Where Mets rank in 2018

[Benjamin Grimm]

MANAGER
Last year Terry Collins passed Bobby Valentine and Davey Johnson in games managed, to move into the all-time lead, and also passed Bobby Valentine in wins to take hold of second place in that category. Our new guy, Mickey Callaway, is starting fresh.

In number of games managed, he can only pass the Mets four interim managers who did not go on to take permanent custody of the role. They are: Mike Cubbage (7 games), Salty Parker (11), Roy McMillan (53) and Frank Howard (116).

In the category of wins, in addition to the interim managers, Mickey can pass George Bamberger (81), Jeff Torborg (85) and even Joe Frazier (101). Art Howe (137), Wes Westrum (142), and Bud Harrelson (145) are also technically, but not practically, within reach.

For losses, on the optimistic side, Mickey may avoid passing interim manager Frank Howard's 64 losses. But on the pessimistic side, he could lose more games this season that the total number lost by Frazier (106 losses), Torborg (115), Bamberger (127), and Harrelson (129).


BATTING
There are essentially only two long-time Mets offensive players on the current roster, David Wright and Jose Reyes.

In games played, Reyes last year passed Mookie Wilson, Howard Johnson, Cleon Jones, and Jerry Grote to move from eighth place to fourth. This year, Bud Harrelson and third place is within his reach. He will have to stay with the Mets well beyond 2018 to pass David Wright. And he'd have to be a full-time player for almost four years to pass Ed Kranepool.

1. Ed Kranepool 1853
2. David Wright 1583
3. Bud Harrelson 1322
4. Jose Reyes 1255
5. Jerry Grote 1235
6. Cleon Jones 1201
7. Howard Johnson 1154
8. Mookie Wilson 1116
9. Darryl Strawberry 1109
10. Edgardo Alfonzo 1086


In hits, Jose last year knocked long-time record holder Ed Kranepool into third place. David Wright's hold on first place is still substantial, but not as unapproachable as it would certainly have been had he played regularly over the last three years.

1. David Wright 1777
2. Jose Reyes 1491
3. Ed Kranepool 1418

Wright's lead over Reyes in doubles is much more secure, at 390 to 260.

Reyes has overwhelming leads over his runners-up in triples and stolen bases.

In home runs, Wright remains stuck at 10 fewer than Darryl Strawberry. Reyes is tied with Carlos Delgado in 12th place with 104, but will need at least 14 to move up any further notches on the list. Yoenis Cespedes, in 29th place with 65, and Wilmer Flores, in 34th place with 57, might be able to move up quite a few positions on this list.

1. Darryl Strawberry 252
2. David Wright 242
3. Mike Piazza 220
4. Howard Johnson 192
5. Dave Kingman 154
6. Carlos Beltran 149
7. Lucas Duda 125
8. Todd Hundley 124
9. Kevin McReynolds 122
10. Edgardo Alfonzo 120
11. Ed Kranepool 118
12. Carlos Delgado 104
12. Jose Reyes 104
14. George Foster 99
15. Bobby Bonilla 95
16. Curtis Granderson 95
17. John Milner 94
18. Cleon Jones 93
19. Gary Carter 89
20. Tommie Agee 82
21. Cliff Floyd 81
22. Keith Hernandez 80
23. Robin Ventura 77
24. Rusty Staub 75
25. Ron Swoboda 69
26. Ike Davis 68
26. Lee Mazzilli 68
28. Jeff Kent 67
29. Yoenis Cespedes 65
30. John Olerud 63
31. Daniel Murphy 62
32. Mookie Wilson 60
32. Jim Hickman 60
34. Wilmer Flores 57
35. Butch Huskey 55
35. Wayne Garrett 55
37. Jeromy Burnitz 53
38. Bernard Gilkey 52
38. Frank Thomas 52


PITCHING

In strikeouts, Jacob deGrom moved into the Top Ten last year, but is now entering a territory where the pitchers ahead of him are spaced further apart. Realistically, the year he can only hope to pass Jon Niese and move into 9th place. Matt Harvey, tied with John Franco for 15th place, can move up several positions, but the Top Ten is likely out of reach unless deGrom falters. Noah Syndergaard, in 33rd place with 418 striekouts, can potentially move up close to 20 positions and leave himself comfortably in the Top Twenty.

