1970 New York Mets season

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)
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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 East.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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

1970 National League record

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

Roster

1970 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 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
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
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

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

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

All-Star Game

Farm system

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

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

References