Anyone who paid attention to the Mets this year doesn’t necessarily need statistics to know what they saw: Francisco Lindor had one of the best seasons in franchise history. After a sluggish start, Lindor went on an absolute tear over the final four months of the regular season, and he delivered a grand slam that gave the Mets an NLDS-clinching game over the Phillies at Citi Field.
For the purposes of this exercise, postseason heroics matter not. But let’s take a look at where Lindor’s regular season ranks among the other great ones from Mets position players over the years.