1. Tom Seaver 2541
2. Dwight Gooden 1875
3. Jerry Koosman 1799
4. Sid Fernandez 1449
5. David Cone 1172
6. Ron Darling 1148
7. Al Leiter 1106
8. Jon Matlack 1023
9. Jon Niese 838
10. Jacob deGrom 731
11. Bobby Jones 714
12. Craig Swan 671
13. Tug McGraw 618
14. Johan Santana 607
15. John Franco 592
15. Matt Harvey 592
17. Rick Reed 590
18. Steve Trachsel 580
19. Gary Gentry 563
20. Al Jackson 561
21. Tom Glavine 516
22. Jesse Orosco 506
22. Mike Pelfrey 506
24. Oliver Perez 494
25. Nolan Ryan 493
26. Dillon Gee 489
27. Jack Fisher 475
28. R. A. Dickey 468
29. John Maine 467
30. Pedro Martinez 464
31. Bob Ojeda 459
32. Armando Benitez 456
33. Noah Syndergaard 418
34. Bartolo Colon 415
35. Jim McAndrew 408
36. Dave Mlicki 402

DeGrom and Harvey can move into the middle tier of Innings leaders, but the elites near the top of the list are well out of reach.


1. Tom Seaver 3045.2
2. Jerry Koosman 2544.2
3. Dwight Gooden 2169.2
4. Ron Darling 1620.0
5. Sid Fernandez 1584.2
6. Jon Matlack 1448.0
7. Al Leiter 1360.0
8. Craig Swan 1230.2
9. Bobby Jones 1215.2
10. David Cone 1209.1
11. Jon Niese 1079.1
12. Tom Glavine 1005.1
13. Al Jackson 980.2
14. Steve Trachsel 956.1
15. Jack Fisher 931.2
16. Mike Pelfrey 896.1
17. Rick Reed 888.2
18. Tug McGraw 792.2
19. Gary Gentry 789.1
20. Bob Ojeda 764.0
21. Pat Zachry 741.2
22. Ed Lynch 730.1
23. Jim McAndrew 729.2
24. Johan Santana 717.0
25. John Franco 702.2
26. Jacob deGrom 680.2
27. Dillon Gee 679.1
28. R. A. Dickey 616.2
29. Matt Harvey 612.1
30. Pete Falcone 607.2


DeGrom needs 21 wins to move into a tie for 10th place. Not likely to happen, but it sure would be nice!

1. Tom Seaver 198
2. Dwight Gooden 157
3. Jerry Koosman 140
4. Ron Darling 99
5. Sid Fernandez 98
6. Al Leiter 95
7. Jon Matlack 82
8. David Cone 81
9. Bobby Jones 74
10. Steve Trachsel 66
11. Tom Glavine 61
11. Jon Niese 61
13. Craig Swan 59
13. Rick Reed 59
15. Bob Ojeda 51
16. Mike Pelfrey 50
17. John Franco 48
18. Tug McGraw 47
18. Jesse Orosco 47
20. Johan Santana 46
21. Jacob deGrom 45
22. Bartolo Colon 44
23. Al Jackson 43
24. Pat Zachry 41
24. Gary Gentry 41
26. Dillon Gee 40

[Edgy MD]

Great work!

Jeurys Familia is only one save short of Jesse Orosco and third place among all-time Mets. A truly monster season of 54 saves would tie him with Armando Benitez for second place.

It would give hime the fifth saviest season of all time and a torn UCL!

[Edgy MD]

José Reyes passes Carlos Delgado. Next up is Ed Kranepool, and if you pass Ed, you are a Mets homerun hitter. But he'd better pick it up if he's going to make a run at Eddie.

Homeruns as a Met

1) Darryl Strawberry: 252
2) David Wright: 242
3) Mike Piazza: 220
4) Howard Johnson: 192
5) Dave Kingman: 154
6) Carlos Beltran: 149
7) Lucas Duda: 125
8) Todd Hundley: 124
9) Kevin McReynolds: 122
10) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120
11) Ed Kranepool: 118
José Reyes Projected to End of Season: 110.23
12) José Reyes: 105
13) Carlos Delgado: 104
=#FF8000]José Reyes at Start of Season: 104

[nymr83]

It felt like Wright was a no brainer to pass Strawberry at one point, but now it feels like Straw could be safe for another 10 years. Is there anyone in the organization who seems like even a potential threat? Maybe Conforto one day

[Edgy MD]

After Reyes, the top active Met is Wilmer Flores with 59.

Beyond the prospect of Wright returning to something like form, the next most mortal threat to Strawberry is a reacquisition and thundering performance upgrade by Lucas Duda. IT COULD HAPPEN!

[batmagadanleadoff]

I predict that 30 years from now, Strawberry will still be the Mets all-time leader in HR's.

