New York Mets History - 1978 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1978 New York Mets	85	77	.525	3^rd	10	88-74	-3	.250	3.16	X		2,915,109	$4,743,200	$7,512,564

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Cy Young Award	Tom Seaver	1
Rookie of the Year	Pedro Guerrero	1
Gold Glove	John Stearns (C)	1
All-Star	Sparky Lyle, Tom Seaver	2
Pitcher of the Month	Tom Seaver (May), Jon Matlack (Aug)	2
Rookie of the Month	Pedro Guerrero (Apr, Jul, Aug)	3

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
2B	Lenn Sakata	24	153	549	135	34	0	7	56	59	36	1	13	4	70	13	5	.246	.292	.346	.638	2.1	100
LF	Pedro Guerrero	22	136	519	152	24	5	18	74	71	62	0	0	2	66	8	7	.293	.367	.462	.829	5.5	160
1B	Keith Hernandez	24	114	437	127	31	3	5	45	58	52	5	1	3	62	6	1	.291	.370	.410	.780	3.2	146
3B	Jerry Royster	25	120	426	99	12	0	1	20	37	45	0	13	1	40	25	17	.232	.305	.268	.573	-0.1	82
CF	Lee Mazzilli	23	105	405	119	20	1	14	50	69	55	5	0	3	50	31	9	.294	.382	.452	.834	4.5	162
C	John Stearns	26	108	378	82	19	0	4	38	44	48	2	1	2	47	9	3	.217	.307	.299	.606	1.7	92
CF	Bake McBride	29	91	369	98	12	1	5	37	45	21	7	0	1	34	20	16	.266	.317	.344	.661	0.6	108
SS	Bud Harrelson	34	99	299	70	10	2	1	30	30	53	0	16	0	48	0	2	.234	.349	.291	.640	1.3	104
RF	Dave Parker	27	88	338	99	21	1	8	44	37	13	1	0	5	41	9	11	.293	.317	.432	.748	0.8	134
3B	Eric Soderholm	29	80	306	73	6	1	9	43	33	28	1	1	1	41	0	1	.239	.304	.353	.657	1.5	107
RF	Reggie Smith	33	76	298	69	7	3	16	49	42	25	1	0	1	41	0	2	.232	.292	.436	.729	1.4	127
LF	John Milner	28	66	224	44	6	0	5	21	19	47	0	0	3	34	0	2	.196	.332	.290	.622	-0.5	98
1B	Carl Yastrzemski	38	67	235	53	13	3	3	31	23	35	0	1	2	35	1	1	.226	.324	.345	.668	0.4	111
C	Steve Yeager	29	75	230	47	3	0	6	26	23	23	8	0	4	48	0	2	.204	.294	.296	.590	0.5	87
CF	Del Unser	33	36	97	22	4	0	1	10	7	14	0	5	1	21	2	2	.227	.321	.299	.620	0.0	97
LF	Willie Wilson	22	27	89	23	4	2	0	9	13	5	0	3	0	13	11	3	.258	.298	.348	.646	-0.2	103
SS	Roy Staiger	28	36	83	20	7	0	1	8	4	3	0	1	0	14	0	0	.241	.267	.361	.629	0.4	97
SS	Rudy Meoli	27	26	61	8	1	0	0	1	5	6	1	3	0	10	3	2	.131	.221	.148	.368	-0.7	18
LF	Jerry White	25	14	50	9	4	0	1	4	4	3	1	0	0	5	1	3	.180	.241	.320	.561	-0.3	76
3B	Ray Knight	25	11	40	14	3	0	1	6	6	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	.350	.422	.500	.922	0.2	190
1B	Warren Cromartie	24	10	36	9	3	0	0	5	4	7	0	0	0	5	1	0	.250	.372	.333	.705	0.1	124
1B	Aurelio Rodriguez	30	11	25	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	.160	.192	.200	.392	-0.3	24
LF	Ron LeFlore	30	4	18	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.111	.111	.167	.278	-0.1	-13
C	Johnny Oates	32	5	11	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.273	.385	.364	.748	0.1	137
SS	Mike Phillips	27	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	-0.0	54
25 Players		27.1	1561	5529	1382	248	22	106	608	636	589	33	60	33	738	140	89	.250	.324	.360	.684	22.0	115
UL Rank				7	7	1	10	7	4	4	3	6	1	10	8	5	2	7	3	7	6	5
DBL Rank				14	17	2	20	13	11	11	5	10	4	20	13	8	4	17	8	16	14	8

