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1964 New York Mets  (1963)  (1965) 66-96, 8th in National League Scored 659 runs, Allowed 764 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-93 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .688 Park Factor: Batting - 104 / Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 70-92   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 53-109 Manager(s): Steve Dewing

 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             27  143  536   81  137  25   4  33   81   3   0   74  153  .256  .343  .502   93   6.1  3(-2)e6    38  
 SS  Eddie Bressoud       32  160  603   76  173  42   3  10   60   0   2   63  104  .287  .353  .416   91   5.5  4e19      -59  
 OF  Joe Christopher      28  152  593   91  160  20  11  18   58   6   2   54  105  .270  .338  .432   87   5.3  4(-1)e8   -56  
 C  *Jesse Gonder         28  134  362   48  112  14   1  16   50   0   0   25   63  .309  .355  .486   57   5.8  4(+1)e10  142  
 3B  Frank Malzone        34  154  583   59  142  12   0  15   69   0   0   33   67  .244  .285  .341   54   3.2  3e18      -59  
 C   Gene Oliver          29   93  294   45   88  18   0  18   52   1   0   30   47  .299  .363  .544   52   6.3  4(+2)e16  112  
 OF  Jim Piersall         34  100  219   40   90  17   0   2   23   5   4   12   28  .411  .442  .516   47   8.6  3(+1)e2   224  
 OF  Frank Thomas         35   97  266   33   81  13   1   8   35   0   0   21   28  .305  .354  .451   42   6.0  4(+2)e3    88  
 2B  Bobby Knoop          25  154  526   38  117  12   1   4   43   0   0   43  132  .222  .286  .272   41   2.6  2e21      -11  
 OF *Len Gabrielson       24   99  313   31   82  14   3   9   33   3   4   17   38  .262  .299  .412   39   4.4  3(+1)e11   83  
 1B *Fred Whitfield       26   94  312   35   86  13   1  10   39   0   0    9   66  .276  .296  .420   36   4.1  4e12       -8  
 1B *Ed Kranepool         19   63  146   13   31   6   1   6   22   0   1   16   20  .212  .293  .390   16   3.5  3e16      -19  
 OF *Duke Snider          37   36  123   16   29   4   0   3   10   0   0   14   22  .236  .314  .341   13   3.8  4(0)e5     30  
 UT  Bobby Klaus          26   48   87    6   16   1   0   0    4   1   0   17   10  .184  .314  .195    6   2.5           -116  
 3B  Rod Kanehl           30   46   92   10   20   6   0   0    7   0   0    3    8  .217  .237  .283    6   2.1  4e41      -16  
 OF *Gene Stephens        31   30   71    4   12   2   0   1    4   0   0    7   13  .169  .250  .239    4   2.2  3(0)e13  -201  
 C   Chris Cannizzaro     26   16   41    1   12   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    6  .293  .341  .293    4   4.1  2(-2)e3  -105  
 1B *Tim Harkness         26   92   64    4   13   2   0   0    2   0   0    7   10  .203  .282  .234    4   2.1  2e12     -187  
 C   Jerry May            20    7   15    1    5   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    5  .333  .375  .333    1   5.3  4(+3)e2   136  
 OF  Dick Smith           25    7   10    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    4  .300  .364  .300    0   1.8  4(+2)e14  108  
 3B  Wayne Graham         28    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  4e37     -212  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           702                    9

