1968 New York Mets Statistics

1967 Season 1969 Season

Record: 73-89-1, Finished 9th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Gil Hodges (73-89-1)

General Manager: Johnny Murphy

Farm Director: Joe McDonald

Scouting Director: Nelson Burbrink

Ballpark: Shea Stadium

Attendance: 1,781,657 (2nd of 10)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 77-85, 473 Runs, 499 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jerry Grote	25	124	454	404	29	114	18	0	3	31	1	5	44	81	.282	.357	.349	.706	113	141	6	3	3	0	11
2	1B	Ed Kranepool*	23	127	405	373	29	86	13	1	3	20	0	3	19	39	.231	.271	.295	.566	70	110	6	2	10	1	5
3	2B	Ken Boswell*	22	75	306	284	37	74	7	2	4	11	7	2	16	27	.261	.300	.342	.642	93	97	6	1	3	2	0
4	SS	Bud Harrelson#	24	111	437	402	38	88	7	3	0	14	4	5	29	68	.219	.273	.251	.524	59	101	3	1	4	1	2
5	3B	Ed Charles	35	117	409	369	41	102	11	1	15	53	5	4	28	57	.276	.328	.434	.761	128	160	7	2	6	4	4
6	LF	Cleon Jones	25	147	552	509	63	151	29	4	14	55	23	12	31	98	.297	.341	.452	.793	137	230	8	5	4	3	3
7	CF	Tommie Agee	25	132	391	368	30	80	12	3	5	17	13	8	15	103	.217	.255	.307	.562	69	113	8	4	3	1	3
8	RF	Ron Swoboda	24	132	508	450	46	109	14	6	11	59	8	1	52	113	.242	.325	.373	.699	110	168	14	4	1	1	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	LF	Art Shamsky*	26	116	381	345	30	82	14	4	12	48	1	0	21	58	.238	.292	.406	.698	108	140	6	7	4	4	6
10	MI	Al Weis#	30	90	301	274	15	47	6	0	1	14	3	1	21	63	.172	.234	.204	.438	33	56	3	2	2	2	3
11	C	J.C. Martin*	31	78	275	244	20	55	9	2	3	31	0	0	21	31	.225	.298	.316	.613	85	77	4	5	3	2	3
12	2B	Phil Linz	29	78	275	258	19	54	7	0	0	17	1	0	10	41	.209	.243	.236	.479	45	61	7	2	3	2	0
13	3B	Jerry Buchek	26	73	207	192	8	35	4	0	1	11	1	1	10	53	.182	.234	.219	.453	37	42	8	3	2	0	5
14	CF	Larry Stahl*	27	53	205	183	15	43	7	2	3	10	3	0	21	38	.235	.314	.344	.658	98	63	1	0	1	0	1
15	3B	Kevin Collins*	21	58	168	154	12	31	5	2	1	13	0	1	7	37	.201	.233	.279	.512	54	43	2	0	5	2	2
16	CF	Don Bosch#	25	50	122	111	14	19	1	0	3	7	0	2	9	33	.171	.231	.261	.493	48	29	2	0	1	1	1
17	1B	Greg Goossen	22	38	119	106	4	22	7	0	0	6	0	0	10	21	.208	.288	.274	.562	70	29	4	2	1	0	0
18	SS	Bob Heise	21	6	25	23	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.217	.250	.217	.467	42	5	1	0	1	0	0
19	1B	Mike Jorgensen*	19	8	14	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.214	.357	6	3	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	Duffy Dyer	22	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	155	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
21	P	Tom Seaver	23	38	101	95	5	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	44	.158	.184	.179	.363	10	17	0	0	3	0	0
22	P	Jerry Koosman	25	35	97	91	3	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	62	.077	.106	.121	.227	-32	11	1	0	3	0	0
23	P	Don Cardwell	32	30	64	61	3	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	34	.049	.049	.098	.148	-56	6	3	0	3	0	0
24	P	Dick Selma	24	39	62	58	4	12	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	20	.207	.207	.241	.448	35	14	1	0	4	0	0
25	P	Nolan Ryan	21	21	47	44	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	29	.114	.152	.114	.266	-19	5	0	0	1	0	0
26	P	Al Jackson*	32	27	30	28	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.250	.241	.286	.527	58	8	1	0	1	1	0
