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1963 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1962 / 1964)
51-111, Finished 10th in National League
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Scored 501 runs, Allowed 774 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 50-112
Manager: Casey Stengel (51-111)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
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
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
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
Larry Burright 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 10, 1937 2 41 31 41 41 0 0 0 15 1 19 0 0 0 0 2 5
Chris Cannizzaro 25 R R 6' 0" 190 May 3, 1938 4 16 10 16 16 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Duke Carmel 26 L L 6' 3" 202 Apr 23, 1937 3 47 38 47 47 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 21 0 21 9 0
Joe Christopher 27 R R 5' 10" 176 Dec 13, 1935 5 64 33 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 40 45 23 3
Galen Cisco 27 R R 5' 11" 215 Mar 7, 1936 3 51 17 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Choo Choo Coleman 25 L R 5' 9" 165 Aug 25, 1937 3 106 66 106 106 0 91 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 9
Cliff Cook 26 R R 6' 0" 188 Aug 20, 1936 5 50 25 50 50 0 0 5 0 9 0 8 1 12 21 21 2
Roger Craig 33 R R 6' 4" 191 Feb 17, 1930 9 46 31 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Chico Fernandez 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 2, 1932 8 58 33 58 58 0 0 0 3 5 45 0 0 0 0 14 2
Jesse Gonder 27 L R 5' 10" 190 Jan 20, 1936 4 42 30 42 42 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Pumpsie Green 29 B R 6' 0" 175 Oct 27, 1933 5 17 16 17 17 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tim Harkness 25 L L 6' 2" 182 Dec 23, 1937 3 123 101 123 123 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 0
Jim Hickman 26 R R 6' 4" 205 May 10, 1937 2 146 126 146 146 0 0 0 0 59 0 19 42 22 82 13 0
Joe Hicks 30 L R 6' 0" 180 Apr 7, 1933 5 56 36 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 33 5 41 17 0
Gil Hodges 39 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 4, 1924 18 11 6 11 11 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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
Ron Hunt 22 R R 6' 0" 186 Feb 23, 1941 1st 143 141 143 143 0 0 0 142 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Al Jackson 27 L L 5' 10" 169 Dec 25, 1935 4 49 34 49 49 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Cleon Jones 20 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 4, 1942 1st 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 2 0
Rod Kanehl 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1934 2 109 39 109 109 0 0 3 12 13 0 30 26 4 58 21 23
Ed Kranepool 18 L L 6' 3" 215 Nov 8, 1944 2 86 66 86 86 0 0 20 0 0 0 6 0 50 55 15 1
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
Al Moran 24 R R 190 Dec 5, 1938 1st 119 112 119 119 0 0 0 0 1 116 0 0 0 0 2 2
Charlie Neal 32 R R 5' 10" 165 Jan 30, 1931 8 72 69 72 72 0 0 0 0 66 8 0 0 0 0 2 1
Jim Piersall 33 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 14, 1929 13 40 34 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 38 2 1
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
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
Ted Schreiber 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 11, 1938 1st 39 11 39 39 0 0 0 3 17 9 0 0 0 0 12 0
Norm Sherry 31 R R 5' 11" 181 Jul 16, 1931 5 63 52 63 63 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Dick Smith 24 R R 6' 2" 205 May 17, 1939 1st 20 10 20 20 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 6 0 10 8 1
Duke Snider HOF 36 L R 6' 0" 190 Sep 19, 1926 17 129 94 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 11 63 106 34 0 All-Star
Tracy Stallard 25 R R 6' 5" 205 Aug 31, 1937 4 39 23 39 39 39 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 22 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Frank Thomas 34 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 11, 1929 13 126 109 126 126 0 0 15 0 1 0 96 0 0 96 16 0
Marv Throneberry 29 L L 6' 0" 197 Sep 2, 1933 7 14 1 14 14 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1962 / 1964 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played