Where Mets Rank 2005

[Guest Edgy DC]

All-Time Met Homers in a Single Season 1) 1996 Todd Hundley: 41 2) 1999 Mike Piazza: 40 2005 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 39.79 T3) 1988 Darryl Strawberry: 39 T3) 1987 Darryl Strawberry: 39... T5) 1991 Howard Johnson: 38 T5) 2000 Mike Piazza: 38 T7) 1990 Darryl Strawberry: 37 T7) 1982 Dave Kingman: 37 T7) 1976 Dave Kingman: 37 T10) 1989 Howard Johnson: 36 T10) 1987 Howard Johnson: 36 T10) 1975 Dave Kingman: 36 T10) 2001 Mike Piazza: 36 T14) 1993 Bobby Bonilla: 34 T14) 1962 Frank Thomas: 34... ...T99) 1995 Todd Hundley: 15 T99) 1996 Butch Huskey: 15 T99) 1990 Gregg Jefferies: 15 T99) 1965 Johnny Lewis: 15 T99) 1976 John Milner: 15 T99) 1968 Ed Charles: 15 T99) 1965 Jim Hickman: 15 T99) 1963 Frank Thomas: 15 T99) 1978 John Stearns: 15 T99) 1973 Rusty Staub: 15 T99) 1984 Keith Hernandez: 15 T99) 1979 Lee Mazzilli: 15 T99) 2000 Benny Agbayani: 15 T112) 2005 Cliff Floyd to Date:14 T112) 1997 Carl Everett: 14 T112) 1994 Jeff Kent: 14 T112) 1987 Tim Teufel: 14 T112) 1966 Ken Boyer: 14 T112) 1963 Duke Snider: 14 T112) 1967 Jerry Buchek: 14 T112) 1969 Art Shamsky: 14 T112) 1968 Cleon Jones: 14 T112) 1971 Cleon Jones: 14 T112) 1971 Ed Kranepool: 14 T112) 1971 Tommie Agee: 14 T112) 1999 Benny Agbayani: 14 T112) 2004 David Wright: 14

All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 2) Mike Piazza: 207 30 Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95... ...16) Robin Ventura: 77 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 75.79 17) Rusty Staub: 75 18) Ron Swoboda: 69 19) Lee Mazzilli: 68 20) Jeff Kent: 67 21) John Olerud: 63 T22) Jim Hickman: 60 T22) Mookie Wilson: 60 T24) Wayne Garrett: 55 T24) Butch Huskey: 55 26) Jeromy Burnitz: 53 27) Frank Thomas: 52 28) Bernard Gilkey: 52 29) Cliff Floyd: 50 30) John Stearns: 46 31) Donn Clendenon: 45 32) Hubie Brooks: 44 33) Eddie Murray: 43 34) Art Shamsky: 42 35) Gregg Jefferies: 42 36) Todd Zeile: 41 37) Ryan Thompson: 39 38) Joel Youngblood: 38 =blue]Cliff Floyd at Season's Start: 36 39) Charley Smith: 36 40) Rico Brogna: 36 41) Jerry Grote: 35 42) Steve Henderson: 35 43) Tim Teufel: 35 44) Benny Agbayani: 35 45) Mike Cameron: 35

[Guest metsmarathon]

mike cameron should be moving up that all-time career list, too. its not just all about cliff!

also, not that he's going to be catching up to darryl, but mikey's going to be edging closer to first place too.

[Guest SI Metman]

Hopefully Cliff stays healthy enough to meet those projections. It's sad to see that those power numbers are better than his last 2 seasons combined. Damn injuries.

Speaking of where Mets rank, does Reyes still have a shot at catching Lance Johnson (triples) or Roger Cedeno (steals) this season.

[Guest metsmarathon]

if reyes is to maintain his pace for the entire season, he would:

become the all-time met leader in single season at bats
take second place in triples (1 behind lance)
take 5th in hits (190)
take 6th in stolen bases (43)
tie kevin mcreynolds for 10th in extra bases (66)
tie many other mets for 8th in doubles (37)
tie a few others for 6th in games (159)

and mike cameron is on pace for third best average, second best obp, and best ever slg and ops.

yeah, lets trade him for oogie urbina!

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's not all about Cliff. I highlight one guy per post.

It used to be all about Mike. That got boring.

