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9 5 greg maddux 221 6 john smoltz 211 7 cliff floyd 174 8 edgardo alfonzo 169 9 vlad guerrero 166 10 jimmy rollins 165 11 javy lopez 157 12 13 gary sheffield pat burrell 153 14 mike piazza 149 15 luis castillo 146 16 jose vidro 141 17 scott rolen 139 18 19 miguel cabrera mike lowell 127 20 21 al leiter mike lieberthal 121 david wright at 113 and chase utley at 111 should break onto this list this summer posted by birtelcom at 6 06 2008 no comments sunday june 1 2008 happier days over the 3 seasons that willie randolph has been manager of the mets the team has the best win loss record in the national league top nl regular season records 2005 current mets 295 245 546 cards 294 248 542 phils 294 249 541 braves 282 260 520 over the 3 seasons immediately preceding randolph becoming manager the mets were 15th of the 16 nl teams in winning percentage worst nl regular season records 2002 2004 brewers 191 294 394 mets 212 272 438 rockies 215 271 442 padres 217 269 447 posted by birtelcom at 6 01 2008 no comments from the top with an on base streak of thirty one games as a leadoff man throgh yesterday s game jose reyes has broken benny agbayani s team record in that highly specialized category over the 2000 and 2001 seasons bobby valentine used benny as his leadoff man intermittently but if you count only those games in which agbayani was the leadoff batter you find he was on base the last three games in which he batted leadoff in 2000 and the first 27 times he batted leadoff in 2001 the longest streak of this type anywhere in the majors since 1962 has been by alfonso soriano who was on base at least once in 58 consecutive games in which he was the leadoff hitter spanning his last leadoff appearances for the nationals in 2006 and his first for the cubs in 2007 the longest such streak for one team in one season since 1962 is craig biggio s 51 game streak in 1998 biggio s 51 game streak stretched across 52 games played 51 games in the leadoff spot in each of which he got on base plus one game in the middle of that leadoff spot streak in which he pinch hit in the ninth spot and failed to get on posted by birtelcom at 6 01 2008 no comments pitch and win the mets have lost only 4 games this season in which they have held the opposition to fewer than 5 runs they are now 25 4 in such games an 862 winning percentage the average winning percentage in the majors this season in games a team holds its oppostion under 5 runs is 729 on average teams in the majors have lost 8 or 9 games when holding the opposition below 5 runs only the two florida clubs the rays and marlins have a better record in such games than the mets the mets were also third best in the majors in this category last season with an 828 winning percentage for the full 2007 season behind only the brewers 848 and mariners 859 the overall average for all teams last season in games in which they held the opposition below 5 runs was 749 last year over the full season teams averaged about 21 to 22 losses per team in such games the mets lost only 16 posted by birtelcom at 6 01 2008 no comments sunday may 18 2008 tea for two in their win over the yankees in the bronx yesterday the mets won while using only two pitchers in the game that has become an unusual event in 1984 the mets had 44 wins in which they used exactly two pitchers in 2006 the mets had only 3 such wins and last year it was 7 the cubs led the nl in two pitcher wins last season with 16 while the cardinals trailed the league in this category with just 2 two pitcher games all season in 2007 in 1974 the dodgers had 52 two pitcher wins that season mike marshall their closer pitched in 106 games all in relief with an astounding 208 ip posted by birtelcom at 5 18 2008 no comments saturday may 17 2008 bronx cheers with the mets playing at yankee stadium this weekend a few yankee related facts in 32 regular season and post season games at the current yankee stadium the mets are an unhappy 10 wins and 22 losses a 313 winning percentage with barring a subway series in october three games left to play the mets have averaged 4 5 runs a game and the yankees 5 5 the mets pythagorean expectation based on their runs scored and surrendered in these games is a bit better than their actual performance 13 19 instead of 10 22 al leiter has 4 wins for the mets in the bronx no one else has more than one leiter trachsel and el duque have each lost 2 games pitching for the mets at yankee stadium they are the only multiple losers mike piazza has 13 runs scored for the mets in the yankees home park reyes has 10 and is thus within reach of getting by piazza in the remaining three scheduled games at the current yankee stadium piazza has 14 rbis as a met at yankee stadium reyes is right behind with 13 rbis over the last three years 2005 to 2007 the mets have been more competitive at yankee stadium 4 wins 5 losses 444 compared to 6 17 261 in the early years of interleague play 1997 2004 compare the mets 