1978 New York Mets

66-96 • 0.407 Win% • 6th in NL E

📊 Season Record

66 Wins
96 Losses
0.407 Win %
6th Rank
607 R 690 RA
Diff -83

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607 Runs Scored
690 Runs Allowed
-83 Run Diff
1,007K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 NL Average

Batting Avg .245 4% below the 1978 league average (.254)
OBP .314 2% below the 1978 league average (.319)
SLG .292 6% below the 1978 league average (.312)
Team ERA 3.87 8% worse than the 1978 league average (3.57)
Runs Scored 607 6% below the 1978 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShea Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,007,867
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Avg per Game 12,598

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Lee Mazzilli 0.273 2 Bobby Valentine 0.269 3 Steve Henderson 0.266 4 Dan Norman 0.266 5 John Stearns 0.264

Home Runs

1 Willie Montanez 17 2 Lee Mazzilli 16 3 John Stearns 15 4 Steve Henderson 10 5 Joel Youngblood 7

RBI

1 Willie Montanez 96 2 John Stearns 73 3 Steve Henderson 65 4 Lee Mazzilli 61 5 Elliott Maddox 39
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Montanez 159 609 66 156 0 0 17 96 60 92 9 0.256
Steve Henderson 157 587 83 156 0 0 10 65 60 109 13 0.266
Lee Mazzilli 148 542 78 148 0 0 16 61 69 82 20 0.273
Doug Flynn 156 532 37 126 0 0 0 36 30 50 3 0.237
John Stearns 143 477 65 126 0 0 15 73 70 57 25 0.264
Lenny Randle 132 437 53 102 0 0 2 35 64 57 14 0.233
Tim Foli 113 413 37 106 0 0 1 27 14 30 2 0.257
Elliott Maddox 119 389 43 100 0 0 2 39 71 38 2 0.257
Joel Youngblood 113 266 40 67 0 0 7 30 16 39 4 0.252
Bruce Boisclair 107 214 24 48 0 0 4 15 23 43 3 0.224
Bobby Valentine 69 160 17 43 0 0 1 18 19 18 1 0.269
Ron Hodges 47 102 4 26 0 0 0 7 10 11 1 0.255
Tom Grieve 54 101 5 21 0 0 2 8 9 23 0 0.208
Ed Kranepool 66 81 7 17 0 0 3 19 8 12 0 0.210
Jerry Koosman 38 70 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 27 0 0.086
Nino Espinosa 32 67 6 14 0 0 0 4 1 28 0 0.209
Craig Swan 29 65 2 10 0 0 0 3 3 15 0 0.154
Dan Norman 19 64 7 17 0 0 4 10 2 14 1 0.266
Pat Zachry 21 43 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 19 0 0.070
Mike Bruhert 27 40 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0.075
Sergio Ferrer 37 33 8 7 0 0 0 1 4 7 1 0.212
Gil Flores 11 29 8 8 0 0 0 1 3 5 1 0.276
Kevin Kobel 32 25 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 8 0 0.160
Ken Henderson 7 22 2 5 0 0 1 4 4 4 0 0.227
Tom Hausman 10 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0.176
Alex Trevino 6 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.250
Skip Lockwood 57 11 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0.182
Dale Murray 53 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Dwight Bernard 30 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Butch Benton 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.500
Juan Berenguer 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Roy Lee Jackson 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Bob Myrick 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Siebert 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mardie Cornejo 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Butch Metzger 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Craig Swan 2.43 2 Mardie Cornejo 2.45 3 Kevin Kobel 2.91 4 Pat Zachry 3.33 5 Skip Lockwood 3.57

Wins

1 Nino Espinosa 11 2 Pat Zachry 10 3 Craig Swan 9 4 Dale Murray 8 5 Skip Lockwood 7

Strikeouts

1 Jerry Koosman 160 2 Craig Swan 125 3 Pat Zachry 78 4 Nino Espinosa 76 5 Skip Lockwood 73
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jerry Koosman 3 15 3.75 38 32 2 235.1 84 160
Craig Swan 9 6 2.43 29 28 0 207.1 58 125
Nino Espinosa 11 15 4.73 32 32 0 203.2 75 76
Pat Zachry 10 6 3.33 21 21 0 138.0 60 78
Mike Bruhert 4 11 4.78 27 22 0 133.2 34 56
Kevin Kobel 5 6 2.91 32 11 0 108.1 30 51
Skip Lockwood 7 13 3.57 57 0 15 90.2 31 73
Dale Murray 8 5 3.65 53 0 5 86.1 36 37
Tom Hausman 3 3 4.70 10 10 0 51.2 9 16
Dwight Bernard 1 4 4.31 30 1 0 48.0 27 26
Butch Metzger 1 3 6.51 25 0 0 37.1 22 21
Mardie Cornejo 4 2 2.45 25 0 3 36.2 14 17
Paul Siebert 0 2 5.14 27 0 1 28.0 21 12
Bob Myrick 0 3 3.28 17 0 0 24.2 13 13
Juan Berenguer 0 2 8.31 5 3 0 13.0 11 8
Roy Lee Jackson 0 0 9.24 4 2 0 12.2 6 6

👥 Roster (36)

Butch Benton Juan Berenguer Dwight Bernard Bruce Boisclair Mike Bruhert Mardie Cornejo Nino Espinosa Sergio Ferrer Gil Flores Doug Flynn Tim Foli Tom Grieve +24 more

36 players

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