     * - 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 *Claude Osteen        24  14  12  .538  37  36   6   0   0   0   2  236.2  272  111  106  29   64  111  4.03  134   5.1   55  
  P  Milt Pappas          25  13  13  .500  37  37   6   0   0   0   3  258.2  258  113  105  25   62  149  3.65  112   3.9    8  
  P  Jack Fisher          25  10  12  .455  44  29   1   5   1   0   0  192.1  232  107   95  32   54   94  4.45  124   5.8   23  
  P *Al Jackson           28   9  14  .391  41  26   0   8   0   3   0  146.2  170  100   93  25   64   65  5.71  104   6.3   78  
  P  John Buzhardt        27   8  10  .444  35  25   1   2   1   0   1  163.2  183   78   72  16   37   90  3.96   80   4.4   26  
  P  Claude Raymond       27   5   6  .455  50   0   0  24   9   5   0   53.1   45   27   21   1   18   34  3.54   18   3.1   -8  
  P  Roger Craig          34   4  11  .267  65   7   0  28   4   5   0  125.2  148   68   62  20   35   73  4.44   83   6.0   42  
  P  Bill Wakefield       23   2   9  .182  42   0   0  32   7   4   0   54.1   57   39   33   9   27   34  5.47   34   5.6   51  
  P *Ron Locke            22   1   5  .167  34   0   0   6   3   1   0   43.0   58   36   36   4   32   25  7.53   39   8.3   93  
  P  Moe Drabowsky        28   0   0  .000   6   0   0   2   0   0   0    8.0    4    5    5   1    5    7  5.62    2   3.2 -261  
  P  Tom Sturdivant       34   0   0  .000   6   0   0   3   0   0   0   10.1    8    2    2   0    4    5  1.74    2   2.5 -246  
  P  Darrell Sutherland   22   0   0  .000   6   0   0   2   0   0   0    7.2    6    0    0   0    7    5  0.00    3   3.9 -172  
  P  Dave Giusti          24   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    1    0  0.00    0   5.5 -162  
  P *Willard Hunter       30   0   2  .000  38   0   0  18   3   0   0   48.2   45   25   25   6   12   22  4.62   22   4.1  -83  
  P  Don Lee              30   0   2  .000  67   2   0  17   5   0   0   90.1  107   53   46   8   29   67  4.58   53   5.3   39  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      818         29

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jesse Gonder 746 83 96 456 39 8 3 .984 42 22 Gene Oliver 493 58 64 298 20 6 1 .981 15 13 Chris Cannizzaro 165 18 26 114 9 3 0 .976 4 0 Jerry May 32 3 6 20 2 0 1 1.000 3 0 Frank Malzone 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Fred Whitfield 603 71 76 671 71 4 63 .995 11.07 Frank Thomas 358 44 46 416 41 6 31 .987 11.50 Ed Kranepool 235 26 34 241 32 0 30 1.000 10.47 Gene Oliver 149 18 21 157 15 4 10 .977 10.39 Tim Harkness 65 0 38 72 6 0 10 1.000 10.80 Len Gabrielson 29 3 4 30 4 0 1 1.000 10.55 Rod Kanehl 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Dick Smith 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Knoop 1307 147 153 366 419 21 112 .974 5.40 Bobby Klaus 77 8 16 19 29 1 7 .980 5.61 Rod Kanehl 56 7 9 17 19 0 4 1.000 5.79 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Malzone 1284 145 150 97 357 19 18 .960 3.18 Rod Kanehl 142 16 19 7 36 4 0 .915 2.72 Bobby Klaus 9 1 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.96 Frank Thomas 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 Wayne Graham 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Bressoud 1302 146 153 262 550 14 110 .983 5.61 Bobby Klaus 137 16 20 25 47 11 16 .867 4.74 Ed Kranepool 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Christopher 924 110 112 182 3 7 0 .964 1.80 Frank Thomas 181 21 26 42 2 0 0 1.000 2.19 Duke Snider 169 19 20 28 5 0 0 1.000 1.76 Don Lock 70 8 9 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.96 Jim Piersall 50 1 30 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 Rod Kanehl 18 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Gene Stephens 12 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Len Gabrielson 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Ed Kranepool 7 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 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 Lock 749 82 88 190 6 2 1 .990 2.35 Jim Piersall 419 48 58 95 3 3 0 .970 2.10 Joe Christopher 257 31 33 71 7 0 1 1.000 2.74 Len Gabrielson 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Gene Stephens 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Len Gabrielson 687 77 84 140 5 1 1 .993 1.90 Don Lock 418 48 51 75 6 5 1 .942 1.74 Gene Stephens 127 15 15 27 0 2 0 .931 1.92 Duke Snider 106 13 13 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.94 Ed Kranepool 65 6 9 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.49 Dick Smith 20 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 Joe Christopher 15 1 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim Piersall 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1964 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Claude Osteen
Round 2 (#20):	Roger Craig
Round 3 (#33):	Frank Thomas
Round 4 (#49):	Don Lee
Round 5 (#64):	Fred Whitfield

Transactions

• 1964-01: acquired Len Gabrielson as a free agent
• 1964-09: traded Amado Samuel to CHA for Gene Stephens
• 1964-09: traded Chris Cannizzaro to SFN for Duke Snider
• 1964-15: acquired Dave Giusti as a free agent
• 1964-16: acquired Jerry May as a free agent
• 1964 postseason: released Larry Burright, Dave Giusti, Joe Hicks, Willard Hunter, Al Moran, Don Rowe, Ted Schreiber, Norm Sherry

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