1968 NEW YORK METS

| Level: MLB

Location: Queens,NY
Team Record: 73-89 .451
Result: 9th in National League
Manager(s): Gil Hodges
General Manager: Johnny Murphy
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Attendance: 1,781,657
Playoffs: Did not qualify

New York Mets affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ed Charles (35)
Youngest Player: Mike Jorgensen (19)
Longest Tenure: Ed Kranepool (7)
Top Hitter: Cleon Jones (22)
Top Pitcher: Tom Seaver (4)
Top Draft Pick: Tim Foli (#1)

Roster Continuity: 58.54%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
St. Louis	97	65	.599	--
SF Giants	88	74	.543	9.0
Chi Cubs	84	78	.519	13.0
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14.0
Atlanta	81	81	.500	16.0
Pittsburgh	80	82	.494	17.0
LA Dodgers	76	86	.469	21.0
Philadelphia	76	86	.469	21.0
NY Mets	73	89	.451	24.0
Houston	72	90	.444	25.0

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
21	Cleon Jones	of	22	25	UDFA: 1963	MLB	147	509	63	151	29	4	14	55	23	12	31	98	5	3	4	3	8	.297	.341	.452	793	230	552	385	81	5.7	.342
4	Ron Swoboda	of	37	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	132	450	46	109	14	6	11	59	8	1	52	113	4	1	1	1	14	.242	.325	.373	699	168	508	358	53	4.0	.300
15	Jerry Grote	c	71	25	UDFA: 1962	MLB	124	404	29	114	18	0	3	31	1	5	44	81	3	11	3	0	6	.282	.357	.349	706	141	454	304	50	4.4	.347
3	Bud Harrelson	ss	-	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	111	402	38	88	7	3	0	14	4	5	29	68	1	2	4	1	3	.219	.273	.251	524	101	437	327	24	2.0	.263
7	Ed Kranepool	1b	60	23	UDFA: 1962	MLB	127	373	29	86	13	1	3	20	0	3	19	39	2	5	10	1	6	.231	.271	.295	566	110	405	307	30	2.6	.250
5	Ed Charles	3b	75	35	-	MLB	117	369	41	102	11	1	15	53	5	4	28	57	2	4	6	4	7	.276	.328	.434	761	160	409	288	55	5.1	.289
20	Tommie Agee	of	43	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	132	368	30	80	12	3	5	17	13	8	15	103	4	3	3	1	8	.217	.255	.307	562	113	391	308	20	1.8	.287
24	Art Shamsky	of-1b	45	26	UDFA: 1960	MLB	116	345	30	82	14	4	12	48	1	0	21	58	7	6	4	4	6	.238	.292	.406	698	140	381	277	44	4.3	.251
12	Ken Boswell	2b	-	22	1965-4-66	MLB	75	284	37	74	7	2	4	11	7	2	16	27	1	0	3	2	6	.261	.300	.342	642	97	306	223	32	3.8	.275
6	Al Weis	2b-ss	-	30	-	MLB	90	274	15	47	6	0	1	14	3	1	21	63	2	3	2	2	3	.172	.234	.204	438	56	301	235	7	0.8	.217
2	Phil Linz	ss-2b	-	29	-	MLB	78	258	19	54	7	0	0	17	1	0	10	41	2	0	3	2	7	.209	.243	.236	479	61	275	216	10	1.3	.247
9	J.C. Martin	c	82	31	UDFA: 1956	MLB	78	244	20	55	9	2	3	31	0	0	21	31	5	3	3	2	4	.225	.298	.316	613	77	275	198	25	3.4	.245
1	Jerry Buchek	2b-3b	-	26	-	MLB	73	192	8	35	4	0	1	11	1	1	10	53	3	5	2	0	8	.182	.234	.219	453	42	207	168	2	0.3	.246
25	Larry Stahl	of	-	27	UDFA: 1960	MLB	53	183	15	43	7	2	3	10	3	0	21	38	0	1	1	0	1	.235	.314	.344	658	63	205	142	22	4.1	.282
16	Kevin Collins	3b-2b	-	21	-	MLB	58	154	12	31	5	2	1	13	0	1	7	37	0	2	5	2	2	.201	.233	.279	512	43	168	133	7	1.5	.254
17	Don Bosch	of	-	25	-	MLB	50	111	14	19	1	0	3	7	0	2	9	33	0	1	1	1	2	.171	.231	.261	493	29	122	98	3	0.8	.211
10	Greg Goossen	1b-c	-	22	-	MLB	38	106	4	22	7	0	0	6	0	0	10	21	2	0	1	0	4	.208	.288	.274	562	29	119	89	8	2.3	.259
41	Tom Seaver	p	-	23	1966-1-19	MLB	38	95	5	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	44	0	0	3	0	0	.158	.184	.179	363	17	101	83	-3	-0.9	.294
36	Jerry Koosman	p	-	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	35	91	3	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	62	0	0	3	0	1	.077	.106	.121	227	11	97	88	-9	-2.8	.214
27	Don Cardwell	p	-	32	-	MLB	30	61	3	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	34	0	0	3	0	3	.049	.049	.098	148	6	64	64	-	-	.077