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Tom Seaver	33	33	33	19	7	0	1.99	253.0	157	61	56	8	73	221	0	7	5	.91	.226	8.6	165
Jon Matlack	28	33	33	19	9	0	3.00	243.3	207	94	81	14	79	167	0	5	4	1.18	.260	5.1	110
Dave Goltz	29	33	33	13	13	0	2.94	241.7	217	93	79	16	90	130	0	6	3	1.27	.264	3.4	112
Jerry Koosman	35	26	26	8	7	0	3.92	174.3	190	86	76	21	54	82	0	2	1	1.40	.284	0.9	84
Craig Swan	27	25	25	6	15	0	4.17	153.3	146	77	71	20	57	92	0	0	0	1.32	.263	0.3	79
Rick Sutcliffe	22	18	12	3	7	1	3.56	108.7	96	44	43	9	47	53	0	2	0	1.32	.254	0.7	93
Sparky Lyle	33	57	0	2	5	28	4.07	73.0	94	34	33	3	36	42	3	0	0	1.78	.357	0.9	81
Bob Apodaca	28	53	0	4	6	3	2.74	69.0	68	23	21	5	15	44	9	0	0	1.20	.289	1.1	120
Odell Jones	25	40	0	6	6	7	3.62	59.7	46	27	24	8	30	39	3	0	0	1.27	.222	-0.4	91
Bob Myrick	25	37	0	3	2	0	3.13	46.0	38	16	16	2	24	20	5	0	0	1.35	.237	-0.0	105
Charlie Hough	30	16	0	2	0	2	2.77	39.0	30	14	12	5	15	25	0	0	0	1.15	.221	-0.4	119
Sammy Stewart	23	5	0	0	0	0	1.12	8.0	8	3	1	0	6	4	0	0	0	1.75	.296	-0.0	293
Bob Sykes	23	1	0	0	0	0	15.43	2.3	5	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2.57	.286	-0.4	21
Phil Nastu	23	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.50	.000	-0.0	0
14 Pitchers	29.4	378	162	85	77	41	3.16	1472.0	1302	577	517	114	528	920	20	22	13	1.24	.263	19.6	111
UL Rank		2	1	4	7	5	1	2	1	1	1	7	6	1	4	9	1	1	2	3
DBL Rank		5	1	6	15	11	1	3	2	1	1	16	13	2	6	15	1	3	3	7

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Seaver	33	33	12	23	0	38	3	.921	253.0	1.25	-0.5
J. Matlack	33	33	10	29	2	41	2	.951	243.3	1.44	-0.5
D. Goltz	33	33	9	31	2	42	2	.952	241.7	1.49	-0.8
J. Koosman	26	26	5	26	1	33	2	.939	174.3	1.60	0.8
C. Swan	25	25	3	22	1	26	1	.962	153.3	1.47	0.1
R. Sutcliffe	18	12	3	17	0	21	1	.952	108.7	1.66	-0.2
S. Lyle	56	0	3	10	0	13	0	1.000	73.0	1.60	0.2
B. Apodaca	52	0	3	9	1	12	0	1.000	69.0	1.57	0.4
O. Jones	40	0	3	10	1	13	0	1.000	59.7	1.96	-0.2
B. Myrick	37	0	2	8	0	11	1	.909	46.0	1.96	-0.2
C. Hough	16	0	2	6	0	10	2	.800	39.0	1.85	-0.8
S. Stewart	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25	0.1
B. Sykes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.3	0.00	0.0
P. Nastu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	376	162	56	192	8	262	14	.947	1472.0	1.52	-1.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Stearns	95	94	522	76	5	607	9	.985	836.0	6.44	3.3	5	42.0
S. Yeager	71	65	409	48	3	463	6	.987	608.0	6.76	-1.0	5	28.6
J. Oates	3	3	16	1	1	17	0	1.000	28.0	5.46	0.1	0	33.3
Totals	169	162	947	125	9	1087	15	.986	1472.0	6.55	2.3	10	36.8

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Hernandez	111	111	996	44	74	1048	8	.992	984.3	9.51	3.5
J. Milner	17	17	148	8	17	158	2	.987	144.0	9.75	-3.2
C. Yastrzemski	17	14	141	13	12	154	0	1.000	137.0	10.12	1.1
W. Cromartie	10	9	101	4	9	105	0	1.000	96.0	9.84	0.7
A. Rodriguez	8	5	55	1	4	56	0	1.000	56.0	9.00	-0.8
R. Knight	6	6	46	3	8	49	0	1.000	50.0	8.82	-1.0
R. Meoli	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.7	6.75	0.0
J. Oates	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	171	162	1490	74	124	1574	10	.994	1472.0	9.56	0.3

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Sakata	152	152	296	487	112	798	15	.981	1364.0	5.17	5.8
R. Staiger	11	4	16	16	3	32	0	1.000	52.7	5.47	0.1
J. Royster	7	4	11	11	0	23	1	.957	38.3	5.17	-0.2
R. Meoli	3	2	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	17.0	2.65	-0.3
Totals	173	162	324	518	116	858	16	.981	1472.0	5.15	5.3

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Soderholm	80	78	58	166	13	226	2	.991	707.7	2.85	4.1
J. Royster	72	72	29	133	7	167	5	.970	635.3	2.29	0.9
R. Staiger	12	7	8	17	3	25	0	1.000	71.0	3.17	1.5
R. Knight	5	5	2	10	1	16	4	.750	51.0	2.12	-2.1
R. Meoli	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
A. Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
P. Guerrero	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	97	327	24	435	11	.975	1472.0	2.59	4.4

