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Jerry Koosman
Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 1989
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 18 of 1233 players

Jerome Martin Koosman
Born: December 23, 1942 at Appleton, Minn.
Throws: Left Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 220

Jerry Koosman has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 82 times, most recently on January 24, 2024.

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First Mets game: April 14, 1967
Last Mets game: September 30, 1978

Winner of National League Player of the Month award, April 1973. (New York Mets)
Winner of National League Player of the Week award, April 29, 1973. (New York Mets)
Winner of National League Pitcher of the Month award, July 1976. (New York Mets)

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Jerry Koosman also played for the following teams:

Minnesota Twins 1979 - 1981; Chicago White Sox 1981 - 1983; Philadelphia Phillies 1984, 1985

Signed with New York Mets as a free agent on August 27, 1964.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jesse Orosco and Greg Field on December 8, 1978.

On disabled list:

from July 7, 1971 to August 9, 1971 (tightness in left side)

Established a Mets season record for Wins in 1968 with 19. Broken by Tom Seaver in 1969 with 25.
Established a Mets season record for Shutouts in 1968 with 7. Tied by Jon Matlack in 1974. Broken by Dwight Gooden in 1985 with 8.

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Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1967 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .333

1968 35 91 3 7 1 0 1 4 3 0 62 0 0 0 3 0 11 .077 .121 .106

1969 32 84 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 46 0 0 0 4 0 4 .048 .048 .059

1970 30 70 5 6 1 0 0 4 8 0 46 0 0 0 8 0 7 .086 .100 .179

1971 26 50 3 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 25 1 0 0 6 0 8 .160 .160 .222

1972 34 47 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 9 0 4 .085 .085 .085

1973 35 78 3 8 1 0 0 3 2 0 37 0 0 0 15 0 9 .103 .115 .125

1974 35 86 5 16 2 1 0 5 7 0 29 0 0 0 10 0 20 .186 .233 .247

1975 36 78 4 14 2 0 0 6 4 0 31 0 1 0 7 0 16 .179 .205 .220

1976 34 79 5 17 2 0 0 6 2 0 34 0 0 0 13 0 19 .215 .241 .235

1977 32 72 2 8 0 0 1 7 0 0 30 1 0 0 5 1 11 .111 .153 .122

1978 38 70 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 27 0 0 0 5 0 9 .086 .129 .086

12 years 376 807 33 98 12 1 2 39 31 0 386 2 1 0 85 1 118 .121 .146 .156

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1969 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .333

1973 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500

2 years 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .429

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1969 2 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .286 .143

1973 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

2 years 4 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .182 .091

Led Mets in sacrifice hits with 13 in 1976.

1972 Jerry Koosman

1972 Jerry Koosman

Baseball Digest Mets' New Phenoms

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July 1968

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September 26, 1963

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April 1970

Sports Illustrated THE METS AGAINST THE WORLD

Sports Illustrated
April 13, 1970

Countrywide Sports Hodges' Secret Plan For Seaver & Koosman

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August 1970

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