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1968 New York Mets (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
Managed by Gil Hodges

Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,781,657 (2nd of 10)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
  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         25  124  404   29  114  18  0   3   31  44   81  .282  .357  .349   1   5   6   3   3   0  11  113
1B *Ed Kranepool        23  127  373   29   86  13  1   3   20  19   39  .231  .271  .295   0   3   6   2  10   1   5   70
2B *Ken Boswell         22   75  284   37   74   7  2   4   11  16   27  .261  .300  .342   7   2   6   1   3   2   0   93
3B  Ed Charles          35  117  369   41  102  11  1  15   53  28   57  .276  .328  .434   5   4   7   2   6   4   4  128
SS #Bud Harrelson       24  111  402   38   88   7  3   0   14  29   68  .219  .273  .251   4   5   3   1   4   1   2   59
LF  Cleon Jones         25  147  509   63  151  29  4  14   55  31   98  .297  .341  .452  23  12   8   5   4   3   3  137
CF  Tommie Agee         25  132  368   30   80  12  3   5   17  15  103  .217  .255  .307  13   8   8   4   3   1   3   69
RF  Ron Swoboda         24  132  450   46  109  14  6  11   59  52  113  .242  .325  .373   8   1  14   4   1   1   1  110
   *Art Shamsky         26  116  345   30   82  14  4  12   48  21   58  .238  .292  .406   1   0   6   7   4   4   6  108
   #Al Weis             30   90  274   15   47   6  0   1   14  21   63  .172  .234  .204   3   1   3   2   2   2   3   33
    Phil Linz           29   78  258   19   54   7  0   0   17  10   41  .209  .243  .236   1   0   7   2   3   2   0   45
   *J.C. Martin         31   78  244   20   55   9  2   3   31  21   31  .225  .298  .316   0   0   4   5   3   2   3   85
    Jerry Buchek        26   73  192    8   35   4  0   1   11  10   53  .182  .234  .219   1   1   8   3   2   0   5   37
   *Larry Stahl         27   53  183   15   43   7  2   3   10  21   38  .235  .314  .344   3   0   1   0   1   0   1   98
   *Kevin Collins       21   58  154   12   31   5  2   1   13   7   37  .201  .233  .279   0   1   2   0   5   2   2   54
   #Don Bosch           25   50  111   14   19   1  0   3    7   9   33  .171  .231  .261   0   2   2   0   1   1   1   48
    Greg Goossen        22   38  106    4   22   7  0   0    6  10   21  .208  .288  .274   0   0   4   2   1   0   0   70
    Bob Heise           21    6   23    3    5   0  0   0    1   1    1  .217  .250  .217   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   42
   *Mike Jorgensen      19    8   14    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    4  .143  .143  .214   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    6
    Duffy Dyer          22    1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .333  .500  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  155

    Tom Seaver          23   38   95    5   15   2  0   0    3   3   44  .158  .184  .179   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   10
    Jerry Koosman       25   35   91    3    7   1  0   1    4   3   62  .077  .106  .121   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -32
    Don Cardwell        32   30   61    3    3   0  0   1    4   0   34  .049  .049  .098   0   0   3   0   3   0   0  -56
    Dick Selma          24   39   58    4   12   2  0   0    1   0   20  .207  .207  .241   1   0   1   0   4   0   0   35
    Nolan Ryan          21   21   44    2    5   0  0   0    2   2   29  .114  .152  .114   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -19
   *Al Jackson          32   27   28    2    7   1  0   0    2   0    9  .250  .241  .286   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   58
    Jim McAndrew        24   12   22    1    1   0  0   0    0   1   15  .045  .087  .045   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -59
    Cal Koonce          27   55   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    8  .000  .125  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -60
   *Danny Frisella      22   19   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    7  .083  .083  .083   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  -50
    Ron Taylor          30   58    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    6  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Bill Short          30   34    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bill Connors        26    9    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  504
   *Les Rohr            22    2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.0  163 5503  473 1252 178 30  81  434 379 1203  .228  .277  .315  72  45 104  43  75  27  50   87
    Rank among 10 NL teams         5    9    8   8  8   5        8    1    10    10    10   4   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Tom Seaver          23  36   2.20  16  12  1  35   1  14   5  277.7  224   73   68  15   48  205 1088   8   8  1   5 137
SP *Jerry Koosman       25  35   2.08  19  12  0  34   0  17   7  263.7  221   72   61  16   69  178 1058   8   8  0   7 145
SP  Don Cardwell        32  29   2.96   7  13  1  25   1   5   1  179.7  156   69   59   9   50   82  747   7  10  1  11 102
SP  Dick Selma          24  33   2.76   9  10  0  23   3   4   3  169.7  148   63   52  11   54  117  703   7   5  0   5 109
SP  Nolan Ryan          21  21   3.09   6   9  0  18   1   3   0  134.0   93   50   46  12   75  133  559   7   4  0   4  98
SP  Jim McAndrew        24  12   2.28   4   7  0  12   0   2   1   79.0   66   20   20   5   17   46  314   4   4  0   4 132

