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1970 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 / 1971

83-79, Finished 3rd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gil Hodges (83-79)
Scored 695 runs, Allowed 630 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 2,697,479 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103

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1969 / 1971 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 27 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 9, 1942 9 153 146 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 2 151 4 1 5.1 $37,500
Ken Boswell 24 L R 6' 0" 170 Feb 23, 1946 4 105 93 105 101 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.6 $
Don Cardwell 34 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 7, 1935 14 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Dean Chance 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 1, 1941 10 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Donn Clendenon 34 R R 6' 4" 209 Jul 15, 1935 10 121 96 121 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 2.7 $60,000
Duffy Dyer 24 R R 6' 0" 187 Aug 15, 1945 3 59 41 59 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1 $
Tim Foli 19 R R 6' 0" 179 Dec 6, 1950 1st 5 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Rich Folkers 23 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 17, 1946 1st 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Joe Foy 27 R R 6' 0" 215 Feb 21, 1943 5 99 94 99 97 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.6 $30,000
Danny Frisella 24 L R 6' 0" 185 Mar 4, 1946 4 30 1 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Wayne Garrett 22 L R 5' 11" 175 Dec 3, 1947 2 114 101 114 110 0 0 0 43 72 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 2.7 $
Rod Gaspar 24 B L 5' 11" 165 Apr 3, 1946 2 11 3 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 8 1 4 -0.1 $
Gary Gentry 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 6, 1946 2 32 29 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Jerry Grote 27 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 6, 1942 7 126 121 126 125 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4 $
Bud Harrelson 26 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 6 157 155 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.2 $ All-Star
Ron Herbel 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 16, 1938 8 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Cleon Jones 27 R L 6' 0" 185 Aug 4, 1942 7 134 128 134 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 5 0 130 5 1 2.0 $55,000
Mike Jorgensen 21 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 2 76 15 76 59 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 18 10 -0.1 $
Cal Koonce 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 18, 1940 9 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jerry Koosman 27 R L 6' 2" 205 Dec 23, 1942 4 30 29 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $50,000
Ed Kranepool 25 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 8, 1944 9 43 5 43 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 -0.4 $
Dave Marshall 27 L R 6' 1" 182 Jan 14, 1943 4 92 39 92 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 33 43 50 1 -0.1 $
Ted Martinez 22 R R 6' 0" 165 Dec 10, 1947 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jim McAndrew 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Jan 11, 1944 3 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Tug McGraw 25 R L 6' 0" 170 Aug 30, 1944 5 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Nolan Ryan HOF 23 R R 6' 2" 170 Jan 31, 1947 4 27 19 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Ray Sadecki 29 L L 5' 11" 180 Dec 26, 1940 11 28 19 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Tom Seaver HOF 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1944 4 42 36 42 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6.0 $80,000 All-Star
Art Shamsky 28 L L 6' 1" 168 Oct 14, 1941 6 122 108 122 113 0 0 56 0 0 0 4 0 54 58 13 0 2.0 $
Ken Singleton 23 B R 6' 4" 210 Jun 10, 1947 1st 69 49 69 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 26 52 20 0 0.9 $
Leroy Stanton 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 10, 1946 1st 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0.0 $
Ron Swoboda 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 30, 1944 6 115 58 115 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100 100 26 7 0.1 $42,000
Ron Taylor 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 13, 1937 9 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $28,000
Al Weis 32 B R 6' 0" 160 Apr 2, 1938 9 75 37 75 58 0 0 0 44 0 15 0 0 0 0 2 17 -0.4 $
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

1969 / 1971 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers