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1962 New York Mets  (1961)  (1963)
67-95, 7th in National League
Scored 672 runs, Allowed 799 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-95
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .714
Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 69-93   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 40-120
Manager(s): Jon Fellows

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  Don Demeter          27  150  595   75  166  19   4  28   97   2   1   36  102  .279  .337  .466   92   5.6  2(-2)e4   -77  
 3B  Frank Malzone        32  159  660   82  187  16   1  21   76   0   0   28   49  .283  .311  .406   78   4.2  3e17      -28  
 OF *Richie Ashburn       35  122  409   72  121  12   0   9   39   8   2   77   47  .296  .405  .391   72   6.6  3(+3)e9   -21  
 2B  Charlie Neal         31  121  403   43  100  10   4   9   43   0   0   53   63  .248  .334  .360   48   4.1  3e27      -24  
 1B *Marv Throneberry     28   87  307   39   78   8   1  19   57   0   2   29   68  .254  .318  .472   44   5.0  4e30       68  
 1B  Frank Thomas         33  116  386   45   86  15   2  16   50   0   0   37   76  .223  .297  .396   42   3.6  4e18     -131  
 OF  Joe Christopher      26   73  232   42   62  12   1   8   26   9   4   31   31  .267  .364  .431   38   5.9  3(0)e10    96  
 OF  Don Lock             25   87  221   31   64  12   5   8   32   1   1   16   59  .290  .336  .498   37   6.4  3(-2)e10   40  
 C   Dick Brown           27  130  457   34  103  15   0   9   53   0   0   22   82  .225  .259  .317   36   2.6  3(-2)e3   -55  
 SS  Eddie Bressoud       30   86  204   28   64  19   2   8   26   0   1   14   41  .314  .356  .544   35   6.4  3e30      127  
 SS  Luis Aparicio        28  139  438   46  100   9   5   2   30  30  12   31   39  .228  .276  .285   33   2.4  1e22      -52  
 OF *Whitey Herzog        30   87  262   43   57  11   0   4   28   1   1   36   43  .218  .309  .305   26   3.1  2(0)e8   -157  
 2B  Elio Chacon          25  107  223   24   49   4   1   3   16   4   1   40   41  .220  .337  .287   25   3.8  4e8       -40  
 OF *Gene Woodling        39   56  143   14   40   6   1   3   14   0   0   16   24  .280  .348  .399   20   5.1  4(+2)e5   -57  
 1B  Gil Hodges           38   40   91   14   24   5   0   5   20   0   0   19   11  .264  .384  .484   17   6.3  2e24       64  
 C  *Choo Choo Coleman    26   45  123   11   23   4   2   2    9   2   0    5   30  .187  .217  .301    8   2.2  4(+1)e1  -226  
 OF  Rod Kanehl           28    9   23    6    6   2   0   1    2   1   0    1    1  .261  .320  .478    3   5.1  3(+2)e15  180  
 C   Joe Pignatano        32   16   31    1    6   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    5  .194  .265  .194    1   1.9  3(0)e3   -103  
 OF  Cliff Cook           25    2    3    1    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    1  .333  .333 1.333    1  18.0  4(+1)e19 1061  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           665                  -34

     * - 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  Don Lee              28   9   8  .529  33  17   0  13   3   3   0  131.1  139   68   66  19   35   76  4.52   67   4.6  -10  
  P  Jay Hook             25   9  16  .360  35  31   4   2   0   0   0  214.1  210  104   95  31   51  120  3.99  102   4.3 -110  
  P *Claude Osteen        22   8   7  .533  47  17   2  19   6   1   0  162.1  148   75   71  19   45   60  3.94   65   3.6  -32  
  P  John Buzhardt        25   8   8  .500  64   0   0  52  14   4   0   95.0  108   53   50   8   25   35  4.74   50   4.7  -38  
  P  Milt Pappas          23   8  12  .400  40  21   2  13   2   1   0  158.0  160   92   78  29   53  117  4.44   87   4.9  -17  
  P  Roger Craig          32   8  16  .333  37  30   1   3   0   0   0  196.1  231  121  112  41   56   96  5.13  127   5.8   -4  
  P  Mudcat Grant         26   7   8  .467  37  18   2   8   5   2   1  141.1  138   79   67  25   67   82  4.27   77   4.8    8  
  P *Al Jackson           26   7  11  .389  36  19   2   8   3   0   0  140.0  155   88   80  20   39   75  5.14   80   5.1   24  
  P  Craig Anderson       24   3   7  .300  36   9   0  12   1   0   0   99.1  108   57   47  17   38   38  4.26   58   5.2  -64  
  P  Ray Daviault         28   0   0  .000   2   0   0   0   0   0   0    1.2    1    1    1   1    1    2  5.40    1   9.2  357  
  P *Vinegar Bend Mizell  31   0   1  .000   2   0   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    3    3   0    1    1 13.50    1   5.5  -62  
  P  Bob Moorhead         24   0   1  .000  51   0   0  19   1   0   0  100.1   91   58   42  13   29   65  3.77   43   3.8 -155  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      764        -37

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Dick Brown           1121 127 130  685   34   4   4  .994  18   7
 Choo Choo Coleman     250  28  32  135    6   1   0  .993  14   4
 Joe Pignatano          71   7  14   34    2   0   1 1.000   3   1
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Marv Throneberry 704 81 82 700 61 17 60 .978 9.73 Frank Thomas 527 60 63 509 43 2 58 .996 9.43 Gil Hodges 200 20 28 194 26 2 25 .991 9.92 Don Demeter 12 1 3 15 0 0 2 1.000 11.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Charlie Neal 961 110 113 298 304 19 79 .969 5.64 Elio Chacon 472 52 56 155 122 2 42 .993 5.28 Rod Kanehl 5 0 1 3 3 1 2 .857 10.80 Richie Ashburn 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Malzone 1382 157 157 151 268 16 31 .963 2.73 Charlie Neal 48 5 5 6 15 1 3 .955 3.91 Elio Chacon 10 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87 Frank Thomas 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luis Aparicio 1055 117 129 185 418 19 83 .969 5.14 Eddie Bressoud 386 45 53 68 150 6 26 .973 5.08 Elio Chacon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Don Demeter           436  49  52   99    5   1   1  .990  2.15
 Don Lock              395  45  49   76    3   2   0  .975  1.80
 Frank Thomas          309  36  39   54    1   1   0  .982  1.60
 Whitey Herzog         190  20  27   46    0   1   0  .979  2.18
 Joe Christopher        62   6  12   18    1   0   1 1.000  2.77
 Rod Kanehl             26   3   3    7    0   1   0  .875  2.42
 Gene Woodling          18   3   3    3    0   1   0  .750  1.50
 Richie Ashburn          6   0   2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Ashburn 788 89 90 226 7 6 2 .975 2.66 Joe Christopher 417 46 50 149 0 1 0 .993 3.22 Don Demeter 236 27 28 79 5 1 1 .988 3.20 Rod Kanehl 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Demeter 641 72 74 140 4 1 1 .993 2.02 Whitey Herzog 399 46 48 101 2 6 1 .945 2.32 Gene Woodling 249 28 29 57 0 2 0 .966 2.06 Richie Ashburn 98 10 14 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.02 Joe Christopher 27 3 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.96 Rod Kanehl 17 2 3 5 0 1 0 .833 2.65 Don Lock 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Cliff Cook 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1962 Draft


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