Mets Decade Rankings: Plate Appearances

by Eric Simon on Dec 23, 2009 11:19 AM EST

Num	Player	PA	From Year	Thru Year
1	David Wright	3665	2004	2009
2	Jose Reyes	3651	2003	2009
3	Carlos Beltran	2966	2005	2009
4	Mike Piazza	2902	2000	2005
5	Carlos Delgado	2023	2006	2009
6	Cliff Floyd	1884	2003	2006
7	Edgardo Alfonzo	1731	2000	2002
8	Todd Zeile	1631	2000	2004
9	Jay Payton	1215	2000	2002
10	Timo Perez	1177	2000	2003

Nothing shocking at the top of the list, but holy crap Timo Perez had the tenth-most plate appearances for the Mets in the last decade! I'll never forget that he caught the last out of the 2000 NLCS, or that he failed to run out that Todd Zeile almost-homerun and was thrown out at the plate in Game 1 of the World Series that year. Now I'll never forget that only nine other Mets came to the plate more often during the aughts.

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This really highlights the amount of turnover we've had.

the number one issue facing the Mets is finding that one guy who’s going to say "get on my shoulders and ride me to the championship."

by Sokojoe on Dec 23, 2009 11:30 AM EST reply actions

Yeah

If you think about it, Timo essentially had 2+ seasons of at bats. Alfonzo is there at 7 with three seasons worth of at bats. Basically, if you started for the Mets for 4 seasons, you’re in the top 5.

by Lunkwill Fook on Dec 23, 2009 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

If i recall

by ‘06 the only player that was on the mets in ’01 was steve trachsel. that’s some turnover

"I only wanted a few things out of life -- a wife, children, to play baseball and to hunt deer." - Turk Wendell

by Rey-O on Dec 23, 2009 12:12 PM EST reply actions

Right.. The longest tenured Met right now is Reyes, amazingly enough.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 23, 2009 6:46 PM EST up reply actions

If you think about it

Those top 4 guys are 4 of the top 5 non-pitchers in Mets history. Not too shabby for one decade. Too bad it didn’t lead to chamtionshipz. Maybe thatt says something about Mets history…

"[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 Dec 23, 2009 10:18 PM EST reply actions