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1972 1974 1973 Statistical Breakdowns: Individual Players vs. Teams Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Houston Astros Los Angeles Dodgers Montreal Expos Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals

1973 Totals

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October

Daily Standings Apr: 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 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 30 Oct: 1

1973 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 Lute Barnes 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 Greg Harts 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 Phil Hennigan 30 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 Felix Millan 153 638 82 185 23 4 3 37 35 3 22 6 2 2 18 2 225 .290 .353 .332 Rusty Staub 152 585 77 163 36 1 15 76 74 10 52 3 1 1 1 3 246 .279 .421 .361 Jim Beauchamp 50 61 5 17 1 1 0 14 7 1 11 0 1 0 0 2 20 .279 .328 .343 George Stone 28 48 4 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 13 .271 .271 .271 Ron Hodges 45 127 5 33 2 0 1 18 11 2 19 0 0 1 2 2 38 .260 .299 .314 Cleon Jones 92 339 48 88 13 0 11 48 28 6 51 3 1 1 1 8 134 .260 .395 .315 George Theodore 45 116 14 30 4 0 1 15 10 0 13 1 1 0 6 1 37 .259 .319 .320 Bud Harrelson 106 356 35 92 12 3 0 20 48 4 49 1 5 1 3 0 110 .258 .309 .348 Wayne Garrett 140 504 76 129 20 3 16 58 72 4 74 1 6 5 9 3 203 .256 .403 .348 Jerry Grote 84 285 17 73 10 2 1 32 13 1 23 1 0 0 5 1 90 .256 .316 .290 Ted Martinez 92 263 34 67 11 0 1 14 13 2 38 2 3 5 1 1 81 .255 .308 .294 Jerry May 4 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 Ed Kranepool 100 284 28 68 12 2 1 35 30 4 28 0 1 0 4 2 87 .239 .306 .310 Jim Gosger 38 92 9 22 2 0 0 10 9 2 16 0 0 1 0 1 24 .239 .261 .304 John Milner 129 451 69 108 12 3 23 72 62 6 84 1 1 1 0 5 195 .239 .432 .329 Jim Fregosi 45 124 7 29 4 1 0 11 20 3 25 0 1 2 0 0 35 .234 .282 .340 Don Hahn 93 262 22 60 10 0 2 21 22 2 43 0 2 1 4 4 76 .229 .290 .285 Ken Boswell 76 110 12 25 2 1 2 14 12 2 11 0 0 0 1 0 35 .227 .318 .303 Ray Sadecki 31 31 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 9 .226 .290 .226 Willie Mays 66 209 24 44 10 0 6 25 27 0 47 1 1 0 1 1 72 .211 .344 .303 Dave Schneck 13 36 2 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 .194 .250 .216 Duffy Dyer 70 189 9 35 6 1 1 9 13 1 40 2 0 1 0 0 46 .185 .243 .245 Harry Parker 38 23 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 5 0 4 .174 .174 .174 Tug McGraw 60 24 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 4 .167 .167 .259 Tom Seaver 39 93 9 15 2 1 1 5 7 0 34 0 1 0 9 0 22 .161 .237 .220 Jon Matlack 35 65 5 9 0 0 0 2 13 0 38 0 0 0 12 0 9 .138 .138 .282 Jim McAndrew 24 15 3 2 1 0 0 2 6 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 3 .133 .200 .381 Rich Chiles 8 25 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 .120 .200 .120 Jerry Koosman 35 78 3 8 1 0 0 3 2 0 37 0 0 0 15 0 9 .103 .115 .125 John Strohmayer 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Brian Ostrosser 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Craig Swan 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Hank Webb 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Tommy Moore 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Bob Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Buzz Capra 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .500 Bob Apodaca 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 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 36 290.0 19 10 0.655 219 74 67 23 251 64 36 18 3 0 2.08 Jerry Koosman 35 263.0 14 15 0.483 234 93 83 18 156 76 35 12 3 0 2.84 Jon Matlack 34 242.0 14 16 0.467 210 93 86 16 205 99 34 14 3 0 3.20 George Stone 27 148.0 12 3 0.800 157 53 46 16 77 31 20 2 0 1 2.80 Tug McGraw 60 118.2 5 6 0.455 106 53 51 11 81 55 2 0 0 25 3.87 Ray Sadecki 31 116.2 5 4 0.556 109 47 44 11 87 41 11 1 0 1 3.39 Harry Parker 38 96.2 8 4 0.667 79 40 36 7 63 36 9 0 0 5 3.35 Jim McAndrew 23 80.1 3 8 0.273 109 60 48 9 38 31 12 0 0 1 5.38 Phil Hennigan 30 43.1 0 4 0.000 50 30 30 6 22 16 0 0 0 3 6.23 Buzz Capra 24 42.0 2 7 0.222 35 18 18 4 35 28 0 0 0 4 3.86 John Strohmayer 7 10.0 0 0 0.000 13 10 9 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 8.10 Craig Swan 3 8.1 0 1 0.000 16 9 8 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 8.64 Tommy Moore 3 3.1 0 1 0.000 6 5 4 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 10.80 Hank Webb 2 1.2 0 0 0.000 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 10.80 Bob Miller 1 1.0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Bob Apodaca 1 0.0 0 0 0.000 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00

1973 New York Mets League Championship Series Batting Statistics Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP Jerry Koosman 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 Ed Kranepool 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 Willie Mays 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 Tom Seaver 2 6 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .333 .667 .429 Felix Millan 5 19 5 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 .316 .316 .381 Cleon Jones 5 20 3 6 2 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 .300 .400 .364 Don Hahn 5 17 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 .235 .235 .316 Jerry Grote 5 19 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .211 .211 .250 Rusty Staub 4 15 4 3 0 0 3 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 .200 .800 .333 John Milner 5 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .176 .176 .364 Bud Harrelson 5 18 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .211 Wayne Garrett 5 23 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .087 .130 .083 Tug McGraw 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Ken Boswell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Jon Matlack 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .333 George Stone 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .500 Harry Parker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1973 New York Mets League Championship Series Pitching Statistics Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Tom Seaver 2 16.2 1 1 0.500 13 4 3 2 17 5 2 1 0 0 1.62 Jon Matlack 1 9.0 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 1 9 3 1 1 1 0 0.00 Jerry Koosman 1 9.0 1 0 1.000 8 2 2 1 9 0 1 1 0 0 2.00 George Stone 1 6.2 0 0 0.000 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 1.35 Tug McGraw 2 5.0 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0.00 Harry Parker 1 1.0 0 1 0.000 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00

1973 New York Mets World Series Batting Statistics Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP Ken Boswell 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 1.000 1.000 Rusty Staub 7 26 1 11 2 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 .423 .615 .464 Tug McGraw 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 John Milner 7 27 2 8 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 .296 .296 .406 Cleon Jones 7 28 5 8 2 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 .286 .464 .394 Willie Mays 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 Jerry Grote 7 30 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 .267 .267 .290 Jon Matlack 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .250 .500 Bud Harrelson 7 24 2 6 1 0 0 1 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 .250 .292 .379 Don Hahn 7 29 2 7 1 1 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10 .241 .345 .267 Felix Millan 7 32 3 6 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 .188 .281 .212 Wayne Garrett 7 30 4 5 0 0 2 2 5 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 .167 .367 .306 Jim Beauchamp 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Ted Martinez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Ed Kranepool 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 George Theodore 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Ron Hodges 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.000 Tom Seaver 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Jerry Koosman 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Harry Parker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Ray Sadecki 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 George Stone 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1973 New York Mets World Series Pitching Statistics Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Jon Matlack 3 16.2 1 2 0.333 10 7 4 2 11 5 3 0 0 0 2.16 Tom Seaver 2 15.0 0 1 0.000 13 4 4 0 18 3 2 0 0 0 2.40 Tug McGraw 5 13.2 1 0 1.000 8 5 4 0 14 9 0 0 0 1 2.63 Jerry Koosman 2 8.2 1 0 1.000 9 3 3 0 8 7 2 0 0 0 3.12 Ray Sadecki 4 4.2 0 0 0.000 5 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 1.93 Harry Parker 3 3.1 0 1 0.000 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 George Stone 2 3.0 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0.00

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1973

Pitcher T. McGraw 60 H. Parker 38 T. Seaver 36 J. Koosman 35 J. Matlack 34 R. Sadecki 31 P. Hennigan 30 G. Stone 27 B. Capra 24 J. McAndrew 23 J. Strohmayer 7 T. Moore 3 C. Swan 3 H. Webb 2 B. Apodaca 1 B. Miller 1 Catcher J. Grote 81 D. Dyer 60 R. Hodges 40 J. May 4 First Base J. Milner 95 E. Kranepool 51 W. Mays 17 J. Beauchamp 11 G. Theodore 4 J. Fregosi 3 Second Base F. Millan 153 W. Garrett 7 T. Martinez 5 K. Boswell 3 Third Base W. Garrett 129 K. Boswell 17 J. Fregosi 17 T. Martinez 14 J. Grote 2 Shortstop B. Harrelson 103 T. Martinez 43 J. Fregosi 17 W. Garrett 9 B. Ostrosser 4 Outfield R. Staub 152 C. Jones 89 D. Hahn 87 W. Mays 45 J. Gosger 35 G. Theodore 33 E. Kranepool 32 J. Milner 29 T. Martinez 22 D. Schneck 12 R. Chiles 8 J. Fregosi 1 Left Field C. Jones 73 E. Kranepool 31 J. Milner 29 G. Theodore 29 J. Gosger 21 W. Mays 5 T. Martinez 5 D. Hahn 4 J. Fregosi 1 Center Field D. Hahn 83 W. Mays 45 T. Martinez 18 J. Gosger 18 C. Jones 14 D. Schneck 12 R. Chiles 8 G. Theodore 3 Right Field R. Staub 152 W. Mays 9 C. Jones 8 D. Hahn 2 G. Theodore 1 E. Kranepool 1

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