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MrMet
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I’ve been organizing and collating my Mets collection and also figuring what guys I don’t have.
As of the end of the 2019 season there were 1,091 players who had at least one at bat, or threw one pitch in a Mets uniform in a major league game. In 1991, Wiz came out with a set of cards of everyone who ever played for the Mets, so all these numbers will be guys that debuted for the Mets post 1991. The wiz set was 450 cards, so 1091 - 450 = 641 guys post 1991.
Of those 641, 71 have never had a Mets baseball card (including minor league affiliates). 2 of those 71 are still with the team (Walker Lockett and Brad Brach) and could still get a card, 1 is deceased (Jeremi Gonzalez). That’s around 11%.
Breaking the guys who don’t have one Mets affiliated card down even further, I decided to look at the statistics of games, and for batters, plate appearances, and for pitchers, batters faced. Of those 71, pitcher Sean Green in 2009/2010 got into 90 games and faced 364 batters, and position player Anthony Recker in 2013-2015 got into 140 games with 432 plate appearances. Conversely, in 2001 Gary Bennett got into one game with one plate appearance and in 2018 pitcher Scott Copeland got into one game with 5 batters faced. I can understand the second set of guys not having cards, not so much the first set.
Of those 641, 45 have only had one Mets MLB card, and three of those are those oversized postcard type cards.
Of those 641, 85 only have Mets minor league affiliate cards, with 4 of them still with the team with potential for future cards. (1 is deceased - Cory Lidle). Of those 85, 60 have only had one minor league team issued card, including one of the 4 mentioned above (Stephen Nogosek).
Now, keep in mind, a lot of guys have cards for other teams, this is just about the Mets, so I disregarded other teams cards, including nonMets affiliated minor league team cards.
I’m not sure what anyone besides me would do with this information, but I thought it was interesting, and fun to share. Also, don’t forget I compiled all this info myself. I was pretty thorough, but take into account the human element and some of my numbers might be slightly off, but I did the best I could. Most of my information was mined from trading card database, which was invaluable in this research.
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As of the end of the 2019 season there were 1,091 players who had at least one at bat, or threw one pitch in a Mets uniform in a major league game. In 1991, Wiz came out with a set of cards of everyone who ever played for the Mets, so all these numbers will be guys that debuted for the Mets post 1991. The wiz set was 450 cards, so 1091 - 450 = 641 guys post 1991.
Of those 641, 71 have never had a Mets baseball card (including minor league affiliates). 2 of those 71 are still with the team (Walker Lockett and Brad Brach) and could still get a card, 1 is deceased (Jeremi Gonzalez). That’s around 11%.
Breaking the guys who don’t have one Mets affiliated card down even further, I decided to look at the statistics of games, and for batters, plate appearances, and for pitchers, batters faced. Of those 71, pitcher Sean Green in 2009/2010 got into 90 games and faced 364 batters, and position player Anthony Recker in 2013-2015 got into 140 games with 432 plate appearances. Conversely, in 2001 Gary Bennett got into one game with one plate appearance and in 2018 pitcher Scott Copeland got into one game with 5 batters faced. I can understand the second set of guys not having cards, not so much the first set.
Of those 641, 45 have only had one Mets MLB card, and three of those are those oversized postcard type cards.
Of those 641, 85 only have Mets minor league affiliate cards, with 4 of them still with the team with potential for future cards. (1 is deceased - Cory Lidle). Of those 85, 60 have only had one minor league team issued card, including one of the 4 mentioned above (Stephen Nogosek).
Now, keep in mind, a lot of guys have cards for other teams, this is just about the Mets, so I disregarded other teams cards, including nonMets affiliated minor league team cards.
I’m not sure what anyone besides me would do with this information, but I thought it was interesting, and fun to share. Also, don’t forget I compiled all this info myself. I was pretty thorough, but take into account the human element and some of my numbers might be slightly off, but I did the best I could. Most of my information was mined from trading card database, which was invaluable in this research.
Sent from my iPhone using Freedom Card Board mobile app
