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1971 New York Mets  (1970)  (1972) 104-58, 1st in NL Eastern Division Scored 807 runs, Allowed 640 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-63 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .712 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-80   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 83-79 Manager(s): Ray Cappocchi Lost to Los Angeles Dodgers in Championship Series, 3 games to 0.

 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          28  158  523   98  160  30   4  15   75   1   2   66   91  .306  .382  .465   92   6.4  2(-1)e6    -9  
 OF *Rusty Staub          27  109  389   66  134  23   4  16   83   1   1   32   18  .344  .398  .548   82   8.0  3(-4)e18   71  
 OF  Tommie Agee          28  149  452   92  133  27   1  11   54  26   2   59  105  .294  .374  .431   79   6.3  2(-3)e9    15  
 C   Johnny Bench         23  158  590   85  143  19   1  29   94   0   1   56   91  .242  .306  .425   74   4.3  1(-4)e5    10  
 2B *Ken Boswell          25  132  412   56  134  17   1  12   63   0   2   32   36  .325  .375  .459   67   6.1  3e23      132  
 SS #Bud Harrelson        27  154  576   75  149  17   2   1   49  25   4   55   56  .259  .326  .300   63   3.8  1e19        4  
 UT *Ed Kranepool         26  122  410   55  116  27   5   5   53   0   0   36   24  .283  .345  .410   55   4.8            -31  
 OF *Pat Kelly            26  100  210   41   77   7   1   1   25  14   7   36   17  .367  .454  .424   45   8.3  4(0)e3     94  
 3B #Paul Popovich        30  105  209   25   67  16   1  11   50   0   0   18   20  .321  .371  .565   40   7.2  3e16      366  
 3B  Harmon Killebrew     35   65  199   38   47   5   0  11   31   0   0   47   50  .236  .382  .427   33   5.7  4e35      -41  
 1B *Jim Spencer          23  132  359   33   74  21   3   7   51   0   0   29   42  .206  .272  .340   32   2.8  1e6       -84  
 OF  Joe Lis              24   52  117   17   34   6   0   7   27   1   0   24   36  .291  .422  .521   29   9.3  4(+2)e6   229  
 2B  Tim Foli             20   76  198   19   50   9   1   0   18   1   1   10   26  .253  .287  .308   18   3.0  2e26       42  
 3B  Bob Aspromonte       33   50  143   11   43   4   0   1   14   0   0   10   10  .301  .346  .350   16   4.2  4e17      110  
 OF #Ken Singleton        24   30   92   14   27   1   0   3   13   2   0   11   13  .293  .365  .402   14   5.9  4(+1)e8     1  
 2B  Ted Martinez         23   62  122   11   38   9   0   0   10   3   1    0   17  .311  .311  .385   12   3.8  3e21      -11  
 3B *Wayne Garrett        23   44  115   16   29   4   0   1   10   0   0   14   15  .252  .336  .313   12   3.5  2e16      101  
 3B *Curt Blefary         28   22   50    9   13   3   0   4    9   0   0    8    2  .260  .350  .560   10   7.0  4e34      237  
 OF  Ken Berry            30   27   30    3    9   5   0   0    0   0   0    3    6  .300  .364  .467    5   6.8  1(0)e5    252  
 C   Duffy Dyer           25   29   61    3   14   5   0   0    5   0   0    1   13  .230  .254  .311    4   2.8  4(0)e4    -46  
 OF *Art Shamsky          29   11   18    4    5   2   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .278  .381  .389    2   4.0  4(+1)e6   100  
 PH  Rick Renick          27    7    9    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    5  .333  .333  .333    1   4.5             26  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           794                   41

