A(guayo) to Z(uvella) Whos on third now?See this

[wexy]

From 1991 Ny Times piece I found:
Since Graig Nettles was traded to the Padres in 84,there 29 different
players at the hot corner: Year/ Games
84-9 Mike Pagliarulo 684, 84 Toby Harrah/74 Roy Smalley/35
84 Tim Foli/10 84) Mike O'Berry/1 85-6 Dale Berra/60
85) Andre Robertson/33 86-90) Wayne Tolleson/ 49
86)Leo Hernandez/7 86)Gary Roenicke/7 86) Don Mattingly/2
86) Dave Winfield/2 87-91) Randy Velarde/119
87)Jerry Royster/13 87) Lenn Sakata/12 87)Jeff Moronko/3
87)Juan Bonilla/1 87) Paul Zuvella/1 88)Luis Aguayo/33
88) Bobby Meacham/5 88) Gary Ward/2 89-91) Mike Blowers/68
89) Tom Brookens/51 89) Hensley Meulens/8 89) Steve Kiefer/5
90-1) Jim Leyritz/79 90) Jim Walewander/2
91)Torey Lovullo/3 91) Steve Sax/3

[penguin4]

LOL, but I think the Mets hold the all-time list for notoriety at the hot corner, which is historically their Bermuda triangle. As of 1997 (when SI did an ode to the Mets' thirdbasemen... anyone who can dig it up and post it here I'll love you for life!), there were 119 men whom had occupied that position in their 35-year history. That's pretty damn awful.

[Gehrig]

Originally posted by penguin4
anyone who can dig it up and post it here I'll love you for life!), there were 119 men whom had occupied that position in their 35-year history. That's pretty damn awful.

Just a simple thanks will do...

(Number to right of name denotes number of games played at third)

** Don Zimmer is the very FIRST Mets third baseman and the very FIRST man to wear a Mets uniform ** He played for the first 3 weeks and was then traded...

1. Howard Johnson 835
2. Wayne Garrett 709
3. Hubie Brooks 516
4. Robin Ventura 436
5. Edgardo Alfonzo 381
6. Ed Charles 247
7. Dave Magadan 238
8. Lenny Randle 234
9. Ray Knight 232
10. Charley Smith 216
11. Bobby Bonilla 205
12. Ken Boyer 174
13. Elliott Maddox 169
14. Roy Staiger 142
15. Richie Hebner 134
16. Gregg Jefferies 125
17. Jim Fregosi 102
18. Jeff Kent 102
19. Joe Foy 97
20. Bob Aspromonte 97
21. Felix Mantilla 95
22. Matt Franco 94
23. Joe Torre 88
24. Tim Bogar 79
25. Charlie Neal 78
26. Jim Hickman 74
27. Rod Kanehl 62
28. Kevin Collins 61
29. Butch Huskey 61
30. Chico Walker 59
31. Jerry Buchek 54
32. Bobby Klaus 53
33. Joel Youngblood 52
34. Bobby Pfeil 49
35. Bill Pecota 48
36. Joe McEwing 44
37. Alex Treviño 43
38. Ken Boswell 41
39. Tom O'Malley 41
40. Chris Donnels 40
41. Tim Foli 38
42. Alvaro Espinoza 38
43. Bob Bailor 33
44. Ed Bressoud 32
45. Ted Martinez 31
46. John Stearns 29
47. Lenny Harris 27
48. Cliff Cook 25
49. Luis Lopez 24
50. Ron Hunt 20
51. Desi Relaford 20
52. Mike Phillips 19
53. Jerry Grote 18
54. Ted Schrieber 17
55. Amado Samuel 17
56. Pumpsie Green 16
57. Chuck Hiller 16
58. Phil Mankowski 16
59. Tim Teufel 16
60. Tucker Ashford 15
61. Don Zimmer 14
62. Johnny Stephenson 14
63. Sergio Ferrer 14
64. Frank Thomas 13
65. Bobby Valentine 13
66. Jeff McKnight 13
67. Joe Moock 12
68. Dave Kingman 12
69. Mike Cubbage 12
70. Kevin Mitchell 12
71. Fernando Vina 12
72. Wayne Graham 11
73. Leo Foster 11
74. Ron Gardenhire 11
75. Bill Spiers 11
76. Keith Miller 10
77. Aaron Ledesma 10
78. Wally Backman 9
79. Bill Almon 9
80. Clint Hurdle 9
81. Danny Napolean 7
82. Melvin Mora 7
83. Rick Herrscher 6
84. Sammy Drake 6
85. Carlos Baerga 6
86. Chico Fernandez 5
87. Tommie Reynolds 5
88. Al Weis 5
89. Kelvin Chapman 5
90. Amos Otis 4
91. Jack Heidemann 4
92. Jose Moreno 4
93. Doug Saunders 4
94. Shawn Gilbert 4
95. Mike Kinkade 4
96. Craig Paquette 4
97. Jorge Velandia 4
98. Sandy Alomar 3
99. Mario Ramirez 3
100. Junior Noboa 3
101. Jim Tatum 3
102. David Lamb 3
103. Al Moran 2
104. Bob Heise 2
105. Doug Flynn 2
106. Gary Carter 2
107. Mackey Sasser 2
108. Craig Shipley 2
109. Garry Templeton 2
110. Kurt Abbott 2
111. Elio Chacon 1
112. Larry Burright 1
113. Gary Kolb 1
114. Bob Johnson 1
115. Phil Linz 1
116. Rich Puig 1
117. Ross Jones 1
118. Steve Springer 1
119. Jason Hardtke 1
120. Kevin Morgan 1
121. Manny Alexander 1
122. Shawon Dunston

[wexy]

#33 Joel Youngblood just signed on as manager for
Rick Cerrone's Newark Bears in the Atlantic League.
He had hits for two teams on the same day.

[Jersey Yankee]

Gehrig, how do you know how many days a person played for Mets at 3B?

[nicky_d]

Charlie Smith was another Yankee third-baseman who formerly played 3B for the Mets, right?

[wexy]

Correct, the Yankees traded Roger Maris for Smith

[2JAY]

Gee, who could forget that sweet glove that Steve Sax wielded at 3rd. I've seen farmers look better trying to pick up a snake with a stick look better than Sax did at 3rd.