The 1976 New York Mets
Rounding Third Hitter of the Year John Milner		Rounding Third Pitcher of the Year Tom Seaver
86-76, 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 ============================================================================================== Joe Torre        114  310  36   95  10  3   5  31  126  1  3  35  21   5   2  2 .358 .406 .306 Ed Kranepool     123  415  47  121  17  1  10  49  170  1  0  38  35   0   2  3 .344 .410 .292 Bruce Boisclair  110  286  42   82  13  3   2  13  107  9  5  55  28   0   6  0 .350 .374 .287 Felix Millan 139  531  55  150  25  2   1  35  182  2  4  19  41   7   6  2 .341 .343 .282 Billy Baldwin      9   22   4    6   1  1   1   5   12  0  0   2   1   0   0  1 .292 .545 .273 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Grote      101  323  30   88  14  2   4  28  118  1  2  19  38   1   3  1 .350 .365 .272 John Milner      127  443  56  120  25  4  15  78  198  0  7  53  65   0   0  3 .362 .447 .271 John Stearns      32  103  13   27   6  0   2  10   39  1  2  11  16   1   0  1 .364 .379 .262 Mike Phillips     87  262  30   67   4  6   4  29   95  2  2  29  25   0   3  5 .315 .363 .256 Dave Kingman     123  474  70  113  14  1  37 86 240  7  4 135  28   5   0  3 .286 .506 .238 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bud Harrelson    118  359  34   84  12  4   1  26  107  9  3  56  63   2   8  0 .351 .298 .234 Del Unser         77  276  28   63  13  2   5  25   95  4  4  40  18   1   5  3 .275 .344 .228 Ron Hodges        56  155  21   35   6  0   4  24   53  2  0  16  27   0   1  1 .339 .342 .226 Wayne Garrett     80  251  36   56   8  1   4  26   78  7  5  26  52   1   1  0 .359 .311 .223 Roy Staiger       95  304  23   67   8  1   2  26   83  3  3  35  25   1   1  4 .278 .273 .220 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Vail         53  143   8   31   5  1   0   9   38  0  1  19   6   0   0  3 .243 .266 .217 Leon Brown        64   70  11   15   3  0   0   2   18  2  4   4   4   0   0  0 .257 .257 .214 Leo Foster        24   59  11   12   2  0   1  15   17  3  0   5   8   0   0  0 .299 .288 .203 Jay Kleven         2    5   0    1   0  0   0   2    1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0 .200 .200 .200 Lee Mazzilli      24   77   9   15   2  0   2   7   23  5  4  10  14   1   0  1 .323 .299 .195 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pepe Mangual      41  102  15   19   5  2   1   9   31  7  3  32  10   0   3  0 .259 .304 .186 Jim Dwyer         11   13   2    2   0  0   0   0    2  0  0   1   2   0   0  0 .267 .154 .154 Benny Ayala       22   26   2    3   0  0   1   2    6  0  1   6   2   0   0  0 .179 .231 .115 Jack Heidemann     5   12   0    1   0  0   0   0    1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0 .083 .083 .083 ============================================================================================== HITTERS TOTALS  1637 5021 583 1273 193 34 102 537 1840 66 57 647 529  25  41 33 .326 .366 .254 PITCHERS TOTALS  345  394  32   61   5  0   0  23   66  0  1 150  32   3  51  0 .224 .168 .155 ============================================================================================== TEAM TOTALS     1982 5415 615 1334 198 34 102 560 1906 66 58 797 561  28  92 33 .319 .352 .246

OPS+  bWAR HoY =================  124   1.6  32.98  121   2.0  43.83  113   1.2  26.59  101   2.8  32.77  142   0.2   2.91 -----------------  110   1.6  29.35 137 3.4 56.94  118   1.3  10.85   99   1.9  18.40  129   2.6  52.19 -----------------   92   2.0  27.39   81   0.1   9.23  100   1.2  13.75   98   1.6  21.09   62   1.5   2.84 -----------------   49  -1.1  -2.44   51  -0.4  -2.54   73   0.5   2.85   18   0.0  -0.33   83  -0.1   3.74 -----------------   65   0.1   1.65   26  -0.2  -0.52   20  -0.4  -2.20  -51  -0.3  -2.08 =================

