The 1969 New York Mets
Rounding Third Hitter of the Year Cleon Jones		Rounding Third Pitcher of the Year Tom Seaver
100-62, World 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 =============================================================================================== Cleon Jones      137  483  92  164  25  4  12  75  233 16  8   60  64   7   1  3 .422 .482 .340 Art Shamsky      100  303  42   91   9  3  14  47  148  1  2   32  36   3   2  5 .375 .488 .300 Bobby Heise        4   10   1    3   1  0   0   0    4  0  0    2   3   0   0  0 .462 .400 .300 Ken Boswell      102  362  48  101  14  7   3  32  138  7  3   47  36   2   4  1 .347 .381 .279 Tommie Agee 149 565 97  153  23  4  26 76 262 12  9 137  59   3   6  2 .342 .464 .271 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duffy Dyer        29   74   5   19   3  1   3  12   33  0  0   22   4   0   1  0 .295 .446 .257 Donn Clendenon    72  202  31   51   5  0  12  37   92  3  2   62  19   2   2  1 .321 .455 .252 Jerry Grote      113  365  38   92  12  3   6  40  128  2  1   59  32   1   6  2 .313 .351 .252 Bud Harrelson    123  395  42   98  11  6   0  24  121  1  3   54  54   2   5  1 .341 .306 .248 Ed Kranepool     112  353  36   84   9  2  11  49  130  3  2   32  37   0   2  4 .307 .368 .238 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Swoboda      109  327  38   77  10  2   9  52  118  1  1   90  43   2   1  2 .326 .361 .235 Bobby Pfeil       62  211  20   49   9  0   0  10   58  0  1   27   7   1   4  0 .260 .275 .232 Rod Gaspar       118  215  26   49   6  1   1  14   60  7  3   19  25   2   7  1 .313 .279 .228 Wayne Garrett    124  400  38   87  11  3   1  39  107  4  2   75  40   3   6  5 .290 .268 .218 Al Weis          103  247  20   53   9  2   2  23   72  3  3   51  15   0   6  1 .259 .291 .215 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. C. Martin      66  177  12   37   5  1   4  21   56  0  0   32  12   0   1  2 .257 .316 .209 Ed Charles        61  169  21   35   8  1   3  18   54  4  2   31  18   1   0  1 .286 .320 .207 Amos Otis         48   93   6   14   3  1   0   4   19  1  0   27   6   0   3  0 .202 .204 .151 Kevin Collins     16   40   1    6   3  0   1   2   12  0  0   10   3   0   0  0 .209 .300 .150 Jim Gosger        10   15   0    2   2  0   0   1    4  0  0    6   1   0   0  0 .188 .267 .133 =============================================================================================== PLAYERS TOTALS  1658 5006 614 1265 178 41 108 576 1849 65 42  875 514  29  57 31 .324 .369 .253 PITCHERS TOTALS  369  421  18   46   6  0   1  22   55  1  1  214  13   4  25  2 .143 .131 .109 =============================================================================================== TEAM TOTALS     2027 5427 632 1311 184 41 109 598 1904 66 43 1089 527  33  82 33 .311 .351 .242

OPS+  bWAR    HoY ================= 151 7.0 86.80  139   1.9  48.66  142   0.1   2.05  103   1.2  35.22  122   5.2  61.11 -----------------  104   0.5   6.53  114   0.4  22.73   84   2.5  23.07   81   2.2  24.77   87   0.1  24.47 -----------------   91   0.6  26.21   49   0.1  -1.19   66   0.4   8.29   56  -0.5   7.41   53   0.1   0.49 -----------------   59  -0.3   2.92   68   0.3   6.25   13  -0.6  -5.41   40   0.0  -0.73   25  -0.1  -0.69 =================

