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1968 New York Mets Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969)
73-89, Finished 9th in National League
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Scored 473 runs, Allowed 499 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85
Manager: Gil Hodges (73-89)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,781,657 (2nd of 10)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101; one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
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1967 / 1969 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	Jerry Grote	25	124	454	404	29	114	18	0	3	31	1	5	44	81	.282	.357	.349	.706	113	141	6	3	3	0	11
2	1B	Ed Kranepool*	23	127	405	373	29	86	13	1	3	20	0	3	19	39	.231	.271	.295	.566	70	110	6	2	10	1	5
3	2B	Ken Boswell*	22	75	306	284	37	74	7	2	4	11	7	2	16	27	.261	.300	.342	.642	93	97	6	1	3	2	0
4	SS	Bud Harrelson#	24	111	437	402	38	88	7	3	0	14	4	5	29	68	.219	.273	.251	.524	59	101	3	1	4	1	2
5	3B	Ed Charles	35	117	409	369	41	102	11	1	15	53	5	4	28	57	.276	.328	.434	.761	128	160	7	2	6	4	4
6	LF	Cleon Jones	25	147	552	509	63	151	29	4	14	55	23	12	31	98	.297	.341	.452	.793	137	230	8	5	4	3	3
7	CF	Tommie Agee	25	132	391	368	30	80	12	3	5	17	13	8	15	103	.217	.255	.307	.562	69	113	8	4	3	1	3
8	RF	Ron Swoboda	24	132	508	450	46	109	14	6	11	59	8	1	52	113	.242	.325	.373	.699	110	168	14	4	1	1	1
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	LF	Art Shamsky*	26	116	381	345	30	82	14	4	12	48	1	0	21	58	.238	.292	.406	.698	108	140	6	7	4	4	6
10	MI	Al Weis#	30	90	301	274	15	47	6	0	1	14	3	1	21	63	.172	.234	.204	.438	33	56	3	2	2	2	3
11	C	J.C. Martin*	31	78	275	244	20	55	9	2	3	31	0	0	21	31	.225	.298	.316	.613	85	77	4	5	3	2	3
12	2B	Phil Linz	29	78	275	258	19	54	7	0	0	17	1	0	10	41	.209	.243	.236	.479	45	61	7	2	3	2	0
13	3B	Jerry Buchek	26	73	207	192	8	35	4	0	1	11	1	1	10	53	.182	.234	.219	.453	37	42	8	3	2	0	5
14	CF	Larry Stahl*	27	53	205	183	15	43	7	2	3	10	3	0	21	38	.235	.314	.344	.658	98	63	1	0	1	0	1
15	3B	Kevin Collins*	21	58	168	154	12	31	5	2	1	13	0	1	7	37	.201	.233	.279	.512	54	43	2	0	5	2	2
16	CF	Don Bosch#	25	50	122	111	14	19	1	0	3	7	0	2	9	33	.171	.231	.261	.493	48	29	2	0	1	1	1
17	1B	Greg Goossen	22	38	119	106	4	22	7	0	0	6	0	0	10	21	.208	.288	.274	.562	70	29	4	2	1	0	0
18	MI	Bob Heise	21	6	25	23	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.217	.250	.217	.467	42	5	1	0	1	0	0
19	1B	Mike Jorgensen*	19	8	14	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.214	.357	6	3	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	Duffy Dyer	22	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	155	1	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	23	38	101	95	5	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	44	.158	.184	.179	.363	10	17	0	0	3	0	0
22	P	Jerry Koosman	25	35	97	91	3	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	62	.077	.106	.121	.227	-32	11	1	0	3	0	0
23	P	Don Cardwell	32	30	64	61	3	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	34	.049	.049	.098	.148	-56	6	3	0	3	0	0
24	P	Dick Selma	24	39	62	58	4	12	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	20	.207	.207	.241	.448	35	14	1	0	4	0	0
25	P	Nolan Ryan	21	21	47	44	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	29	.114	.152	.114	.266	-19	5	0	0	1	0	0