39	Dick Selma	p	-	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	39	58	4	12	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	20	0	0	4	0	1	.207	.207	.241	448	14	62	51	1	0.4	.316
30	Nolan Ryan	p	-	21	1965-12-226	MLB	21	44	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	29	0	0	1	0	0	.114	.152	.114	266	5	47	40	-4	-2.5	.333
38	Al Jackson	p	-	32	-	MLB	27	28	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	1	1	.250	.241	.286	527	8	30	24	1	1.1	.350
23	Bob Heise	ss-2b	-	21	UDFA: 1966	MLB	6	23	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.217	.250	.217	467	5	25	20	1	1.2	.227
43	Jim McAndrew	p	-	24	1965-11-206	MLB	12	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0	2	0	0	.045	.087	.045	132	1	25	23	-3	-3.3	.143
34	Cal Koonce	p	-	27	-	MLB	55	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.125	.000	125	0	16	15	-2	-3.6	.000
10	Mike Jorgensen	1b-of	-	19	1966-4-61	MLB	8	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.214	357	3	14	12	0	-0.2	.200
29	Danny Frisella	p	-	22	1966-3-49	MLB	19	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.083	.083	167	1	12	12	-	-	.200
42	Ron Taylor	p	-	30	-	MLB	58	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	9	9	-	-	.000
10	Duffy Dyer	c	-	22	1966-1-9	MLB	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	833	1	4	2	1	8.0	.500
40	Bill Short	p	-	30	-	MLB	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
33,45	Bill Connors	p	-	26	-	MLB	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	3	1	1	27.4	1.000
31	Les Rohr	p	-	22	1965-1-2	MLB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	1	0	0	--	.000
Totals: (33 players)							162	5503	473	1252	178	30	81	434	72	45	379	1203	43	50	75	27	104	.228	.281	.315	596	1733	6027	4502	440	2.6	.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
41	Tom Seaver	4	23	1966-1-19	MLB	16	12	2.20	36	35	14	5	1	1	277.2	224	73	68	15	48	205	8	1	0.98	7.26	0.49	1.56	6.64	0.23	.264	0.94
36	Jerry Koosman	6	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	19	12	2.08	35	34	17	7	0	0	263.2	221	72	61	16	69	178	8	0	1.10	7.54	0.55	2.36	6.08	0.39	.265	1.06
27	Don Cardwell	50	32	-	MLB	7	13	2.96	29	25	5	1	1	1	179.2	156	69	59	9	50	82	7	1	1.15	7.81	0.45	2.50	4.11	0.61	.254	1.55
39	Dick Selma	52	24	UDFA: 1963	MLB	9	10	2.76	33	23	4	3	3	0	169.2	148	63	52	11	54	117	7	0	1.19	7.85	0.58	2.86	6.21	0.46	.270	1.21
30	Nolan Ryan	-	21	1965-12-226	MLB	6	9	3.09	21	18	3	0	1	0	134.0	93	50	46	12	75	133	7	0	1.25	6.25	0.81	5.04	8.93	0.56	.254	0.67
34	Cal Koonce	39	27	-	MLB	6	4	2.41	55	2	0	0	31	11	97.0	80	27	26	4	32	50	4	0	1.15	7.42	0.37	2.97	4.64	0.64	.266	1.88
38	Al Jackson	-	32	-	MLB	3	7	3.69	25	9	0	0	7	3	92.2	88	42	38	5	17	59	0	0	1.13	8.55	0.49	1.65	5.73	0.29	.286	1.88
43	Jim McAndrew	-	24	1965-11-206	MLB	4	7	2.28	12	12	2	1	0	0	79.0	66	20	20	5	17	46	4	0	1.05	7.52	0.57	1.94	5.24	0.37	.258	1.02
42	Ron Taylor	32	30	-	MLB	1	5	2.70	58	0	0	0	44	13	76.2	64	24	23	4	18	49	0	0	1.07	7.51	0.47	2.11	5.75	0.37	.263	1.00
29	Danny Frisella	-	22	1966-3-49	MLB	2	4	3.91	19	4	0	0	10	2	50.2	53	23	22	5	17	47	4	0	1.38	9.41	0.89	3.02	8.35	0.36	.333	1.44
40	Bill Short	-	30	-	MLB	0	3	4.75	34	0	0	0	13	1	30.1	24	17	16	0	14	24	5	0	1.25	7.12	0.00	4.15	7.12	0.58	.282	1.38
33,45	Bill Connors	-	26	-	MLB	0	1	9.00	9	0	0	0	3	0	14.0	21	14	14	0	7	8	1	0	2.00	13.50	0.00	4.50	5.14	0.88	.389	2.36
35	Don Shaw	-	24	1965-35-636	MLB	0	0	0.73	7	0	0	0	3	0	12.1	3	1	1	1	5	11	3	0	0.65	2.19	0.73	3.65	8.03	0.45	.087	3.00
31	Les Rohr	-	22	1965-1-2	MLB	0	2	4.50	2	1	0	0	1	0	6.0	9	4	3	0	7	5	1	1	2.67	13.50	0.00	10.50	7.50	1.40	.409	0.86
Totals: (33 players)						73	89	2.72	162	162	45	17	117	32	1,483	1250	499	449	81	430	1014	59	3	1.10	7.58	0.53	2.61	6.15	0.42	.269