PITCHING RECORD (team leaders in red) PITCHER         G  GS CG     IP  W  L  PCT    H   R  ER   SO  BB ShO SV   ERA ============================================================================= Rick Baldwin   11   0  0   22.2  0  0 ----   14   6   6    9  10   0  0  2.38 Tom Seaver     35  34 13  271.0 14 11 .560  211  83  78  235  77   5  0  2.59 Skip Lockwood 56   0  0   94.1 10  7 .588   62  31  28  108  34   0 19  2.67 Jerry Koosman  34  32 17  247.1 21 10 .677  205  81  74  200  66   3  0  2.69 Bob Apodaca    43   3  0   89.2  3  7 .300   71  34  28   45  29   0  5  2.81 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Sanders    31   0  0   47.0  1  2 .333   39  16  15   16  12   0  1  2.87 Jon Matlack    35  35 16  262.0 17 10 .630  236  94  86  153  57   6  0  2.95 Mickey Lolich  31  30  5  192.2  8 13 .381  184  83  69  120  52   2  0 3.22 Bob Myrick     21   1  0   27.2  1  1 .500   34  13  10   11  13   0  0  3.25 Craig Swan     23  22  2  132.1  6  9 .400  129  64  52   89  44   1  0  3.54 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nino Espinosa  12   5  0   41.2  4  4 .500   41  21  17   30  13   0  0  3.67 Hank Webb       8   0  0   16.0  0  1 .000   17   9   8    7   7   0  0  4.50 Tom Hall        5   0  0    4.2  1  1 .500    5   3   3    2   5   0  0  5.79 ============================================================================= METS TOTALS   345 162 53 1449.0 86 76 .531 1248 538 473 1025 419  17 25  2.94

ERA+  bWAR PoY =================  140   0.4   7.38 126 5.2 60.05  123   1.7  35.98  121   5.0  55.56  117   0.6  24.97 -----------------  115   0.5  12.47  111   5.0  47.43  101   1.0  32.34  102  -0.1   3.81   93   0.1  19.34 -----------------   90  -0.2   5.63   75  -0.1  -0.09   62  -0.1  -1.09  =================

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Coaching Staff	1976 National League East Standings	1976 Opening Day Lineup
Joe Frazier, MGR Phil Cavarretta, CO Willie Mays, CO Roy McMillan, CO Joe Pignatano, CO Rube Walker, CO	Team     W   L  PCT GB ====================== Phi NL 101  61 .623    Pit NL  92  70 .568  9 *METS*  86  76 .531 15 Chi NL  75  87 .463 26 StL NL  72  90 .444 29 Mon NL  55 107 .340 46	Wayne Garrett, 3B Felix Millan, 2B Ed Kranepool, 1B Dave Kingman, RF John Milner, LF Del Unser, CF Jerry Grote, C Bud Harrelson, SS Tom Seaver, P
THE SEASON STORY
This was a pretty competitive club, as the Mets recorded their best season ever to date, other than the 1969 Miracle. The pitching was once again transcendant, and the hitting was once again adequate, which was just how those early-day Met clubs rolled. Tom Seaver was Tom Seaver, always excellent, and his trusty cohort Jerry Koosman posted his best season since his rookie year, finally winning 20 games (and adding one more to boot). The entire Mets pitching staff admitted only thirteen members for the whole season, and that includes eight games from rookie Hank Webb and five from washed-up veteran Tom Hall, who was traded away in May! The starting pitching was just that good, rolling up so many innings that there wasn’t much of a need for relievers. The team ERA was the lowest that the Mets had recorded to date, with the exception of “the Year of the Pitcher,” 1968. As mentioned above, the hitters were sort of bland. Nobody stole very many bases, and there was only one legitimate home run threat: Dave Kingman, who struck out a lot but basically checked the box as a power bat. In fact, if you took Kingman and John Milner out of the equation, the rest of the Mets batters in 1976 totaled only fifty home runs. So here were the Mets, fifteen years old now, and this season was a pretty fine representation of the best Queens had to offer. Scintillating pitching and barely passable hitting; a new all-time season home run record (Kingman topping his year-old record by one), an all-time great on the mound (Mr. George Thomas Seaver, who looked to be a shoo-in Hall of Famer), and a nondescript cast of supporting characters.

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