The 1967 New York Mets |
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Rounding Third Hitter of the Year Tommy Davis |
Rounding Third Pitcher of the Year Tom Seaver |
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61-101, 10th place in National League |
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Coaching Staff |
1967 National League Standings |
1967 Opening Day Lineup |
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Westrum, MGR Yogi
Berra, CO |
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Don Bosch, CF |
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THE SEAson story |
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The club took a small step
backward in 1967, falling again into familiar territory in the basement of
the National League. They lost 100 games
for the fifth time in six seasons. But the pitching was coming on
strong. For the first time, the Mets
staff surrendered less hits than innings pitched; also, they recorded a team
ERA of less than 4.00 for the first time, and set a new standard for batters
struck out with nearly 900. The
biggest star here was rookie right-hander Tom Seaver, who was the National
League Rookie of the Year, and set new Mets records for victories, complete
games, strikeouts, and earned run average.
Other pitchers who fared well for the staff included Canadian reliever
Ron Taylor, whom they had purchased from the Astros; he led the Mets in appearances
and saves, and had a fine 2.34 ERA. The offensive side of the
ledger was not as encouraging—a typical Mets shortcoming in those early
years. But they did have solid seasons
from youngsters Ron Swoboda and Ed Kranepool, and former two-time batting champion
Tommy Davis came over from the Dodgers and produced an excellent campaign,
leading the club in all the slash numbers.
Utility man Bob Johnson arrived from Baltimore in May and had an
outstanding year in semiregular duty. These Mets even set a team record
for stolen base success, securing the extra bag nearly 57 percent of the
time. This is not a joke; the powers
of baseball had a whole different sense of the value of a bag back in those days
than they do today. In fact, the cumulative
totals of all stolen base attempts for the first six years of Met history show
as 277 successful steals versus 263 times caught stealing—a rate of just over
51 percent success. |
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