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry Grote	C	115		754	60	5	8	.994	0.00
J.C. Martin	C	53		334	24	2	4	.994	0.00
Duffy Dyer	C	1		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Greg Goossen	C	1		7	1	1	0	.889	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Kranepool	1B	113		921	75	6	76	.994	0.00
Greg Goossen	1B	31		230	23	2	18	.992	0.00
Art Shamsky	1B	17		111	6	2	6	.983	0.00
J.C. Martin	1B	14		124	7	4	7	.970	0.00
Larry Stahl	1B	9		45	3	0	3	1.000	0.00
Mike Jorgensen	1B	4		32	1	0	3	1.000	0.00
Ed Charles	1B	2		10	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Phil Linz	2B	71		136	162	10	36	.968	0.00
Ken Boswell	2B	69		154	203	13	37	.965	0.00
Al Weis	2B	29		42	62	2	15	.981	0.00
Jerry Buchek	2B	12		19	20	0	4	1.000	0.00
Kevin Collins	2B	6		8	7	1	2	.937	0.00
Bob Heise	2B	1		0	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Charles	3B	106		69	200	13	19	.954	0.00
Kevin Collins	3B	40		28	57	4	7	.955	0.00
Jerry Buchek	3B	37		30	70	7	7	.935	0.00
Al Weis	3B	2		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bud Harrelson	SS	106		199	317	15	58	.972	0.00
Al Weis	SS	59		96	180	12	28	.958	0.00
Bob Heise	SS	6		6	7	1	4	.929	0.00
Kevin Collins	SS	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cleon Jones	OF	139		226	7	9	0	.963	0.00
Tommie Agee	OF	127		216	6	5	2	.978	0.00
Ron Swoboda	OF	125		217	14	6	4	.975	0.00
Art Shamsky	OF	82		128	6	1	2	.993	0.00
Larry Stahl	OF	47		110	5	2	1	.983	0.00
Don Bosch	OF	33		73	3	2	1	.974	0.00
Jerry Buchek	OF	9		8	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ed Kranepool	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ron Taylor	P	58	76	9	14	1	1	.958	2.72
Cal Koonce	P	55	97	13	11	0	0	1.000	2.23
Tom Seaver	P	36	277	21	48	1	4	.986	2.24
Jerry Koosman	P	35	263	5	42	0	2	1.000	1.61
Bill Short	P	34	30	2	9	0	0	1.000	3.29
Dick Selma	P	33	169	12	35	1	0	.979	2.50
Don Cardwell	P	29	179	16	39	1	1	.982	2.76
Al Jackson	P	25	92	7	17	0	1	1.000	2.34
Nolan Ryan	P	21	134	5	11	4	0	.800	1.07
Danny Frisella	P	19	50	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.97
Jim McAndrew	P	12	79	8	8	0	2	1.000	1.82
Bill Connors	P	9	14	3	2	0	0	1.000	3.21
Don Shaw	P	7	12	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.23
Les Rohr	P	2	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.50

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