Welcome back to Monday Stat Party, a weekly series showcasing some of the most curious and nostalgia-inducing statistical developments from the past week of Mets baseball. What unites each entry is the sense of intrigue which they aim to spark, and the unbridled love of the game’s anomalies from which they arise. Without further ado, let the stat party begin
.MONDAY
The Mets committed their 19th error in 12 games, the most errors they’ve committed in a 12-game span since committing 20 from August
20-September 2, 2014.
TUESDAY
Within the first three innings, the Mets recorded five outs on balls with an exit velocity of 101 mph or higher. That’s the most outs the Mets have recorded on balls hit that hard in the first three innings of a game in the Statcast era (since 2015). The only team to record more outs on balls hit that hard in the first three innings of a game since 2015 was the Dodgers (6) against the Padres on April 4, 2017. (credit: SNY broadcast)
Nolan McLean racked up seven strikeouts for the 14th time in his first 25 big league games. The only other pitchers to debut since 2015 and post that many seven-strikeout performances in their first 25 outings are Paul Skenes (17), Jacob Misiorowski (15), and Chase Burns (15).
WEDNESDAY
Francisco Lindor has hit a solo homer in three of his past four games at Rogers Centre in Toronto, dating back to a ninth-inning, no-hitter-ending homer on September 11, 2024 against Bowden Francis (see Saturday’s entries for more on that game). All three homers came on fastballs between 91.9 mph and 93.0 mph.
With his 10th homer of the season, Benge is already just the fourth Mets rookie to record 10 homers, 10 doubles, and 10 steals, joining: Darryl Strawberry (1983), Gregg Jefferies (1989), and Ty Wigginton (2003).
Benge racked up multiple extra-base hits in the same game for the fifth time this season. The only other rookie with that many multi-XBH games this season is Sal Stewart, who has eight.
FRIDAY
Juan Soto hit the 71st opposite-field home run (as categorized by Statcast) of his career. Since 2018, Soto’s rookie season, the only player with more opposite-field homers is Aaron Judge, who fittingly has 99. Soto and Judge are the only players in MLB with more than 60 opposite-field homers during that span. (credit: SNY Broadcast)
In just a year and a half, Soto already has 13 opposite-field homers with the Mets, which rank second for the club from the left side since 2015 behind only Michael Conforto (31).
The Mets allowed three home runs with a projected distance of 410 feet or more, their most in a game since July 14, 2024, when Jose Quintana allowed a trio of 410+ foot homers to the Rockies at Citi Field (see Saturday’s entries for more on that game, as well). The Mets have now accomplished the unfortunate feat three times at Truist Park in Atlanta (tied with Coors Field for their most in any opposing ballpark), with Matt Olson hitting a combined four homers of 410+ feet in those games.
SATURDAY
Mark Vientos hit his 65th career home run before turning 27 years old, moving him into a tie with José Reyes for 11th place among Mets for homers before their 27th birthday.
Sean Manaea threw 108 pitches, his second-most in a game as a Met behind only a 109-pitch outing in Toronto on September 11, 2024.
The Mets allowed five home runs in a game for the first time since July 14, 2024, against the Rockies at Citi Field.
The Mets allowed four or more home runs in back-to-back games for just the sixth time in franchise history, and the first since May 24-25, 2022, in San Francisco.
The Mets allowed nine home runs in a two-game span for the sixth time in franchise history, and the first since September 17-18, 2020, when they allowed 10 in a two-game span (allowing four homers in Philadelphia, and six at Citi Field the following day to the Braves).
The Mets allowed 14 or more runs for the third time this season, tied for second-most in the majors. The Nationals are the only team in MLB to have allowed 14+ runs more times (4) this season. The only other seasons in Mets history where they have allowed 14+ runs on at least three occasions through their first 90 games were 1962 (5), 2012 (3), and 2020 (4).
On the nation’s 250th birthday, the Braves celebrated by winning their 250th home game vs. the Mets since moving to Atlanta in 1966. (credit: FOX Broadcast)
SUNDAY
Luke Weaver recorded his 23rd consecutive scoreless outing, tied with Aaron Loup for the fifth-longest streak by a pitcher in franchise history behind Mark Guthrie (33), A.J. Minter (25), Francisco Rodríguez (24), and John Franco (24).
Bo Bichette recorded his sixth three-hit game since May 18, tied for fourth-most in the majors during that span behind Yordan Alvarez, Otto Lopez, and James Wood, who each have seven.
The Mets have now allowed nine grand slams this season. No other team in MLB has allowed more than five. Since 2024, the Mets have now allowed 11 grand slams in the eighth inning or later. No other team has allowed more than seven during that span.
Mark Vientos initiated his 23rd ABS challenge of the season, and his second unsuccessful one in as many days. Vientos is one of only four batters in MLB to have initiated that many challenges (along with Sal Stewart, Gary Sanchez, and Bryce Harper), and his 19.7% challenge rate (out of called strikes with a challenge available to use) ranks first among players with a minimum of 50 plate appearances.
The Mets scored and allowed nine runs in a game for the first time since August 29, 2025, a 19-9 win against the Marlins at Citi Field.
The Mets scored and allowed five runs in two halves of a single inning for just the eighth time in franchise history, and the first since September 3, 2019, during the ninth inning of a heartbreaking walk-off loss in Washington.
Miscellaneous Mets stat of the week:
Juan Soto became the third player to earn an All-Star selection with both the Mets and the Yankees, joining David Cone and Carlos Beltrán.
