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1976 New York Mets (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975/1977)
86-76, Finished 3rd in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 615 runs, Allowed 538 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-71
Managed by Joe Frazier

Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,468,754 (5th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 94
  (one-year): Batting - 91, Pitching - 90
  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         33  101  323   30   88  14  2   4   28  38   19  .272  .350  .365   1   2  15   1   3   1   4  109
1B *Ed Kranepool        31  123  415   47  121  17  1  10   49  35   38  .292  .344  .410   1   0  10   0   2   3   4  120
2B  Felix Millan        32  139  531   55  150  25  2   1   35  41   19  .282  .341  .343   2   4  15   7   6   2   5  100
3B  Roy Staiger         26   95  304   23   67   8  1   2   26  25   35  .220  .278  .273   3   3   8   1   1   4   6   62
SS #Bud Harrelson       32  118  359   34   84  12  4   1   26  63   56  .234  .351  .298   9   3   1   2   8   0   5   91
LF *John Milner         26  127  443   56  120  25  4  15   78  65   53  .271  .362  .447   0   7  12   0   0   3   1  136
CF *Del Unser           31   77  276   28   63  13  2   5   25  18   40  .228  .275  .344   4   4   4   1   5   3   1   80
RF  Dave Kingman        27  123  474   70  113  14  1  37   86  28  135  .238  .286  .506   7   4  11   5   0   3   4  128
    Joe Torre           35  114  310   36   95  10  3   5   31  21   35  .306  .358  .406   1   3  16   5   2   2   1  123
   *Bruce Boisclair     23  110  286   42   82  13  3   2   13  28   55  .287  .350  .374   9   5   3   0   6   0   5  112
   *Mike Phillips       25   87  262   30   67   4  6   4   29  25   29  .256  .315  .363   2   2   2   0   3   5   8   98
   *Wayne Garrett       28   80  251   36   56   8  1   4   26  52   26  .223  .359  .311   7   5   5   1   1   0   5   97
   *Ron Hodges          27   56  155   21   35   6  0   4   24  27   16  .226  .339  .342   2   0   4   0   1   1   2   99
    Mike Vail           24   53  143    8   31   5  1   0    9   6   19  .217  .243  .266   0   1   4   0   0   3   0   49
    John Stearns        24   32  103   13   27   6  0   2   10  16   11  .262  .364  .379   1   2   4   1   0   1   0  117
    Pepe Mangual        24   41  102   15   19   5  2   1    9  10   32  .186  .259  .304   7   3   0   0   3   0   0   64
   #Lee Mazzilli        21   24   77    9   15   2  0   2    7  14   10  .195  .323  .299   5   4   0   1   0   1   0   83
    Leon Brown          26   64   70   11   15   3  0   0    2   4    4  .214  .257  .257   2   4   3   0   0   0   0   51
    Leo Foster          25   24   59   11   12   2  0   1   15   8    5  .203  .299  .288   3   0   0   0   0   0   1   72
    Benny Ayala         25   22   26    2    3   0  0   1    2   2    6  .115  .179  .231   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   19
   *Billy Baldwin       25    9   22    4    6   1  1   1    5   1    2  .273  .292  .545   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  141
   *Jim Dwyer           26   11   13    2    2   0  0   0    0   2    1  .154  .267  .154   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   25
    Jack Heidemann      26    5   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .083  .083  .083   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -51
    Jay Kleven          26    2    5    0    1   0  0   0    2   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   17

   *Jon Matlack         26   35   88   10   17   1  0   0    9   8   35  .193  .268  .205   0   0   3   1   7   0   0   40
    Tom Seaver          31   35   82    5    7   0  0   0    3   9   26  .085  .176  .085   0   0   1   0   9   0   0  -22
    Jerry Koosman       33   34   79    5   17   2  0   0    6   2   34  .215  .235  .241   0   0   1   0  13   0   0   39
   #Mickey Lolich       35   31   54    5    7   0  0   0    1   5   25  .130  .217  .130   0   0   2   1  11   0   0    3
    Craig Swan          25   23   39    3    4   0  0   0    1   3   17  .103  .186  .103   0   0   0   1   6   0   0  -14
    Skip Lockwood       29   56   18    2    6   1  0   0    2   2    3  .333  .400  .389   0   1   0   0   3   0   0  131
    Bob Apodaca         26   43   16    0    2   1  0   0    0   1    3  .125  .176  .188   0   0   2   0   1   0   0    6
    Nino Espinosa       22   12    9    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -69
   *Rick Baldwin        23   11    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   95
    Bob Myrick          23   21    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ken Sanders         34   31    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Hank Webb           26    8    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   56
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5  162 5415  615 1334 198 34 102  560 561  797  .246  .317  .352  66  58 127  28  92  33  53  102
    Rank among 12 NL teams        10    7    9  10  8   5        3    7     9     7     6  12   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Jon Matlack         26  35   2.95  17  10  0  35   0  16   6  262.0  236   94   86  18   57  153 1054  13   3  3   5 112
SP  Tom Seaver          31  35   2.59  14  11  0  34   0  13   5  271.0  211   83   78  14   77  235 1079  12   4  0   9 127
SP *Jerry Koosman       33  34   2.69  21  10  0  32   0  17   3  247.3  205   81   74  19   66  200  994   3   1  1   7 122
SP *Mickey Lolich       35  31   3.22   8  13  0  30   1   5   2  192.7  184   83   69  14   52  120  797  11   0  2   1 102
SP  Craig Swan          25  23   3.54   6   9  0  22   1   2   1  132.3  129   64   52  11   44   89  568   0   5  3   3  93

