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Major League Baseball team season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
1979 New York Mets | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |
City | New York | |
Owners | Charles Shipman Payson | |
General managers | Joe McDonald | |
Managers | Joe Torre | |
Television | WOR-TV | |
Radio | WMCA (Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert) | |
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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]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1979 New York Mets | |||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
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