1971 New York Mets | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Division | East | |||
Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |||
City | New York | |||
Record | 83-79 | |||
Divisional place | 3rd | |||
Owners | Joan Whitney Payson | |||
General managers | Bob Scheffing | |||
Managers | Gil Hodges | |||
Television | WOR-TV | |||
Radio | WJRZ/WNBC-FM (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy) | |||
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The 1971 New York Mets season was the: tenth regular season for theββMets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by, manager Gil Hodges, the team posted an 83β79 record and finished the season tied for third place in the National League East.
Offseasonβ»
- October 20, 1970: Larry Bearnarth was purchased from the Mets by the Milwaukee Brewers.
- November 30, 1970: Joe Foy was drafted by the "Washington Senators from the New York Mets in the 1970 rule 5 draft."
- January 28, 1971: Benny Ayala was signed by the Mets as an amateur free agent.
- March 30, 1971: Dean Chance and Bill Denehy were traded by the Metsββto the Detroit Tigers for Jerry Robertson.
- March 31, 1971: Ron Swoboda and Rich Hacker were traded by the Metsββto the Montreal Expos for Don Hahn.
- Prior to 1971 season: Frank Estrada was acquired by the Mets from the Mexico City Reds.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 97 | 65 | .599 | β | 52β28 | 45β37 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7 | 45β36 | 45β36 |
Chicago Cubs | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 44β37 | 39β42 |
New York Mets | 83 | 79 | .512 | 14 | 44β37 | 39β42 |
Montreal Expos | 71 | 90 | .441 | 25Β½ | 36β44 | 35β46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30 | 34β47 | 33β48 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 5β7 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 11β7 | 7β11 | 6β6 | |||||
Chicago | 7β5 | β | 6β6 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 8β10 | 11β7 | 11β7 | 6β12 | 9β3 | 3β9 | 9β9 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9β9 | 6β6 | β | 5β13 | 7β11 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 8β4 | |||||
Houston | 9β9 | 7β5 | 13β5 | β | 8β10 | 4β8 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 4β8 | 10β8 | 9β9 | 2β10 | |||||
Los Angeles | 9β9 | 4β8 | 11β7 | 10β8 | β | 8β4 | 5β7 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 13β5 | 12β6 | 6β6 | |||||
Montreal | 5β7 | 10β8 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 4β8 | β | 9β9 | 6β12 | 7β11 | 6β5 | 7β5 | 4β14 | |||||
New York | 5β7 | 7β11 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 9β9 | β | 13β5 | 10β8 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 10β8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4-8 | 7β11 | 2β10 | 3β9 | 5β7 | 6β10 | 5β13 | β | 6β12 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 7β11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8β4 | 12β6 | 7β5 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 11β7 | 8β10 | 12β6 | β | 9β3 | 3β9 | 11β7 | |||||
San Diego | 7β11 | 3β9 | 8β10 | 8β10 | 5β13 | 5β6 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 3β9 | β | 5β13 | 4β8 | |||||
San Francisco | 11β7 | 9β3 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 6β12 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 13β5 | β | 5β7 | |||||
St. Louis | 6β6 | 9β9 | 4β8 | 10β2 | 6β6 | 14β4 | 8β10 | 11β7 | 7β11 | 8β4 | 7β5 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- June 16, 1971: Jimy Williams was purchased by the Mets from the Montreal Expos.
Rosterβ»
1971 New York Mets roster | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 | 125 | 403 | 109 | .270 | 2 | 35 |
1B | Ed Kranepool | 122 | 421 | 118 | .280 | 14 | 58 |
2B | Ken Boswell | 116 | 392 | 107 | .273 | 5 | 40 |
SS | Bud Harrelson | 142 | 547 | 138 | .252 | 0 | 32 |
3B | Bob Aspromonte | 104 | 342 | 77 | .225 | 5 | 33 |
LF | Cleon Jones | 136 | 505 | 161 | .319 | 14 | 69 |
CF | Tommie Agee | 113 | 425 | 121 | .285 | 14 | 50 |
RF | Ken Singleton | 115 | 298 | 73 | .245 | 13 | 46 |
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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Tim Foli | 97 | 288 | 65 | .226 | 0 | 24 |
Donn Clendenon | 88 | 263 | 65 | .247 | 11 | 37 |
Dave Marshall | 100 | 214 | 51 | .238 | 3 | 21 |
Wayne Garrett | 56 | 202 | 43 | .213 | 1 | 11 |
Don Hahn | 98 | 178 | 42 | .236 | 1 | 11 |
Duffy Dyer | 59 | 169 | 39 | .231 | 2 | 18 |
Art Shamsky | 68 | 135 | 25 | .185 | 5 | 18 |
Ted MartΓnez | 38 | 125 | 36 | .288 | 1 | 10 |
Mike Jorgensen | 45 | 118 | 26 | .220 | 5 | 11 |
Leroy Stanton | 5 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 2 |
John Milner | 9 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Al Weis | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Frank Estrada | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 | 286.1 | 20 | 10 | 1.76 | 289 |
Gary Gentry | 32 | 203.1 | 12 | 11 | 3.23 | 155 |
Jerry Koosman | 26 | 165.2 | 6 | 11 | 3.04 | 96 |
Nolan Ryan | 30 | 152.0 | 10 | 14 | 3.97 | 137 |
Jon Matlack | 7 | 37.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.14 | 24 |
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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Ray Sadecki | 34 | 163.1 | 7 | 7 | 2.92 | 120 |
Charlie Williams | 31 | 90.1 | 5 | 6 | 4.78 | 53 |
Jim McAndrew | 24 | 90.1 | 2 | 5 | 4.38 | 42 |
Relief pitchersβ»
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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Danny Frisella | 53 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 1.99 | 93 |
Tug McGraw | 51 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1.70 | 109 |
Ron Taylor | 45 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.65 | 32 |
Buzz Capra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.44 | 6 |
Don Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Visalia
Notesβ»
Referencesβ»
- 1971 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
- 1971 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- 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.