     * - 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 *Ray Sadecki          30  16   6  .727  36  24   4   6   2   0   3  177.0  157   70   62  11   43  137  3.15   65   3.3  -18  
  P *Sam McDowell         28  15  12  .556  37  34   2   2   0   0   1  226.0  178  106   96  24  158  204  3.82  106   4.2  -14  
  P  Nolan Ryan           24  13   8  .619  32  23   1   6   1   0   0  152.2  135   65   57   6  112  136  3.36   74   4.4  -14  
  P *Jerry Koosman        28  12   4  .750  29  27   1   0   0   0   0  172.2  180   87   79  18   55   94  4.12   91   4.8   22  
  P  Wayne Simpson        22   8   4  .667  26  20   1   3   0   0   1  122.2  107   69   61  10   79   60  4.48   62   4.5  -36  
  P *Tug McGraw           26   7   5  .583  71   0   0  36  19   4   0   92.1   64   30   28   7   27   93  2.73   23   2.3   -8  
  P  Bruce Dal Canton     30   7   9  .438  29  22   1   3   1   1   1  145.1  180   79   77  11   46   61  4.77   92   5.7   58  
  P  Jim McAndrew         27   5   3  .625  28  10   0   8   1   0   0   88.0   68   38   31   9   28   37  3.17   28   2.8  -89  
  P *Jon Matlack          21   5   3  .625  23   1   0  10   2   0   0   35.2   31   12   10   5    9   20  2.52   15   3.9    7  
  P *Don Shaw             27   4   0 1.000  47   0   0   9   2   2   0   52.0   27    5    5   1   33   15  0.87   10   1.8 -191  
  P  Ron Taylor           33   4   0 1.000  62   0   0  16   2   1   0   65.0   55   15   15   3   10   36  2.08   18   2.6 -172  
  P  Scipio Spinks        23   3   0 1.000  19   0   0  12   4   0   0   21.2   11    2    2   2   11   17  0.83    4   1.9  -83  
  P  Danny Frisella       25   3   3  .500  72   0   0  30  12   3   0   81.0   72   28   27   3   24   70  3.00   25   2.9  -51  
  P  Charlie Williams     23   2   1  .667  29   1   0  11   2   1   0   55.0   74   34   33   6   23   30  5.40   43   7.0   99  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      662        -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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Johnny Bench 1378 151 158 1054 48 3 9 .997 22 15 Duffy Dyer 108 11 19 63 3 1 0 .985 9 1 Curt Blefary 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Spencer 836 84 115 790 78 7 86 .992 9.34 Ed Kranepool 453 53 56 431 48 0 43 1.000 9.51 Harmon Killebrew 171 22 22 176 12 1 27 .995 9.91 Johnny Bench 24 3 4 26 1 1 5 .964 10.12 Curt Blefary* 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Boswell 887 111 114 296 225 10 70 .981 5.29 Tim Foli 282 30 44 104 97 5 40 .976 6.41 Ted Martinez 153 15 27 36 53 1 13 .989 5.22 Paul Popovich 105 0 54 21 28 0 11 1.000 4.21 Wayne Garrett 58 6 9 21 19 1 9 .976 6.21 Curt Blefary 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harmon Killebrew* 650 74 81 66 133 19 15 .913 2.76 Paul Popovich 438 49 60 43 89 4 8 .971 2.71 Wayne Garrett* 406 43 60 31 83 5 9 .958 2.53 Bob Aspromonte 324 40 44 29 75 3 15 .972 2.89 Curt Blefary 121 16 17 9 28 1 3 .974 2.75 Tim Foli 47 0 22 7 6 0 3 1.000 2.51 Ted Martinez 27 0 17 1 4 1 0 .833 1.69 Johnny Bench 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 Rusty Staub 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bud Harrelson 1314 143 154 214 530 20 101 .974 5.09 Tim Foli 102 10 17 19 40 1 13 .983 5.21 Ted Martinez 71 9 11 16 30 0 5 1.000 5.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cleon Jones 852 81 118 160 13 2 2 .989 1.83 Ken Singleton* 540 69 70 109 3 5 0 .957 1.87 Pat Kelly 300 40 41 50 1 0 1 1.000 1.53 Joe Lis 246 31 33 52 3 2 1 .965 2.01 Curt Blefary* 168 21 22 40 1 2 1 .953 2.20 Tim Foli 34 4 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.32 Ed Kranepool 21 3 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 Art Shamsky 17 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 Ken Berry* 9 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Rick Renick 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Ted Martinez 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommie Agee 940 97 118 271 11 6 3 .979 2.70 Rusty Staub* 260 35 38 81 3 2 0 .977 2.91 Ken Berry* 194 16 38 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.32 Ken Singleton* 177 21 22 39 1 1 0 .976 2.03 Cleon Jones 19 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Art Shamsky 11 3 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.27 Tim Foli 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Ed Kranepool 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rusty Staub* 960 97 119 161 8 11 3 .939 1.58 Ed Kranepool 402 53 57 66 2 2 0 .971 1.52 Cleon Jones 351 43 43 69 5 0 1 1.000 1.90 Tommie Agee 76 3 22 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.24 Ken Singleton* 62 6 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 Pat Kelly 59 6 12 8 2 1 0 .909 1.53 Curt Blefary* 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Rick Renick 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Art Shamsky 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1971 Draft

Round 1 (#16):	Pat Kelly
Round 1 (#18):	Bruce Dal Canton
Round 2 (#34):	Ken Berry
Round 3 (#52):	Scipio Spinks
Round 4 (#69):	Don Shaw
Round 5 (#85):	Joe Lis
Round 6 (#94):	Paul Popovich

Transactions

• 1971-01: acquired Bob Aspromonte as a free agent
• 1971-07: traded Ken Singleton, Mike Jorgensen to MON for Rusty Staub, Curt Blefary
• 1971-14: traded Ken Berry, Wayne Garrett to MNA for Harmon Killebrew, Rick Renick
• 1971 postseason: released Joe Lis, Paul Popovich, Jim Spencer

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