Morning Quiz: Mets Seasonal Batting Average Leaders

Using the awesome site Sporcle, I made this quiz which asks you to name the last 25 batting average leaders for the Mets. I used a minimum of 300 plate appearances as the benchmark to make it more interesting.

No prizes for getting all of them, but post your score in the comments if you like. This might be a fun feature on slow days this offseason.

(thanks to Red Reporter for the idea)

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I got 14 of them

not great, gotta brush up on my 80’s mets a bit more i guess.

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 16, 2009 10:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Great quiz

I got 13/25, completely hamstrung by the early to mid 90s and the early 00s.

by deadspy3 on Oct 16, 2009 10:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

19 / 25 Good Stuff

Also made me realize I can’t spell Wigginton or Tueful’s name correctly.

by pricedoutoftheciti on Oct 16, 2009 10:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That was fun

I’m most proud of getting ’01 right

by Sokojoe on Oct 16, 2009 10:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm gonna try to find a way

to make ’01 an answer on every future quiz

by James Kannengieser on Oct 16, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

16/25

Though it was more like 21 because I misspelled Teufel, Magadan and Alfonzo (though I am sure I tried multiple times on the latter two). The funniest one was lucking out on MIller – I randomly just typed the name, and sure enough – the 1992 champion at a whopping .285. Those were some pathetic leaders (in terms of average) in the early 90s.

by dcmetsfan on Oct 16, 2009 10:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Miller

Correction – that was 1991 and even worse .280.

by dcmetsfan on Oct 16, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ya i had the same issue

Also missed on how the heck to spell Henderson’s first name for some reason too.

If i count the ones I thought of and couldn’t spell I had 17

by Balagast on Oct 16, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

22/25

Forget Miller, Rickey, and DESI RELAFORD? Holy crap, that year sucked.

by Lunkwill Fook on Oct 16, 2009 11:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

but we were 82-80

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Oct 16, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

19/25

and I’m really, really pissed I missed Lance Johnson. I though I had already tried Wigginton, so I spent about 3 minutes typing out everyone else I could remember from that ’04 team, before I tried him again and he showed up – and friggin Desi Relaford.

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Oct 16, 2009 11:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I typed in Johnson

Thinking HoJo. Got both of them for it.

by Lunkwill Fook on Oct 16, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

totally blanked on HoJo too

should have gotten both of them. Damn. I spent too long on the modern teams, I quickly scrambled to do the 80’s and early 90’s at the end.

by cjmulrain on Oct 16, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about Jason Phillips in 2003

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Oct 16, 2009 11:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah i was surprised to see the speed demon Phillips as a BA leader for the Mets.

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 16, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

22/25

I thought Hundley might’ve lead one year, but that year was Bonilla

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Oct 16, 2009 11:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Another one I guessed right

Shocked that he had such a high average, but then we sometimes forget that Bonilla was actually pretty good. He just came in with such a bad attitude and underperformed in his first year that it really affected his entire stay here (plus the team was so bad), but he really wasn’t bad at all.

by dcmetsfan on Oct 16, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

we have some perception that Bonilla was bad

and Bonilla was 10.2 WAR from 1992-1995…-1.5 in 1999 though

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Oct 16, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

1999 was woeful

He was good in his first go round, but man was he awful in 1999. Still, all around, definitely one of the few productive guys from the early 90s teams.

by dcmetsfan on Oct 16, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think it's that he got the biggest contract in MLB history

and while good, never lived up to that (especially considering what the other big hitter from the Pirates went on to do), plus he had a reputation as being pretty surly.

by cjmulrain on Oct 16, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here's a tough one

http://www.sporcle.com/games/pancakes188/nymets_lineups

It’s asking for every Mets lineup from 1990-2009 (I think it’s basing it on most games played or most at-bats, it’s not opening day rosters….a little confusing b/c some guys got traded to or from mid-season)

by cjmulrain on Oct 16, 2009 12:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That one was tough

especially the early 90’s, I was too young to remember that. I did manage to get every team completely back to 1998 tough, I’m happy with that.

by Balagast on Oct 16, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ditto on the early 90s

Plus I totally blocked out Roberto Alomar and Roger Cedeno.

