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1963 New York Mets  (1962)  (1964) 54-108, 8th in National League Scored 561 runs, Allowed 841 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 50-112 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .691 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 67-95   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 51-111 Manager(s): Steve Dewing (44-90), Jon Fellows (10-18)

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Don Lock             26  155  569   78  139  17   1  32   77   6   3   65  152  .244  .322  .446   82   5.0  3(-2)e10  -15  
 OF  Don Demeter          28  153  556   51  146  22   4  24   71   0   2   22   84  .263  .290  .446   69   4.3  2(-2)e0    -3  
 SS  Eddie Bressoud       31  141  546   75  130  20   9  28   76   1   1   30  102  .238  .277  .462   68   4.2  4e32      -41  
 3B  Frank Malzone        33  159  580   50  146  19   0  19   50   0   0   23   48  .252  .285  .383   58   3.4  2e18      -79  
 C   Gene Oliver          28  135  425   41  101  13   2  21   60   0   3   47   92  .238  .325  .426   56   4.5  4(+2)e12   12  
 OF *Duke Snider          36  110  319   34   70   7   1  17   38   0   0   38   74  .219  .305  .408   42   4.5  4(-1)e5   -33  
 UT  Frank Thomas         34  125  415   31   92  14   0  17   44   0   0   35   47  .222  .286  .378   40   3.2            -45  
 C  *Jesse Gonder         27   88  162   16   56   7   0  11   20   2   2   10   34  .346  .384  .593   34   8.3  5(+3)e6   191  
 1B *Fred Whitfield       25   59  210   27   49   6   2  17   35   0   0   10   39  .233  .269  .524   30   5.1  4e21       -9  
 2B  Johnny Temple        35  114  351   36   63  14   0   1    9   2   1   35   46  .179  .254  .228   21   2.0  4e27     -182  
 2B #Bob Saverine         22   93  179   36   43   6   2   1   12  13   5   28   42  .240  .341  .313   21   4.0  3e11       41  
 OF  Jim Piersall         33   85  248   21   57   1   1   1    7   7   1   13   27  .230  .270  .254   16   2.2  2(-1)e6   -46  
 2B  Chico Fernandez      31   68  209   14   38   3   0   0    7   4   1    8   49  .182  .216  .196    9   1.4  4e21      -67  
 OF *Duke Carmel          26   63   96    7   16   2   2   1    6   0   0   14   19  .167  .270  .260    7   2.4  3(+1)e11 -146  
 PH #Pumpsie Green        29   44   56    6   13   2   2   0    2   0   0    5   12  .232  .295  .339    5   3.8           -201  
 UT  Rod Kanehl           29   22   18    9    6   3   0   0    4   5   0    3    4  .333  .429  .500    5  11.7            373  
 1B *Tim Harkness         25   28   27    2    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    6  .222  .222  .222    1   1.4  2e24     -185  
 C  *Choo Choo Coleman    27   10   31    0    5   0   0   0    0   2   0    1    6  .161  .188  .161    0   1.0  3(0)e16  -130  
 OF  Joe Christopher      27   17   14    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .143  .143  .143    0    .7  4(0)e8   -298  
 OF *Ed Kranepool         18    7   23    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    8  .087  .125  .087    0    .2  3(+2)e15 -333  
 OF  Dick Smith           24    8   15    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2   13  .000  .118  .000    0    .1  4(+2)e16 -487  
 3B  Cliff Cook           26    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4e18     -465  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           575                  -39

