1981 New York Mets

41-62 • 0.398 Win% • 5th in NL E

📊 Season Record

41 Wins
62 Losses
0.398 Win %
5th Rank
348 R 432 RA
Diff -84

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348 Runs Scored
432 Runs Allowed
-84 Run Diff
701K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 NL Average

Batting Avg .248 3% below the 1981 league average (.255)
OBP .308 3% below the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .297 2% below the 1981 league average (.304)
Team ERA 3.55 2% worse than the 1981 league average (3.49)
Runs Scored 348 17% below the 1981 league average (420 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShea Stadium
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Home Games 52
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Total Attendance 701,910
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Avg per Game 13,498

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Joel Youngblood 0.350 2 Rusty Staub 0.317 3 Hubie Brooks 0.307 4 Bob Bailor 0.284 5 Mookie Wilson 0.271

Home Runs

1 Dave Kingman 22 2 Lee Mazzilli 6 3 Rusty Staub 5 4 Ellis Valentine 5 5 Hubie Brooks 4

RBI

1 Dave Kingman 59 2 Hubie Brooks 38 3 Lee Mazzilli 34 4 Joel Youngblood 25 5 John Stearns 24
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hubie Brooks 98 358 34 110 0 0 4 38 23 65 9 0.307
Dave Kingman 100 353 40 78 0 0 22 59 55 105 6 0.221
Mookie Wilson 92 328 49 89 0 0 3 14 20 59 24 0.271
Doug Flynn 105 325 24 72 0 0 1 20 11 19 1 0.222
Lee Mazzilli 95 324 36 74 0 0 6 34 46 53 17 0.228
Frank Taveras 84 283 30 65 0 0 0 11 12 36 16 0.230
John Stearns 80 273 25 74 0 0 1 24 24 17 12 0.271
Ellis Valentine 48 169 15 35 0 0 5 21 5 38 0 0.207
Rusty Staub 70 161 9 51 0 0 5 21 22 12 1 0.317
Alex Trevino 56 149 17 39 0 0 0 10 13 19 3 0.262
Joel Youngblood 43 143 16 50 0 0 4 25 12 19 2 0.350
Mike Jorgensen 86 122 8 25 0 0 3 15 12 24 4 0.205
Bob Bailor 51 81 11 23 0 0 0 8 8 11 2 0.284
Mike Cubbage 67 80 9 17 0 0 1 4 9 15 0 0.212
Ron Gardenhire 27 48 2 13 0 0 0 3 5 9 2 0.271
Ron Hodges 35 43 5 13 0 0 1 6 5 8 1 0.302
Mike Scott 23 41 4 3 0 0 0 1 3 18 0 0.073
Pat Zachry 24 38 1 6 0 0 0 2 3 12 0 0.158
Wally Backman 26 36 5 10 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 0.278
Mike Howard 14 24 4 4 0 0 0 3 4 6 2 0.167
Pete Falcone 35 22 1 4 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 0.182
Greg Harris 17 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.182
Ed Lynch 17 21 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 10 0 0.143
Randy Jones 13 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.118
Brian Giles 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Neil Allen 43 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.200
Dave Roberts 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Dyar Miller 23 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Craig Swan 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom Hausman 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jesse Orosco 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Charlie Puleo 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Terry Leach 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.000
Tim Leary 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Reardon 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ray Searage 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Dan Boitano 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Marshall 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tom Hausman 2.18 2 Pete Falcone 2.55 3 Terry Leach 2.55 4 Mike Marshall 2.61 5 Ed Lynch 2.91

Wins

1 Neil Allen 7 2 Pat Zachry 7 3 Pete Falcone 5 4 Mike Scott 5 5 Ed Lynch 4

Strikeouts

1 Pat Zachry 76 2 Pete Falcone 56 3 Greg Harris 54 4 Mike Scott 54 5 Neil Allen 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Pat Zachry 7 14 4.14 24 24 0 139.0 56 76
Mike Scott 5 10 3.90 23 23 0 136.0 34 54
Pete Falcone 5 3 2.55 35 9 1 95.1 36 56
Ed Lynch 4 5 2.91 17 13 0 80.1 21 27
Greg Harris 3 5 4.46 16 14 1 68.2 28 54
Neil Allen 7 6 2.97 43 0 18 66.2 26 50
Randy Jones 1 8 4.85 13 12 0 59.1 38 14
Dyar Miller 1 0 3.29 23 0 0 38.1 15 22
Ray Searage 1 0 3.68 26 0 1 36.2 17 16
Terry Leach 1 1 2.55 21 1 0 35.1 12 16
Tom Hausman 0 1 2.18 20 0 0 33.0 7 13
Mike Marshall 3 2 2.61 20 0 0 31.0 8 8
Jeff Reardon 1 0 3.45 18 0 2 28.2 12 28
Jesse Orosco 0 1 1.56 8 0 1 17.1 6 18
Dan Boitano 2 1 5.51 15 0 0 16.1 5 8
Dave Roberts 0 3 9.39 7 4 0 15.1 5 10
Craig Swan 0 2 3.29 5 3 0 13.2 1 9
Charlie Puleo 0 0 0.00 4 1 0 13.1 8 8
Tim Leary 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 2.0 1 3

👥 Roster (38)

Neil Allen Wally Backman Bob Bailor Dan Boitano Hubie Brooks Mike Cubbage Pete Falcone Doug Flynn Ron Gardenhire Brian Giles Greg Harris Tom Hausman +26 more

38 players

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