CL  Skip Lockwood       29  56   2.67  10   7 19   0  44   0   0   94.3   62   31   28   6   34  108  375   3   2  1   8 123
RP  Bob Apodaca         26  43   2.81   3   7  5   3  30   0   0   89.7   71   34   28   4   29   45  364   0   3  0  12 117
RP  Ken Sanders         34  31   2.87   1   2  1   0  18   0   0   47.0   39   16   15   4   12   16  188   0   1  1   4 115
RP *Bob Myrick          23  21   3.25   1   1  0   1   8   0   0   27.7   34   13   10   2   13   11  126   0   0  0   1 101
RP  Rick Baldwin        23  11   2.38   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   22.7   14    6    6   0   10    9   89   0   2  0   1 138

    Nino Espinosa       22  12   3.67   4   4  0   5   0   0   0   41.7   41   21   17   3   13   30  175   1   0  0   3  90
    Hank Webb           26   8   4.50   0   1  0   0   1   0   0   16.0   17    9    8   2    7    7   74   0   2  1   0  73
   *Tom Hall            28   5   5.79   1   1  0   0   2   0   0    4.7    5    3    3   0    5    2   25   0   0  0   2  57
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4 162   2.94  86  76 25 162 109  53  18 1449.0 1248  538  473  97  419 1025 5908  43  23 12  56 112
    Rank among 12 NL teams          1   5   8 10           1   1      8    1    1        8    2    1

