Thursday, June 2, 2011

Who's on First?

As if I wasn't a big enough dork with going through all the main third basemen in club history, I figured I'd be an even bigger dork and start going around the infield.

So here's the rundown of the main first basemen - same criteria as before.

1962 - Marv Throneberry - 97 games
1963 - Tim Harkness - 106 games
1964 - Ed Kranepool - 104 games
1965 - Ed Kranepool - 147 games
1966 - Ed Kranepool - 132 games
1967 - Ed Kranepool - 139 games
1968 - Ed Kranepool - 113 games
1969 - Ed Kranepool - 106 games
1970 - Don Clendenon - 100 games
1971 - Ed Kranepool - 108 games
1972 - Ed Kranepool - 108 games
1973 - John Milner - 95 games
1974 - John Milner - 133 games
1975 - Ed Kranepool - 82 games
1976 - Ed Kranepool - 86 games
1977 - John Milner - 87 games
1978 - Willie Montanez - 158 games
1979 - Willie Montanez - 108 games
1980 - Lee Mazzilli - 92 games
1981 - Dave Kingman - 56 games
1982 - Dave Kingman - 143 games
1983 - Keith Hernandez - 90 games
1984 - Keith Hernandez - 153 games
1985 - Keith Hernandez - 157 games
1986 - Keith Hernandez - 149 games
1987 - Keith Hernandez - 154 games
1988 - Keith Hernandez - 93 games
1989 - Dave Magadan - 87 games
1990 - Dave Magadan - 113 games
1991 - Dave Magadan - 122 games
1992 - Eddie Murray - 154 games
1993 - Eddie Murray - 154 games
1994 - David Segui - 78 games
1995 - Rico Brogna - 131 games
1996 - Butch Husky - 75 games
1997 - John Olerud - 146 games
1998 - John Olerud - 157 games
1999 - John Olerud - 160 games
2000 - Todd Zeile - 151 games
2001 - Todd Zeile - 149 games
2002 - Mo Vaughn - 134 games
2003 - Jason Phillips - 84 games
2004 - Mike Piazza - 68 games
2005 - Doug Mientkiewicz - 83 games
2006 - Carlos Delgado - 141 games
2007 - Carlos Delgado - 138 games
2008 - Carlos Delgado - 154 games
2009 - Daniel Murphy - 101 games
2010 - Ike Davis - 146 games
2011 - TBD

Through the Mets first 49 seasons, they've also had 23 main men at the other corner.  They've gone through periods of stability and periods of turnover.

Ed Kranepool tops the list with 10 seasons - 1964-1969, 1971-1972, 1975-1976

Keith Hernandez - 6 seasons - 1983-1988
John Milner - 3 seasons - 1974-1974, 1977
Dave Magadan - 3 seasons -1989-1991
John Olerud - 3 seasons - 1997-1999
Carlos Delgado - 3 seasons - 2006-2009

While third base had 5 different players that held the position for more than three years - first base only had two players with that claim to fame.  Ed Kranepool and Keith Hernandez.

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