Slowest Mets

[seawolf17]

Kinda feel like this deserves its own thread. From the 4/22 IGT:

11 hours ago, Gwreck said:

Also Mark Vientos is possibly the slowest man I have ever seen play for the Mets.  John Olerud carrying a refrigerator is faster.

 

11 hours ago, Edgy MD said:

Wilmer Flores has feelings, you know.

 

11 hours ago, Benjamin Grimm said:

I'm thinking Rusty Staub. 

 

11 hours ago, Frayed Knot said:

Staub second tour was definitely slower.

But Rusty '72- '75 was only somewhat slow. He had 47 career SBs more than half of them (24) of them during a three year span with Montreal in his age 25 to 27 seasons ['69, '70, '71]

 

10 hours ago, Edgy MD said:

  

 

1 hour ago, seawolf17 said:

We used to joke about the time that one of the broadcasters (Kiner?) said something about Charlie O'Brien "carrying a piano on his back" down the first base line.

 

22 minutes ago, The Hot Corner said:

You forgot about me, so soon?

I made numerous unsuccessful efforts at posting a picture of Daniel Vogelbach "running".  https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/08/19/daniel-vogelbachs-grand-slam-secures-mets-series-victory-over-cardinals/

Had to do it this way to make it work.

 

 

[seawolf17]

I know it's only one data point, but Mets with notable CS-SB splits.

Name	SB	CS
Elliott Maddox	6	22
Ed Kranepool	15	27
Doug Flynn	7	15
Mike Vail	0	8
Charlie Neal	3	10
Chris Cannizzaro	1	8
Jerry Grote	14	20
Bobby Klaus	4	10
Bobby Bonilla	8	13
Robin Ventura	6	11
Carlos Baerga	2	7
Ellis Valentine	1	6
Jeff Kent	12	16
Al Moran	3	7
Al Luplow	2	6
Jeromy Burnitz	15	18
Jay Payton	14	17
Félix Millán	11	14
Ron Hodges	10	13
Jim Hickman	9	12
Ryan Thompson	8	11
Tim Teufel	6	9
Willie Mays	2	5
Charlie O'Brien	1	4
Amos Otis	1	4
Mackey Sasser	0	3
Jeremy Reed	0	3

[Edgy MD]

With regard to image posting, right_click the photo of your subject wherever it resides on the Internet, select "Copy image URL" from the menu, and then just drop the URL into a post here.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't know. He looks like he's built for speed.

Another way to post photos is to copy the graphic itself and paste it into the edit window. I've found that it works for me when using a PC but not on a smartphone.

[Centerfield]

A lot of those guys had a bit more frame to move so it’s understandable. Mark Vientos is a young, fit dude. It’s inconceivable how slow he is. 
 

Olerud was surprising too. For a guy that all and that athletic he was crazy slow. 

[Edgy MD]

I bet, in a race around bases, Vientos would score and reach second on lap two before Wilmer Flores came around.

And young Wilmer was as fit as a fiddle.

[seawolf17]

Mets with at least 1500 PA and less than 10 total SB attempts:

Name	PA	SB	CS
Rusty Staub	2965	6	3
Dave Magadan	2483	5	3
Gary Carter	2448	2	3
Carlos Delgado	2023	5	1
John Olerud	2018	5	2
Wilmer Flores	2011	3	3
Rafael Santana	1632	2	4
Todd Zeile	1631	4	4

[The Hot Corner]

Granted, Vogelbackh was (is) build like a tank, but he had no SB attempts with almost 2000 PAs in career.  At least you could look at him and anticipate that he wouldn't be very fast on the base paths.  Flores, Vientos, and Olerud are plodders without any visibly obvious reason.

 

 

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was a plodder without any visibly obvious reason. Skinny kid with long legs, but I couldn't move them fast enough. I was always the slowest kid in gym class.