    * - 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 786 88 95 617 49 5 6 .993 3 34 61 30 RHodges 395 46 52 262 18 7 0 .976 4 3 27 11 JStearns 256 28 30 200 20 3 2 .987 1 5 15 17 JKleven 11 0 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1449 162 162 1089 87 15 8 .987 8 43 103 58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EKranepool 680 78 86 675 33 3 48 .996 9.37 JTorre 613 69 78 590 49 7 40 .989 9.38 DKingman 105 11 16 91 8 0 11 1.000 8.49 JMilner 50 4 12 44 2 0 4 1.000 8.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1449 162 162 1400 92 10 103 .993 9.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *5.48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FMillan 1177 133 136 311 315 15 68 .977 4.79 MPhillips 157 17 19 44 48 1 9 .989 5.27 WGarrett 86 9 10 25 18 0 3 1.000 4.50 LFoster 20 2 3 3 5 0 0 1.000 3.60 JHeidemann 9 1 1 3 2 0 2 1.000 5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1449 162 162 386 388 16 82 .980 4.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RStaiger 762 87 93 55 209 9 18 .967 3.12 WGarrett 529 58 64 47 137 10 12 .948 3.13 LFoster 68 8 9 6 17 2 1 .920 3.04 MPhillips 59 6 10 4 18 1 1 .957 3.36 JTorre 30 3 4 3 3 0 2 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1449 162 162 115 384 22 34 .958 3.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 *5.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHarrelson 999 113 117 183 330 20 44 .962 4.62 MPhillips 373 41 53 67 125 9 16 .955 4.63 LFoster 55 6 7 9 20 0 1 1.000 4.69 JHeidemann 19 2 3 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.32 WGarrett 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 RStaiger 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1449 162 162 262 481 29 63 .962 4.61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMilner 916 111 112 191 6 3 2 .985 1.93 EKranepool 179 21 23 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.45 BBoisclair 167 11 37 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 PMangual 60 6 12 15 0 1 0 .937 2.25 DKingman 38 5 5 7 0 1 0 .875 1.66 BBaldwin 26 3 3 7 0 1 0 .875 2.42 BAyala 17 3 3 3 1 1 0 .800 2.12 LBrown 16 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 MVail 14 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 JGrote 7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 LMazzilli 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 DUnser 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1449 162 162 294 8 7 2 .977 1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DUnser 656 73 75 181 4 1 0 .995 2.54 BBoisclair 312 37 40 107 1 2 0 .982 3.11 LMazzilli 174 20 21 52 2 1 2 .982 2.79 PMangual 162 18 21 42 1 0 1 1.000 2.38 LBrown 142 14 29 42 3 0 1 1.000 2.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1449 162 162 424 11 4 4 .991 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKingman 907 104 106 194 10 8 0 .962 2.02 MVail 269 32 33 57 1 4 0 .935 1.94 BBoisclair 132 12 19 21 1 1 1 .957 1.50 EKranepool 60 7 8 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.39 PMangual 19 1 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 4.26 BBaldwin 16 2 2 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.38 BAyala 13 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 JDwyer 13 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 LBrown 10 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 JGrote 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1449 162 162 314 15 13 2 .962 2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.34 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DKingman 945 109 111 202 10 9 0 .959 2.02 JMilner 916 111 112 195 7 3 2 .985 1.98 DUnser 659 73 77 180 5 1 0 .995 2.52 BBoisclair 612 60 87 156 3 3 1 .981 2.34 MVail 283 34 35 63 1 4 0 .941 2.03 PMangual 241 25 38 64 2 1 1 .985 2.46 EKranepool 240 28 31 46 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 LMazzilli 178 20 23 55 2 1 2 .983 2.88 LBrown 169 14 43 46 3 0 1 1.000 2.61 BBaldwin 42 5 5 12 1 1 1 .929 2.79 BAyala 30 4 7 7 1 1 0 .889 2.38 JGrote 15 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JDwyer 13 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1449 162 162 1034 37 24 8 .978 2.22 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TSeaver 271 34 35 12 41 1 3 .981 1.76 JMatlack 262 35 35 10 35 1 0 .978 1.55 JKoosman 247 32 34 5 39 3 1 .936 1.60 MLolich 192 30 31 9 27 6 1 .857 1.68 CSwan 132 22 23 6 17 2 0 .920 1.56 SLockwood 94 0 56 2 11 2 1 .867 1.24 BApodaca 89 3 43 8 17 0 1 1.000 2.51 KSanders 47 0 31 8 8 0 0 1.000 3.06 NEspinosa 41 5 12 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.65 BMyrick 27 1 21 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.27 RBaldwin 22 0 11 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.98 HWebb 16 0 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69 THall 4 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1449 162 162 61 214 15 8 .948 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.

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Batting Average Millan .282

On-base % Milner .362

Slugging % Kingman .506

OPS Milner .809

Games Millan 139

At Bats Millan 531

Plate Appearances (approx.) Millan 587

Runs Kingman 70

Hits Millan 150

Total Bases Kingman 240

Doubles Millan and Milner 25

Triples Phillips 6

Home Runs Kingman 37

RBI Kingman 86

Bases on Balls Milner 65

Strikeouts Kingman 135

Stolen Bases Boisclair and Harrelson 9

Singles Millan 122

Adjusted OPS+ Milner 136

Runs Created Milner 70

Adjusted Batting Runs Milner 22

Batting Wins Milner 2.3

Extra-Base Hits Kingman 52

Times on Base Millan 198

Offensive Win% Milner .630

Hit By Pitch Millan 7

Sac. Hits Koosman 13

Sac. Flies Phillips 5

Intentional Walks Phillips 8

Grounded into Double Plays Torre 16

Caught Stealing Milner 7

Power/Speed Number Kingman 11.8

At Bats per Strikeout Millan 27.9

At Bats per Home Run Kingman 12.8

Outs Millan 408

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ERA Seaver 2.59

Wins Koosman 21

Won-Loss % Koosman .677

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Seaver 1.063

Hits Allowed/9IP Seaver 7.01

Bases on Balls/9IP Matlack 1.96

Strikeouts/9IP Seaver 7.80

Games Lockwood 56

Saves Lockwood 19

Innings Seaver 271.0

Strikeouts Seaver 235

Games Started Matlack 35

Comp. Games Koosman 17

Shutouts Matlack 6

Home Runs Allow. Koosman 19

Bases On Balls Allow. Seaver 77

Hits Allowed Matlack 236

SO to Walk Seaver 3.05

Losses Lolich 13

Earned Runs Allow. Matlack 86

Wild Pitches Matlack 13

Hit Batsmen Swan 5

Batters Faced Seaver 1079

Games Finished Lockwood 44

Adjusted ERA+ Seaver 127

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1975/1977

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