27	P	Jim McAndrew	24	12	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.045	.087	.045	.132	-59	1	0	0	2	0	0
28	P	Cal Koonce	27	55	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60	0	1	0	0	0	0
29	P	Danny Frisella*	22	19	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167	-50	1	1	0	0	0	0
30	P	Ron Taylor	30	58	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Bill Connors	26	9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	504	1	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Bill Short*	30	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Les Rohr*	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Don Shaw*	24	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.0	163	6027	5503	473	1252	178	30	81	434	72	45	379	1203	.228	.281	.315	.596	79	1733	104	43	75	27	50
		Rank in 10 NL teams				5	9	8	8	8	5		4	5	8	10	10	10	10	10		8		3		10
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.1	163	5558	5066	453	1200	172	30	79	418	70	45	366	967	.237	.292	.329	.622	87	1669	96	43	57	26	50
		Pitcher Totals	25.5	163	469	437	20	52	6	0	2	16	2	0	13	236	.119	.144	.146	.291	-12	64	8	0	18	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Tom Seaver	23	16	12	.571	2.20	36	35	1	14	5	1	278.0	224	73	68	15	48	5	205	8	1	8	1088	137	2.22	0.978	7.3	0.5	1.6	6.6	4.27
2	SP	Jerry Koosman*	25	19	12	.613	2.08	35	34	0	17	7	0	263.2	221	72	61	16	69	7	178	8	0	8	1058	145	2.70	1.100	7.5	0.5	2.4	6.1	2.58
3	SP	Don Cardwell	32	7	13	.350	2.95	29	25	1	5	1	1	180.0	156	69	59	9	50	11	82	10	1	7	747	103	3.12	1.144	7.8	0.5	2.5	4.1	1.64
4	SP	Dick Selma	24	9	10	.474	2.75	33	23	3	4	3	0	170.1	148	63	52	11	54	5	117	5	0	7	703	110	2.89	1.186	7.8	0.6	2.9	6.2	2.17
5	SP	Nolan Ryan	21	6	9	.400	3.09	21	18	1	3	0	0	134.0	93	50	46	12	75	4	133	4	0	7	559	98	3.33	1.254	6.2	0.8	5.0	8.9	1.77
6	SP	Jim McAndrew	24	4	7	.364	2.28	12	12	0	2	1	0	79.0	66	20	20	5	17	4	46	4	0	4	314	133	2.84	1.051	7.5	0.6	1.9	5.2	2.71
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Ron Taylor	30	1	5	.167	2.70	58	0	44	0	0	14	76.2	64	24	23	4	18	9	49	1	0	0	307	112	2.53	1.070	7.5	0.5	2.1	5.8	2.72
8	RP	Cal Koonce	27	6	4	.600	2.42	55	2	31	0	0	11	96.2	80	27	26	4	32	11	50	1	0	4	385	125	2.91	1.159	7.4	0.4	3.0	4.7	1.56
9	RP	Al Jackson*	32	3	7	.300	3.69	25	9	7	0	0	3	92.2	88	42	38	5	17	6	59	2	0	0	376	82	2.43	1.133	8.5	0.5	1.7	5.7	3.47
10	RP	Danny Frisella	22	2	4	.333	3.91	19	4	10	0	0	2	50.2	53	23	22	5	17	0	47	0	0	4	216	78	2.82	1.382	9.4	0.9	3.0	8.3	2.76
11	RP	Bill Short*	30	0	3	.000	4.85	34	0	13	0	0	1	29.2	24	17	16	0	14	1	24	1	0	5	128	63	2.28	1.281	7.3	0.0	4.2	7.3	1.71
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Bill Connors	26	0	1	.000	9.00	9	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	21	14	14	0	7	1	8	1	0	1	72	35	2.96	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	5.1	1.14
13		Don Shaw*	24	0	0		0.75	7	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	11	0	0	3	41	419	2.89	0.667	2.3	0.8	3.8	8.3	2.20
14		Les Rohr*	22	0	2	.000	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	4	3	0	7	3	5	0	1	1	34	73	4.22	2.667	13.5	0.0	10.5	7.5	0.71
		Team Totals	25.8	73	89	.451	2.72	163	163	118	45	17	33	1483.1	1250	499	449	87	430	67	1014	45	3	59	6028	111	2.74	1.133	7.6	0.5	2.6	6.2	2.36
		Rank in 10 NL teams		9	2		4				5	2	2	3	1	2	4	6	7		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W