Lame Outfield

[Benjamin Grimm]

This is inspired by the Darryl Strawberry Award thread. I was going to post it there but I didn't want to clutter that thread with a big clunky chart.

Anyway, I was thinking that the 2011 had a particularly weak offensive outfield. I ran some numbers (using only stats generated by the starting outfielders in each game) and here's what I got. As bad as 2011 was, it looks like it was actually better than 2010:

year	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	Avg.	OBP	Slg.
1962	1783	222	459	60	11	63	209	27	.257	.340	.409
1963	1761	178	402	54	15	49	191	9	.228	.295	.360
1964	1833	218	457	65	12	51	212	12	.249	.306	.381
1965	1766	183	397	67	10	47	171	18	.225	.284	.354
1966	1745	203	430	61	12	36	202	25	.246	.308	.357
1967	1804	187	470	62	7	37	180	29	.261	.307	.364
1968	1838	183	456	75	18	47	180	46	.248	.302	.385
1969	1902	284	524	79	15	62	248	39	.276	.348	.431
1970	1891	272	520	87	21	61	253	50	.275	.350	.440
1971	1754	219	473	66	11	56	213	41	.270	.353	.416
1972	1750	208	433	69	7	56	201	15	.247	.330	.391
1973	1961	231	495	88	5	44	232	9	.252	.318	.370
year	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	Avg.	OBP	Slg.
1974	1823	202	466	79	7	45	216	10	.256	.324	.381
1975	1897	249	517	83	10	53	248	13	.273	.332	.411
1976	1833	226	442	78	13	59	222	27	.241	.306	.394
1977	1749	223	467	79	13	40	202	36	.267	.338	.396
1978	1806	236	464	80	22	39	194	39	.257	.328	.390
1979	1815	229	525	106	18	41	203	67	.289	.368	.435
1980	1853	241	517	83	19	40	229	79	.279	.345	.409
1981	1185	132	292	46	19	26	121	52	.246	.316	.383
1982	1947	228	517	81	14	31	196	61	.266	.308	.369
1983	1917	244	488	70	15	65	229	78	.255	.304	.409
1984	1858	258	484	83	14	64	250	78	.261	.315	.424
1985	1824	271	494	86	17	69	254	64	.271	.345	.450
1986	1996	308	540	93	21	77	281	94	.271	.347	.454
year	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	Avg.	OBP	Slg.
1987	1886	325	531	114	19	85	268	91	.282	.352	.497
1988	1944	306	538	98	12	85	282	94	.277	.338	.471
1989	1848	246	455	87	7	63	225	80	.246	.314	.403
1990	1792	294	489	84	6	86	273	56	.273	.349	.470
1991	1815	239	479	88	12	49	218	73	.264	.332	.407
1992	1724	229	428	91	6	42	195	75	.248	.329	.381
1993	1825	279	465	82	23	57	194	52	.255	.314	.419
1994	1225	157	291	43	6	38	154	13	.238	.301	.376
1995	1645	244	442	64	13	38	186	37	.269	.336	.393
1996	1909	297	575	105	28	50	249	77	.301	.352	.464
1997	1835	263	477	98	15	52	225	50	.260	.326	.415
1998	1771	218	425	96	9	52	216	38	.240	.322	.392
year	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	Avg.	OBP	Slg.
1999	1868	293	542	96	9	49	209	120	.290	.370	.430
2000	1933	300	525	100	6	59	235	36	.272	.350	.421
2001	1820	199	467	95	7	39	179	35	.257	.319	.381
2002	1793	226	467	69	12	49	187	52	.261	.318	.394
2003	1738	229	462	101	8	50	211	30	.266	.329	.419
2004	1823	253	447	97	8	91	262	46	.245	.318	.457
2005	1831	273	496	105	9	83	267	49	.271	.341	.474
2006	1877	296	500	115	9	84	291	46	.266	.346	.472
2007	1835	264	530	108	7	67	279	54	.289	.346	.465
2008	1804	283	504	110	12	50	252	42	.279	.351	.437
2009	1831	272	531	115	22	42	229	44	.290	.354	.446
2010	1810	227	471	91	18	41	219	58	.260	.325	.398
2011	1790	260	471	104	11	48	246	56	.263	.344	.414

[Edgy MD]

Beltran solidified rightfield as almost nobody has since Strawberry left.

[MFS62]

Saying it was better is like saying the patient was moved from the emergency room to life support.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Please. As you can see from reading up the chart, it can and does get far worse.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I wouldn't have guessed 2004 as the homerunniest Met starting outfield ever, but Kablammeron with 36 in center helped, flanked by Floyd and Hidalgo.

[Edgy MD]

Seven outfield homers from an ephemeral Eric Valent that year, with six more coming as a firstbaseman or pinch-hitter.

[TransMonk]

2011: The 19th best OPSing (starting) outfield in Mets history.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'd have definitely kept these numbers a secret and quizzed this material. What a goldmine!

[metirish]

2001 , awful , no surprise , Payton, Shinjo and? Cedano?

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: What a goldmine!

Thanks! I'll probably make it a "feature" on the UMDB, along with similar stats for other positions.

[G-Fafif]

metirish wrote: 2001 , awful , no surprise , Payton, Shinjo and? Cedano?

Cedeno not yet back in '01. That was the year of Matt Lawton. Benny was still here, Timo played himself out of a starting role and Darryl Hamilton, Mark Johnson, Alex Escobar and Joe McEwing were among those who got their reps.

[metirish]

G-Fafif wrote: metirish wrote: 2001 , awful , no surprise , Payton, Shinjo and? Cedano? Cedeno not yet back in '01. That was the year of Matt Lawton. Benny was still here, Timo played himself out of a starting role and Darryl Hamilton, Mark Johnson, Alex Escobar and Joe McEwing were among those who got their reps.

How did we lose at all I wonder now while we were sporting such fine men in the outfield?

[G-Fafif]

metirish wrote: metirish wrote: 2001 , awful , no surprise , Payton, Shinjo and? Cedano? Cedeno not yet back in '01. That was the year of Matt Lawton. Benny was still here, Timo played himself out of a starting role and Darryl Hamilton, Mark Johnson, Alex Escobar and Joe McEwing were among those who got their reps. How did we lose at all I wonder now while we were sporting such fine men in the outfield?

Mets 82-80 that year. About 45 of those wins came from teams that realized they were overmatched and forfeited.