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1970 New York Mets  (1969)  (1971) 100-62, 2nd in NL Eastern Division Scored 776 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-67 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .720 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 92-70   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 83-79 Manager(s): Ray Cappocchi

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 C   Johnny Bench         22  162  634  120  187  35   7  54  151   0   0   59   97  .295  .350  .628  132   7.5  1(-4)e7    47  
 OF  Tommie Agee          27  162  616   88  162  36   4  17   76  24   8   60  168  .263  .328  .417   85   4.8  1(-3)e14  -67  
 3B *Wayne Garrett        22  151  395   63   95  24   1  14   54   0   0   87   65  .241  .375  .413   69   6.1  2e28      -23  
 OF  Cleon Jones          27  149  452   67  122  23   6  13   58  11   5   58   73  .270  .356  .434   67   5.1  2(-1)e7    21  
 1B  Ted Savage           34  111  258   57   86   8   5  12   40   8   2   55   44  .333  .453  .543   65   9.5  4e25      111  
 SS #Bud Harrelson        26  162  554   77  126  20   6   1   51  16   2   89   75  .227  .333  .291   59   3.4  2e23      -36  
 1B *Jim Spencer          22  127  358   47  119  18   3   8   43   0   0   22   37  .332  .369  .466   59   6.4  1e9       128  
 OF *Art Shamsky          28  121  383   51  112  26   0   8   46   1   0   36   36  .292  .354  .423   54   5.1  4(+1)e8   -26  
 OF  Ron Swoboda          26   95  201   34   57   8   1  16   41   0   2   22   38  .284  .356  .572   41   7.4  3(0)e6    196  
 2B *Ken Boswell          24  114  293   32   72   7   0   8   57   4   1   45   29  .246  .343  .352   36   4.2  2e4        19  
 OF #Ken Singleton        23   83  209   34   57   4   0   4   18   0   0   28   54  .273  .361  .349   28   4.9  4(+1)e11  -29  
 3B  Joe Foy              27   99  255   36   40   6   0   6   22   8   8   52   44  .157  .309  .251   22   2.7  4e32     -142  
 1B  John Boccabella      29   62  139   14   36   4   2   5   26   0   0    7   18  .259  .295  .424   16   4.1  3e11       -8  
 3B  Rich Rollins         32   24   60   12   16   2   0   4   12   0   0   14    6  .267  .400  .500   13   7.7  4e37      296  
 OF *Ty Cline             31   55   48    7   14   3   3   0    9   0   0   12    7  .292  .426  .479   11   8.8  2(0)e14   100  
 2B  Bob Heise            23   69  160    8   35   5   0   0   10   0   0    6   14  .219  .247  .250    8   1.6  2e34      -58  
 3B  Bobby Floyd          26   22   45    6   15   5   0   0    4   0   0    3   13  .333  .375  .444    7   7.0  4e14       59  
 2B  Hector Torres        24   11   25    1    6   1   1   0    3   0   0    0    1  .240  .231  .360    2   3.0  3e33      -42  
 PH  Duffy Dyer           24    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -564  
 1B *Ed Kranepool         25    3    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  1e11     -420  
 PH  Al Weis              32    3    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -560  
 UT *Mike Jorgensen       21    4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -635  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                           781                    8

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

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     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         27  19  10  .655  41  41   9   0   0   0   4  302.2  225  120  101  30  131  310  3.00  106   3.1  -17  
  P  Wayne Simpson        21  18   3  .857  32  31   0   1   0   0   0  192.2  129   70   62  18   97  130  2.90   63   2.9  -22  
  P *Jerry Koosman        27  17  10  .630  33  32   3   0   0   0   0  221.1  193   89   84  26   64  131  3.42   89   3.6  -41  
  P  Jim McAndrew         26  13   5  .722  36  30   0   2   2   0   0  199.2  176   73   65  22   46  126  2.93   81   3.7  -24  
  P  Nolan Ryan           23  11  14  .440  56  13   0  24   8   3   0  122.0   94   65   56  16   80  102  4.13   59   4.4   81  
  P  Ron Taylor           32   6   1  .857  54   0   0  26   4   2   0   68.1   66   36   34  11   17   27  4.48   32   4.2   15  
  P *Ray Sadecki          29   5   5  .500  42  15   1  11   2   0   0  124.1  162   97   78  24   46   99  5.65  103   7.3  112  
  P  Danny Frisella       24   5   7  .417  61   0   0  31  15   3   0   68.0   63   30   30  10   29   54  3.97   36   4.9  102  
  P *Grant Jackson        27   3   1  .750  63   0   0  21   1   0   0   71.1   83   34   30   3   30   53  3.79   41   5.1  -89  
  P *Tug McGraw           25   3   6  .333  75   0   0  32  15   2   0   86.2   79   37   32   6   38   76  3.32   38   4.0  -28  
  P *Rich Folkers         23   0   0  .000   4   0   0   1   0   0   0    3.2    2    2    2   1    5    1  4.91    1   4.1  -88  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      655          0

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Johnny Bench 1447 161 162 1199 58 9 7 .993 10 15 John Boccabella 11 0 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Duffy Dyer 3 1 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Spencer 797 77 115 733 71 7 91 .991 9.08 Ted Savage 366 46 48 378 24 6 31 .985 9.88 John Boccabella 263 35 37 240 19 1 28 .996 8.86 Art Shamsky 22 3 5 20 3 0 3 1.000 9.55 Ed Kranepool 11 1 3 10 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Mike Jorgensen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Boswell 798 78 114 240 255 1 76 .998 5.59 Bob Heise 350 44 48 117 100 8 24 .964 5.57 Wayne Garrett 265 32 40 72 83 1 15 .994 5.26 Hector Torres 39 7 7 19 16 1 7 .972 8.08 Bobby Floyd 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.42 Al Weis 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wayne Garrett 714 69 117 57 124 11 19 .943 2.28 Joe Foy 527 67 74 50 106 7 12 .957 2.66 Rich Rollins 132 18 20 8 20 4 4 .875 1.91 Bobby Floyd 63 8 11 5 14 1 1 .950 2.71 Bob Heise 24 0 14 3 5 2 0 .800 3.04 Johnny Bench 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bud Harrelson 1457 161 162 288 560 24 109 .972 5.24 Al Weis 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Heise 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cleon Jones 1031 108 134 179 9 6 0 .969 1.64 Ken Singleton 371 50 53 56 4 1 0 .984 1.45 Ty Cline 30 3 8 4 1 1 0 .833 1.52 Ted Savage 25 1 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72 Ron Swoboda 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommie Agee 1431 158 161 346 13 11 2 .970 2.26 Ty Cline 23 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.09 Cleon Jones 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike Jorgensen 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Art Shamsky 790 99 106 138 3 1 0 .993 1.61 Ron Swoboda 464 48 76 74 0 3 0 .961 1.44 Ted Savage 145 15 30 27 2 1 0 .967 1.80 Ty Cline 60 0 32 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Ken Singleton 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1970 Draft

Round 1 (#18):	Ray Sadecki
Round 4 (#74):	John Boccabella
Round 5 (#87):	Grant Jackson
Round 6 (#100):	Ty Cline
Round 7 (#106):	Rich Rollins
Round 8 (#110):	Hector Torres
Round 9 (#113):	Bobby Floyd

Transactions

• 1970-01: traded Gary Gentry to SFN for Bob Heise, Ted Savage, SFN#1
• 1970-01: traded Tom Seaver, Jerry Grote to CIN for Johnny Bench, Wayne Simpson
• 1970 postseason: released John Boccabella, Ty Cline, Bobby Floyd

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