Mets, 1 to 700

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Purpose:
Name and number the Mets in ascending order to 700+, one at a time.

Rules:
Mets are numbered by their *appearance in games* not their appearance on a roster or whatever. Guys debuting in the same game would be listed by the order in which they'd be announced, IOW, by batting order.

List the guy, his number, and the date he debuted in your post. It might look cool if you copied the list until your guy then boldfaced him.

I will start:
1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)

[Guest Edgy DC]

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla (April 11, 1962)

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Actually these are too easy to do one at a time, so I'll go:

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla (April 11, 1962)
3. Charlie Neal
4. Frank Thomas
5. Gus Bell
6. Gil Hodges
7. Don Zimmer
8. Hobie Landrith
9. Roger Craig
10. Ed Bouchee
11. Bob Moorhead
12. Herb Moford
13. Clem Labine
14. Jim Marshall (all April 11, 1962)

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Day off, April 12th.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

15. Ginsberg (04/13/1962)

[Elster88]

IMHO, rogers should not be allowed to post in this thread.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

now now

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Elster88 - "IMHO, rogers should not be allowed to post in this thread."

Well, Jeter and A-Rod have never been Mets anyway.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

*pause*

Are we to assume that JD will referee because he's already done some
legwork? Or, should we just jump into retrosheet data and build and argue?

Yancy could run an sql statement and produce the list hisself.

*/pause*

[Benjamin Grimm]

I probably could. So I'll sit this thread out unless I'm asked to verify something.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I have no idea who's next myself at most points., I picked up the count at 600ish a few years back and have been pretty steady since but for all I know everything I think is right could be wrong.

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla (April 11, 1962)
3. Charlie Neal
4. Frank Thomas
5. Gus Bell
6. Gil Hodges
7. Don Zimmer
8. Hobie Landrith
9. Roger Craig
10. Ed Bouchee
11. Bob Moorhead
12. Herb Moford
13. Clem Labine
14. Jim Marshall (all April 11, 1962)
15. Ginsberg (04/13/1962)
16. Sherman Jones April 13, 1962

[Gwreck]

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla
3. Charlie Neal
4. Frank Thomas
5. Gus Bell
6. Gil Hodges
7. Don Zimmer
8. Hobie Landrith
9. Roger Craig
10. Ed Bouchee
11. Bob Moorhead
12. Herb Moford
13. Clem Labine
14. Jim Marshall
15. Joe Ginsberg (April 13, 1962)
16. Sherman Jones
17. Elio Chacon
18. John DeMerit
19. Ray Daviault
20. Bobby Smith


Cleaned this up a little.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let's do it like historians.

Met #	Met	Debut Date	Stats on Day	First PA	First BF	First Opponent	Opposing Team	Score	Note
1	Richie Ashburn	4/11/1962	1-5, RS	FO 8		Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4	First Met Batter
2	Felix Mantilla	4/11/1962	1-4, 2B, BB, RS	GO, 5-3		Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4
3	Charlie Neal	4/11/1962	3-4, HR, RS, 2 RBI	FO 9		Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4
4	Frank Thomas	4/11/1962	0-3, SF, RBI	GO, 6-3		Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4
5	Gus Bell	4/11/1962	1-3, BB	1B to CF		Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4	First Met Hit
6	Gil Hodges	4/11/1962	1-4, HR, RS, RBI	LO, 5		Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4
7	Don Zimmer	4/11/1962	1-4	1B to CF		Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4
8	Hobie Landrith	4/11/1962	0-4	LO, 4		Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4
9	Roger Craig	4/11/1962	0-1 // 3 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 1 SO	K	FO, 8	Larry Jackson // Curt Flood	St. Louis	L, 11-4
10	Ed Bouchee	4/11/1962	0-0, BB	BB		Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4	First Pinch Hitter
11	Bob Moorhead	4/11/1962	0-1 // 3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 1 BB 1 SO	LO, 6	LO, 6	Larry Jackson // Gene Oliver	St. Louis	L, 11-4	ML Debut
12	Herb Moford	4/11/1962	0-0 // 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R	-	LO, 6	- // Ken Boyer	St. Louis	L, 11-4
13	Clem Labine	4/11/1962	0-0 // 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER	-	FO, 8	- // Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4
14	Jim Marshall	4/11/1962	0-0, BB	BB		Larry Jackson	St. Louis	L, 11-4
15	Joe Ginsberg	4/13/1962	0-4	FO, 9		Tom Sturdivant	Pittsburgh	L, 4-3
16	Sherman Jones	4/13/1962	1-1 // 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO	1B	GO, 6-3	Bill Virdon	Pittsburgh	L, 4-3
17	Elio Chacon	4/13/1962	0-0	Pinch Runner		Tom Sturdivant	Pittsburgh	L, 4-3	First Pinch Runner
18	John DeMerit	4/13/1962	0-0	Pinch Runner		Tom Sturdivant	Pittsburgh	L, 4-3
19	Ray Daviault	4/13/1962	0-0 // 2 IP, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO	-	BB	- // Dick Groat	Pittsburgh	L, 4-3	ML Debut
20	Bobby Gene Smith	4/13/1962	0-1	GO, 5-4		Elroy Face	Pittsburgh	L, 4-3

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Well, I'm out.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Yeah, I'm not gonna make a 700-row, 10-column chart.

I mean I like it, I just don;t wanna do it on the board

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, I know.

I just like notable debuts.

[nymr83]

you could just keep a master list updated every 50-100 guys or so, if the whole list got copied every post things would go nuts

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla
3. Charlie Neal
4. Frank Thomas
5. Gus Bell
6. Gil Hodges
7. Don Zimmer
8. Hobie Landrith
9. Roger Craig
10. Ed Bouchee
11. Bob Moorhead
12. Herb Moford
13. Clem Labine
14. Jim Marshall
15. Joe Ginsberg (April 13, 1962)
16. Sherman Jones
17. Elio Chacon
18. John DeMerit
19. Ray Daviault
20. Bobby Smith
21. Chris Cannizzaro (April 14, 1962)
22. Al Jackson
23. Jim Hickman
24. Craig Anderson

[Guest Edgy DC]

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla
3. Charlie Neal
4. Frank Thomas
5. Gus Bell
6. Gil Hodges
7. Don Zimmer
8. Hobie Landrith
9. Roger Craig
10. Ed Bouchee
11. Bob Moorhead
12. Herb Moford
13. Clem Labine
14. Jim Marshall
15. Joe Ginsberg (April 13, 1962)
16. Sherman Jones
17. Elio Chacon
18. John DeMerit
19. Ray Daviault
20. Bobby Smith
21. Chris Cannizzaro (April 14, 1962)
22. Al Jackson
23. Jim Hickman
24. Craig Anderson
25. Rod Kanehl 4/15/1962 (ML Debut)
26. Ken MacKenzie (Canadian)

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla
3. Charlie Neal
4. Frank Thomas
5. Gus Bell
6. Gil Hodges
7. Don Zimmer
8. Hobie Landrith
9. Roger Craig
10. Ed Bouchee
11. Bob Moorhead
12. Herb Moford
13. Clem Labine
14. Jim Marshall
15. Joe Ginsberg (April 13, 1962)
16. Sherman Jones
17. Elio Chacon
18. John DeMerit
19. Ray Daviault
20. Bobby Smith
21. Chris Cannizzaro (April 14, 1962)
22. Al Jackson
23. Jim Hickman
24. Craig Anderson
25. Rod Kanehl (April 15, 1962)
26. Ken MacKenzie
27. Jay Hook (April 17, 1962)

--Jay is the only Met to debut in this game, which we lose 5-2 to the Colt 45s in 11 innings. Don Zimmer getscaught stealing home for the 3rd out of the 8th inning!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla
3. Charlie Neal
4. Frank Thomas
5. Gus Bell
6. Gil Hodges
7. Don Zimmer
8. Hobie Landrith
9. Roger Craig
10. Ed Bouchee
11. Bob Moorhead
12. Herb Moford
13. Clem Labine
14. Jim Marshall
15. Joe Ginsberg (April 13, 1962)
16. Sherman Jones
17. Elio Chacon
18. John DeMerit
19. Ray Daviault
20. Bobby Smith
21. Chris Cannizzaro (April 14, 1962)
22. Al Jackson
23. Jim Hickman
24. Craig Anderson
25. Rod Kanehl (April 15, 1962)
26. Ken MacKenzie
27. Jay Hook (April 17, 1962)
28. Bob L. Miller (April 21, 1962)

