The Baseball Scholar

New York Mets Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the New York Mets best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Mike Piazza, 2000

    • Mike Piazza
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    153 .423 5.1 136 545 90 156 26 0 38 113 4 58 69 .324 .398 .614 1.012

  • First Base – John Olerud, 1998

    • John Olerud
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    167 .430 7.6 160 665 91 197 36 4 22 93 2 96 73 .354 .447 .551 .998

  • Second Base – Edgardo Alfonzo, 2000

    • Edgardo Alfonzo
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    150 .418 6.4 150 650 109 176 40 2 25 94 3 95 70 .324 .425 .524 .967

  • Third Base – David Wright, 2007

    • David Wright
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    151 .413 8.3 160 711 113 196 42 1 30 107 34 94 115 .325 .416 .546 .963

  • Shortstop – Jose Reyes, 2006

    • Jose Reyes
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    116 .358 5.8 153 703 122 194 30 17 19 81 64 53 81 .300 .354 .487 .841

  • Outfield – Bernard Gilkey, 1996

    • Bernard Gilkey
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    152 .405 8.0 153 656 108 181 44 3 30 117 17 73 125 .317 .393 .562 .955

  • Outfield – Carlos Beltran, 2006

    • Carlos Beltran
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    148 .408 8.2 140 617 127 140 38 1 41 116 18 95 99 .275 .388 .594 .982

  • Outfield – Darryl Strawberry, 1987

    • Darryl Strawberry
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    159 .412 6.4 154 640 108 151 32 5 39 104 36 97 122 .284 .398 .583 .981

  • Starting Pitcher – Dwight Gooden, 1985

    • Dwight Gooden
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    44 12.2 35 35 24 4 1.53 276.2 16 8 0 51 47 69 268 8.7 0.965

  • Starting Pitcher – Tom Seaver, 1971

    • Tom Seaver
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    52 10.2 36 35 20 10 1.76 286.1 21 4 0 61 56 61 289 9.1 0.946

  • Starting Pitcher – Jon Matlack, 1974

    • Jon Matlack
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    69 9.1 34 34 13 15 2.41 265.1 14 7 0 82 71 76 195 6.6 1.119

  • Starting Pitcher – Pedro Martinez, 2005

    • Pedro Martinez
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    68 7.0 31 31 15 8 2.82 217 4 1 0 69 68 47 208 8.6 0.949

  • Starting Pitcher – Matt Harvey, 2013

    • Matt Harvey
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    64 5.2 26 26 9 5 2.27 178.1 1 1 0 46 45 31 191 9.6 0.931

  • Relief Pitcher – Tug McGraw, 1971

    • Tug McGraw
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    50 4.1 51 1 11 4 1.70 111 0 0 8 22 21 41 109 8.8 1.027

  • Relief Pitcher – Addison Reed, 2016

    • Addison Reed
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    50 2.9 80 0 4 2 1.97 77.2 0 0 1 18 17 13 91 10.5 0.940

  • Closer – Armando Benitez, 1999

    • Armando Benitez
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    42 3.3 77 0 4 3 1.85 78 0 0 22 17 16 41 128 14.8 1.038

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