New York Mets 1978

66–96record

.407win pct

607runs

690allowed

-83run diff

86home runs

36players

The three rarest things in 1978

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
80	Caught Three Times	Lenny Randle	1978-04-15	1 in 4,651 games	box score ↗
61	Five Runs Scored	Lenny Randle	1978-05-18	1 in 689 games	box score ↗
57	Three Ejections	New York Mets	1978-09-16	1 in 469 games	box score ↗

Batting (36)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Willie Montanez	159	679	609	66	156	32	0	17	96	60	92	9	4	.256	.320	.392	.712
Steve Henderson	157	654	587	83	156	30	9	10	65	60	109	13	7	.266	.333	.399	.732
Lee Mazzilli	148	619	542	78	148	28	5	16	61	69	82	20	13	.273	.353	.432	.785
Doug Flynn	156	572	532	37	126	12	8	0	36	30	50	3	5	.237	.277	.289	.567
John Stearns	143	563	477	65	126	24	1	15	73	70	57	25	13	.264	.364	.413	.777
Lenny Randle	132	508	437	53	102	16	8	2	35	64	57	14	11	.233	.330	.320	.650
Elliott Maddox	119	469	389	43	100	18	2	2	39	71	38	2	11	.257	.370	.329	.699
Tim Foli	113	443	413	37	106	21	1	1	27	14	30	2	5	.257	.283	.320	.603
Joel Youngblood	113	287	266	40	67	12	8	7	30	16	39	4	0	.252	.294	.436	.730
Bruce Boisclair	107	244	214	24	48	7	1	4	15	23	43	3	3	.224	.293	.322	.616
Bobby Valentine	69	188	160	17	43	7	0	1	18	19	18	1	1	.269	.346	.331	.677
Ron Hodges	47	115	102	4	26	4	1	0	7	10	11	1	2	.255	.322	.314	.635
Tom Grieve	54	110	101	5	21	3	0	2	8	9	23	0	1	.208	.273	.297	.570
Ed Kranepool	66	93	81	7	17	2	0	3	19	8	12	0	0	.210	.280	.346	.625
Craig Swan	29	76	65	2	10	0	0	0	3	3	15	0	0	.154	.191	.154	.345
Nino Espinosa	32	75	67	6	14	3	0	0	4	1	28	0	0	.209	.221	.254	.474
Jerry Koosman	38	75	70	1	6	3	0	0	2	0	27	0	0	.086	.086	.129	.214
Dan Norman	19	67	64	7	17	0	1	4	10	2	14	1	0	.266	.284	.484	.768
Pat Zachry	21	52	43	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	19	0	0	.070	.149	.070	.219
Mike Bruhert	27	41	40	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	.075	.075	.075	.150
Sergio Ferrer	37	40	33	8	7	0	1	0	1	4	7	1	0	.212	.316	.273	.589
Gil Flores	11	33	29	8	8	0	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	.276	.344	.345	.689
Kevin Kobel	32	30	25	3	4	1	0	0	2	1	8	0	0	.160	.192	.200	.392
Ken Henderson	7	26	22	2	5	2	0	1	4	4	4	0	1	.227	.346	.455	.801
Tom Hausman	10	19	17	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458
Skip Lockwood	57	13	11	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	.182	.182	.545	.727
Alex Trevino	6	13	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558
Dale Murray	53	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125
Dwight Bernard	30	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533
Butch Benton	4	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100
Juan Berenguer	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Roy Lee Jackson	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333
Bob Myrick	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Paul Siebert	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Mardie Cornejo	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Butch Metzger	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Pitching (16)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Jerry Koosman	38	3–15	32	3	2	221	110	98	84	160	17	235.1	3.75	1.30
Craig Swan	29	9–6	28	5	0	164	62	56	58	125	12	207.1	2.43	1.07
Nino Espinosa	32	11–15	32	6	0	230	117	107	75	76	24	203.2	4.73	1.50
Pat Zachry	21	10–6	21	5	0	120	57	51	60	78	9	138.0	3.33	1.30
Mike Bruhert	27	4–11	22	1	0	171	83	71	34	56	6	133.2	4.78	1.53
Kevin Kobel	32	5–6	11	1	0	95	42	35	30	51	9	108.1	2.91	1.15
Skip Lockwood	57	7–13	0	0	15	78	36	36	31	73	10	90.2	3.57	1.20
Dale Murray	53	8–5	0	0	5	85	39	35	36	37	4	86.1	3.65	1.40
Tom Hausman	10	3–3	10	0	0	58	28	27	9	16	6	51.2	4.70	1.30
Dwight Bernard	30	1–4	1	0	0	54	25	23	27	26	4	48.0	4.31	1.69
Butch Metzger	25	1–3	0	0	0	48	28	27	22	21	4	37.1	6.51	1.88
Mardie Cornejo	25	4–2	0	0	3	37	12	10	14	17	1	36.2	2.45	1.39
Paul Siebert	27	0–2	0	0	1	30	16	16	21	12	2	28.0	5.14	1.82
Bob Myrick	17	0–3	0	0	0	18	10	9	13	13	3	24.2	3.28	1.26
Juan Berenguer	5	0–2	3	0	0	17	12	12	11	8	1	13.0	8.31	2.15
Roy Lee Jackson	4	0–0	2	0	0	21	13	13	6	6	2	12.2	9.24	2.13