Team fielding report -- 1979 New York Mets
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1979
| Primary |
| Pos | Name | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | PCT | PB | SB | CS | SB% |
| p | Pete Falcone | 10 | 10 | 60.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | | 4 | 4 | .500 |
| | Mike Scott | 9 | 7 | 38.2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | | 4 | 1 | .800 |
| | Craig Swan | 11 | 11 | 79.2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1.000 | | 11 | 6 | .647 |
| | Neil Allen | 13 | 5 | 41.2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .889 | | 7 | 2 | .778 |
| | Kevin Kobel | 6 | 5 | 39.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .833 | | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Wayne Twitchell | 15 | 1 | 31.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| | Jesse Orosco | 12 | 0 | 11.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Dale Murray | 20 | 0 | 25.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Pat Zachry | 5 | 5 | 22.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.000 | | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| | Dwight Bernard | 9 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Skip Lockwood | 20 | 0 | 27.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Total | 130 | 44 | 387.1 | 27 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 67 | .970 | | 41 | 15 | .732 |
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| c | John Stearns | 39 | 38 | 328.0 | 201 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 221 | .995 | 1 | 34 | 14 | .708 |
| | Alex Trevino | 7 | 3 | 33.2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Ron Hodges | 5 | 3 | 25.2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .833 |
| | Total | 51 | 44 | 387.1 | 228 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 249 | .996 | 2 | 41 | 15 | .732 |
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| 1b | Willie Montanez | 42 | 40 | 337.1 | 279 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 301 | .990 | | | | |
| | Ed Kranepool | 9 | 2 | 27.2 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | John Stearns | 3 | 2 | 18.0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .944 | | | | |
| | Richie Hebner | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Lee Mazzilli | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 57 | 44 | 387.1 | 330 | 25 | 4 | 33 | 359 | .989 | | | | |
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| 2b | Doug Flynn | 36 | 35 | 303.0 | 58 | 103 | 1 | 24 | 162 | .994 | | | | |
| | Kelvin Chapman | 10 | 9 | 80.0 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 42 | .976 | | | | |
| | Sergio Ferrer | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Joel Youngblood | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 50 | 44 | 387.1 | 78 | 127 | 2 | 28 | 207 | .990 | | | | |
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| 3b | Richie Hebner | 39 | 39 | 340.1 | 43 | 56 | 6 | 6 | 105 | .943 | | | | |
| | Joel Youngblood | 3 | 2 | 22.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Alex Trevino | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .833 | | | | |
| | Total | 45 | 44 | 387.1 | 49 | 63 | 7 | 7 | 119 | .941 | | | | |
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| ss | Frank Taveras | 35 | 34 | 297.2 | 67 | 93 | 5 | 21 | 165 | .970 | | | | |
| | Doug Flynn | 9 | 9 | 76.1 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 35 | .886 | | | | |
| | Tim Foli | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .750 | | | | |
| | Sergio Ferrer | 2 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 48 | 44 | 387.1 | 84 | 112 | 10 | 23 | 206 | .951 | | | | |
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| lf | Steve Henderson | 41 | 41 | 361.1 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100 | .990 | | | | |
| | Joel Youngblood | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Bruce Boisclair | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 45 | 44 | 387.1 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 110 | .991 | | | | |
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| cf | Lee Mazzilli | 44 | 43 | 375.2 | 139 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 143 | .986 | | | | |
| | Elliott Maddox | 3 | 1 | 10.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Gil Flores | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 48 | 44 | 387.1 | 142 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 146 | .986 | | | | |
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| rf | Joel Youngblood | 34 | 32 | 283.0 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92 | .989 | | | | |
| | Elliott Maddox | 7 | 6 | 49.1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .941 | | | | |
| | Ed Kranepool | 4 | 4 | 30.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Bruce Boisclair | 3 | 2 | 19.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Gil Flores | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 50 | 44 | 387.1 | 118 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 122 | .984 | | | | |
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| | Total | 44 | 44 | 387.1 | 1162 | 392 | 31 | 36 | 1585 | .980 | 2 | | | |