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Hi, Mets fans!
You might know me from the interviews I conduct for Metsmerized Online, but I also love diving into numbers and looking up all kinds of stats and information, which you might see on my Twitter feed on a daily basis.
In this new weekly feature for MMO, I’m going to look back at the previous week’s games and share some interesting data and information that I’ve collected through various websites such as Baseball-Reference, FanGraphs, and Baseball Savant. It’ll be a mixture of facts, stats, analytics, and general analysis.
I hope you find this interesting and I look forward to hearing your feedback on some stats and information you’re curious to find out!
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Mariners vs. Mets
The Mets recorded three triples against Mariners pitching (J.D. Davis; Brandon Nimmo; Eduardo Escobar). It was the 12th time in club history that they’ve collected three or more triples in a game. It was, however, the first time that the Mets lost a game when recording three or more triples since August 20, 1981, against the Atlanta Braves on the road. Mookie Wilson (two) and Mike Jorgensen recorded the three Mets triples that day.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Cardinals vs. Mets: Game 1
Trevor Williams toed the rubber for the Mets in game one of the single-admission doubleheader. Williams tossed four scoreless innings with no walks and six strikeouts.
Williams relied on his 4-seam fastball (55.4% of his pitches thrown) and recorded 11 swings and misses on that pitch. The 11 whiffs on his 4-seamer tied a career-high for Williams. The last time he got 11 whiffs on his 4-seamer was May 10, 2019, which was also against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Cardinals vs. Mets: Game 2
Adonis Medina made his third appearance with the Mets and tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief. Medina became just the fifth Mets reliever not to allow a run or walk while striking out six or more batters in his first three appearances with the club, and the first since righty Jim Henderson in 2016.
Wednesday, May 20, 2022
Cardinals vs. Mets
Pete Alonso’s three3-run home run in the bottom of the eighth was the 50th homer he’s hit at Citi Field. That broke a tie with David Wright and gave Alonso sole possession of the third-most home runs hit at Citi Field. Only Lucas Duda (71) and Michael Conforto (66) have more.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Cardinals vs. Mets
Pete Alonso went 3-for-4 with a walk-off, 2-run home run, three RBI, a walk, and a stolen base in the Mets’ 7-6 win. Alonso became the first Mets’ first baseman to collect 3+ hits (in which at least one was a home run) three or more RBI and a stolen base since John Olerud on August 15, 1998.
Alonso recorded his 35th and 36th RBI of the season with his walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning in the Mets’ 40th game of the season. Only one other Mets player has driven in 36 runs in the team’s first 40 games of a season: Dave Kingman, 1982.
Alonso also stole his sixth career base as part of a double steal in the bottom of the first. Playing in his 410th career game, Alonso was a perfect six-for-six in stolen base opportunities. Since caught stealing became an official stat in MLB in 1951, Alonso is one of six players with six or more stolen bases and zero caught stealing in his first 410 career games. Dave Bergman, Mike Stanley, Jeff Baker, Zack Cozart, and Ryan Flaherty are the others.
Per Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions, only three Mets have hit three consecutive walk-offs, or, put another way, the only walk-off home run hit by a Mets player in a span of 3 walk-offs: Bobby Bonilla (1992-93), Chris Jones (1995-96), and Pete Alonso (2020-22).
Chris Bassitt made his eighth start with the Mets and tossed 6 1/3 innings allowing four earned runs in his no-decision. After eight starts, Bassitt owns a 2.77 ERA with 49 strikeouts. Bassitt is one of four Mets pitchers to strike out 49+ batters while posting a sub-3.00 ERA in their first eight games. Nolan Ryan, Pedro Astacio, and Max Scherzer are the others.
Colin Holderman picked up his first career win in the extra-inning walk-off. In his first three appearances, Holderman had not allowed an earned run while striking out three. Holderman became the first Mets reliever to record a win and not allow an earned run in his first three career games since Cory Lidle in 1997.
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Mets vs. Rockies: Game 1
Carlos Carrasco tossed 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball without issuing a walk in the Mets’ 5-1 win in game one of the doubleheader. Carrasco became the first Mets starter to toss at least five innings while allowing no more than one run and no walks at Coors Field since Mike Pelfrey on April 15, 2010.
Drew Smith made his 17th appearance of the season and tossed a scoreless inning in the seventh to lower his season ERA to 1.45. Smith became the first Mets reliever with a sub-1.50 ERA with at least 20 strikeouts in his first 17 appearances of a season since Buddy Carlyle in 2014.
Jeff McNeil recorded his 15th multi-hit game of the season in game one of the doubleheader. It was career game number 407 for McNeil and the 125th multi-hit game of his career. In Mets history, only four players have recorded more multi-hit performances in their first 407 career games: José Reyes (137), Mookie Wilson (130), Steve Henderson (127), and David Wright (126).
