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1966 New York Mets (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1965/1967)
66-95, Finished 9th in National League
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Scored 587 runs, Allowed 761 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-99
Managed by Wes Westrum

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jerry Grote         23  120  317   26   75  12  2   3   31  40   81  .237  .327  .315   4   3   9   3   3   1   8   83
1B *Ed Kranepool        21  146  464   51  118  15  2  16   57  41   66  .254  .316  .399   1   1   5   3   0   4   9  100
2B  Ron Hunt            25  132  479   63  138  19  2   3   33  41   34  .288  .356  .355   8  10  10  11  10   2   2  102
3B  Ken Boyer           35  136  496   62  132  28  2  14   61  30   64  .266  .304  .415   4   3  15   0   1   7   5  101
SS  Eddie Bressoud      34  133  405   48   91  15  5  10   49  47  107  .225  .304  .360   2   2  11   1   7   4   4   87
LF  Ron Swoboda         22  112  342   34   76   9  4   8   50  31   76  .222  .296  .342   4   2   9   5   2   1   4   80
CF  Cleon Jones         23  139  495   74  136  16  4   8   57  30   62  .275  .318  .372  16   8  13   3   5   4   2   94
RF *Al Luplow           27  111  334   31   84   9  1   7   31  38   46  .251  .331  .347   2   6  10   2   2   1   3   92
   *Chuck Hiller        31  108  254   25   71   8  2   2   14  15   22  .280  .332  .350   0   0   2   5   1   0   0   93
    Roy McMillan        36   76  220   24   47   9  1   1   12  20   25  .214  .284  .277   1   1   4   2   3   1   3   59
   *Larry Elliot        28   65  199   24   49  14  2   5   32  17   46  .246  .306  .412   0   1   3   0   0   0   1  100
   *Johnny Lewis        26   65  166   21   32   6  1   5   20  21   43  .193  .282  .331   2   0   1   0   0   1   0   73
    Jim Hickman         29   58  160   15   38   7  0   4   16  13   34  .238  .299  .356   2   1   4   1   0   0   0   84
   *John Stephenson     25   63  143   17   28   1  1   1   11   8   28  .196  .248  .238   0   0   7   2   0   0   0   38
    Billy Murphy        22   84  135   15   31   4  1   3   13   7   34  .230  .271  .341   1   2   3   1   2   1   0   71
    Hawk Taylor         27   53  109    5   19   2  0   3   12   3   19  .174  .204  .275   0   1   6   1   0   0   0   34
   #Bud Harrelson       22   33   99   20   22   2  4   0    4  13   23  .222  .313  .323   7   3   1   0   1   0   1   80
    Dick Stuart         33   31   87    7   19   0  0   4   13   9   26  .218  .292  .356   0   1   5   0   0   0   2   82
    Danny Napoleon      24   12   33    2    7   2  0   0    0   1   10  .212  .235  .273   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   43
    Greg Goossen        20   13   32    1    6   2  0   1    5   1   11  .188  .235  .344   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   61
   *Choo Choo Coleman   28    6   16    2    3   0  0   0    0   0    4  .188  .188  .188   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    6
    Shaun Fitzmaurice   23    9   13    2    2   0  0   0    0   2    6  .154  .267  .154   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   23
   *Lou Klimchock       26    5    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100

    Jack Fisher         27   38   67    2    6   2  0   0    0   7   26  .090  .176  .119   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -15
    Dennis Ribant       24   40   61    3   12   1  0   0    5   1   11  .197  .210  .213   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   20
    Bob Shaw            33   26   50    1   13   0  0   0    2   4   15  .260  .309  .260   0   0   0   0   5   1   0   63
    Rob Gardner         21   43   41    1    7   1  0   0    1   0   12  .171  .171  .195   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    3
    Jack Hamilton       27   57   38    2    5   0  0   0    0   1   13  .132  .154  .132   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -18
    Bob Friend          35   22   29    1    1   0  0   0    1   0   17  .034  .034  .034   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -80
    Tug McGraw          21   15   17    3    4   0  0   0    0   1    1  .235  .278  .235   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   47
   *Bill Hepler         20   37   14    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    7  .214  .214  .214   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   22
    Dick Selma          22   31   14    1    1   0  1   0    1   2    7  .071  .222  .214   0   0   0   1   1   1   0   24
   *Gerry Arrigo        25   17   10    2    5   2  0   0    3   2    1  .500  .583  .700   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  261
    Larry Bearnarth     24   29    9    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    3  .111  .111  .222   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   -9
    Ralph Terry         30   11    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -5
    Dick Rusteck        24    8    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Darrell Sutherland  24   31    3    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .667  .667  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  278
   *Larry Miller        29    4    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  184
    Dave Eilers         29   23    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Gordie Richardson   27   15    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.9  161 5371  587 1286 187 35  98  534 446  992  .239  .298  .342  55  46 127  42  63  29  44   86
    Rank among 10 NL teams        10    9   10  10  5  10        5    3    10     9    10   9   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Jack Fisher         27  38   3.68  11  14  0  33   4  10   2  230.0  229  108   94  26   54  127  960  12   8  0   2  98
SP  Dennis Ribant       24  39   3.20  11   9  3  26   6  10   1  188.3  184   78   67  20   40   84  779   6   1  0   5 113
SP  Bob Shaw            33  26   3.92  11  10  0  25   0   7   2  167.7  171   85   73  12   42  104  710   8   7  2   1  92
SP  Bob Friend          35  22   4.40   5   8  1  12   8   2   1   86.0  101   52   42  11   16   30  373   0   1  1   6  82
SP *Tug McGraw          21  15   5.34   2   9  0  12   0   1   0   62.3   72   38   37  11   25   34  276   4   0  0   2  67

