1979 New York Mets season

1979 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964)
New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Shipman Payson
General manager(s)	Joe McDonald
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	WOR-TV
Local radio	WMCA (Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Steve Albert)
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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.

Offseason

October 2, 1978: Paul Siebert was traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Coluccio.^[1]
December 4, 1978: Bobby Brown was drafted by the Mets from the New York Yankees in the 1978 rule 5 draft.^[2]
December 5, 1978: Tom Grieve and Kim Seaman were traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Pete Falcone.^[3]
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.^[4]
March 25, 1979: Bobby Brown was selected off waivers from the Mets by the Toronto Blue Jays.^[2]
March 27, 1979: Nino Espinosa was traded by the Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Richie Hebner and José Moreno.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64	0.605	—	48–33	50–31
Montreal Expos	95	65	0.594	2	56–25	39–40
St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	0.531	12	42–39	44–37
Philadelphia Phillies	84	78	0.519	14	43–38	41–40
Chicago Cubs	80	82	0.494	18	45–36	35–46
New York Mets	63	99	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	—	4–8	6–12	7–11	12–6	1–9	4–8	7–5	4–8	6–12	11–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	—	7–5	6–6	5–7	6–12	8–10	9–9	6–12	9–3	8–4	8–10
Cincinnati	12–6	5–7	—	8–10	11–7	6–6	8–4	8–4	8–4	10–7	6–12	8–4
Houston	11–7	6–6	10–8	—	10–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	4–8	14–4	7–11	6–6
Los Angeles	6–12	7–5	7–11	8–10	—	6–6	9–3	3–9	4–8	9–9	14–4	6–6
Montreal	9–1	12–6	6–6	5–7	6–6	—	15–3	11–7	7–11	7–5	7–5	10–8
New York	8–4	10–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–15	—	5–13	8–10–1	4–8	8–4	7–11
Philadelphia	5-7	9–9	4–8	7–5	9–3	7–11	13–5	—	8–10	9–3	6–6	7–11–1
Pittsburgh	8–4	12–6	4–8	8–4	8–4	11–7	10–8–1	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	11–7
San Diego	12–6	3–9	7–10	4–14	9–9	5–7	8–4	3–9	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	7–11	4–8	12–6	11–7	4–14	5–7	4–8	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	8–10	11–7	11–7–1	7–11	8–4	7–5	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 5, 1979: 1979 Major League Baseball Draft
- Tim Leary was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (2nd pick).^[6]
- Ron Gardenhire was drafted by the Mets in the 6th round.^[7]
- Dave Smith was drafted by the Mets in the 27th round.^[8]
- Bill Mooneyham was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the secondary phase, but did not sign.^[9]
June 15, 1979: Bob Myrick and Mike Bruhert were traded by the Mets to the Texas Rangers for Dock Ellis.^[10]
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.^[11]
August 20, 1979: Ray Burris was selected off waivers by the Mets from the New York Yankees.^[12]
September 21, 1979: Dock Ellis was purchased from the Mets by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[10]

Roster

1979 New York Mets

Roster

Pitchers

46 Neil Allen

43 Juan Berenguer

28 Dwight Bernard

26 Ray Burris

35 Dock Ellis

33 Pete Falcone

48 Ed Glynn

44 Andy Hassler

32 Tom Hausman

31 Roy Lee Jackson

49 Kevin Kobel

38 Skip Lockwood

22 Dale Murray

61,47 Jesse Orosco

20 John Pacella

45 Jeff Reardon

30 Mike Scott

27 Craig Swan

36 Wayne Twitchell

40 Pat Zachry

Catchers

42 Ron Hodges

12 John Stearns

6 Alex Treviño

Infielders

10 Kelvin Chapman

1 Sergio Ferrer

23 Doug Flynn

19 Tim Foli

3 Richie Hebner

7 Ed Kranepool

25 Willie Montañez

11 Frank Taveras

Outfielders

4 Bruce Boisclair

6 José Cardenal

17 Gil Flores

5 Steve Henderson

21 Elliott Maddox

16 Lee Mazzilli

8 Dan Norman

18 Joel Youngblood

Manager

9 Joe Torre

Coaches

53 Chuck Cottier

24 Willie Mays

52 Joe Pignatano

51 Dick Sisler

54 Rube Walker

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
1B	Montañez, WillieWillie Montañez	109	410	96	.234	5	47
2B	Flynn, DougDoug Flynn	157	555	135	.243	4	61
3B	Hebner, RichieRichie Hebner	136	473	127	.268	10	79
LF	Henderson, SteveSteve Henderson	98	350	107	.306	5	39
CF	Mazzilli, LeeLee Mazzilli	158	597	181	.303	15	79

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
Maddox, ElliottElliott Maddox	86	224	60	.268	1	12
Chapman, KelvinKelvin Chapman	35	80	12	.150	0	4
Ferrer, SergioSergio Ferrer	32	9	0	.000	0	0
Foli, TimTim Foli	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Falcone, PetePete Falcone	33	184	6	14	4.16	113
Kobel, KevinKevin Kobel	30	161.2	6	8	3.51	67
Berenguer, JuanJuan Berenguer	5	30.2	1	1	2.93	25

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
Scott, MikeMike Scott	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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Allen, NeilNeil Allen	50	6	10	8	3.55	65
Orosco, JesseJesse Orosco	18	1	2	0	4.89	22

Farm system

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

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.

1979 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1979 MLB draft 1979 All-Star Game 1979 World Series

New York Mets

Based in Queens, New York City, New York

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Al Lang Stadium; Tradition Field

Culture and lore

Key personnel

Owner: Fred Wilpon
President: Saul Katz
COO: Jeff Wilpon
General Manager: Sandy Alderson
Manager: Terry Collins
Team Captain: David Wright

Rivalries

World Series
Championships (2)

1969
1986

National League
Pennants (5)

Division titles (6)

Wild Card (3)

Minor league affiliates

Seasons (56)

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