SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, AUGUST 2013

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYER AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH, AUGUST 2013

The Schaefer Mets Player of the Month for August 2013 is first-time winner DILLON GEE, who also won his second consecutive (and third overall) Pitcher of the Month award. Dillon was 3-1 in August with a 2.14 ERA over six starts. Zack Wheeler finished a fairly close second, with a 2.89 August ERA and a 3-2 record in 6 starts. The leading position player was Marlon Byrd who, in his final month as a Met, hit .286/.343/.527 with 4 homers and 11 rbi. He spend the final few days of August as a Pirate, possibly costing him the extra 3.91 points he needed to win his second straight POTM award.


The Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is first-time winner LATROY HAWKINS. LaTroy, who stepped in as the closer when Bobby Parnell went on the DL, had 6 saves in 13 games in August. His ERA for the month doesn't look as impressive: 5.25 in 12 innings.


The Schaefer Mets Bench Player of the Month for August is a repeat of July's winner ANDREW BROWN. Brown won easily this month. He earned 4.29 Schaefer points off the bench in August, while nobody else even earned as much as half a point.







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 4
Cliff Floyd 2
Tom Glavine 2
Carlos Delgado 2
Ike Davis 2
Daniel Murphy 2
Mike Cameron 1
John Maine 1
Angel Pagan 1
Jeff Francoeur 1
Lucas Duda 1
Ruben Tejada 1
John Buck 1
Matt Harvey 1
Marlon Byrd 1
Dillon Gee 1

PITCHER OF THE MONTH
R. A. Dickey 10
Johan Santana 9
Pedro Martinez 6
John Maine 5
Mike Pelfrey 4
Tom Glavine 3
Matt Harvey 3
Dillon Gee 3
Jonathon Niese 2
Orlando Hernandez 2
Alay Soler 1
Steve Trachsel 1
Oliver Perez 1
Livan Hernandez 1
Tim Redding 1
Chris Capuano 1


RELIEVER OF THE MONTH
Brian Stokes 5
Billy Wagner 4
Aaron Heilman 4
Bobby Parnell 4
Francisco Rodriguez 3
Duaner Sanchez 2
Raul Valdes 2
Pedro Beato 2
Manny Acosta 2
Jon Rauch 2
Darren Oliver 1
Chad Bradford 1
Guillermo Mota 1
Joe Smith 1
Jorge Sosa 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
Josh Edgin 1
Scott Rice 1
Carlos Torres 1
Latroy Hawkins 1


BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Fernando Tatis 3
Daniel Murphy 3
Jordany Valdespin 3
Julio Franco 2
Damion Easley 2
Marlon Anderson 2
Endy Chavez 2
Josh Thole 2
Justin Turner 2
Scott Hairston 2
Andrew Brown 2
Eli Marrero 1
Michael Tucker 1
Ricky Ledee 1
David Newhan 1
Ramon Castro 1
Ruben Gotay 1
Robinson Cancel 1
Gary Sheffield 1
Alex Cora 1
Jeremy Reed 1
Omir Santos 1
Cory Sullivan 1
Chris Carter 1
Mike Hessman 1
Nick Evans 1
Jason Pridie 1
Willie Harris 1
Val Pascucci 1
Mike Baxter 1
Ronny Cede�o 1
Kelly Shoppach 1
Josh Satin 1



Note: The counts for Reliever of the Month date back to April 2008, while the counts for the Bench Player of the Month start with the beginning of the 2012 season. This month, for the first time, we have retroactively included the award winners for 2006 and 2007 for the relievers, and for 2006 through 2011 for the bench players.

[Guest themetfairy]

Great work BG, as always.

[Edgy MD]

Gee must've leapfrogged a gaggle of Mets in the PotY standings.

And the Brown card... wow!

[Theoldmole]

How did Dice-clay get any votes at all?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Brilliant cards!

[Frayed Knot]

TheOldMole wrote: How did Dice-clay get any votes at all?

His RBI single?

[G-Fafif]

I won Hawkins's 1976 card flipping when I was in seventh grade. "Man," I thought, "I get this old guy every year."

[Zvon]

Got a big WOW moment from the Brown. Hawkins wearing '76 Topps. Lookin good. One thing I've noticed and looking forward to next year is how kool the ASG logo looks on player cards.

[ashie62]

Gee whiz! and well done!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Thanks everyone.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That first Brown card is really dramatic. That would have been the most spectacular card in that set.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: That first Brown card is really dramatic. That would have been the most spectacular card in that set.

Did players celebrate home runs right out of the batter's box in the late '70's? Carlton Fisk did it, famously so, but his was a WS [crossout]walk-off[/crossout] game winning HR in the team's final AB. I think that any player doing that under ordinary circumstances 30-35 years ago would've been Valdespinned.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Love that Brown card.

This may sound creepy, but doesn't Hawkins' skin look, like, really chocolatey? Like, I kinda want to snap an arm off and dunk it in my milk.