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1968 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969)
73-89, Finished 9th in National League
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Scored 473 runs, Allowed 499 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85
Manager: Gil Hodges (73-89)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,781,657 (2nd of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
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1967 / 1969 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Tommie Agee 25 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 9, 1942 7 132 94 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 13 127 3 13
Don Bosch 25 B R 5' 10" 160 Jul 15, 1942 3 50 27 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 30 0 33 9 12
Ken Boswell 22 L R 6' 0" 172 Feb 23, 1946 2 75 67 75 75 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Jerry Buchek 26 R R 5' 11" 185 May 9, 1942 7 73 51 73 73 0 0 0 12 37 0 9 0 0 9 19 0
Don Cardwell 32 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 7, 1935 12 30 25 30 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ed Charles 35 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 29, 1933 7 117 92 117 117 0 0 2 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Kevin Collins 21 L R 6' 2" 190 Aug 4, 1946 3 58 39 58 58 0 0 0 6 40 1 0 0 0 0 16 1
Bill Connors 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 2, 1941 3 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duffy Dyer 22 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 15, 1945 1st 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Frisella 22 L R 6' 0" 195 Mar 4, 1946 2 19 4 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Goossen 22 R R 210 Dec 14, 1945 4 38 31 38 38 0 1 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Jerry Grote 25 R R 5' 10" 190 Oct 6, 1942 5 124 109 124 124 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 All-Star
Bud Harrelson 24 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 4 111 100 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 6 0
Bob Heise 21 R R 6' 0" 175 May 12, 1947 2 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Jackson 32 L L 5' 10" 169 Dec 25, 1935 9 27 9 27 27 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cleon Jones 25 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 4, 1942 5 147 125 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 28 18 139 10 3
Mike Jorgensen 19 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 1st 8 3 8 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Cal Koonce 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 18, 1940 7 55 2 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Koosman 25 R L 6' 2" 208 Dec 23, 1942 2 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Ed Kranepool 23 L L 6' 3" 215 Nov 8, 1944 7 127 98 127 127 0 0 113 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 16 0
Phil Linz 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 4, 1939 7 78 67 78 78 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
J.C. Martin 31 L R 6' 2" 200 Dec 13, 1936 10 78 65 78 78 0 53 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Jim McAndrew 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Jan 11, 1944 1st 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Les Rohr 22 L L 6' 5" 205 Mar 5, 1946 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nolan Ryan HOF 21 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 31, 1947 2 21 18 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Seaver HOF 23 R R 6' 1" 206 Nov 17, 1944 2 38 35 38 38 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 All-Star
Dick Selma 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 4, 1943 4 39 23 39 39 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Art Shamsky 26 L L 6' 1" 175 Oct 14, 1941 4 116 88 116 116 0 0 17 0 0 0 71 0 12 82 26 0
Don Shaw 24 L L 6' 0" 185 Feb 23, 1944 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Short 30 L L 5' 9" 170 Nov 27, 1937 5 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Stahl 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 29, 1941 5 53 47 53 53 0 0 9 0 0 0 13 30 18 47 5 1
Ron Swoboda 24 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 30, 1944 4 132 117 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 124 125 10 0
Ron Taylor 30 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 13, 1937 7 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Weis 30 B R 6' 0" 170 Apr 2, 1938 7 90 77 90 90 0 0 0 29 2 59 0 0 0 0 5 1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1967 / 1969 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played