The New York Mets Hall of Records:
Top Twenty Seasonal Marks, Pitching

the decade of the 1970s

back to the 1960s

The pitchers showcased here are presented on the basis of
their best Mets single-season mark for Earned Run Average

Tom Seaver Best 1970s ERA as a Met 1.76 in 1971		Jon Matlack Best 1970s ERA as a Met 2.32 in 1972			Craig Swan Best 1970s ERA as a Met 2.43 in 1978
GAMES	GAMES STARTED	COMPLETE GAMES	INNINGS PITCHED	WINS		LOSSES
63, Skip Lockwood, 1977 60, Tug McGraw, 1973 59, Bob Apodaca, 1977 58, Bob Miller, 1974 58, Dale Murray, 1979 57, Tug McGraw, 1970 57, Ron Taylor, 1970 57, Skip Lockwood, 1978 56, Skip Lockwood, 1976 54, Tug McGraw, 1972 54, Rick Baldwin, 1975 53, Dan Frisella, 1971 53, Dale Murray, 1978 51, Tug McGraw, 1971 50, Neil Allen, 1979 46, Bob Apodaca, 1975 46, Ed Glynn, 1979 45, Ron Taylor, 1971 44, Bob Myrick, 1977 43, Bob Apodaca, 1976	36, Tom Seaver, 1970 36, Tom Seaver, 1973 36, Tom Seaver, 1975 35, Jerry Koosman, 1973 35, Jerry Koosman, 1971 35, Tom Seaver, 1971 35, Tom Seaver, 1972 35, Jon Matlack, 1976 35, Craig Swan, 1979 34, Jon Matlack, 1973 34, Jon Matlack, 1974 34, Jerry Koosman, 1975 34, Tom Seaver, 1976 32, Jon Matlack, 1972 32, Tom Seaver, 1974 32, Jon Matlack, 1975 32, Jerry Koosman, 1976 32, Jerry Koosman, 1977 32, Nino Espinosa, 1978 32, Jerry Koosman, 1978	21, Tom Seaver, 1971 19, Tom Seaver, 1970 18, Tom Seaver, 1973 17, Jerry Koosman, 1976 16, Jon Matlack, 1976 15, Tom Seaver, 1975 14, Jon Matlack, 1973 14, Jon Matlack, 1974 13, Tom Seaver, 1972 13, Jerry Koosman, 1974 13, Tom Seaver, 1976 12, Jerry Koosman, 1973 12, Tom Seaver, 1974 11, Jerry Koosman, 1975 10, Craig Swan, 1979 9, Jim McAndrew, 1970 8, Gary Gentry, 1971 8, Jon Matlack, 1972 8, Jon Matlack, 1975 7, Nino Espinosa, 1977	290.2, Tom Seaver, 1970 290.0, Tom Seaver, 1973 286.1, Tom Seaver, 1971 280.1, Tom Seaver, 1975 271.0, Tom Seaver, 1976 265.1, Jon Matlack, 1974 265.0, Jerry Koosman, 1974 263.0, Jerry Koosman, 1973 262.0, Tom Seaver, 1972 262.0, Jon Matlack, 1976 251.1, Craig Swan, 1979 247.1, Jerry Koosman, 1976 244.0, Jon Matlack, 1972 242.0, Jon Matlack, 1973 239.2, Jerry Koosman, 1975 236.0, Tom Seaver, 1974 235.1, Jerry Koosman, 1978 228.2, Jon Matlack, 1975 226.2, Jerry Koosman, 1977 212.0, Jerry Koosman, 1970	22, Tom Seaver, 1975 21, Tom Seaver, 1972 21, Jerry Koosman, 1976 20, Tom Seaver, 1971 19, Tom Seaver, 1973 18, Tom Seaver, 1970 17, Jon Matlack, 1976 16, Jon Matlack, 1975 15, Jon Matlack, 1972 15, Jerry Koosman, 1974 14, Jerry Koosman, 1973 14, Jon Matlack, 1973 14, Jerry Koosman, 1975 14, Tom Seaver, 1976 14, Craig Swan, 1979 13, Jon Matlack, 1974 12, Jerry Koosman, 1970 12, Gary Gentry, 1971 12, George Stone, 1973 five tied with 11		20, Jerry Koosman, 1977 16, Jon Matlack, 1973 15, Jerry Koosman, 1973 15, Jon Matlack, 1974 15, Jon Matlack, 1977 15, Nino Espinosa, 1978 15, Jerry Koosman, 1978 14, Jim McAndrew, 1970 14, Nolan Ryan, 1971 14, Pete Falcone, 1979 13, Jerry Koosman, 1975 13, Randy Tate, 1975 13, Mickey Lolich, 1976 13, Nino Espinosa, 1977 13, Skip Lockwood, 1978 13, Craig Swan, 1979 five tied with 12

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Jerry Koosman Best 1970s ERA as a Met 2.69 in 1976			Jim McAndrew Best 1970s ERA as a Met 2.80 in 1972 *			Ray Sadecki Best 1970s ERA as a Met 2.92 in 1971
WINNING PERCENTAGE	HITS	RUNS		EARNED RUNS	STRIKEOUTS		BASES ON BALLS
.800, George Stone, 1973 .733, Tug McGraw, 1971 .710, Tom Seaver, 1975 .677, Jerry Koosman, 1976 .667, Tom Seaver, 1971 .655, Tom Seaver, 1973 .636, Tom Seaver, 1972 .632, Jerry Koosman, 1970 .630, Jon Matlack, 1976 .625, Pat Zachry, 1978 .600, Tom Seaver, 1970 .600, Jon Matlack, 1972 .600, Craig Swan, 1978 .588, Skip Lockwood, 1976 .579, Jim McAndrew, 1972 .577, Jerry Koosman, 1974 .571, Jon Matlack, 1975 .560, Tom Seaver, 1976 .522, Gary Gentry, 1971 .519, Craig Swan, 1979	258, Jerry Koosman, 1974 241, Craig Swan, 1979 236, Jon Matlack, 1976 234, Jerry Koosman, 1973 234, Jerry Koosman, 1975 230, Tom Seaver, 1970 230, Nino Espinosa, 1978 224, Jon Matlack, 1975 221, Jon Matlack, 1974 221, Jerry Koosman, 1978 219, Tom Seaver, 1973 217, Tom Seaver, 1975 215, Jon Matlack, 1972 215, Tom Seaver, 1972 211, Tom Seaver, 1976 210, Tom Seaver, 1971 210, Jon Matlack, 1973 205, Jerry Koosman, 1976 199, Tom Seaver, 1974 195, Jerry Koosman, 1977	117, Nino Espinosa, 1978 113, Jerry Koosman, 1974 110, Jerry Koosman, 1978 106, Jerry Koosman, 1975 105, Jon Matlack, 1975 103, Tom Seaver, 1970 102, Jerry Koosman, 1977 102, Craig Swan, 1979 94, Jon Matlack, 1976 93, Jerry Koosman, 1973 93, Jon Matlack, 1973 92, Tom Seaver, 1972 91, Pete Falcone, 1979 89, Tom Seaver, 1974 88, Gary Gentry, 1970 87, Jerry Koosman, 1970 86, Jon Matlack, 1977 84, Gary Gentry, 1971 three tied with 83		107, Nino Espinosa, 1978 99, Jerry Koosman, 1974 98, Jerry Koosman, 1978 92, Craig Swan, 1979 91, Tom Seaver, 1970 91, Jerry Koosman, 1975 88, Jerry Koosman, 1977 86, Jon Matlack, 1973 86, Jon Matlack, 1975 86, Jon Matlack, 1976 85, Tom Seaver, 1972 85, Pete Falcone, 1979 84, Tom Seaver, 1974 83, Jerry Koosman, 1973 79, Jon Matlack, 1977 78, Tom Seaver, 1976 77, Gary Gentry, 1970 76, Nino Espinosa, 1977 75, Jerry Koosman, 1972 three tied with 74	289, Tom Seaver, 1971 283, Tom Seaver, 1970 251, Tom Seaver, 1973 249, Tom Seaver, 1972 243, Tom Seaver, 1975 235, Tom Seaver, 1976 205, Jon Matlack, 1973 201, Tom Seaver, 1974 200, Jerry Koosman, 1976 195, Jon Matlack, 1974 192, Jerry Koosman, 1977 188, Jerry Koosman, 1974 173, Jerry Koosman, 1975 169, Jon Matlack, 1972 160, Jerry Koosman, 1978 156, Jerry Koosman, 1973 155, Gary Gentry, 1971 154, Jon Matlack, 1975 153, Jon Matlack, 1976 147, Jerry Koosman, 1972		116, Nolan Ryan, 1971 99, Jon Matlack, 1973 98, Jerry Koosman, 1975 97, Nolan Ryan, 1970 88, Tom Seaver, 1975 86, Gary Gentry, 1970 86, Randy Tate, 1975 85, Jerry Koosman, 1974 84, Jerry Koosman, 1978 83, Tom Seaver, 1970 82, Gary Gentry, 1971 81, Jerry Koosman, 1977 77, Tom Seaver, 1972 77, Tom Seaver, 1976 76, Jerry Koosman, 1973 76, Jon Matlack, 1974 76, Pete Falcone, 1979 75, Gary Gentry, 1972 75, Tom Seaver, 1974 75, Nino Espinosa, 1978

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Mickey Lolich Best 1970s ERA as a Met 3.22 in 1976	Gary Gentry Best 1970s ERA as a Met 3.23 in 1971	Nino Espinosa Best 1970s ERA as a Met 3.42 in 1977
SHUTOUTS	SAVES	EARNED RUN AVERAGE
7, Jon Matlack, 1974 6, Jon Matlack, 1976 5, Tom Seaver, 1974 5, Tom Seaver, 1975 5, Tom Seaver, 1976 4, Tom Seaver, 1971 4, Jon Matlack, 1972 4, Jerry Koosman, 1975 3, Jim McAndrew, 1970 3, Gary Gentry, 1971 3, Tom Seaver, 1972 3, Jerry Koosman, 1973 3, Jon Matlack, 1973 3, Tom Seaver, 1973 3, Jon Matlack, 1975 3, Jerry Koosman, 1976 3, Jon Matlack, 1977 3, Tom Seaver, 1977 3, Craig Swan, 1979 six tied with 2	27, Tug McGraw, 1972 25, Tug McGraw, 1973 20, Skip Lockwood, 1977 19, Skip Lockwood, 1976 15, Skip Lockwood, 1978 13, Ron Taylor, 1970 13, Bob Apodaca, 1975 12, Dan Frisella, 1971 10, Tug McGraw, 1970 9, Dan Frisella, 1972 9, Skip Lockwood, 1979 8, Tug McGraw, 1971 8, Neil Allen, 1979 7, Ed Glynn, 1979 6, Rick Baldwin, 1975 5, Harry Parker, 1973 5, Ken Sanders, 1975 5, Bob Apodaca, 1976 5, Bob Apodaca, 1977 5, Dale Murray, 1978	1.76, Tom Seaver, 1971 2.08, Tom Seaver, 1973 2.32, Jon Matlack, 1972 2.38, Tom Seaver, 1975 2.41, Jon Matlack, 1974 2.43, Craig Swan, 1978 2.59, Tom Seaver, 1976 2.69, Jerry Koosman, 1976 2.80, Jim McAndrew, 1972 * 2.82, Tom Seaver, 1970 2.84, Jerry Koosman, 1973 2.92, Tom Seaver, 1972 2.92, Ray Sadecki, 1971 2.95, Jon Matlack, 1976 3.04, Jerry Koosman, 1971 3.14, Jerry Koosman, 1970 3.20, Jon Matlack, 1973 3.20, Tom Seaver, 1974 3.22, Mickey Lolich, 1976 3.23, Gary Gentry, 1971

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The pitcher whose name is in gold was Number One in each category for the decade; the pitchers listed in white finished Numbers Two through Ten, and the pitchers in light gray finished Eleven through Twenty.

Winning Percentage is presented on the basis of a minimum of 15 decisions. Earned Run Average is presented on the basis of a minimum of 162 innings pitched. Seasons marked with an asterisk (*) denote strike-shortened years, and the pitchers qualified on the basis of 1 inning pitched per team game played.