1972 New York Mets Statistics and Roster

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1972 New York Mets (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973)
83-73, Finished 3rd in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 528 runs, Allowed 578 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-84
Managed by Yogi Berra

Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,134,185 (1st of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Duffy Dyer          26   94  325   33   75  17  3   8   36  28   71  .231  .299  .375   0   1   8   5   2   3   9   94
1B *Ed Kranepool        27  122  327   28   88  15  1   8   34  34   35  .269  .336  .394   1   0  11   1   2   4  13  110
2B *Ken Boswell         26  100  355   35   75   9  1   9   33  32   35  .211  .274  .318   2   2  15   0   9   4   1   70
3B  Jim Fregosi         30  101  340   31   79  15  4   5   32  38   71  .232  .311  .344   0   1   6   1   2   1   2   89
SS #Bud Harrelson       28  115  418   54   90  10  4   1   24  58   57  .215  .313  .266  12   4   6   3   7   4   4   68
LF *John Milner         22  117  362   52   86  12  2  17   38  51   74  .238  .340  .423   2   1   8   5   5   0   1  119
CF  Tommie Agee         29  114  422   52   96  23  0  13   47  53   92  .227  .317  .374   8   9  18   4   1   3   6   99
RF *Rusty Staub         28   66  239   32   70  11  0   9   38  31   13  .293  .372  .452   0   1   5   2   1   5   7  137
    Cleon Jones         29  106  375   39   92  15  1   5   52  30   83  .245  .305  .331   1   6  10   4   2   4   4   84
    Ted Martinez        24  103  330   22   74   5  5   1   19  12   49  .224  .254  .279   7   4  10   1   4   0   2   54
   *Wayne Garrett       24  111  298   41   69  13  3   2   29  70   58  .232  .374  .315   3   2   5   0   5   4   3  101
    Jerry Grote         29   64  205   15   43   5  1   3   21  26   27  .210  .304  .288   1   0   5   3   4   3   8   72
    Willie Mays         41   69  195   27   52   9  1   8   19  43   43  .267  .402  .446   1   5   5   1   3   0   5  145
   *Dave Marshall       29   72  156   21   39   5  0   4   11  22   28  .250  .346  .359   3   3   4   1   1   0   1  104
   *Dave Schneck        23   37  123    7   23   3  2   3   10  10   26  .187  .254  .317   0   1   2   1   0   0   2   64
    Jim Beauchamp       32   58  120   10   29   1  0   5   19   7   33  .242  .282  .375   0   0   2   1   0   3   1   88
    Lute Barnes         25   24   72    5   17   2  2   0    6   6    4  .236  .291  .319   0   1   2   0   0   1   1   76
   #Bill Sudakis        26   18   49    3    7   0  0   1    7   6   14  .143  .236  .204   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   28
    Don Hahn            23   17   37    0    6   0  0   0    1   4   12  .162  .244  .162   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   19
   *Joe Nolan           21    4   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .091  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -72

    Tom Seaver          27   36   89    5   13   3  1   3    4   5   41  .146  .191  .303   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   41
   *Jon Matlack         22   34   78    6   10   1  0   0    2  10   44  .128  .227  .141   0   0   1   0   5   0   0    9
    Gary Gentry         25   32   48    2    5   1  0   0    3   4   28  .104  .173  .125   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -13
    Jerry Koosman       29   34   47    1    4   0  0   0    1   0   18  .085  .085  .085   0   0   1   0   9   0   0  -51
    Jim McAndrew        28   28   43    2    2   0  0   0    1   3   14  .047  .128  .047   0   0   0   1  10   0   0  -48
    Tug McGraw          27   54   20    1    2   0  0   0    0   2    4  .100  .182  .100   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -17
   *Ray Sadecki         31   34   13    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    5  .154  .154  .154   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -11
    Buzz Capra          24   14   12    1    3   0  0   0    1   3    3  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   92
   *Danny Frisella      26   39    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   65
    Brent Strom         23   11    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Hank Webb           22    6    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Tommy Moore         23    3    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   93
    Bob Rauch           23   19    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Chuck Taylor        30   20    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3  156 5135  528 1154 175 31 105  490 589  990  .225  .305  .332  41  41 127  34  86  39  70   91
    Rank among 12 NL teams        12    9   12  10 10   7        2    1    12     9    10  12   9                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Tom Seaver          27  35   2.92  21  12  0  35   0  13   3  262.0  215   92   85  23   77  249 1060   8   5  0   2 115
SP *Jon Matlack         22  34   2.32  15  10  0  32   1   8   4  244.0  215   79   63  14   71  169 1003   7   2  1  14 144
SP  Gary Gentry         25  32   4.01   7  10  0  26   3   3   0  164.0  153   82   73  20   75  120  712   6   6  0   5  84
SP *Jerry Koosman       29  34   4.14  11  12  1  24   5   4   1  163.0  155   81   75  14   52  147  692   9   6  0   7  81
SP  Jim McAndrew        28  28   2.80  11   8  1  23   3   4   0  160.7  133   54   50  12   38   81  643   6   5  0   5 120

