1967 New York Mets season explained

New York Mets
Season:	1967
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Shea Stadium
City:	New York
Record:	61-101
League Place:	10th
Owners:	Joan Whitney Payson
General Managers:	Bing Devine
Managers:	Wes Westrum, Salty Parker
Television:	WOR-TV
Radio:	WJRZ (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)

The 1967 New York Mets season was the sixth regular season for the Mets. They went 61–101 and finished tenth in the National League, games behind the NL pennant and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. They were managed by Wes Westrum and Salty Parker. They played home games at Shea Stadium. One of the only bright spots was rookie pitcher Tom Seaver (whom the Mets won the right to draft in a lottery) who posted a 2.76 ERA, a 16–13 record and was voted to his first All-Star Game. Seaver's arrival would help turn the Mets around from lovable losers to legitimate contenders.

Offseason

• October 12, 1966: Lou Klimchock and Ernie Bowman were traded by the Mets to the Cleveland Indians for Floyd Weaver.^[1]
• November 29, 1966: Amos Otis was drafted by the Mets from the Boston Red Sox in the 1966 minor league draft.^[2]
• November 29, 1966: Ron Hunt and Jim Hickman were traded by the Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tommy Davis and Derrell Griffith.^[3]
• November 30, 1966: Ralph Terry was released by the Mets.^[4]
• December 6, 1966: Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb were traded by the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Don Cardwell and Don Bosch.^[5]
• March 24, 1967: Derrell Griffith was traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Sandy Alomar Sr.^[6]

Regular season

Although the Mets took a step back from the previous year, 1967 marked the debut of pitcher Tom Seaver. On July 19, at Shea Stadium, he recorded 10 strikeouts (The first of 62 games he would achieve that feat as a Mets uniform) in a 7–2 win over the Atlanta Braves. For the season he recorded 16 wins and 170 strikeouts, a Mets record. He had 18 complete games and a 2.76 ERA, also a Mets record. It all adds up to Seaver being named The National League Rookie of the Year, and a berth in the All-Star Game.

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1967: Eddie Bressoud, Danny Napoleon, and cash were traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Art Mahaffey, Jerry Buchek and Tony Martínez.^[7]
• April 2, 1967: Ralph Terry was signed as a free agent by the Mets.^[4]
• May 16, 1967: Ralph Terry was released by the Mets.^[4]
• June 6, 1967: Rich Hacker was drafted by the Mets in the 8th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).^[8]
• June 21, 1967: Al Luplow was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Mets via waivers.^[9]
• July 22, 1967: Ken Boyer and a player to be named later were traded by the Mets to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Southworth and a player to be named later. The Mets completed their part of the deal by sending Sandy Alomar to the White Sox on August 15. The White Sox completed the deal by sending J. C. Martin to the Mets on November 27.^[6]
• July 24, 1967: Bob Shaw was purchased from the Mets by the Chicago Cubs.^[10]

Roster

1967 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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		120	344	67	.195	4	23
1B		141	469	126	.269	10	54
2B		124	411	97	.236	14	41
SS		151	540	137	.254	1	28
3B		101	323	77	.238	3	31
LF		154	577	174	.302	16	73
CF		129	411	101	.246	5	30
RF		134	449	126	.281	13	53

Other batters

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
	90	230	80	.348	5	27
	56	166	39	.235	3	13
	71	155	37	.239	1	18
	65	147	32	.218	0	6
	101	136	28	.206	2	9
	41	112	23	.205	3	9
	44	93	13	.140	0	2
	37	69	11	.159	0	3
	16	62	20	.323	0	3
	19	59	13	.220	0	1
	24	58	12	.207	0	1
	25	54	5	.093	0	3
	11	40	9	.225	1	4
	13	40	9	.225	0	5
	13	37	9	.243	0	4
	13	34	4	.118	0	2
	15	22	0	.000	0	0
	6	12	0	.000	0	0
	4	10	1	.100	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	35	251.0	16	13	2.76	170
	39	220.1	9	18	4.70	117
	14	74.0	1	6	3.41	51
	15	70.2	3	3	3.44	36
	4	17.1	0	3	7.79	18
	3	17.0	2	1	2.12	15

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	26	118.1	5	9	3.57	71
	23	98.2	3	9	4.29	49
	15	53.2	1	7	4.70	35
	11	45.0	3	3	2.80	24
	5	27.1	1	2	2.63	14
	8	26.1	1	1	5.13	14
	9	22.1	0	2	6.04	11
	9	22.0	1	2	9.41	15
	6	13.0	0	0	6.23	13
	6	8.2	0	0	3.12	4
	4	8.1	0	1	8.64	9

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	50	4	6	8	2.34	46
	40	4	5	3	2.98	44
	38	2	4	2	2.77	52
	29	3	3	4	3.35	21
	17	2	0	1	3.73	22
	16	0	3	1	3.98	23
	11	0	0	0	2.16	9
	2	0	0	0	3.60	3
	2	0	0	0	0.00	5
	2	0	0	0	3.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham

References

• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1967 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
• 1967 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klimclo01.shtml Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/otisam01.shtml Amos Otis page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huntro01.shtml Ron Hunt page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/terryra01.shtml Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cardwdo01.shtml Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml Sandy Alomar page at Baseball Reference
7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19670402&id=hJctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vjUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4659,3765377&hl=en Mets give up Bressoud for Jerry Buchek
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hackeri01.shtml Rich Hacker page at Baseball Reference
9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1774&dat=19670621&id=5uUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CGYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1302,5042228&hl=en Luplow waived to Bucs by Mets
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shawbo01.shtml Bob Shaw page at Baseball-Reference