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Milt Pappas          24  10  21  .323  36  36   1   0   0   0   0  223.1  261  145  131  37   79  141  5.28  147   5.9  118  
  P  Mudcat Grant         27   7  16  .304  39  35   1   2   0   0   0  228.1  229  127  110  34   85  144  4.34  120   4.7    1  
  P *Claude Osteen        23   7  22  .241  37  35   1   2   0   0   1  204.1  248  138  127  30   63   92  5.59  136   6.0   48  
  P  Roger Craig          33   7  22  .241  36  30   2   3   0   1   0  204.1  223  126  107  21   71   72  4.71  106   4.6  -32  
  P  Jack Lamabe          26   6   4  .600  62   1   0  52  24   5   0  105.0  109   47   44   7   26   60  3.77   50   4.3   18  
  P *Al Jackson           27   5  11  .312  46  12   0  20   3   1   0  124.2  105   55   48   9   59   77  3.47   53   3.8 -129  
  P  Don Lee              29   3   4  .429  68   2   0  30   4   1   0  115.0  141   74   58  13   41   66  4.54   74   5.7   53  
  P  John Buzhardt        26   3   4  .429  20  10   1   8   0   0   0   81.1   85   42   33  14   19   43  3.65   45   4.9  134  
  P  Ed Bauta             28   2   0 1.000  25   0   0   9   0   1   0   37.2   42   26   19   1   24   20  4.54   23   5.6  -14  
  P *Grover Powell        22   2   1  .667  31   0   0  15   1   0   0   42.2   30   20   15   1   39   27  3.16   21   4.3    0  
  P  Ed Roebuck           32   1   0 1.000   7   0   0   2   0   0   0    8.0   13   14    7   0    6    8  7.88    9   9.8  124  
  P  Herman Starrette     26   1   2  .333  20   0   0  12   1   1   0   35.0   30   11    9   1   12   11  2.31   11   3.0 -118  
  P  Jay Hook             26   0   1  .000   4   1   0   1   0   0   0   10.2   18   16   10   3    9    9  8.44   12  10.6  239  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      812         23

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Gene Oliver 1070 123 128 639 55 16 5 .977 72 40 Jesse Gonder 272 30 33 175 17 4 2 .980 35 11 Choo Choo Coleman 78 9 10 51 3 2 0 .964 8 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Thomas 493 59 60 531 51 6 44 .990 10.62 Don Demeter 444 52 53 483 56 5 37 .991 10.93 Fred Whitfield 437 49 51 494 50 9 37 .984 11.20 Tim Harkness 43 2 16 49 5 0 5 1.000 11.30 Ed Kranepool 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 27.00 Rod Kanehl 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Temple 741 85 93 213 268 11 55 .978 5.84 Chico Fernandez 343 42 44 94 121 5 24 .977 5.64 Bob Saverine 311 32 55 93 126 4 26 .982 6.34 Rod Kanehl 25 3 5 7 7 2 2 .875 5.04 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Malzone 1358 157 159 91 391 19 29 .962 3.19 Pumpsie Green 53 5 10 1 17 0 1 1.000 3.04 Chico Fernandez 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Rod Kanehl 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Johnny Temple 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Cliff Cook 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Bressoud 1164 137 140 273 420 24 81 .967 5.36 Chico Fernandez 157 17 27 30 52 1 8 .988 4.71 Bob Saverine 100 8 23 19 36 0 6 1.000 4.95 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Duke Snider 676 77 79 119 5 1 0 .992 1.65 Frank Thomas 461 56 56 89 0 1 0 .989 1.74 Jim Piersall 84 9 14 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 Duke Carmel 83 8 16 13 0 3 0 .812 1.40 Ed Kranepool 39 5 5 6 0 1 0 .857 1.37 Dick Smith 26 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 Don Demeter 25 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 Rod Kanehl 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 Don Lock 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Joe Christopher 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Gene Oliver 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Demeter 790 89 96 223 14 0 4 1.000 2.70 Jim Piersall 558 66 71 173 5 0 0 1.000 2.87 Duke Carmel 53 6 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 Don Lock 10 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Bob Saverine 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Rod Kanehl 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Duke Snider 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Lock 1325 151 154 205 10 12 4 .947 1.46 Duke Snider 50 6 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 Duke Carmel 36 4 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.75 Ed Kranepool 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Don Demeter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1963 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Don Demeter
Round 2 (#22):	Mudcat Grant
Round 3 (#37):	Johnny Temple

Transactions

• 1963-01: traded Moe Drabowsky to BAA for Jack Lamabe, Bob Saverine, Herman Starrette
• 1963-01: acquired Ed Roebuck as a free agent
• 1963 postseason: released Ed Bouchee, Sammy Drake, Rick Herrscher, Sherman Jones, Bob Miller

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