The New York Mets Hall of Heroes: All-Decade Teams

The New York Mets Hall of Heroes
Qualifications

The first avenue to achieve enshrinement in the New York Mets Hall of Heroes
is to be a member of one of the single-season All-Decade Teams chosen by Rounding Third,
and added to by Linear Weights calculations.
The qualifying All-Decade Teams, of course, only extend through the 1990s,
since there is a bit of the current decade still to run.

Players are listed who qualified either via the original Rounding Third calculation,
or the subsequent Linear Weights re-evaluation.
Those whose names are in bold print qualified for the All-Decade Team
using the combination of both calculations,
the sum of the re-indexed R3 calculation combined with the LW figure,
which are listed as HoY/PoY.

The 1880s New York Metropolitans appear beneath the modern lists.
See the notes at the bottom of the page for information about the calculations.

All-Decade Team, 1960s
Player	R3	LW	HoY
Tommie Agee, 1969 Richie Ashburn, 1962 Ken Boyer, 1966 Ed Bressoud, 1966 Elio Chacon, 1962 Ed Charles, 1968 Joe Christopher, 1964 Donn Clendenon, 1969 Tommy Davis, 1967 Jesse Gonder, 1964 Jerry Grote, 1968 Bud Harrelson, 1967 Gil Hodges, 1962 Ron Hunt, 1964 Bob Johnson, 1967 Cleon Jones, 1969 Ed Kranepool, 1966 Hobie Landrith, 1962 Felix Mantilla, 1962 Charlie Neal, 1962 Art Shamsky, 1969 Frank Thomas, 1962 Marv Throneberry, 1962	404.38 384.01 358.91 301.09 295.44 303.70 417.03 173.24 392.64 259.80 318.40 311.65 114.09 385.27 205.93 453.96 356.84 42.99 363.89 358.09 295.18 411.28 286.25	20.67 24.89 2.44 -3.89 1.97 7.84 25.35 5.41 18.31 1.43 1.72 -15.51 4.89 13.35 12.51 41.40 3.50 2.52 7.29 2.05 19.14 25.09 2.93	61.11 63.29 38.33 26.22 31.51 38.21 67.05 22.73 57.57 27.41 33.56 15.66 16.30 51.88 33.10 86.80 39.18 6.82 43.68 37.86 48.66 66.22 31.56
All-Decade Staff, 1960s
Pitcher	R3	LW	PoY
Larry Bearnarth, 1963 Don Cardwell, 1968 Don Cardwell, 1969 Jack DiLauro, 1969 Jack Fisher, 1966 Joe Grzenda, 1967 Jack Hamilton, 1966 Cal Koonce, 1968 Jerry Koosman, 1969 Tug McGraw, 1969 Dennis Ribant, 1966 Tom Seaver, 1969 Dick Selma, 1968 Don Shaw, 1968 Ron Taylor, 1967 Ron Taylor, 1968 Carl Willey, 1963	2.15 1.51 1.70 2.37 1.67 3.29 1.91 1.77 1.23 1.85 1.47 1.10 1.51 2.71 2.40 1.94 1.59	-1.82 0.69 9.93 8.47 -1.23 2.24 -5.04 6.23 35.40 15.13 8.96 42.33 4.37 3.10 8.33 2.47 3.90	28.95 27.80 36.43 21.55 40.48 6.20 31.96 28.26 71.28 38.73 54.75 80.75 31.64 6.34 29.96 20.99 46.01

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All-Decade Team, 1970s
Player	R3	LW	HoY
Tommie Agee, 1970 Ken Boswell, 1971 Donn Clendenon, 1970 Wayne Garrett, 1970 Jerry Grote, 1975 Bud Harrelson, 1970 Rich Hebner, 1979 Steve Henderson, 1977 Cleon Jones, 1971 Dave Kingman, 1976 Teddy Martinez, 1971 Lee Mazzilli, 1979 Felix Millan, 1976 John Milner, 1976 Len Randle, 1977 Art Shamsky, 1970 Rusty Staub, 1975 John Stearns, 1978 Frank Taveras, 1979 Joel Youngblood, 1979	407.84 301.62 376.17 364.14 310.48 330.95 377.36 335.63 429.50 397.89 93.36 426.37 343.14 406.11 394.91 365.34 410.86 389.87 322.44 394.93	26.21 2.75 24.24 22.15 6.73 5.41 13.14 21.26 30.08 12.40 2.35 40.71 -1.54 16.33 18.63 17.86 30.67 18.20 -11.97 17.19	66.99 32.91 61.86 58.56 37.78 38.50 50.88 54.82 73.03 52.19 11.69 83.35 32.77 56.94 58.12 54.39 71.76 57.19 20.27 56.68
All-Decade Staff, 1970s
Pitcher	R3	LW	PoY
Neil Allen, 1979 Bob Apodaca, 1975 Rick Baldwin, 1975 Danny Frisella, 1971 Jerry Koosman, 1973 Jerry Koosman, 1976 Skip Lockwood, 1975 Skip Lockwood, 1976 Skip Lockwood, 1977 Jon Matlack, 1974 Jon Matlack, 1976 Jim McAndrew, 1972 Tug McGraw, 1971 Tug McGraw, 1972 Ken Sanders, 1975 Tom Seaver, 1971 George Stone, 1973 Craig Swan, 1978	2.46 2.03 2.28 1.86 1.50 1.28 2.73 1.59 1.84 1.41 1.38 1.33 1.57 1.31 2.73 1.04 1.60 1.31	2.03 20.05 3.15 14.86 23.95 22.19 11.44 8.69 6.18 35.72 15.89 11.59 21.67 20.63 6.30 54.08 14.19 26.24	26.28 47.03 25.12 38.96 58.52 55.59 24.47 35.99 38.24 75.46 47.46 49.07 51.55 58.52 19.31 94.45 46.75 71.60

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All-Decade Team, 1980s
Player	R3	LW	HoY
Wally Backman, 1984 Wally Backman, 1986 Hubie Brooks, 1984 Gary Carter, 1985 Len Dykstra, 1986 George Foster, 1985 Steve Henderson, 1980 Keith Hernandez, 1986 Gregg Jefferies, 1989 Howard Johnson, 1989 Dave Kingman, 1981 Dave Kingman, 1982 Ray Knight, 1986 Dave Magadan, 1989 Lee Mazzilli, 1980 Kevin McReynolds, 1988 Rafael Santana, 1987 John Stearns, 1982 Darryl Strawberry, 1987 Tim Teufel, 1987 Mookie Wilson, 1987	344.29 321.73 380.55 428.32 402.08 395.76 386.49 431.24 354.37 465.92 254.97 359.71 389.14 322.19 401.88 412.64 304.09 293.23 492.53 325.28 343.46	9.01 11.32 12.09 33.16 27.27 14.79 17.34 39.94 4.78 55.39 13.59 4.27 15.61 12.08 29.53 31.39 -7.74 10.20 61.97 27.51 19.49	43.44 43.49 50.14 75.99 67.48 54.37 55.99 83.06 40.22 101.98 39.09 40.24 54.52 44.30 69.72 72.65 22.67 39.52 111.22 60.04 53.84
All-Decade Staff, 1980s
Pitcher	R3	LW	PoY
Neil Allen, 1981 David Cone, 1988 Ron Darling, 1986 Carlos Diaz, 1983 Sid Fernandez, 1989 Dwight Gooden, 1985 Terry Leach, 1988 Roger McDowell, 1986 Randy Myers, 1988 Bob Ojeda, 1986 Jesse Orosco, 1983 Jeff Reardon, 1980 Doug Sisk, 1983	1.96 1.19 1.42 2.39 1.28 0.93 2.05 1.35 1.60 1.25 1.56 2.10 2.11	3.85 31.68 23.96 14.61 16.05 63.36 9.27 9.91 13.07 27.83 26.37 12.13 16.08	33.98 66.83 58.24 38.25 54.35 107.42 27.26 45.54 39.96 65.61 66.59 42.10 45.34

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All-Decade Team, 1990s
Player	R3	LW	HoY
Edgardo Alfonzo, 1999 Bobby Bonilla, 1993 Roger Cedeno, 1999 Bernard Gilkey, 1996 Rickey Henderson, 1999 Todd Hundley, 1997 Gregg Jefferies, 1990 Howard Johnson, 1991 Lance Johnson, 1996 Dave Magadan, 1990 Brian McRae, 1998 John Olerud, 1998 Rey Ordonez, 1999 Mike Piazza, 1998 Mike Piazza, 1999 Darryl Strawberry, 1990 Robin Ventura, 1999 Jose Vizcaino, 1995	447.64 438.82 406.09 479.64 448.75 473.32 386.87 437.83 422.42 438.70 412.53 501.23 321.28 453.47 472.57 441.34 458.55 311.10	48.27 32.48 32.02 54.76 39.84 40.03 18.06 36.93 42.03 36.03 27.28 68.01 -8.13 47.24 43.90 36.69 45.95 2.12	93.03 76.36 72.63 102.72 84.71 87.36 56.75 80.71 84.27 79.90 68.53 118.13 24.00 92.59 91.16 80.82 91.80 33.23
All-Decade Staff, 1990s
Pitcher	R3	LW	PoY
Armando Benitez, 1999 Mark Clark, 1996 Dennis Cook, 1998 Sid Fernandez, 1992 John Franco, 1990 John Franco, 1996 John Franco, 1997 Jeff Innis, 1991 Bobby Jones, 1994 Al Leiter, 1998 Greg McMichael, 1997 Dave Mlicki, 1996 Alejandro Pena, 1990 Rick Reed, 1997 Bret Saberhagen, 1994 Frank Viola, 1990 Turk Wendell, 1999	2.06 1.60 2.60 1.34 1.86 2.48 2.03 2.30 1.63 1.31 2.32 2.67 2.36 1.32 1.23 1.37 2.57	23.52 18.56 14.04 18.48 9.50 14.32 11.07 9.62 19.02 37.92 12.01 9.20 5.00 30.45 29.15 31.14 14.40	55.83 62.24 31.34 60.18 37.05 40.32 41.61 29.92 59.63 80.87 36.80 31.56 22.57 75.17 77.77 68.57 36.57

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All-Decade Team, 2000s
Player	R3	LW	HoY
Benny Agbayani, 2000 Edgardo Alfonzo, 2000 Moises Alou, 2007 Derek Bell, 2000 Carlos Beltran, 2006 Mike Cameron, 2004 Luis Castillo, 2009 Carlos Delgado, 2006 Cliff Floyd, 2005 Shawn Green, 2007 Paul Lo Duca, 2006 Jay Payton, 2000 Jason Phillips, 2003 Mike Piazza, 2000 Jose Reyes, 2008 Jose Reyes, 2006 Jose Valentin, 2006 Robin Ventura, 2001 David Wright, 2007 Todd Zeile, 2000	358.11 485.38 327.03 388.19 493.02 400.48 367.71 456.09 433.37 381.73 392.82 390.32 368.27 508.16 418.07 422.00 345.13 390.40 483.26 413.27	24.02 59.11 27.14 17.37 58.96 20.20 15.99 41.78 36.34 16.98 16.35 8.90 18.45 54.57 41.81 41.36 17.01 15.86 70.60 25.10	59.83 107.65 59.84 56.19 108.26 60.25 52.76 87.39 79.68 55.15 55.63 47.93 55.28 105.39 83.62 83.56 51.52 54.90 118.93 66.43
All-Decade Staff, 2000s
Pitcher	R3	LW	PoY
Kevin Appier, 2001 Armando Benitez, 2000 Pedro Feliciano, 2006 Mike Hampton, 2000 Aaron Heilman, 2005 Aaron Heilman, 2007 Al Leiter, 2000 Braden Looper, 2004 Pedro Martinez, 2005 Oliver Perez, 2007 Rick Reed, 2000 Francisco Rodriguez, 2009 Johan Santana, 2008 Billy Wagner, 2006 David Weathers, 2003	1.57 1.73 2.74 1.65 2.03 2.45 1.49 2.06 1.19 1.66 1.62 2.31 1.34 1.77 2.70	18.12 17.10 16.10 35.98 12.64 13.33 33.00 14.81 33.75 17.12 10.66 3.66 45.96 18.09 11.69	56.15 55.48 32.53 75.98 41.16 37.89 76.17 48.21 79.08 57.65 51.07 35.29 92.05 54.01 36.33

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All-Decade Team, 1880s
Player	R3	LW	HoY
Steve Brady, 1885 Steve Brady, 1886 Jim Donahue, 1887 Dude Esterbrook, 1884 Frank Hankinson, 1887 Ed Hogan, 1887 John Meister, 1887 Darby O'Brien, 1887 Dave Orr, 1886 Paul Radford, 1887 Chief Roseman, 1884 Dasher Troy, 1884	238.82 245.05 163.42 273.42 295.85 97.80 106.50 338.94 378.13 318.68 266.19 239.98	3.70 -13.18 1.70 11.88 4.75 4.07 -1.56 32.87 41.00 41.26 8.53 -3.85	27.58 11.33 18.04 39.22 34.33 13.85 9.09 66.76 78.81 73.13 35.15 20.15
All-Decade Staff, 1880s
Pitcher	R3	LW	PoY
Ed Cushman, 1885 Ed Cushman, 1886 Tim Keefe, 1883 Tim Keefe, 1884 Jack Lynch, 1884	1.37 1.53 1.07 0.98 1.01	9.76 11.48 60.97 52.88 31.56	64.87 63.27 122.02 115.68 93.89

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Notes on the calculations used:

1. The Rounding Third calculation for batters compares teammates within the same team for relative value to the club, and places an emphasis on being a starting player. The formula is essentially (OBP+SLG)*(team games*3.1) for batters who achieved at least (team games*3.1) plate appearances. For players who did not reach (team games*3.1) plate appearances, the formula is (OBP+SLG)*(plate appearances).

2. The Linear Weights calculation for batters compares players' performances against established values which would apply to any player on any team, and recognizes quality of performance without regard to "qualification" as a starter. Therefore, if all of a team's starters are uniformly bad, a good season by a part-time player could identify him as the "best" player on a team. The formula I used to calculate Linear Weights is slightly modified from the official version, which was more complicated than I could easily calculate. It is (.47)1B+(.78)2B+(1.09)3B+(1.4)HR+(.33)(BB+HBP)+(.3)SB-(.6)CS-(.25)(AB-H).

3. The Rounding Third calculation for pitchers is so convoluted that I'm not even going to bother printing it here, but suffice it to say that, like its companion measurement for hitters, it tends to favor starting pitchers over relievers, in particular due to the number of innings pitched. Unlike Linear Weights, however, there is no possibility of a negative score, so if a pitcher racks up a batch of innings with any degree of success at all, he's got a shot. What may be most surprising about the Rounding Third calculation for pitchers is the degree of agreement between that and Linear Weights, at least when it comes to naming the "best" for any given year.

4. The Linear Weights calculation for pitchers, which again compares performances against values which would apply to any pitcher throughout history, is quite simple: IP*(league ERA/9)-ER.