UMDB Suggestion: All-Time opponent Interactive Stats

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Hey Yance,

I know this might mean more work for you guys, but ever thought of doing an interactive (or just listing of top 10 or 20) stats for opponents against the Mets?

Looking at the KTE with the Braves and Seawolf mentioned Larry's record against the Mets and I love to see where he ranks on the all time lists

Plus its good to help better define actual "Met Killers" as my "definition" is anyone who does well against a certain team/player that completely superceeds his actual totals

I.e. Joe McEwing and Randy Johnson, or Tommy Hutton and Tom Seaver

Just a thought

Steve

[Guest Edgy DC]

He's got it.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

I meant a complation of stats amongst the leaders against the Mets, (like the regular interactive stats) not a single guy's record

Ugh, could you have picked someone else other than Larry, do not want to think about him right now. Would prefer not to think about Larry untill next Spring.

Steve

[Benjamin Grimm]

Your suggestion has been on my to-do list for a while. I was waiting until I had ALL the box scores, going back to 1962, and that didn't happen until earlier this year. Unfortunately, I've been unable to keep up with the 2005 box scores thanks to some fool at USA Today.

Anyway, through June 30, Chipper's 33 homers against the Mets puts him in a tie for 9th place.

We can make this a guessing game. (Stats are through June 30, 2005.)

Six of the eight guys ahead of Chipper are in the Hall of Fame, including the first five.

1. ________________ 60
2. ________________ 49
3. ________________ 48
4. ________________ 45
5. ________________ 39
6. ________________ 36
7. ________________ 35
8. ________________ 34
9. ________________ 33
9. Chipper Jones 33
11. Dale Murphy 32
12. Joe Torre 30
12. Tony Perez 30
14. Gary Sheffield 29
15. Andres Galarrago 28
15. Sammy Sosa 28
15. Pat Burrell 28
15. Jimmy Wynn 28
15. Lee May 28

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I'd guess Willie Stargell, Mike Schmidt, Johnny Bench, and Hank Aaron off the top of my head.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Rockin' Doc wrote: I'd guess Willie Stargell, Mike Schmidt, Johnny Bench, and Hank Aaron off the top of my head.

Stargell, Schmidt, Bench,

Aaron seems too easy, I'll say Tony Perez, Ernie Banks and Willie McCovey are the other HOFers on the list and the non-HOFers...

Barry Bonds probably...and...

Either Terry Pendleton or Jack Clark

Steve

[Benjamin Grimm]

1. Willie Stargell 60
2. Mike Schmidt 49
3. ________________ 48
4. Hank Aaron 45
5. ________________ 39
6. ________________ 36
7. ________________ 35
8. ________________ 34
9. ________________ 33
9. Chipper Jones 33

No Johnny Bench in the top ten.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: 1. Willie Stargell 60 2. Mike Schmidt 49 3. ________________ 48 4. Hank Aaron 45 5. ________________ 39 6. ________________ 36 7. ________________ 35 8. ________________ 34 9. ________________ 33 9. Chipper Jones 33 No Johnny Bench in the top ten.

And no Bonds, McCovey, Perez, ect either...

Hmmm, Dave Kingman...

Running out of HOFers... Billy Williams, Clemente not a HR guy, eh...Mays then and...Cepeda? Throw Gary Carter into that hopper as well

The non HOFers along with Kong...Hmmm... Greg Luzinski...Andre Dawson

[Benjamin Grimm]

1. Willie Stargell 60
2. Mike Schmidt 49
3. Willie McCovey 48
4. Hank Aaron 45
5. Willie Mays 39
6. Andre Dawson 36
7. Barry Bonds 35
8. Billy Williams 34
9. ________________ 33
9. Chipper Jones 33

[Guest Edgy DC]

Matthews?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Eddie or Gary?

Not that it matters; it's not either of them.

[DocTee]

Orlando Cepeda?

[DocTee]

Dale Murphy...

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

What era are we talking with the last guy?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I first became a baseball fan in 1971, and he was a well-known active player that year.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm looking for a power hitting Hall-of-Famer who played primarily in the NL and was well-known and active in 1971. That seems to imply he was at the end of his run then and did most of his damage in the sixties, but he could have been on the way up.

But if he was from the seventies, he would have likely been on an NL East team. How many Hall of Fame sluggers were active and known in 1971 and went on to have a solid seveties career in the NL East? So I'm sticking with the sixties.

Cepeda and Clemente have been guessed.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Joe Morgan?

[Guest sharpie]

Richie (aka Dick) Allen?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yep, Dick Allen.

The Hall-of-Famers were already named. The one remaining guy was a non Cooperstowner.


Do we want to play this game again with another category? I have all the standard batting and pitching categories available.

[Guest sharpie]

What kind of a ridiculous question is that? Of course, we'd play.

[Frayed Knot]

McCovey has the best [u:eb02efcaf6]HR rate[/u:eb02efcaf6] of that group: 1 HR in each 12.98 ABs vs NYM.
Stargell was next, better than Aaron, Allen & then Chipper. Dawson (28.8) and Bonds had the worst, relying more on longevity than true "Met killing".

Pat Burrell, btw, is hitting them at a better rate than any of those guys (12.14) and is 5 HRs from joining the top 10.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Damn, I was thinking Allen, but I couldn't count.

[Guest Edgy DC]

One of the benefits of keeping Dave Kingman employed was that he crushed the Mets even more as an opponent than as a teammate. He leaves behind McCovey and Burrell by homering every 11.35 at-bats against the Mets, but doesn't make the list because he only had 75 games against them.

Double his numbers, to get something like a full season, and you're looking at a monstrous MVP year.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's some slugging percentage that Kingman put up against the Mets in 1980.

Let's take a look at stolen bases by opponents:

1. ________________ 97
2. ________________ 77
3. ________________ 64
4. ________________ 60
5. ________________ 55
6. ________________ 54
7. ________________ 49
8. ________________ 46
8. ________________ 46
10. _______________ 45
11. _______________ 44
12. _______________ 41
13. _______________ 39
14. _______________ 37
15. _______________ 35
15. _______________ 35
16. _______________ 34
18. _______________ 33
18. _______________ 33

[Guest Edgy DC]

Here's my top eleven:

Vince Coleman
Lou Brock
Tim Raines
Maury Wills
Willie McGee
Omar Moreno
Ozzie Smith
Ryne Sandberg
Barry Bonds
Andre Dawson
Joe Morgan
Ron LeFlore

[Guest sharpie]

Davey Lopes
Marquis Grissom

[Guest Edgy DC]

We've got 13 on the board, so let me throw up seven more to give us a round twenty.

Castillo
Dernier
Butler
Samuel
Pendleton
Gary Maddox
Von Hayes

[Guest sharpie]

Lonnie Smith

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yup.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, Ron LeFlore sure was wrong.