PITCHING RECORD (team leaders in red)   PoY PITCHER         G  GS CG     IP   W  L  PCT    H   R  ER   SO  BB ShO SV   ERA ====================================================================================  1.44 Bob Johnson 2   0  0    1.2   0  0 ----    1   0   0    1   1   0  1  0.00 80.75 Tom Seaver 36  35 18  273.1  25  7 .781  202  75  67  208  82   5  0  2.21 38.73 Tug McGraw     42   4  1  100.1   9  3 .750   89  31  25   92  47   0 12  2.24 71.28 Jerry Koosman 32  32 16  241.0  17  9 .654  187  66  61  180  68   6  0  2.28 21.55 Jack DiLauro   23   4  0   63.2   1  4 .200   50  19  17   27  18   0  1  2.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28.65 Ron Taylor 59   0  0   76.0   9  4 .692   61  23  23   42  24   0 13  2.72 36.43 Don Cardwell  30  21  4  152.1   8 10 .444  145  63  51   60  47   0  0  3.01 34.19 Gary Gentry    35  35  6  233.2  13 12 .520  192 94  89  154  81   3  0  3.43 26.54 Jim McAndrew  27  21  4  135.0   6  7 .462  112  57  52   90  44   2  0  3.47 16.83 Nolan Ryan     25  10  2   89.1   6  3 .667   60  38  35   92  53   0  1  3.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -0.07 Jesse Hudson   1   0  0    2.0   0  0 ----    2   1   1    3   2   0  0  4.50  0.24 Cal Koonce    40   0  0   83.0   6  3 .667   85  53  46   48  42   0  7  4.99 -2.24 Dan Frisella   3   0  0    4.2   0  0 ----    8   4   4    5   3   0  0  7.71 -8.81 Al Jackson      9   0  0   11.0   0  0 ----   18  13  13   10   4   0  0 10.64 -3.08 Les Rohr        1   0  0    1.1   0  0 ----    5   4   3    0   1   0  0 20.25 ====================================================================================       TEAM TOTALS   365 162 51 1468.1 100 62 .617 1217 541 487 1012 517  16 35  2.99

ERA+  bWAR    PoY =================  ---   0.1   1.44 165 7.2 80.75  163   2.5  38.73  160   5.0  71.28  152   1.1  21.55 -----------------  134   1.7  28.65  121   1.6  36.43  106   2.2  34.19  105   0.8  26.54  104   0.5  16.83 -----------------   98   0.0  -0.07   73  -1.4   0.24   51   0.2  -2.24   35  -0.7  -8.81   24  -0.2  -3.08 =================

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Coaching Staff	1969 National League East Standings	1969 Opening Day Lineup
Gil Hodges, MGR Yogi Berra, CO Joe Pignatano, CO Rube Walker, CO Eddie Yost, CO	Team     W   L  PCT GB ====================== *METS* 100  62 .617    Chi NL  92  70 .568  8 Pit NL  88  74 .543 12 StL NL  87  75 .537 13 Phi NL  63  99 .389 37 Mon NL  52 110 .321 48	Tommie Agee, CF Rod Gaspar, RF Ken Boswell, 2B Cleon Jones, LF Ed Charles, 3B Ed Kranepool, 1B Jerry Grote, C Bud Harrelson, SS Tom Seaver, P
THE SEASON STORY
In one of the most memorable seasons in the history of the sport, the Mets (who had never previously had a winning percentage higher than .451) won 100 games and ran away from the rest of the newly-created National League Eastern Division, winning the Eastern crown by eight games. They proceeded to crush the Atlanta Braves in the League Championship series, then dominated the favored Baltimore Orioles in the World Series, winning four games to one. The stars of this team are well-known to anyone familiar with Mets lore, beginning with Tom Seaver (25-7) and Jerry Koosman (17-9) and extending to relievers Tug McGraw and Ron Taylor, without ignoring Gary Gentry and Nolan Ryan, who excelled in the post-season. On the other side of the ball, center fielder Tommie Agee recovered from an abysmal 1968 to lead the Mets hitters in several categories, including his 26 homeruns, which represented the second-most a Mets hitter had ever hit to date. Cleon Jones had a second straight excellent year, setting a Mets record for batting average (.340) which would stand for a generation of New York batsmen. A couple of veteran platoon players, Art Shamsky and Donn Clendenon, offered solid contributions both during the regular season and the playoffs. But this season was really exemplified by the notable contributions of a few relatively insignificant players, kind of like the underdog Mets franchise in miniature scope. Hail, Al Weis! Hail, J.C. Martin! They became famous in Mets folklore throughout the years to come because of their efforts in this delightful drama.

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