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1974 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975

71-91, Finished 5th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Yogi Berra (71-91)
Scored 572 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 1,722,209 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

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1973 / 1975 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
Jack Aker 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 13, 1940 11 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bob Apodaca 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 31, 1950 2 35 8 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Benny Ayala 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 7, 1951 1st 23 18 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 2 20 4 0 -0.1 $
Bruce Boisclair 21 L L 6' 2" 185 Dec 9, 1952 1st 7 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 3 0.0 $
Ken Boswell 28 L R 6' 0" 170 Feb 23, 1946 8 96 46 96 53 0 0 0 28 20 0 2 0 5 7 47 0 -0.6 $
Jerry Cram 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 9, 1947 2 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Duffy Dyer 28 R R 6' 0" 187 Aug 15, 1945 7 63 35 63 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 -0.6 $
Nino Espinosa 20 R R 6' 1" 192 Aug 15, 1953 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Wayne Garrett 26 L R 5' 11" 175 Dec 3, 1947 6 151 142 151 149 0 0 0 0 144 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.1 $
Jim Gosger 31 L L 5' 11" 185 Nov 6, 1942 10 26 6 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 4 24 3 3 -1.0 $
Jerry Grote 31 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 6, 1942 11 97 92 97 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.0 $ All-Star
Don Hahn 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 16, 1948 6 110 84 110 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 2 106 10 2 -0.4 $
Ike Hampton 22 B R 6' 1" 185 Aug 22, 1951 1st 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1 $
Bud Harrelson 30 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 10 106 92 106 97 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 2 10 1.7 $75,000
Ron Hodges 25 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 22, 1949 2 59 35 59 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.2 $
Cleon Jones 31 R L 6' 0" 185 Aug 4, 1942 11 124 116 124 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 3 3 123 6 1 1.8 $
Jerry Koosman 31 R L 6' 2" 205 Dec 23, 1942 8 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $
Ed Kranepool 29 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 8, 1944 13 94 49 94 56 0 0 23 0 0 0 33 0 1 34 41 0 0.4 $
Ted Martinez 26 R R 6' 0" 165 Dec 10, 1947 5 116 90 116 103 0 0 0 11 12 75 0 10 0 10 8 12 -1.1 $
Jon Matlack 24 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 4 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 $50,000 All-Star
Tug McGraw 29 R L 6' 0" 170 Aug 30, 1944 9 41 4 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $90,000
Felix Millan 30 R R 5' 11" 172 Aug 21, 1943 9 136 128 136 134 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.4 $80,000
Bob Miller 35 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 18, 1939 17 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
John Milner 24 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 28, 1949 4 137 131 137 133 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1.3 $40,000
Harry Parker 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 14, 1947 4 40 16 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Brock Pemberton 20 B L 6' 3" 190 Nov 6, 1953 1st 11 3 11 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.3 $
Rich Puig 21 L R 5' 10" 165 Mar 16, 1953 1st 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ray Sadecki 33 L L 5' 11" 180 Dec 26, 1940 15 34 10 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Dave Schneck 25 L L 5' 10" 200 Jun 18, 1949 3 93 64 93 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 59 10 93 7 5 -0.9 $
Tom Seaver HOF 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1944 8 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 $173,000
Rusty Staub 30 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 12 151 146 151 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 147 5 0 0.0 $115,000
Randy Sterling 23 B R 6' 2" 195 Apr 21, 1951 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
George Stone 27 L L 6' 3" 205 Jul 9, 1946 8 15 13 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $
John Strohmayer 27 R R 6' 1" 181 Oct 13, 1946 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Craig Swan 23 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 30, 1950 2 7 5 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
George Theodore 27 R R 6' 4" 190 Nov 13, 1946 2 60 13 60 26 0 0 14 0 0 0 8 0 4 12 35 4 -0.8 $
Hank Webb 24 R R 6' 3" 175 May 21, 1950 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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

Brock Pemberton

Bud Harrelson

Rusty Staub

Jim Gosger

Rich Puig

Ed Kranepool

George Theodore

Duffy Dyer

Wayne Garrett

Ken Boswell

Jerry Grote

Dave Schneck

Felix Millan

Benny Ayala

Ike Hampton

Cleon Jones

Jack Aker
Hank Webb

Ted Martinez

Don Hahn

Bruce Boisclair

Jerry Cram
Craig Swan

John Milner

Hank Webb

Bob Miller

Harry Parker

Jon Matlack

Ray Sadecki

Bob Apodaca

Randy Sterling

Jerry Koosman

Jerry Cram

John Strohmayer

George Stone

Tom Seaver

Ron Hodges

Tug McGraw

Nino Espinosa

1973 / 1975 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers