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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Season standings  




2.2  Record vs. opponents  




2.3  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 Farm system  




5 Notes  




6 References  













1968 New York Mets season






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1968 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
Record73-89
League place9th
OwnersJoan Whitney Payson
General managersJohnny Murphy
ManagersGil Hodges
TelevisionWOR-TV
RadioWJRZ/WABC-FM
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
← 1967 Seasons 1969 →

The 1968 New York Mets season was the seventh regular season for the Mets. They went 73–89 and finished ninth in the National League. They were managed by Gil Hodges. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

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Regular season

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1968 marked the beginning of Gil Hodges' tenure at the helm. A former infielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he replaced Salty Parker as manager. Despite the team's 9th place finish, the Mets managed to narrowly avoid yet another last place ranking, and boasted their best record since their inception in 1962. They would go on to stun the baseball world the following year when they won the World Series.

Season standings

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    • National League
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    St. Louis Cardinals 97 65 .599 — 47‍–‍34 50‍–‍31
    San Francisco Giants 88 74 .543 9 42‍–‍39 46‍–‍35
    Chicago Cubs 84 78 .519 13 47‍–‍34 37‍–‍44
    Cincinnati Reds 83 79 .512 14 40‍–‍41 43‍–‍38
    Atlanta Braves 81 81 .500 16 41‍–‍40 40‍–‍41
    Pittsburgh Pirates 80 82 .494 17 40‍–‍41 40‍–‍41
    Los Angeles Dodgers 76 86 .469 21 41‍–‍40 35‍–‍46
    Philadelphia Phillies 76 86 .469 21 38‍–‍43 38‍–‍43
    New York Mets 73 89 .451 24 32‍–‍49 41‍–‍40
    Houston Astros 72 90 .444 25 42‍–‍39 30‍–‍51

    Record vs. opponents

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    1968 National League record
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    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
    Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD NYM PHI PIT SF STL
    Atlanta — 8–10 10–8 11–7 9–9 12–6–1 11–7 6–12 9–9 5–13
    Chicago 10–8 — 7–11 10–8 12–6 8–10 9–9 10–8 9–9–1 9–9
    Cincinnati 8–10 11–7 — 9–9 9–9 10–8 11–7 10–8–1 8–10 7–11
    Houston 7–11 8–10 9–9 — 11–7 10–8 9–9 5–13 8–10 5–13
    Los Angeles 9–9 6–12 9–9 7–11 — 7–11 10–8 10–8 9–9 9–9
    New York 6–12–1 10–8 8–10 8–10 11–7 — 8–10 9–9 7–11 6–12
    Philadelphia 7–11 9–9 7–11 9–9 8–10 10–8 — 9–9 9–9 8–10
    Pittsburgh 12–6 8–10 8–10–1 13–5 8–10 9–9 9–9 — 7–11 6–12
    San Francisco 9–9 9–9–1 10–8 10–8 9–9 11–7 9–9 11–7 — 10–8
    St. Louis 13–5 9–9 11–7 13–5 9–9 12–6 10–8 12–6 8–10 —


    Roster

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    1968 New York Mets
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
    C Jerry Grote 124 404 114 .282 3 31
    1B Ed Kranepool 127 373 86 .231 3 20
    2B Ken Boswell 75 284 74 .261 4 11
    SS Bud Harrelson 111 402 88 .219 0 14
    3B Ed Charles 117 369 102 .276 15 53
    LF Cleon Jones 147 509 151 .297 14 55
    CF Tommie Agee 132 368 80 .217 5 17
    RF Ron Swoboda 132 450 109 .242 11 59

    Other batters

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    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
    Art Shamsky 116 345 82 .238 12 48
    Al Weis 90 274 47 .172 2 14
    Phil Linz 78 258 54 .209 0 17
    J.C. Martin 78 244 55 .225 3 31
    Jerry Buchek 73 192 35 .182 1 11
    Larry Stahl 53 183 43 .235 3 10
    Kevin Collins 58 154 31 .201 1 13
    Don Bosch 50 111 19 .171 3 7
    Greg Goossen 38 106 22 .208 0 6
    Bob Heise 6 23 5 .217 0 1
    Mike Jorgensen 8 14 2 .143 0 0
    Duffy Dyer 1 3 1 .333 0 0

    Pitching

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    Starting pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Tom Seaver 36 278.0 16 12 2.20 205
    Jerry Koosman 35 263.2 19 12 2.08 178
    Don Cardwell 29 180.0 7 13 2.95 82
    Dick Selma 33 170.1 9 10 2.75 117
    Nolan Ryan 21 134.0 6 9 3.09 133
    Jim McAndrew 12 79.0 4 7 2.28 46

    Other pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Al Jackson 25 92.2 3 7 3.69 59
    Danny Frisella 19 50.2 2 4 3.91 47
    Les Rohr 2 6.0 0 2 4.50 5

    Relief pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Ron Taylor 58 1 5 14 2.70 49
    Cal Koonce 55 6 4 11 2.42 50
    Bill Short 34 0 3 1 4.85 24
    Bill Connors 9 0 1 0 9.00 8
    Don Shaw 7 0 0 0 0.75 11

    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Jacksonville Suns International League Clyde McCullough
    AA Memphis Blues Texas League Roy Sievers
    A Visalia Mets California League Roy McMillan
    A Raleigh-Durham Mets Carolina League Pete Pavlick
    A-Short Season Mankato Mets Northern League Joe Frazier
    Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Gary Gearhart

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville, Marion

    Notes

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    1. ^ a b Clyde Mashore page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Darrell Sutherland page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Mets buy Short
  • ^ Tommie Agee page at Baseball Reference

    • References

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