In addition to Piazza, Fernandez, Cone and Franco, other all-time Mets greats made their first appearances in the majors as Mets, but were not originally drafted by New York and spent time with other teams' minor league affiliates. Players like Ron Darling (Texas Rangers) and Jesse Orosco (Minnesota Twins) are prime examples.
So what would the Mets' all-time hitting leaderboards look like if they only featured players who were drafted, signed, developed and made their major league debuts with the Mets? And which categories have a strong homegrown representation? (Runs scored and base hits, perhaps?) Similarly, which categories are populated by players that came from other organizations? (Some slugging categories might qualify here.)
Below are the top ten homegrown hitting leaders at various categories, along with where each player ranks on the Mets' all-time leaderboard in that category (listed in the column on the right of each chart). For the top ten homegrown pitching leaders, please click here.
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Hitting Leaders For Homegrown Mets
Batting Average
Rank
|
Player
|
Batting Average
|
Overall Rank
|
1.
|
David Wright
|
.301
|
2
|
2.
|
Dave Magadan
|
.292
|
5
|
3.
|
Jose Reyes
|
.292
|
6
|
4.
|
Edgardo Alfonzo
|
.292
|
7
|
5.
|
Daniel Murphy
|
.290
|
8
|
6.
|
Wally Backman
|
.283
|
11
|
7.
|
Cleon Jones
|
.281
|
13
|
8.
|
Lenny Dykstra
|
.278
|
17
|
9.
|
Mookie Wilson
|
.276
|
19
|
10.
|
Gregg Jefferies
|
.276
|
21
|
On-Base Percentage
Rank
|
Player
|
On-Base Pct.
|
Overall Rank
|
1.
|
Dave Magadan
|
.391
|
2
|
2.
|
David Wright
|
.382
|
4
|
3.
|
Edgardo Alfonzo
|
.367
|
7
|
4.
|
Darryl Strawberry
|
.359
|
10
|
5.
|
Lee Mazzilli
|
.357
|
12
|
6.
|
Wally Backman
|
.353
|
16
|
7.
|
Lenny Dykstra
|
.350
|
18
|
8.
|
Ron Hodges
|
.342
|
23
|
9.
|
Jose Reyes
|
.341
|
26
|
10.
|
Cleon Jones
|
.340
|
27
|
Slugging Percentage
Rank
|
Player
|
Slugging Pct.
|
Overall Rank
|
1.
|
Darryl Strawberry
|
.520
|
2
|
2.
|
David Wright
|
.506
|
3
|
3.
|
Edgardo Alfonzo
|
.445
|
15
|
4.
|
Jose Reyes
|
.441
|
16
|
5.
|
Todd Hundley
|
.438
|
17
|
6.
|
Ike Davis
|
.434
|
18
|
7.
|
Daniel Murphy
|
.424
|
20
|
8.
|
Gregg Jefferies
|
.416
|
26
|
9.
|
John Milner
|
.415
|
27
|
10.
|
Lenny Dykstra
|
.413
|
28
|
Runs Scored
Rank
|
Player
|
Runs Scored
|
Overall Rank
|
1.
|
David Wright
|
853
|
1
|
2.
|
Jose Reyes
|
735
|
2
|
3.
|
Darryl Strawberry
|
662
|
3
|
4.
|
Edgardo Alfonzo
|
614
|
5
|
5.
|
Mookie Wilson
|
592
|
6
|
6.
|
Cleon Jones
|
563
|
7
|
7.
|
Ed Kranepool
|
536
|
9
|
8.
|
Bud Harrelson
|
490
|
11
|
9.
|
Lee Mazzilli
|
404
|
14
|
10.
|
Wally Backman
|
359
|
16
|
Base Hits
Rank
|
Player
|
Hits
|
Overall Rank
|
1.
|
David Wright
|
1558
|
1
|
2.
|
Ed Kranepool
|
1418
|
2
|
3.
|
Jose Reyes
|
1300
|
3
|
4.
