1974 New York Mets Statistics and Roster

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1974 New York Mets (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973/1975)
71-91, Finished 5th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 572 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90
Managed by Yogi Berra

Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,722,209 (5th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
  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         31   97  319   25   82   8  1   5   36  33   33  .257  .326  .335   0   1  11   2   4   5   4   87
1B *John Milner         24  137  507   70  128  19  0  20   63  66   77  .252  .337  .408  10   2  18   0   0   3   9  109
2B  Felix Millan        30  136  518   50  139  15  2   1   33  31   14  .268  .317  .311   5   1  12   8  24   4   2   78
3B *Wayne Garrett       26  151  522   55  117  14  3  13   53  89   96  .224  .337  .337   4   6   6   2   2   4   7   91
SS #Bud Harrelson       30  106  331   48   75  10  0   1   13  71   39  .227  .366  .266   9   4   5   2   8   0   1   80
LF  Cleon Jones         31  124  461   62  130  23  1  13   60  38   79  .282  .343  .421   3   3  11   6   2   3   3  114
CF  Don Hahn            25  110  323   34   81  14  1   4   28  37   34  .251  .328  .337   2   0  10   1   3   2   5   88
RF *Rusty Staub         30  151  561   65  145  22  2  19   78  77   39  .258  .347  .406   2   1  21   3   1   7  12  112
    Ted Martinez        26  116  334   32   73  15  7   2   43  14   40  .219  .247  .323   3   2  13   0   3   4   4   60
   *Dave Schneck        25   93  254   23   52  11  1   5   25  16   43  .205  .254  .315   4   1   1   1   0   1   2   60
   *Ken Boswell         28   96  222   19   48   6  1   2   15  18   19  .216  .277  .279   0   1   8   1   2   1   1   57
   *Ed Kranepool        29   94  217   20   65  11  1   4   24  18   14  .300  .350  .415   1   0   5   0   0   2   0  115
    Duffy Dyer          28   63  142   14   30   1  1   0   10  18   15  .211  .302  .232   0   0   6   1   0   1   2   52
   *Ron Hodges          25   59  136   16   30   4  0   4   14  19   11  .221  .310  .338   0   0   2   0   0   3   3   83
    George Theodore     27   60   76    7   12   1  0   1    1   8   14  .158  .247  .211   0   0   7   1   4   0   0   30
    Benny Ayala         23   23   68    9   16   1  0   2    8   7   17  .235  .308  .338   0   0   3   1   0   2   0   82
   *Jim Gosger          31   26   33    3    3   0  0   0    0   3    2  .091  .167  .091   0   0   2   0   1   0   1  -26
   #Brock Pemberton     20   11   22    0    4   0  0   0    1   0    3  .182  .182  .182   0   1   0   0   0   0   0    3
   *Bruce Boisclair     21    7   12    0    3   1  0   0    1   1    4  .250  .308  .333   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   81
   *Rich Puig           21    4   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .091  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -73
   #Ike Hampton         22    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   1   0 -100

    Jerry Koosman       31   35   86    5   16   2  1   0    5   7   29  .186  .247  .233   0   0   2   0  10   0   0   36
   *Jon Matlack         24   34   79    3    8   0  0   0    8   5   34  .101  .153  .101   0   0   1   0  11   1   0  -27
    Tom Seaver          29   32   71    3    7   0  0   0    4   9   28  .099  .200  .099   0   0   3   0   7   0   0  -14
    Harry Parker        26   40   36    1    0   0  0   0    1   2   20  .000  .053  .000   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -84
   *Ray Sadecki         33   34   27    1    7   0  0   0    2   1    1  .259  .286  .259   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   54
   *George Stone        27   15   26    0    3   0  0   0    4   1    5  .115  .148  .115   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -25
    Bob Apodaca         24   35   25    2    3   2  0   0    2   3    6  .120  .207  .200   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   15
    Tug McGraw          29   41   14    2    1   1  0   0    3   2    5  .071  .188  .143   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -6
    Craig Swan          23    7   11    2    4   0  0   0    1   1    2  .364  .417  .364   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  121
    Bob Miller          35   58    9    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    4  .111  .111  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -8
    Jerry Cram          26   10    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   88
    Hank Webb           24    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jack Aker           33   24    2    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  315
    Nino Espinosa       20    2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  183
   #Randy Sterling      23    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8  162 5468  572 1286 183 22  96  538 597  735  .235  .310  .329  43  23 148  29  87  45  56   87
    Rank among 12 NL teams        10   11   11  12 12   8        4   12    11    11    12  12  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Jerry Koosman       31  35   3.36  15  11  0  35   0  13   0  265.0  258  113   99  16   85  188 1118   8   7  1   7 107
SP *Jon Matlack         24  34   2.41  13  15  0  34   0  14   7  265.3  221   82   71   8   76  195 1076   4   5  1  11 149
SP  Tom Seaver          29  32   3.20  11  11  0  32   0  12   5  236.0  199   89   84  19   75  201  956   4   3  2  10 112
SP *George Stone        27  15   5.03   2   7  0  13   2   1   0   77.0  103   57   43  10   21   29  349   0   0  1   4  71
SP  Craig Swan          23   7   4.45   1   3  0   5   0   0   0   30.3   28   19   15   1   21   10  138   1   0  0   3  81

RP  Bob Miller          35  58   3.58   2   2  2   0  30   0   0   78.0   89   39   31   2   39   35  353   2   1  0  13 100
RP *Tug McGraw          29  41   4.16   6  11  3   4  26   1   1   88.7   96   43   41  12   32   54  390   4   0  0   6  86
RP  Bob Apodaca         24  35   3.50   6   6  3   8  15   1   0  103.0   92   47   40   7   42   54  434   3   2  3   9 103
RP  Jack Aker           33  24   3.48   2   1  2   0  16   0   0   41.3   33   18   16   4   14   18  173   1   2  0   1 103

    Harry Parker        26  40   3.92   4  12  4  16  14   1   0  131.0  145   64   57  10   46   58  575   6   3  0   5  92
   *Ray Sadecki         33  34   3.41   8   8  0  10   8   3   1  103.0  107   49   39   7   35   46  440   5   2  0   6 105
    Jerry Cram          26  10   1.61   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   22.3   22    4    4   1    4    8   84   1   0  0   3 223
    Hank Webb           24   3   7.20   0   2  0   2   1   0   0   10.0   15    9    8   1   10    8   55   0   1  1   0  50
    Randy Sterling      23   3   4.82   1   1  0   2   1   0   0    9.3   13    8    5   0    3    2   44   1   1  0   0  75
    Nino Espinosa       20   2   5.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    9.0   12    5    5   1    0    2   39   0   0  2   0  72
    John Strohmayer     27   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    0    4   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2 162   3.42  71  91 14 162 116  46  15 1470.0 1433  646  559  99  504  908 6228  40  27 11  78 105
    Rank among 12 NL teams          4  10   3 12           2   4      3   10    6        5    3    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 792 92 94 549 36 7 1 .988 3 21 51 28 RHodges 340 35 44 227 14 12 1 .953 4 8 32 8 DDyer 333 35 45 196 19 4 4 .982 5 11 29 12 IHampton 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1470 162 162 974 69 23 6 .978 12 40 113 48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMilner 1187 131 133 1147 77 7 103 .994 9.28 EKranepool 162 19 24 165 8 4 18 .977 9.57 GTheodore 88 9 14 93 2 1 7 .990 9.64 BPemberton 32 3 4 31 4 0 4 1.000 9.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1470 162 162 1436 91 12 132 .992 9.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FMillan 1172 128 134 374 315 15 81 .979 5.29 KBoswell 222 25 28 69 63 0 11 1.000 5.35 TMartinez 56 6 11 14 22 0 4 1.000 5.75 RPuig 20 3 3 6 6 1 2 .923 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1470 162 162 463 406 16 98 .982 5.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WGarrett 1237 136 144 111 318 20 31 .955 3.12 KBoswell 140 15 20 11 48 5 6 .922 3.79 TMartinez 90 11 12 11 22 3 2 .917 3.27 RPuig 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1470 162 162 134 388 28 39 .949 3.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 *4.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHarrelson 819 92 97 196 325 17 65 .968 5.72 TMartinez 585 64 75 123 212 17 32 .952 5.15 WGarrett 65 6 9 12 31 0 2 1.000 5.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1470 162 162 331 568 34 99 .964 5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CJones 963 111 117 203 8 5 0 .977 1.97 EKranepool 244 30 33 40 1 1 0 .976 1.51 BAyala 146 16 18 32 1 3 0 .917 2.02 DSchneck 57 2 24 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 GTheodore 24 2 8 2 1 2 0 .600 1.12 JGosger 18 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 KBoswell 10 1 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 BBoisclair 7 0 2 3 0 1 0 .750 3.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1470 162 162 299 12 12 0 .963 1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DHahn 799 84 104 211 8 3 0 .986 2.46 DSchneck 486 58 59 157 6 5 2 .970 3.01 TMartinez 77 9 10 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 JGosger 64 6 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 BBoisclair 26 3 3 6 2 0 0 1.000 2.77 CJones 16 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1470 162 162 408 17 8 2 .982 2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RStaub 1292 146 147 260 19 5 5 .982 1.94 DSchneck 59 4 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 KBoswell 38 5 5 11 1 1 1 .923 2.79 CJones 26 3 3 11 0 2 0 .846 3.81 GTheodore 18 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 BAyala 17 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71 JGosger 12 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.73 DHahn 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 EKranepool 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1470 162 162 308 20 8 6 .976 2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.27 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RStaub 1292 146 147 262 19 5 5 .983 1.96 CJones 1005 116 120 220 8 7 0 .970 2.04 DHahn 804 84 106 217 8 3 0 .987 2.52 DSchneck 603 64 84 179 7 5 2 .974 2.78 EKranepool 246 30 33 42 1 1 0 .977 1.57 BAyala 163 18 20 37 1 3 1 .927 2.09 JGosger 94 6 24 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 TMartinez 77 9 10 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 KBoswell 48 6 7 14 2 1 1 .941 2.96 GTheodore 42 4 12 4 1 2 0 .714 1.07 BBoisclair 33 3 5 10 2 1 0 .923 3.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1470 162 162 1018 50 28 9 .974 2.18 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .944 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMatlack 265 34 34 5 40 0 1 1.000 1.53 JKoosman 265 35 35 8 41 4 2 .925 1.66 TSeaver 236 32 32 9 42 1 7 .981 1.94 HParker 131 16 40 5 15 1 1 .952 1.37 RSadecki 103 10 34 3 16 3 3 .864 1.66 BApodaca 103 8 35 7 13 2 2 .909 1.75 TMcGraw 88 4 41 2 13 3 0 .833 1.52 BMiller 78 0 58 7 12 0 0 1.000 2.19 GStone 77 13 15 6 13 1 1 .950 2.22 JAker 41 0 24 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.87 CSwan 30 5 7 0 7 1 0 .875 2.08 JCram 22 0 10 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.02 HWebb 10 2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.80 RSterling 9 2 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.94 NEspinosa 9 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 JStrohmayer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1470 162 162 55 224 17 18 .943 1.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Jones .282

On-base % Staub .347

Slugging % Jones .421

OPS Jones .764

Games Garrett and Staub 151

At Bats Staub 561

Plate Appearances (approx.) Staub 649

Runs Milner 70

Hits Staub 145

Total Bases Staub 228

Doubles Jones 23

Triples Martinez 7

Home Runs Milner 20

RBI Staub 78

Bases on Balls Garrett 89

Strikeouts Garrett 96

Stolen Bases Milner 10

Singles Millan 121

Adjusted OPS+ Jones 114

Runs Created Staub 78

Adjusted Batting Runs Staub 10

Batting Wins Staub 1.0

Extra-Base Hits Staub 43

Times on Base Staub 225

Offensive Win% Jones .581

Hit By Pitch Millan 8

Sac. Hits Millan 24

Sac. Flies Staub 7

Intentional Walks Staub 12

Grounded into Double Plays Staub 21

Caught Stealing Garrett 6

Power/Speed Number Milner 13.3

At Bats per Strikeout Millan 37.0

At Bats per Home Run Milner 25.4

Outs Staub 446

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Matlack 2.41

Wins Koosman 15

Won-Loss % Koosman .577

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Matlack 1.119

Hits Allowed/9IP Matlack 7.50

Bases on Balls/9IP Matlack 2.58

Strikeouts/9IP Seaver 7.67

Games Miller 58

Saves Parker 4

Innings Matlack 265.3

Strikeouts Seaver 201

Games Started Koosman 35

Comp. Games Matlack 14

Shutouts Matlack 7

Home Runs Allow. Seaver 19

Bases On Balls Allow. Koosman 85

Hits Allowed Koosman 258

SO to Walk Seaver 2.68

Losses Matlack 15

Earned Runs Allow. Koosman 99

Wild Pitches Koosman 8

Hit Batsmen Koosman 7

Batters Faced Koosman 1118

Games Finished Miller 30

Adjusted ERA+ Matlack 149

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