randle: 47 T20) Daryl Boston: 45 T20) Edgardo Alfonzo: 45 22) Keith Miller: 44 23) Rickey Henderson: 42 24) Bob Bailor: 40 25) Joel Youngblood: 39 26) Wayne Garrett: 33 Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 32 T27) Hubie Brooks: 31 T27) Juan Samuel: 31 T29) Dave Kingman: 29 T29) Bernard Gilkey: 29 T31) Rey Ordóñez: 28 T31) Mike Cameron: 28 33) Ken Boswell: 26 T34) Carl Everett: 25 T34) Brian McRae: 25 36) Brian Giles: 23 T37) Joe Christopher: 22 T37) Joe Foy: 22 T37) Joe McEwing: 22 T37) Roberto Alomar: 22

MFS62 Aug 09 2005 10:56 AM

Edgy, those lists awoke some great memories for me. The first players that I saw on those lists were Musial, Snider (In Brooklyn) and Ted Williams (I saw diMaggio, too). But if I had to pick one listed player, in his prime, to play for my team, it would have to be Frank Robinson. He could beat you in the field, with his bat, or on the bases. He had an unyielding will to win, and never backed down from a challenge. He would have ripped out Clemen's heart and thrown it into the centerfield bleachers. (Oh, did I say he could beat you with his arm, too?) And he was a leader and a team player. Every other player on those lists fell short in at least one of those dimensions. (cue music) "Thanks, for the memories..." Later

Edgy DC Aug 13 2005 10:37 PM

Since last we checked on Reyes, he's passed the best two stolen-base seasons that Vince Coleman had in a Met uniform. He's pace now has him breathing down Mookie's neck for the second-stealiest Met season ever. Career-wise, he might catch Frank Taveras yet. All-Time Mets Stolen Bases in a Season 1) Roger Cedeño, 1999: 66 2) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 58 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 57.26 3) Mookie Wilson, 1983: 54 4) Lance Johnson, 1996: 50 5) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 46 6) Frank Taveras: 1979: 42 T7) Howard Johnson, 1989: 41 T7) Lee Mazzilli, 1980: 41 T7) Jose Reyes, 2005: 41 10) Vince Coleman, 1993: 38 T11) Vince Coleman, 1991: 37 T11) Rickey Henderson, 1999: 37 13) Darryl Strawberry, 1987: 36 T14) Howard Johnson, 1990: 34 T14) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 34 16) Lenny Randle, 1977: 33 T17) Howard Johnson, 1987: 32 T17) Frank Taveras, 1980: 32 T17) Wally Backman, 1984: 32 T20) Juan Samuel, 1989: 31 T20) Tommie Agee, 1970: 31 T20) Lenny Dykstra, 1986: 31 T23) Howard Johnson, 1991: 30 T23) Lenny Dykstra, 1988: 30 T23) Wally Backman, 1985: 30 26) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 29 T27) Bud Harrelson, 1971: 28 T27) Tommie Agee, 1971: 28 T27) Darryl Strawberry, 1986: 28 T30) Lenny Dykstra, 1987: 27 T30) Darryl Strawberry, 1984: 27 T32) Gregg Jefferies, 1991: 26 T32) Darryl Strawberry, 1985: 26 T34) John Stearns, 1978: 25 T34) Mookie Wilson, 1986: 25 T34) Roger Cedeño, 2002: 25 T37) Vince Coleman, 1992: 24 T37) Mookie Wilson, 1981: 24 T37) Mookie Wilson, 1985: 24 T40) Howard Johnson, 1988: 23 T40) Steve Henderson, 1980: 23 T40) Bud Harrelson, 1970: 23 T40) Cleon Jones, 1968: 23 T44) Howard Johnson, 1992: 22 T44) Joe Foy, 1970 22 T44) Lee Mazzilli, 1977: 22 T44) Mike Cameron, 2004: 22 T48) Brett Butler, 1995: 21 T48) Gregg Jefferies, 1989: 21 T48) Mookie Wilson, 1987: 21 T48) Kevin McReynolds, 1988: 21 All-Time Mets Stolen Bases in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 281 2) Howard Johnson: 202 3) Darryl Strawberry: 191 4) Lee Mazzilli: 152 5) Lenny Dykstra: 116 6) Bud Harrelson: 115 7) Wally Backman: 106 8) Roger Cedeño: 105 9) Vince Coleman: 99 10) Tommie Agee: 92 T11) Cleon Jones: 91 T11) John Stearns: 91 13) Frank Taveras: 90 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 89.86 14) Jose Reyes: 73 15) Kevin McReynolds: 67 16) Lance Johnson: 65 17) Gregg Jefferies: 63 18) Steve Henderson: 55 19) Lenny Randle: 47 T20) Daryl Boston: 45 T20) Edgardo Alfonzo: 45 22) Keith Miller: 44 23) Rickey Henderson: 42 24) Bob Bailor: 40 25) Joel Youngblood: 39 26) Wayne Garrett: 33 Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 32 T27) Hubie Brooks: 31 T27) Juan Samuel: 31 T29) Dave Kingman: 29 T29) Bernard Gilkey: 29 T31) Rey Ordóñez: 28 T31) Mike Cameron: 28 33) Ken Boswell: 26 T34) Carl Everett: 25 T34) Brian McRae: 25 36) Brian Giles: 23 T37) Joe Christopher: 22 T37) Joe Foy: 22 T37) Joe McEwing: 22 T37) Roberto Alomar: 22

Edgy DC Aug 16 2005 10:16 PM

Floyd ties Olerud. All-Time Met Homers in a Single Season 1) Todd Hundley, 1996: 41 2) Mike Piazza, 1999: 40 T3) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 39 T3) Darryl Strawberry 1987: 39 T5) Howard Johnson, 1991: 38 T5) Mike Piazza, 2000: 38 2005 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 37..07 T7) Darryl Strawberry, 1990: 37 T7) Dave Kingman, 1982: 37 T7) Dave Kingman, 1976: 37 T10) Howard Johnson, 1989: 36 T10) Howard Johnson, 1987: 36 T10) Dave Kingman, 1975: 36 T10) Mike Piazza, 2001: 36 T14) Bobby Bonilla, 1993: 34 T14) Frank Thomas, 1962: 34 16) Mike Piazza 33 T17) 1985 Gary Carter 32 T17) 1999 Robin Ventura 32 T19) 1996 Bernard Gilkey 30 T19) 1997 Todd Hundley 30 T19) 2004 Mike Cameron 30 T22) 1989 Darryl Strawberry 29 T22) 1987 Kevin McReynolds 29 T22) 1985 Darryl Strawberry 29 25) 1983 George Foster 28 T26) 1993 Eddie Murray 27 T26) 1988 Kevin McReynolds 27 T26) 1986 Darryl Strawberry 27 T26) 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 27 T26) Cliff Floyd 2005 to Date: 27 T31) 1984 Darryl Strawberry 26 T31) 1969 Tommie Agee 26 T31) 1983 Darryl Strawberry 26 T31) 2002 Mo Vaughn 26 All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 2) Mike Piazza: 210 30 Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 11) John Milner: 94 12) Cleon Jones: 93 13) Gary Carter: 89 14) Tommie Agee 82 15) Keith Hernandez: 80 16) Robin Ventura: 77 17) Rusty Staub: 75 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 73.07 18) Ron Swoboda: 69 19) Lee Mazzilli: 68 20) Jeff Kent: 67 T21) John Olerud: 63 T21) Cliff Floyd: 63 T23) Jim Hickman: 60 T23) Mookie Wilson: 60 T25) Wayne Garrett: 55 T25) Butch Huskey: 55 27) Jeromy Burnitz: 53 T28) Frank Thomas: 52 T28) Bernard Gilkey: 52 30) John Stearns: 46 31) Donn Clendenon: 45 32) Hubie Brooks: 44 33) Eddie Murray: 43 T34) Art Shamsky: 42 T3r) Gregg Jefferies: 42 36) Todd Zeile: 41 37) Ryan Thompson: 39 38) Joel Youngblood: 38 =orange]Cliff Floyd at Season's Start: 36 T39) Charley Smith: 36 T39) Rico Brogna: 36 T39) Mike Cameron: 36