444 percentage in the bronx over the past three seasons to the 363 percentage for all other teams playing in yankee stadium over that same period 2005 2007 most win shares as a yankee since 1962 the mets era 1 bernie williams 311 7th all time in yankees history 2 derek jeter 307 8th all time in yankees history 3 4 don mattingly and roy white 263 tied for 10th all time in yankees history 5 willie randolph 251 13th all time in yankees history 6 jorge posada 225 17th all time in yankees history 7 thurman munson 206 20th all time in yankees history 8 graig nettles 204 21st all time in yankees history 9 bobby murcer 191 25th all time in yankees history 10 mariano rivera 188 27th all time in yankees history posted by birtelcom at 5 17 2008 no comments thursday april 17 2008 everyday outfield the mets have now played their first 13 games of the 2008 season with the same three starting outfielders pagan beltran and church have started every game the mets have never before gone so long into a season without varying their starting outfield most seasons the mets vary their starting outfield before the 5 th game of the year in only 13 of the seasons 46 seasons in mets history have the mets gone past the fourth game of the year before making a change in the starting outfield the mets average for the first game a change is made to the starting outfield is 3 7 and the median is 3 before the current season the only times the mets have gone past their ninth game of the year without a variation in their starting outfield have been 1970 when they changed for the first time in the 10 th game of the year jones agee and swoboda finally give way when shamsky starts instead of swoboda in right and last season 2007 when alou beltran and green started the first 10 games but endy chavez started for alou in left in game 11 posted by birtelcom at 4 17 2008 no comments tuesday april 8 2008 this bud s for you there have been 80 full seasons since babe ruth hit 60 homers in 1927 here are the hitters with the most plate appearances over those 80 seasons among those players who never reached double digits in home runs top 5 most career pas 1928 2007 among players with fewer than 10 career homers 1 bud harrelson 5 516 pas 7 hrs 2 jerry remy 4 916 pas 7 hrs 3 roger metzger 4 676 pas 5 hrs 4 frank taveras 4 399 pas 2 hrs 5 greg gross 4 355 pas 7 hrs only 27 players have had even half as many pas as harrelson after 1927 without hitting double figures in career homers harrelson might have reached double figures in homers if he had played the bulk of his career with a home park other than shea shea has been a tough park for homers throughout its existence and was no less tough on bud harrelson in over 2 400 pas at shea only one man ed kranepool came to the plate at shea more times than harrelson buddy hit only one homer so at some point in this final shea season which begins with the home opener today hoist a beer for bud posted by birtelcom at 4 08 2008 no comments monday april 7 2008 down side the last time before yesterday the mets finished a day s play under 500 for the season was september 23 2005 when they were one game under they won 7 of 9 after that day and ended up finishing up 2005 with an 83 79 record in 2006 they started the season 1 0 and 8 1 and never fell below 500 and in 2007 they started 4 0 and 10 4 and never fell below 500 the last time before yesterday a mets starter went at least seven innings and surrendered no more than one run yet was credited with a loss anyway was in a 1 0 mets defeat at the hands of st louis on may 17 2006 with mark mulder going most of the way for the cardinals and steve trachsel taking the loss for the mets despite surrendering just one run in seven full innnings an albert pujols walk and scott rolen double in the sixth inning led to the lone run of the game the mets had the bases loaded with one out in the ninth in that game but jason isringhausen came in replacing mulder and got david wright to strike out out and cliff floyd to ground out to end it posted by birtelcom at 4 07 2008 1 comment sunday april 6 2008 bing o most homers in a season by a binghamton met the mets have been playing in binghamton since 1992 1 matt raleigh 1997 37 2 3 robert stratton 2001 tate seefried 1997 29 4 5 6 bryon gainey 1999 mike jacobs 2005 butch huskey 1993 25 matt raleigh is currently the manager of the carolina mudcats the marlins aa affiliate posted by birtelcom at 4 06 2008 no comments him again smoltz s first out today will make him the eighth pitcher in history to log a full 300 ip s against the mets in his career top 10 pitchers in innings pitched against the mets w l record vs mets and saves vs the mets in parens 1 steve carlton 550 67 ip 30 36 2 greg maddux 428 33 ip 35 19 3 phil niekro 393 ip 25 14 5 saves 4 bob gibson 385 ip 28 14 2 saves 5 juan marichal 342 33 ip 26 8 1 save 6 rick reuschel 314 33 ip 14 25 7 jerry reuss 309 ip 15 21 8 john smoltz 299 67 ip 17 14 24 saves 9 steve rogers 283 ip 15 13 10 don sutton 278 67 ip 