26	P	Al Jackson*	32	27	30	28	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.250	.241	.286	.527	58	8	1	0	1	1	0
27	P	Jim McAndrew	24	12	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.045	.087	.045	.132	-59	1	0	0	2	0	0
28	P	Cal Koonce	27	55	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60	0	1	0	0	0	0
29	P	Danny Frisella*	22	19	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167	-50	1	1	0	0	0	0
30	P	Ron Taylor	30	58	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Bill Connors	26	9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	504	1	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Bill Short*	30	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Les Rohr*	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Don Shaw*	24	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	25.9	163	6027	5503	473	1252	178	30	81	434	72	45	379	1203	.228	.281	.315	.596	79	1733	104	43	75	27	50
		Rank in 10 NL teams				5	9	8	8	8	5		4	5	8	1	10	10	10	10		8
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

* - 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	23	16	12	.571	2.20	36	35	1	14	5	1	277.2	224	73	68	15	48	5	205	8	1	8	1088	137	0.980	7.3	0.5	1.6	6.6	4.27
2	SP	Jerry Koosman*	25	19	12	.613	2.08	35	34	0	17	7	0	263.2	221	72	61	16	69	7	178	8	0	8	1058	145	1.100	7.5	0.5	2.4	6.1	2.58
3	SP	Don Cardwell	32	7	13	.350	2.96	29	25	1	5	1	1	179.2	156	69	59	9	50	11	82	10	1	7	747	102	1.147	7.8	0.5	2.5	4.1	1.64
4	SP	Dick Selma	24	9	10	.474	2.76	33	23	3	4	3	0	169.2	148	63	52	11	54	5	117	5	0	7	703	109	1.191	7.9	0.6	2.9	6.2	2.17
5	SP	Nolan Ryan	21	6	9	.400	3.09	21	18	1	3	0	0	134.0	93	50	46	12	75	4	133	4	0	7	559	98	1.254	6.2	0.8	5.0	8.9	1.77
6	SP	Jim McAndrew	24	4	7	.364	2.28	12	12	0	2	1	0	79.0	66	20	20	5	17	4	46	4	0	4	314	132	1.051	7.5	0.6	1.9	5.2	2.71
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
7	CL	Ron Taylor	30	1	5	.167	2.70	58	0	44	0	0	13	76.2	64	24	23	4	18	9	49	1	0	0	307	112	1.070	7.5	0.5	2.1	5.8	2.72
8	RP	Cal Koonce	27	6	4	.600	2.41	55	2	31	0	0	11	97.0	80	27	26	4	32	11	50	1	0	4	385	125	1.155	7.4	0.4	3.0	4.6	1.56
9	RP	Al Jackson*	32	3	7	.300	3.69	25	9	7	0	0	3	92.2	88	42	38	5	17	6	59	2	0	0	376	82	1.133	8.5	0.5	1.7	5.7	3.47
10	RP	Danny Frisella	22	2	4	.333	3.91	19	4	10	0	0	2	50.2	53	23	22	5	17	0	47	0	0	4	216	77	1.382	9.4	0.9	3.0	8.3	2.76
11	RP	Bill Short*	30	0	3	.000	4.75	34	0	13	0	0	1	30.1	24	17	16	0	14	1	24	1	0	5	128	64	1.253	7.1	0.0	4.2	7.1	1.71
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
12		Bill Connors	26	0	1	.000	9.00	9	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	21	14	14	0	7	1	8	1	0	1	72	34	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	5.1	1.14
13		Don Shaw*	24	0	0		0.73	7	0	3	0	0	0	12.1	3	1	1	1	5	0	11	0	0	3	41	413	0.649	2.2	0.7	3.6	8.0	2.20
14		Les Rohr*	22	0	2	.000	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	4	3	0	7	3	5	0	1	1	34	67	2.667	13.5	0.0	10.5	7.5	0.71
		Team Totals	25.8	73	89	.451	2.72	163	163	118	45	17	32	1483.1	1250	499	449	87	430	67	1014	45	3	59	6028	111	1.133	7.6	0.5	2.6	6.2	2.36
		Rank in 10 NL teams		9	2		4				5	2	2	3	1	2	4	6	7		9503
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

* - 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	25	129	94	897.0	230	219	6	5	2	.978	-0.6	-0.8	-1.6	-0.1	-1.4	1			2.26	1.74						CF-RF
