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1973 New York Mets  (1972)  (1974) 79-83, 3rd in NL Eastern Division Scored 641 runs, Allowed 626 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .726 Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-84   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 82-79 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Rusty Staub          29  151  527   70  168  33   0  15   81   0   2   66   49  .319  .396  .467   97   7.0  3(-4)e8    81  
 OF *Pat Kelly            28  155  582   87  163  24   3   2   42  16   9   85  109  .280  .374  .342   77   4.6  3(+3)e7    13  
 C   Johnny Bench         25  162  600   67  138  19   1  19   73   3   1   85  104  .230  .323  .360   70   3.9  1(-4)e1   -91  
 2B  Tommy Helms          32  160  583   55  163  26   3   2   57   0   0   31   28  .280  .313  .345   61   3.8  2e11      -35  
 OF *John Milner          23  150  475   79  110  11   4  20   70   0   0   61   74  .232  .317  .398   54   3.7  4(+4)e14  -47  
 1B  Tommy Davis          34  137  417   32  123  10   3   6   31   9   0   20   53  .295  .326  .376   48   4.1  4e30      -29  
 OF  Cleon Jones          30  129  307   44   90  11   0  13   54   0   0   17   42  .293  .344  .456   45   5.2  2(0)e11    90  
 SS #Bud Harrelson        29  149  391   50   92  16   4   0   30   4   0   52   44  .235  .326  .297   42   3.5  1e17      -35  
 OF  George Theodore      26   44  120   19   46   1   0   6   20   0   0    4    7  .383  .406  .542   25   8.8  4(+2)e5   309  
 1B  Harmon Killebrew     37   78  133   17   40   4   1   3   15   0   0   16   31  .301  .380  .414   20   5.5  4e4        95  
 3B  Danny Cater          33   80  214   18   59   7   0   2   19   0   0    9   24  .276  .305  .336   20   3.4  4e41      -96  
 OF *Bob Gallagher        25  101  123   11   41   6   2   1   12   0   0    3   16  .333  .349  .439   18   5.9  3(-1)e4   176  
 3B  Ken McMullen         31   43   86   14   24   1   0  10   26   0   0    7    9  .279  .330  .640   17   7.3  3e39      190  
 3B *Ken Boswell          27   36  103   16   29   4   0   3   18   0   0   14    4  .282  .361  .408   15   5.1  4e14      148  
 3B  Ted Martinez         25  117  242   20   46   2   0   2   18   0   0   15   43  .190  .242  .223   12   1.6  3e13     -136  
 SS  Dal Maxvill          34   84  215   11   40   3   2   0   17   0   0   14   32  .186  .233  .219   10   1.6  2e23      -48  
 C  *Ron Hodges           24   28   59    5   12   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   13  .203  .242  .254    3   1.8  3(-1)e3  -117  
 OF *Dave Schneck         24    1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000 1.000  .000    0     ?  4(-1)e8  -466  
 C   Duffy Dyer           27    3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000  .333  .000    0   1.2  2(-2)e2  -155  
 1B *Ed Kranepool         28   15   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .071  .071  .071    0    .1  3e3      -474  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           642                   -4

     * - 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 *Jerry Koosman        30  14  10  .583  37  37   6   0   0   0   2  264.1  213  101   88  25   84  155  3.00   93   3.1  -33  
  P *Jon Matlack          23  14  15  .483  37  37   4   0   0   0   2  255.2  222  108   97  25  121  209  3.41  116   4.1   17  
  P  Jim Bibby            28  11  13  .458  36  32   1   2   2   0   0  197.1  143  101   97  24  121  174  4.42   84   3.8   25  
  P  Gary Gentry          26  10   9  .526  43   8   0  16   1   3   0   89.1   81   43   42  16   43   41  4.23   48   4.9   89  
  P  Steve Stone          25   9  14  .391  36  31   0   2   0   0   0  189.1  163   95   82  16   87  162  3.90   85   4.0  -28  
  P *Ray Sadecki          32   6   3  .667  48  11   0   9   0   1   0  102.2   91   26   26   8   45   72  2.28   40   3.6  -70  
  P  Sonny Siebert        36   5   6  .455  36   2   1  18   1   3   1   60.0   60   31   28   7   25   45  4.20   31   4.7  -31  
  P  Bruce Dal Canton     32   4   2  .667  57   2   0  14   1   1   0   92.1  112   53   47  10   34   49  4.58   64   6.2    4  
  P *Tug McGraw           28   3   4  .429  65   0   0  47  19   6   0   85.1   62   25   19   4   33   64  2.00   24   2.6 -114  
  P *Tom Hilgendorf       31   2   3  .400  62   0   0  24   3   2   0   73.0   51   15   12   3   18   48  1.48   17   2.1 -182  
  P  Aurelio Monteagudo   29   1   3  .250  26   0   0  13   5   1   0   27.1   27   10   10   1   16    5  3.29   13   4.5   38  
  P *Juan Pizarro         36   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    1    1    0   0    2    0  0.00    0   4.4  -43  
  P  Jim York             25   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0  0.00    0   2.2 -251  
  P  Buzz Capra           25   0   0  .000   7   0   0   3   0   0   0   10.0    9    3    3   1    9    7  2.70    5   5.0   17  
  P *Mike Paul            28   0   1  .000   8   2   0   1   1   0   0   12.0   20   14   14   1   11    7 10.50   15  11.6  189  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      641        -15

     * - 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 1359 149 157 1063 44 1 4 .999 5 11 Ron Hodges 101 13 16 68 5 1 0 .986 4 4 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommy Davis 840 106 107 850 50 14 93 .985 9.64 John Milner 290 31 51 297 15 2 34 .994 9.67 Harmon Killebrew 257 25 46 265 32 1 30 .997 10.41 Ed Kranepool 27 0 12 28 2 0 5 1.000 10.00 George Theodore 26 0 8 31 2 0 3 1.000 11.28 Danny Cater 19 0 10 20 1 0 2 1.000 9.95 Johnny Bench 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommy Helms 1365 150 159 432 427 5 140 .994 5.67 Ted Martinez 94 12 23 36 36 0 5 1.000 6.89 Ken Boswell 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Martinez 492 42 95 32 112 2 16 .986 2.63 Danny Cater 445 55 64 39 101 12 11 .921 2.83 Ken Boswell 235 31 34 23 57 7 5 .920 3.06 Ken McMullen 185 21 35 10 37 2 8 .959 2.29 Johnny Bench 100 13 15 9 13 0 2 1.000 1.97 Rusty Staub 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bud Harrelson 942 102 137 158 384 9 80 .984 5.18 Dal Maxvill 516 60 76 76 220 9 38 .970 5.16 Ted Martinez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Milner 747 94 97 110 3 10 0 .919 1.36 Cleon Jones 509 51 84 86 4 7 0 .928 1.59 Rusty Staub 132 10 31 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 Pat Kelly 56 7 9 12 2 1 0 .933 2.26 Bob Gallagher 12 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Ted Martinez 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 George Theodore 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rusty Staub 943 116 120 226 5 4 0 .983 2.21 Bob Gallagher 256 17 68 73 2 2 0 .974 2.64 George Theodore 218 28 29 58 5 0 0 1.000 2.60 Cleon Jones 23 0 9 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.13 Ted Martinez 16 1 7 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 Pat Kelly 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Dave Schneck 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pat Kelly 1253 142 147 222 5 8 2 .966 1.63 Rusty Staub 140 10 35 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Cleon Jones 65 8 14 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 Ted Martinez 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 John Milner 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1973 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Jim Bibby
Round 2 (#33):	Steve Stone
Round 3 (#50):	Gary Gentry
Round 4 (#68):	Dal Maxvill
Round 5 (#84):	Ken McMullen
Round 6 (#98):	Aurelio Monteagudo
Round 7 (#109):	Bob Gallagher

Transactions

• 1973-03: acquired Juan Pizarro as a free agent
• 1973-04: acquired Mike Paul as a free agent
• 1973-09: traded Buzz Capra, Jim McAndrew to ATN for Sonny Siebert, Jim York
• 1973 postseason: released Tommy Davis, Bob Gallagher, Gary Gentry

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