SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, AUGUST 2012

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYER AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH, AUGUST 2012

The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month for August 2012 is R. A. DICKEY. This is R.A.'s second time as Player of the Month in 2012 and his third time overall. It's also his ninth time as Pitcher of the Month, tying Johan Santana for the most Pitcher of the Month awards in Schaefer history. R.A. has now won the award in seven of the last eight months. (His record-setting six-month streak was broken last month by Jon Niese.) Dickey was 3-2 in August with a 2.00 ERA in 45 innings and six starts. It was his complete game shutout on August 31 that put him ahead of runner-up Jon Niese, who also had a strong month, with a 2.61 ERA and a 3-3 record in six starts and 41.1 innings. Third-place finisher Ike Davis was the leading position player in August, slashing .287/.370/.517 with a team-leading 5 home runs and 14 runs batted in.


The Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is a second-time winner, JON RAUCH, the first Mets reliever to win twice in 2012. Rauch had a 0.93 ERA in 14 games (9.2 innings). He had no wins or losses, but did have two saves.



The Schaefer Mets Bench Player of the Month for August is RONNY CEDE�O. This award is perhaps more quirky than any other, especially in August, a month when very few points were awarded for position players who were not in the starting lineup. Nevertheless, Ronny Cede�o earned more such points than anyone else, so he has earned the right to be immortalized on a retro 1972 baseball card.






Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold:

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
David Wright 13
Johan Santana 6
Carlos Beltran 5
Jose Reyes 5
R. A. Dickey 3
Cliff Floyd 2
Tom Glavine 2
Carlos Delgado 2
Ike Davis 2
Mike Cameron 1
John Maine 1
Angel Pagan 1
Jeff Francoeur 1
Daniel Murphy 1
Lucas Duda 1
Ruben Tejada 1

PITCHER OF THE MONTH
Johan Santana 9
R. A. Dickey 9
Pedro Martinez 6
John Maine 5
Mike Pelfrey 4
Tom Glavine 3
Jonathon Niese 2
Orlando Hernandez 2
Alay Soler 1
Steve Trachsel 1
Oliver Perez 1
Livan Hernandez 1
Tim Redding 1
Dillon Gee 1
Chris Capuano 1

RELIEVER OF THE MONTH
Brian Stokes 5
Francisco Rodriguez 3
Raul Valdes 2
Pedro Beato 2
Manny Acosta 2
Jon Rauch 2
Billy Wagner 1
Aaron Heilman 1
Duaner Sanchez 1
Scott Schoeneweis 1
Pedro Feliciano 1
Sean Green 1
Fernando Nieve 1
Hisanori Takahashi 1
Elmer Dessens 1
Jason Isringhausen 1
Frank Francisco 1
Bobby Parnell 1
Josh Edgin 1



BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Mike Baxter 1
Justin Turner 1
Scott Hairston 1
Jordany Valdespin 1
Ronny Cede�o 1

[Guest themetfairy]

As always, great work BG!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Love the r.a. dickey, and the Cedeno. Great work!

[G-Fafif]

Horizontal Dickey RULES! One of the most perfect issues from the Schaefer series. Congrats on an artistic achievement to BG, who truly blessed the rains down in Africa in August.

And kudos to Cedeno, the 1972 version and his contemporary doppelganger, for giving the Mets a little extra boost here and there this year. Didn't see him coming.

Rauch deserves his accolades, too, as the bullpen has bounced back nicely from sucking for, oh, years, but I'm a little surprised R.A. didn't win that, too. Just seeing him on the mound late in a game is a relief.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, this is a perfect issue. I also appreciate the historical context in the presentation. Cool that we may finish 2012 with six different Bench Players of the Month. (I'm calling September for Jason Bay.)

[Benjamin Grimm]

Thank you, everyone!

I'm almost out of available 1970s cards for R.A. Dickey. I've now done 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, and 1978.

All that's left is 1973, 1979, and 1972 in action.

If he keeps winning I may have to expand to 1970s football, basketball, or hockey cards.

[MFS62]

Great job as always.
I'd be ok to see Ike finish in first place for position players for the rest of his 15-20 year Met career.

Later

[Guest themetfairy]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Thank you, everyone! I'm almost out of available 1970s cards for R.A. Dickey. I've now done 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, and 1978. All that's left is 1973, 1979, and 1972 in action. If he keeps winning I may have to expand to 1970s football, basketball, or hockey cards.

Or perhaps re-run the card styles with variations. Try different pictures; go with black and white or sepia; play with the template a little.

Or go with the hockey -that could be fun

[Edgy MD]

Is the data still available to retroactively generate Bench Players and Relievers of the Month?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes, for every year except our first year of Schaefer, which was 2005. (The detailed game data got lost in the ezBoard hacking incident.)

It's all available at http://potg.leaptoad.com/mets/

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Absolutely PERFECT cards!!!

[G-Fafif]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Thank you, everyone! I'm almost out of available 1970s cards for R.A. Dickey. I've now done 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, and 1978. All that's left is 1973, 1979, and 1972 in action. If he keeps winning I may have to expand to 1970s football, basketball, or hockey cards.

Would it be heresy to try Kellogg, Hostess, SSPC?

Or maybe these...

[Benjamin Grimm]

Any card is a bit nicer if Laurie Partridge is on it.

[G-Fafif]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Any card is a bit nicer if Laurie Partridge is on it.

Go ahead. Make my Dey.

[Guest themetfairy]

I remember those cards....

[batmagadanleadoff]

Make Dickey a [crossout]Sporting News[/crossout] Schaefer All-Star.



Coin him.



Puzzle him.



Supersize him.

[ashie62]

MFS62 wrote: Great job as always. I'd be ok to see Ike finish in first place for position players for the rest of his 15-20 year Met career. Later

First thing I saw was Ike near the top kicking Sugars ass

[Edgy MD]

Schaefer ads and billboards.

[ashie62]

R.A. Boswell?

[Benjamin Grimm]

We already have a 1970 R.A. Dickey.

Here's the full Dickey:

[Guest themetfairy]

You've got to find a way to show these to him - I'm sure he'd love them!

[G-Fafif]

R.A. makes his own boyhood photos available in his book. I'm sure JCL would loan you his copy for scanning.



Or Little Archie, which sounds a little like Little R.A.

[Zvon]

Excellent cards Ben. When I opened the thread and saw the 71' Dickey it felt like I went back in time and opened a pack and, WOW!YAY! I got a Dickey!(don't even...) Awesome that you went with the side view type. Instantly reminded me of Buddys card.



This image^ is from your blog page MGIM. I enjoyed the story about the Mets baseball cards.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Nuthin' wrong with those Partridge Family suggestions but if you're gonna go with '70's non sports trading cards, these below fit the subject.

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Nuthin' wrong with those Partridge Family suggestions but if you're gonna go with '70's non sports trading cards, these below fit the subject.

[metsmarathon]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Thank you, everyone! I'm almost out of available 1970s cards for R.A. Dickey. I've now done 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, and 1978. All that's left is 1973, 1979, and 1972 in action. If he keeps winning I may have to expand to 1970s football, basketball, or hockey cards.

work your way up into the 80s. i long to see a woodgrain ra dickey.

[Benjamin Grimm]

80s cards have no magic for me, but then again, neither do Star Wars or hockey cards.

I still have enough wiggle room to get me through any awards Dickey may win in September, and even April and May of next year. I won't face a "crisis" until next June at the earliest. I have plenty of time to ruminate.

[seawolf17]

[Guest themetfairy]

seawolf - that card is making me itch to see Miniwolf's birth announcement card again.