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Harrelson	99	99	158	295	58	466	13	.972	872.7	4.67	0.3
J. Royster	43	40	70	101	18	178	7	.961	355.7	4.33	-2.4
R. Meoli	20	14	24	58	12	91	9	.901	147.3	5.01	-2.1
R. Staiger	13	8	8	32	10	41	1	.976	83.3	4.32	0.6
M. Phillips	2	1	2	2	1	4	0	1.000	13.0	2.77	0.0
Totals	177	162	262	488	99	780	30	.962	1472.0	4.59	-3.7

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Guerrero	74	74	175	1	1	177	1	.994	655.0	2.42	6.5
J. Milner	39	39	99	1	0	101	1	.990	352.3	2.55	-1.4
W. Wilson	19	18	40	0	0	43	3	.930	160.0	2.25	-3.4
L. Mazzilli	11	10	28	0	0	28	0	1.000	94.0	2.68	0.7
D. Unser	9	7	25	0	0	26	1	.962	74.7	3.01	-0.2
J. White	9	7	16	0	0	17	1	.941	74.0	1.95	-0.7
R. LeFlore	4	4	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	36.0	3.00	1.0
R. Smith	2	2	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	17.0	2.65	-0.1
A. Rodriguez	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	0.0
Totals	168	161	401	2	1	410	7	.983	1472.0	2.46	2.4

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Mazzilli	91	90	249	4	2	260	7	.973	791.7	2.88	-3.0
P. Guerrero	32	30	96	1	0	97	0	1.000	275.7	3.17	1.9
B. McBride	25	25	86	0	0	86	0	1.000	235.0	3.29	4.0
D. Unser	18	14	33	2	1	35	0	1.000	139.7	2.26	-1.0
J. Stearns	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	19.0	0.95	-0.5
S. Yeager	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38	-0.5
W. Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	170	162	469	7	3	483	7	.986	1472.0	2.91	0.9

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Smith	60	60	135	2	0	142	5	.965	543.0	2.27	2.6
D. Parker	57	55	113	5	2	122	4	.967	502.0	2.12	-1.4
P. Guerrero	29	29	71	0	0	73	2	.973	256.0	2.50	2.4
J. Milner	9	9	25	0	0	25	0	1.000	86.0	2.62	0.3
D. Unser	9	6	19	0	0	20	1	.950	59.0	2.90	1.0
B. McBride	3	3	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	26.0	2.42	-0.8
Totals	167	162	370	7	2	389	12	.969	1472.0	2.31	4.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Pedro Guerrero	.293
On-Base Percentage	Pedro Guerrero	.367
Slugging Percentage	Pedro Guerrero	.462
OPS	Pedro Guerrero	.829
Games	Lenn Sakata	153
At-Bats	Lenn Sakata	549
Runs	Pedro Guerrero	71
Hits	Pedro Guerrero	152
Doubles	Lenn Sakata	34
Triples	Pedro Guerrero	5
Home Runs	Pedro Guerrero	18
Runs Batted In	Pedro Guerrero	74
Stolen Bases	Lee Mazzilli	31
Caught Stealing	Jerry Royster	17
Walks	Pedro Guerrero	62
Strikeouts	Lenn Sakata	70

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Tom Seaver, Jon Matlack	19
Losses	Craig Swan	15
Saves	Sparky Lyle	28
Games	Sparky Lyle	57
Games Started	Tom Seaver, Jon Matlack, Dave Goltz	33
Complete Games	Tom Seaver	7
Shutouts	Tom Seaver	5
Innings Pitched	Tom Seaver	253.0
Hits Allowed	Dave Goltz	217
Home Runs Allowed	Jerry Koosman	21
Strikeouts	Tom Seaver	221
Walks Allowed	Dave Goltz	90
Earned Run Average	Tom Seaver	1.99
Walks + Hits per IP	Tom Seaver	0.91
BABIP	Tom Seaver	.226

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 1st	P Bob Stanley	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	P Dave LaRoche
April 1st	P Dave LaRoche	to the Cincinnati Reds for
April 8th	LF Ron LeFlore	to the Detroit Tigers for
April 8th		to the Kansas City Royals for	LF Willie Wilson
May 8th	RF Dusty Baker	to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	RF Dave Parker P Sammy Stewart
May 8th		to the St. Louis Cardinals for	1B Keith Hernandez CF Bake McBride
June 27th	P Charlie Hough	to the Minnesota Twins for	3B Eric Soderholm
June 27th	LF John Milner	to the Los Angeles Dodgers for	RF Reggie Smith 1B Skip James
December 1st	SS Rudy Meoli	to the Kansas City Royals for	P Al Fitzmorris
December 1st	RF Reggie Smith	to the Chicago Cubs for	P Mike Krukow
December 1st		to the Texas Rangers for	P Mickey Lolich
December 1st	P Dave Goltz	to the Philadelphia Phillies for	P Floyd Bannister