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1972 New York Mets Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973)
83-73, Finished 3rd in NL East
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Scored 528 runs, Allowed 578 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-84
Manager: Yogi Berra (83-73)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Duffy Dyer 26 94 363 325 33 75 17 3 8 36 0 1 28 71 .231 .299 .375 .675 94 122 8 5 2 3 9
2 1B Ed Kranepool* 27 122 368 327 28 88 15 1 8 34 1 0 34 35 .269 .336 .394 .731 110 129 11 1 2 4 13
3 2B Ken Boswell* 26 100 400 355 35 75 9 1 9 33 2 2 32 35 .211 .274 .318 .592 70 113 15 0 9 4 1
4 SS Bud Harrelson# 28 115 490 418 54 90 10 4 1 24 12 4 58 57 .215 .313 .266 .578 68 111 6 3 7 4 4
5 3B Jim Fregosi 30 101 382 340 31 79 15 4 5 32 0 1 38 71 .232 .311 .344 .655 89 117 6 1 2 1 2
6 LF John Milner* 22 117 423 362 52 86 12 2 17 38 2 1 51 74 .238 .340 .423 .762 119 153 8 5 5 0 1
7 CF Tommie Agee 29 114 483 422 52 96 23 0 13 47 8 9 53 92 .227 .317 .374 .692 99 158 18 4 1 3 6
8 RF Rusty Staub* 28 66 278 239 32 70 11 0 9 38 0 1 31 13 .293 .372 .452 .824 137 108 5 2 1 5 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Cleon Jones 29 106 415 375 39 92 15 1 5 52 1 6 30 83 .245 .305 .331 .636 84 124 10 4 2 4 4
10 IF Wayne Garrett* 24 111 377 298 41 69 13 3 2 29 3 2 70 58 .232 .374 .315 .689 101 94 5 0 5 4 3
11 MI Ted Martinez 24 103 347 330 22 74 5 5 1 19 7 4 12 49 .224 .254 .279 .532 54 92 10 1 4 0 2
12 CF Willie Mays 41 69 242 195 27 52 9 1 8 19 1 5 43 43 .267 .402 .446 .848 145 87 5 1 3 0 5
13 C Jerry Grote 29 64 241 205 15 43 5 1 3 21 1 0 26 27 .210 .304 .288 .592 72 59 5 3 4 3 8
14 RF Dave Marshall* 29 72 180 156 21 39 5 0 4 11 3 3 22 28 .250 .346 .359 .705 104 56 4 1 1 0 1
15 OF Dave Schneck* 23 37 134 123 7 23 3 2 3 10 0 1 10 26 .187 .254 .317 .571 64 39 2 1 0 0 2
16 1B Jim Beauchamp 32 58 131 120 10 29 1 0 5 19 0 0 7 33 .242 .282 .375 .657 88 45 2 1 0 3 1
17 MI Lute Barnes 25 24 79 72 5 17 2 2 0 6 0 1 6 4 .236 .291 .319 .611 76 23 2 0 0 1 1
18 UT Bill Sudakis# 26 18 56 49 3 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 6 14 .143 .236 .204 .440 28 10 1 0 1 0 0
19 OF Don Hahn 23 17 41 37 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 .162 .244 .162 .406 19 6 1 0 0 0 0
20 C Joe Nolan* 21 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Tom Seaver 27 36 100 89 5 13 3 1 3 4 0 0 5 41 .146 .191 .303 .495 41 27 1 0 6 0 0
22 P Jon Matlack* 22 34 93 78 6 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 44 .128 .227 .141 .368 9 11 1 0 5 0 0
23 P Jim McAndrew 28 28 57 43 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 .047 .128 .047 .174 -48 2 0 1 10 0 0
24 P Jerry Koosman 29 34 56 47 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .085 .085 .085 .170 -51 4 1 0 9 0 0
25 P Gary Gentry 25 32 55 48 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 28 .104 .173 .125 .298 -13 6 0 0 3 0 0
26 P Tug McGraw 27 54 24 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .100 .182 .100 .282 -17 2 0 0 2 0 0