CL  Ron Taylor          30  58   2.70   1   5 13   0  44   0   0   76.7   64   24   23   4   18   49  307   0   1  0   9 112
RP  Cal Koonce          27  55   2.41   6   4 11   2  31   0   0   97.0   80   27   26   4   32   50  385   4   1  0  11 125
RP *Bill Short          30  34   4.75   0   3  1   0  13   0   0   30.3   24   17   16   0   14   24  128   5   1  0   1  64
RP *Al Jackson          32  25   3.69   3   7  3   9   7   0   0   92.7   88   42   38   5   17   59  376   0   2  0   6  82
RP  Danny Frisella      22  19   3.91   2   4  2   4  10   0   0   50.7   53   23   22   5   17   47  216   4   0  0   0  77

    Bill Connors        26   9   9.00   0   1  0   0   3   0   0   14.0   21   14   14   0    7    8   72   1   1  0   1  34
   *Don Shaw            24   7   0.73   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   12.3    3    1    1   1    5   11   41   3   0  0   0 413
   *Les Rohr            22   2   4.50   0   2  0   1   1   0   0    6.0    9    4    3   0    7    5   34   1   0  1   3  67
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.1 163   2.72  73  89 32 163 118  45  25 1483.0 1250  499  448  87  430 1014 6028  59  45  3  67 111
    Rank among 10 NL teams          4   9   2  2           5   2      3    1    2        6    7    2

