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Today we have three trivia questions based around the electric Dwight Gooden. Leave your answers in the comments section and then check back on Wednesday when I post the answers. Question #1 Which player (minimum 25 PA) had the highest lifetime AVG versus Gooden? Question #2 Which player hit the most lifetime HR versus Doc? [...]
Last year I was a reserve for the Mets used primarily as a PH against LHP although I did get 25 starts. When I was a starter, 23 of 25 times it was against a southpaw. But if you look at my splits, I had an .886 OPS against RHP, including a team-high .373 ISO [...]
The 2011 Mets used just nine different starters and the five pitchers who had the most GS combined to make 149 of the team’s 162 starts. Here was the breakdown: Pelfrey – 33 Dickey – 32 Capuano – 31 Gee – 27 Niese – 26 Batista – 4 Young – 4 Schwinden – 4 Carrasco [...]
Are you familiar with the stat Defensive Runs Saved? You should be. Here’s a description, courtesy of Sports Illustrated writer Joe Posnanski: “[T]he numbers determines (using film study and computer comparisons) how many more or fewer successful plays a defensive player will make than league average. For instance, if a shortstop makes a play that [...]
With the recent retirement of Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa, now seems to be a good time to remember a time that the Mets got the better of the future Hall of Fame manager - the 2000 NLCS. Which Mets player led the team with a .444 AVG in that series? Was it: A: Benny Agbayani [...]
In the 1973 World Series, this player tied the record for most strikeouts in a 7-game series with 11. Was it: A - Wayne Garrett B - Jerry Grote C - Don Hahn D - Bud Harrelson E - John Milner Leave your answer in the comments section. Check back Wednesday for the official answer.
Seeing Nolan Ryan on television all of the time these days and he's immediately thought of as part of the Rangers. But Ryan spent five or more years with four different clubs, pitching 100 games or more with each of them. In the history of MLB, only 211 players have played 2,000 or more games [...]
One of the wonderful things about baseball is how many people from all over the world play the game. MLB rosters have players from the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, Columbia, Australia, Korea and others. Today's trivia question is: Can you name the 11 players on the Mets' all-time [...]
On Tuesday's A's-Mets telecast, Gary Cohen just mentioned that the Mets have had 22 starting pitchers selected for the All-Star game. Let's name all 22. Please limit yourself to one entry.