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1966 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1965 / 1967

66-95, Finished 9th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Wes Westrum (66-95)
Scored 587 runs, Allowed 761 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-99

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 1,932,693 (2nd of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96

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1965 / 1967 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
Gerry Arrigo 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 12, 1941 6 17 5 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Larry Bearnarth 24 R R 6' 2" 203 Sep 11, 1941 4 29 1 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ken Boyer 35 R R 6' 1" 190 May 20, 1931 12 136 126 136 132 0 0 2 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 3.0 $65,000
Eddie Bressoud 34 R R 6' 1" 175 May 2, 1932 11 133 110 133 128 0 0 9 8 32 93 0 0 0 0 14 1 2.2 $
Choo Choo Coleman 28 L R 5' 9" 165 Aug 25, 1937 4 6 5 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Dave Eilers 29 R R 5' 11" 188 Dec 3, 1936 3 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Larry Elliot 28 L L 6' 2" 200 Mar 5, 1938 4 65 53 65 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 30 54 12 0 0.0 $
Jack Fisher 27 R R 6' 2" 215 Mar 4, 1939 8 38 33 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Shaun Fitzmaurice 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 25, 1942 1st 9 3 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 2 4 0.1 $
Bob Friend 35 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1930 16 22 12 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $47,000
Rob Gardner 21 R L 6' 1" 176 Dec 19, 1944 2 43 17 43 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.6 $
Greg Goossen 20 R R 6' 1" 210 Dec 14, 1945 2 13 8 13 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Dallas Green 31 L R 6' 5" 210 Aug 4, 1934 7 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jerry Grote 23 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 6, 1942 3 120 102 120 117 0 115 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.9 $
Jack Hamilton 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Dec 25, 1938 5 57 13 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $14,000
Bud Harrelson 22 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 2 33 25 33 29 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.5 $
Bill Hepler 20 L L 6' 0" 160 Sep 25, 1945 1st 37 3 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jim Hickman 29 R R 6' 3" 192 May 10, 1937 5 58 42 58 55 0 0 17 0 0 0 17 8 23 45 14 0 0.1 $18,000
Chuck Hiller 31 L R 5' 11" 170 Oct 1, 1934 6 108 52 108 68 0 0 0 46 14 0 9 0 0 9 50 0 1.6 $17,000
Ron Hunt 25 R R 6' 0" 186 Feb 23, 1941 4 132 120 132 123 0 0 0 123 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 2.9 $20,000 All-Star
Cleon Jones 23 R L 6' 0" 185 Aug 4, 1942 3 139 125 139 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 105 38 130 11 2 1.2 $
Lou Klimchock 26 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 15, 1939 9 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1 $
Ed Kranepool 21 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 8, 1944 5 146 128 146 141 0 0 132 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 10 1 1.3 $16,000
Johnny Lewis 26 L R 6' 1" 189 Aug 10, 1939 3 65 43 65 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 32 50 18 4 0.1 $
Al Luplow 27 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 13, 1939 6 111 86 111 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 24 68 101 22 0 -0.2 $
Tug McGraw 21 R L 6' 0" 170 Aug 30, 1944 2 15 12 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Roy McMillan 36 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 16 76 63 76 71 0 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.8 $
Larry Miller 29 L L 6' 0" 195 Jun 19, 1937 3 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Billy Murphy 22 R R 6' 1" 190 May 7, 1944 1st 84 25 84 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 48 1 57 29 11 -0.5 $
Danny Napoleon 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 11, 1942 2 12 9 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 3 0 -0.3 $
Dennis Ribant 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 20, 1941 3 40 26 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.7 $
Gordie Richardson 27 R L 6' 0" 185 Jul 19, 1938 3 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Dick Rusteck 24 R L 6' 1" 175 Jul 12, 1941 1st 8 3 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Nolan Ryan HOF 19 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Dick Selma 22 R R 5' 11" 160 Nov 4, 1943 2 31 7 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Bob Shaw 33 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 29, 1933 10 26 25 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
John Stephenson 25 L R 5' 11" 180 Apr 13, 1941 3 63 32 63 52 0 51 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 28 0 -1.0 $
Dick Stuart 33 R R 6' 4" 212 Nov 7, 1932 9 31 23 31 23 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.1 $47,500
Darrell Sutherland 24 R R 6' 4" 169 Nov 14, 1941 3 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ron Swoboda 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 30, 1944 2 112 88 112 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 9 97 21 0 0.0 $13,000
Hawk Taylor 27 R R 6' 1" 187 Apr 3, 1939 8 53 20 53 42 0 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 -1.1 $
Ralph Terry 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 9, 1936 11 11 1 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
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

Eddie Bressoud

Chuck Hiller

Bud Harrelson

Ron Swoboda

Shaun Fitzmaurice

Jim Hickman
Lou Klimchock

Ed Kranepool

Greg Goossen

Roy McMillan

John Stephenson

Ken Boyer

Jerry Grote

Danny Napoleon

Larry Elliot
Bob Friend
Dick Stuart

Al Luplow

Hawk Taylor

Choo Choo Coleman
Bob Friend

Cleon Jones

Jack Fisher

Billy Murphy

Johnny Lewis

Dallas Green
Ralph Terry

Gerry Arrigo
Bob Shaw

Dallas Green
Jim Hickman

Bill Hepler

Rob Gardner

Dennis Ribant

Larry Bearnarth

Jack Hamilton

Ron Hunt

Gerry Arrigo
Nolan Ryan
Dick Selma

Larry Miller

Dave Eilers
Ralph Terry

Dick Selma

Dick Rusteck

Gordie Richardson

Dick Rusteck
Darrell Sutherland

Tug McGraw
Darrell Sutherland

Bill Hepler
Ralph Terry

Dick Rusteck

1965 / 1967 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers