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1976 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977

86-76, Finished 3rd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Frazier (86-76)
Scored 615 runs, Allowed 538 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-71

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 1,468,754 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 90

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1975 / 1977 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
Bob Apodaca 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 31, 1950 4 43 3 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6 $
Benny Ayala 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 7, 1951 2 22 4 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 16 1 -0.5 $
Billy Baldwin 25 L L 6' 0" 175 Jun 9, 1951 2 9 5 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 4 0 0.2 $
Rick Baldwin 23 L R 6' 3" 180 Jun 1, 1953 2 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Bruce Boisclair 23 L L 6' 2" 185 Dec 9, 1952 2 110 60 110 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 40 19 96 24 9 1.4 $
Leon Brown 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 16, 1949 1st 64 14 64 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 29 6 43 9 23 -0.2 $
Jim Dwyer 26 L L 5' 10" 165 Jun 3, 1950 4 11 2 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 -0.1 $
Nino Espinosa 22 R R 6' 1" 192 Aug 15, 1953 3 12 5 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Leo Foster 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Feb 2, 1951 4 24 16 24 19 0 0 0 3 9 7 0 0 0 0 2 6 0.4 $
Wayne Garrett 28 L R 5' 11" 175 Dec 3, 1947 8 80 67 80 75 0 0 0 10 64 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 1.5 $
Jerry Grote 33 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 6, 1942 13 101 89 101 96 0 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11 0 1.6 $
Tom Hall 28 L L 6' 0" 150 Nov 23, 1947 9 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bud Harrelson 32 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 12 118 113 118 117 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 1 3 2.0 $
Jack Heidemann 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 11, 1949 7 5 3 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $
Ron Hodges 27 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 22, 1949 4 56 46 56 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.1 $
Dave Kingman 27 R R 6' 6" 210 Dec 21, 1948 6 123 120 123 120 0 0 16 0 0 0 5 0 106 111 3 0 2.9 $90,000 All-Star
Jay Kleven 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 2, 1949 1st 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Jerry Koosman 33 R L 6' 2" 205 Dec 23, 1942 10 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 $100,000
Ed Kranepool 31 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 8, 1944 15 123 106 123 113 0 0 86 0 0 0 23 0 8 31 13 0 1.7 $
Skip Lockwood 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 17, 1946 9 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Mickey Lolich 35 B L 6' 1" 170 Sep 12, 1940 14 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $125,000
Pepe Mangual 24 R R 5' 10" 157 May 23, 1952 5 41 25 41 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 21 6 39 2 8 -0.2 $
Jon Matlack 26 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 19, 1950 6 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $ All-Star
Lee Mazzilli 21 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1955 1st 24 20 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 0 23 3 0 -0.1 $
Felix Millan 32 R R 5' 11" 172 Aug 21, 1943 11 139 133 139 136 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.0 $
John Milner 26 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 28, 1949 6 127 115 127 117 0 0 12 0 0 0 112 0 0 112 12 0 3.6 $
Bob Myrick 23 R L 6' 1" 195 Oct 1, 1952 1st 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mike Phillips 25 L R 6' 0" 170 Aug 19, 1950 4 87 64 87 76 0 0 0 19 10 54 0 0 0 0 13 3 1.8 $
Ken Sanders 34 R R 5' 11" 168 Jul 8, 1941 10 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Tom Seaver HOF 31 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1944 10 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 $225,000 All-Star
Roy Staiger 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 6, 1950 2 95 87 95 94 0 0 0 0 93 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.0 $
John Stearns 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 21, 1951 3 32 28 32 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1.3 $
Craig Swan 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 30, 1950 4 23 22 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Joe Torre 35 R R 6' 2" 212 Jul 18, 1940 17 114 72 114 82 0 0 79 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 1.7 $105,000
Del Unser 31 L L 6' 1" 180 Dec 9, 1944 9 77 73 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 75 0 77 1 1 -0.1 $
Mike Vail 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 10, 1951 2 53 34 53 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33 35 19 0 -1.3 $
Hank Webb 26 R R 6' 3" 175 May 21, 1950 5 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
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

Leo Foster

Roy Staiger

Bud Harrelson

Bruce Boisclair

Mike Phillips

Mike Vail

Ed Kranepool

Joe Torre

Wayne Garrett
Pepe Mangual

Jack Heidemann
Lee Mazzilli
John Stearns

Jerry Grote

Lee Mazzilli
John Stearns

Felix Millan

Benny Ayala

Tom Hall

Billy Baldwin

Jay Kleven

Leon Brown

Jim Dwyer
Del Unser

Dave Kingman

Craig Swan

John Milner

Mickey Lolich

Hank Webb

Jon Matlack

Ken Sanders

Bob Apodaca

Jerry Koosman

Skip Lockwood

Nino Espinosa

Tom Seaver

Ron Hodges

Bob Myrick

Rick Baldwin

1975 / 1977 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers