1967 New York Mets season

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1967 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
  • National League (since 1962)
Location
  • Shea Stadium (since 1964)
  • New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)Joan Whitney Payson
General manager(s)Bing Devine
Manager(s)Wes Westrum, Salty Parker
Local televisionWOR-TV
Local radioWJRZ
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
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The 1967 New York Mets season was the sixth regular season for the Mets. They went 61–101 and finished 10th in the National League, 40½ 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.

Offseason[]

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 fired 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.

Season standings[]

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 101 60 0.627 — 49–32 52–28
San Francisco Giants 91 71 0.562 10½ 51–31 40–40
Chicago Cubs 87 74 0.540 14 49–34 38–40
Cincinnati Reds 87 75 0.537 14½ 49–32 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 82 80 0.506 19½ 45–35 37–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 81 81 0.500 20½ 49–32 32–49
Atlanta Braves 77 85 0.475 24½ 48–33 29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers 73 89 0.451 28½ 42–39 31–50
Houston Astros 69 93 0.426 32½ 46–35 23–58
New York Mets 61 101 0.377 40½ 36–42 25–59

Record vs. opponents[]

1967 National League Records
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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 — 11–7 5–13 11–7 8–10 8–10 10–8 8–10 10–8 6–12
Chicago 7–11 — 12–6 8–10 9–9 13–5 11–7 11–7–1 10–8 6–11
Cincinnati 13–5 6–12 — 15–3 8–10 12–6 10–8 10–8 8–10 5–13
Houston 7–11 10–8 3–15 — 10–8 11–7 7–11 9–9 6–12 6–12
Los Angeles 10–8 9–9 10–8 8–10 — 12–6 6–12 7–11 5–13 6–12
New York 10–8 5–13 6–12 7–11 6–12 — 4–14 11–7 5–13 7–11
Philadelphia 8-10 7–11 8–10 11–7 12–6 14–4 — 8–10 8–10 6–12
Pittsburgh 10–8 7–11–1 8–10 9–9 11–7 7–11 10–8 — 8–10 11–7
San Francisco 8–10 8–10 10–8 12–6 13–5 13–5 10–8 10–8 — 7–11
St. Louis 12–6 11–6 13–5 12–6 12–6 11–7 12–6 7–11 11–7 —


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

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
Amos Otis 19 59 13 .220 0 1

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
Dennis Bennett 8 26.1 1 1 5.13 14

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

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
Don Shaw 40 4 5 3 2.98 44

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Jacksonville Suns International League Bill Virdon
AA Williamsport Mets Eastern League Roy Sievers
A Durham Bulls Carolina League Clyde McCullough
A Winter Haven Mets Florida State League Pete Pavlick
A-Short Season Mankato Mets Northern League Buddy Peterson
Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Birdie Tebbetts

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham

Notes[]

  1. ^ Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Amos Otis page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Ron Hunt page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b c Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ a b Sandy Alomar page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Mets give up Bressoud for Jerry Buchek
  8. ^ Rich Hacker page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Luplow waived to Bucs by Mets
  10. ^ Bob Shaw page at Baseball-Reference

References[]

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