As we enjoy 90’s week, who do you suppose was the best Mets player of the 1990s?
Maybe it was Todd Hundley? Maybe Edgardo Alfonzo? Piazza wasn’t there for long in the 90’s….
Could it possibly be Bobby Bonilla? That would be like finding out Superman was evil.
So (way back when, when this post first ran during the first 90s Week), I asked the good folks over at the excellent Mets Walkoffs blog to help out – they always amaze me with the ability to pull up random stats…so a big thank you to Walkoffs for the numbers below.
People like the long-ball. Let’s start there.
problem is hundley only hit .240 in the 1990s. bonilla hit .270. piazza hit .322, 2nd to lance johnson .326. olerud hit .315
Uh oh…
piazza and olerud are 1-2 in OPS and its not close.
alfonzo led in runs created- 383
Whew. So there’s no real case for a hitter. Let’s take a look at the pitchers…again thanks to Walkoffs.
bobby jones 63-50, 4.00 era
gooden 57-46, 3.77
Well I wish we could pick Gooden, but he never turned out to be who we wanted…and 57 wins for a 10 year span seems a little week.
So kids, I ask you, who was the best Mets player of the 1990s?
