1966 NEW YORK METS

| Level: MLB

Location: Queens,NY
Team Record: 66-95 .410
Result: 9th in National League
Manager(s): Wes Westrum
General Manager: George Weiss
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Attendance: 1,932,693
Playoffs: Did not qualify

New York Mets affiliate history

Oldest Player: Roy McMillan (36)
Youngest Player: Nolan Ryan (19)
Longest Tenure: Jim Hickman, Ed Kranepool (5)
Top Hitter: Ron Hunt (30)
Top Pitcher: Jack Fisher (28)
Top Draft Pick: Steve Chilcott (#1)

Roster Continuity: 54.51%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
LA Dodgers	95	67	.586	--
SF Giants	93	68	.578	1.5
Pittsburgh	92	70	.568	3.0
Philadelphia	87	75	.537	8.0
Atlanta	85	77	.525	10.0
St. Louis	83	79	.512	12.0
Cincinnati	76	84	.475	18.0
Houston	72	90	.444	23.0
NY Mets	66	95	.410	28.5
Chi Cubs	59	103	.364	36.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
14	Ken Boyer	3b-1b	49	35	-	MLB	136	496	62	132	28	2	14	61	4	3	30	64	0	5	1	7	15	.266	.304	.415	719	206	534	390	66	4.6	.278
21	Cleon Jones	of	58	23	UDFA: 1963	MLB	139	495	74	136	16	4	8	57	16	8	30	62	3	2	5	4	13	.275	.318	.372	689	184	537	389	61	4.2	.298
33	Ron Hunt	2b	30	25	UDFA: 1959	MLB	132	479	63	138	19	2	3	33	8	10	41	34	11	2	10	2	10	.288	.356	.355	711	170	543	373	67	4.9	.304
7	Ed Kranepool	1b	52	21	UDFA: 1962	MLB	146	464	51	118	15	2	16	57	1	1	41	66	3	9	0	4	5	.254	.316	.399	715	185	512	356	64	4.8	.264
1	Eddie Bressoud	ss	57	34	-	MLB	133	405	48	91	15	5	10	49	2	2	47	107	1	4	7	4	11	.225	.304	.360	665	146	464	338	42	3.4	.277
4	Ron Swoboda	of	69	22	UDFA: 1964	MLB	112	342	34	76	9	4	8	50	4	2	31	76	5	4	2	1	9	.222	.296	.342	638	117	381	280	33	3.1	.263
18	Al Luplow	of	-	27	-	MLB	111	334	31	84	9	1	7	31	2	6	38	46	2	3	2	1	10	.251	.331	.347	678	116	377	269	38	3.8	.273
15	Jerry Grote	c	-	23	UDFA: 1962	MLB	120	317	26	75	12	2	3	31	4	3	40	81	3	8	3	1	9	.237	.327	.315	642	100	364	258	30	3.1	.308
2	Chuck Hiller	2b	60	31	-	MLB	108	254	25	71	8	2	2	14	0	0	15	22	5	0	1	0	2	.280	.332	.350	683	89	275	186	34	4.9	.300
11	Roy McMillan	ss	-	36	-	MLB	76	220	24	47	9	1	1	12	1	1	20	25	2	3	3	1	4	.214	.284	.277	561	61	246	182	18	2.7	.236
17	Larry Elliot	of	-	28	-	MLB	65	199	24	49	14	2	5	32	0	1	17	46	0	1	0	0	3	.246	.306	.412	718	82	216	154	26	4.5	.297
24	Johnny Lewis	of	-	26	-	MLB	65	166	21	32	6	1	5	20	2	0	21	43	0	0	0	1	1	.193	.282	.331	613	55	188	136	16	3.1	.227
6,27	Jim Hickman	of-1b	-	29	UDFA: 1956	MLB	58	160	15	38	7	0	4	16	2	1	13	34	1	0	0	0	4	.237	.299	.356	655	57	174	127	16	3.5	.279
12	John Stephenson	c	-	25	UDFA: 1963	MLB	63	143	17	28	1	1	1	11	0	0	8	28	2	0	0	0	7	.196	.248	.238	486	34	153	122	4	0.9	.237
23	Billy Murphy	of	-	22	-	MLB	84	135	15	31	4	1	3	13	1	2	7	34	1	0	2	1	3	.230	.271	.341	612	46	146	112	10	2.5	.283
19	Hawk Taylor	c-of	-	27	-	MLB	53	109	5	19	2	0	3	12	0	1	3	19	1	0	0	0	6	.174	.204	.275	479	30	113	97	2	0.7	.184
3	Bud Harrelson	ss	-	22	UDFA: 1963	MLB	33	99	20	22	2	4	0	4	7	3	13	23	0	1	1	0	1	.222	.312	.323	636	32	113	82	10	3.4	.289
17	Dick Stuart	1b	-	33	-	MLB	31	87	7	19	0	0	4	13	0	1	9	26	0	2	0	0	5	.218	.292	.356	648	31	96	74	6	2.1	.263
22	Jack Fisher	p	-	27	-	MLB	38	67	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	26	0	0	6	0	0	.090	.176	.119	295	8	80	67	-2	-0.9	.146
30	Dennis Ribant	p	-	24	-	MLB	40	61	3	12	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	11	0	0	4	0	1	.197	.210	.213	423	13	66	54	1	0.6	.240
26	Bob Shaw	p	-	33	-	MLB	26	50	1	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	15	0	0	5	1	0	.260	.309	.260	569	13	60	43	3	2.2	.361
29	Rob Gardner	p	-	21	UDFA: 1963	MLB	43	41	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	.171	.171	.195	366	8	42	35	0	-0.3	.241
32	Jack Hamilton	p	-	27	-	MLB	57	38	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	1	0	1	.132	.154	.132	285	5	40	35	-2	-1.5	.200
16	Danny Napoleon	of-3b	-	24	-	MLB	12	33	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	1	.212	.235	.273	508	9	34	28	1	0.7	.304
10	Greg Goossen	1b-c	-	20	-	MLB	13	32	1	6	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	3	.187	.235	.344	579	11	34	29	1	1.0	.250
20	Bob Friend	p	-	35	-	MLB	22	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	5	0	0	.034	.034	.034	69	1	34	33	-4	-3.2	.083
45	Tug McGraw	p	-	21	UDFA: 1964	MLB	15	17	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.235	.278	.235	513	4	20	16	1	1.5	.250
20	Choo Choo Coleman	c	-	28	-	MLB	6	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.187	.187	375	3	16	13	0	-0.2	.250
39	Dick Selma	p	-	22	UDFA: 1963	MLB	31	14	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	7	1	0	1	1	0	.071	.222	.214	437	3	19	15	0	0.7	.125
28	Bill Hepler	p	-	20	-	MLB	37	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.214	.214	429	3	15	12	0	-0.4	.429
5	Shaun Fitzmaurice	of	-	23	-	MLB	9	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.154	421	2	15	11	0	0.3	.286
34	Gerry Arrigo	p	-	25	-	MLB	17	10	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.583	.700	1283	7	12	5	4	22.6	.556
31	Larry Bearnarth	p	-	24	-	MLB	29	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.222	333	2	9	9	-	-	.167
38	Ralph Terry	p	-	30	-	MLB	11	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	1	6	5	0	-1.6	.333
40,43	Dick Rusteck	p	-	24	-	MLB	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
6	Lou Klimchock	3b-2b	-	26	-	MLB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	6	-1	-5.1	.000
43,45	Darrell Sutherland	p	-	24	-	MLB	31	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1333	2	3	1	1	26.9	1.000
35	Larry Miller	p	-	29	-	MLB	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	9.9	1.000
41	Gordie Richardson	p	-	27	-	MLB	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
38	Dave Eilers	p	-	29	-	MLB	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (40 players)							161	5371	587	1286	187	35	98	534	55	46	446	992	42	44	63	29	127	.239	.301	.342	643	1837	5951	4350	543	3.4	.276

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
22	Jack Fisher	28	27	-	MLB	11	14	3.68	38	33	10	2	4	0	230.0	229	108	94	26	54	127	12	0	1.23	8.96	1.02	2.11	4.97	0.43	.279	1.60
30	Dennis Ribant	32	24	-	MLB	11	9	3.20	39	26	10	1	6	3	188.1	184	78	67	20	40	84	6	0	1.19	8.79	0.96	1.91	4.01	0.48	.265	1.03
26	Bob Shaw	44	33	-	MLB	11	10	3.92	26	25	7	2	0	0	167.2	171	85	73	12	42	104	8	2	1.27	9.18	0.64	2.25	5.58	0.40	.296	1.45
32	Jack Hamilton	37	27	-	MLB	6	13	3.93	57	13	3	1	29	13	148.2	138	89	65	13	88	93	18	0	1.52	8.35	0.79	5.33	5.63	0.95	.278	1.90
29	Rob Gardner	-	21	UDFA: 1963	MLB	4	8	5.12	41	17	3	0	5	1	133.2	147	82	76	15	64	74	8	0	1.58	9.90	1.01	4.31	4.98	0.86	.309	1.25
20	Bob Friend	-	35	-	MLB	5	8	4.40	22	12	2	1	8	1	86.0	101	52	42	11	16	30	0	1	1.36	10.57	1.15	1.67	3.14	0.53	--	1.99
39	Dick Selma	-	22	UDFA: 1963	MLB	4	6	4.24	30	7	0	0	7	1	80.2	84	47	38	11	39	58	4	0	1.52	9.37	1.23	4.35	6.47	0.67	.307	1.03
28	Bill Hepler	-	20	-	MLB	3	3	3.52	37	3	0	0	13	0	69.0	71	30	27	3	51	25	9	0	1.77	9.26	0.39	6.65	3.26	2.04	.294	1.97
45	Tug McGraw	-	21	UDFA: 1964	MLB	2	9	5.34	15	12	1	0	0	0	62.1	72	38	37	11	25	34	4	0	1.56	10.40	1.59	3.61	4.91	0.74	.305	1.10
31	Larry Bearnarth	-	24	-	MLB	2	3	4.45	29	1	0	0	12	0	54.2	59	31	27	11	20	27	2	0	1.45	9.71	1.81	3.29	4.45	0.74	.279	2.23
43,45	Darrell Sutherland	-	24	-	MLB	2	0	4.87	31	0	0	0	9	1	44.1	60	25	24	6	25	23	1	0	1.92	12.18	1.22	5.08	4.67	1.09	.365	2.41
34	Gerry Arrigo	-	25	-	MLB	3	3	3.74	17	5	0	0	5	0	43.1	47	20	18	5	16	28	1	0	1.45	9.76	1.04	3.32	5.82	0.57	--	1.30
38	Dave Eilers	-	29	-	MLB	1	1	4.67	23	0	0	0	12	0	34.2	39	18	18	7	7	14	0	0	1.33	10.12	1.82	1.82	3.63	0.50	.278	1.67
38	Ralph Terry	-	30	-	MLB	0	1	4.74	11	1	0	0	6	1	24.2	27	14	13	1	11	14	0	0	1.54	9.85	0.36	4.01	5.11	0.79	.338	1.00
40,43	Dick Rusteck	-	24	-	MLB	1	2	3.00	8	3	1	1	3	0	24.0	24	10	8	1	8	9	0	0	1.33	9.00	0.38	3.00	3.38	0.89	.303	1.07
41	Gordie Richardson	-	27	-	MLB	0	2	9.16	15	1	0	0	2	1	18.2	24	19	19	7	6	15	2	0	1.61	11.57	3.37	2.89	7.23	0.40	.309	1.00
35	Larry Miller	-	29	-	MLB	0	2	7.56	4	1	0	0	1	0	8.1	9	7	7	3	4	7	0	0	1.56	9.72	3.24	4.32	7.56	0.57	.261	1.13
27	Dallas Green	-	31	UDFA: 1955	MLB	0	0	5.40	4	0	0	0	2	0	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	1.60	10.80	3.60	3.60	1.80	2.00	.267	1.00
34	Nolan Ryan	-	19	1965-12-226	MLB	0	1	15.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	1	3	6	1	0	2.67	15.00	3.00	9.00	18.00	0.50	.571	0.50
Totals: (40 players)						66	95	4.17	161	161	37	8	124	22	1,427	1497	761	661	98	521	773	76	3	1.21	9.44	1.05	3.29	4.88	0.67	.340

