1970 New York Mets season
1970 New York Mets | |
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Owner(s) | Joan Whitney Payson |
General manager(s) | Bob Scheffing |
Manager(s) | Gil Hodges |
Local television | WOR-TV |
Local radio | WJRZ/WNBC-FM (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy) |
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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's Eastern Division.
Offseason[]
- December 3, 1969: Amos Otis and Bob Johnson were traded by the Mets to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Foy.[1]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | — | 50–32 | 39–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 5 | 46–34 | 38–44 |
New York Mets | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 6 | 44–38 | 39–41 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 13 | 34–47 | 42–39 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 73 | 88 | 0.453 | 15½ | 40–40 | 33–48 |
Montreal Expos | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 16 | 39–41 | 34–48 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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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[]
- July 12, 1970: Don Cardwell was purchased from the Mets by the Atlanta Braves.[2]
Roster[]
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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 |
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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[]
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 |
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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[]
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 |
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Tom Seaver | 37 | 290.2 | 18 | 12 | 2.82 | 283 |
Jerry Koosman | 30 | 212 | 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[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ray Sadecki | 28 | 138.2 | 8 | 4 | 3.89 | 89 |
Nolan Ryan | 27 | 131.2 | 7 | 11 | 3.42 | 125 |
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 |
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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[]
- Tommie Agee – Player of the Month, June 1970
All-Star Game
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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 |
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References[]
- New York Mets seasons
- 1970 Major League Baseball season
- 1970 in sports in New York City
- 20th century in Queens
- Shea Stadium