What's your favorite Mets Player/Season

[ribant]

The Amazing Mets "Whats your favorite team other than 1969 or 1986" thread got me thinking about it and mine is not one most would choose

Lance Johnson's 1996 is mine.

The guy was exciting as all hell. 227 hits, 21 triples, 50 stolen bases, 117 runs scored, .333 batting average.

The best all around season by a Mets CF ever.

[theAmazingMet]

The Amazing Mets "Whats your favorite team other than 1969 or 1986" thread got me thinking about it and mine is not one most would choose

Lance Johnson's 1996 is mine.

The guy was exciting as all hell. 227 hits, 21 triples, 50 stolen bases, 117 runs scored, .333 batting average.

The best all around season by a Mets CF ever.

That was a great season. We had alot of "one hit wonders" in the 90's. Remember Bernard Gilkey's 1996? .317 Avg, 30 HR, 117 Rbi, 17 Sb.

[ribant]

That was a great season. We had alot of "one hit wonders" in the 90's. Remember Bernard Gilkey's 1996? .317 Avg, 30 HR, 117 Rbi, 17 Sb.

And that's why 1996 is one of my favorite seasons

[Strawman]

wrong thread - moving

[GiambiJuice]

The Amazing Mets "Whats your favorite team other than 1969 or 1986" thread got me thinking about it and mine is not one most would choose

Lance Johnson's 1996 is mine.

The guy was exciting as all hell. 227 hits, 21 triples, 50 stolen bases, 117 runs scored, .333 batting average.

The best all around season by a Mets CF ever.

I think Beltran's 2006 may have been better as a CF, but Johnson's was incredible. I remember it well, despite not being a Mets fan.

John Olerud's 1998 season was unbelievable too - very underrated imo.

[mandrake]

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=seaveto01

Take your pick: Seaver '69 25-7 2.21 era ? '71 20-10 1.76 ?? '73 19-10 2.08 ??? '75 22-9 2.38 ???? These are four career seasons ! The absolute best right handed pitcher I ever saw play. While I really liked Jerry Koosman, I used to plan to go to Shea around the Mets rotation to see Seaver. Even saw him pitch a one hitter in '77 before he was traded.....a bloop hit that fell in front of Kranepool in RF....yes, right field...a bloop anyone else on the team including Kingman easily gets to.......

[Paulypal]

Favorite season---- 1984 or 1985. Finally the Mets were on the map, and with Gooden, Straw, and Keith we had players worth watching


Oh I almost forgot - favorite player was Strawberry and nobody else is even close

[milladrive]

I'd have to say Keith Hernandez is my all-time favorite Met. As for the season, I have a soft spot for 1974. Don't ask me why.

[ribant]

Take your pick: Seaver '69 25-7 2.21 era ? '71 20-10 1.76 ?? '73 19-10 2.08 ??? '75 22-9 2.38 ???? These are four career seasons ! The absolute best right handed pitcher I ever saw play. While I really liked Jerry Koosman, I used to plan to go to Shea around the Mets rotation to see Seaver. Even saw him pitch a one hitter in '77 before he was traded.....a bloop hit that fell in front of Kranepool in RF....yes, right field...a bloop anyone else on the team including Kingman easily gets to.......

You, me, and a lot of other kids used to plan to visit Shea when Seaver pitched.

[ribant]

I think Beltran's 2006 may have been better as a CF, but Johnson's was incredible. I remember it well, despite not being a Mets fan.

John Olerud's 1998 season was unbelievable too - very underrated imo.

Beltran had an amazing 2006. Though to me he wasn't as electrifying as Johnson was in 1996.

One of the reason's '96 is a favorite year of mine is they were the Bizzarro Mets. Terrific offense and horrible pitching. They went nowhere and were a gas to watch

[Strawman]

Cleon Jones - 1969 is my choice. He was my favorite player, it was his best year. Hit .340 with a .422 OBP and some power and speed, fine defense. Great player.

Second fave: Straw. Third: Jose Reyes.

Among the position players this is!

[PVNICK]

I'm still partial to Gooden's 84/85 seasons. You will never convince me there was a bettter pitcher than Gooden was in 1985 (unless it was Guidry in '78).

I like the Bizaro Mets for 1996 so many guys having out of their mind seasons. What about Todd Hundley breaking the single season record for HR by a catcher. Of course with hindsight that era, to me, is distasteful and the videogame numbers explicable. But it was fun at the time.

[mandrake]

I'm still partial to Gooden's 84/85 seasons. You will never convince me there was a bettter pitcher than Gooden was in 1985 (unless it was Guidry in '78).

I like the Bizaro Mets for 1996 so many guys having out of their mind seasons. What about Todd Hundley breaking the single season record for HR by a catcher. Of course with hindsight that era, to me, is distasteful and the videogame numbers explicable. But it was fun at the time.

Bob Gibson 1968 : 1.12 era 13 shut outs. 304 2/3 innings pitched. 1964/1967/1968 WS 9 starts. 9 complete games. 7-2 record era 1.89 versus the likes of a NYY dynasty, a triple crown winner, and a team with a 30 game winner. 92 strike outs in 81 innings. True , Gibson did not pitch for the Mets.....

[PVNICK]

Bob Gibson 1968 : 1.12 era 13 shut outs. 304 2/3 innings pitched. 1964/1967/1968 WS 9 starts. 9 complete games. 7-2 record era 1.89 versus the likes of a NYY dynasty, a triple crown winner, and a team with a 30 game winner. 92 strike outs in 81 innings. True , Gibson did not pitch for the Mets.....

Well OK, maybe I should have thrown in some caveats.

[theAmazingMet]

Well OK, maybe I should have thrown in some caveats.

like i mentioned in my other thread Gooden's 1985 season is the greatest i have personally seen. My favorite player season in history. Mike Piazza in 2000 is probably my second favorite.