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1972 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

83-73, Finished 3rd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Yogi Berra (83-73)
Scored 528 runs, Allowed 578 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-84

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 2,134,185 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 95

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1971 / 1973 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 29 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 9, 1942 11 114 108 114 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 91 19 110 6 0 -0.1 $
Lute Barnes 25 R R 5' 10" 160 Apr 28, 1947 1st 24 18 24 20 0 0 0 14 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.3 $
Jim Beauchamp 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 21, 1939 9 58 29 58 38 0 0 35 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 25 1 -0.2 $
Ken Boswell 26 L R 6' 0" 170 Feb 23, 1946 6 100 89 100 94 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.6 $
Buzz Capra 24 R R 5' 10" 168 Oct 1, 1947 2 14 6 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Duffy Dyer 26 R R 6' 0" 187 Aug 15, 1945 5 94 91 94 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1.6 $
Jim Fregosi 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 4, 1942 12 101 90 101 94 0 0 3 0 86 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.3 $80,000
Danny Frisella 26 L R 6' 0" 185 Mar 4, 1946 6 39 0 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Wayne Garrett 24 L R 5' 11" 175 Dec 3, 1947 4 111 88 111 103 0 0 0 22 82 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1.4 $
Gary Gentry 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 6, 1946 4 32 26 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jerry Grote 29 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 6, 1942 9 64 60 64 63 0 59 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.9 $
Don Hahn 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 16, 1948 4 17 8 17 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 10 7 0 -0.4 $
Bud Harrelson 28 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 8 115 113 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4 $
Cleon Jones 29 R L 6' 0" 185 Aug 4, 1942 9 106 98 106 102 0 0 20 0 0 0 72 5 13 84 4 1 -0.9 $70,000
Jerry Koosman 29 R L 6' 2" 205 Dec 23, 1942 6 34 24 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ed Kranepool 27 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 8, 1944 11 122 84 122 109 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18 0 1.0 $
Dave Marshall 29 L R 6' 1" 182 Jan 14, 1943 6 72 33 72 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 38 42 32 1 -0.1 $
Ted Martinez 24 R R 6' 0" 165 Dec 10, 1947 3 103 83 103 99 0 0 0 47 2 42 6 5 5 15 4 5 -0.9 $
Jon Matlack 22 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 2 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 $
Willie Mays HOF 41 R R 5' 10" 170 May 6, 1931 21 69 53 69 59 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 50 0 50 12 1 1.6 $ All-Star
Jim McAndrew 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Jan 11, 1944 5 28 23 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $
Tug McGraw 27 R L 6' 0" 170 Aug 30, 1944 7 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $ All-Star
John Milner 22 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 28, 1949 2 117 94 117 100 0 0 10 0 0 0 88 0 3 91 19 0 1.4 $
Tommy Moore 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 7, 1948 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Joe Nolan 21 L R 5' 11" 175 May 12, 1951 1st 4 2 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3 $
Bob Rauch 23 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 16, 1949 1st 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $6,000
Ray Sadecki 31 L L 5' 11" 180 Dec 26, 1940 13 34 2 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Dave Schneck 23 L L 5' 10" 200 Jun 18, 1949 1st 37 30 37 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 16 33 4 1 -0.1 $
Tom Seaver HOF 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1944 6 36 35 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.3 $120,000 All-Star
Rusty Staub 28 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 10 66 65 66 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 65 1 0 0.6 $
Brent Strom 23 R L 6' 3" 189 Oct 14, 1948 1st 11 5 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Bill Sudakis 26 B R 6' 1" 190 Mar 27, 1946 5 18 12 18 12 0 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2 $
Chuck Taylor 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 18, 1942 4 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $20,000
Hank Webb 22 R R 6' 3" 175 May 21, 1950 1st 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
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

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers