The 1972 New York Mets
Rounding Third Hitter of the Year John Milner		Rounding Third Pitcher of the Year Jon Matlack
83-79, 3rd place in National League East

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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 ============================================================================================== Rusty Staub       66  239  32   70  11  0   9  38  108  0  1  13  31   2   1  5 .372 .452 .293 Ed Kranepool 122  327  28   88  15  1   8  34  129  1  0  35  34   1   2  4 .336 .394 .269 Willie Mays       69  195  27   52   9  1   8  19   87  1  5  43  43   1   3  0 .402 .446 .267 Dave Marshall     72  156  21   39   5  0   4  11   56  3  3  28  22   1   1  0 .346 .359 .250 Cleon Jones      106  375  39   92  15  1   5  52  124  1  6  83  30   4   2  4 .305 .331 .245 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Beauchamp     58  120  10   29   1  0   5  19   45  0  0  33   7   1   0  3 .282 .375 .242 John Milner      117  362  52   86  12  2  17  38  153  2  1  74  51   5   5  0 .340 .423 .238 Lute Barnes       24   72   5   17   2  2   0   6   23  0  1   4   6   0   0  1 .291 .319 .236 Jim Fregosi      101  340  31   79  15  4   5  32  117  0  1  71  38   1   2  1 .311 .344 .232 Wayne Garrett    111  298  41   69  13  3   2  29   94  3  2  58  70   0   5  4 .374 .315 .232 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duffy Dyer        94  325  33   75  17  3   8  36  122  0  1  71  28   5   2  3 .299 .375 .231 Tommie Agee      114  422  52   96  23  0  13  47  158  8  9  92  53   4   1  3 .317 .374 .227 Teddy Martinez   103  330  22   74   5  5 1  19   92  7  4  49  12   1   4  0 .254 .279 .224 Bud Harrelson    115  418  54   90  10  4   1  24  111 12  4  57  58   3   7  4 .313 .266 .215 Ken Boswell      100  355  35   75   9  1   9  33  113  2  2  35  32   0   9  4 .274 .318 .211 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Grote       64  205  15   43   5  1   3  21   59  1  0  27  26   3   4  3 .304 .288 .210 Dave Schneck      37  123   7   23   3  2   3  10   39  0  1  26  10   1   0  0 .254 .317 .187 Don Hahn          17   37   0    6   0  0   0   1    6  0  0  12   4   0   0  0 .244 .162 .162 Bill Sudakis      18   49   3    7   0  0   1   7   10  0  0  14   6   0   1  0 .236 .204 .143 Joe Nolan          4   10   0    0   0  0   0   0    0  0  0   3   1   0   0  0 .091 .000 .000 ============================================================================================== HITTERS TOTALS  1512 4758 507 1110 170 30 102 476 1646 41 41 828 562  33  49 39 .316 .346 .233 PITCHERS TOTALS  364  377  21   44   5  1   3  14   60  0  0 162  27   1  37  0 .178 .159 .117 ============================================================================================== TEAM TOTALS     1876 5135 528 1154 175 31 105 490 1706 41 41 990 589  34  86 39 .307 .332 .225

OPS+  bWAR    HoY =================  137   0.7  34.80  110   1.1  32.17  145   1.6  31.35  104  -0.1  13.52   84  -0.8  15.88 -----------------   88  -0.2   6.87 119   1.5  42.18   76  -0.3   2.18   89   0.4  20.29  101   1.5  30.70 -----------------   94   1.7  21.25   99   0.1  31.10   54  -0.8  -1.54   68   0.5  15.53   70  -0.5   9.63 -----------------   72   1.0   8.23   64  -0.1   1.36   19  -0.4  -1.95   28  -0.2  -1.88  -72  -0.3  -2.07 =================

PITCHING RECORD (team leaders in red) PITCHER         G  GS CG     IP  W  L  PCT    H   R  ER   SO  BB ShO SV   ERA ============================================================================= Tug McGraw 54   0  0  106.0  8  6 .571   71  26  20   92  40   0 27  1.70 Jon Matlack    34  32  8  244.0 15 10 .600  215  79  63  169  71   4  0  2.32 Jim McAndrew   28  23  4  160.2 11  8 .579  133  54  50   81  38   0  1  2.80 Tommy Moore     3   1  0   12.1  0  0 ----   12   4   4    5   1   0  0  2.92 Tom Seaver     35  35 13 262.0 21 12 .636 215 92 85 249 77   3  0  2.92 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray Sadecki    34   2  0   75.2  2  1 .667   73  33  26   38  31   0  0  3.09 Dan Frisella   39   0  0   67.1  5  8 .385   63  31  25   46  20   0  9  3.34 Gary Gentry    32  26  3  164.0  7 10 .412  153  82  73  120  75   0  0  4.01 Jerry Koosman  34  24  4  163.0 11 12 .478  155  81  75  147  52   1  1  4.14 Hank Webb       6   2  0   18.1  0  0 ----   18   9   9   15   9   0  0  4.42 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buzz Capra     14   6  0   53.0  3  2 .600   50  27  27   45  27   0  0  4.58 Bob Rauch      19   0  0   27.0  0  1 .000   27  16  15   23  21   0  1  5.00 Chuck Taylor   20   0  0   31.0  0  0 ----   44  19  19    9   9   0  2 5.52 Brent Strom    11   5  0   30.1  0  3 .000   34  25  23   20  15   0  0  6.82 ============================================================================= METS TOTALS   363 156 32 1414.2 83 73 .532 1263 578 513 1059 486   8 41  3.26

ERA+  bWAR    PoY =================  498   4.2  58.50 145 6.1 66.89  120   3.3  49.04  119   0.3   3.60  115   5.6  52.41 -----------------  109   0.6  17.56  101   0.2  17.57   84   0.2  16.52   81   0.0  17.04   78   0.0   0.93 -----------------   74   0.1   1.91   68  -0.3  -1.46   62  -0.4  -2.84   50  -1.0  -8.77 =================

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Coaching Staff	1972 National League East Standings	1972 Opening Day Lineup
Yogi Berra, MGR Joe Pignatano, CO Sheriff Robinson, CO Rube Walker, CO Eddie Yost, CO	Team     W   L  PCT GB  ======================= Pit NL  96  59 .619     Chi NL  85  70 .548 11  *METS*  83  73 .532 13½ StL NL  75  81 .481 21½ Mon NL  70  86 .449 26½ Phi NL  59  97 .378 37½	Bud Harrelson, SS Ken Boswell, 2B Tommie Agee, CF Rusty Staub, RF Cleon Jones, LF Jim Fregosi, 3B Ed Kranepool, 1B Jerry Grote, C Tom Seaver, P
THE SEASON STORY
There were things to be pleased about in this 1972 season, if you got past the initial tragedy that took place in the spring of the year. For the fourth year in a row, the team finished above .500, and they added promising rookies to the club like first sacker John Milner and lefty pitcher Jon Matlack (who won the Rookie of the Year award in the NL). They still had the incomparable Tom Seaver, whose bWAR for the year was his lowest for any full season he spent with the Mets before his eventual trade to Cincinnati (5.2)-—a number that would be better than the highest any “normal” player would ever hope to post. And to top it all off, the club was adding star batsman Rusty Staub, whom they obtained from Montreal at the cost of three significant prospects (Singleton, Jorgensen, and Foli). They had previously started emptying out the prospect vault by sending four players to the Angels for aging infielder Jim Fregosi, which seemed all right at the time, until you realized that part of that package they shipped out was Nolan Ryan, who was just about to become Nolan Ryan. As it happened, Fregosi was largely a bust, and some of the team’s prior mainstays (Agee and Jones, Koosman and Gentry) turned in lackluster campaigns. Staub got injured and missed nearly one hundred games. But the bitterest pill to swallow was the unanticipated heart attack and sudden death of manager Gil Hodges during Spring Training.

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