Don Bosch	25	34	27	247.0	77	72	3	2	1	.974	0.5	2.4	0.5	2.1	-1.5	0			2.73	2.21						CF-LF
Ken Boswell	22	69	67	623.2	370	154	203	13	37	.965	2.7	5.2	2.7	5.0	-2.3		0		5.15	5.17						2B
Jerry Buchek	26	58	51	442.1	155	57	91	7	11	.955	1.1	3.0	-0.9	0.5	-1.2	1	1		3.01	2.55						3B-2B-LF
Don Cardwell	32	29	25	180.0	56	16	39	1	1	.982									2.75	1.90						P
Ed Charles	35	108	92	868.0	293	79	201	13	19	.956	3.2	4.4	3.2	1.9	1.3		0		2.90	2.59						3B-1B
Kevin Collins	21	47	39	341.1	106	37	64	5	9	.953	-5.3	-18.6	-5.3	-1.8	-3.5		0		2.66	2.15						3B-2B-SS
Bill Connors	26	9	0	14.0	5	3	2	0	0	1.000									3.21	0.56						P
Duffy Dyer	22	1	1	8.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	9.00	8.00	0	0	0	0		C
Danny Frisella	22	19	4	50.2	11	3	8	0	0	1.000									1.95	0.58						P
Greg Goossen	22	32	31	249.1	264	237	24	3	18	.989	1.8	8.7	2.8	2.5	0.4		0	-1	9.42	8.16	1	0	4	0	0%	1B-C
Jerry Grote	25	115	109	1005.2	819	754	60	5	8	.994	0.0	0.0						0	7.28	7.08	1	42	39	30	43%	C
Bud Harrelson	24	106	100	921.0	531	199	317	15	58	.972	4.0	5.2	3.0	1.6	1.4		1		5.04	4.87						SS
Bob Heise	21	7	6	54.0	15	6	8	1	5	.933	0.9	20.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1		1		2.33	2.00						SS-2B
Al Jackson	32	25	9	92.2	24	7	17	0	1	1.000									2.33	0.96						P
Cleon Jones	25	163	125	1151.0	242	226	7	9	0	.963	-4.7	-4.9	-1.7	-2.8	1.0	-3			1.82	1.43						LF-CF-RF
Mike Jorgensen	19	4	3	28.0	33	32	1	0	3	1.000	-0.1	-4.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1		0		10.61	8.25						1B
Cal Koonce	27	55	2	96.2	24	13	11	0	0	1.000									2.23	0.44						P
Jerry Koosman	25	35	34	263.2	47	5	42	0	2	1.000									1.60	1.34						P
Ed Kranepool	23	115	98	914.2	1005	924	75	6	76	.994	2.0	2.6	2.0	1.1	0.9	0	0		9.83	8.69						1B-LF
Phil Linz	29	71	67	573.1	308	136	162	10	36	.968	-5.2	-10.9	-5.2	-3.3	-1.9		0		4.68	4.20						2B
J.C. Martin	31	67	65	579.0	495	458	31	6	11	.988	-1.4	-2.9	-0.4	1.5	-2.0		0	-1	7.60	7.30	9	16	28	18	39%	C-1B
Jim McAndrew	24	12	12	79.0	16	8	8	0	2	1.000									1.82	1.33						P
Les Rohr	22	2	1	6.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									1.50	0.50						P
Nolan Ryan	21	21	18	134.0	20	5	11	4	0	.800									1.07	0.76						P
Tom Seaver	23	36	35	278.0	70	21	48	1	4	.986									2.23	1.92						P
Dick Selma	24	33	23	170.1	48	12	35	1	0	.979									2.48	1.42						P
Art Shamsky	26	100	88	744.1	253	238	12	3	8	.988	3.4	5.5	4.4	3.4	0.9	-1	0		3.02	2.50						LF-1B-RF
Don Shaw	24	7	0	12.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000									2.25	0.43						P
Bill Short	30	34	0	29.2	11	2	9	0	0	1.000									3.34	0.32						P
Larry Stahl	27	70	47	426.0	165	155	8	2	4	.988	7.3	20.6	7.3	2.8	4.6	0	0		3.44	2.33						CF-RF-1B-LF
Ron Swoboda	24	125	117	1084.1	239	219	14	6	4	.975	3.5	3.9	-0.5	2.3	-2.7	4			1.93	1.86						RF-LF
Ron Taylor	30	58	0	76.2	24	9	14	1	1	.958									2.70	0.40						P
Al Weis	30	90	77	708.2	396	138	244	14	43	.965	-6.0	-10.2	-5.0	-2.3	-2.7		-1		4.85	4.24						SS-2B-3B
Team Totals	26.2	163	1467	13350.0	6361	4450	1778	133	364	.979	7.1	0.6	5.1	14.3	-8.9	2	2	-2	4.20	3.38	11	58	71	48	40%
Rank in 10 NL teams								7	6	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

1967 / 1969 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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