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1974 New York Mets  (1973)  (1975) 61-101, 4th in NL Eastern Division Scored 614 runs, Allowed 797 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-102 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .678 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 76-86   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 71-91 Manager(s): Chris Colucci (18-24), Jon Fellows (43-77)

 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         26  162  622   85  171  34   0  34  119   0   0   63   98  .275  .341  .494  103   5.9  1(-4)e2   -36  
 OF *Rusty Staub          30  158  568   74  149  16   3  17   68   0   0   85   46  .262  .358  .391   79   4.8  3(-4)e6    -5  
 SS #Bud Harrelson        30  143  363   49   94  14   0   1   25   9   4   77   39  .259  .390  .306   52   4.9  2e28       63  
 1B *John Milner          24  134  419   47  104  16   0  12   41   4   2   57   55  .248  .336  .372   51   4.1  3e9       -37  
 OF  Cleon Jones          31  132  463   54  109  23   0  13   54   2   1   27   84  .235  .293  .369   48   3.5  3(0)e9   -101  
 OF *Jay Johnstone        28   72  220   34   68  14   3   9   32   7   1   26   27  .309  .381  .523   44   7.5  4(-1)e10   58  
 OF *Pat Kelly            29  109  407   54  100  12   2   1   27  11   6   39   55  .246  .313  .292   38   3.2  4(+3)e6  -109  
 2B  Tommy Helms          33   86  341   33   94  13   1   5   32   2   0   16   20  .276  .308  .364   35   3.6  3e12       -4  
 UT  Ted Martinez         26  121  336   38   74  17   8   1   28   1   0   12   39  .220  .247  .327   23   2.3  3e41        4  
 3B *Ken Boswell          28   84  253   21   58   8   2   6   22   0   0   12   20  .229  .269  .348   22   3.1  4e41       60  
 1B *Ed Kranepool         29   62   99   13   30   3   0   3   12   1   0   12    6  .303  .375  .424   15   5.7  3e30       34  
 SS  Billy Grabarkewitz   28   64  173   21   34   5   0   2   14   1   2   24   37  .197  .299  .260   14   2.7  4e32      -90  
 1B  Harmon Killebrew     38   74  157   14   33   1   0   7   19   0   0   15   31  .210  .279  .350   14   3.0  4e11      -42  
 OF *Ben Oglivie          25   65  177   22   35   5   0   1   11  11   1   15   25  .198  .256  .243   13   2.5  4(0)e15  -239  
 OF  George Theodore      27   38   67    9   16   1   0   4    7   0   0    8   16  .239  .329  .433    9   5.1  3(+2)e13  304  
 OF  Benny Ayala          23   27   70    5   19   0   0   3    9   0   0    5   16  .271  .325  .400    9   5.1  4(+3)e21   79  
 OF *Dave Schneck         25   10   21    4    9   1   0   1    8   2   0    3    5  .429  .500  .619    7  16.7  3(-1)e10  550  
 3B  Ken McMullen         32   28   61    5   15   2   0   3   10   0   0    2   14  .246  .270  .426    6   3.9  3e20        5  
 2B  Mike Tyson           24   46  152    7   24   3   2   0    7   0   0    6   27  .158  .201  .204    5   1.1  3e20     -145  
 C  *Ron Hodges           25   29   45    4   11   1   0   0    2   0   0   11    8  .244  .393  .267    5   3.9  4(+2)e16   11  
 3B  Kurt Bevacqua        27   43   87    4   19   0   0   0    6   0   0    5   15  .218  .261  .218    4   1.7  3e33      -22  
 PH *Keith Hernandez      20   31   26    4    6   0   2   0    2   0   0    4    6  .231  .333  .385    3   5.0           -138  
 1B  Danny Cater          34   11   21    2    6   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .286  .318  .381    2   3.8  3e10      -15  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           611                  -24

