Why him? Why today?

[metirish]

Bobby Jones.

[Benjamin Grimm]

1.
2.
3.
4. Felix Millan (60th place)
5.
6. Robin Ventura (67th place)
7. Ray Knight (69th place)
8. Bobby Jones (73rd place)
9. Frank Viola (75th place)
10. Rey Ordonez (76th place)

[Benjamin Grimm]

Four remaining: one current decade guy (who played in a World Series), two non-playoff guys, and two teammates of Ed Kranepool (one of whom also played in a World Series).

[seawolf17]

Agbayani?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Ding!

1.
2. Benny Agbayani (48th place)
3.
4. Felix Millan (60th place)
5.
6. Robin Ventura (67th place)
7. Ray Knight (69th place)
8. Bobby Jones (73rd place)
9. Frank Viola (75th place)
10. Rey Ordonez (76th place)

[Guest sharpie]

Ron Swoboda

[Benjamin Grimm]

No, not Swoboda.

Our remaining World Series guy played in two Fall Classics with the Mets.

[seawolf17]

Grote?

[seawolf17]

<--- Wayne Garrett?

[HahnSolo]

Cleon Jones

[Benjamin Grimm]

1.
2. Benny Agbayani (48th place)
3.
4. Felix Millan (60th place)
5. Wayne Garrett (63rd place)
6. Robin Ventura (67th place)
7. Ray Knight (69th place)
8. Bobby Jones (73rd place)
9. Frank Viola (75th place)
10. Rey Ordonez (76th place)

We're left with two guys. One was a teammate of Ed Kranepool, one was not. Neither ever played a postseason game with the Mets.

One set an important Mets club record. One set a quirky major league record.

[DocTee]

Joel Youngblood.

[Guest sharpie]

Dave Kingman

[Benjamin Grimm]

1.
2. Benny Agbayani (48th place)
3. Joel Youngblood (53rd place)
4. Felix Millan (60th place)
5. Wayne Garrett (63rd place)
6. Robin Ventura (67th place)
7. Ray Knight (69th place)
8. Bobby Jones (73rd place)
9. Frank Viola (75th place)
10. Rey Ordonez (76th place)

Not Kingman, although you're thinking in the right direction. Kingman's been the Man of the Day 14 times.

[Benjamin Grimm]

HahnSolo wrote: Cleon Jones

Oops, missed this one. No, not Cleon. We have all of our World Series guys.

[DocTee]

Todd Hundley

[Benjamin Grimm]

And we're done!

1. Todd Hundley (35th place)
2. Benny Agbayani (48th place)
3. Joel Youngblood (53rd place)
4. Felix Millan (60th place)
5. Wayne Garrett (63rd place)
6. Robin Ventura (67th place)
7. Ray Knight (69th place)
8. Bobby Jones (73rd place)
9. Frank Viola (75th place)
10. Rey Ordonez (76th place)

Turtle Wax and Rice-a-Roni to everyone who played. You can get your parting gifts from the lovely Carol Marrell on your way out the door.

Thank you, and drive home safely!

[Elster88]

Marlon Anderson was yesterday's.

[Elster88]

Thing, do you have any interest in posting the all-time list from 1 to 815? I have an interest in reading it. The above poll piqued my curiosity. And other cool stuff like who has the most daily wins. I wish I ran your website.

[Benjamin Grimm]

="Elster88"]And other cool stuff like who has the most daily wins.

Okay, since you asked. Keep in mind that daily totals have only been tracked since April 2003. If I had been tracking them since the UMDB's inception in early 1999, Mike Piazza would probably have a much higher total. So, to a lesser degree, would Tommie Agee and John Milner. (They would have received the "death benefit" that Donn Clendenon, Tug McGraw, Rod Kanehl and maybe a few others did.)