[Edgy MD]

All-Time Homers

102) Joe Adcock: 336
103) Darryl Strawberry: 335
Adrian Gonzalez Projected to End of Season: 333.50
T104) Moises Alou: 332
T104) Bobby Bonds: 332
T106) Jose Bautista: 331
T106) Hank Greenberg: 331
T106) Derrek Lee: 331
109) Nelson Cruz: 330
T110) Shawn Green: 328
T110) Mo Vaughn: 328
T112) Jermaine Dye: 325
T112) Willie Horton: 325
T114) Gary Carter: 324
T114) Lance Parrish: 324
116) Curtis Granderson: 322
117) Ron Gant: 321
T118) Vinny Castilla: 320
T118) Troy Glaus: 320
T120) Cecil Fielder: 319
T120) Prince Fielder: 319
122) Roy Sievers: 318
123) George Brett: 317
T124) Ron Cey: 316
T124) Adrian Gonzalez: 316
T124) Scott Rolen: 316
127) Jeromy Burnitz: 315
T128) Matt Holliday: 314
T128) Reggie Smith: 314
=#FF4000]Adrian Gonzalez at Start of Season: 311
130) Ivan Rodriguez: 311
131) Jay Buhner: 310

[Edgy MD]

Wins Above Replacement, NL

1) deGrom, NYM: 4.8
2) Scherzer, WSN: 4.0
T3) Nola, PHI: 3.8
T3) Cain, MIL: 3.8
5) Freeman, ATL: 3.6
T6) Realmuto, MIA: 2.7
T6) Freeland, COL: 2.7
T6) Crawford, SFG: 2.7
T9) Stripling, LAD: 2.6
T9) Gennett, CIN: 2.6
10) Turner, WSN: 2.5
T12) Suarez, CIN: 2.4
T12) Nimmo, NYM: 2.4
T12) Goldschmidt, ARI: 2.4

[Benjamin Grimm]

Visitor post on the UMDB:

NYB Buff wrote: Brandon Nimmo hit two home runs in this game, one of which was inside the park. The homers gave Nimmo a total of eighteen as a Met. Therefore, he set a new team mark for round-trippers by a player whose last name begins with the letter N. The previous record holder was Kirk Nieuwenhuis with 17.

[Edgy MD]

Don't count Dan Norman out!

Meanwhile, José Reyes enjoyed an uncontested steal of third last night, adding to his team-leading and all-active-player-leading career totals. Two more and he ties Patsy Donovan and Jack Doyle for 31st place, all-time.

[Edgy MD]

Mets Hit by Pitches in a Single Season

Brandon Nimmo Projected to End of Season: 25.13
1) Brandon Nimmo, 2018: 15
2) Lucas Duda, 2015: 14
T3) John Olerud, 1997: 13
T3) Ron Hunt, 1963: 13
T5) Felix Millan, 1975: 12
T5) Fernando Vina, 1994: 12
T5) Cliff Floyd, 2006: 12
T8) Cliff Floyd, 2004 11
T8) Ron Hunt, 1966 11
T8) Ron Hunt, 1964 11
T8) John Olerud, 1999 11
T8) Cliff Floyd, 2005 11
T8) Carlos Delgado, 2007 11

[G-Fafif]

New York Mets Career Save Leaders

1. John Franco 276
2. Armando Benitez 160
3. Jeurys Familia 123
4. Jesse Orosco 107
5. Billy Wagner 101

Active leader: AJ Ramos with 7, followed by Robert Gsellman with 5, Jerry Blevins with 3 and Jacob Rhame and Anthony Swarzak with 1 apiece.

[Edgy MD]

I guess Jenrry Mejia (28 saves) can be thought of as active, if only in the most abstract sense.

[Edgy MD]

Strikeouts by Mets' Pitcher in a Season

1) Tom Seaver, 1971: 289
2) Tom Seaver, 1970: 283
3) Dwight Gooden, 1984: 276
Jacob deGrom, Projected to End of Season: 273.32
4) Dwight Gooden, 1985: 268
T5) Jacob deGrom, 2018: 250
T5) Tom Seaver, 1973: 251
7) Tom Seaver, 1972: 249
8) Tom Seaver, 1975: 243
9) David Cone, 1991: 241
10) Jacob deGrom, 2017: 239

[Ceetar]

K% for qualifed Mets pitcher

1) Jacob deGrom 2018: 31.5%
2) Dwight Gooden 1984: 31.4%
3) Noah Syndergaard 2016: 29.3%
4) Jacob deGrom 2017 : 28.9%
5) Matt Harvey 2013 : 27.7%
6) Jacob deGrom 2015: 27.3%
7) DAvid Cone 1990: 27.1%
8) Sid Fernandez 1985 : 26.3%
9) Tom Seaver 1971 : 26.2%
10) David Cone 1992 : 25.8%

Given the era, that Gooden K% is insane. Nolan Ryan was 25.9% that year, in second. Unless you lower the minimum to 50IP, then Ken Howell sneaks into second with 26.1%, and at 10 IP, Don Carman at 26.2%. If you drop it to 3IP both Ramon Romero and Curt Wardle sneak ahead of Doc with 33.3% and 3 and 5 strikeouts respectively.

[Benjamin Grimm]

David Wright, the Mets all-time leader in at bats, needs three today to reach the nice round total of 6,000.

Not a big deal? Tell that to the crowd that will be at Citi Field tonight to see if he can do it!