Mets Historical Wins: A Graph

by Eric Simon on Jan 30, 2009 1:00 PM EST

Forty-seven years of Mets victories, line graph-style (click to embiggen).

Yes, it really has been a wild ride.

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Can't anyone here play this game?

by Sokojoe on Jan 30, 2009 1:24 PM EST reply actions

can't anyone play this here game?

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Jan 31, 2009 3:04 AM EST up reply actions

and what a great bunch of scum it was

HELLO HELLO MR WILPON. WE WANT THE MANSION NOT THE CONDO.

by kendynamo on Jan 30, 2009 2:06 PM EST reply actions

Concur

Dead fish in sheets.

" PLEASE! CHANGE THE PATCH! "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jan 30, 2009 2:51 PM EST up reply actions

Strike

I believe the strike was in 1981, the year of the two half-seasons, not 1982. It actually looks like you marked the right place but wrote the wrong caption.

by Alex Nelson on Jan 30, 2009 2:24 PM EST reply actions

Indeed.

by Eric Simon on Jan 30, 2009 2:46 PM EST up reply actions

And fixed.

by Eric Simon on Jan 30, 2009 2:55 PM EST up reply actions

Endy embigguns us all

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Jan 30, 2009 2:36 PM EST reply actions

Winning percentage during Mets existence.

Ugh…
.480 (W – 3585 / L – 3889)

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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jan 30, 2009 2:55 PM EST reply actions

Meh

It could be worse than that. Several respected franchises (Orioles, Mariners, PHILLIES-.470!) have worse percentages.

"One of the nice things about baseball is that there are no rules you can't break." - Jim Bouton

by Prince on Jan 30, 2009 3:08 PM EST up reply actions

True.

After taking a look at ALL of the other teams overall winning percentages, it’s not that bad.

Then again, we’re only one-one thousandth of a point better than the Washington Nationals / Montreal Expos.

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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jan 30, 2009 4:12 PM EST up reply actions

Expos

were actually pretty good during the 80’s and early 90’s. It wasn’t till after the strike in ’94 that they went in the tank for good.

by cjmulrain on Jan 30, 2009 6:55 PM EST up reply actions

Meh

One playoff series win (1981) while in existence?

I guess it depends on how we want to define pretty good.

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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jan 30, 2009 7:36 PM EST up reply actions

The Expos were 1326-1167, a .532 winning percentage. They had 4 90+ win seasons and were well on their way to a 5th in ‘94 when the strike happened. They would have been the wild card 4 times had there been a wild-card during that time frame, and I guarantee they would have won a few more playoff games had that occurred. I didn’t say they were a great team, but they were, in the aggregate, at least as good as the Mets over that span – more consistent but w/o the extreme heights of the ’86 season.

by cjmulrain on Jan 30, 2009 8:04 PM EST up reply actions

Received.

I got it.
You’re a the cup is 1/2 full kind of guy.
And I’m going to give you credit for your use of the word aggregate.

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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jan 30, 2009 10:37 PM EST up reply actions

Not terrible at all

considering the Mets went 321-648 (.331) in their first six years.

by Eric Simon on Jan 30, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions

Mmm-hmm

See above.

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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jan 30, 2009 4:12 PM EST up reply actions

You can't say

it hasn’t been exciting.

Mets winning percentage in my lifetime: .513 Not bad at all

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Jan 30, 2009 5:57 PM EST reply actions

True.

Too bad my heart has paid the price.

by MetsfaninVA on Feb 1, 2009 12:12 AM EST up reply actions

I like the trend

While there have been ups and downs, the long term trend clearly suggests that the Mets should be averaging around 100 wins a season by around 2020.

by acerimusdux on Feb 1, 2009 3:15 PM EST reply actions

Citi Field

i can t wait when i go to the new stadium with my cousin Robert

by johnnyapple on Feb 1, 2009 5:51 PM EST reply actions

johnnyapple

has returned!!

by gogomets on Feb 1, 2009 7:35 PM EST reply actions

johnnyapple

yes.

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Feb 1, 2009 11:49 PM EST up reply actions