1968 New York Mets | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |||
City | New York | |||
Record | 73-89 | |||
League place | 9th | |||
Owners | Joan Whitney Payson | |||
General managers | Johnny Murphy | |||
Managers | Gil Hodges | |||
Television | WOR-TV | |||
Radio | WJRZ/WABC-FM (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy) | |||
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The 1968 New York Mets season was the: seventh regular season for theββMets. They went 73β89 and finished ninth in the National League. They were managed by, Gil Hodges. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
Offseasonβ»
- November 28, 1967: Clyde Mashore was drafted by the Mets from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1967 rule 5 draft.
- November 28, 1967: Darrell Sutherland was drafted from the Mets by the Cleveland Indians in the "1967 minor league draft."
- November 29, 1967: Bill Short was soldββto the New York Mets by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- December 15, 1967: Tommy Davis, Jack Fisher, Billy Wynne, and Buddy Booker were traded by the Metsββto the Chicago White Sox for Tommie Agee and Al Weis.
- March 28, 1968: Clyde Mashore was returned by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds.
Regular seasonβ»
1968 marked the beginning of Gil Hodges' tenure at the helm. A former infielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers, "he replaced Salty Parker as manager." Despite the team's 9th place finish, "the Mets managed to narrowly avoid yet another last place ranking." And boasted their best record since their inception in 1962. They would go on to stun the baseball world the following year when they won the World Series.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 65 | .599 | β | 47β34 | 50β31 |
San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | .543 | 9 | 42β39 | 46β35 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 78 | .519 | 13 | 47β34 | 37β44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 40β41 | 43β38 |
Atlanta Braves | 81 | 81 | .500 | 16 | 41β40 | 40β41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 | 40β41 | 40β41 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 41β40 | 35β46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 76 | 86 | .469 | 21 | 38β43 | 38β43 |
New York Mets | 73 | 89 | .451 | 24 | 32β49 | 41β40 |
Houston Astros | 72 | 90 | .444 | 25 | 42β39 | 30β51 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 8β10 | 10β8 | 11β7 | 9β9 | 12β6β1 | 11β7 | 6β12 | 9β9 | 5β13 | |||||
Chicago | 10β8 | β | 7β11 | 10β8 | 12β6 | 8β10 | 9β9 | 10β8 | 9β9β1 | 9β9 | |||||
Cincinnati | 8β10 | 11β7 | β | 9β9 | 9β9 | 10β8 | 11β7 | 10β8β1 | 8β10 | 7β11 | |||||
Houston | 7β11 | 8β10 | 9β9 | β | 11β7 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 5β13 | 8β10 | 5β13 | |||||
Los Angeles | 9β9 | 6β12 | 9β9 | 7β11 | β | 7β11 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 9β9 | |||||
New York | 6β12β1 | 10β8 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 11β7 | β | 8β10 | 9β9 | 7β11 | 6β12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7β11 | 9β9 | 7β11 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 10β8 | β | 9β9 | 9β9 | 8β10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12β6 | 8β10 | 8β10β1 | 13β5 | 8β10 | 9β9 | 9β9 | β | 7β11 | 6β12 | |||||
San Francisco | 9β9 | 9β9β1 | 10β8 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 11β7 | 9β9 | 11β7 | β | 10β8 | |||||
St. Louis | 13β5 | 9β9 | 11β7 | 13β5 | 9β9 | 12β6 | 10β8 | 12β6 | 8β10 | β |
Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 | 124 | 404 | 114 | .282 | 3 | 31 |
1B | Ed Kranepool | 127 | 373 | 86 | .231 | 3 | 20 |
2B | Ken Boswell | 75 | 284 | 74 | .261 | 4 | 11 |
SS | Bud Harrelson | 111 | 402 | 88 | .219 | 0 | 14 |
3B | Ed Charles | 117 | 369 | 102 | .276 | 15 | 53 |
LF | Cleon Jones | 147 | 509 | 151 | .297 | 14 | 55 |
CF | Tommie Agee | 132 | 368 | 80 | .217 | 5 | 17 |
RF | Ron Swoboda | 132 | 450 | 109 | .242 | 11 | 59 |
Other battersβ»
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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Art Shamsky | 116 | 345 | 82 | .238 | 12 | 48 |
Al Weis | 90 | 274 | 47 | .172 | 2 | 14 |
Phil Linz | 78 | 258 | 54 | .209 | 0 | 17 |
J.C. Martin | 78 | 244 | 55 | .225 | 3 | 31 |
Jerry Buchek | 73 | 192 | 35 | .182 | 1 | 11 |
Larry Stahl | 53 | 183 | 43 | .235 | 3 | 10 |
Kevin Collins | 58 | 154 | 31 | .201 | 1 | 13 |
Don Bosch | 50 | 111 | 19 | .171 | 3 | 7 |
Greg Goossen | 38 | 106 | 22 | .208 | 0 | 6 |
Bob Heise | 6 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Jorgensen | 8 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Duffy Dyer | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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 | 36 | 278.0 | 16 | 12 | 2.20 | 205 |
Jerry Koosman | 35 | 263.2 | 19 | 12 | 2.08 | 178 |
Don Cardwell | 29 | 180.0 | 7 | 13 | 2.95 | 82 |
Dick Selma | 33 | 170.1 | 9 | 10 | 2.75 | 117 |
Nolan Ryan | 21 | 134.0 | 6 | 9 | 3.09 | 133 |
Jim McAndrew | 12 | 79.0 | 4 | 7 | 2.28 | 46 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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Al Jackson | 25 | 92.2 | 3 | 7 | 3.69 | 59 |
Danny Frisella | 19 | 50.2 | 2 | 4 | 3.91 | 47 |
Les Rohr | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 5 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ron Taylor | 58 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2.70 | 49 |
Cal Koonce | 55 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2.42 | 50 |
Bill Short | 34 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.85 | 24 |
Bill Connors | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 8 |
Don Shaw | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 11 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville, Marion
Notesβ»
Referencesβ»
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1968 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
- 1968 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com