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1965 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1964 / 1966

50-112, Finished 10th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Casey Stengel (31-64) and Wes Westrum (19-48)
Scored 495 runs, Allowed 752 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-111

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 1,768,389 (3rd of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 103

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1964 / 1966 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
Larry Bearnarth 23 R R 6' 2" 203 Sep 11, 1941 3 40 3 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Yogi Berra HOF 40 L R 5' 7" 185 May 12, 1925 19 4 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $35,000
Jim Bethke 18 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 5, 1946 1st 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Chris Cannizzaro 27 R R 6' 0" 190 May 3, 1938 6 114 103 114 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.8 $
Joe Christopher 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 13, 1935 7 148 110 148 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 50 112 38 0 -0.4 $18,000
Galen Cisco 29 R R 6' 0" 200 Mar 7, 1936 5 35 17 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Kevin Collins 18 L R 6' 1" 180 Aug 4, 1946 1st 11 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Billy Cowan 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 28, 1938 3 82 35 82 63 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 59 0 61 14 12 -0.6 $11,000
Dave Eilers 28 R R 5' 11" 188 Dec 3, 1936 2 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jack Fisher 26 R R 6' 2" 215 Mar 4, 1939 7 43 36 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $19,000
Rob Gardner 20 R L 6' 1" 176 Dec 19, 1944 1st 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jesse Gonder 29 L R 5' 10" 180 Jan 20, 1936 6 53 13 53 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0.1 $
Greg Goossen 19 R R 6' 1" 210 Dec 14, 1945 1st 11 7 11 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 $
Bud Harrelson 21 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 1st 19 10 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.5 $
Jim Hickman 28 R R 6' 3" 192 May 10, 1937 4 141 93 141 119 0 0 30 0 14 0 36 45 16 91 30 0 0.9 $
Chuck Hiller 30 L R 5' 11" 170 Oct 1, 1934 5 100 64 100 85 0 0 0 80 2 0 3 0 1 4 29 0 -0.3 $
Ron Hunt 24 R R 6' 0" 186 Feb 23, 1941 3 57 50 57 51 0 0 0 46 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 -0.3 $20,000
Al Jackson 29 L L 5' 10" 169 Dec 26, 1935 6 56 31 56 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.3 $19,000
Cleon Jones 22 R L 6' 0" 185 Aug 4, 1942 2 30 16 30 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 3 23 10 1 -0.5 $
Bobby Klaus 27 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 27, 1937 2 119 82 119 114 0 0 0 72 25 29 0 0 0 0 5 6 -0.2 $
Gary Kolb 25 L R 6' 0" 194 Mar 13, 1940 5 40 23 40 30 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 10 9 29 12 1 -0.9 $
Ed Kranepool 20 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 8, 1944 4 153 138 153 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.1 $11,000 All-Star
Gary Kroll 23 R R 6' 6" 220 Jul 8, 1941 2 32 11 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Frank Lary 35 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 10, 1930 12 14 7 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Johnny Lewis 25 L R 6' 1" 189 Aug 10, 1939 2 148 126 148 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 100 142 15 2 2.2 $
Tug McGraw 20 R L 6' 0" 170 Aug 30, 1944 1st 38 9 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 $
Roy McMillan 35 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 15 157 152 157 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2 $35,000
Larry Miller 28 L L 6' 0" 195 Jun 19, 1937 2 28 5 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bob Moorhead 27 R R 6' 1" 208 Jan 23, 1938 2 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dennis Musgraves 21 R R 6' 4" 188 Dec 25, 1943 1st 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Danny Napoleon 23 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 11, 1942 1st 68 13 68 22 0 0 0 0 7 0 14 0 1 15 50 2 -0.8 $
Tom Parsons 25 R R 6' 7" 210 Sep 13, 1939 3 35 11 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dennis Ribant 23 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 20, 1941 2 19 1 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Gordie Richardson 26 R L 6' 0" 185 Jul 19, 1938 2 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jimmie Schaffer 29 R R 5' 9" 170 Apr 5, 1936 5 24 10 24 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.6 $
Dick Selma 21 R R 5' 11" 160 Nov 4, 1943 1st 7 4 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.5 $
Charley Smith 27 R R 6' 1" 170 Sep 15, 1937 6 135 126 135 133 0 0 0 1 131 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.0 $17,000
Warren Spahn HOF 44 L L 6' 0" 172 Apr 23, 1921 21 21 19 21 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $73,500
John Stephenson 24 L R 5' 11" 180 Apr 13, 1941 2 62 24 62 49 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33 0 0.0 $
Darrell Sutherland 23 R R 6' 4" 169 Nov 14, 1941 2 18 2 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Ron Swoboda 21 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 30, 1944 1st 135 104 135 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 26 15 112 28 0 1.2 $8,000
Hawk Taylor 26 R R 6' 1" 187 Apr 3, 1939 7 25 7 25 16 0 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.4 $
Carl Willey 34 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 6, 1931 8 13 3 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $16,500
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

Charley Smith

Chuck Hiller

Billy Cowan
Bud Harrelson

Chris Cannizzaro

Bobby Klaus

Ed Kranepool

Yogi Berra

Jim Hickman

Kevin Collins

Roy McMillan

Jesse Gonder
Cleon Jones

Ron Swoboda

Al Jackson

Larry Miller
Danny Napoleon

Frank Lary
Jimmie Schaffer

Gary Kolb
Dennis Ribant

John Stephenson
Hawk Taylor

Jim Bethke
Greg Goossen

Bob Moorhead
Warren Spahn

Jack Fisher

Joe Christopher

Johnny Lewis

Gary Kroll

Galen Cisco

Tom Parsons

Jim Bethke
Carl Willey

Rob Gardner

Dennis Ribant

Larry Bearnarth

Ron Hunt

Cleon Jones
Dennis Musgraves

Larry Miller

Jim Bethke
Dennis Musgraves

Dave Eilers

Dick Selma

Jim Bethke
Dennis Musgraves
Gordie Richardson

Darrell Sutherland

Tug McGraw

John Stephenson

1964 / 1966 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers