1978 New York Mets Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 66-96
Finished 6th in the NL's East Division
Attendance: 1,007,867, Avg. 13,806
Ballpark: Shea Stadium
Manager: Joe Torre (66-96)
Location: New York, New York
1978 New York Mets Roster
1978 New York Mets Results

The New York Mets of the National League ended the 1978 season with a record of 66 wins and 96 losses, finishing sixth in the NL's East Division.

The Mets plated 607 runs and allowed 690 runs. Willie Montanez paced New York with 17 home runs, while Lee Mazzilli and John Stearns walloped 20 or more as well. Willie Montanez accounted for 96 RBI. Lee Mazzilli led batters with significant playing time with a .273 average. Nino Espinosa topped the squad with 11 wins, and Craig Swan recorded a 2.43 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Joe Torre coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Nino Espinosa1115.4234.7332320610203.723011710724751076330888
Pat Zachry106.6253.3321210520138.01205751960478123579
Craig Swan96.6002.4329280510207.3164625612588125201819
Dale Murray85.6153.655303800586.38539354361937215373
Skip Lockwood713.3503.5757040001590.77836361031573013371
Kevin Kobel56.4552.91321112100108.3954235930951201442
Mardie Cornejo42.6672.452501000336.7371210114517311155
Mike Bruhert411.2674.7827221110133.717183716345561210585
Tom Hausman33.5004.701010000051.758282769116120216
Jerry Koosman315.1673.7538326302235.322111098178411160815986
Butch Metzger13.2506.512501100037.3482827422721110180
Dwight Bernard14.2004.313011000048.0542523427326002213
Roy Lee Jackson009.2442000012.7211313260620061
Paul Siebert02.0005.14270500128.0301616221512112130
Juan Berenguer02.0008.3153100013.01712121110810065
Bob Myrick03.0003.28170700024.718109313213000102
Totals6696.4073.87432162141215261455.31447690626114531947752815336165

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Steve Henderson15765458783156309106513760109.266.333.399.732234242053
Willie Montanez159679609661563201796946092.256.320.392.7122391310919
Lee Mazzilli14861954278148285166120136982.273.353.432.78523471256
John Stearns14356347765126241157325137057.264.364.413.777197118264
Doug Flynn15657253237126128036353050.237.277.289.5671541416310
Tim Foli11344341337106211127251430.257.283.320.6031321021221
Lenny Randle1325084375310216823514116457.233.330.320.65014071247
Elliott Maddox119469389431001822392117138.257.370.329.69912882251
Joel Youngblood1132872664067128730401639.252.294.436.73011641131
Bruce Boisclair107244214244871415332343.224.293.322.6166940253
Bobby Valentine69188160174370118111918.269.346.331.6775371621
Ron Hodges471151024264107121011.255.322.314.6353241020
Tom Grieve54110101521302801923.208.273.297.5703030000
Dan Norman1967647170141010214.266.284.484.7683100010
Ed Kranepool6693817172031900812.210.280.346.6252841032
Nino Espinosa327567614300400128.209.221.254.4741700700
Craig Swan297665210000300315.154.191.154.3451010800
Gil Flores1133298801011035.276.344.345.6891000100
Sergio Ferrer3740338701011047.212.316.273.589921200
Jerry Koosman38757016300200027.086.086.129.214900500
Ken Henderson726222520140144.227.346.455.8011000001
Kevin Kobel3230253410020018.160.192.200.392500400
Alex Trevino613123300000012.250.308.250.558310000
Tom Hausman1019171310020015.176.222.235.458400100
Mike Bruhert27414003000000021.075.075.075.150300100
Pat Zachry21524343000000419.070.149.070.219320500
Roy Lee Jackson4330200000000.667.667.6671.333200000
Butch Benton4541200020000.500.600.5001.100201000
Skip Lockwood5713111210110005.182.182.545.727600200
Dwight Bernard30650100000012.200.333.200.533100000
Paul Siebert27110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Bob Myrick17220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Juan Berenguer5330000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Dale Murray53871000000014.000.125.000.125000000
Butch Metzger25000000000000000000
Mardie Cornejo25000000000000000000
Totals2099613254336071332227478656110077549829.245.314.352.666191112624715559


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Willie Montanez1B1581581417.713501048138.9959.2319.2030000
Ed Kranepool1B3327.0274031.0001.3331.3330000
Tom Grieve1B218.392011.00011.8805.5000000
Elliott Maddox1B101.31010.5006.7501.0000000
Bruce Boisclair1B101.010001.0009.0001.0000000
Doug Flynn2B128106928.7249299870.9865.3114.2810000
Bobby Valentine2B4533278.37692413.9775.4323.7330000
Joel Youngblood2B3923233.06772319.9795.3693.5640000
Sergio Ferrer2B309.044021.0008.0002.6670000
Lenny Randle2B506.330001.0004.263.6000000
Lenny Randle3B124108994.01082151121.9672.9252.6050000
Elliott Maddox3B4338329.0407265.9493.0642.6050000
Joel Youngblood3B9963.051621.9133.0002.3330000
Bobby Valentine3B9759.021720.9052.8982.1110000
Alex Trevino3B107.001001.0001.2861.0000000
Sergio Ferrer3B202.010001.0004.500.5000000
John Stearns3B101.30000.000.0000000
John StearnsC1411341202.371184127.9855.9515.63880865237.7
Ron HodgesC3025226.01452035.9826.5715.50080251435.9
Alex TrevinoC5320.0123001.0006.7503.0000003100.0
Butch BentonC107.040001.0005.1434.0000000
Steve HendersonOF1551511332.331518113.9682.2492.1480000
Lee MazzilliOF1441381246.7386853.9872.8442.7360000
Elliott MaddoxOF7966567.3155823.9882.5862.0630000
Bruce BoisclairOF6944438.7114320.9832.4001.6960000
Joel YoungbloodOF5029297.386811.9892.8451.8800000
Tom GrieveOF2620159.043310.9792.6041.7690000
Dan NormanOF1817147.7331001.0002.0721.8890000
Gil FloresOF8860.317010.9442.5362.1250000
Ken HendersonOF7759.0150001.0002.2882.1430000
Ed KranepoolOF12657.790001.0001.405.7500000
Jerry KoosmanP3832235.344864.8971.9891.3680000
Craig SwanP2928207.3173025.9592.0401.6210000
Nino EspinosaP3232203.7104712.9832.5191.7810000
Pat ZachryP2121138.092424.9432.1521.5710000
Mike BruhertP2722133.7112251.8682.2221.2220000
Kevin KobelP3211108.341621.9091.662.6250000
Skip LockwoodP57090.74511.900.893.1580000
Dale MurrayP53086.362211.9662.919.5280000
Tom HausmanP101051.76810.9332.4391.4000000
Dwight BernardP30148.027021.0001.688.3000000
Butch MetzgerP25037.314001.0001.205.2000000
Mardie CornejoP25036.724001.0001.473.2400000
Paul SiebertP27028.035001.0002.571.2960000
Bob MyrickP17024.715011.0002.189.3530000
Juan BerenguerP5313.002001.0001.385.4000000
Roy Lee JacksonP4212.71411.8333.5531.2500000
Tim FoliSS112105915.01903141878.9664.9574.5000000
Doug FlynnSS6050430.083127721.9684.3953.5000000
Sergio FerrerSS297109.3224427.9715.4332.2760000
Joel YoungbloodSS101.020001.00018.0002.0000000
Totals1953145813098.043661792132424.9794.2313.1531601116938.3




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