Elster88 Aug 17 2005 09:20 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Sep 03 2005 06:59 PM

We have another Met who has broken the top ten in a single season category. All Time Met Hit Batsmen in a Single Season 1. 2002 Pedro Astacio 16 T-2. 2001 Kevin Appier 15 T-2. 1971 Nolan Ryan 15 Victor Zambrano Projected to End of Season 13 4. 1963 Al Jackson 12 T-5. 1999 Orel Hershiser 11 1999 T-5. 1999 Al Leiter 11 T-5. 2000 Al Leiter 11 T-5. 2000 Al Leiter 11 T-9. 1968 Don Cardwell 10 T-9. 1964 Jack Fisher 10 T-9. 1996 Paul Wilson 10 T-9. Victor Zambrano 10

Edgy DC Aug 17 2005 07:49 PM

Bye, Bye, Burleigh. Hello, Nolie. Hey, when did Maddux pass Gaylord Perry? All-Time Wins by a Major League Pitcher (Active Non-Met Players in Red) 1) Cy Young: 511 2) Walter Johnson: 417 T3) Pete Alexander: 373 T3) Christy Mathewson: 373 5) Pud Galvin: 364 6) Warren Spahn: 363 7) Kid Nichols: 361 8) Tim Keefe: 342 9) Roger Clemens: 339 10) Steve Carlton: 329 11) John Clarkson: 328 12) Eddie Plank: 326 T13) Nolan Ryan: 324 T13) Don Sutton: 324 15) Phil Niekro: 318 16) Greg Maddux: 315 17) Gaylord Perry: 314 18) Tom Seaver: 311 19) Charley Radbourn: 309 20) Mickey Welch: 307 T21) Lefty Grove: 300 T21) Early Wynn: 300 23) Bobby Mathews: 297 24) Tommy John: 288 25) Bert Blyleven: 287 26) Robin Roberts: 286 T27) Fergie Jenkins: 284 T27) Tony Mullane: 284 29) Jim Kaat: 283 =blue]Tom Glavine Projected to End of Season: 274.25 30) Red Ruffing: 273 31) Tom Glavine: 271 32) Burleigh Grimes: 270 33) Jim Palmer: 268 T34) Bob Feller: 266 T34) Eppa Rixey: 266 36) Jim McCormick: 265 37) Gus Weyhing: 264 =orange]Tom Glavine at start of Season: 262 38)Ted Lyons: 260 T39) Red Faber: 254 T39) Jack Morris: 254 All-Time Wins by a Mets Pitcher 1) Tom Seaver 198 2) Dwight Gooden 157 3) Jerry Koosman 140 4) Ron Darling 99 5) Sid Fernandez 98 6) Al Leiter 95 7) Jon Matlack 82 8) David Cone 81 9) Bobby Jones 74 T10) Craig Swan 59 T10) Rick Reed 59 12) Bob Ojeda 51 13) Steve Trachsel 50 14) John Franco 48 T15) Tug McGraw 47 T15) Jesse Orosco 47 17) Al Jackson 43 T18) Gary Gentry 41 T18) Pat Zachry 41 T20) Jack Fisher 38 T20) Ed Lynch 38 T20) Frank Viola 38 23) Rick Aguilera 37 24) Jim McAndrew 36 25) Roger McDowell 33 =blue]Tom Glavine Projected to End of Season: 32.25 26) Ray Sadecki 30 T27) Nolan Ryan 29 T27) Bret Saberhagen 29 T27) Tom Glavine 29 30) Pete Falcone 26... ...40. Ron Taylor 21 41. Don Cardwell 20 =orange]Tom Glavine at Start of Season: 20 42. Walt Terrell 19 43. Glendon Rusch 19

Edgy DC Aug 18 2005 09:28 AM

Mets RBIs in a Season 1) Mike Piazza, 1999: 124 2) Robin Ventura, 1999: 120 T3) Bernard Gilkey, 1996 :117 T3) Howard Johnson, 1991: 117 5) Mike Piazza, 2000: 113 6) Todd Hundley, 1996: 112 T7) Darryl Strawberry, 1990: 108 T7) Edgardo Alfonzo, 1999: 108 T9) Rusty Staub, 1975: 105 T9) Gary Carter, 1986: 105 11) Darryl Strawberry, 1987: 104 Cliff Floyd, Projected to End of Season: 103.64 David Wright, Projected to End of Season: 102.10 12) John Olerud, 1997: 102 T13) Howard Johnson, 1989: 101 T13) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 101 T15) Eddie Murray, 1993: 100 T15) Gary Carter, 1985: 100 T17) Kevin McReynolds, 1988: 99 T17) Howard Johnson, 1987: 99 T17) Dave Kingman, 1982: 99 20) Mike Piazza, 2002: 98... ...T50) Richie Hebner, 1979: 79 T50) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 79 T50) Darryl Strawberry, 1985: 79 T50) Todd Zeile, 2000: 79 T54) Bernard Gilkey, 1997: 78 T54) Edgardo Alfonzo, 1998: 78 T54) John Milner, 1976 78 T54) Rusty Staub, 1974: 78 T58) Darryl Strawberry, 1989: 77 T58) George Foster, 1985: 77 T60) Rico Brogna, 1995: 76 T60) Mike Piazza, 1998: 76 T60) Joe Christopher, 1964: 76 T60) Rusty Staub, 1973: 76 T60) Ray Knight, 1986: 76 T60) Lee Mazzilli, 1980: 76 T60) Tommie Agee, 1969: 76 T60) Mike Cameron, 2004: 76 T60) Cliff Floyd, 2005: 76 T69) Cleon Jones, 1969: 75 T69) Tommie Agee, 1970: 75 T69) David Wright, 2005: 75 T72) 1991 Kevin McReynolds 74 T72) 1983 Darryl Strawberry 74 T74) Tommy Davis, 1967: 73 T74) John Stearns, 1978: 73 T74) Hubie Brooks, 1984: 73 T77) Edgardo Alfonzo, 1997: 72 T77) Dave Magadan, 1990: 72 T77) John Milner, 1973: 72 T77) Mo Vaughn, 2002: 72 81) Ty Wigginton, 2003: 71 T82) Bobby Bonilla, 1992: 70 T82) George Foster, 1982: 70

Elster88 Aug 22 2005 12:00 PM

I'm surprised that there have only been 16 times when a Met reached 100 RBI for a season.

Elster88 Aug 24 2005 10:09 AM

All-Time Met Doubles in a Single Season David Wright Projected to End of Season 44.06371 1. 1996 Bernard Gilkey 44 T-2. 1989 Howard Johnson 41 T-2. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 41 T-4. 1990 Gregg Jefferies 40 T-4. 2000 Edgardo Alfonzo 40 6. 1999 John Olerud 39 7. 1999 Robin Ventura 38 T-8. 1992 Eddie Murray 37 T-8. 1990 Howard Johnson 37 T-8. 1987 Lenny Dykstra 37 T-8. 1975 Felix Millan 37 T-8. 1979 Joel Youngblood 37 T-13. 1998 Brian McRae 36 T-13. 1998 John Olerud 36 T-13. 1973 Rusty Staub 36 T-13. 2000 Todd Zeile 36 T-13. 2003 Ty Wigginton 36 T-18. 1997 John Olerud 34 T-18. 1991 Howard Johnson 34 T-18. 1985 Keith Hernandez 34 T-18. 1986 Keith Hernandez 34 T-18. 1979 Lee Mazzilli 34 T-18. 2005 David Wright 34

MFS62 Aug 24 2005 10:25 AM

Elster88 wrote: I'm surprised that there have only been 16 times when a Met reached 100 RBI for a season. I'm not. I've been following the team since the beginning, and was amazed that there were so many. Later

Benjamin Grimm Aug 24 2005 10:28 AM

Me too. Well, I haven't been around since the beginning, but I do remember when the Mets had never had a 100-rbi season. The first was Rusty Staub in 1975. (And then they traded him!) I can't remember what club record Rusty broke that year. Maybe I'll look it up.

Willets Point Aug 24 2005 10:32 AM

Looks like he broke his own record: T54) Rusty Staub, 1974: 78

seawolf17 Aug 24 2005 10:37 AM

Donn Clendenon, 97 RBI in 1970.

Willets Point Aug 24 2005 10:54 AM

Damn, fooled by Edgy's snip once again!

Elster88 Aug 25 2005 08:19 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 25 2005 08:28 AM

MLB RANK NL RANK PLAYER TEAM POS G AB H AVG 1 1 Lee CHC 1B 124 468 165 .353 2 2 Cabrera FLA OF 124 479 161 .336 3 3 Pujols STL 1B 126 474 158 .333 4 Damon BOS OF 116 499 164 .329 5 Young TEX SS 122 522 169 .324 6 4 Casey CIN 1B 119 456 145 .318 T-7 Hafner CLE DH 102 361 114 .316 T-7 Rodriguez NYY 3B 125 471 149 .316 9 Guerrero ANA OF 108 406 128 .315 T-10 Tejada BAL SS 125 500 157 .314 T-10 5 Wright NYM 3B 124 443 139 .314

Valadius Aug 25 2005 08:24 AM

How is Hafner tied for 7th with nobody?

Elster88 Aug 25 2005 08:29 AM

Fixed.

SI Metman Aug 25 2005 08:57 AM

A-Rod... nobody... same difference

Elster88 Aug 25 2005 09:14 AM

The two triples he's hit in Arizona are his only ones in a month. He takes sole possesson of 12th all time. All-Time Met Triples in a Season 1) Lance Johnson, 1996: 21 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 16.71424 2) Jose Reyes, 2005: 13 3) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 10 T4) Charlie Neal, 1962: 9 T4) Steve Henderson, 1978: 9 T4) Frank Taveras, 1979: 9 T4) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 9 All-Time Met Triples in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 62 2) Bud Harrelson: 45 3) Cleon Jones: 33 4) Steve Henderson: 31 5) Darryl Strawberry: 30 6) Lance Johnson: 27 7) Doug Flynn: 26 8) Ed Kranepool: 25 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 22.71424 9) Lee Mazzilli: 22 T10) Ron Swoboda: 20 T10) Wayne Garrett: 20 12) Jose Reyes: 19 ...Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 6

Edgy DC Aug 27 2005 03:56 PM

Career triple number 20 ties Jose for tenth all-time as a Met. And he's what? Nine years old? All-Time Met Triples in a Season 1) Lance Johnson, 1996: 21 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 17.58 2) Jose Reyes, 2005: 14 3) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 10 T4) Charlie Neal, 1962: 9 T4) Steve Henderson, 1978: 9 T4) Frank Taveras, 1979: 9 T4) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 9 All-Time Met Triples in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 62 2) Bud Harrelson: 45 3) Cleon Jones: 33 4) Steve Henderson: 31 5) Darryl Strawberry: 30 6) Lance Johnson: 27 7) Doug Flynn: 26 8) Ed Kranepool: 25 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 23.58 9) Lee Mazzilli: 22 T10) Ron Swoboda: 20 T10) Wayne Garrett: 20 T10) Jose Reyes: 20 ...Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 6

Benjamin Grimm Aug 27 2005 05:06 PM

And by next season he could be in second or third place. This is from [url=http://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=0707]his page[/url] on the UMDB: Led Mets in triples with 2 in 2004. Looks strange, doesn't it, in light of how he's doing this season.

Valadius Sep 03 2005 06:01 PM

BUMP. Somebody update this, I forget how to do the table thingies.

Rockin' Doc Sep 03 2005 06:08 PM

How did Kranepool ever get 25 triples? I thought he was slow first baseman. How many times can an outfielder knock himself unconscious or break a leg trying to make a play. Hard to imagine ED legging out all those doubles any other way, no matter how many at bats he had in his career.

Edgy DC Sep 03 2005 06:28 PM

Updating. Ed had parts of 17 years. Simple as that. Poor Rocky. MIA in New Orleans and getting passed by Reyes. All-Time Met Triples in a Season 1) Lance Johnson, 1996: 21 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 18 2) Jose Reyes, 2005: 15 3) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 10 T4) Charlie Neal, 1962: 9 T4) Steve Henderson, 1978: 9 T4) Frank Taveras, 1979: 9 T4) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 9 All-Time Met Triples in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 62 2) Bud Harrelson: 45 3) Cleon Jones: 33 4) Steve Henderson: 31 5) Darryl Strawberry: 30 6) Lance Johnson: 27 7) Doug Flynn: 26 8) Ed Kranepool: 25 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 24 9) Lee Mazzilli: 22 10) Jose Reyes: 21 T11) Ron Swoboda: 20 T11) Wayne Garrett: 20 ...Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 6

Elster88 Sep 03 2005 06:56 PM

We have another Met who has broken the top ten in a single season category. All Time Met Hit Batsmen in a Single Season 1. 2002 Pedro Astacio 16 Victor Zambrano Projected to End of Season 15.71643 T-2. 2001 Kevin Appier 15 T-2. 1971 Nolan Ryan 15 4. Victor Zambrano 13 5. 1963 Al Jackson 12 T-6. 1999 Orel Hershiser 11 1999 T-6. 1999 Al Leiter 11 T-6. 2000 Al Leiter 11 T-6. 2000 Al Leiter 11 T-10. 1968 Don Cardwell 10 T-10. 1964 Jack Fisher 10 T-10. 1996 Paul Wilson 10 _____________________________ This post was under the designation 165) Jose Reyes

Bret Sabermetric Sep 04 2005 06:32 AM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: And by next season he could be in second or third place. This is from [url=http://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=0707]his page[/url] on the UMDB: Led Mets in triples with 2 in 2004. Looks strange, doesn't it, in light of how he's doing this season. Shouldn't that read "tied for the Met lead in triples, 2"?

Edgy DC Sep 06 2005 08:00 PM

All-Time Met Doubles in a Single Season 1) Bernard Gilkey, 1996: 44 David Wright Projected to End of Season 43.43478 T2) Howard Johnson, 1989: 41 T2) Edgardo Alfonzo, 1999: 41 T4) Gregg Jefferies, 1990: 40 T4) Edgardo Alfonzo, 2000: 40 6) John Olerud, 1999: 39 7) Robin Ventura, 1999: 38 T8) Eddie Murray, 1992: 37 T8) Howard Johnson, 1990: 37 T8) Lenny Dykstra, 1987: 37 T8) Felix Millan, 1975: 37 T8) Joel Youngblood, 1979: 37 T8) David Wright, 2005: 37

Valadius Sep 07 2005 07:35 PM

Reyes is now tied with Lance Johnson's CRAZY '96 season.

Elster88 Sep 08 2005 07:35 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 08 2005 07:51 AM

No, he's not. OE: oops, thought you meant triples. _____________________________ This post had the designation 162) Mike Phillips

Elster88 Sep 08 2005 07:45 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 08 2005 07:51 AM

Does anyone know off the top of their head who was the last Met to finish in the top 5 in the NL in batting average? Olerud? I don't think Fonzie did in '99 or '00. MLB RANK NL RANK PLAYER TEAM POS G AB H AVG 1 1 Lee CHC 1B 135 511 176 .344 2 2 Pujols STL 1B 139 519 175 .337 3 3 Cabrera FLA OF 137 530 175 .330 4 Young TEX SS 137 585 192 .328 5 Damon BOS OF 129 548 177 .323 6 Rodriguez NYY 3B 138 514 165 .321 7 Guerrero ANA OF 120 447 142 .318 8 4 Casey CIN 1B 131 505 160 .317 9 5 Wright NYM 3B 137 491 155 .316 10 Tejada BAL SS 139 558 175 .314 _____________________________ This post had the designation 162) Mike Phillips

Edgy DC Sep 08 2005 07:48 AM

All-Time Mets Stolen Bases in a Season 1) Roger Cedeño, 1999: 66 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 58.27 2) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 58 3) Mookie Wilson, 1983: 54 4) Lance Johnson, 1996: 50 T4) Jose Reyes, 2005: 50 6) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 46 7) Frank Taveras: 1979: 42 T8) Howard Johnson, 1989: 41 T8) Lee Mazzilli, 1980: 41 10) Vince Coleman, 1993: 38 T11) Vince Coleman, 1991: 37 T11) Rickey Henderson, 1999: 37 13) Darryl Strawberry, 1987: 36 T14) Howard Johnson, 1990: 34 T14) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 34 16) Lenny Randle, 1977: 33 T17) Howard Johnson, 1987: 32 T17) Frank Taveras, 1980: 32 T17) Wally Backman, 1984: 32 T20) Juan Samuel, 1989: 31 T20) Tommie Agee, 1970: 31 T20) Lenny Dykstra, 1986: 31 T23) Howard Johnson, 1991: 30 T23) Lenny Dykstra, 1988: 30 T23) Wally Backman, 1985: 30 26) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 29 T27) Bud Harrelson, 1971: 28 T27) Tommie Agee, 1971: 28 T27) Darryl Strawberry, 1986: 28 T30) Lenny Dykstra, 1987: 27 T30) Darryl Strawberry, 1984: 27 T32) Gregg Jefferies, 1991: 26 T32) Darryl Strawberry, 1985: 26 T34) John Stearns, 1978: 25 T34) Mookie Wilson, 1986: 25 T34) Roger Cedeño, 2002: 25 T37) Vince Coleman, 1992: 24 T37) Mookie Wilson, 1981: 24 T37) Mookie Wilson, 1985: 24 T40) Howard Johnson, 1988: 23 T40) Steve Henderson, 1980: 23 T40) Bud Harrelson, 1970: 23 T40) Cleon Jones, 1968: 23 T44) Howard Johnson, 1992: 22 T44) Joe Foy, 1970 22 T44) Lee Mazzilli, 1977: 22 T44) Mike Cameron, 2004: 22 T48) Brett Butler, 1995: 21 T48) Gregg Jefferies, 1989: 21 T48) Mookie Wilson, 1987: 21 T48) Kevin McReynolds, 1988: 21 All-Time Mets Stolen Bases in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 281 2) Howard Johnson: 202 3) Darryl Strawberry: 191 4) Lee Mazzilli: 152 5) Lenny Dykstra: 116 6) Bud Harrelson: 115 7) Wally Backman: 106 8) Roger Cedeño: 105 9) Vince Coleman: 99 10) Tommie Agee: 92 T11) Cleon Jones: 91 T11) John Stearns: 91 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 90.27 13) Frank Taveras: 90 14) Jose Reyes: 82 15) Kevin McReynolds: 67 16) Lance Johnson: 65 17) Gregg Jefferies: 63 18) Steve Henderson: 55 19) Lenny Randle: 47 T20) Daryl Boston: 45 T20) Edgardo Alfonzo: 45 22) Keith Miller: 44 23) Rickey Henderson: 42 24) Bob Bailor: 40 25) Joel Youngblood: 39 26) Mike Cameron: 35 27) Wayne Garrett: 33 Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 32 T28) Hubie Brooks: 31 T28) Juan Samuel: 31 T30) Dave Kingman: 29 T30) Bernard Gilkey: 29 32) Rey Ordóñez: 28 33) Ken Boswell: 26 T34) Carl Everett: 25 T34) Brian McRae: 25 T34) Cliff Floyd: 25 37) Brian Giles: 23 T38) Joe Christopher: 22 T38) Joe Foy: 22 T38) Joe McEwing: 22 T38) Roberto Alomar: 22 T38) David Wright: 22 =orange]Mike Cameron at Start of Season: 22

Benjamin Grimm Sep 08 2005 08:07 AM

Hmmm. Assuming he doesn't actually get that extra 0.27 of a stolen base, he'll be tied with Mookie at 58 and Taveras at 90. It would be nice if next year Jose could get 67 steals. I'd rather see him with the club record than Roger. And let us not forget, another great thing about Jose's season is the number of games he's played.

Rockin' Doc Sep 08 2005 11:09 AM Where Mets Rank...

Atlanta...... ...81 59..... .579 Florida.......... 74 65......532..... 6.5 Philadelphia...73 67..... .521.... 8 Washington... 72 68.... .514.....9 NY Mets....... 70 69..... .504... 10.5 The more things change, the more they remain the same. At least were consistent.

Edgy DC Sep 10 2005 06:07 PM

All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 218.11 2) Mike Piazza: 216 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 201 3) Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 All-Time Homers by a Major Leaguer 1) Hank Aaron: 755 2) Babe Ruth: 714 =darkred]3) Barry Bonds: 703 4) Willie Mays: 660 =darkred]5) Sammy Sosa: 588 6) Frank Robinson: 586 7) Mark McGwire: 583 8) Harmon Killebrew: 573 =darkred]9) Rafael Palmeiro: 569 10) Reggie Jackson: 563 11) Mike Schmidt: 548 12) Mickey Mantle: 536 13) Jimmie Foxx: 534 T14) Willie McCovey: 521 T14) Ted Williams: 521 16) Ken Griffey: 518 T17) Ernie Banks: 512 T17) Eddie Mathews: 512 19) Mel Ott: 511 20) Eddie Murray: 504 T21) Lou Gehrig: 493 T21) Fred McGriff: 493 T23) Stan Musial: 475 T23) Willie Stargell: 475 25) Dave Winfield: 465 26) Jose Canseco: 462 27) Carl Yastrzemski: 452 =darkred]28) Jeff Bagwell: 449 29) Frank Thomas: 447 =darkred]30) Gary Sheffield: 443 31) Dave Kingman: 442 32) Andre Dawson: 438 =darkred]33) Juan Gonzalez: 434 34) Cal Ripken: 431 =darkred]35) Jim Thome: 430 36) Billy Williams: 426 =darkred]37) Manny Ramirez: 424 =darkred]38) Alex Rodriguez: 422 39) Darrell Evans: 414 40) Duke Snider: 407 T41) Andres Galarraga: 399 T41) Al Kaline: 399 43) Dale Murphy: 398 44) Joe Carter: 396 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 395.11 45) Mike Piazza: 393 46) Graig Nettles: 390 47) Johnny Bench: 389 48) Dwight Evans: 385 49) Harold Baines: 384 T50) Frank Howard: 382 T50) Jim Rice: 382 52) Albert Belle: 381 T53) Orlando Cepeda: 379 T53) Tony Perez: 379 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 378 55) Matt Williams 378 R 56) Norm Cash* 377 L

Valadius Sep 11 2005 02:55 AM

Why does Norm Cash have an asterisk next to his name?

Edgy DC Sep 11 2005 06:03 AM

I stole the list initially from a site that put asterisks next to lefties. I removed all of them as irrelevant to the exercise, but inadvertantly left Cash's.

Edgy DC Sep 11 2005 12:42 PM

Reyes passes LJ. All-Time Mets Stolen Bases in a Season 1) Roger Cedeño, 1999: 66 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 58.18 2) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 58 3) Mookie Wilson, 1983: 54 4) Jose Reyes, 2005: 51 5) Lance Johnson, 1996: 50 6) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 46 7) Frank Taveras: 1979: 42 T8) Howard Johnson, 1989: 41 T8) Lee Mazzilli, 1980: 41 10) Vince Coleman, 1993: 38 T11) Vince Coleman, 1991: 37 T11) Rickey Henderson, 1999: 37 13) Darryl Strawberry, 1987: 36 T14) Howard Johnson, 1990: 34 T14) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 34 16) Lenny Randle, 1977: 33 T17) Howard Johnson, 1987: 32 T17) Frank Taveras, 1980: 32 T17) Wally Backman, 1984: 32 T20) Juan Samuel, 1989: 31 T20) Tommie Agee, 1970: 31 T20) Lenny Dykstra, 1986: 31 T23) Howard Johnson, 1991: 30 T23) Lenny Dykstra, 1988: 30 T23) Wally Backman, 1985: 30 26) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 29 T27) Bud Harrelson, 1971: 28 T27) Tommie Agee, 1971: 28 T27) Darryl Strawberry, 1986: 28 T30) Lenny Dykstra, 1987: 27 T30) Darryl Strawberry, 1984: 27 T32) Gregg Jefferies, 1991: 26 T32) Darryl Strawberry, 1985: 26 T34) John Stearns, 1978: 25 T34) Mookie Wilson, 1986: 25 T34) Roger Cedeño, 2002: 25 T37) Vince Coleman, 1992: 24 T37) Mookie Wilson, 1981: 24 T37) Mookie Wilson, 1985: 24 T40) Howard Johnson, 1988: 23 T40) Steve Henderson, 1980: 23 T40) Bud Harrelson, 1970: 23 T40) Cleon Jones, 1968: 23 T44) Howard Johnson, 1992: 22 T44) Joe Foy, 1970 22 T44) Lee Mazzilli, 1977: 22 T44) Mike Cameron, 2004: 22 T48) Brett Butler, 1995: 21 T48) Gregg Jefferies, 1989: 21 T48) Mookie Wilson, 1987: 21 T48) Kevin McReynolds, 1988: 21 All-Time Mets Stolen Bases in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 281 2) Howard Johnson: 202 3) Darryl Strawberry: 191 4) Lee Mazzilli: 152 5) Lenny Dykstra: 116 6) Bud Harrelson: 115 7) Wally Backman: 106 8) Roger Cedeño: 105 9) Vince Coleman: 99 10) Tommie Agee: 92 T11) Cleon Jones: 91 T11) John Stearns: 91 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 90.18 13) Frank Taveras: 90 14) Jose Reyes: 83 15) Kevin McReynolds: 67 16) Lance Johnson: 65 17) Gregg Jefferies: 63 18) Steve Henderson: 55 19) Lenny Randle: 47 T20) Daryl Boston: 45 T20) Edgardo Alfonzo: 45 22) Keith Miller: 44 23) Rickey Henderson: 42 24) Bob Bailor: 40 25) Joel Youngblood: 39 26) Mike Cameron: 35 27) Wayne Garrett: 33 Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 32 T28) Hubie Brooks: 31 T28) Juan Samuel: 31 T30) Dave Kingman: 29 T30) Bernard Gilkey: 29 32) Rey Ordóñez: 28 33) Ken Boswell: 26 T34) Carl Everett: 25 T34) Brian McRae: 25 T34) Cliff Floyd: 25 37) Brian Giles: 23 T38) Joe Christopher: 22 T38) Joe Foy: 22 T38) Joe McEwing: 22 T38) Roberto Alomar: 22 T38) David Wright: 22 =orange]Mike Cameron at Start of Season: 22

Edgy DC Sep 11 2005 12:58 PM

All-Time Mets Caught Stealings in a Season 1) Lenny Randle, 1977: 21 2) Frank Taveras, 1979: 19 3) Frank Taveras, 1980: 18 4) Roger Cedeño, 1999: 17 T5) Howard Johnson, 1991: 16 T5) Mookie Wilson, 1983: 16 T5) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 16 T8) John Stearns, 1979: 15 T8) Tommie Agee, 1970: 15 T8) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 15 T8) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 15 T12) Vince Coleman, 1991: 14 T12) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 14 T12) Rickey Henderson, 1999: 14 T15) Vince Coleman, 1993: 13 T15) Joe Foy, 1970: 13 T15) Bud Harrelson, 1967: 13 T15) John Stearns, 1978: 13 T15) Lee Mazzilli, 1978: 13 T15) Joel Youngblood, 1979: 13 T15) Jose Reyes, 2005: 13

Edgy DC Sep 11 2005 02:23 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 11 2005 02:24 PM

All-Time Met Doubles in a Single Season David Wright Projected to End of Season 44.18 1) Bernard Gilkey, 1996: 44 T2) Howard Johnson, 1989: 41 T2) Edgardo Alfonzo, 1999: 41 T4) Gregg Jefferies, 1990: 40 T4) Edgardo Alfonzo, 2000: 40 T6) John Olerud, 1999: 39 T6) David Wright, 2005: 39 8) Robin Ventura, 1999: 38 T9) Eddie Murray, 1992: 37 T9) Howard Johnson, 1990: 37 T9) Lenny Dykstra, 1987: 37 T9) Felix Millan, 1975: 37 T8) Joel Youngblood, 1979: 37 All-Time Met Doubles in a Career 1)Ed Kranepool 225 2) Howard Johnson 214 3) Edgardo Alfonzo 212 4) Mike Piazza 193 5) Darryl Strawberry 187 6) Cleon Jones 182 7) Mookie Wilson 170 8) Keith Hernandez 159 9) Kevin McReynolds 153 10) John Stearns 152 11) Lee Mazzilli 148 12) Jerry Grote 143 13) Rusty Staub 130 14) Bud Harrelson 123 15) Todd Hundley 118 16) Rey Ordóñez 115 17) Felix Millan 111 18) Dave Magadan 110 19) John Olerud 109 20) Joel Youngblood 108 21) Tommie Agee 107 22) Lenny Dykstra 104 23) John Milner 100 T24) Jeff Kent 98 T24) Bobby Bonilla 98 T26) Hubie Brooks 96 T26) Gregg Jefferies 96 28) Wally Backman 95 29) George Foster 94 30) Wayne Garrett 93 31) Bernard Gilkey 90 32) Tim Teufel 87 33) Robin Ventura 81 34) Steve Henderson 79 T35) Jim Hickman 78 T35) Ron Hunt 78 37) Todd Zeile 77 38) Kevin Elster 75 39) Ken Boswell 74 T40) Ron Swoboda 73 T40) Gary Carter 73 42) Cliff Floyd 72 43) Dave Kingman 70 T44) Roger Cedeño 67 T44) Ty Wigginton 67 46) Eddie Murray 65 47) Frank Taveras 64 T48) Rafael Santana 62 T48) Butch Huskey 62 David Wright Projected to End of Season: 61.18 50) Timo Perez 61 51) Joe Christopher 59 T52) Doug Flynn 58 T52) Mackey Sasser 58 T54) Ron Hodges 56 T54) David Wright 56 55) Carlos Baerga 55 T57) Ryan Thompson 53 T58) Brian McRae 53 T59) Joe McEwing 53 T60) Mike Cameron 53 ... ...=orange]Wright at Start of Season: 17

Valadius Sep 11 2005 02:24 PM

I was just going to comment on this, too...

