Schwei: Mets Dillon Gee Having A Surprising Rookie Campaign
By John Schweibacher
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The Mets are now two-thirds of the way through the 2011 schedule as they reached the 108-game mark after Sunday's loss with a record of 55 and 53. The Mets have been at least a .500 team through 108 games in all but one of the last seven seasons:
Mets record through 108 Final record
· 2011 55-53 ---
· 2010 54-54 79-83
· 2009 51-57 70-92
· 2008 58-50 89-73
· 2007 61-47 88-74
· 2006 64-44 97-65
· 2005 54-54 83-79
Mets best records through 108 games:
· 1986 73-35
· 1985 66-42
· 2006 64-44
· 1999 65-43
· 2000 63-45
· 1990 63-45
· 1988 63-45
Mets worst records through 108 games:
· 1962 27-79
· 1963 34-74
· 1964 34-74
· 1965 34-74
· 1993 38-70
Dillon Gee picked up his 10th victory of 2011 Friday night against the Washington Nationals, becoming the 10th rookie in Mets history to reach double-digit wins in a season. Here are the 10 Mets rookies who won 10 or more games:
· Jerry Koosman 19 1968
· Dwight Gooden 17 1984
· Tom Seaver 16 1967
· Jon Matlack 15 1972
· Gary Gentry 13 1969
· Ron Darling 12 1984
· Mark Bomback 10 1980
· Rick Aguilera 10 1985
· Hisanori Takahashi 10 2010
· Dillon Gee 10 2011
Mike Pelfrey went the distance, defeating the Reds, 8-2, last week in Cincinnati for the first complete-game road win of his career. Pelfrey did however allow his 19th home run of the season in that game, the most he has given up in any single season. Pelfrey is on pace to climb near the top of this list; most home runs allowed by a Mets pitcher in a season:
· Roger Craig 35 1962
· Pedro Astacio 32 2002
· Jay Hook 31 1962
· Pete Harnisch 30 1996
· Rick Reed 30 1998
· Roger Craig 28 1963
· Rick Reed 28 2000
· Steve Trachsel 28 2001
· Steve Trachsel 26 2003
· Bobby Jones 26 1996
· Frank Tanana 26 1993
· Jack Fisher 26 1966
The Mets swept their four-game series with the Reds last week in Cincinnati, the first time in club history New York took all four games of a road set with the Reds. It was also just the 10th road sweep of a series of at least four games in Mets history:
· Mets at Cubs 6/22-6/25 1970 (5)
· Mets at Cardinals 4/26-4/29 1971 (4)
· Mets at Phillies 5/19-5/21 1972 (4)
· Mets at Cardinals 9/28-9/30 1979 (4)
· Mets at Atlanta 7/4-7/7 1985 (4)
· Mets at Cardinals 4/24-4/27 1986 (4)
· Mets at San Diego 5/16-5/19 1988 (4)
· Mets at Montreal 7/1-7/4 1991 (4)
· Mets at Philadelphia 9/6-9/9 2002 (4)
· Mets at Cincinnati 7/25-7/28 2011 (4)
The Mets host N.L. East rivals Florida and Atlanta this week. Former Mets outfielder Mike Cameron homered in the eighth and ninth innings of the Marlins' 7-5 win at Washington last week. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that gave Cameron sole possession of an obscure record; the first player in major-league history with a multiple-home run game for eight different teams. Prior to last Wednesday night, he shared the record with another ex-Met; Jeromy Burnitz and Reggie Sanders.
Cameron had a pair of two-homer games for the Mets; July 7th, 2004 at Philadelphia and July 29th, 2004 at Montreal. Burnitz also had two, two-home run games in a Mets uniform; September 12th, 2002 in Montreal and June 15th, 2003 in Anaheim. None of Reggie Sanders' two-homer games came against the Mets.
Speaking of two-homer games, Scott Hairston homered twice in Sunday's 3-2 loss in Washington to become the second player in the majors this season to hit two home runs in a game, including one as a pinch-hitter. Atlanta's Mike McCann also accomplished the feat back on May 17th against Houston.
Schwei's Runs, Hits and Errors:
Runs: Road Sweet Road. Mets go 6 and 4 on 10-game road trip, giving them N.L.-best 33 road wins. Mets won just 32 road games in 2010 and 29 in 2009.
Hits: David Wright & Daniel Murphy. Wright went 20-for-44 (.455) on 10-game road trip while Murphy has now hit .361 (91-for-252) since May 21st.
Errors: Burned Rubber. Loss in series finale in Washington drops Mets record in rubber games to 7 and 9 in 2011.
