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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  Notable transactions  




2.4  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 Awards and honors  




5 Farm system  




6 Notes  




7 References  













1970 New York Mets season






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1970 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
Record83-79
Divisional place3rd
OwnersJoan Whitney Payson
General managersBob Scheffing
ManagersGil Hodges
TelevisionWOR-TV
RadioWJRZ/WNBC-FM
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
← 1969 Seasons 1971 →

The 1970 New York Mets season was the ninth regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Gil Hodges, the team had an 83–79 record and finished in third place in the National League East.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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    • NL East
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Pittsburgh Pirates 89 73 .549 — 50‍–‍32 39‍–‍41
    Chicago Cubs 84 78 .519 5 46‍–‍34 38‍–‍44
    New York Mets 83 79 .512 6 44‍–‍38 39‍–‍41
    St. Louis Cardinals 76 86 .469 13 34‍–‍47 42‍–‍39
    Philadelphia Phillies 73 88 .453 15½ 40‍–‍40 33‍–‍48
    Montreal Expos 73 89 .451 16 39‍–‍41 34‍–‍48

    Record vs. opponents

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    1970 National League record
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    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
    Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
    Atlanta — 8–4 5–13 9–9 6–12 6–6 6–6 7–5 6–6 9–9 7–11 7–5
    Chicago 4–8 — 7–5 7–5 6–6 13–5 7–11 9–9 8–10 9–3 7–5 7–11
    Cincinnati 13–5 5–7 — 15–3 13–5 7–5 8–4 7–5 8–4 8–10 9–9 9–3
    Houston 9–9 5–7 3–15 — 8–10 8–4 6–6 4–8 6–6 14–4 10–8 6–6
    Los Angeles 12–6 6–6 5–13 10–8 — 8–4 7–5 6–5 6–6 11–7 9–9 7–5
    Montreal 6–6 5–13 5–7 4–8 4–8 — 10–8 11–7 9–9 6–6 6–6 7–11
    New York 6–6 11–7 4–8 6–6 5–7 8–10 — 13–5 6–12 6–6 6–6 12–6
    Philadelphia 5-7 9–9 5–7 8–4 5–6 7–11 5–13 — 4–14 9–3 8–4 8–10
    Pittsburgh 6–6 10–8 4–8 6–6 6–6 9–9 12–6 14–4 — 6–6 4–8 12–6
    San Diego 9–9 3–9 10–8 4–14 7–11 6–6 6–6 3–9 6–6 — 5–13 4–8
    San Francisco 11–7 5–7 9–9 8–10 9–9 6–6 6–6 4–8 8–4 13–5 — 7–5
    St. Louis 5–7 11–7 3–9 6–6 5–7 11–7 6–12 10–8 6–12 8–4 5–7 —


    Notable transactions

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    Roster

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    1970 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 126 415 106 .255 2 34
    1B Donn Clendenon 121 396 114 .288 22 97
    2B Ken Boswell 105 351 89 .254 5 44
    SS Bud Harrelson 157 564 137 .243 1 42
    3B Joe Foy 99 322 76 .236 6 37
    LF Cleon Jones 134 506 140 .277 10 63
    CF Tommie Agee 153 636 182 .286 24 75
    RF Ron Swoboda 115 245 57 .233 9 40

    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 122 403 118 .293 11 49
    Wayne Garrett 114 366 93 .254 12 45
    Ken Singleton 69 198 52 .263 5 26
    Dave Marshall 92 189 46 .243 6 29
    Duffy Dyer 59 148 31 .209 2 12
    Al Weis 75 121 25 .207 1 11
    Mike Jorgensen 76 87 17 .195 3 4
    Ed Kranepool 43 47 8 .170 0 3
    Ted Martínez 4 16 1 .063 0 0
    Rod Gaspar 11 14 0 .000 0 0
    Tim Foli 5 11 4 .364 0 1
    Leroy Stanton 4 4 1 .250 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 37 290.2 18 12 2.82 283
    Jerry Koosman 30 212.0 12 7 3.14 118
    Gary Gentry 32 188.1 9 9 3.68 134
    Jim McAndrew 32 184.1 10 14 3.56 111

    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
    Ray Sadecki 28 138.2 8 4 3.89 89
    Nolan Ryan 27 131.2 7 11 3.42 125

    Relief pitchers

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

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Ron Taylor 57 5 4 13 3.93 28
    Tug McGraw 57 4 6 10 3.28 81
    Danny Frisella 30 8 3 1 3.02 54
    Rich Folkers 16 0 2 2 6.44 15
    Don Cardwell 16 0 2 0 6.48 8
    Cal Koonce 13 0 2 0 3.27 10
    Ron Herbel 12 2 2 1 1.38 8
    Dean Chance 3 0 1 1 13.50 0

    Awards and honors

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    All-Star Game

    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Tidewater Tides International League Chuck Hiller
    AA Memphis Blues Texas League John Antonelli
    A Visalia Mets California League Joe Frazier
    A Pompano Beach Mets Florida State League Gordon Mackenzie
    Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Terry Christman

    Notes

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    1. ^ Amos Otis page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference

    • References

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