Mets Stat Nits

A few stats to keep things interesting:

While we talk about a historic collapse last season by the Mets, they were actually 14-14 in Sept/Oct. Sadly the Mets Sept/Oct record has been .500 or below since 2001 a year in which they were below .500 by a large margin for the entire first half. In 2006, their last year of relative dominance they finished the season at .500 in Sept/Oct. but this can be ignored since they held such a strong divisional lead. It should be noted as well that in 2006 the Mets dominated the entire NL East. Going in to today they have posted a 2-7 record versus the Braves which is less than acceptable for a team with divisional championship aspirations.

Moving onward, the Mets win-loss records behind Maine, Perez, and Santana are equivalently 12-10. Pelfrey the sole bright spot to date has brought the team to an impressive 12-8 record. Sadly the Mets have the second worst record in baseball on Mondays(3-8), however they are tid for the leagues best record on Wednesdays(12-4). Perhaps we are a little too hungover from the weekend to get into the gam come Monday? Fortunately, the Mets home win-loss record has finally pushed well north of .500 however the away record is well off of where it was last year, having finished last year at 47-34 on the road the team is currently at 26-29.

Finally, the Mets record in one run games is less than acceptable. At 9-13 they fall way below their divisional rivals(Phillies at 16-18, Marlins at a scary 17-12). Fortunately most of the losses were accounted for on the road with a 2-9 record posted.

Mets have posted a scatterplot of W,L,W,L,W heading into tonight. Let's hope it shapes up!