New York Mets History (1962 - ) - The Baseball Gauge @ Seamheads.com

New York Mets

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Record	3912 - 4277 (.478)
Home +/-	-120.7
Away +/-	-62.5

	#	Last	Since
World Series	2	1986	27 yrs
League	4	2000	13 yrs
Division	5	2006	7 yrs
Wild Card	2	2000	13 yrs

Baseball-Reference Links		Links
Team Encyclopedia	Batting Stats	Retrosheet
Starters Positional	Pitching Stats	Baseball-Almanac
Starters Pitching	Batting Leaders	Baseball America Execs
Opening Day Starters	Pitching Leaders	Wikipedia / BR Bullpen
Managers	Team Batting	SportsLogos.net
Amateur Drafts	Team Pitching	Official Site

New York Mets All-Time Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Cleon Jones	12	1963	1975	18.2
Kevin McReynolds	6	1987	1994	15.7
Bernard Gilkey	3	1996	1998	10.2
Steve Henderson	4	1977	1980	9.2

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Carlos Beltran	7	2005	2011	31.1
Mookie Wilson	10	1980	1989	20.7
Lenny Dykstra	5	1985	1989	16.5
Tommie Agee	5	1968	1972	14.0

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Darryl Strawberry	8	1983	1990	36.5
Joel Youngblood	6	1977	1982	9.2
Ron Swoboda	6	1965	1970	7.0
Rusty Staub	9	1972	1985	6.9

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jose Reyes	9	2003	2011	25.4
Bud Harrelson	13	1965	1977	18.1
Kevin Elster	7	1986	1992	4.6
Bob Bailor	3	1981	1983	3.9

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Edgardo Alfonzo	8	1995	2002	29.5
Wally Backman	9	1980	1988	11.6
Jeff Kent	5	1992	1996	8.4
Daniel Murphy	5	2008	2013	8.3

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
David Wright	10	2004	2013	44.4
Howard Johnson	9	1985	1993	21.9
Wayne Garrett	8	1969	1976	13.9
Robin Ventura	3	1999	2001	10.9

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Keith Hernandez	7	1983	1989	26.5
John Olerud	3	1997	1999	17.2
Dave Magadan	7	1986	1992	14.0
John Milner	7	1971	1977	9.9

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Davey Johnson	7	1984	1990	28.1
Bobby Valentine	7	1996	2002	19.1
Gil Hodges	4	1968	1971	16.1
Yogi Berra	4	1972	1975	11.4

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Mike Piazza	8	1998	2005	24.3
John Stearns	10	1975	1984	19.4
Jerry Grote	12	1966	1977	15.6
Gary Carter	5	1985	1989	11.3

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Tom Seaver	12	1967	1983	79.1
Dwight Gooden	11	1984	1994	46.5
Jerry Koosman	12	1967	1978	36.9
Sid Fernandez	10	1984	1993	29.2
Jon Matlack	7	1971	1977	27.2
Al Leiter	7	1998	2004	26.4
David Cone	7	1987	2003	20.3
Ron Darling	9	1983	1991	17.3
Rick Reed	5	1997	2001	17.2
Tom Glavine	5	2003	2007	17.2
Johan Santana	4	2008	2012	15.5
R.A. Dickey	3	2010	2012	13.5
Craig Swan	12	1973	1984	12.9
Steve Trachsel	6	2001	2006	11.9
Bret Saberhagen	4	1992	1995	11.8

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Wally Whitehurst	4	1989	1992	2.8
Tom Hausman	5	1978	1982	2.4
Jack Dilauro	1	1969	1969	1.1
Bob Moorhead	2	1962	1965	0.5

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Tug McGraw	9	1965	1974	13.6
Jesse Orosco	8	1979	1987	12.8
John Franco	14	1990	2004	11.4
Armando Benitez	5	1999	2003	9.9
Skip Lockwood	5	1975	1979	8.2
Pedro Feliciano	8	2002	2010	5.8
Bob Apodaca	5	1973	1977	5.7
Ron Taylor	5	1967	1971	5.5
Terry Leach	7	1981	1989	5.3
Randy Myers	5	1985	1989	5.1
Turk Wendell	5	1997	2001	5.1
Billy Wagner	4	2006	2009	5.0
Roger McDowell	5	1985	1989	5.0
Jeff Innis	7	1987	1993	4.7
Danny Frisella	6	1967	1972	3.9

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James