27 P Buzz Capra 24 14 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .250 .400 .250 .650 92 3 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Ray Sadecki* 31 34 14 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -11 2 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Brent Strom 23 11 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Danny Frisella* 26 39 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 65 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Hank Webb 22 6 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Chuck Taylor 30 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Bob Rauch 23 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Tommy Moore 23 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 93 1 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.4 156 5883 5135 528 1154 175 31 105 490 41 41 589 990 .225 .307 .332 .639 84 1706 127 34 86 39 70
Rank in 12 NL teams 12 9 12 10 10 7 12 9 2 1 12 9 10 10 11
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Tom Seaver 27 21 12 .636 2.92 35 35 0 13 3 0 262.0 215 92 85 23 77 2 249 5 0 8 1060 115 1.115 7.4 0.8 2.6 8.6 3.23
2 SP Jon Matlack* 22 15 10 .600 2.32 34 32 1 8 4 0 244.0 215 79 63 14 71 14 169 2 1 7 1003 144 1.172 7.9 0.5 2.6 6.2 2.38
3 SP Gary Gentry 25 7 10 .412 4.01 32 26 3 3 0 0 164.0 153 82 73 20 75 5 120 6 0 6 712 84 1.390 8.4 1.1 4.1 6.6 1.60
4 SP Jerry Koosman* 29 11 12 .478 4.14 34 24 5 4 1 1 163.0 155 81 75 14 52 7 147 6 0 9 692 81 1.270 8.6 0.8 2.9 8.1 2.83
5 SP Jim McAndrew 28 11 8 .579 2.80 28 23 3 4 0 1 160.2 133 54 50 12 38 5 81 5 0 6 643 120 1.064 7.5 0.7 2.1 4.5 2.13
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Tug McGraw* 27 8 6 .571 1.70 54 0 47 0 0 27 106.0 71 26 20 3 40 11 92 3 0 2 419 197 1.047 6.0 0.3 3.4 7.8 2.30
7 RP Ray Sadecki* 31 2 1 .667 3.09 34 2 13 0 0 0 75.2 73 33 26 3 31 6 38 2 0 2 328 108 1.374 8.7 0.4 3.7 4.5 1.23
8 RP Danny Frisella 26 5 8 .385 3.34 39 0 31 0 0 9 67.1 63 31 25 8 20 5 46 0 0 6 284 100 1.233 8.4 1.1 2.7 6.1 2.30
9 RP Chuck Taylor 30 0 0 5.52 20 0 8 0 0 2 31.0 44 19 19 2 9 3 9 1 0 0 143 61 1.710 12.8 0.6 2.6 2.6 1.00
10 RP Bob Rauch 23 0 1 .000 5.00 19 0 7 0 0 1 27.0 27 16 15 3 21 2 23 0 0 4 126 67 1.778 9.0 1.0 7.0 7.7 1.10
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Buzz Capra 24 3 2 .600 4.58 14 6 2 0 0 0 53.0 50 27 27 7 27 1 45 0 0 1 227 73 1.453 8.5 1.2 4.6 7.6 1.67
12 Brent Strom* 23 0 3 .000 6.82 11 5 3 0 0 0 30.1 34 25 23 7 15 1 20 0 1 1 134 49 1.615 10.1 2.1 4.5 5.9 1.33
13 Hank Webb 22 0 0 4.42 6 2 1 0 0 0 18.1 18 9 9 1 9 1 15 0 0 0 79 76 1.473 8.8 0.5 4.4 7.4 1.67
14 Tommy Moore 23 0 0 2.92 3 1 0 0 0 0 12.1 12 4 4 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 47 115 1.054 8.8 0.7 0.7 3.6 5.00
Team Totals 26.1 83 73 .532 3.27 156 156 124 32 8 41 1414.2 1263 578 514 118 486 63 1059 30 2 53 5897 103 1.236 8.0 0.8 3.1 6.7 2.18
Rank in 12 NL teams 6 7 11 9 3 1 2 5 5 8 5 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Tommie Agee 29 119 108 958.1 292 275 6 11 1 .962 -7.2 -9.0 -2.2 1.2 -3.3 -5 2.64 2.36 CF-RF-LF
Lute Barnes 25 20 18 160.0 93 40 50 3 13 .968 -3.0 -22.5 -3.0 -1.4 -1.6 0 5.06 4.50 2B-SS
Jim Beauchamp 32 40 29 245.0 201 187 9 5 16 .975 -2.0 -9.8 -2.0 -1.6 -0.5 0 0 7.20 4.90 1B-LF
