Sunday, December 1, 2013

The Mets' Top 10 Career Leaders (Homegrown Hitters)

Mike Piazza is one of the greatest hitters in Mets' history, appearing at or near the top of various offensive categories.  Similarly, Sid Fernandez, David Cone and John Franco are among the top pitchers in club annals.  But all four players were drafted by other teams and made their major league debuts wearing jerseys that did not say "Mets" on them.

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.

AP Photo by Bill Kostroun


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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