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1967 1969 1968 Statistical Breakdowns: Individual Players vs. Teams Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Houston Astros Los Angeles Dodgers Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals

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Daily Standings Apr: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Jun: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Jul: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Aug: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sep: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

1968 New York Mets Regular Season Batting Statistics Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP Jerry Grote 124 404 29 114 18 0 3 31 44 11 81 3 1 5 3 0 141 .282 .349 .357 Art Shamsky 116 345 30 82 14 4 12 48 21 6 58 7 1 0 4 4 140 .238 .406 .292 Ed Kranepool 127 373 29 86 13 1 3 20 19 5 39 2 0 3 10 1 110 .231 .295 .271 Jerry Buchek 73 192 8 35 4 0 1 11 10 5 53 3 1 1 2 0 42 .182 .219 .234 Ed Charles 117 369 41 102 11 1 15 53 28 4 57 2 5 4 6 4 160 .276 .434 .328 Tommie Agee 132 368 30 80 12 3 5 17 15 3 103 4 13 8 3 1 113 .217 .307 .255 Cleon Jones 147 509 63 151 29 4 14 55 31 3 98 5 23 12 4 3 230 .297 .452 .341 J.C. Martin 78 244 20 55 9 2 3 31 21 3 31 5 0 0 3 2 77 .225 .316 .298 Al Weis 90 274 15 47 6 0 1 14 21 3 63 2 3 1 2 2 56 .172 .204 .234 Bud Harrelson 111 402 38 88 7 3 0 14 29 2 68 1 4 5 4 1 101 .219 .251 .273 Kevin Collins 58 154 12 31 5 2 1 13 7 2 37 0 0 1 5 2 43 .201 .279 .233 Ron Swoboda 132 450 46 109 14 6 11 59 52 1 113 4 8 1 1 1 168 .242 .373 .325 Larry Stahl 53 183 15 43 7 2 3 10 21 1 38 0 3 0 1 0 63 .235 .344 .314 Don Bosch 50 111 14 19 1 0 3 7 9 1 33 0 0 2 1 1 29 .171 .261 .231 Jim McAndrew 12 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 2 0 1 .045 .045 .087 Les Rohr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.000 Nolan Ryan 21 44 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 29 0 0 0 1 0 5 .114 .114 .152 Jerry Koosman 35 91 3 7 1 0 1 4 3 0 62 0 0 0 3 0 11 .077 .121 .106 Don Shaw 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Tom Seaver 38 95 5 15 2 0 0 3 3 0 44 0 0 0 3 0 17 .158 .179 .184 Dick Selma 39 58 4 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 1 0 4 0 14 .207 .241 .207 Ron Taylor 58 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Bill Short 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Bob Heise 6 23 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 .217 .217 .250 Cal Koonce 55 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .125 Al Jackson 27 28 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 1 8 .250 .286 .241 Danny Frisella 19 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .083 Bill Connors 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 Don Cardwell 30 61 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 34 0 0 0 3 0 6 .049 .098 .049 Mike Jorgensen 8 14 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .214 .143 Duffy Dyer 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 Ken Boswell 75 284 37 74 7 2 4 11 16 0 27 1 7 2 3 2 97 .261 .342 .300 Phil Linz 78 258 19 54 7 0 0 17 10 0 41 2 1 0 3 2 61 .209 .236 .243 Greg Goossen 38 106 4 22 7 0 0 6 10 0 21 2 0 0 1 0 29 .208 .274 .288 1968 New York Mets Regular Season Pitching Statistics Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Tom Seaver 36 278.0 16 12 0.571 224 73 68 15 205 48 35 14 5 0 2.20 Jerry Koosman 35 263.2 19 12 0.613 221 72 61 16 178 69 34 17 7 0 2.08 Don Cardwell 29 180.0 7 13 0.350 156 69 59 9 82 50 25 5 1 0 2.95 Dick Selma 33 170.1 9 10 0.474 148 63 52 11 117 54 23 4 3 0 2.75 Nolan Ryan 21 134.0 6 9 0.400 93 50 46 12 133 75 18 3 0 0 3.09 Cal Koonce 55 96.2 6 4 0.600 80 27 26 4 50 32 2 0 0 0 2.42 Al Jackson 25 92.2 3 7 0.300 88 42 38 5 59 17 9 0 0 0 3.69 Jim McAndrew 12 79.0 4 7 0.364 66 20 20 5 46 17 12 2 1 0 2.28 Ron Taylor 58 76.2 1 5 0.167 64 24 23 4 49 18 0 0 0 0 2.70 Danny Frisella 19 50.2 2 4 0.333 53 23 22 5 47 17 4 0 0 0 3.91 Bill Short 34 29.2 0 3 0.000 24 17 16 0 24 14 0 0 0 0 4.85 Bill Connors 9 14.0 0 1 0.000 21 14 14 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 9.00 Don Shaw 7 12.0 0 0 0.000 3 1 1 1 11 5 0 0 0 0 0.75 Les Rohr 2 6.0 0 2 0.000 9 4 3 0 5 7 1 0 0 0 4.50

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1968

Pitcher R. Taylor 58 C. Koonce 55 T. Seaver 36 J. Koosman 35 B. Short 34 D. Selma 33 D. Cardwell 29 A. Jackson 25 N. Ryan 21 D. Frisella 19 J. McAndrew 12 B. Connors 9 D. Shaw 7 L. Rohr 2 Catcher J. Grote 115 J. Martin 53 D. Dyer 1 G. Goossen 1 First Base E. Kranepool 113 G. Goossen 31 A. Shamsky 17 J. Martin 14 L. Stahl 9 M. Jorgensen 4 E. Charles 2 Second Base P. Linz 70 K. Boswell 69 A. Weis 29 J. Buchek 12 K. Collins 6 B. Heise 1 Third Base E. Charles 106 K. Collins 41 J. Buchek 37 A. Weis 2 Shortstop B. Harrelson 106 A. Weis 59 B. Heise 6 K. Collins 1 Outfield C. Jones 139 T. Agee 127 R. Swoboda 125 A. Shamsky 82 L. Stahl 46 D. Bosch 33 J. Buchek 9 E. Kranepool 2 Left Field C. Jones 117 A. Shamsky 71 L. Stahl 13 J. Buchek 9 D. Bosch 4 E. Kranepool 2 R. Swoboda 1 Center Field T. Agee 116 L. Stahl 30 D. Bosch 30 C. Jones 28 Right Field R. Swoboda 124 C. Jones 18 L. Stahl 18 T. Agee 13 A. Shamsky 12

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