1979 New York Mets season

The 1979 New York Mets season was the 18th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Joe Torre, the team had a 63–99 record and finished in sixth place in the National League's Eastern Division.

1979 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Shipman Payson
General manager(s)Joe McDonald
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionWOR-TV
Local radioWMCA
(Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9864 0.605 — 48–33 50–31
Montreal Expos 9565 0.594 2 56–25 39–40
St. Louis Cardinals 8676 0.531 12 42–39 44–37
Philadelphia Phillies 8478 0.519 14 43–38 41–40
Chicago Cubs 8082 0.494 18 45–36 35–46
New York Mets 6399 0.389 35 28–53 35–46

Record vs. opponents
1979 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–86–127–1112–61–94–87–54–86–1211–74–8
Chicago8–4—7–56–65–76–128–109–96–129–38–48–10
Cincinnati12–65–7—8–1011–76–68–48–48–410–76–128–4
Houston11–76–610–8—10–87–59–35–74–814–47–116–6
Los Angeles 6–127–57–118–10—6–69–33–94–89–914–46–6
Montreal9–112–66–65–76–6—15–311–77–117–57–510–8
New York8–410–84–83–93–93–15—5–138–10–14–88–47–11
Philadelphia5-79–94–87–59–37–1113–5—8–109–36–67–11–1
Pittsburgh8–412–64–88–48–411–710–8–110–8—7–59–311–7
San Diego12–63–97–104–149–95–78–43–95–7—8–104–8
San Francisco7–114–812–611–74–145–74–86–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis8–410–84–86–66–68–1011–711–7–17–118–47–5—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1979 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1BWillie Montañez10941096.234547
2BDoug Flynn157555135.243461
3BRichie Hebner136473127.2681079
LFSteve Henderson98350107.306539
CFLee Mazzilli158597181.3031579

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Elliott Maddox8622460.268112
Kelvin Chapman358012.15004
Sergio Ferrer3290.00000
Tim Foli370.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pete Falcone331846144.16113
Kevin Kobel30161.2683.5167
Juan Berenguer530.2112.9325

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Scott1852.1135.3321

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Neil Allen5061083.5565
Jesse Orosco181204.8922

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Frank Verdi
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Bob Wellman
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Jack Aker
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Matt Galante
A-Short Season Grays Harbor Mets Northwest League Dan Monzon

Notes
  1. Paul Siebert page at Baseball Reference
  2. Bobby Brown page at Baseball Reference
  3. Kim Seaman page at Baseball Reference
  4. Jerry Koosman page on Baseball Reference
  5. José Moreno page at Baseball Reference
  6. Tim Leary page at Baseball Reference
  7. Ron Gardenhire page at Baseball Reference
  8. Dave Smith page at Baseball Reference
  9. Bill Mooneyham page at Baseball-Reference
  10. Dock Ellis page at Baseball-Reference
  11. Willie Montañez page at Baseball-Reference
  12. Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference

References
  • 1979 New York Mets
  • 1979 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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