1968 New York Mets

Roster (40-man)

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 Roster (40-man)

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	-0.1
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	1.9
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	-1.1
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	0.8
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	4.2
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	-0.9
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	0.1
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	-0.4
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	0.2
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	2.8		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	0.5
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	-0.1
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	4.1
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	-0.2
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	2.0
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	6.0	$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	-0.9	$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	-1.1
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	1.0
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	1.8
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	-0.2
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	0.9	$8,500
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	7.0	$28,000	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	2.0	$15,700
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	1.7
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	$14,000
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	-0.9	$17,500
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	1.5
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	3.0
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	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	-1.6
	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

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1967 / 1969 Roster (40-man)

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