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry Grote	C	115		516	55	11	7	.981	0.00
John Stephenson	C	52		187	30	6	4	.973	0.00
Hawk Taylor	C	29		80	13	0	3	1.000	0.00
Greg Goossen	C	11		29	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Choo Choo Coleman	C	5		24	2	1	0	.963	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Kranepool	1B	132		1161	85	10	100	.992	0.00
Dick Stuart	1B	23		216	13	6	20	.974	0.00
Jim Hickman	1B	17		120	12	1	14	.992	0.00
Hawk Taylor	1B	13		60	5	3	7	.956	0.00
Eddie Bressoud	1B	9		42	6	1	3	.980	0.00
Ken Boyer	1B	2		12	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ron Hunt	2B	123		295	384	21	81	.970	0.00
Chuck Hiller	2B	45		85	123	4	31	.981	0.00
Eddie Bressoud	2B	7		16	17	1	3	.971	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ken Boyer	3B	130		113	292	21	33	.951	0.00
Eddie Bressoud	3B	32		20	68	5	9	.946	0.00
Chuck Hiller	3B	14		9	30	1	1	.975	0.00
Jerry Grote	3B	2		3	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ron Hunt	3B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Bressoud	SS	94		135	252	16	52	.960	0.00
Roy McMillan	SS	71		112	203	8	35	.975	0.00
Bud Harrelson	SS	29		52	91	1	26	.993	0.00
Ron Hunt	SS	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cleon Jones	OF	129		275	10	6	2	.979	0.00
Al Luplow	OF	101		147	4	2	1	.987	0.00
Ron Swoboda	OF	97		145	7	2	0	.987	0.00
Billy Murphy	OF	57		57	6	3	1	.955	0.00
Larry Elliot	OF	54		73	10	8	0	.912	0.00
Johnny Lewis	OF	49		77	2	1	1	.987	0.00
Jim Hickman	OF	45		63	5	1	2	.986	0.00
Ed Kranepool	OF	11		19	1	2	0	.909	0.00
Danny Napoleon	OF	10		12	1	1	0	.929	0.00
Chuck Hiller	OF	9		16	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Shaun Fitzmaurice	OF	5		9	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Stephenson	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jack Hamilton	P	57	148	16	25	2	2	.953	2.49
Rob Gardner	P	41	133	4	24	1	1	.966	1.89
Dennis Ribant	P	39	188	12	34	2	1	.958	2.20
Jack Fisher	P	38	230	26	45	3	3	.959	2.78
Bill Hepler	P	37	69	3	11	2	0	.875	1.83
Darrell Sutherland	P	31	44	4	11	0	1	1.000	3.06
Dick Selma	P	30	80	4	20	1	1	.960	2.69
Larry Bearnarth	P	29	54	4	14	0	0	1.000	2.99
Bob Shaw	P	26	167	11	28	0	3	1.000	2.10
Dave Eilers	P	23	34	2	8	0	1	1.000	2.63
Bob Friend	P	22	86	4	9	3	0	.812	1.36
Gerry Arrigo	P	17	43	4	8	1	2	.923	2.51
Tug McGraw	P	15	62	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.74
Gordie Richardson	P	15	18	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.98
Ralph Terry	P	11	24	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.49
Dick Rusteck	P	8	24	1	4	1	0	.833	1.88
Dallas Green	P	4	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.60
Larry Miller	P	4	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Nolan Ryan	P	2	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00

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