     * - 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 *Jon Matlack          24  15  19  .441  40  40   5   0   0   0   2  288.2  277  132  117  15   92  202  3.65  122   3.8   55  
  P  Jim Bibby            29  11  18  .379  38  38   2   0   0   0   0  237.0  227  126  114  13  118  154  4.33  119   4.5  -46  
  P *Jerry Koosman        31  10   7  .588  28  28   5   0   0   0   1  201.1  209   87   71  12   65  148  3.17   95   4.2  -10  
  P  Bruce Dal Canton     33   8  14  .364  38  26   2   6   0   1   1  193.0  181  116  102  10  100  117  4.76   87   4.0   68  
  P  Ed Sprague           28   4   9  .308  36   7   1  15   1   4   0   98.1  117   58   54   4   46   66  4.94   60   5.4   86  
  P  Jerry Cram           26   2   1  .667  14   0   0   6   0   0   0   22.0   27    9    8   1    6    6  3.27   10   4.5   33  
  P  Craig Swan           23   2   1  .667  12   3   0   5   0   1   0   32.2   30   10    9   1   16   11  2.48   13   3.7  -66  
  P *Tom Hilgendorf       32   2   1  .667  14   0   0   6   0   2   0   25.1   29   11    8   2    6   13  2.84   12   4.5 -106  
  P  Jim York             26   2   2  .500  32   0   0  13   4   1   0   41.0   53   21   21   3   18   16  4.61   29   6.4    9  
  P *Ray Sadecki          33   2   6  .250  29   6   0   9   1   0   0   61.0   76   39   27   6   26   25  3.98   40   5.7   45  
  P  Bob Apodaca          24   2  11  .154  51   4   0  36   6   5   0   93.2  131   88   82  17   33   64  7.88   83   8.1  232  
  P *Mike Caldwell        25   1   6  .143   9   9   0   0   0   0   0   50.1   68   39   35   9   18   23  6.26   42   7.6  161  
  P  Ken Sanders          33   0   0  .000   3   0   0   1   0   0   0    5.0    2    0    0   0    2    4  0.00    0   1.4 -610  
  P  Skip Lockwood        27   0   0  .000   5   0   0   2   0   0   0    5.2    8    6    6   1    4    4  9.53    5   9.4  222  
  P *Sam McDowell         31   0   2  .000  12   1   0   2   0   2   0   19.0   25   15   13   2   11   14  6.16   13   6.1   38  
  P *Tug McGraw           29   0   4  .000  60   0   0  46  19   5   0   73.2   85   40   36   7   25   41  4.40   41   5.1  -27  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      777         36

     * - 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 1353 150 156 942 61 2 8 .998 15 17 Ron Hodges 95 12 14 77 3 2 2 .976 11 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Milner 980 108 117 968 78 4 89 .996 9.60 Harmon Killebrew 275 32 34 280 18 4 27 .987 9.75 Ed Kranepool 133 15 16 142 11 1 27 .994 10.35 Danny Cater 32 4 4 36 6 0 4 1.000 11.69 Ben Oglivie 19 2 2 18 2 0 3 1.000 9.47 George Theodore 8 1 1 9 0 0 1 1.000 10.12 Keith Hernandez 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tommy Helms* 981 113 113 300 263 5 81 .991 5.17 Mike Tyson* 879 111 119 295 252 11 70 .980 5.60 Ted Martinez 411 48 57 132 142 2 34 .993 6.00 Billy Grabarkewitz 21 0 9 2 4 2 0 .750 2.61 Ken McMullen 16 1 4 2 0 2 0 .500 1.12 Ken Boswell 13 1 4 3 4 0 0 1.000 4.72 Kurt Bevacqua 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Boswell 615 72 80 58 147 10 19 .953 3.00 Ted Martinez 278 32 40 20 58 4 5 .951 2.53 Kurt Bevacqua 204 22 35 16 43 4 6 .937 2.60 Billy Grabarkewitz 136 14 23 15 27 2 3 .955 2.78 Ken McMullen 115 10 21 13 25 1 1 .974 2.98 Johnny Bench 94 12 13 6 22 3 0 .903 2.68 Ben Oglivie 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Harmon Killebrew 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dave Schneck 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bud Harrelson 881 91 124 133 352 21 52 .958 4.95 Billy Grabarkewitz 259 32 36 38 98 7 15 .951 4.73 Ted Martinez 160 20 21 28 72 6 22 .943 5.62 Mike Tyson 145 19 19 29 54 2 9 .976 5.14 Kurt Bevacqua 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pat Kelly 802 91 93 161 11 8 2 .956 1.93 Ben Oglivie 306 38 40 67 5 6 1 .923 2.12 Benny Ayala 153 19 19 24 1 3 0 .893 1.47 George Theodore 97 10 14 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.11 Cleon Jones 53 3 14 9 2 0 0 1.000 1.86 Ed Kranepool 24 1 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Jay Johnstone 8 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Billy Grabarkewitz 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Ron Hodges 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dave Schneck 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cleon Jones 965 109 112 310 16 4 0 .988 3.04 Jay Johnstone 408 48 49 114 3 3 0 .975 2.58 Dave Schneck 43 5 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.51 Ted Martinez 31 0 14 14 2 0 0 1.000 4.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rusty Staub 1349 151 151 242 11 6 1 .977 1.69 Pat Kelly 62 7 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 Jay Johnstone 35 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06 Benny Ayala 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1974 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Jay Johnstone
Round 2 (#27):	Ben Oglivie
Round 3 (#43):	Ed Sprague

Transactions

• 1974-01: acquired Kurt Bevacqua as a free agent
• 1974-04: acquired Sam McDowell as a free agent
• 1974-06: traded Duffy Dyer to LAN for Billy Grabarkewitz
• 1974-10: acquired Ken Sanders as a free agent
• 1974-17: traded Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool, Tommy Helms to SLN for Mike Caldwell, Keith Hernandez, Mike Tyson
• 1974-18: traded Ben Oglivie to NYA for Skip Lockwood
• 1974 postseason: released Ken McMullen, Ed Sprague

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