CL *Tug McGraw          27  54   1.70   8   6 27   0  47   0   0  106.0   71   26   20   3   40   92  419   2   3  0  11 197
RP  Danny Frisella      26  39   3.34   5   8  9   0  31   0   0   67.3   63   31   25   8   20   46  284   6   0  0   5 100
RP *Ray Sadecki         31  34   3.09   2   1  0   2  13   0   0   75.7   73   33   26   3   31   38  328   2   2  0   6 108
RP  Chuck Taylor        30  20   5.52   0   0  2   0   8   0   0   31.0   44   19   19   2    9    9  143   0   1  0   3  61
RP  Bob Rauch           23  19   5.00   0   1  1   0   7   0   0   27.0   27   16   15   3   21   23  126   4   0  0   2  67

    Buzz Capra          24  14   4.58   3   2  0   6   2   0   0   53.0   50   27   27   7   27   45  227   1   0  0   1  73
   *Brent Strom         23  11   6.82   0   3  0   5   3   0   0   30.3   34   25   23   7   15   20  134   1   0  1   1  49
    Hank Webb           22   6   4.42   0   0  0   2   1   0   0   18.3   18    9    9   1    9   15   79   0   0  0   1  76
    Tommy Moore         23   3   2.92   0   0  0   1   0   0   0   12.3   12    4    4   1    1    5   47   1   0  0   0 115
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.1 156   3.26  83  73 41 156 124  32  12 1414.0 1263  578  512 118  486 1059 5897  53  30  2  63 103
    Rank among 12 NL teams          5   6   7  3          11   9      1    2    5        8    5    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DDyer 814 91 91 690 61 5 12 .993 3 40 39 40 JGrote 530 58 59 405 42 1 5 .998 2 13 18 20 BSudakis 48 5 5 37 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 2 0 JNolan 22 2 3 12 3 1 0 .937 2 1 1 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1414 156 156 1144 107 7 17 .994 7 56 60 61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EKranepool 790 83 108 705 48 3 65 .996 8.58 JBeauchamp 211 26 35 180 9 4 16 .979 8.03 CJones 173 20 20 174 12 4 9 .979 9.64 JMilner 85 10 10 73 6 0 9 1.000 8.36 WMays 84 9 11 75 2 1 3 .987 8.25 BSudakis 58 7 7 51 7 2 3 .967 8.89 JFregosi 11 1 3 7 1 0 0 1.000 6.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 156 156 1265 85 14 105 .990 8.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KBoswell 804 89 94 208 183 4 53 .990 4.38 TMartinez 337 36 47 81 77 1 9 .994 4.22 WGarrett 157 18 22 48 38 5 6 .945 4.92 LBarnes 116 13 14 35 35 3 11 .959 5.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 156 156 372 333 13 79 .982 4.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .945 *2.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFregosi 742 84 85 71 144 15 9 .935 2.61 WGarrett 645 70 82 66 150 9 13 .960 3.01 JGrote 15 1 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 TMartinez 12 1 2 0 6 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 156 156 138 301 24 22 .948 2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *5.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHarrelson 1000 113 115 191 334 16 51 .970 4.72 TMartinez 324 33 42 62 110 3 21 .983 4.77 JFregosi 46 5 6 13 17 0 6 1.000 5.87 LBarnes 44 5 6 5 15 0 2 1.000 4.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 156 156 271 476 19 80 .975 4.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMilner 728 81 88 157 7 4 0 .976 2.03 CJones 554 63 72 102 6 1 0 .991 1.75 TMartinez 47 4 6 8 0 1 0 .889 1.52 TAgee 39 4 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JBeauchamp 33 3 5 7 0 1 0 .875 1.89 DSchneck 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 DMarshall 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 156 156 288 13 7 0 .977 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TAgee 790 88 91 226 6 10 1 .959 2.64 WMays 381 44 50 107 3 3 1 .973 2.59 DSchneck 128 14 17 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.11 TMartinez 49 5 5 19 0 0 0 1.000 3.44 CJones 40 3 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 DMarshall 23 2 3 4 0 1 0 .800 1.57 DHahn 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 156 156 393 10 14 2 .966 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RStaub 583 65 65 107 4 2 2 .982 1.71 DMarshall 288 31 38 67 0 1 0 .985 2.09 DSchneck 143 15 16 36 0 1 0 .973 2.27 TAgee 129 16 19 36 0 1 0 .973 2.51 CJones 111 12 13 29 2 1 1 .969 2.51 DHahn 78 8 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.15 TMartinez 31 4 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 JMilner 26 3 3 1 0 2 0 .333 0.35 JGrote 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 EKranepool 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DDyer 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 156 156 291 7 9 3 .971 1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.18 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TAgee 958 108 109 273 6 11 1 .962 2.62 JMilner 754 84 91 160 7 6 0 .965 1.99 CJones 705 78 84 136 8 2 1 .986 1.84 RStaub 583 65 65 108 4 2 2 .982 1.73 WMays 381 44 49 109 3 3 1 .974 2.64 DMarshall 314 33 42 70 0 2 0 .972 2.00 DSchneck 280 30 33 63 1 1 0 .985 2.05 TMartinez 128 13 15 32 1 1 0 .971 2.31 DHahn 80 8 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 JBeauchamp 33 3 5 8 0 1 0 .889 2.16 JGrote 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 EKranepool 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DDyer 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1414 156 156 968 30 30 5 .971 2.12 156 156 156 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TSeaver 262 35 35 17 40 3 3 .950 1.96 JMatlack 244 32 34 8 33 1 1 .976 1.51 GGentry 164 26 32 15 27 0 1 1.000 2.30 JKoosman 163 24 34 4 23 1 1 .964 1.49 JMcAndrew 160 23 28 16 16 1 0 .970 1.79 TMcGraw 106 0 54 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.61 RSadecki 75 2 34 1 8 2 0 .818 1.07 DFrisella 67 0 39 5 15 1 0 .952 2.67 BCapra 53 6 14 5 10 0 2 1.000 2.55 CTaylor 31 0 20 4 9 0 2 1.000 3.77 BStrom 30 5 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.59 BRauch 27 0 19 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.00 HWebb 18 2 6 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.44 TMoore 12 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1414 156 156 86 207 9 10 .970 1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Agee .227

On-base % Agee .317

Slugging % Agee .374

OPS Agee .691

Games Kranepool 122

At Bats Agee 422

Plate Appearances (approx.) Harrelson 490

Runs Harrelson 54

Hits Agee 96

Total Bases Agee 158

Doubles Agee 23

Triples Martinez 5

Home Runs Milner 17

RBI Jones 52

Bases on Balls Garrett 70

Strikeouts Agee 92

Stolen Bases Harrelson 12

Singles Harrelson 75

Adjusted OPS+ Agee 99

Runs Created Milner 54

Adjusted Batting Runs Mays 14

Batting Wins Mays 1.4

Extra-Base Hits Agee 36

Times on Base Agee 153

Offensive Win% Agee .430

Hit By Pitch Dyer and Milner 5

Sac. Hits McAndrew 10

Sac. Flies Staub 5

Intentional Walks Kranepool 13

Grounded into Double Plays Agee 18

Caught Stealing Agee 9

Power/Speed Number Agee 9.9

At Bats per Strikeout Harrelson 7.3

At Bats per Home Run Agee 32.5

Outs Agee 357

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ERA Matlack 2.32

Wins Seaver 21

Won-Loss % Seaver .636

BB + H per IP (WHIP) McAndrew 1.064

Hits Allowed/9IP Seaver 7.39

Bases on Balls/9IP McAndrew 2.13

Strikeouts/9IP Seaver 8.55

Games McGraw 54

Saves McGraw 27

Innings Seaver 262.0

Strikeouts Seaver 249

Games Started Seaver 35

Comp. Games Seaver 13

Shutouts Matlack 4

Home Runs Allow. Seaver 23

Bases On Balls Allow. Seaver 77

Hits Allowed Matlack and Seaver 215

SO to Walk Seaver 3.23

Losses Koosman and Seaver 12

Earned Runs Allow. Seaver 85

Wild Pitches Koosman 9

Hit Batsmen Gentry and Koosman 6

Batters Faced Seaver 1060

Games Finished McGraw 47

Adjusted ERA+ Matlack 144

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Willie Mays (Starting CF)
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