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His 78 stolen bases are the most in the majors since Marquis Grissom swiped 78 bases with Montreal in 1992...In addition, he is the first major league infielder to have 78 or more stolen bases in a season since Maury Willis had 94 stolen bases in 1965...Established a new franchise single-season record when he swiped third base in the fifth inning on August 22nd vs. San Diego...That stolen base gave him 67 for the year, passing Roger Cedeno's mark of 66 set in 1999...In addition, Reyes tied his career-high with three stolen bases...It was his sixth career three-stolen base game...Also had three stolen bases on June 15th at Yankee Stadium...Has 40 multi-steal games in his career...Became the first infielder to register three straight seasons of 60 or more stolen bases since the current modern stolen base rule was put into effect in 1898...Reached 60 stolen bases with two stolen bases on August 16th at Pittsburgh...Also became the first major league player since Kenny Lofton (1992-1994) to compile three consecutive seasons with 60 or more stolen bases...Became the first player to have three consecutive seasons of 50 or more stolen bases for a New York area team (Mets, Yankees, Dodgers, Giants) since the modern stolen base rule was put in effect in 1898...Was fourth in the National League with 119 runs scored, second with 12 triples, sixth with 191 hits and sixth with 57 multi-hit games...Also was the eighth hardest to strikeout (9.8 at-bats) in the NL, eighth with 13 intentional walks and was the fourth hardest to double-up (113.5 at-bats)...Hit .318 (61-192) vs. lefthanded pitchers...Swiped his 203rd career stolen base on July 17th at San Diego to give him sole possession of second place on the Mets All-Time List...Mookie Wilson holds the record with 281...Registered his fourth, multi-home game of his career, September 25th vs. Washington (Jason Bergmann, Jesus Colome)...It was his first, multi-home run game at Shea...Also in the game he tied his season-high with four RBI...Also had four RBI April 6th at Atlanta...Hit his 10th career leadoff home run, his second of the season, in that contest, extending his franchise record...Tied a club record and set a career-high with three doubles on September 11th vs. Atlanta...It was the 21st time a Met had three doubles in a game...Had his career-long 43-game errorless streak come to an end on September 16th vs. Philadelphia...Tied the club record with a stolen base in his sixth straight game on August 26th vs. Los Angeles...It is the second time he has accomplished the feat and the third time its been done in team history...The streak was from August 21st-August 26th...Had eight stolen bases during that span...Reyes also swiped a base in six consecutive games from July 17-July 23, 2005...Vince Coleman set the mark with a swipe in six straight contests from May 3-May 8, 1991...Became the first player in franchise history to have three consecutive multi-steal games (August 15th-August 17th)...Reyes and David Wright became only the second shortstop/third baseman teammates in the last 93 years to each have at least 30 stolen bases in the same season at their respective positions...The only other pair was Barry Larkin and Chris Sabo with the Reds in 1988...Registered his ninth career leadoff home run, and first of the year, on July 12th vs. Cincinnati (Bronson Arroyo)...The nine leadoff home runs set a new Mets record for most career leadoff home runs...Tommie Agee and Lenny Dykstra were tied for first with eight...Was elected the starting shortstop for the NL All-Star team, July 11th at San Francisco...Was 3-4 with a double, a run scored and a stolen base in the National League's, 5-4, loss...Is one of 14 players, and four active players (David Ortiz, Jimmy Rollins, Frank Thomas), to get a hit in each of his first three All-Star at-bats...The only others to get hits in their first three All-Star at-bats, all in one game, were Ken Boyer in 1956 and Vince DiMaggio in 1943...Recorded his 200th career stolen base on July 7th at Houston in the 10th inning...Later scored the winning run in the top of the 17th inning...Reached base safely six times in the June 29th doubleheader at Philadelphia (three singles, two walks and a home run)...Had his 12-game hitting streak snapped on June 23rd...Hit .375 (18-48) during the streak...Reyes and Wright started their 395th game together on July 16th at San Diego to set the club record by a left-side tandem previously held by Howard Johnson and Kevin Elster (394 games)...Became the second player in club history to have three stolen bases and a home run in one game on June 15th vs. the Yankees... Darryl Strawberry accomplished that feat on July 19, 1984 vs. Cincinnati...Passed Darryl Strawberry to move into sole possession of third place on the Mets all-time stolen base list with his 192nd career stolen base in the first inning on June 16th at Yankee Stadium...Set a career-best with five stolen bases in two straight games, June 15th-June 16th, at the Yankees...Swiped four bases in consecutive games three times in his career, the last coming on September 24-September 25, 2006...Established a career-best with five stolen bases in two games (June 15th-June 16th against the Yankees)...Tied his career-high with three stolen bases on June 15th...It was his fifth, three-stolen base performance...He also moved into third place on the Mets' All-Time Stolen Base List with 193 steals...Collected his 600th career hit with his two-run single on June 9th at Detroit...Garnered his 50th and 51st hits on May 9th at San Francisco in the Mets' 33rd game...That's the fastest any player in Mets history reached 50 hits...The previous quickest: 35 games, Cleon Jones in 1969...Recorded his 30th stolen base of the year, June 1st vs. Arizona, becoming the fastest Met to reach 30 stolen bases in a season (53 games)...Roger Cedeño had 30 stolen bases in New York's first 55 games in 1999...Stole his 10th base of the season on April 22nd vs. Atlanta...That tied the Mets record for fewest team games needed to reach 10 steals in a season (17 games), set by Vince Coleman in 1991...Had a hit in 14 straight games from April 25th-May 9th...Hit .381 (24-63) with 10 runs scored, eight doubles, a triple, six RBI and eight stolen bases during the streak...Moved into sole possession of second place on the club's All-Time Triples List with his 46th career triple, May 8th at San Francisco...Was voted the National League's Player of the Month for April...Hit .356 (37-104) with 26 runs scored, nine doubles, five triples, two home runs, 18 RBI and 17 stolen bases...Had 10 multi-hit games during the month and a .442 on-base percentage...It was his first Player of the Month award...Registered his 45th career triple on April 22nd vs. Atlanta, moving into a tie for second place on the Mets All-Time Triples List with Buddy Harrelson...Also collected his 200th career RBI on April 22nd vs. Atlanta...Registered his third career game with two triples, one from each side of the plate, on April 6th at Atlanta...Last had two triples in a game on May 26, 2005 at Florida...Also hit a lefthanded triple and a righthanded triple on May 18, 2005 vs. Cincinnati...Over the last 40 years, only three other players have hit a triple from each side of the plate in the same game on two separate occasions...The Yankees' Roy White (1969 and 1970) and Bernie Williams (1998 and 1999), and Dmitri Young for the Reds in 2000 and the Tigers in 2003.

Was seventh in the National League with a .325 batting average, fifth with 113 runs scored, fourth with 196 hits, ninth with 107 RBI, fourth with a .416 on-base percentage, seventh with 330 total bases, seventh with 34 stolen bases and tied for seventh with 94 walks...Also finished seventh in the NL with a .316 batting average on the road, seventh with a .361 average against lefties, 10th with a .335 average at home and sixth with a .351 average during the day...His 330 total bases set the franchise record, surpassing Lance Johnson's mark of 327 total bases in 1996...Tied his career-best with 42 doubles and finished two behind the club mark...Bernard Gilkey had 44 doubles in 1996...Became the first player in franchise history to record three consecutive seasons with 100 or more RBI...Was also the second player in team history to have three 100-RBI seasons...Darryl Strawberry had 100 or more RBI in 1987, 1988 and 1990...Was fifth in the majors with 33 go-ahead RBI and was also fifth with 16 game-winning RBI...With his 30th home run of the year in the seventh inning on September 16th vs. Philadelphia (Geoff Geary), he became the third player in team history to hit 30 home runs and collect 30 stolen bases in a season...Had 34 stolen bases this year...Howard Johnson accomplished the feat in 1987, 1989 and 1991, while Darryl Strawberry reached that milestone in 1987... Became the 29th player in major league history to record a 30-30 season...It was the 49th time it's been accomplished overall...Also became the fifth player under the age of 25 and the fourth youngest to record a 30-30 season...Wright was 24 years, 270 days old at the time of that home run...The others on this list are: Alex Rodriguez (1998 Mariners, age 23 years, 3 days), Bobby Bonds (1969 Giants, age 23-182) and Jose Canseco (1988 A's, age 24-35)...The other player is Sammy Sosa (1993 Cubs, age 24-307)...Moved into sole possession of 10th place on the Mets All-Time Home Run List with his 96th home run on September 14th vs. Philadelphia (off Jamie Moyer)...Ended the season with 97 career home runs...George Foster is ninth on the All-Time List with 99 home runs...Established a career-high with his 28th home run on September 10th vs. Atlanta (Tim Hudson)...Equaled his career-high with his 27th home run on September 8th vs. Houston (Woody Williams)...Had 27 home runs in 2005...Ended the year with a 17-game hitting streak...Hit .397 (29-73) during that span...Has four separate hitting streaks of 15 or more games, the most in club history...Hit home runs in consecutive games, September 2nd at Atlanta and September 3rd at Cincinnati, both two-run shots that put New York ahead in each contest...Jose Reyes and Wright are only the second shortstop/third baseman teammates in the last 93 years to each have at least 30 stolen bases in the same season at their respective positions...The only other pair was Barry Larkin and Chris Sabo with the Reds in 1988...Information courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau...Is only the fourth third baseman to have consecutive 20 home run-20 stolen bases seasons...The others are Mike Schmidt, Aaron Boone and Alex Rodriguez...Tied the franchise record for walks in a nine-inning game with four on August 22nd vs. San Diego...The record, done many times, was last accomplished by Carlos Delgado on August 3rd this year at Chicago...Registered his ninth career two-home run game on August 11th vs. Florida when he went deep twice off Scott Olsen...Also had a two-home run game on May 19th vs. the Yankees (Mike Myers-2)...Tied his career-high with four hits, August 2nd at Milwaukee...It was his sixth career four-hit contest...Tied his career-high with an RBI in six straight games, July 18th-July 24th...It was his fourth career six-game RBI streak...Reyes and Wright started their 395th game together on July 16th at San Diego to set the club record by a left-side tandem previously held by Howard Johnson and Kevin Elster (394 games)...Was elected the starting third baseman for the National League in this year's All-Star Game on July 10th at San Francisco...Was 1-3 in the NL's, 5-4, loss...Had his streak of 16 straight stolen bases snapped on June 25th against the Cardinals as he was caught stealing in the seventh inning...It was the first time he was caught stealing this season...Dating back to September 16, 2006, he had 19 consecutive stolen bases without being caught...The Mets record for consecutive stolen bases in one season is 26 by Howard Johnson from June 10- September 1, 1989...The major league record and the club record for stolen bases to begin a season without being caught is 21 by Kevin McReynolds who went 21-21 in stolen base attempts during the entire 1988 campaign...Hit safely in a season-high 17 games from May 27th-June 16th...Hit .343 (23-71) with nine runs scored, five doubles, four home runs, 11 RBI, seven walks and seven stolen bases in those games...Became the first Met to have three separate hitting streaks of 15 games or more in his career...Collected his 500th career hit, a single in the second inning off Hong-Chin Kuo, June 12th at Los Angeles...Hit a home run in four consecutive games, from June 7th-June 10th, setting a new career-high...Had hit a home run in three consecutive games, two previous times: May 21-May 24, 2006 and June 13-June 15, 2006...Had a pinch-hit, RBI-single in the bottom of the ninth inning on May 17th vs. Chicago...The Mets scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Cubs, 6-5...It was his first career pinch-hit appearance...Stole three bases on May 13th vs. Milwaukee, a career-high...Hit eight home runs in May, the most in the month of May by any Met who did not have one home run in April...Drew a walk in 10 consecutive games (13 total), from April 19th-April 29th...Had his streak of reaching base safely to start the season end on April 30th at 23 games...It tied the third longest streak from the start of a season in franchise history with Cliff Floyd (2005) and Bud Harrelson (1970)...Only John Olerud (30 games in 1999) and Kevin McReynolds (24 games in 1989) had longer streaks to start a season...Established a new career-high with a 26-game hitting streak, from September 17, 2006-April 19, 2007...Hit .343 (35-102) with 16 runs scored, four doubles, two triples, two home runs and 10 RBI during the streak...The 26-game hitting streak also set a then club record...Hubie Brooks (1984) and Mike Piazza (1999) hold the Mets single-season record (24 games)...The streak was also the longest by a third basemen since Boston's Wade Boggs hit in 28 straight games in 1985...Had at least one hit in each of the Mets first 14 games, setting a new club record for the longest hitting streak to start a season...Darryl Strawberry (1987) and Robin Ventura (1999) held the old mark, each hitting in 10 consecutive games to start the season...Became the first player since 1962 to end one season with a hitting streak of at least 10 games and start the following season with another 10-game streak...Curt Flood ended 1961 with a 12-game streak and began 1962 with a 17-game streak...Also Dick Groat hit safely in his last 13 games of 1961 and his first 13 contests in 1962.

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