18 12 1 save source database for this one was baseballmusings com s day by day database posted by birtelcom at 4 06 2008 no comments thursday april 3 2008 mercy rule games i count 5 games in mets history before last night s in which the mets gave up zero runs and scored at least 13 july 29 1965 a 14 0 demolition of the cubs galen cisco complete game johnny lewis two homers july 1 1976 a 13 0 destruction of the cardinals jon matlack complete game milner grand slam mets had only five singles and four extra base hits but walked 10 times april 19 1998 a 14 0 massacre of the reds al leiter starting no homers for the mets september 30 2006 a 13 0 dismantling of the nationals tom glavine starting homers by franco castro chavez green and wright september 29 2007 john maine s near no hitter a 13 0 pulverizing of the marlins two homers by milledge and one by castro so in the first 36 years of the mets franchise the team only had two of these games while the mets have now had two of these in their last five regular season games both against the marlins posted by birtelcom at 4 03 2008 no comments sunday march 30 2008 another opening another show a few mets opening day facts in honor of tomorrow s season opener thank you cole porter for the entry title and baseball reference com s play index for the data that produces the stats the mets have been playing for nealy half a century now but only once have they had the same three starting outfielders on opening day as they had the previous season s opening day in their opening game of the 1985 season the mets had george foster mookie wilson and darryl strawberry as their starters in the outfield the same three guys who started in the outfield on opening day 1984 note that it s been even longer than that since the yankees had the same three starting outfielders in two straight opening day games the last time the yankees managed that was in 1968 when tom tresh joe pepitone and bill robinson were the opening day starters in the outfield just as they were in 1967 most opening day starts for the mets at third base through 2007 howard johnson 7 hubie brooks 4 david wright 3 robin ventura 3 david should match hubie s total tomorrow most career opening day homers for the mets todd hundley 4 darryl strawberry 4 mike piazza 3 cleon jones 3 bobby bonilla 3 most career opening day homers for the mets active mets david wright 1 carlos beltran 1 most career homer runs in opening day games against the mets karl tuffy rhodes 3 adam dunn 2 corey patterson 2 andy van slyke 2 posted by birtelcom at 3 30 2008 no comments sunday march 23 2008 very catchy most games played as catcher for the mets in one season 1 todd hundley 1996 150 2 gary carter 1985 143 3 john stearns 1978 141 4 5 mike piazza 1999 gary carter 1987 137 the capacity to play many games behind the plate in a single season must be genetic compare the top of the preceding list with the top of the next list most games in one season at catcher for any mlb team all time 1 randy hundley 1968 159 2 3 4 frankie hayes 1944 ray mueller 1944 jim sundberg 1975 155 5 6 7 ted simmons 1975 carlton fisk 1978 johnny bench 1968 154 posted by birtelcom at 3 23 2008 no comments wednesday march 12 2008 ex met makes history former met victor diaz playing for texas in 2007 his first season not in a mets uniform had an on base percentage of 259 and a slugging percentage of 538 in 108 plate appearances it is almost impossible to combine that low an obp with that high an slg to have a high slugging percentage you generally need some significant number of hits and it s awfully difficult to have a significant number of hits yet end up with an obp as low as 259 to put what victor did in perspective note that he is the first batter in the history of the major leagues to combine an slg over 530 with an obp of under 260 in a season while coming to the plate more than 40 times how did he manage this unprecedentedly odd feat well he had 9 homers 12 singles and 4 doubles in his 108 pas and one single solitary walk so he had as many extra base hits as singles and walks combined what a goofy season thank you to bill james who pointed out victor s odd season in an article about odd seasons bill posted yesterday on his new online site creatively titled bill james online http www billjamesonline net home aspx posted by birtelcom at 3 12 2008 no comments sunday march 9 2008 ten fold stars 30 win shares in a season is a level achieved only by the top stars of the year at 30 win shares a player is often getting into mvp territory in the nl last seaosn only david wright albert pujols miguel cabrera and matt holliday had 30 or more win shares to total 300 or more win shares in a decade means essentially a player has averaged mvp type level play year after year over the entire decade as you might expect then this feat has been rarely accomplished over the past five complete decades 1950s through 1990s only six players have topped 300 win shares over a full decade 1950s mantle 317 win shares ...