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1. Jon Springer says:

   November 30, 2013 at 6:52 pm

   Close one on 5/8/05…

   7–Reyes, SS
   5–Wright, 3B
   3–Cairo, 2B
   4–Woodward, 1B
   11–Castro, C

   Comment by Chris :: August 19, 2007 @ 12:46 pm
   Not quite as aesthetically pleasing as 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9, but six times in August of 1974:

   15 – Grote, C
   7 – Kranepool, 1B
   17 – Millan, 2B
   3 – Harrelson, SS
   11 – Garrett, 3B

   With Torre (9) inserted for Garrett at third and/or Phillips (5) in for Harrelson, it happened a few times in 1975 as well.

   Comment by G-Fafif :: August 20, 2007 @ 1:49 am
   And because I’m in major procrastination mode, from September 18, 2005:

   31 – Piazza, C
   27 – Jacobs, 1B
   1 – Hernandez, 2B
   7 – Reyes, SS
   5 – Wright, 3B

   I remember this well because it was the first (not counting the catcher) all-1980s-born infield in Mets history.

   Comment by G-Fafif :: August 20, 2007 @ 1:54 am
   I was definitely going for aesthetic pleasure with the 1,3,5,7,9 thingy. I didn’t mean to indicate there hadn’t been an all-odd infield before.

   However… can we find a game with an all-odd (or all-even) lineup? Milner and Staub are pesky even-stevens in the first set; Diaz and Floyd ruin your second example.

   Comment by admin :: August 20, 2007 @ 6:06 am
   Curse you Karim Garcia! From May 30, 2004:

   57 – Valent, LF
   25 – Matsui, SS
   31 – Piazza, 1B
   43 – Spencer, CF
   20 – Garcia, RF
   23 – Phillips, C
   27 – Zeile, 3B
   9 – Wigginton, 2B
   29 – Trachsel, P

   No doubt you’ve already run the numbers on this metric, but how does this lineup rank for quantity? They add up to 264, with only Wiggy below 20.

   Comment by G-Fafif :: August 20, 2007 @ 11:15 am
   […] to Greg for the headline (his remark in the “Odd Occurrance” post below, plus my additon, four exclaimation points for emphasis). Among the many things […]

   Pingback by Mets by the Numbers » Curse You, Karim Garcia!!!! :: August 23, 2007 @ 10:53 am
   There must have been a Kranepool – Weis – Harrelson – Charles – Martin infield at least once in 1969.

   Comment by Gene F. :: September 19, 2007 @ 7:14 pm

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