CL  Jack Hamilton       27  57   3.93   6  13 13  13  29   3   1  148.7  138   89   65  13   88   93  662  18   5  0   4  92
RP *Bill Hepler         20  37   3.52   3   3  0   3  13   0   0   69.0   71   30   27   3   51   25  318   9   3  0   6 102
RP  Darrell Sutherland  24  31   4.87   2   0  1   0   9   0   0   44.3   60   25   24   6   25   23  207   1   2  0   8  74
RP  Larry Bearnarth     24  29   4.45   2   3  0   1  12   0   0   54.7   59   31   27  11   20   27  238   2   1  0   6  81
RP *Rob Gardner         21  41   5.12   4   8  1  17   5   3   0  133.7  147   82   76  15   64   74  597   8   3  0   4  70

    Dick Selma          22  30   4.24   4   6  1   7   7   0   0   80.7   84   47   38  11   39   58  355   4   3  0   5  85
   *Gerry Arrigo        25  17   3.74   3   3  0   5   5   0   0   43.3   47   20   18   5   16   28  194   1   0  0   2  96
    Dave Eilers         29  23   4.67   1   1  0   0  12   0   0   34.7   39   18   18   7    7   14  147   0   1  0   2  77
    Ralph Terry         30  11   4.74   0   1  1   1   6   0   0   24.7   27   14   13   1   11   14  104   0   0  0   1  76
   *Dick Rusteck        24   8   3.00   1   2  0   3   3   1   1   24.0   24   10    8   1    8    9   96   0   0  0   0 120
   *Gordie Richardson   27  15   9.16   0   2  1   1   2   0   0   18.7   24   19   19   7    6   15   86   2   0  0   1  39
   *Larry Miller        29   4   7.56   0   2  0   1   1   0   0    8.3    9    7    7   3    4    7   37   0   0  0   0  48
    Dallas Green        31   4   5.40   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.0    6    3    3   2    2    1   21   0   0  0   1  67
    Nolan Ryan          19   2  15.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    5    5    5   1    3    6   17   1   0  0   1  24
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.0 161   4.17  66  95 22 161 124  37   9 1427.0 1497  761  661 166  521  773 6177  76  35  3  57  86
    Rank among 10 NL teams          9   9   2 10           5   9     10    9    9        9   10   10
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JGrote 857 101 115 516 55 11 7 .981 8 44 38 25 JStephenson 302 31 52 187 30 6 4 .973 6 17 21 12 HTaylor 152 16 29 80 13 0 3 1.000 1 9 13 9 GGoossen 74 8 11 29 3 0 0 1.000 1 3 7 3 CColeman 41 5 5 24 2 1 0 .963 0 3 6 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1427 161 161 836 103 18 14 .981 16 76 85 51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *9.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EKranepool 1029 117 132 1161 85 10 100 .992 10.89 DStuart 185 23 23 216 13 6 20 .974 11.14 JHickman 104 11 17 120 12 1 14 .992 11.35 HTaylor 56 4 13 60 5 3 7 .956 10.45 EBressoud 40 5 9 42 6 1 3 .980 10.80 KBoyer 12 1 2 12 2 0 1 1.000 10.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 1611 123 21 145 .988 10.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHunt 1045 120 123 295 384 21 81 .970 5.84 CHiller 313 33 45 85 123 4 31 .981 5.98 EBressoud 68 8 7 16 17 1 3 .971 4.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 396 524 26 115 .973 5.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KBoyer 1087 125 130 113 292 21 33 .951 3.35 EBressoud 234 24 32 20 68 5 9 .946 3.37 CHiller 93 11 14 9 30 1 1 .975 3.77 JGrote 9 1 2 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 RHunt 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 145 392 27 44 .952 3.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 *4.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBressoud 645 73 94 135 252 16 52 .960 5.40 RMcMillan 550 63 71 112 203 8 35 .975 5.15 BHarrelson 230 25 29 52 91 1 26 .993 5.58 RHunt 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 299 548 25 113 .971 5.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *1.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSwoboda 728 80 89 127 7 2 0 .985 1.66 LElliot 189 23 26 35 4 3 0 .929 1.85 ALuplow 99 12 20 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 EKranepool 88 11 11 18 2 2 0 .909 2.05 JLewis 83 9 11 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.27 JHickman 75 7 17 13 0 1 0 .929 1.56 DNapoleon 74 9 10 12 1 1 0 .929 1.58 CHiller 58 8 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 BMurphy 13 0 8 1 1 1 0 .667 1.31 CJones 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 JStephenson 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SFitzmauric 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 254 16 10 0 .964 1.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CJones 821 99 105 218 4 5 0 .978 2.43 BMurphy 277 25 48 61 5 2 1 .971 2.14 ALuplow 180 21 24 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.65 JLewis 63 7 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.14 JHickman 56 6 8 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.73 SFitzmauric 29 3 4 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 344 12 7 2 .981 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ALuplow 478 53 68 101 3 2 1 .981 1.96 CJones 256 25 38 52 5 1 2 .983 2.00 LElliot 238 30 30 42 5 5 0 .904 1.78 JLewis 236 27 32 51 1 1 1 .981 1.98 JHickman 147 18 23 30 3 0 1 1.000 2.01 RSwoboda 66 8 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 BMurphy 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 292 17 9 5 .972 1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.03 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CJones 1088 125 129 275 10 6 2 .979 2.36 RSwoboda 794 88 97 145 7 2 0 .987 1.72 ALuplow 757 86 101 147 4 2 1 .987 1.79 LElliot 427 53 54 73 10 8 0 .912 1.75 JLewis 382 43 49 77 2 1 1 .987 1.86 BMurphy 295 25 57 57 6 3 1 .955 1.92 JHickman 278 31 45 63 5 1 2 .986 2.20 EKranepool 88 11 11 19 1 2 0 .909 2.05 DNapoleon 74 9 10 12 1 1 0 .929 1.58 CHiller 58 8 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 SFitzmauric 30 3 5 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 JStephenson 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1427 161 161 893 47 26 7 .973 1.98 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 *1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFisher 230 33 38 26 45 3 3 .959 2.78 DRibant 188 26 39 12 34 2 1 .958 2.20 BShaw 167 25 26 11 28 0 3 1.000 2.09 JHamilton 148 13 57 16 25 2 2 .953 2.48 RGardner 133 17 41 4 24 1 1 .966 1.88 BFriend 86 12 22 4 9 3 0 .812 1.36 DSelma 80 7 30 4 20 1 1 .960 2.68 BHepler 69 3 37 3 11 2 0 .875 1.83 TMcGraw 62 12 15 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.73 LBearnarth 54 1 29 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.96 DSutherland 44 0 31 4 11 0 1 1.000 3.05 GArrigo 43 5 17 4 8 1 2 .923 2.49 DEilers 34 0 23 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.59 RTerry 24 1 11 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.46 DRusteck 24 3 8 1 4 1 0 .833 1.88 GRichardson 18 1 15 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.93 LMiller 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DGreen 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 NRyan 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1427 161 161 101 258 16 15 .957 2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Hunt .288

On-base % Hunt .356

Slugging % Boyer .415

OPS Boyer .719

Games Kranepool 146

At Bats Boyer 496

Plate Appearances (approx.) Hunt 543

Runs Jones 74

Hits Hunt 138

Total Bases Boyer 206

Doubles Boyer 28

Triples Bressoud 5

Home Runs Kranepool 16

RBI Boyer 61

Bases on Balls Bressoud 47

Strikeouts Bressoud 107

Stolen Bases Jones 16

Singles Hunt 114

Adjusted OPS+ Hunt 102

Runs Created Hunt 61

Adjusted Batting Runs Hunt 3

Batting Wins Arrigo and Hunt 0.3

Extra-Base Hits Boyer 44

Times on Base Hunt 190

Offensive Win% Kranepool .533

Hit By Pitch Hunt 11

Sac. Hits Hunt 10

Sac. Flies Boyer 7

Intentional Walks Kranepool 9

Grounded into Double Plays Boyer 15

Caught Stealing Hunt 10

Power/Speed Number Jones 10.7

At Bats per Strikeout Hunt 14.1

At Bats per Home Run Kranepool 29.0

Outs Boyer 390

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ERA Ribant 3.20

Wins Fisher, Ribant, and Shaw 11

Won-Loss % Ribant .550

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ribant 1.189

Hits Allowed/9IP Ribant 8.79

Bases on Balls/9IP Ribant 1.91

Strikeouts/9IP Shaw 5.58

Games Hamilton 57

Saves Hamilton 13

Innings Fisher 230.0

Strikeouts Fisher 127

Games Started Fisher 33

Comp. Games Fisher and Ribant 10

Shutouts Fisher and Shaw 2

Home Runs Allow. Fisher 26

Bases On Balls Allow. Hamilton 88

Hits Allowed Fisher 229

SO to Walk Shaw 2.48

Losses Fisher 14

Earned Runs Allow. Fisher 94

Wild Pitches Hamilton 18

Hit Batsmen Fisher 8

Batters Faced Fisher 960

Games Finished Hamilton 29

Adjusted ERA+ Ribant 113

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