Edgy DC Sep 11 2005 02:26 PM

Beatcha. Pay attention to the game. All-Time Met Triples in a Season 1) Lance Johnson, 1996: 21 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 18.125 2) Jose Reyes, 2005: 16 3) Mookie Wilson, 1984: 10 T4) Charlie Neal, 1962: 9 T4) Steve Henderson, 1978: 9 T4) Frank Taveras, 1979: 9 T4) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 9 All-Time Met Triples in a Career 1) Mookie Wilson: 62 2) Bud Harrelson: 45 3) Cleon Jones: 33 4) Steve Henderson: 31 5) Darryl Strawberry: 30 6) Lance Johnson: 27 7) Doug Flynn: 26 8) Ed Kranepool: 25 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 24.125 T9) Lee Mazzilli: 22 T9) Jose Reyes: 22 T11) Ron Swoboda: 20 T11) Wayne Garrett: 20 ...Jose Reyes at Start of Season: 6

Edgy DC Sep 11 2005 03:22 PM

Pedro not quite on a top-ten trajectory any more. Will the top ten remain a three-man club? Stay tuned. All-Time Mets Strikeouts in a Single Season 1) Tom Seaver, 1971: 289 2) Tom Seaver, 1970: 283 3) Dwight Gooden, 1984: 276 4) Dwight Gooden, 1985: 268 5) Tom Seaver, 1973: 251 6) Tom Seaver, 1972: 249 7) Tom Seaver, 1975: 243 8) David Cone, 1991: 241 9) Tom Seaver, 1976: 235 10) David Cone, 1990: 233 Pedro Martinez Projected to End of Season: 223.1748 11) Dwight Gooden, 1990: 223 12) David Cone, 1992: 214 13) David Cone,1988: 213 14) Tom Seaver, 1969: 208 15) Jon Matlack, 1973: 205 16) Tom Seaver, 1968: 205 17) Tom Seaver, 1974: 201 18) Dwight Gooden, 1986: 200 19) Sid Fernandez, 1986: 200 20) Jerry Koosman, 1976: 200 21) Al Leiter, 2000: 200 22) Sid Fernandez, 1989: 198 23) Pedro Martinez, 2005: 197 24) Jon Matlack, 1974:195 25) Sid Fernandez, 1992: 193 26) Jerry Koosman, 1977: 192 27) David Cone, 1989: 190 28) Sid Fernandez, 1988: 189 29) Jerry Koosman, 1974: 188 30) Ron Darling, 1986: 184 All-Time Mets Strikeouts in a Career 1) Tom Seaver: 2541 2) Dwight Gooden: 1875 3) Jerry Koosman: 1799 4) Sid Fernandez: 1449 5) David Cone: 1172 6) Ron Darling: 1148 7) Al Leiter: 1106 8) Jon Matlack: 1023 9) Bobby Jones: 714 10) Craig Swan: 671 11) Tug McGraw: 618 12) John Franco: 592 13) Rick Reed: 590 14) Gary Gentry: 563 15) Al Jackson: 561 16) Jesse Orosco: 506 17) Nolan Ryan: 493 18) Steve Trachsel: 484 19) Jack Fisher: 475 20) Bob Ojeda: 459 21) Armando Benitez: 456 22) Jim McAndrew: 408 23) Dave Mlicki: 402 24) Pat Zachry: 391 25) Bret Saberhagen: 388 26) Frank Viola: 387 27) Ray Sadecki: 380 28) Pete Falcone: 379 29) Skip Lockwood: 368 30) Rick Aguilera: 351 31) Glendon Rusch: 313 32) Danny Frisella: 296 33) Neil Allen: 285 Tom Glavine Projected to End of Season: 278.89 34) Tom Glavine: 268 35) Randy Myers: 264 36) Ed Lynch: 259 37) Turk Wendell: 259 38) Dick Selma: 253 39) Dennis Cook: 234 40) Galen Cisco: 230 41) Tracy Stallard: 228 42) Roger McDowell: 228 43) Roger Craig: 226 44) Jason Isringhausen: 225 Pedro Martinez Projected to End of Season: 223.17 45) Masato Yoshii: 222 46) Don Cardwell: 221 47) Nino Espinosa: 215 Jae Weong Seo Projected to End of Season: 214.37 48) Mark Clark: 214 49) Wally Whitehurst: 212 50) Pete Harnisch: 208 51) Jae Weong Seo: 208 52) Jay Hook:: 207 53) Pete Schourek: 199 T54) Ron Taylor: 197 T54) Bob Apodaca: 197 T54) Pedro Martinez: 197 57) Terry Leach: 194 58) Jeff Innis: 192 =orange]Tom Glavine at Start of Season: 186 59) Walt Terrell: 181 60) Kevin Appier: 172

Edgy DC Sep 16 2005 07:32 PM

Pedro's 2005 leapfrogs eight other Met seasons tonight. Eight. Among those are two Seaver seasons, a Gooden, a Cone, a Matlack, a Fernandez, a Fernandez, and a Leiter. He's among royalty. He also inches his pace closer to a top-ten finish. Nothing but Seavers, Cones, and Goodens ahead of him. He's also inching toward finishing his first season among the Mets all-time top 40 in strikeouts. All-Time Mets Strikeouts in a Single Season 1) Tom Seaver, 1971: 289 2) Tom Seaver, 1970: 283 3) Dwight Gooden, 1984: 276 4) Dwight Gooden, 1985: 268 5) Tom Seaver, 1973: 251 6) Tom Seaver, 1972: 249 7) Tom Seaver, 1975: 243 8) David Cone, 1991: 241 9) Tom Seaver, 1976: 235 10) David Cone, 1990: 233 Pedro Martinez Projected to End of Season: 228.1224 11) Dwight Gooden, 1990: 223 12) David Cone, 1992: 214 13) David Cone,1988: 213 14) Tom Seaver, 1969: 208 15) Pedro Martinez, 2005: 207 T16) Jon Matlack, 1973: 205 T16) Tom Seaver, 1968: 205 18) Tom Seaver, 1974: 201 T19) Dwight Gooden, 1986: 200 T19) Sid Fernandez, 1986: 200 T19) Jerry Koosman, 1976: 200 T19) Al Leiter, 2000: 200 23) Sid Fernandez, 1989: 198 24) Jon Matlack, 1974:195 25) Sid Fernandez, 1992: 193 26) Jerry Koosman, 1977: 192 27) David Cone, 1989: 190 28) Sid Fernandez, 1988: 189 29) Jerry Koosman, 1974: 188 30) Ron Darling, 1986: 184 All-Time Mets Strikeouts in a Career 1) Tom Seaver: 2541 2) Dwight Gooden: 1875 3) Jerry Koosman: 1799 4) Sid Fernandez: 1449 5) David Cone: 1172 6) Ron Darling: 1148 7) Al Leiter: 1106 8) Jon Matlack: 1023 9) Bobby Jones: 714 10) Craig Swan: 671 11) Tug McGraw: 618 12) John Franco: 592 13) Rick Reed: 590 14) Gary Gentry: 563 15) Al Jackson: 561 16) Jesse Orosco: 506 17) Nolan Ryan: 493 18) Steve Trachsel: 484 19) Jack Fisher: 475 20) Bob Ojeda: 459 21) Armando Benitez: 456 22) Jim McAndrew: 408 23) Dave Mlicki: 402 24) Pat Zachry: 391 25) Bret Saberhagen: 388 26) Frank Viola: 387 27) Ray Sadecki: 380 28) Pete Falcone: 379 29) Skip Lockwood: 368 30) Rick Aguilera: 351 31) Glendon Rusch: 313 32) Danny Frisella: 296 33) Neil Allen: 285 Tom Glavine Projected to End of Season: 284.6735 34) Tom Glavine: 276 35) Randy Myers: 264 36) Ed Lynch: 259 37) Turk Wendell: 259 38) Dick Selma: 253 39) Dennis Cook: 234 40) Galen Cisco: 230 Pedro Martinez Projected to End of Season: 228.1224 41) Tracy Stallard: 228 42) Roger McDowell: 228 43) Roger Craig: 226 44) Jason Isringhausen: 225 Jae Weong Seo Projected to End of Season: 223.4081 45) Masato Yoshii: 222 46) Don Cardwell: 221 47) Jae Weong Seo: 218 48) Nino Espinosa: 215 49) Mark Clark: 214 50) Wally Whitehurst: 212 51) Pete Harnisch: 208 T52) Pedro Martinez: 207 T52) Jay Hook:: 207 54) Pete Schourek: 199 T55) Ron Taylor: 197 T55) Bob Apodaca: 197 57) Terry Leach: 194 58) Jeff Innis: 192 =orange]Tom Glavine at Start of Season: 186 59) Walt Terrell: 181 60) Kevin Appier: 172

Benjamin Grimm Sep 17 2005 06:47 AM

]Pedro's 2005 leapfrogs eight other Met seasons tonight. Eight. Among those are two Seaver seasons, a Gooden, a Cone, a Matlack, a Fernandez, a Fernandez, and a Leiter. He's among royalty. He also inches his pace closer to a top-ten finish. And a Koosman, too. I think it's kinda neat how the Mets record for most strikeouts my a left-hander is exactly 200, and that it's shared by three pitchers. If only Matlack had struck out five more in 1974...

Benjamin Grimm Sep 17 2005 07:23 AM

Reyes getting into some exclusive territory. Ten more at bats, and he'll be in third place on this list. He has an outside shot at 700 at bats. (He'd need to average more than 5 per game.) But Lance Johnson is definitely within reach. Players with more than 600 At Bats in a season 1. 1996 Lance Johnson 682 2. 1975 Felix Millan 676 3. 1982 Mookie Wilson 639 4. 1973 Felix Millan 638 5. 1983 Mookie Wilson 638 6. 1970 Tommie Agee 636 7. 1979 Frank Taveras 635 8. 2005 Jose Reyes 630 9. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 628 10. 1993 Eddie Murray 610 11. 1978 Willie Montanez 609 12. 1990 Gregg Jefferies 604 13. 1983 George Foster 601

Benjamin Grimm Sep 17 2005 07:29 AM

Players with more than 40 Doubles in a season 1. 1996 Bernard Gilkey 44 2. 1989 Howard Johnson 41 3. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 41 4. 1990 Gregg Jefferies 40 5. 2000 Edgardo Alfonzo 40 6. 2005 David Wright 40

Edgy DC Sep 17 2005 07:42 AM

]And a Koosman, too. Yeah, I accidentally put Fernandez twice.

MFS62 Sep 17 2005 08:33 AM

Don't know if this belongs here or in some other thread. Last night, Pedro passed Hall of Famer Jim Bunning with 2,860 strikeouts, good for 14th place all time. Later

Edgy DC Sep 18 2005 02:21 PM

Ok, let's do it. All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 218.40 2) Mike Piazza: 217 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 201 3) Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 All-Time Homers by a Major Leaguer 1) Hank Aaron: 755 2) Babe Ruth: 714 =darkred]3) Barry Bonds: 704 4) Willie Mays: 660 =darkred]5) Sammy Sosa: 588 6) Frank Robinson: 586 7) Mark McGwire: 583 8) Harmon Killebrew: 573 =darkred]9) Rafael Palmeiro: 569 10) Reggie Jackson: 563 11) Mike Schmidt: 548 12) Mickey Mantle: 536 13) Jimmie Foxx: 534 T14) Willie McCovey: 521 T14) Ted Williams: 521 16) Ken Griffey: 518 T17) Ernie Banks: 512 T17) Eddie Mathews: 512 19) Mel Ott: 511 20) Eddie Murray: 504 T21) Lou Gehrig: 493 T21) Fred McGriff: 493 T23) Stan Musial: 475 T23) Willie Stargell: 475 25) Dave Winfield: 465 26) Jose Canseco: 462 27) Carl Yastrzemski: 452 =darkred]28) Jeff Bagwell: 449 29) Frank Thomas: 447 =darkred]30) Gary Sheffield: 443 31) Dave Kingman: 442 32) Andre Dawson: 438 =darkred]33) Juan Gonzalez: 434 34) Cal Ripken: 431 =darkred]35) Jim Thome: 430 36) Billy Williams: 426 =darkred]T36) Manny Ramirez: 426 =darkred]38) Alex Rodriguez: 424 39) Darrell Evans: 414 40) Duke Snider: 407 T41) Andres Galarraga: 399 T41) Al Kaline: 399 43) Dale Murphy: 398 44) Joe Carter: 396 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 395.40 45) Mike Piazza: 394 46) Graig Nettles: 390 47) Johnny Bench: 389 48) Dwight Evans: 385 49) Harold Baines: 384 T50) Frank Howard: 382 T50) Jim Rice: 382 52) Albert Belle: 381 T53) Orlando Cepeda: 379 T53) Tony Perez: 379 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 378 55) Matt Williams 378 56) Norm Cash 377 Coming up, Cornelius Floyd

Zvon Sep 18 2005 02:33 PM

="Yancy Street Gang"]Players with more than 40 Doubles in a season 1. 1996 Bernard Gilkey 44 2. 1989 Howard Johnson 41 3. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo 41 4. 1990 Gregg Jefferies 40 5. 2000 Edgardo Alfonzo 40 6. 2005 David Wright 40 Ill be glad to create an updated versions to these cards(these cards were made in 2002 for the mets 40th anni) I made an entire digital baseball card set that takes you thru the Mets 1st 40 yrs bk in 2002. Made it at work in my spare time and gave it to my brothers and met fan friends that Xmas as a PC slide show. I will set this up to view somewhere and share this with you guys over the winter. For now, a picture of a quarter will get you a 5 card pack any time Im logged in.

