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1963 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1962 / 1964

51-111, Finished 10th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Casey Stengel (51-111)
Scored 501 runs, Allowed 774 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 50-112

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 1,080,108 (4th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 103

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1962 / 1964 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Craig Anderson 24 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 1, 1938 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Ed Bauta 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Jan 6, 1935 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Larry Bearnarth 21 R R 6' 2" 203 Sep 11, 1941 1st 58 2 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Larry Burright 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 10, 1937 2 41 31 41 34 0 0 0 15 1 19 0 0 0 0 2 5 -0.1 $
Chris Cannizzaro 25 R R 6' 0" 190 May 3, 1938 4 16 10 16 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Duke Carmel 26 L L 6' 3" 202 Apr 23, 1937 3 47 38 47 38 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 21 0 21 9 0 0.8 $8,000
Joe Christopher 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 13, 1935 5 64 33 64 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 40 45 23 3 -0.9 $
Galen Cisco 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 7, 1936 3 51 17 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Choo Choo Coleman 25 L R 5' 9" 165 Aug 25, 1937 3 106 66 106 92 0 91 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 9 -0.7 $
Cliff Cook 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 20, 1936 5 50 25 50 34 0 0 5 0 9 0 8 1 12 21 21 2 -0.3 $
Roger Craig 33 R R 6' 4" 185 Feb 17, 1930 9 46 31 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Steve Dillon 20 L L 5' 10" 160 Mar 20, 1943 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Chico Fernandez 31 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 2, 1932 8 58 33 58 52 0 0 0 3 5 45 0 0 0 0 14 2 -1.3 $
Jesse Gonder 27 L R 5' 10" 180 Jan 20, 1936 4 42 30 42 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.4 $
Pumpsie Green 29 B R 6' 0" 175 Oct 27, 1933 5 17 16 17 16 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Tim Harkness 25 L L 6' 2" 182 Dec 23, 1937 3 123 101 123 107 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 19 0 0.5 $
Jim Hickman 26 R R 6' 3" 192 May 10, 1937 2 146 126 146 136 0 0 0 0 59 0 19 42 22 82 13 0 0.5 $
Joe Hicks 30 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 7, 1933 5 56 36 56 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 33 5 41 17 0 0.0 $
Gil Hodges 39 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 4, 1924 18 11 6 11 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Jay Hook 26 L R 6' 2" 182 Nov 18, 1936 7 41 20 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Ron Hunt 22 R R 6' 0" 186 Feb 23, 1941 1st 143 141 143 142 0 0 0 142 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.6 $8,000
Al Jackson 27 L L 5' 10" 169 Dec 26, 1935 4 49 34 49 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.1 $11,000
Cleon Jones 20 R L 6' 0" 185 Aug 4, 1942 1st 6 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 2 0 -0.3 $
Rod Kanehl 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1934 2 109 39 109 84 0 0 3 12 13 0 30 26 4 58 21 23 -0.5 $
Ed Kranepool 18 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 8, 1944 2 86 66 86 74 0 0 20 0 0 0 6 0 50 55 15 1 -1.3 $7,500
Ken MacKenzie 29 R L 6' 0" 185 Mar 10, 1934 4 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Al Moran 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 5, 1938 1st 119 112 119 117 0 0 0 0 1 116 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.8 $
Charlie Neal 32 R R 5' 10" 165 Jan 30, 1931 8 72 69 72 70 0 0 0 0 66 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.1 $
Jim Piersall 33 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 14, 1929 13 40 34 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 38 2 1 -0.9 $
Grover Powell 22 L L 5' 10" 175 Oct 10, 1940 1st 20 4 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Don Rowe 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 3, 1936 1st 26 1 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ted Schreiber 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 11, 1938 1st 39 11 39 28 0 0 0 3 17 9 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.1 $
Norm Sherry 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 16, 1931 5 63 52 63 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.6 $
Dick Smith 24 R R 6' 2" 205 May 17, 1939 1st 20 10 20 12 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 6 0 10 8 1 -0.1 $
Duke Snider HOF 36 L R 6' 0" 179 Sep 19, 1926 17 129 94 129 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 11 63 106 34 0 1.6 $36,000 All-Star
Tracy Stallard 25 R R 6' 5" 204 Aug 31, 1937 4 39 23 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Sammy Taylor 30 L R 6' 2" 185 Feb 27, 1933 6 22 4 22 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.0 $
Frank Thomas 34 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 11, 1929 13 126 109 126 110 0 0 15 0 1 0 96 0 0 96 16 0 0.7 $
Marv Throneberry 29 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 2, 1933 7 14 1 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.1 $
Carl Willey 32 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 6, 1931 6 30 28 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Duke Carmel
Cliff Cook

Marv Throneberry

Tim Harkness

Charlie Neal
Duke Snider

Norm Sherry

Larry Burright

Chico Fernandez

Chris Cannizzaro

Jim Hickman

Rod Kanehl

Duke Snider

Jesse Gonder

Roger Craig

Gil Hodges

Al Jackson

Dick Smith
Sammy Taylor

Choo Choo Coleman

Pumpsie Green

Ed Bauta
Ken MacKenzie

Craig Anderson

Ed Kranepool

Joe Hicks

Joe Christopher

Frank Thomas

Galen Cisco

Carl Willey

Don Rowe

Larry Bearnarth

Ron Hunt

Cleon Jones
Jim Piersall

Tracy Stallard

Roger Craig

Steve Dillon

Al Moran

Grover Powell

Ted Schreiber

Jay Hook

1962 / 1964 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers