The 1973 New York Mets
Rounding Third Hitter of the Year Rusty Staub		Rounding Third Pitcher of the Year Tom Seaver
82-79, National League Champions
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BATTING RECORD (team leaders in red) PLAYER             G   AB   R    H  2B 3B HR RBI   TB SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG ============================================================================================= Lute Barnes        3    2   2    1   0  0  0   1    1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0 .500 .500 .500 Greg Harts         3    2   0    1   0  0  0   0    1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0 .500 .500 .500 Felix Millan 153  638  82  185  23  4  3  37  225  2  2  22  35   6  18  2 .332 .353 .290 Jim Beauchamp     50   61   5   17   1  1  0  14   20  1  0  11   7   0   0  2 .343 .328 .279 Rusty Staub      152  585  77  163  36  1 15  76 246  1  1  52  74   3   1  3 .361 .421 .279 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Hodges        45  127   5   33   2  0  1  18   38  0  1  19  11   0   2  2 .314 .299 .260 Cleon Jones       92  339  48   88  13  0 11  48  134  1  1  51  28   3   1  8 .315 .395 .260 George Theodore   45  116  14   30   4  0  1  15   37  1  0  13  10   1   6  1 .320 .319 .259 Bud Harrelson    106  356  35   92  12  3  0  20  110  5  1  49  48   1   3  0 .348 .309 .258 Jerry Grote       84  285  17   73  10  2  1  32   90  0  0  23  13   1   5  1 .290 .316 .256 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Garrett    140  504  76  129  20  3 16  58  203  6  5  74  72   1   9  3 .348 .403 .256 Teddy Martinez    92  263  34   67  11  0  1  14   81  3  5  38  13   2   1  1 .294 .308 .255 Jerry May          4    8   0    2   0  0  0   0    2  0  0   1   1   0   0  0 .333 .250 .250 John Milner      129  451  69  108  12  3 23  72  195  1  1  84  62   1   0  5 .329 .432 .239 Ed Kranepool     100  284  28   68  12  2  1  35   87  1  0  28  30   0   4  2 .310 .306 .239 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Gosger        38   92   9   22   2  0  0  10   24  0  1  16   9   0   0  1 .304 .261 .239 Jim Fregosi       45  124   7   29   4  1  0  11   35  1  2  25  20   0   0  0 .340 .282 .234 Don Hahn          93  262  22   60  10  0  2  21   76  2  1  43  22   0   4  4 .285 .290 .229 Ken Boswell       76  110  12   25   2  1  2  14   35  0  0  11  12   0   1  0 .303 .318 .227 Willie Mays       66  209  24   44  10  0  6  25   72  1  0  47  27   1   1  1 .303 .344 .211 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Schneck      13   36   2    7   0  1  0   0    9  0  0   4   1   0   0  0 .216 .250 .194 Duffy Dyer        70  189   9   35   6  1  1   9   46  0  1  40  13   2   0  0 .245 .243 .185 Rich Chiles        8   25   2    3   2  0  0   1    5  0  0   2   0   0   0  0 .120 .200 .120 Brian Ostrosser    4    5   0    0   0  0  0   0    0  0  0   2   0   0   0  0 .000 .000 .000 ============================================================================================= HITTERS TOTALS  1611 5073 579 1282 192 23 84 531 1772 26 22 656 508  22  56 36 .321 .349 .253 PITCHERS TOTALS  362  384  29   63   6  1  1  22   74  1  0 149  32   1  52  0 .230 .193 .164 ============================================================================================= TEAM TOTALS     1973 5457 608 1345 198 24 85 553 1846 27 22 805 540  23 108 36 .315 .338 .246

OPS+  bWAR HoY =================  181   0.0   0.42  181   0.1   0.42   92   3.2  32.50   89  -0.1   5.06 118   2.1  59.86 -----------------   73   0.4   5.00   98  -0.5  28.68   80   0.4   6.70   86   2.4  26.14   70   0.4   9.01 -----------------  110   4.3  49.59   69  -0.5   6.08   66   0.0   0.30  112   1.2  50.13   73  -0.6  13.05 -----------------   60  -0.6   1.47   76  -0.2   6.28   62  -1.0   5.94   74   0.4   5.08   81   0.0  12.68 -----------------   30  -0.3  -1.29   37  -0.6  -4.50  -12  -0.2  -2.73 -100  -0.1  -1.25 =================

PITCHING RECORD (team leaders in red) PITCHER           G  GS CG     IP  W  L  PCT    H   R  ER   SO  BB ShO SV   ERA =============================================================================== Bob Miller        1   0  0    1.0  0  0 ----    0   0   0    1   0   0  0  0.00 Tom Seaver       36  36 18  290.0 19 10 .655  219  74  67  251  64   3  0  2.08 George Stone     27  20  2  148.0 12  3 .800  157  53  46   77  31   0  1  2.80 Jerry Koosman    35  35 12  263.0 14 15 .483  234  93  83  156  76   3  0  2.84 Jon Matlack      34  34 14  242.0 14 16 .467  210  93 86  205  99   3  0  3.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harry Parker     38   9  0   96.2  8  4 .667   79  40  36   63  36   0  5  3.35 Ray Sadecki      31  11  1  116.2  5  4 .556  109  47  44   87  41   0  1  3.39 Buzz Capra       24   0  0   42.0  2  7 .222   35  18  18   35  28   0  4  3.86 Tug McGraw 60   2  0  118.2  5  6 .455  106  53  51   81  55   0 25  3.87 Jim McAndrew     23  12  0   80.1  3  8 .273  109  60  48   38  31   0  1  5.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Hennigan    30   0  0   43.1  0  4 .000   50  30  30   22  16   0  3  6.23 John Strohmayer   7   0  0   10.0  0  0 ----   13  10   9    5   4   0  0  8.10 Craig Swan        3   1  0    8.1  0  1 .000   16   9   8    4   2   0  0  8.64 Tommy Moore       3   1  0    3.1  0  1 .000    6   5   4    1   3   0  0 10.80 Hank Webb         2   0  0    1.2  0  0 ----    2   2   2    1   2   0  0 10.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Apodaca       1   0  0    0.0  0  0 ----    0   1   1    0   2   0  0  ---- =============================================================================== METS TOTALS     355 161 47 1465.0 82 79 .509 1345 588 531 1027 490   9 40  3.26

ERA+  bWAR PoY =================  ---   0.0   0.81 175 11.0 93.20  130   3.3  46.70  128   5.3  58.47  114   4.6  43.97 -----------------  109   1.1  26.14  107   1.8  26.76   95   0.3   6.47   94   0.7  28.34   68  -1.2  -7.05 -----------------   59  -1.4  -6.52   47  -0.3  -4.15   44  -0.4  -4.70   38  -0.2  -3.12   42  -0.1  -1.40 -----------------   17   0.0  -1.37 =================

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Coaching Staff	1973 National League East Standings	1973 Opening Day Lineup
Yogi Berra, MGR Roy McMillan, CO Joe Pignatano, CO Rube Walker, CO Eddie Yost, CO	Team     W   L  PCT GB  ======================= *METS*  82  79 .509     StL NL  81  81 .500  1½ Pit NL  80  82 .494  2½ Mon NL  79  83 .488  3½ Chi NL  77  84 .478  5  Phi NL  71  91 .438 11½	Bud Harrelson, SS Felix Millan, 2B Willie Mays, CF Rusty Staub, RF Cleon Jones, LF John Milner, 1B Jim Fregosi, 3B Duffy Dyer, C Tom Seaver, P
THE SEASON STORY
A simply amazing season. They didn’t capture a second World Championship, but then again, they didn‘t miss by much. The Mets were in last place in the division on August 30. But at the end of October, after many days of hearing Tug McGraw’s impassioned chant of “Ya Gotta Believe!”, there they were in first place, poised to clinch the division, which they did the very first day of September, as McGraw saved Tom Seaver’s 19th win of the season. Seaver earned his second Cy Young award for his excellent performance in ’73. Felix Millan, freshly arrived from the Braves, led the club in batting with his .290 average, and Rusty Staub came back from his injury-shortened ’72 to post solid numbers across the board, leading the team in RBI, total bases, and OBP, among others. The Mets’ homerun champ (wih 23) was second-year man John Milner, and third baseman Wayne Garrett also turned in a surprisingly strong stat line. For sentiment’s sake, the return of Willie Mays to New York was compelling, though it was obvious he was near the end of the line. The last at-bat of his career produced a very weakly hit safety, but it showed as a hit in the scorebooks nonetheless. This Mets club was something of an enigma. They had no power or speed to speak of; their total of 26 stolen bases for the year represented their lowest total ever for a 162-game season. And their 85 home runs for the whole season was a very modest showing as well; in all of MLB, only the Cardinals hit less. But somehow they found enough offense to win a couple more games than the rest of the Eastern Division. Perhaps the reason for the winning was the pitching. Seaver, Koosman, and Matlack were as good a starting three as could be found anywhere, and George Stone (who came from Atlanta along with Millan) enjoyed his career year with a 12-3 record and a 2.80 ERA. The Mets outclassed the Reds in the NLCS, eventually besting Cincinnati three games to two, but outscoring them 23-8. In the World Series, the Mets were actually leading by three games to two, but couldn’t quite put the Athletics away, and had to settle for the National League championship.

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