1968 New York Mets Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 73-89
Finished 9th in the NL
Attendance: 1,781,657, Avg. 25,821
Ballpark: Shea Stadium
Manager: Gil Hodges (73-89)
Location: New York, New York

1968 New York Mets Roster
1968 New York Mets Results

The New York Mets of the National League ended the 1968 season with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses, finishing ninth in the NL.

The Mets scored 473 runs and gave up 499 runs. Ed Charles led New York with 15 home runs Ron Swoboda drove in 59 runs. Cleon Jones paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .297 average. Jerry Koosman topped the team with 19 wins, while Tom Seaver added 15 or more wins, too Jerry Koosman recorded a 2.08 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Gil Hodges coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jerry Koosman	19	12	.613	2.08	35	34	0	17	7	0	263.7	221	72	61	16	69	7	178	8	0	8	1058
Tom Seaver	16	12	.571	2.20	36	35	1	14	5	1	277.7	224	73	68	15	48	5	205	8	1	8	1088
Dick Selma	9	10	.474	2.76	33	23	3	4	3	0	169.7	148	63	52	11	54	5	117	5	0	7	703
Don Cardwell	7	13	.350	2.96	29	25	1	5	1	1	179.7	156	69	59	9	50	11	82	10	1	7	747
Cal Koonce	6	4	.600	2.41	55	2	31	0	0	11	97.0	80	27	26	4	32	11	50	1	0	4	385
Nolan Ryan	6	9	.400	3.09	21	18	1	3	0	0	134.0	93	50	46	12	75	4	133	4	0	7	559
Jim McAndrew	4	7	.364	2.28	12	12	0	2	1	0	79.0	66	20	20	5	17	4	46	4	0	4	314
Al Jackson	3	7	.300	3.69	25	9	7	0	0	3	92.7	88	42	38	5	17	6	59	2	0	0	376
Danny Frisella	2	4	.333	3.91	19	4	10	0	0	2	50.7	53	23	22	5	17	0	47	0	0	4	216
Ron Taylor	1	5	.167	2.70	58	0	44	0	0	13	76.7	64	24	23	4	18	9	49	1	0	0	307
Don Shaw	0	0		0.73	7	0	3	0	0	0	12.3	3	1	1	1	5	0	11	0	0	3	41
Bill Connors	0	1	.000	9.00	9	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	21	14	14	0	7	1	8	1	0	1	72
Les Rohr	0	2	.000	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	4	3	0	7	3	5	0	1	1	34
Bill Short	0	3	.000	4.75	34	0	13	0	0	1	30.3	24	17	16	0	14	1	24	1	0	5	128
Totals	73	89	.451	2.72	375	163	118	45	17	32	1483.3	1250	499	449	87	430	67	1014	45	3	59	6028

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Cleon Jones	147	552	509	63	151	29	4	14	55	23	12	31	98	.297	.341	.452	.793	230	8	5	4	3	3
Jerry Grote	124	454	404	29	114	18	0	3	31	1	5	44	81	.282	.357	.349	.706	141	6	3	3	0	11
Ron Swoboda	132	508	450	46	109	14	6	11	59	8	1	52	113	.242	.325	.373	.699	168	14	4	1	1	1
Ed Charles	117	409	369	41	102	11	1	15	53	5	4	28	57	.276	.328	.434	.761	160	7	2	6	4	4
Bud Harrelson	111	437	402	38	88	7	3	0	14	4	5	29	68	.219	.273	.251	.524	101	3	1	4	1	2
Ed Kranepool	127	405	373	29	86	13	1	3	20	0	3	19	39	.231	.271	.295	.566	110	6	2	10	1	5
Art Shamsky	116	381	345	30	82	14	4	12	48	1	0	21	58	.238	.292	.406	.698	140	6	7	4	4	6
Tommie Agee	132	391	368	30	80	12	3	5	17	13	8	15	103	.217	.255	.307	.562	113	8	4	3	1	3
Ken Boswell	75	306	284	37	74	7	2	4	11	7	2	16	27	.261	.300	.342	.642	97	6	1	3	2	0
J. C. Martin	78	275	244	20	55	9	2	3	31	0	0	21	31	.225	.298	.316	.613	77	4	5	3	2	3
Phil Linz	78	275	258	19	54	7	0	0	17	1	0	10	41	.209	.243	.236	.479	61	7	2	3	2	0
Al Weis	90	301	274	15	47	6	0	1	14	3	1	21	63	.172	.234	.204	.438	56	3	2	2	2	3
Larry Stahl	53	205	183	15	43	7	2	3	10	3	0	21	38	.235	.314	.344	.658	63	1	0	1	0	1
Jerry Buchek	73	207	192	8	35	4	0	1	11	1	1	10	53	.182	.234	.219	.453	42	8	3	2	0	5
Kevin Collins	58	168	154	12	31	5	2	1	13	0	1	7	37	.201	.233	.279	.512	43	2	0	5	2	2
Greg Goossen	38	119	106	4	22	7	0	0	6	0	0	10	21	.208	.288	.274	.562	29	4	2	1	0	0
Don Bosch	50	122	111	14	19	1	0	3	7	0	2	9	33	.171	.231	.261	.493	29	2	0	1	1	1
Tom Seaver	38	101	95	5	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	44	.158	.184	.179	.363	17	0	0	3	0	0
Dick Selma	39	62	58	4	12	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	20	.207	.207	.241	.448	14	1	0	4	0	0
Al Jackson	27	30	28	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.250	.241	.286	.527	8	1	0	1	1	0
Jerry Koosman	35	97	91	3	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	62	.077	.106	.121	.227	11	1	0	3	0	0
Bob Heise	6	25	23	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.217	.250	.217	.467	5	1	0	1	0	0
Nolan Ryan	21	47	44	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	29	.114	.152	.114	.266	5	0	0	1	0	0
Don Cardwell	30	64	61	3	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	34	.049	.049	.098	.148	6	3	0	3	0	0
Mike Jorgensen	8	14	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.214	.357	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Connors	9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
Duffy Dyer	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Frisella	19	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jim McAndrew	12	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.045	.087	.045	.132	1	0	0	2	0	0
Ron Taylor	58	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Short	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cal Koonce	55	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	1	0	0	0	0
Don Shaw	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Les Rohr	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2000	6027	5503	473	1252	178	30	81	434	72	45	379	1203	.228	.281	.315	.596	1733	104	43	75	27	50

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Ed Kranepool	1B	113	97	906.3	921	75	6	76	.994	9.890	8.814	0	0	0	0
Greg Goossen	1B	31	30	240.3	230	23	2	18	.992	9.474	8.161	0	0	0	0
Art Shamsky	1B	17	13	128.3	111	6	2	6	.983	8.205	6.882	0	0	0	0
J. C. Martin	1B	14	13	118.3	124	7	4	7	.970	9.963	9.357	0	0	0	0
Larry Stahl	1B	9	5	44.0	45	3	0	3	1.000	9.818	5.333	0	0	0	0
Mike Jorgensen	1B	4	3	28.0	32	1	0	3	1.000	1.607	8.250	0	0	0	0
Ed Charles	1B	2	2	18.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	5.500	5.500	0	0	0	0
Ken Boswell	2B	69	67	623.7	154	203	13	37	.965	5.152	5.174	0	0	0	0
Phil Linz	2B	71	67	573.3	136	162	10	36	.968	4.678	4.197	0	0	0	0
Al Weis	2B	29	20	195.3	42	62	2	15	.981	4.792	3.586	0	0	0	0
Jerry Buchek	2B	12	8	72.7	19	20	0	4	1.000	4.830	3.250	0	0	0	0
Kevin Collins	2B	6	1	17.3	8	7	1	2	.938	7.788	2.500	0	0	0	0
Bob Heise	2B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Ed Charles	3B	106	90	850.0	69	200	13	19	.954	2.848	2.538	0	0	0	0
Kevin Collins	3B	40	38	323.0	28	57	4	7	.955	2.368	2.125	0	0	0	0
Jerry Buchek	3B	37	35	305.3	30	70	7	7	.935	2.948	2.703	0	0	0	0
Al Weis	3B	2	0	5.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.600	1.000	0	0	0	0
Jerry Grote	C	115	109	1005.7	754	60	5	8	.994	7.285	7.078	1	42	39	30	43.5
J. C. Martin	C	53	52	460.7	334	24	2	4	.994	6.994	6.755	9	16	28	18	39.1
Greg Goossen	C	1	1	9.0	7	1	1	0	.889	8.000	8.000	1	0	4	0	0.0
Duffy Dyer	C	1	1	8.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	8.000	0	0	0	0
Cleon Jones	OF	139	125	1151.0	226	7	9	0	.963	1.822	1.676	0	0	0	0
Ron Swoboda	OF	125	117	1084.3	217	14	6	4	.975	1.917	1.848	0	0	0	0
Tommie Agee	OF	127	94	897.0	216	6	5	2	.978	2.227	1.748	0	0	0	0
Art Shamsky	OF	82	75	616.0	128	6	1	2	.993	1.958	1.634	0	0	0	0
Larry Stahl	OF	47	42	382.0	110	5	2	1	.983	2.709	2.447	0	0	0	0
Don Bosch	OF	33	27	247.0	73	3	2	1	.974	2.769	2.303	0	0	0	0
Jerry Buchek	OF	9	8	64.3	8	1	0	0	1.000	1.259	1.000	0	0	0	0
Ed Kranepool	OF	2	1	8.3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.240	1.500	0	0	0	0
Tom Seaver	P	36	35	278.0	21	48	1	4	.986	2.234	1.917	0	0	0	0
Jerry Koosman	P	35	34	263.7	5	42	0	2	1.000	1.604	1.343	0	0	0	0
Don Cardwell	P	29	25	180.0	16	39	1	1	.982	2.750	1.897	0	0	0	0
Dick Selma	P	33	23	170.3	12	35	1	0	.979	2.483	1.424	0	0	0	0
Nolan Ryan	P	21	18	134.0	5	11	4	0	.800	1.075	.762	0	0	0	0
Cal Koonce	P	55	2	96.7	13	11	0	0	1.000	2.234	.436	0	0	0	0
Al Jackson	P	25	9	92.7	7	17	0	1	1.000	2.331	.960	0	0	0	0
Jim McAndrew	P	12	12	79.0	8	8	0	2	1.000	1.823	1.333	0	0	0	0
Ron Taylor	P	58	0	76.7	9	14	1	1	.958	2.700	.397	0	0	0	0
Danny Frisella	P	19	4	50.7	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.954	.579	0	0	0	0
Bill Short	P	34	0	29.7	2	9	0	0	1.000	3.337	.324	0	0	0	0
Bill Connors	P	9	0	14.0	3	2	0	0	1.000	3.214	.556	0	0	0	0
Don Shaw	P	7	0	12.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.250	.429	0	0	0	0
Les Rohr	P	2	1	6.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	.500	0	0	0	0
Bud Harrelson	SS	106	100	921.0	199	317	15	58	.972	5.042	4.868	0	0	0	0
Al Weis	SS	59	57	508.3	96	180	12	28	.958	4.887	4.678	0	0	0	0
Bob Heise	SS	6	6	53.0	6	7	1	4	.929	2.208	2.167	0	0	0	0
Kevin Collins	SS	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1844	1467	13350.0	4450	1778	133	364	.979	4.199	3.377	11	58	71	48	40.3

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