Keith Hernandez	170
Dwight Gooden	160
David Wright	132
Tug McGraw	84
Tom Seaver	83
Mike Piazza	80
Lee Mazzilli	80
Ron Darling	70
Lenny Dykstra	44
Darryl Strawberry	28
Ed Kranepool	21
David Cone	19
Mookie Wilson	18
Gary Carter	18
Jason Phillips	17
Howard Johnson	15
Wally Backman	15
Dave Kingman	14
Jerry Koosman	14
Kevin Mitchell	14
Rich Rodriguez	14
Roberto Alomar	13
Jos� Reyes	13
Bruce Boisclair	12
Armando Benitez	12
Pedro Martinez	11
Kaz Matsui	11
Al Leiter	10
Pedro Martinez	10
Jeff Reardon	10
Cleon Jones	8
Tom Glavine	8
Carlos Beltran	8
Kenny Rogers	8
Willie Randolph	7
Donn Clendenon	7
Don Zimmer	7
Elio Chacon	7
Jimmy Piersall	7
Bobby Bonilla	6
Edgardo Alfonzo	6
Gregg Jefferies	6
John Stearns	6
Roger McDowell	6
Danny Heep	6
Danny Frisella	6
Mel Rojas	6
Kris Benson	6
Benny Ayala	6
Dae-Sung Koo	6
Rusty Staub	5
Willie Mays	5
Sid Fernandez	5
George Foster	5
Mackey Sasser	5
Jesse Orosco	5
John Olerud	5
Roberto Petagine	5
John Gibbons	5
Mike Jacobs	5
Bud Harrelson	4
Nolan Ryan	4
Ron Swoboda	4
Vince Coleman	4
Anthony Young	4
Dave Magadan	4
Jeff Kent	4
Billy Beane	4
Brian Giles	4
Lenny Randle	4
Stan Jefferson	4
Mike Kinkade	4
Braden Looper	4
Bobby Valentine	3
Tim Teufel	3
Cory Lidle	3
Tsuyoshi Shinjo	3
George Theodore	3
Joe McEwing	3
Jeromy Burnitz	3
Warren Spahn	3
Nino Espinosa	3
Ron Gardenhire	3
Mike Vail	3
Ricardo Jordan	3
Rod Kanehl	3
Bill Sudakis	3
Richard Hidalgo	3
Gordie Richardson	3
Brian Daubach	3
Jon Matlack	2
Gil Hodges	2
Bob Ojeda	2
Art Shamsky	2
Hubie Brooks	2
Turk Wendell	2
Ron Hodges	2
Roger Cede�o	2
Ron Hunt	2
Skip Lockwood	2
Ellis Valentine	2
Brian McRae	2
Eric Hillman	2
David Segui	2
Vinegar Bend Mizell	2
Dave Gallagher	2
Rodney McCray	2
Kelly Stinnett	2
Victor Zambrano	2
Victor Diaz	2
Billy Baldwin	2
Tom Hall	2
Al Pedrique	2
Bart Shirley	2
John Maine	2
Xavier Nady	2
Alay Soler	2
Carlos Gomez	2
Tommie Agee	1
Kevin McReynolds	1
Joe Torre	1
Kevin Elster	1
John Franco	1
Jerry Grote	1
John Milner	1
Mo Vaughn	1
Doug Flynn	1
Craig Swan	1
Todd Zeile	1
Doug Sisk	1
Yogi Berra	1
Juan Samuel	1
Frank Thomas	1
Duffy Dyer	1
Randy Myers	1
Marv Throneberry	1
Carlos Baerga	1
Gary Gentry	1
Barry Lyons	1
Pat Zachry	1
Steve Trachsel	1
Jay Payton	1
Cliff Floyd	1
Bill Pulsipher	1
Derek Bell	1
Richie Hebner	1
Todd Pratt	1
Daryl Boston	1
Ed Lynch	1
Mickey Lolich	1
Jeff Innis	1
Jason Isringhausen	1
Carl Everett	1
Joe Orsulak	1
Pete Falcone	1
Roger Craig	1
Don Aase	1
Ken Singleton	1
Mike Marshall	1
Jesse Gonder	1
Jae Seo	1
Pete Harnisch	1
Roy McMillan	1
Cal Koonce	1
Larry Bowa	1
Octavio Dotel	1
Aaron Heilman	1
Jos� Cardenal	1
Bob Bailor	1
Tom Gorman	1
Mark Johnson	1
Dick Selma	1
Bob Miller	1
Grant Roberts	1
Mike Torrez	1
Jay Hook	1
Danny Napoleon	1
Harry Chiti	1
Mike Cameron	1
Paul Byrd	1
Jeff Duncan	1
Takashi Kashiwada	1
Ed Glynn	1
Dicky Gonzalez	1
Bobby Jones	1
Carlos Diaz	1
Bob Gibson	1
Marco Scutaro	1
Kevin Tapani	1
Clem Labine	1
John Hudek	1
Tom Veryzer	1
Greg Goossen	1
Doug Henry	1
Rick White	1
Jorge Toca	1
Karim Garcia	1
Jaime Cerda	1
Pumpsie Green	1
Eric Valent	1
Mike Bishop	1
John Thomson	1
Jason Jacome	1
Ryan McGuire	1
Barry Jones	1
Dan Wheeler	1
Bob Friend	1
Mike Glavine	1
Ken Sanders	1
Edwin Almonte	1
Ray Searage	1
Herb Moford	1
Gary Kolb	1
Eric Cammack	1
Doug Mientkiewicz	1
Chico Fernandez	1
Brian Rose	1
Craig Paquette	1
McKay Christensen	1
Ced Landrum	1
Pat Strange	1
Brock Pemberton	1
Keith Hughes	1
Marlon Anderson	1
Matt Ginter	1
Wayne Graham	1
Joe Hietpas	1
Rich Puig	1
Joe Moock	1
Roberto Hernandez	1
Jos� Offerman	1
Oliver Perez	1
Jorge Julio	1
Mike Pelfrey	1
Chip Ambres	1

[Guest Edgy DC]

Greg Goosen won a day?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Even more surprising is that Brian Daubach has won three times and Carlos Delgado hasn't even won once.

[Elster88]

Great stuff, thanks YSG. How about a popularity ranking from 1 to 815?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Brent Gaff, currently in 412th place, got his first daily win yesterday, thanks, I'm sure, to Keith Hernandez talking about him in the SNY booth last night.

The last time I had checked, late yesterday afternoon, John Maine had a healthy lead in the afterglow of his home run. So Keith assists Gaff in stealing one from Maine.

[Elster88]

I was just going to ask who the fuck Brent Gaff was after browsing UMDB.

What did Keith say?

[nymr83]

Elster88 wrote: I was just going to ask who the fuck Brent Gaff was after browsing UMDB. What did Keith say?

he said "I want everyone to turn on their computers and Google Keith Gaff tonight"

[Benjamin Grimm]

August 11: Danny Napoleon wins big, thanks to a link from FoxSports.com:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7111044

[MFS62]

I once discussed Brent "Willy" Gaff with Steve Schryver (who was Mets Director of Minor League Player Development.
I may have posted it before. If not, let me know. I'll tell you about what we said.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Poor Danny wins again today.