1979 New York Mets season

1979 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
Record63–99 (.389)
Divisional place6th
OwnersCharles Shipman Payson
General managerJoe McDonald
ManagerJoe Torre
TelevisionWOR-TV
RadioWMCA
(Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert)

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, thirty-five games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates. 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 9864 .605 — 48‍–‍33 50‍–‍31
Montreal Expos 9565 .594 2 56‍–‍25 39‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 8676 .531 12 42‍–‍39 44‍–‍37
Philadelphia Phillies 8478 .519 14 43‍–‍38 41‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs 8082 .494 18 45‍–‍36 35‍–‍46
New York Mets 6399 .389 35 28‍–‍53 35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1979 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–86–127–1112–61–94–87–54–86–1211–74–8
Chicago8–4—7–56–65–76–128–109–96–129–38–48–10
Cincinnati12–65–7—8–1011–76–68–48–48–410–76–128–4
Houston11–76–610–8—10–87–59–35–74–814–47–116–6
Los Angeles6–127–57–118–10—6–69–33–94–89–914–46–6
Montreal9–112–66–65–76–6—15–311–77–117–57–510–8
New York8–410–84–83–93–93–15—5–138–104–88–47–11
Philadelphia5–79–94–87–59–37–1113–5—8–109–36–67–11
Pittsburgh8–412–64–88–48–411–710–810–8—7–59–311–7
San Diego12–63–97–104–149–95–78–43–95–7—8–104–8
San Francisco7–114–812–611–74–145–74–86–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis8–410–84–86–66–68–1011–711–77–118–47–5—

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
CJohn Stearns155538131.243966
1BWillie Montañez10941096.234547
2BDoug Flynn157555135.243461
SSFrank Taveras153635167.263133
3BRichie Hebner136473127.2681079
LFSteve Henderson98350107.306539
CFLee Mazzilli158597181.3031579
RFJoel Youngblood158590162.2751660

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 Maddox8622460.268112
Alex Treviño7920756.271020
Ed Kranepool8215536.232217
Dan Norman4411027.245311
Bruce Boisclair599818.18404
Gil Flores709318.194110
Ron Hodges598614.16305
Kelvin Chapman358012.15004
José Cardenal113711.29724
Sergio Ferrer3290.00000
Tim Foli370.00000

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 Swan35251.114133.29145
Pete Falcone33184.06144.16113
Kevin Kobel30161.2683.5167
Dock Ellis1785.0376.0441
Pat Zachry742.2513.5917
Juan Berenguer530.2112.9325
Ray Burris421.2023.3210
John Pacella416.1024.4112

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 Hassler2980.1453.7053
Tom Hausman1978.2262.7533
Mike Scott1852.1135.3321

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 Allen5061083.5565
Dale Murray584844.8237
Ed Glynn461473.0032
Wayne Twitchell335305.2344
Dwight Bernard320304.7020
Skip Lockwood272591.4942
Jesse Orosco181204.8922
Jeff Reardon181221.7410
Roy Lee Jackson81002.2010

Farm system

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 Dock Ellis page at Baseball-Reference
  15. ↑ Willie Montañez page at Baseball-Reference
  16. ↑ Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference

References

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