R.A. Dickey Named NL Pitcher of the Month - Glad They Agreed With Us!

R.A. Dickey has been named the National League’s Pitcher of the Month for June. No surprise here as we all knew how totally R.A.D. our knuckleballer has been this month! 😀

You can read all about his awesomeness below…

Original Post 9:00 AM

The MetsMerizedOnline Player of the Month for the month of June has shown he has a great impact on this team. This month, the Mets had a record of 15-13. Here is our MMO Player of the Month for June 2012.

Through the use of the scorecard, let’s take a look at how R.A. Dickey did this month:

G	IP	W	L	SV	R	ER	BB	K	AVG	WHIP
6	48.1	5	0	0	6	5	8	55	.131	0.60

After barely missing out on winning Player of the Month for the month of May, Dickey once again put up great numbers this month and has earned the honors for the month of June. He had a 5-0 record with a 0.93 earned run average. He had great control of his knuckleball this month, as he kept his walks down and his strikeouts high. He threw back-to-back 1-hit complete game shutouts against the Tampa Bay Rays and against the Baltimore Orioles. His lone bad start came against the New York Yankees where he gave up 5 earned runs but received a no decision.

R.A. Dickey became the fifth pitcher in franchise history to win 10 straight decisions. The last Mets pitcher to accomplish that feat was Johan Santana, who won 10 straight from July 9, 2008-April 6, 2009. The others are Tom Seaver (16 wins from 1969-1970), Dwight Gooden (14 wins in 1985) and Terry Leach (10 in 1987).

Dickey leads the majors with 12 wins, is third in the majors with a 2.15 ERA and is second in the NL and third in the majors with 116 strikeouts. He is already being mentioned as a possible Cy Young candidate, and might be starting this year’s All Star Game. He truly deserves this month’s honor!

Honorable Mentions

David Wright