[Guest seawolf17]

Hey, Mikey keeps moving up one very special list:

All-Time Mets GIDP Rankings

1. Ed Kranepool 138
2. Mike Piazza 127

[Guest Benjamin Grimm]

I remember when Wayne Garrett, with his 55 homers, was in tenth place on the all-time Mets list.

And when Ed Kranepool was the only Met who had hit 100 homers!

Meanwhile, Mike Piazza now has 974 Mets hits. He's getting closer and closer to breaking the curse that keeps imported players from getting 1,000 hits.

[Guest Elster88]

]1. Ed Kranepool 138 2. Mike Piazza 127

Also known as, a list of slow players who got a helluva a lot of at-bats as Mets.

[Guest Edgy DC]

All-Time Met Hits in a Career 1) Ed Kranepool: 1,418 2) Cleon Jones: 1,188 3) Edgardo Alfonzo: 1,136 4) Mookie Wilson: 1,112 Mike Piazza projected to end of season: 1,058 5) Bud Harrelson: 1,029 6) Darryl Strawberry: 1,025 7) Howard Johnson: 997 8) Jerry Grote: 994 9) Mike Piazza: 977 10) Keith Hernandez: 939 Mike Piazza at start of season: 928

[Guest Edgy DC]

All-Time Met Homers in a Single Season 1) 1996 Todd Hundley: 41 2) 1999 Mike Piazza: 40 2005 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 39.19 T3) 1988 Darryl Strawberry: 39 T3) 1987 Darryl Strawberry: 39... T5) 1991 Howard Johnson: 38 T5) 2000 Mike Piazza: 38 T7) 1990 Darryl Strawberry: 37 T7) 1982 Dave Kingman: 37 T7) 1976 Dave Kingman: 37 T10) 1989 Howard Johnson: 36 T10) 1987 Howard Johnson: 36 T10) 1975 Dave Kingman: 36 T10) 2001 Mike Piazza: 36 T14) 1993 Bobby Bonilla: 34 T14) 1962 Frank Thomas: 34... ...T83) 1994 Todd Hundley: 16 T83) 1992 Eddie Murray: 16 T83) 1991 Kevin McReynolds: 16 T83) 1991 Hubie Brooks: 16 T83) 1965 Charley Smith: 16 T83) 1967 Tommy Davis: 16 T83) 1964 Joe Christopher: 16 T83) 1962 Marv Throneberry: 16 T83) 1973 Wayne Garrett: 16 T83) 1984 Hubie Brooks: 16 T83) 1966 Ed Kranepool: 16 T83) 1980 Lee Mazzilli: 16 T83) 1978 Lee Mazzilli: 16 T83) 1979 Joel Youngblood: 16 T83) 2002 Edgardo Alfonzo: 16 T83) 2003 Tony Clark: 16 T99) 2005 Cliff Floyd to Date:15 T99) 1995 Todd Hundley: 15 T99) 1996 Butch Huskey: 15 T99) 1990 Gregg Jefferies: 15 T99) 1965 Johnny Lewis: 15 T99) 1976 John Milner: 15 T99) 1968 Ed Charles: 15 T99) 1965 Jim Hickman: 15 T99) 1963 Frank Thomas: 15 T99) 1978 John Stearns: 15 T99) 1973 Rusty Staub: 15 T99) 1984 Keith Hernandez: 15 T99) 1979 Lee Mazzilli: 15 T99) 2000 Benny Agbayani: 15

All-Time Met Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 2) Mike Piazza: 207 30 Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 11) John Milner: 94 12) Cleon Jones: 93 13) Gary Carter: 89 14) Tommie Agee 82... ...16) Robin Ventura: 77 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 75.19 17) Rusty Staub: 75 18) Ron Swoboda: 69 19) Lee Mazzilli: 68 20) Jeff Kent: 67 21) John Olerud: 63 T22) Jim Hickman: 60 T22) Mookie Wilson: 60 T24) Wayne Garrett: 55 T24) Butch Huskey: 55 26) Jeromy Burnitz: 53 27) Frank Thomas: 52 28) Bernard Gilkey: 52 29) Cliff Floyd: 51 30) John Stearns: 46 31) Donn Clendenon: 45 32) Hubie Brooks: 44 33) Eddie Murray: 43 34) Art Shamsky: 42 35) Gregg Jefferies: 42 36) Todd Zeile: 41 37) Ryan Thompson: 39 38) Joel Youngblood: 38 =orange]Cliff Floyd at Season's Start: 36 39) Charley Smith: 36 40) Rico Brogna: 36 41) Jerry Grote: 35 42) Steve Henderson: 35 43) Tim Teufel: 35 44) Benny Agbayani: 35 45) Mike Cameron: 35

[Guest Iubitul]

]2004 Cliff Floyd Projected to Season's End: 39.19

pssst... This is 2005..

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thanks. I shall correct now that I have my morning brain on.

[Guest Edgy DC]

In Met homers, this whole season looks to be a one-man race for second for Mike Piazza, but in the realm of big-league homers, Piazza has caught Dwight Evans, and Johnny Bench within reach.

All-Time Mets Homers in a Career 1) Darryl Strawberry: 252 Mike Piazza projected to end of season: 218 2) Mike Piazza: 208 =orange]Mike Piazza at start of season: 201 3) Howard Johnson: 192 4) Dave Kingman: 154 5) Todd Hundley: 124 6) Kevin McReynolds: 122 7) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120 8) Ed Kranepool: 118 9) George Foster: 99 10) Bobby Bonilla: 95 11) John Milner: 94 12) Cleon Jones: 93 13) Gary Carter: 89 14) Tommie Agee: 82 15) Keith Hernandez: 80

All-Time Big League Homers in a Career 44) Joe Carter: 396 Mike Piazza Projected to End of Season: 395 45) Graig Nettles: 390 46) Johnny Bench: 389 T47) Dwight Evans: 385 T47) Mike Piazza: 385 49) Harold Baines: 384 T50) Frank Howard: 382 T50) Jim Rice: 382 52) Albert Belle: 381 T53) Orlando Cepeda: 379 T53) Tony Perez: 379 =orange]Mike Piazza at Start of Season: 378 55) Matt Williams: 378

[Guest cooby]

I thought that said Where Mets Bank

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, I'm not into the font either.

[Guest duan]

I don't know for how much money, but I'd really like to try and keep mike for another season. I kinda feel I'd love him to retire as the mets leading HR hitter of all time, the only way that could happen would be if their was a Piazza playing for the mets in 2006.

*point of reference here, I went to Shea first in 1997, but I really started following the mets in the summer of 1998 when I came back to NYC in June.

[Guest Benjamin Grimm]

Mike still needs 45 homers to pass Darryl. I suspect he'd have to return for 2007 (and maybe 2008) to get another 45 home runs.

So Darryl's record is probably safe, at least for a while. (The nearest threats are probably Wright and Beltran, who are many years and home runs away.)

[Guest Benjamin Grimm]

And Piazza now has 981 hits as a Met. He's coming up on a big milestone.

[Guest Elster88]

Just out of curiousity, who's number 15 on the All-Time Career Met Homers list?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think the Mets have put off talk of resigning Piazza until the off season and so should we.

[Guest duan]

they should wait and see, I'm just saying that emotionally, he's my strongest bond to the franchise, and I'd like three things to happen

1. Him to retire as a met
2. Him to retire with a met record, not just a mlb record
3. Him to go to HOF as a met

and if we don't keep him in 2006 i'd say he may well not do any of those things.

[Guest Benjamin Grimm]

Number 3 on that list is the one I'd most like to see.

Number 1 would pretty much guarantee number 3.

The biggest threat to number 3 would be a return to the Dodgers.

If Mike leaves the Mets and plays a season or two with some team other than the Dodgers, I think he's still getting a Mets cap on his plaque.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, for what it's worth, his Met career slugging percentage of .546 is likely to stand for a while as a record among Mets with X at-bats, at least until David Wright sees at-bat number X. And Wright, at .515 after 487 at-bats, is certainly no lock. Neither is Beltran, but we'll see.

He's stayed out of the double play this season, which is good because he's only 11 behind Ed Kranepool for the all time Mets top slot in that ugly little category.

[Guest Nymr83]

]they should wait and see, I'm just saying that emotionally, he's my strongest bond to the franchise, and I'd like three things to happen 1. Him to retire as a met 2. Him to retire with a met record, not just a mlb record 3. Him to go to HOF as a met

My friend, a Yankee fan, says that #3 is already a lock. I disagree and I am STRONGLY opposed to resigning the guy just to try and get him into the hall as a Met. The Mets should be trying to win next year and the year after and should only resign Piazza if he is the best overall catching option available this offseason, taking into account offense, defense, and health of all available catchers.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

This emotional attachment to Mike Piazza, which many of you seem to have and which I (clearly) lack, would be okay if you folks would just acknowledge that such ephemeral commodities as the cap on his HOF plaque has cost you a great deal. Getting to root for him the last few unproductive seasons has retarded the Mets' chances of fielding a decent team, and I wouldn't have paid that particular price, if it were up to me. But you've voiced your adoration of Piazza, and Freddy has heard your voices (and the coins jingling in your pocket) and he's given you what you demanded.

Piazza's had a great career, and he's performed admirably over the years, and has comported himself well and (for the most part) with dignity and class--but I wish to hell we'd dumped his ass three or four years ago, and thanked him for his services to our club, and moved the hell on.

"Oh, shut up. I'm sick to death of hearing you on the subject of Piazza. Just STFU, OK?"

Okay, boss.

[Guest Frayed Knot]

]1. Him to retire as a met 2. Him to retire with a met record, not just a mlb record 3. Him to go to HOF as a met

#1 It would be nice (and hey, who said he's getting another job anyway?) but it's not worth it if it doesn't help the team

#2 - I don't even understand #2

#3 - I've spouted off about this subject before ... but I really hate this arguement.
* First of all, I don't care what he "goes in as". It's not like the image on the plaque limits a career to that phase only at the exclusion of any and all others. It wouldn't diminish his Met career one iota if his likeness contained some other insignia.
* His NYM ABs passed his LAD ABs about a year and change ago - so unless he returns to Dodgertown after this season and stays at least 2 full seasons, he'll still wind up w/the plurality of his career in the blue and orange.
* And - like #1 - it would be really dumb reason if that were the only reason we retained a player.

[Guest duan]

Bret Sabermetric wrote: This emotional attachment to Mike Piazza, which many of you seem to have and which I (clearly) lack, would be okay if you folks would just acknowledge that such ephemeral commodities as the cap on his HOF plaque has cost you a great deal. Getting to root for him the last few unproductive seasons has retarded the Mets' chances of fielding a decent team, and I wouldn't have paid that particular price, if it were up to me. But you've voiced your adoration of Piazza, and Freddy has heard your voices (and the coins jingling in your pocket) and he's given you what you demanded. Piazza's had a great career, and he's performed admirably over the years, and has comported himself well and (for the most part) with dignity and class--but I wish to hell we'd dumped his ass three or four years ago, and thanked him for his services to our club, and moved the hell on. "Oh, shut up. I'm sick to death of hearing you on the subject of Piazza. Just STFU, OK?" Okay, boss.

Thing is, while sport is about athletic performance and competition it is also apparent that in relation to *teams* emotional attachment is a huge part of why one is capable of and persists in following one particular team rather then the game and the people who play it best at any particular moment in time.

I'm aware that it may well be better for the mets to part ways with Piazza at the end of the season, I'm just saying that due to a particular confluence between his arrival in New York and mine that I'm conscious that to me, at least, he's one of the reasons I've bothered to continue to follow baseball from 3,000 miles away.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

duan wrote: it may well be better for the mets to part ways with Piazza at the end of the season.

Yeah, the 2001 season.

Now after three or four sub-par seasons, you're willing to concede "OKay, we'll be willing to sacrifice his services"--that's mighty big of you. The idea was to do that when he could have gotten you something valuable in return. The luxury of having Piazza catch for you and bat clean-up has cost you a huge chunk of your lives. (Say, where are all those fine folks who claimed at the beginning of this year that Piazza in the four-hole was still a good idea? Lost in cyberspace, I suppose. Let's just say that I made up that last point, since I cant support it thanks to EZ-board any more, okay? Theyre in cyber-heaven, rubbing shoulders with the "Mientkiewicz is a Gold Glove/All-Star/ MVP /Jesus Christ type who we need like air itself" crowd.)

"Will you put a freaking sock in it, already? No one cares! You're a Met-hater, and I'm not listening to you any more. LALALALALALA."

[Guest KC]

>>>This emotional attachment to Mike Piazza, which many of you seem to have and which I (clearly) lack<<<

"Many" is a stretch and three quarters.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

I feel the love.