Where Mets Rank 2008

[Guest AG/DC]

Total Bases in a Metly Career

Rank	Met	Total
1	Ed Kranepool	2,047
2	Darryl Strawberry	2,028
3	Mike Piazza	1,885
4	Howard Johnson	1,823
5	Edgardo Alfonzo	1,736
	David Wright Projected to End of Season	1,726
6	Cleon Jones	1,715
7	Mookie Wilson	1,586
	Carlos Beltran Projected to End of Season	1,375
8	Keith Hernandez	1,358
	Jos� Reyes Projected to End of Season	1,347
9	Kevin McReynolds	1,338
10	Jerry Grote	1,278
11	Bud Harrelson	1,260
12	Lee Mazzilli	1,192
13	Todd Hundley	1,116
14	David Wright	1,090
	David Wright at Start of Season	1,078
15	Rusty Staub	1,078
16	Jos� Reyes	1,077
	Jos� Reyes at Start of Season	1,072
17	Dave Kingman	1,053
18	Tommie Agee	1,013
19	George Foster	1,007
20	John Stearns	1,005
21	John Milner	992
22	Wayne Garrett	965
23	Felix Millan	902
24	Gary Carter	896
25	Rey Ord��ez	893
26	Hubie Brooks	892
27	Bobby Bonilla	880
28	Ron Swoboda	856
29	Carlos Beltran	845
	Carlos Beltran at Start of Season	835
30	John Olerud	832

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Edgy, nice work, but I'm quite sure that David Wright has amassed some total bases (12) in the 2008 season.

[Guest AG/DC]

Yeah, he was supposed to start at 1078. Too much cutting and pasting.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Here's something rare in Mets history (more rare than it ought to be, as a matter of fact): A player hitting his 100th home run as a Met.

This year, it looks like it will happen twice, with David Wright currently at 98 and Carlos Beltran at 90. (And if Carlos Delgado has that big comeback we've been hoping for, but not expecting, he can also join the 100 Club this season. He'll need 38 home runs in 2008. He's done it before, but it doesn't seem likely that he'll do it again.)

One hundredth home runs have never occurred more than once in the same Mets season before. No Met has reached this milestone in almost seven years.

Here are the eight previous times a Mets player has hit number 100:

• Ed Kranepool August 3, 1976
• Dave Kingman August 18, 1981
• Darryl Strawberry August 27, 1986
• Howard Johnson June 21, 1989
• Kevin McReynolds September 11, 1990
• Todd Hundley May 5, 1997
• Mike Piazza September 22, 2000
• Edgardo Alfonzo August 18, 2001

[Guest AG/DC]

How about the collection of star crossed Mets whose careers ended too ugly for them to get into that club?
Foster (99)
Boniilla (95), and
Jones (93).

[Frayed Knot]

Prediction: David Wright doesn't finish the year with 636 total bases

[Guest AG/DC]

Way to jinx the guy!

Reyes, meanwhile, added one today and is tied with Rusty Staub. That's fitting, as they are such similar players.

[Benjamin Grimm]

One hundredth home run as a Met (updated):

• Ed Kranepool August 3, 1976
• Dave Kingman August 18, 1981
• Darryl Strawberry August 27, 1986
• Howard Johnson June 21, 1989
• Kevin McReynolds September 11, 1990
• Todd Hundley May 5, 1997
• Mike Piazza September 22, 2000
• Edgardo Alfonzo August 18, 2001
• David Wright April 13, 2008

[Vic Sage]

[u:d96ca6ec0c]lineup:[/u:d96ca6ec0c]
1) Hojo (ss)
2) Alfonzo (2b)
3) Wright (3b)
4) Piazza ©
5) strawberry (rf)
6) McReynolds (cf)
7) Kingman (lf)
8) Kranepool (1b)

hundley (bench)

Does this team score enough to overcome its defense?
And who are the all-time HR leaders amongst Mets pitchers to fill out this squad?

[Guest AG/DC]

Hot Rod can pitch. At least pre-op Hot Rod.

[seawolf17]

AG/DC wrote: Hot Rod can pitch. At least pre-op Hot Rod.

Pre-op?!?! He's a woman now?!?!

[Vic Sage]

HRs by pitchers:

Gooden - 7
Seaver - 6
Terrell -3 (1 season!)
Aguilera - 3
D. Cardwell - 3 (as a reliever)
Koosman - 2
Darling - 2

[Guest AG/DC]

Terrell's 3 were in two starts.

