1985 New York Mets
98 - 64
1984 / 1986 (Organization)
2nd place in the NL East (3 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		51 - 30 (.630)
47 - 34 (.580)		 +6.4 wins
+10.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 695 / 643 ( +52 )
Allowed/Expected: 568 / 650 ( +82 )
Pyth Record: 95 - 67 (+3)
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Attendance: 2,761,601 Avg Att: 34,094 (1.49)
Att Rank: 2 / 12 Lg Avg: 22,958
       
Park Factor: 0.97    
HR Factor: 0.98 R/L HR: 1.00 / 0.95
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Keith Hernandez
1B
157
1,387.0
 
17.9
12.9
17.9
 
23.6
23.6
2 Rafael Santana
SS
153
1,338.0
 
-6.8
-5.1
-6.8
 
-15.2
-15.2
3 Gary Carter
C
143
1,251.0
 
-1.7
-1.3
-3.5
1.8
 
3.8
-3.8
3.3
-0.5
4.3
4 Wally Backman
2B
140
1,128.0
 
-1.6
-1.4
-1.6
 
1.7
1.7
5 George Foster
LF
123
1,069.7
 
-8.1
-7.6
-7.3
-0.9
 
-16.2
-15.2
-1.0
6 Howard Johnson
3B
113
884.0
 
1.9
2.1
1.9
 
-1.2
-1.2
7 Darryl Strawberry
RF
100
764.3
 
-4.5
-6.0
-4.1
-0.4
 
0.3
0.8
-0.6
8 Mookie Wilson
CF
83
689.7
 
9.1
13.3
9.3
-0.2
 
5.6
8.4
-2.8
9 Ray Knight
3B
73
592.0
 
-7.9
-13.4
-7.9
 
-3.3
-3.3
10 Lenny Dykstra
CF
74
522.3
 
6.5
12.3
5.8
0.6
 
8.9
8.0
0.9
11 Danny Heep
LF
45
315.3
 
0.4
1.4
1.2
-0.8
 
-3.3
-1.8
-1.5
12 Kelvin Chapman
2B
48
307.7
 
-3.5
-11.3
-3.5
 
-5.8
-5.8
13 Danny Heep
RF
31
238.7
 
-0.3
-1.3
-0.1
-0.2
 
0.1
1.2
-1.1
14 John Christensen
RF
31
238.0
 
-1.7
-7.0
-1.4
-0.3
 
-4.5
-4.6
0.1
15 Darryl Strawberry
CF
27
215.0
 
-0.9
-4.0
-1.0
0.1
 
-4.5
-4.3
-0.3
16 Tom Paciorek
RF
24
172.0
 
0.0
0.2
0.4
-0.4
 
0.2
1.0
-0.8
17 Ronn Reynolds
C
25
122.3
 
-0.2
-1.8
-1.0
0.8
 
0.1
-1.3
1.8
0.5
-0.4
18 Clint Hurdle
C
17
114.7
 
-1.9
-16.3
-0.3
-1.6
 
-4.9
-0.6
-0.4
-1.0
-3.9
19 Ron Gardenhire
SS
13
67.0
 
0.3
4.9
0.3
 
2.0
2.0
20 Clint Hurdle
RF
8
56.0
 
-0.2
-3.7
-0.1
-0.1
 
-1.4
-1.2
-0.3
21 Danny Heep
CF
7
49.0
 
-0.1
-1.1
-0.1
-0.0
 
1.3
1.5
-0.2
22 Howard Johnson
SS
7
47.0
 
-0.2
-4.9
-0.2
 
1.7
1.7
23 Gary Carter
1B
6
40.0
 
0.0
0.7
0.0
 
-1.1
-1.1
24 Larry Bowa
SS
9
34.0
 
-0.1
-1.5
-0.1
 
-2.2
-2.2
25 Tom Paciorek
1B
8
33.0
 
0.0
1.4
0.0
 
2.1
2.1
26 John Christensen
LF
6
31.0
 
-0.3
-8.4
-0.2
-0.0
 
-0.9
-0.8
-0.2
27 Danny Heep
1B
4
26.0
 
-0.1
-2.0
-0.1
 
1.8
1.8
28 Larry Bowa
2B
4
24.0
 
-0.0
-1.8
-0.0
 
-0.4
-0.4
29 Ron Gardenhire
2B
5
21.0
 
0.1
4.5
0.1
 
-1.0
-1.0
30 Terry Blocker
LF
3
19.0
 
-0.0
-0.3
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
31 Clint Hurdle
LF
2
18.0
 
-0.1
-6.3
-0.2
0.0
 
-0.9
-1.5
0.5
32 Tom Paciorek
LF
6
13.0
 
-0.2
-12.3
-0.2
0.0
 
-1.5
-1.4
-0.1
33 Ron Gardenhire
3B
2
11.0
 
0.0
1.0
0.0
 
-0.5
-0.5
34 Mookie Wilson
LF
4
10.0
 
0.1
9.2
0.1
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
35 Billy Beane
LF
1
9.0
 
0.0
0.4
0.0
-0.0
 
-1.0
-1.0
-0.0
36 Gary Carter
RF
1
8.0
 
-0.0
-3.7
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.8
-0.8
-0.0
37 John Christensen
CF
2
7.7
 
-0.0
-4.1
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.6
-0.5
-0.0
38 Ray Knight
2B
2
7.3
 
0.0
2.4
0.0
 
0.3
0.3
39 Rusty Staub
RF
1
7.0
 
-0.1
-7.7
-0.1
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
40 Terry Blocker
CF
1
4.3
 
0.0
2.2
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.6
-0.6
-0.0
41 Howard Johnson
LF
1
3.0
 
0.0
2.3
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.3
-0.3
-0.0
42 Billy Beane
RF
1
3.0
 
0.0
2.6
0.0
-0.0
 
0.2
0.2
-0.0
43 Wally Backman
SS
1
2.0
 
-0.0
-0.6
-0.0
 
-0.3
-0.3
44 Ray Knight
1B
1
2.0
 
-0.0
-2.7
-0.0
 
0.5
0.5
45 Kelvin Chapman
3B
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-0.1
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
46 Terry Blocker
RF
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-1.9
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
  21        
-3.8
-0.3
2.3
-2.4
-4.8
1.0
  
-18.8
-10.3
-7.5
-5.7
4.8
-1.0
-0.0
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