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla
3. Charlie Neal
4. Frank Thomas
5. Gus Bell
6. Gil Hodges
7. Don Zimmer
8. Hobie Landrith
9. Roger Craig
10. Ed Bouchee
11. Bob Moorhead
12. Herb Moford
13. Clem Labine
14. Jim Marshall
15. Joe Ginsberg (April 13, 1962)
16. Sherman Jones
17. Elio Chacon
18. John DeMerit
19. Ray Daviault
20. Bobby Smith
21. Chris Cannizzaro (April 14, 1962)
22. Al Jackson
23. Jim Hickman
24. Craig Anderson
25. Rod Kanehl (April 15, 1962)
26. Ken MacKenzie
27. Jay Hook (April 17, 1962)
28. Bob L. Miller (April 21, 1962)
29. Harry Chiti (April 28, 1962)
30. Dave Hillman
31. Sammy Taylor

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla
3. Charlie Neal
4. Frank Thomas
5. Gus Bell
6. Gil Hodges
7. Don Zimmer
8. Hobie Landrith
9. Roger Craig
10. Ed Bouchee
11. Bob Moorhead
12. Herb Moford
13. Clem Labine
14. Jim Marshall
15. Joe Ginsberg (April 13, 1962)
16. Sherman Jones
17. Elio Chacon
18. John DeMerit
19. Ray Daviault
20. Bobby Smith
21. Chris Cannizzaro (April 14, 1962)
22. Al Jackson
23. Jim Hickman
24. Craig Anderson
25. Rod Kanehl (April 15, 1962)
26. Ken MacKenzie
27. Jay Hook (April 17, 1962)
28. Bob L. Miller (April 21, 1962)
29. Harry Chiti (April 28, 1962)
30. Dave Hillman
31. Sammy Taylor
32. Cliff Cook (May 8, 1962)

[Guest Kid Carsey]

33. Marv Throneberry (05/11/1962)

[Guest Kid Carsey]

34. Vinegar Bend Mizell (05/15/1962)

[Gwreck]

Round out 1962:

35. Joe Christopher (May 21, 1962)
36. Willard Hunter (June 1, 1962)
37. Gene Woodling (June 17, 1962)
38. Joe Pignatano (July 14, 1962)
39. Choo Choo Coleman (July 16, 1962)
40. Bob G. Miller (July 24, 1962)
41. Rich Herrscher (August 1, 1962)
42. Sammy Drake
43. Galen Cisco (September 9, 1962)
44. Larry Foss (September 10, 1962)
45. Ed Kranepool (September 22, 1962)

[stevejrogers]

]45. Ed Kranepool (September 22, 1962)

And the last, shall be first! 18 years and on the top of many Met hitting categories, well out of sheer atrition of course.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Here's a printable 1962 page if anyone is interested.

If we find anything needs to be edited, lmk.

(edited my inconsistent date format with rest of list)

[Guest iramets]

Kid Carsey wrote: Here's a printable 1962 page if anyone is interested. If we find anything needs to be edited, lmk.

Don't we need a date for Sammy Drake?

I'm betting that we'll turn up some useful, heretofore-undiscovered bit of Met trivia, if we do this project very carefully.

[Gwreck]

Nope, we don't. He also debued August 1, 1962. Was trying to keep the listing style already adopted.

1. Richie Ashburn (April 11, 1962)
2. Felix Mantilla
3. Charlie Neal
4. Frank Thomas
5. Gus Bell
6. Gil Hodges
7. Don Zimmer
8. Hobie Landrith
9. Roger Craig
10. Ed Bouchee
11. Bob Moorhead
12. Herb Moford
13. Clem Labine
14. Jim Marshall
15. Joe Ginsberg (April 13, 1962)
16. Sherman Jones
17. Elio Chacon
18. John DeMerit
19. Ray Daviault
20. Bobby Smith
21. Chris Cannizzaro (April 14, 1962)
22. Al Jackson
23. Jim Hickman
24. Craig Anderson
25. Rod Kanehl (April 15, 1962)
26. Ken MacKenzie
27. Jay Hook (April 17, 1962)
28. Bob L. Miller (April 21, 1962)
29. Harry Chiti (April 28, 1962)
30. Dave Hillman
31. Sammy Taylor
32. Cliff Cook (May 8, 1962)
33. Marv Throneberry (May 11, 1962)
34. Vinegar Bend Mizell (May 15, 1962)
35. Joe Christopher (May 21, 1962)
36. Willard Hunter (June 1, 1962)
37. Gene Woodling (June 17, 1962)
38. Joe Pignatano (July 14, 1962)
39. Choo Choo Coleman (July 16, 1962)
40. Bob G. Miller (July 24, 1962)
41. Rich Herrscher (August 1, 1962)
42. Sammy Drake
43. Galen Cisco (September 9, 1962)
44. Larry Foss (September 10, 1962)
45. Ed Kranepool (September 22, 1962)