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1969 New York Mets  (1968)  (1970) 106-56, 1st in NL Eastern Division Scored 735 runs, Allowed 499 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 111-51 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .731 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 101-61   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 100-62 Manager(s): Ray Cappocchi Defeated San Francisco Giants in Championship Series, 3 games to 1. Lost to Baltimore Orioles in World Series, 4 games to 2.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Cleon Jones          26  154  534   87  195  29   3  19  100  12   5   53   56  .365  .425  .537  120   8.8  2(-1)e3    58  
 OF  Tommie Agee          26  162  598  100  173  15   2  39  123   6   1   71  135  .289  .365  .517  115   7.0  1(-3)e6    76  
 3B  Joe Foy              26  158  559  104  143  22   1  15   58  24  10   61   73  .256  .336  .379   73   4.3  4e18       -9  
 OF *Johnny Callison      30  149  470   76  121  24   2  18   75   2   2   30   75  .257  .305  .432   61   4.6  2(-4)e4   -35  
 1B *Art Shamsky          27  114  335   59  102   9   0  16   53   0   2   34   27  .304  .371  .475   57   6.4  4e22      -17  
 C   Jerry Grote          26  137  410   41  121  10   5  10   58   2   1   24   69  .295  .335  .417   56   5.0  2(-3)e5    89  
 SS #Bud Harrelson        25  143  401   37   94  11   7   0   29   1   0   51   56  .234  .322  .297   41   3.4  2e27      -29  
 2B *Ken Boswell          23  119  393   49  100  13   3   2   31  14   4   35   51  .254  .319  .318   39   3.4  3e39      -90  
 OF  Ron Swoboda          25   95  242   38   65  11   1   8   38   1   0   27   59  .269  .337  .421   35   5.1  3(0)e4     71  
 2B #Dick Schofield       34  130  232   29   63   4   1   2   11   0   0   27   45  .272  .352  .323   27   4.3  3e17      -22  
 1B *Jim Spencer          21  113  194   22   52   9   0   4   30   0   0   14   37  .268  .319  .376   22   4.1  2e15        8  
 1B *Ed Kranepool         24   82  171   17   47  12   0   4   20   1   0    8   14  .275  .307  .415   20   4.2  3e11       47  
 UT #Marty Martinez       27   78  188   27   57   5   4   0   17   0   0    6   27  .303  .325  .372   19   3.7            -16  
 SS  Al Weis              31  120  210   12   47   7   0   2   19   0   0   12   33  .224  .263  .286   16   2.6  2e32       -1  
 C  *J. C. Martin         32   59  147   10   28   5   0   0   10   0   0   11   24  .190  .242  .224    7   1.5  3(-1)e1  -106  
 3B  Ed Charles           36   24   36    6    5   1   0   1    6   2   0    6    8  .139  .273  .250    3   2.8  3e27      -83  
 PH #Rod Gaspar           23    6   10    3    3   0   0   0    0   1   0    1    1  .300  .364  .300    1   4.8             72  
 3B *Wayne Garrett        21    9   12    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .083  .083  .083    0    .2  3e24     -391  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           719                    6

     * - 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 *Sam McDowell         26  28   8  .778  41  41  12   0   0   0   7  313.0  239   83   71  16  103  310  2.04   96   2.7  -39  
  P  Tom Seaver           24  24  13  .649  41  41   8   0   0   0   3  287.2  224  107   94  27   84  209  2.94   97   3.0   -5  
  P *Jerry Koosman        26  18  10  .643  39  39   3   0   0   0   2  275.0  228   85   69  20   60  224  2.26   88   2.9   -7  
  P  Gary Gentry          22  18  13  .581  40  40   2   0   0   0   2  255.2  217   91   83  23   85  174  2.92  101   3.6  -24  
  P  Ron Taylor           31   5   2  .714  47   0   0  27   9   1   0   63.0   50   35   30  10   14   24  4.29   23   3.3   -8  
  P  Nolan Ryan           22   4   7  .364  48   0   0  21   4   4   0   64.1   50   24   19   6   41   64  2.66   28   3.8   72  
  P  Jim McAndrew         25   3   0 1.000  48   1   0  22   0   0   0   82.2   84   43   38  13   16   56  4.14   43   4.7   49  
  P *Mike Paul            24   3   1  .750  36   0   0  12   3   0   0   32.1   20    9    8   3    5   23  2.23    7   2.0 -218  
  P *Tug McGraw           24   2   0 1.000  28   0   0  12   1   0   0   33.0   27   12    9   2   10   35  2.45   12   3.4  -40  
  P  Hoyt Wilhelm         46   1   2  .333  53   0   0  43  37   4   0   65.1   35   10   10   2    8   41  1.38    8   1.2 -132  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      506        -19

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jerry Grote 1065 122 135 924 34 7 3 .993 36 14 J. C. Martin 391 39 58 334 14 4 2 .989 8 6 Marty Martinez 16 1 8 12 0 0 1 1.000 2 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Art Shamsky 639 86 86 608 30 8 45 .988 8.99 Jim Spencer 502 38 104 455 44 5 43 .990 8.95 Ed Kranepool 248 25 41 227 20 4 30 .984 8.95 Joe Foy 49 8 8 40 3 1 4 .977 7.90 Cleon Jones 34 5 5 34 1 0 5 1.000 9.26 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Boswell 795 106 112 247 215 16 64 .967 5.23 Dick Schofield 395 43 60 118 106 6 30 .974 5.10 Al Weis 176 0 75 53 50 1 14 .990 5.26 Marty Martinez 95 12 16 32 31 0 4 1.000 5.97 Wayne Garrett 10 1 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Foy 1139 141 145 107 232 7 29 .980 2.68 Dick Schofield 126 2 53 8 18 2 2 .929 1.86 Ed Charles 90 6 20 9 20 5 5 .853 2.91 Marty Martinez 79 12 14 4 17 4 2 .840 2.39 Wayne Garrett 26 1 7 1 7 0 2 1.000 2.77 Al Weis 11 0 4 1 1 1 0 .667 1.64 Ron Swoboda 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bud Harrelson 1091 120 139 151 431 14 71 .977 4.80 Al Weis 379 42 52 61 142 6 18 .971 4.82 Dick Schofield 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cleon Jones 1213 135 148 236 17 2 1 .992 1.88 Ron Swoboda 101 5 26 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 Marty Martinez 90 15 15 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Art Shamsky 35 4 9 6 1 1 0 .875 1.80 Rod Gaspar 18 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Ed Kranepool 13 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Johnny Callison 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommie Agee 1467 161 162 403 13 10 2 .977 2.55 Rod Gaspar 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Callison 1049 110 135 154 4 3 1 .981 1.36 Ron Swoboda 415 52 53 61 3 1 0 .985 1.39 Rod Gaspar 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Art Shamsky 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dick Schofield 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1969 Draft

Round 1 (#16):	Hoyt Wilhelm
Round 2 (#36):	Marty Martinez
Round 3 (#56):	Dick Schofield

Transactions

• 1969-01: traded Don Cardwell, NYN#3 to SEA for Jim Spencer
• 1969-01: traded Bobby Pfeil, NYN#2 to KCA for Joe Foy
• 1969 postseason: released Marty Martinez, Mike Paul, Dick Schofield

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