Magnificent Metly Months

[Frayed Knot]

The hot start John Buck is off to got me to wondering about what kind of standards he's shooting for as far as past great months go.
Maybe Grimm and his magic database can come up with a list (sorted say by OPS) of past top calendar months in NYM history. Or, in the meantime, we can come up with our own just via memory.

For the record, Buck to date: .317/.318/.780 in 44 PAs (just 1 walk and 2 SFs explain the miniscule BA/OBA gap) w/a league-tied or leading 6 HRs & 19 RBIs


Others that popped into my head:

- Benny Agbayani, May 1999: .442/.491/.904 on 13 singles, 2 doubles, 2 triples & 6 HRs in 52 ABs although, oddly, just 10 RBIs
This one wasn't actually as good as I remembered mainly because he was called up until May 12. If you want to cite the first month of his season as running through early June then he kicked in 4 more HRs and 7 more RBIs and was still hitting .400, although I'm trying to keep this to just calendar months

- Gary Carter, Sept '85: .320/.403/.648 w/13 HRs and 36 RBIs for the month (this includes 4 reg season games in October although that added no HRs and just 2 RBIs)
In a month where every game was HUGE, Carter started things off with 5 HRs in 2 days on the 3rd & 4th in San Diego and played in every game that month+ except for half of a DH. At one point he played 14, 13, and 10 innings in a five day stretch plus three other extra-inning games later on.

- Keith Hernandez, July '85: .392/.475/.647 Scored 23 runs and knocked in 29
Coming off maybe the worst month [.220/.298/.290] at least of the established portion of his career, his diary-styled book of that season chronicled that 60-day roller coaster in detail


Others??

[TransMonk]

Mike Piazza - August, 1999:

.323/.365/.708/1.074, 11 HR, 33 RBI

[Ceetar]

I set the threshold at 50 AB.

[DocTee]

A few years back Carlos Delgado had a ridiculously hot July (August?) where he virtually carried the club on his back for several weeks.

[Edgy MD]

Lee Mazzilli spends the first half of 1980 in a power vortex, but then finds his stroke in July with 10 doubles and 11 homers, coming in at .359 / .409 / .726 // 1.136.

[Fman99]

I was thinking of Derek Bell's April 2000 when he lit things up, before he turned back into Derek Bell. Went back and checked the splits on Baseball Reference, .385 BA, 1.016 OPS, 4 HR, 16 RBIs, 3 SBs.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Remember the line from the second SNL Bush-Gore debate from 2000?

Bush: He's still no Benny Agbayani!