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1979 New York Mets season

1979 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
OwnersCharles Shipman Payson
General managersJoe McDonald
ManagersJoe Torre
TelevisionWOR-TV
RadioWMCA
(Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert)
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The 1979 New York Mets season was the 18th season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Joe Torre, the team had a 63–99 record and finished in sixth place in the National League East. This was also the first season that the players names appeared on the back of the uniforms.

Offseason

Regular season

The 1979 season was worse than 1978. The Mets were in last place by mid-May,[6][7] and finished the season in last place for the third straight year.[8][9] Attendance was below 1 million for the first time in team history, hitting a record low of just 788,000.[9]

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 98 64 .605 — 48‍–‍33 50‍–‍31
Montreal Expos 95 65 .594 2 56‍–‍25 39‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 .531 12 42‍–‍39 44‍–‍37
Philadelphia Phillies 84 78 .519 14 43‍–‍38 41‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs 80 82 .494 18 45‍–‍36 35‍–‍46
New York Mets 63 99 .389 35 28‍–‍53 35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1979 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 4–8 6–12 7–11 12–6 1–9 4–8 7–5 4–8 6–12 11–7 4–8
Chicago 8–4 — 7–5 6–6 5–7 6–12 8–10 9–9 6–12 9–3 8–4 8–10
Cincinnati 12–6 5–7 — 8–10 11–7 6–6 8–4 8–4 8–4 10–7 6–12 8–4
Houston 11–7 6–6 10–8 — 10–8 7–5 9–3 5–7 4–8 14–4 7–11 6–6
Los Angeles 6–12 7–5 7–11 8–10 — 6–6 9–3 3–9 4–8 9–9 14–4 6–6
Montreal 9–1 12–6 6–6 5–7 6–6 — 15–3 11–7 7–11 7–5 7–5 10–8
New York 8–4 10–8 4–8 3–9 3–9 3–15 — 5–13 8–10 4–8 8–4 7–11
Philadelphia 5–7 9–9 4–8 7–5 9–3 7–11 13–5 — 8–10 9–3 6–6 7–11
Pittsburgh 8–4 12–6 4–8 8–4 8–4 11–7 10–8 10–8 — 7–5 9–3 11–7
San Diego 12–6 3–9 7–10 4–14 9–9 5–7 8–4 3–9 5–7 — 8–10 4–8
San Francisco 7–11 4–8 12–6 11–7 4–14 5–7 4–8 6–6 3–9 10–8 — 5–7
St. Louis 8–4 10–8 4–8 6–6 6–6 8–10 11–7 11–7 7–11 8–4 7–5 —


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1979 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C John Stearns 155 538 131 .243 9 66
1B Willie Montañez 109 410 96 .234 5 47
2B Doug Flynn 157 555 135 .243 4 61
SS Frank Taveras 153 635 167 .263 1 33
3B Richie Hebner 136 473 127 .268 10 79
LF Steve Henderson 98 350 107 .306 5 39
CF Lee Mazzilli 158 597 181 .303 15 79
RF Joel Youngblood 158 590 162 .275 16 60

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Elliott Maddox 86 224 60 .268 1 12
Alex Treviño 79 207 56 .271 0 20
Ed Kranepool 82 155 36 .232 2 17
Dan Norman 44 110 27 .245 3 11
Bruce Boisclair 59 98 18 .184 0 4
Gil Flores 70 93 18 .194 1 10
Ron Hodges 59 86 14 .163 0 5
Kelvin Chapman 35 80 12 .150 0 4
José Cardenal 11 37 11 .297 2 4
Sergio Ferrer 32 9 0 .000 0 0
Tim Foli 3 7 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Craig Swan 35 251.1 14 13 3.29 145
Pete Falcone 33 184.0 6 14 4.16 113
Kevin Kobel 30 161.2 6 8 3.51 67
Dock Ellis 17 85.0 3 7 6.04 41
Pat Zachry 7 42.2 5 1 3.59 17
Juan Berenguer 5 30.2 1 1 2.93 25
Ray Burris 4 21.2 0 2 3.32 10
John Pacella 4 16.1 0 2 4.41 12

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andy Hassler 29 80.1 4 5 3.70 53
Tom Hausman 19 78.2 2 6 2.75 33
Mike Scott 18 52.1 1 3 5.33 21

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Neil Allen 50 6 10 8 3.55 65
Dale Murray 58 4 8 4 4.82 37
Ed Glynn 46 1 4 7 3.00 32
Wayne Twitchell 33 5 3 0 5.23 44
Dwight Bernard 32 0 3 0 4.70 20
Skip Lockwood 27 2 5 9 1.49 42
Jesse Orosco 18 1 2 0 4.89 22
Jeff Reardon 18 1 2 2 1.74 10
Roy Lee Jackson 8 1 0 0 2.20 10

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Frank Verdi
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Bob Wellman
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Jack Aker
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Matt Galante
A-Short Season Grays Harbor Mets Northwest League Dan Monzon

Notes

  1. ^ Paul Siebert page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b Bobby Brown page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Kim Seaman page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Jerry Koosman page on Baseball Reference
  5. ^ José Moreno page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Abel, Allen (September 20, 1979). "Pennant fever is long gone". The Globe and Mail. p. P47.
  7. ^ Strauss, Michael (May 8, 1979). "Dodgers Beat Mets, Falcone, 5-2". The New York Times. p. B11.
  8. ^ Durso, Joseph (September 12, 1979). "Mets Beaten by Phillies, 5-2". The New York Times. p. B6. The New York Mets continued their relentless march towards...the lowest attendance in the club's 18-year history.
  9. ^ a b Durso, Joseph (November 6, 1979). "Sale of Mets Is Broached At Stockholders Meeting". The New York Times. p. C14. The Mets...finished in last place...for the third straight time, before a record low attendance of 788,000 fans.
  10. ^ Tim Leary page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Ron Gardenhire page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Dave Smith page at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Bill Mooneyham page at Baseball-Reference
  14. ^ a b Dock Ellis page at Baseball-Reference
  15. ^ Willie Montañez page at Baseball-Reference
  16. ^ Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference

References

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_New_York_Mets_season