(OE: No they weren't. Four starts. Stupid memory.)

I think at least one of Cardwell's homers was as a starter. Didn't he and Koos somehow pitch a doubleheader sweep where both games were 1-0 complete game jobbies with teh pitcher homering for the only run?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cardwell and Koosman each had the RBI's in that doubleheader, but I don't think they came on homers.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Here it is.

Game 1, Koosman: http://leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=1279

Game 2, Cardwell: http://leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=1280

[Theoldmole]

Sort of surprised Carter so low on the list.

[Guest Grote15]

Vic Sage wrote: lineup: 1) Hojo (ss) 2) Alfonzo (2b) 3) Wright (3b) 4) Piazza (c) 5) strawberry (rf) 6) McReynolds (cf) 7) Kingman (lf) 8) Kranepool (1b) hundley (bench) Does this team score enough to overcome its defense? And who are the all-time HR leaders amongst Mets pitchers to fill out this squad?

Can we let Jerry Grote catch the Seaver games? Pleez

[Benjamin Grimm]

It looks like Steve Trachsel will end up being the winningest Mets pitcher of the decade:

http://leaptoad.com/mets/decades.php?ThisDecade=2000

And Tom Glavine will be the inningest.

Piazza still leads the decade in a few categories, but by the end of next season, he may not lead in any.

[Benjamin Grimm]

One hundredth home run as a Met (updated again):

• Ed Kranepool August 3, 1976
• Dave Kingman August 18, 1981
• Darryl Strawberry August 27, 1986
• Howard Johnson June 21, 1989
• Kevin McReynolds September 11, 1990
• Todd Hundley May 5, 1997
• Mike Piazza September 22, 2000
• Edgardo Alfonzo August 18, 2001
• David Wright April 13, 2008
• Carlos Beltran June 16, 2008

Don't know who's going to be next. Delgado, if he has an unexpected resurgence AND returns next year. (Extreme long shot, I'd say.) Otherwise, Jose Reyes, unless the Mets import a slugger who can overcome Jose's 53+ head start.

[Valadius]

Jose Reyes has broken the all-time Mets record for triples with his 63rd the other night.

Reyes is now:

1st in triples
2nd in stolen bases
8th in runs scored
11th in hits
12th in total bases (one behind David Wright, seven behind Jerry Grote)
13th in at-bats
14th in doubles
22nd in games played
24th in strikeouts (tied with Tom Seaver)
25th in runs batted in
28th in home runs (tied with Butch Huskey and Wayne Garrett)
29th in walks (one behind Gary Carter)

[Gwreck]

If Reyes gets re-signed after his current contract is up, either he and Wright will likely hold the lead in every single counting offensive statistic.

[Elster88]

RBI in a Metly Career

Rank	Met	Total
1	Darryl Strawberry	733
2	Mike Piazza	655
3	Howard Johnson	629
4	Ed Kranepool	614
5	Edgardo Alfonzo	538
6	Cleon Jones	521
	David Wright Projected to End of Season	489
7	Keith Hernandez	468
8	Kevin McReynolds	456
9	David Wright	441
	Carlos Beltran Projected to End of Season	417
10	Rusty Staub	399
11	Todd Hundley	397
12	Dave Kingman	389
13	Carlos Beltran	374

[Benjamin Grimm]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: One hundredth home run as a Met (updated again): Ed Kranepool August 3, 1976 Dave Kingman August 18, 1981 Darryl Strawberry August 27, 1986 Howard Johnson June 21, 1989 Kevin McReynolds September 11, 1990 Todd Hundley May 5, 1997 Mike Piazza September 22, 2000 Edgardo Alfonzo August 18, 2001 David Wright April 13, 2008 Carlos Beltran June 16, 2008 Don't know who's going to be next. Delgado, if he has an unexpected resurgence AND returns next year. (Extreme long shot, I'd say.) Otherwise, Jose Reyes, unless the Mets import a slugger who can overcome Jose's 53+ head start.

I made the above post on June 17. Delgado did have that "unexpected resurgence" and now had 99 home runs as a Met. He looks really likely to become the next guy in the 100 club. Hopefully this year. Hopefully tonight. But even if he doesn't, I'm sure he'll get more chances in 2009.

George Foster, by the way, is the one Met who has remained forever stuck at 99 home runs.