1967 New York Mets | |
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Owner(s) | Joan Whitney Payson |
General manager(s) | Bing Devine |
Manager(s) | Wes Westrum, Salty Parker |
Local television | WOR-TV |
Local radio | WJRZ (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy) |
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The 1967 New York Mets season was the sixth regular season for the Mets. They went 61–101 and finished 10th in the National League, 40½ games behind the NL pennant and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. They were managed by Wes Westrum and Salty Parker. They played home games at Shea Stadium. One of the only bright spots was rookie pitcher Tom Seaver (whom the Mets won the right to draft in a lottery) who posted a 2.76 ERA, a 16-13 record and was voted to his first All-Star Game. Seaver's arrival would help turn the Mets around from lovable losers to legitimate contenders.
Although the Mets took a step back from the previous year, 1967 marked the debut of pitcher Tom Seaver. On July 19, at Shea Stadium, he recorded 10 strikeouts (The first of 62 games he would achieve that feat as a Mets uniform) in a 7-2 win over the Atlanta Braves. For the season he recorded 16 wins and 170 strikeouts, a Mets record. He had 18 complete games and a 2.76 ERA, also a Mets record. It all adds up to Seaver being named The National League Rookie of the Year, and a berth in the All-Star Game.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 60 | 0.627 | — | 49–32 | 52–28 |
San Francisco Giants | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 10½ | 51–31 | 40–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 87 | 74 | 0.540 | 14 | 49–34 | 38–40 |
Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 14½ | 49–32 | 38–43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 19½ | 45–35 | 37–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 20½ | 49–32 | 32–49 |
Atlanta Braves | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 24½ | 48–33 | 29–52 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 28½ | 42–39 | 31–50 |
Houston Astros | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 32½ | 46–35 | 23–58 |
New York Mets | 61 | 101 | 0.377 | 40½ | 36–42 | 25–59 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 11–7 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 6–12 | |||||
Chicago | 7–11 | — | 12–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 11–7–1 | 10–8 | 6–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–5 | 6–12 | — | 15–3 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–13 | |||||
Houston | 7–11 | 10–8 | 3–15 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 6–12 | |||||
New York | 10–8 | 5–13 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 4–14 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8-10 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 14–4 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–8 | 7–11–1 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | — | 8–10 | 11–7 | |||||
San Francisco | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | — | 7–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–6 | 11–6 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 11–7 | — |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jerry Grote | 120 | 344 | 67 | .195 | 4 | 23 |
1B | Ed Kranepool | 141 | 469 | 126 | .269 | 10 | 54 |
2B | Jerry Buchek | 124 | 411 | 97 | .236 | 14 | 41 |
SS | Bud Harrelson | 151 | 540 | 137 | .254 | 1 | 28 |
3B | Ed Charles | 101 | 323 | 77 | .238 | 3 | 31 |
LF | Tommy Davis | 154 | 577 | 174 | .302 | 16 | 73 |
CF | Cleon Jones | 129 | 411 | 101 | .246 | 5 | 30 |
RF | Ron Swoboda | 134 | 449 | 126 | .281 | 13 | 53 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Bob Johnson | 90 | 230 | 80 | .348 | 5 | 27 |
Ken Boyer | 56 | 166 | 39 | .235 | 3 | 13 |
Larry Stahl | 71 | 155 | 37 | .239 | 1 | 18 |
John Sullivan | 65 | 147 | 32 | .218 | 0 | 6 |
Tommie Reynolds | 101 | 136 | 28 | .206 | 2 | 9 |
Al Luplow | 41 | 112 | 23 | .205 | 3 | 9 |
Don Bosch | 44 | 93 | 13 | .140 | 0 | 2 |
Greg Goossen | 37 | 69 | 11 | .159 | 0 | 3 |
Bob Heise | 16 | 62 | 20 | .323 | 0 | 3 |
Amos Otis | 19 | 59 | 13 | .220 | 0 | 1 |
Phil Linz | 24 | 58 | 12 | .207 | 0 | 1 |
Chuck Hiller | 25 | 54 | 5 | .093 | 0 | 3 |
Ken Boswell | 11 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 1 | 4 |
Joe Moock | 13 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 0 | 5 |
Hawk Taylor | 13 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 4 |
Johnny Lewis | 13 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
Sandy Alomar | 15 | 22 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bart Shirley | 6 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin Collins | 4 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Seaver | 35 | 251.0 | 16 | 13 | 2.76 | 170 |
Jack Fisher | 39 | 220.1 | 9 | 18 | 4.70 | 117 |
Danny Frisella | 14 | 74.0 | 1 | 6 | 3.41 | 51 |
Bob Hendley | 15 | 70.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.44 | 36 |
Tug McGraw | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 3 | 7.79 | 18 |
Les Rohr | 3 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.12 | 15 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Don Cardwell | 26 | 118.1 | 5 | 9 | 3.57 | 71 |
Bob Shaw | 23 | 98.2 | 3 | 9 | 4.29 | 49 |
Bill Denehy | 15 | 53.2 | 1 | 7 | 4.70 | 35 |
Cal Koonce | 11 | 45.0 | 3 | 3 | 2.80 | 24 |
Bill Graham | 5 | 27.1 | 1 | 2 | 2.63 | 14 |
Dennis Bennett | 8 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.13 | 14 |
Jerry Koosman | 9 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 6.04 | 11 |
Chuck Estrada | 9 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | 9.41 | 15 |
Bill Connors | 6 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 13 |
Billy Wynne | 6 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 4 |
Nick Willhite | 4 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.64 | 9 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ron Taylor | 50 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2.34 | 46 |
Don Shaw | 40 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2.98 | 44 |
Dick Selma | 38 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.77 | 52 |
Hal Reniff | 29 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.35 | 21 |
Jack Hamilton | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.73 | 22 |
Jack Lamabe | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.98 | 23 |
Joe Grzenda | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 9 |
Jerry Hinsley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 |
Ralph Terry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
Al Schmelz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
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