The Mets Are Not Really an Old Team

I've been having an interesting chat with a guy who has been convinced all year long that the Mets problems stem from the fact that they are an "old team".

I decided to take a look at all the teams, and here are the results. Yes, the Mets are the oldest team in baseball at 30.8 years of age on average, but considering that the Phillies are 30.6, the Red Sox 30.4, and the Cubs 30.3, I don't think the extra tenth or two of average makes a hill of beans difference.

The Mets are playing poorly, but not because they're old.

Major League Rosters
RNK	Team	RHB	LHB	SH	RHP	LHP	HT	WT	Age	Young	Old
1	Arizona	7	5	2	9	3	6-2	205	27.6	20	44
2	Florida	8	5	2	15	4	6-2	207	27.6	21	40
3	Minnesota	8	4	3	11	3	6-1	210	27.7	22	37
4	Texas	6	5	3	14	4	6-2	217	27.8	23	37
5	Oakland	10	7	1	11	3	6-1	209	27.8	22	40
6	Tampa Bay	7	6	2	11	3	6-1	207	27.9	22	38
7	Colorado	9	6	1	11	4	6-2	207	27.9	22	38
8	Washington	10	4	4	12	3	6-1	221	28.1	23	36
9	Baltimore	6	4	2	14	6	6-2	208	28.3	22	37
10	LA Angels	9	2	5	10	2	6-1	205	28.3	23	37
11	Pittsburgh	9	4	1	5	7	6-0	205	28.4	24	36
12	Kansas City	7	5	1	12	3	6-1	200	28.5	24	37
13	Cleveland	8	4	2	9	5	6-1	207	28.6	22	37
14	San Francisco	9	3	4	9	6	6-1	204	28.6	22	41
15	Atlanta	6	5	4	12	6	6-1	207	28.7	22	42
16	Cincinnati	10	6	1	11	4	6-1	212	29.2	21	40
17	LA Dodgers	10	5	3	10	3	6-1	212	29.2	20	40
18	St. Louis	9	3	2	17	4	6-2	210	29.3	22	39
19	Detroit	11	3	3	9	6	6-1	201	29.4	23	43
20	NY Yankees	5	5	3	19	1	6-3	222	29.5	21	39
21	San Diego	8	4	3	14	4	6-1	206	29.5	25	42
22	Milwaukee	10	3	0	13	4	6-1	211	29.8	22	39
23	Seattle	10	3	1	8	4	6-1	213	29.8	22	38
24	Chicago Sox	10	2	1	8	4	6-2	225	29.9	23	37
25	Toronto	11	4	1	10	4	6-1	210	30.0	23	40
26	Chicago Cubs	9	4	0	12	3	6-1	208	30.3	22	38
27	Boston	6	6	2	11	3	6-2	208	30.4	23	42
28	Philadelphia	7	4	2	11	4	6-1	205	30.6	23	45
29	NY Mets	5	5	6	10	6	6-1	209	30.8	24	42
30	Houston	8	2	3	10	3	6-0	204	30.8	23	41