Player Count

[Benjamin Grimm]

I noticed this morning when pasting the current Mets stats, that the team has used 41 players already, which seems like a lot.

So I did some SQLing, and it turns out that, if the Mets stop at 41, that's not an especially high total. But since there are over 60 games remaining to be played, and possible trades and September call-ups, the number is sure to rise.

The most players ever used by the Mets in a single season is the 54 that were used in 1967. (The Mets came close to challenging that record in 2004 with 52 and in 2003 with 50.) The fewest ever was in 1988, which was a pretty good year, when the Mets used 32 players.

Here's how many players the Mets used in each of their 47 seasons so far:

1967 54
2004 52
2003 50
2007 49
2006 49
1998 49
2002 48
2000 47
1999 45
1997 45
1995 45
1962 45
1990 44
2001 44
1992 44
1965 43
1989 42
2005 42
1966 42
1964 41
1993 41
2008 41
1982 40
1983 40
1963 40
1980 40
1977 40
1973 40
1984 40
1991 40
1996 40
1979 39
1987 39
1985 38
1981 38
1994 37
1976 37
1975 37
1974 37
1978 36
1986 36
1969 35
1971 34
1972 34
1970 34
1968 34
1988 32

[Guest AG/DC]

Guys ranked by how hard it is, already, to remember they were members of the 2008 Mets:

1) Andy Phillips
2) Abraham Nu�ez
3) Brady Clark

[Gwreck]

4) Gustavo Molina
5) Matt Wise

[Guest AG/DC]

Matt Who?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

6) Moises Alou
7) Pedro Martinez
8) Brian Schneider
9) Luis Castillo

[Guest themetfairy]

10) or 6) Nelson Figueroa

[stevejrogers]

themetfairy wrote: 10) or 6) Nelson Figueroa

I don't know, for a while he was a good "local boy makes good, feel good story of the year."

[Frayed Knot]

Up to 45 now (I think) and that's without a major trade and nearly 1/3 of the season to go.