|
Cleon Jones
|
1188
|
4
|
5.
|
Edgardo Alfonzo
|
1136
|
5
|
6.
|
Mookie Wilson
|
1112
|
6
|
7.
|
Bud Harrelson
|
1029
|
7
|
8.
|
Darryl Strawberry
|
1025
|
9
|
9.
|
Lee Mazzilli
|
796
|
14
|
10.
|
Rey Ordoñez
|
720
|
17
|
Doubles
Rank
|
Player
|
Doubles
|
Overall Rank
|
1.
|
David Wright
|
345
|
1
|
2.
|
Ed Kranepool
|
225
|
2
|
3.
|
Jose Reyes
|
222
|
3
|
4.
|
Edgardo Alfonzo
|
212
|
5
|
5.
|
Darryl Strawberry
|
187
|
8
|
6.
|
Cleon Jones
|
182
|
9
|
7.
|
Mookie Wilson
|
170
|
10
|
8.
|
Daniel Murphy
|
153
|
T-12
|
9.
|
Lee Mazzilli
|
148
|
15
|
10.
|
Bud Harrelson
|
123
|
18
|
Triples
Rank
|
Pitcher
|
Triples
|
Overall Rank
|
1.
|
Jose Reyes | 99 | 1 |
2.
|
Mookie Wilson | 62 | 2 |
3.
|
Bud Harrelson | 45 | 3 |
4.
|
Cleon Jones | 33 | 4 |
5.
|
Darryl Strawberry | 30 | 6 |
T-6.
|
David Wright | 25 | T-9 |
T-6.
|
Ed Kranepool | 25 | T-9 |
8.
|
Lee Mazzilli | 22 | 12 |
9.
|
Ron Swoboda | 20 | T-13 |
T-10.
|
Lenny Dykstra
|
17
|
T-18
|
T-10.
|
Rey Ordoñez
|
17
|
T-18
|
Home Runs
Rank
|
Player
|
Home Runs
|
Overall Rank
|
1.
|
Darryl Strawberry
|
252
|
1
|
2.
|
David Wright
|
222
|
2
|
3.
|
Todd Hundley
|
124
|
7
|
4.
|
Edgardo Alfonzo
|
120
|
9
|
5.
|
Ed Kranepool
|
118
|
10
|
6.
|
John Milner
|
94
|
14
|
7.
|
Cleon Jones
|
93
|
15
|
8.
|
Jose Reyes
|
81
|
T-18
|
9.
|
Ron Swoboda
|
69
|
23
|
10.
|
Lee Mazzilli
|
68
|
24
|
Runs Batted In
Rank
|
Player
|
Runs Batted In
|
Overall Rank
|
1.
|
David Wright
|
876
|
1
|
2.
|
Darryl Strawberry
|
733
|
2
|
3.
|
Ed Kranepool
|
614
|
5
|
4.
|
Edgardo Alfonzo
|
538
|
7
|
5.
|
Cleon Jones
|
521
|
8
|
6.
|
Jose Reyes
|
423
|
11
|
7.
|
Todd Hundley
|
397
|
13
|
8.
|
Lee Mazzilli
|
353
|
17
|
9.
|
Mookie Wilson
|
342
|
19
|
10.
|
John Milner
|
338
|
21
|
Stolen Bases
Rank
|
Player
|
Stolen Bases
|
Overall Rank
|
1.
|
Jose Reyes
|
370
|
1
|
2.
|
Mookie Wilson
|
281
|
2
|
3.
|
Darryl Strawberry
|
191
|
4
|
4.
|
David Wright
|
183
|
5
|
5.
|
Lee Mazzilli
|
152
|
6
|
6.
|
Lenny Dykstra
|
116
|
7
|
7.
|
Bud Harrelson
|
115
|
8
|
8.
|
Wally Backman
|
106
|
9
|
9.
|
Cleon Jones
|
91
|
T-14
|
10.
|
Gregg Jefferies
|
63
|
20
|
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