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1968 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969

73-89, Finished 9th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gil Hodges (73-89)
Scored 473 runs, Allowed 499 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · 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 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
Tommie Agee 25 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 9, 1942 7 132 94 132 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 13 127 3 13 -0.4 $
Don Bosch 25 B R 5' 10" 160 Jul 15, 1942 3 50 27 50 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 30 0 33 9 12 -0.5 $
Ken Boswell 22 L R 6' 0" 170 Feb 23, 1946 2 75 67 75 69 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1.4 $
Jerry Buchek 26 R R 5' 11" 185 May 9, 1942 7 73 51 73 57 0 0 0 12 37 0 9 0 0 9 19 0 -1.4 $
Don Cardwell 32 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 7, 1935 12 30 25 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.2 $
Ed Charles 35 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 29, 1933 7 117 92 117 108 0 0 2 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 3.7 $
Kevin Collins 21 L R 6' 1" 180 Aug 4, 1946 3 58 39 58 43 0 0 0 6 41 1 0 0 0 0 16 1 -1.0 $
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 -0.6 $
Duffy Dyer 22 R R 6' 0" 187 Aug 15, 1945 1st 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Danny Frisella 22 L R 6' 0" 185 Mar 4, 1946 2 19 4 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Greg Goossen 22 R R 6' 1" 210 Dec 14, 1945 4 38 31 38 32 0 1 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Jerry Grote 25 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 6, 1942 5 124 109 124 115 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2.2 $ All-Star
Bud Harrelson 24 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 4 111 100 111 106 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 $
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 -0.1 $
Al Jackson 32 L L 5' 10" 169 Dec 26, 1935 9 27 9 27 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 $
Cleon Jones 25 R L 6' 0" 185 Aug 4, 1942 5 147 125 147 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 28 18 139 10 3 3.6 $
Mike Jorgensen 19 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 1st 8 3 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1 $
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 1.9 $
Jerry Koosman 25 R L 6' 2" 205 Dec 23, 1942 2 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 $12,000 All-Star
Ed Kranepool 23 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 8, 1944 7 127 98 127 114 0 0 113 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 16 0 -1.1 $25,000
Phil Linz 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 4, 1939 7 78 67 78 70 0 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -1.2 $
J.C. Martin 31 L R 6' 2" 188 Dec 13, 1936 10 78 65 78 67 0 53 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.7 $
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 2.1 $
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 -0.3 $
Nolan Ryan HOF 21 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 2 21 18 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Tom Seaver HOF 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1944 2 38 35 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7.4 $ All-Star
Dick Selma 24 R R 5' 11" 160 Nov 4, 1943 4 39 23 39 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.3 $
Art Shamsky 26 L L 6' 1" 168 Oct 14, 1941 4 116 88 116 97 0 0 17 0 0 0 71 0 12 82 26 0 1.4 $
Don Shaw 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 23, 1944 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
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 -0.5 $
Larry Stahl 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Jun 29, 1941 5 53 47 53 50 0 0 9 0 0 0 13 30 18 46 5 1 1.2 $
Ron Swoboda 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 30, 1944 4 132 117 132 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 124 125 10 0 2.1 $
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 1.0 $
Al Weis 30 B R 6' 0" 160 Apr 2, 1938 7 90 77 90 89 0 0 0 29 2 59 0 0 0 0 5 1 -1.9 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Jerry Buchek
Phil Linz
Bud Harrelson
Ron Swoboda
Ed Charles
Al Weis
Ed Kranepool
J.C. Martin

Duffy Dyer
Greg Goossen
Mike Jorgensen
Ken Boswell
Jerry Grote
Kevin Collins
Don Bosch
Kevin Collins
Tommie Agee
Cleon Jones

Greg Goossen
Bob Heise
Art Shamsky
Larry Stahl
Don Cardwell
Danny Frisella
Nolan Ryan
Les Rohr

Bill Connors
Cal Koonce
Don Shaw
Jerry Koosman
Al Jackson
Dick Selma
Bill Short
Tom Seaver

Ron Taylor
Jim McAndrew
Bill Connors
Don Shaw

1967 / 1969 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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