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1979 New York Mets season

Field	Value
name	New York Mets
season	1979
image	New York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Shea Stadium
city	New York
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	Charles Shipman Payson
general_manager	Joe McDonald
manager	Joe Torre
television	WOR-TV
radio	WMCA
(Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert)

(Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert) The 1979 New York Mets season was the 18th 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 East, thirty-five games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates. This was also the first season that the players' names appeared on the back of the uniforms.

Offseason

October 2, 1978: Paul Siebert was traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Coluccio.
December 4, 1978: Bobby Brown was drafted by the Mets from the New York Yankees in the 1978 rule 5 draft.
December 5, 1978: Tom Grieve and Kim Seaman were traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Pete Falcone.
December 8, 1978: Jerry Koosman was traded by the Mets to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later and Greg Field (minors). The Minnesota Twins completed the trade by sending Jesse Orosco to the Mets on February 7, 1979.
March 25, 1979: Bobby Brown was selected off waivers from the Mets by the Toronto Blue Jays.
March 27, 1979: Nino Espinosa was traded by the Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Richie Hebner and José Moreno.

Regular season

The 1979 season was worse than 1978. The Mets were in last place by mid-May, and finished the season in last place for the third straight year. Attendance was below 1 million for the first time in team history, hitting a record low of just 788,000.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Kelvin Chapman
Doug Flynn
Richie Hebner
Steve Henderson
Elliott Maddox
Lee Mazzilli
Willie Montañez
John Stearns
Craig Swan

Notable transactions

June 5, 1979: 1979 Major League Baseball draft
- Tim Leary was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (2nd pick).
- Ron Gardenhire was drafted by the Mets in the 6th round.
- Dave Smith was drafted by the Mets in the 27th round.
- Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the secondary phase, but did not sign.
June 15, 1979: Bob Myrick and Mike Bruhert were traded by the Mets to the Texas Rangers for Dock Ellis.
August 12, 1979: Willie Montañez was traded by the Mets to the Texas Rangers for two players to be named later. The Rangers sent Ed Lynch to the Mets on September 18 and Mike Jorgensen on October 23 to complete the deal.
August 20, 1979: Ray Burris was selected off waivers by the Mets from the New York Yankees.
September 21, 1979: Dock Ellis was purchased from the Mets by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Roster

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Pitchers

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

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C	John Stearns	155	538	131	.243	9	66
1B		109	410	96	.234	5	47
2B		157	555	135	.243	4	61
SS	Frank Taveras	153	635	167	.263	1	33
3B		136	473	127	.268	10	79
LF		98	350	107	.306	5	39
CF		158	597	181	.303	15	79
RF	Joel Youngblood	158	590	162	.275	16	60

Other batters

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

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	86	224	60	.268	1	12
Alex Treviño	79	207	56	.271	0	20
Ed Kranepool	82	155	36	.232	2	17
Dan Norman	44	110	27	.245	3	11
Bruce Boisclair	59	98	18	.184	0	4
Gil Flores	70	93	18	.194	1	10
Ron Hodges	59	86	14	.163	0	5
	35	80	12	.150	0	4
José Cardenal	11	37	11	.297	2	4
	32	9	0	.000	0	0
	3	7	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

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Craig Swan	35	251.1	14	13	3.29	145
	33	184.0	6	14	4.16	113
	30	161.2	6	8	3.51	67
Dock Ellis	17	85.0	3	7	6.04	41
Pat Zachry	7	42.2	5	1	3.59	17
	5	30.2	1	1	2.93	25
Ray Burris	4	21.2	0	2	3.32	10
John Pacella	4	16.1	0	2	4.41	12

Other pitchers

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

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Andy Hassler	29	80.1	4	5	3.70	53
Tom Hausman	19	78.2	2	6	2.75	33
	18	52.1	1	3	5.33	21

Relief pitchers

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

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	50	6	10	8	3.55	65
Dale Murray	58	4	8	4	4.82	37
Ed Glynn	46	1	4	7	3.00	32
Wayne Twitchell	33	5	3	0	5.23	44
Dwight Bernard	32	0	3	0	4.70	20
Skip Lockwood	27	2	5	9	1.49	42
	18	1	2	0	4.89	22
Jeff Reardon	18	1	2	2	1.74	10
Roy Lee Jackson	8	1	0	0	2.20	10

Farm system

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/siebepa01.shtml Paul Siebert page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownbo04.shtml Bobby Brown page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seamaki01.shtml Kim Seaman page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koosmje01.shtml Jerry Koosman page on Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/morenjo01.shtml José Moreno page at Baseball Reference]
Abel, Allen. (September 20, 1979). "Pennant fever is long gone". The Globe and Mail.
Strauss, Michael. (May 8, 1979). "Dodgers Beat Mets, Falcone, 5-2". The New York Times.
Durso, Joseph. (September 12, 1979). "Mets Beaten by Phillies, 5-2". The New York Times.
Durso, Joseph. (November 6, 1979). "Sale of Mets Is Broached At Stockholders Meeting". The New York Times.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/learyti01.shtml Tim Leary page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gardero01.shtml Ron Gardenhire page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithda03.shtml Dave Smith page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moonebi01.shtml Bill Mooneyham page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/ellisdo01.shtml Dock Ellis page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/montawi01.shtml Willie Montañez page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burrira01.shtml Ray Burris page at Baseball Reference]

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