You really remembered Jeff Duncan?

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Oct 16, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I missed Xavier Nady

I kept thinking of the playoff roster or guys who were hurt, totally blanked on him b/c he was traded. And I missed a few guys from ‘03 and ’04. I was also surprised that Charlie O’Brien was never the starting catcher – he used to be one of my favorite players for some reason.

by cjmulrain on Oct 16, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good one

Got about 150/180. There are a couple of names I am kicking myself for forgetting – Boston, Thompson, Huskey. I mean, how can you forget a guy whose name is Butch Huskey?

And for the life of me I don’t even remember who Danny Garcia was.

by dcmetsfan on Oct 16, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I actually got him haha

he was a skinny 2b. I only remember him b/c the year he was on the team was the only time I made it through a 162 game season plus playoffs in a baseball video game w/o simming. You tend to learn the players names that way

by cjmulrain on Oct 16, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah wasn't he a kind of

slappy singles hitter?

by deadspy3 on Oct 16, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2003: .214/.274/.357 (he had 12 hits, 2 were doubles, 2 were homers)
2004: .232/.371/.362 (11 of his 32 hits were XBH, he got hit 9 times, which is why his OBP is high)
.278 wOBA in 2003, .335 in 2004, -.1 WAR in 2003, .8 WAR in 2004
That is all you will ever want to know about Danny Garcia

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Oct 16, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WHOA

He got hit nine times vs. only thirty two hits! Amazing ratio, if SSS

by deadspy3 on Oct 17, 2009 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Got 99

Could have had 100, but I didn’t even bother trying to spell Mientkiewicz. Also, somehow forgot Alfonzo, even though I had just taken the other quiz and got him.

by yellomellojello on Oct 16, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I cheated and googled Mientkiewicz

I figure, if I can remember the name and just can’t spell it, it’s not really cheating

by cjmulrain on Oct 17, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, that's a good one.

I missed a lot of fairly easy ones, but still got 111.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Oct 17, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got 126

I cheated a little cause I read the comments here first so I knew to put in Boston, Duncan and Garcia. I freakin forgot Rey Ordonez, I guess I blocked his crappy hitting out of my mind completely.

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Oct 17, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

127/180

Phenomenally entertaining – almost every one I missed cracked me up, from Tim Bogar to “Nobody Beans the Viz” Vizcaino. Funny how much easier it is name all the guys from the good teams. Somebody make more of these quizzes…

by metsjetsnets on Oct 18, 2009 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This one is kind of depressing

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Garte/injuredmets

by Balagast on Oct 16, 2009 12:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I got 15/19

I forgot Sheff, Wags, Ramon Martinez and Ryan Church were on the DL

"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"

by firejerrynow on Oct 16, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got all 19

Damn.

20 seconds to spare, too.

by fxcarden on Oct 16, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got 17/19

Forgot about Cora and Redding.

by Jsz on Oct 17, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, some depressing leaders before the Minaya/Willie/Jerry era

"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
-Adam Savage

by blueandorange4life on Oct 16, 2009 12:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

man, we've had some shitty years

by JoshNY on Oct 16, 2009 12:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sporcle is the shit.

by dtro on Oct 16, 2009 12:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I got 21,

but that’s only because the guy who led us in 1991 is one of my go to sporcle name guesses.

And 2001 cracked me up, no way I was getting that.

by dtro on Oct 16, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If only I could spell

Dave Magadan instead of the way I kept on insisting Magidan I would have done a whole lot better.
Some great names here though: Keith Miller, Jason Phillips, Desi Relaford.

by jacksonvillesuns on Oct 16, 2009 1:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs