Kwiz on Your Opening Day Mets

[Guest Edgy DC]

Twenty-five Mets, good men all, have started on opening day at two different positions in different years.

Three have started on opening day at three different positions.

Name these Mets.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

One at a time? Seems fair.

Alfonzo.

[Frayed Knot]

Howard Johnson: 3B & CF

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Alfonzo. (One guess per post?)

[G-Fafif]

Ron Hunt -- two positions.

We're looking only for three positions?

Hmmm...

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Eddie Crane Pool!

[G-Fafif]

Hubie Brooks: RF & 3B
Ron Hunt: 2B & 3B

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Mazzilli. 1b and cf

[G-Fafif]

John Milner 1B & LF
Dave Kingman 1B & LF

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Gregg Jefferies (2b and 3b)

[G-Fafif]

Mookie Wilson LF & CF

[G-Fafif]

Vince Coleman LF & CF
Bobby Bonilla RF & 3B

[Guest Edgy DC]

Guess all you want. I subtract points for bad guesses. Johnson, I should have correctly stated, is a three position guy. There are three more of those

Alfonzo: 3B, 1998, 2002, 2B, 1999, 2000, 2001 (Leiter Wagner)
Hunt: 3B, 1964, 2B, 1966 (G-Fafif)
Johnson:, 3B, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, SS, 1991, CF, 1992 (Frayed Knot)

[G-Fafif]

Jeff Kent 2B & 3B
Jose Vizcaino SS & 2B

[Ceetar]

Jose Reyes
Kaz Matsui

both started both MI positions I believe.

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Swoboda (lf and rf)

[Ceetar]

hmm.

Mike Cameron.

[G-Fafif]

Rusty Staub RF & 1B

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Vince Coleman (lf and c f)

[G-Fafif]

Ceetar wrote: hmm. Mike Cameron.

Cameon was injured Opening Day 2005, his second year.

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G-Fafif wrote: Rusty Staub RF & 1B

I thought of this one but wasn't so sure of 1B to risk the penalty point.

[G-Fafif]

Ceetar wrote: Jose Reyes Kaz Matsui both started both MI positions I believe.

Reyes was injured Opening Day 2004, his 2B year.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Wait... hold on while I look up the answers...

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Cleon! (rf and lf)

[TransMonk]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Wait... hold on while I look up the answers...

Doosh.

SC=100

[Ceetar]

Since i'm failing with injuries as it is, i'll take another shot and probably miss:

Angel Pagan. I think he started lf in 2008, rf in 2009, but I could easily be way off and he was also injured early 2009.

[G-Fafif]

Butch Huskey RF & 3B

[Chad ochoseis]

Hubie Brooks, 3B & SS

[Guest Edgy DC]

G-Fafif joins FK in overlooking a third position for one of our gentlemen.

I've got to run. More thrills later.

Three:

Johnson:, 3B, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, SS, 1991, CF, 1992 =#0000FF](Frayed Knot)
Kingman 1B: RF, 1974, 1976, 1977, LF, 1981, 1B, 1982, 1983 =#0000FF](G-Fafif)

Two:

Alfonzo: 3B, 1998, 2002, 2B, 1999, 2000, 2001 =#0000FF] (Leiter Wagner)
Brooks: 3B, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, RF, 1991
Hunt: 3B, 1964, 2B, 1966 =#0000FF](G-Fafif)
Kranepool: RF, 1963, 1B, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1977 =#0000FF](batmagadan)
Mazzilli: CF, 1977, 1987, 1979, 1981, 1B, 1980 =#0000FF](batmagadan)

Milner: 1B, 1973, 1974, 1974, LF, 1976, 1977 =#0000FF](G-Fafif)

[G-Fafif]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Hubie Brooks, 3B & SS

Hubie's conversion to short came late in '84 season upon acquisition of Knight and injury to Santana, and he was gone before Opening Day '85.

(Thinking out loud on injuries and timelines.)