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1968 New York Mets  (1967)  (1969) 87-75, 3rd in National League Scored 548 runs, Allowed 518 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .721 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-77   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 73-89 Manager(s): Roger Mullon (36-27), Steve Bivens (51-48)

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Vic Davalillo        31  150  572   84  183  18   9   6   36  26  13   23   57  .320  .346  .414   81   5.4  2(+1)e6   104  
 OF  Cleon Jones          25  156  588   76  155  30   3  13   64  17   8   36  104  .264  .309  .391   69   4.0  3(-1)e11  -93  
 C   Jerry Grote          25  142  446   35  125  16   0   7   54   0   3   38   93  .280  .341  .363   56   4.6  2(-2)e4    -1  
 OF *Johnny Callison      29  136  449   60  111  13   5  12   57   5   0   46   82  .247  .318  .379   56   4.3  2(-4)e0   -37  
 3B  Ed Charles           35  126  425   54  102  11   0  15   65   2   7   32   64  .240  .294  .372   44   3.5  3e22      -95  
 1B *Art Shamsky          26  125  398   43   90  18   3  15   53   0   0   12   66  .226  .260  .399   38   3.2  4e25      -39  
 SS #Bud Harrelson        24  145  468   36  113  15   8   0   33   1   4   23   77  .241  .276  .308   37   2.7  3e24       60  
 2B  Bobby Knoop          29  119  363   35   88  10   5   1   22   1   2   20   95  .242  .284  .306   29   2.7  1e17      -35  
 2B *Ken Boswell          22  100  312   28   72   7   2   3   21   5   2   20   28  .231  .281  .295   26   2.8  3e32      -66  
 OF  Ron Swoboda          24  114  223   20   41   7   3   4   17   2   0   22   52  .184  .256  .296   17   2.6  4(0)e9   -147  
 C  *J. C. Martin         31   59  147   11   28   5   3   3   14   0   0   10   25  .190  .259  .327   12   2.9  3(+1)e3   -28  
 1B *Larry Stahl          27  107  171   13   31   5   2   1   16   2   0   20   42  .181  .267  .251   12   2.3  4e11     -140  
 OF  Tommie Agee          25   86  155   13   27   3   1   2    9  10   3    3   47  .174  .200  .245    7   1.5  2(-3)e8  -117  
 3B *Kevin Collins        21   50  146    8   21   6   0   3   14   0   0    5   44  .144  .171  .247    5   1.2  3e22      -95  
 SS #Al Weis              30   75  164    8   22   4   0   0    7   3   0    5   33  .134  .169  .159    4    .9  3e34     -111  
 1B *Ed Kranepool         23   59   72    3   15   1   0   1    3   0   0    1   11  .208  .219  .264    3   1.8  3e10      -83  
 PH  Jerry Buchek         26    4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .167  .167  .167    0    .9           -120  
 PH  Phil Linz            29    3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -479  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           505                  -38

     * - 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         25  20   8  .714  37  37  13   0   0   0   6  289.2  201   70   63  14   97  292  1.96   79   2.4  -18  
  P *Jerry Koosman        25  16  14  .533  36  36  10   0   0   0   3  270.1  251   87   78  19   56  150  2.60  103   3.4   23  
  P  Tom Seaver           23  15  13  .536  38  38  10   0   0   0   3  281.2  246  117  102  22   56  220  3.26  101   3.2   26  
  P  Don Cardwell         32  10   7  .588  34  23   6   2   0   3   1  183.1  153   64   55  12   31   66  2.70   58   2.9  -17  
  P  Dick Selma           24   9   7  .562  25  16   4   4   0   0   1  128.0  103   43   38   8   38   71  2.67   41   2.9  -43  
  P  Cal Koonce           27   8   9  .471  65   0   0  33   5   3   0   81.0   83   27   26   7   23   42  2.89   33   3.7   27  
  P  Jim McAndrew         24   4   4  .500  10  10   1   0   0   0   0   63.0   58   26   23   4    6   38  3.29   20   2.9  -65  
  P *Mike Paul            23   2   3  .400  36   0   0  20   8   3   0   34.1   27   17   13   8    8   31  3.41   13   3.4   -2  
  P  Ron Taylor           30   1   2  .333  42   0   0  37  25   1   0   47.2   40   13   13   4    4   41  2.45   13   2.5  -41  
  P  Nolan Ryan           21   1   2  .333  11   2   0   6   0   0   0   32.0   27   14   12   5   12   30  3.38   13   3.6   19  
  P *Al Jackson           32   1   6  .143  38   0   0  15   0   4   0   55.2   70   39   37   5   17   31  5.98   35   5.9  174  
  P  John Boozer          30   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    3    1    1   0    0    1  9.00    2  32.4  437  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      515          5

     * - 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 1125 120 139 863 48 4 5 .996 30 22 J. C. Martin 342 42 48 250 24 0 0 1.000 33 18 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Art Shamsky 901 109 111 865 59 24 62 .975 9.23 Larry Stahl 252 28 32 248 15 1 19 .996 9.41 Ed Kranepool 174 8 51 165 14 0 18 1.000 9.26 Ed Charles 136 17 17 131 6 1 8 .993 9.07 J. C. Martin 5 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.64 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Knoop 795 85 104 225 232 12 47 .974 5.18 Ken Boswell 659 77 80 201 181 17 44 .957 5.21 Jerry Buchek 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 Al Weis 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79 Kevin Collins 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ed Charles 872 93 110 95 187 12 22 .959 2.91 Kevin Collins 384 43 50 46 78 3 6 .976 2.91 Al Weis 207 26 29 20 37 3 8 .950 2.47 Jerry Buchek 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Larry Stahl 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bud Harrelson 1219 137 144 238 447 14 55 .980 5.06 Al Weis 247 25 44 42 95 5 16 .965 4.99 Kevin Collins 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cleon Jones 1308 154 154 261 8 10 4 .964 1.85 Larry Stahl 81 2 27 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 Vic Davalillo 45 3 12 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.19 Ron Swoboda 24 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 Tommie Agee 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Art Shamsky 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vic Davalillo 1157 135 136 330 11 5 1 .986 2.65 Tommie Agee 308 27 57 72 5 3 1 .962 2.25 Larry Stahl 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Callison 1083 117 127 188 5 0 3 1.000 1.60 Ron Swoboda 366 44 46 63 2 2 0 .970 1.60 Tommie Agee 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 Vic Davalillo 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Larry Stahl 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1968 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Sam McDowell
Round 2 (#19):	Johnny Callison
Round 3 (#35):	Vic Davalillo
Round 4 (#51):	Bobby Knoop
Round 5 (#67):	Mike Paul
Round 6 (#83):	John Boozer

Transactions

• 1968 postseason: released John Boozer, Vic Davalillo

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