Ken Boswell 26 94 89 804.0 395 208 183 4 53 .990 -3.6 -5.4 -4.6 -2.6 -2.0 1 4.38 4.16 2B
Buzz Capra 24 14 6 53.0 15 5 10 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.55 1.07 P
Duffy Dyer 26 92 91 821.0 757 690 61 6 12 .992 4.2 6.1 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 5 8.23 8.16 3 40 39 40 51% C-RF
Jim Fregosi 30 94 90 799.1 268 91 162 15 15 .944 -10.2 -15.3 -9.2 -3.2 -6.0 -1 2.85 2.69 3B-SS-1B
Danny Frisella 26 39 0 67.1 21 5 15 1 0 .952 0.0 0.0 2.67 0.51 P
Wayne Garrett 24 104 88 803.0 316 114 188 14 19 .956 -3.0 -4.5 -3.0 -7.5 4.5 0 3.38 2.90 3B-2B
Gary Gentry 25 32 26 164.0 42 15 27 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.30 1.31 P
Jerry Grote 29 63 60 554.0 451 407 43 1 5 .998 6.2 13.4 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 0 0 7 7.31 7.14 2 13 18 20 53% C-3B-RF
Don Hahn 23 10 8 80.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -19.5 -1.3 -0.9 -0.4 0 1.12 1.00 RF-CF
Bud Harrelson 28 115 113 1000.1 541 191 334 16 51 .970 -7.1 -8.5 -4.1 -3.8 -0.3 -3 4.72 4.57 SS
Cleon Jones 29 110 98 878.2 339 313 20 6 10 .982 -0.9 -1.2 -1.9 -2.6 0.9 1 0 3.41 3.03 LF-1B-RF-CF
Jerry Koosman 29 34 24 163.0 28 4 23 1 1 .964 0.0 0.0 1.49 0.79 P
Ed Kranepool 27 109 84 799.1 756 705 48 3 65 .996 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 0 8.48 6.91 1B-RF
Dave Marshall 29 43 33 314.2 73 71 0 2 0 .973 -4.4 -16.8 -2.4 0.2 -2.6 -2 2.03 1.65 RF-CF-LF
Ted Martinez 24 107 83 802.1 373 174 194 5 30 .987 -3.4 -5.1 -1.4 -3.2 1.7 0 -2 4.13 3.44 2B-SS-CF-LF-RF-3B
Jon Matlack 22 34 32 244.0 42 8 33 1 1 .976 0.0 0.0 1.51 1.21 P
Willie Mays 41 61 53 465.2 191 182 5 4 4 .979 -3.1 -8.0 -2.1 -0.8 -1.4 -1 0 3.61 3.07 CF-1B
Jim McAndrew 28 28 23 160.2 33 16 16 1 0 .970 0.0 0.0 1.79 1.14 P
Tug McGraw 27 54 0 106.0 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.61 0.35 P
John Milner 22 101 94 839.1 250 231 13 6 9 .976 -6.9 -9.9 -4.9 -2.6 -2.4 -2 0 2.62 2.42 LF-1B-RF
Tommy Moore 23 3 1 12.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.19 1.00 P
Joe Nolan 21 3 2 22.0 16 12 3 1 0 .938 -1.0 -54.5 -1 6.14 5.00 2 1 1 1 50% C
Bob Rauch 23 19 0 27.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.00 0.32 P
Ray Sadecki 31 34 2 75.2 11 1 8 2 0 .818 0.0 0.0 1.07 0.26 P
Dave Schneck 23 34 30 280.2 68 66 1 1 0 .985 2.0 8.6 1.0 0.8 0.2 1 2.15 1.97 RF-CF-LF
Tom Seaver 27 35 35 262.0 60 17 40 3 3 .950 0.0 0.0 1.96 1.63 P
Rusty Staub 28 65 65 583.0 113 107 4 2 2 .982 -9.5 -19.6 -5.5 -4.6 -0.9 -4 1.71 1.71 RF
Brent Strom 23 11 5 30.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.59 0.18 P
Bill Sudakis 26 12 12 106.2 98 88 8 2 3 .980 0.4 4.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0 0 8.10 8.00 0 2 2 0 0% 1B-C
Chuck Taylor 30 20 0 31.0 13 4 9 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.77 0.65 P
Hank Webb 22 6 2 18.1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.44 1.17 P
Team Totals 27.2 156 1404 12732.0 5899 4244 1539 116 318 .980 -53.6 -5.1 -47.6 -32.7 -15.0 -12 -5 11 4.09 3.33 7 56 60 61 50%
Rank in 12 NL teams 9 11 4
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics