Having finished the 30 for 30 documentary on the 86 Mets( it was great) I wanted to compare them with my favorite sports team of all time the 84 Tigers.
Tale of the tape
Tigers- 104-58 only one loss in the post season
Mets- 108-54 five losses in the post season- to be fair LCS changed to 7 games instead of the the 5 game ALCS the Tigers played in 84
Manager- Sparky vs Davey Johnson Edge- Sparky not even close
c- Gary Carter vs Lance Parrish Edge- super close, but slight edge Mets
1b- Keith Hernandez vs Dave Bergman/Garbey Edge- Mets
2b- Wally Backman vs Lou Edge- Tigers
ss- Santana vs Trammell Edge- Tigers
3b- Ray Knight/Howjo vs Brookens/Hojo Edge- Mets
Rf- Strawberry vs Gibson Edge- a straight push, stats are almost identical Straw 259/27/93 28 stolen bases Gibby 282/27/91 29 stolen bases
Cf- Dykstra vs Chet Lemon Edge- Tigers
LF- Mookie/Kevin Mitchell vs Herndon/R Jones Edge- Mets
Bench including DH- Teufel, Heep, Mazzilli vs Darrell Evans, Johnny Grubb, Castillo Edge- Tigers having a bona fide DH helps
starting pitching- Gooden, Darling, Ojeda, Fernandez,Aguilera vs Morris, Petry, Wilcox, Berenguer, Rozema Edge- super close but Mets, the first three on both sides cancel each other out but Fernandez , Aguilera gives Mets the edge
Bullpen- Mcdowell, Orosco, Sisk vs Hernandez, Lopez, Bair Edge- Tigers in a big way
Stadium- Shea vs Tiger Edge- Michigan and Trumbell
Fanbase- cokeheads vs blue collar Edge- push, although both fans know how to rush the field like no other
Verdit- Tigers in 7..... bullpen being the difference, you get that team with a lead heading into the 8th it was game over! Maybe the fair question would be to ask Hojo which team was better since he was on both.
What say you?
Tale of the tape
Tigers- 104-58 only one loss in the post season
Mets- 108-54 five losses in the post season- to be fair LCS changed to 7 games instead of the the 5 game ALCS the Tigers played in 84
Manager- Sparky vs Davey Johnson Edge- Sparky not even close
c- Gary Carter vs Lance Parrish Edge- super close, but slight edge Mets
1b- Keith Hernandez vs Dave Bergman/Garbey Edge- Mets
2b- Wally Backman vs Lou Edge- Tigers
ss- Santana vs Trammell Edge- Tigers
3b- Ray Knight/Howjo vs Brookens/Hojo Edge- Mets
Rf- Strawberry vs Gibson Edge- a straight push, stats are almost identical Straw 259/27/93 28 stolen bases Gibby 282/27/91 29 stolen bases
Cf- Dykstra vs Chet Lemon Edge- Tigers
LF- Mookie/Kevin Mitchell vs Herndon/R Jones Edge- Mets
Bench including DH- Teufel, Heep, Mazzilli vs Darrell Evans, Johnny Grubb, Castillo Edge- Tigers having a bona fide DH helps
starting pitching- Gooden, Darling, Ojeda, Fernandez,Aguilera vs Morris, Petry, Wilcox, Berenguer, Rozema Edge- super close but Mets, the first three on both sides cancel each other out but Fernandez , Aguilera gives Mets the edge
Bullpen- Mcdowell, Orosco, Sisk vs Hernandez, Lopez, Bair Edge- Tigers in a big way
Stadium- Shea vs Tiger Edge- Michigan and Trumbell
Fanbase- cokeheads vs blue collar Edge- push, although both fans know how to rush the field like no other
Verdit- Tigers in 7..... bullpen being the difference, you get that team with a lead heading into the 8th it was game over! Maybe the fair question would be to ask Hojo which team was better since he was on both.
What say you?