    * - 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 1005 109 115 754 60 5 8 .994 1 42 39 30 JMartin 460 52 53 334 24 2 4 .994 9 16 28 18 GGoossen 9 1 1 7 1 1 0 .889 1 0 4 0 DDyer 8 1 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1483 163 163 1103 85 8 12 .993 11 58 71 48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EKranepool 906 97 113 921 75 6 76 .994 9.89 GGoossen 240 30 31 230 23 2 18 .992 9.48 AShamsky 128 13 17 111 6 2 6 .983 8.21 JMartin 118 13 14 124 7 4 7 .970 9.97 LStahl 44 5 9 45 3 0 3 1.000 9.82 MJorgensen 28 3 4 32 1 0 3 1.000 10.61 ECharles 18 2 2 10 1 0 0 1.000 5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1483 163 163 1473 116 14 113 .991 9.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KBoswell 623 67 69 154 203 13 37 .965 5.15 PLinz 573 67 71 136 162 10 36 .968 4.68 AWeis 195 20 29 42 62 2 15 .981 4.79 JBuchek 72 8 12 19 20 0 4 1.000 4.83 KCollins 17 1 6 8 7 1 2 .937 7.80 BHeise 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1483 163 163 359 455 26 95 .969 4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ECharles 850 90 106 69 200 13 19 .954 2.85 KCollins 323 38 40 28 57 4 7 .955 2.37 JBuchek 305 35 37 30 70 7 7 .935 2.95 AWeis 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1483 163 163 127 329 24 33 .950 2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHarrelson 921 100 106 199 317 15 58 .972 5.04 AWeis 508 57 59 96 180 12 28 .958 4.89 BHeise 53 6 6 6 7 1 4 .929 2.21 KCollins 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1483 163 163 302 504 28 90 .966 4.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *1.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CJones 837 88 117 163 6 6 0 .966 1.82 AShamsky 526 64 71 107 4 1 1 .991 1.90 JBuchek 64 8 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.26 LStahl 32 1 13 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.23 DBosch 12 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 EKranepool 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.25 RSwoboda 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1483 163 163 290 12 7 1 .977 1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TAgee 825 87 116 205 6 5 2 .977 2.30 LStahl 244 30 30 81 2 1 0 .988 3.06 DBosch 235 26 30 71 3 2 1 .974 2.83 CJones 179 20 28 41 1 3 0 .933 2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1483 163 163 398 12 11 3 .974 2.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSwoboda 1081 117 124 218 14 6 4 .975 1.93 CJones 135 17 18 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.47 LStahl 105 11 18 22 2 1 1 .960 2.05 AShamsky 89 11 12 20 2 0 1 1.000 2.22 TAgee 72 7 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1483 163 163 296 18 7 6 .978 1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *2.02 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CJones 1151 125 139 226 7 9 0 .963 1.82 RSwoboda 1084 117 125 217 14 6 4 .975 1.92 TAgee 897 94 127 216 6 5 2 .978 2.23 AShamsky 616 75 82 128 6 1 2 .993 1.96 LStahl 382 42 47 110 5 2 1 .983 2.71 DBosch 247 27 33 73 3 2 1 .974 2.77 JBuchek 64 8 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.26 EKranepool 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1483 163 163 981 42 25 10 .976 2.07 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TSeaver 278 35 36 21 48 1 4 .986 2.23 JKoosman 263 34 35 5 42 0 2 1.000 1.60 DCardwell 180 25 29 16 39 1 1 .982 2.75 DSelma 170 23 33 12 35 1 0 .979 2.48 NRyan 134 18 21 5 11 4 0 .800 1.07 CKoonce 96 2 55 13 11 0 0 1.000 2.23 AJackson 92 9 25 7 17 0 1 1.000 2.33 JMcAndrew 79 12 12 8 8 0 2 1.000 1.82 RTaylor 76 0 58 9 14 1 1 .958 2.70 DFrisella 50 4 19 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.95 BShort 29 0 34 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.33 BConnors 14 0 9 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.21 DShaw 12 0 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 LRohr 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1483 163 163 105 247 8 11 .978 2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Jones .297

On-base % Jones .341

Slugging % Jones .452

OPS Jones .793

Games Jones 147

At Bats Jones 509

Plate Appearances (approx.) Jones 552

Runs Jones 63

Hits Jones 151

Total Bases Jones 230

Doubles Jones 29

Triples Swoboda 6

Home Runs Charles 15

RBI Swoboda 59

Bases on Balls Swoboda 52

Strikeouts Swoboda 113

Stolen Bases Jones 23

Singles Jones 104

Adjusted OPS+ Jones 137

Runs Created Jones 77

Adjusted Batting Runs Jones 22

Batting Wins Jones 2.5

Extra-Base Hits Jones 47

Times on Base Jones 187

Offensive Win% Jones .681

Hit By Pitch Shamsky 7

Sac. Hits Kranepool 10

Sac. Flies Charles and Shamsky 4

Intentional Walks Grote 11

Grounded into Double Plays Swoboda 14

Caught Stealing Jones 12

Power/Speed Number Jones 17.4

At Bats per Strikeout Jones 5.2

At Bats per Home Run Jones 36.4

Outs Jones 385

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Koosman 2.08

Wins Koosman 19

Won-Loss % Koosman .613

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Seaver 0.980

Hits Allowed/9IP Seaver 7.26

Bases on Balls/9IP Seaver 1.56

Strikeouts/9IP Seaver 6.64

Games Taylor 58

Saves Taylor 13

Innings Seaver 277.7

Strikeouts Seaver 205

Games Started Seaver 35

Comp. Games Koosman 17

Shutouts Koosman 7

Home Runs Allow. Koosman 16

Bases On Balls Allow. Ryan 75

Hits Allowed Seaver 224

SO to Walk Seaver 4.27

Losses Cardwell 13

Earned Runs Allow. Seaver 68

Wild Pitches Koosman and Seaver 8

Hit Batsmen Cardwell 10

Batters Faced Seaver 1088

Games Finished Taylor 44

Adjusted ERA+ Koosman 145

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Jerry Grote (Starting C)
Jerry Koosman
Tom Seaver

1967/1969

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