Edgy DC Sep 18 2005 02:36 PM

Cliff has (1) surpassed his highest single-season homerun total for his career (2) passed three players to tie for the 17th-best homer-hitting season in Mets history (3) hit his 200th career homer. Two hundred isn't enough yet to look at him on all-time MLB lists, but let's look at the Met list. All-Time Met Homers in a Single Season 1) Todd Hundley, 1996: 41 2) Mike Piazza, 1999: 40 T3) Darryl Strawberry, 1988: 39 T3) Darryl Strawberry 1987: 39 T5) Howard Johnson, 1991: 38 T5) Mike Piazza, 2000: 38 T7) Darryl Strawberry, 1990: 37 T7) Dave Kingman, 1982: 37 T7) Dave Kingman, 1976: 37 T10) Howard Johnson, 1989: 36 T10) Howard Johnson, 1987: 36 T10) Dave Kingman, 1975: 36 T10) Mike Piazza, 2001: 36 2005 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 34.79 T14) Bobby Bonilla, 1993: 34 T14) Frank Thomas, 1962: 34 16) Mike Piazza, 2002: 33 T17) Gary Carter, 1985: 32 T17) Robin Ventura, 1999: 32 T17) Cliff Floyd 2005 to Date: 32 T20) Bernard Gilkey, 1996: 30 T20) Todd Hundley, 1997: 30 T20) Mike Cameron, 2004: 30 T23) Darryl Strawberry, 1989: 29 T23) Kevin McReynolds, 1987: 29 T23) Darryl Strawberry, 1985: 29 26) George Foster, 1983: 28 T27) Eddie Murray, 1993: 27 T27) Kevin McReynolds, 1988: 27 T27) Darryl Strawberry, 1986: 27 T27) Edgardo Alfonzo, 1999: 27 T31) Darryl Strawberry, 1984: 26 T31) Tommie Agee, 1969: 26 T31) Darryl Strawberry, 1983: 26 T31) Mo Vaughn, 2002: 26 All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 218.40 2) Mike Piazza: 217 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 201 3) Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 11) John Milner: 94 12) Cleon Jones: 93 13) Gary Carter: 89 14) Tommie Agee 82 15) Keith Hernandez: 80 16) Robin Ventura: 77 17) Rusty Staub: 75 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 70.79 18) Ron Swoboda: 69 T19) Lee Mazzilli: 68 T19) Cliff Floyd: 68 21) Jeff Kent: 67 22) John Olerud: 63 T23) Jim Hickman: 60 T23) Mookie Wilson: 60 T25) Wayne Garrett: 55 T25) Butch Huskey: 55 27) Jeromy Burnitz: 53 T28) Frank Thomas: 52 T28) Bernard Gilkey: 52 30) John Stearns: 46 31) Donn Clendenon: 45 (RiP) 32) Hubie Brooks: 44 33) Eddie Murray: 43 T34) Art Shamsky: 42 T3r) Gregg Jefferies: 42 36) Todd Zeile: 41 37) Ryan Thompson: 39 38) Joel Youngblood: 38 =orange]Cliff Floyd at Season's Start: 36 T39) Charley Smith: 36 T39) Rico Brogna: 36 T39) Mike Cameron: 36

Edgy DC Sep 18 2005 02:45 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Sep 18 2005 11:11 PM

All-Time Wins by a Major League Pitcher (Active Non-Met Players in Red) 1) Cy Young: 511 2) Walter Johnson: 417 T3) Pete Alexander: 373 T3) Christy Mathewson: 373 5) Pud Galvin: 364 6) Warren Spahn: 363 7) Kid Nichols: 361 8) Tim Keefe: 342 9) Roger Clemens: 340 10) Steve Carlton: 329 11) John Clarkson: 328 12) Eddie Plank: 326 T13) Nolan Ryan: 324 T13) Don Sutton: 324 15) Phil Niekro: 318 16) Greg Maddux: 317 17) Gaylord Perry: 314 18) Tom Seaver: 311 19) Charley Radbourn: 309 20) Mickey Welch: 307 T21) Lefty Grove: 300 T21) Early Wynn: 300 23) Bobby Mathews: 297 24) Tommy John: 288 25) Bert Blyleven: 287 26) Robin Roberts: 286 T27) Fergie Jenkins: 284 T27) Tony Mullane: 284 29) Jim Kaat: 283 =blue]Tom Glavine Projected to End of Season: 274.04 T30) Red Ruffing: 273 T30) Tom Glavine: 273 32) Burleigh Grimes: 270 33) Jim Palmer: 268 T34) Bob Feller: 266 T34) Eppa Rixey: 266 36) Jim McCormick: 265 37) Gus Weyhing: 264 =orange]Tom Glavine at start of Season: 262 38)Ted Lyons: 260 T39) Red Faber: 254 T39) Jack Morris: 254 All-Time Wins by a Mets Pitcher 1) Tom Seaver: 198 2) Dwight Gooden: 157 3) Jerry Koosman: 140 4) Ron Darling: 99 5) Sid Fernandez: 98 6) Al Leiter: 95 7) Jon Matlack: 82 8) David Cone: 81 9) Bobby Jones: 74 T10) Craig Swan: 59 T10) Rick Reed: 59 12) Bob Ojeda: 51 =blue]Steve Trachsel Projected to End of Season: 51.09 13) Steve Trachsel: 51 =orange]Steve Trachsel at Start of Season: 50 14) John Franco: 48 T15) Tug McGraw: 47 T15) Jesse Orosco: 47 17) Al Jackson: 43 T18) Gary Gentry: 41 T18) Pat Zachry: 41 T20) Jack Fisher: 38 T20) Ed Lynch: 38 T20) Frank Viola: 38 23) Rick Aguilera: 37 24) Jim McAndrew: 36 25) Roger McDowell: 33 =blue]Tom Glavine Projected to End of Season: 32.04 26) Tom Glavine: 31 27) Ray Sadecki: 30 T28) Nolan Ryan: 29 T28) Bret Saberhagen: 29 30) Pete Falcone: 26 T31) Nino Espinosa: 25 T31) Neil Allen: 25 T31) Dennis Cook: 25 T34) Danny Frisella: 24 T34) Skip Lockwood: 24 T34) Terry Leach: 24 T34) Dave Mlicki: 24 T38) Mark Clark: 22 T38) Turk Wendell: 22 =blue]Jae Weong Seo: 21.61 T40) Ron Taylor: 21 T40) Jae Weong Seo: 21 42) Don Cardwell: 20 =orange]Tom Glavine at Start of Season: 20 T43) Walt Terrell: 19 T43) Glendon Rusch: 19

ScarletKnight41 Sep 18 2005 04:52 PM

I love Zvon's handiwork with those cards!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 18 2005 07:34 PM

How great would it be if Tom Glavine won 27 games next season for the Mets?

Edgy DC Sep 18 2005 07:50 PM

I'll happily take half that.

Edgy DC Sep 18 2005 09:53 PM

All-Time Hits in a Met Season 1) Lance Johnson, 1996: 227 2) John Olerud, 1998: 197 Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 191.36 T3) Felix Millan, 1975: 191 T3) Edgardo Alfonzo, 1999: 191 5) Felix Millan, 1973: 185 6) Keith Hernandez, 1985: 183 7) Tommie Agee, 1970: 182 T8) Bernard Gilkey, 1996: 181 T8) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 181 10) Mookie Wilson,1982: 178 11) Robin Ventura, 1999: 177 T12) Mookie Wilson,1983: 176 T12) Edgardo Alfonzo, 2000: 176 T12) Jose Reyes, 2005: 176 T14) Eddie Murray, 1993: 174 T14) Tommy Davis, 1967: 174 17) John Olerud, 1999: 173 T18) Gregg Jefferies, 1990: 171 T18) Keith Hernandez, 1986: 171 T18) Keith Hernandez, 1984: 171 All-Time At-Bats in a Met Season Jose Reyes Projected to End of Season: 692.58 1) Lance Johnson, 1996: 682 2) Felix Millan, 1975: 676 3) Mookie Wilson, 1982: 639 4) Jose Reyes, 2005: 637 T5) Felix Millan, 1973: 638 T5) Mookie Wilson, 1983: 638 7) Tommie Agee, 1970: 636 8) Frank Taveras, 1979: 635 9) Edgardo Alfonzo 1999: 628 10) Eddie Murray, 1993: 610 11) Willie Montanez, 1978: 609 12) Gregg Jefferies, 1990: 604 13) George Foster, 1983: 601 14) Lee Mazzilli, 1979: 597 15) Keith Hernandez, 1985: 593 T16) Howard Johnson, 1990: 590 T16) Kevin McReynolds, 1987: 590 T16) Joel Youngblood, 1979: 590 T16) Roberto Alomar, 2002: 590 20) Robin Ventura, 1999: 588