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1968 New York Mets season

Field	Value
name	New York Mets
season	1968
image	New York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Shea Stadium
city	New York
record
league_place	9th
owners	Joan Whitney Payson
general_manager	Johnny Murphy
manager	Gil Hodges
television	WOR-TV
radio	WJRZ/WABC-FM
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)

(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy) The 1968 New York Mets season was the seventh regular season for the Mets. They went 73–89 and finished ninth in the National League, twenty-four games behind the first place St. Louis Cardinals They were managed by Gil Hodges. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

November 28, 1967: Clyde Mashore was drafted by the Mets from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1967 rule 5 draft.
November 28, 1967: Darrell Sutherland was drafted from the Mets by the Cleveland Indians in the 1967 minor league draft.
November 29, 1967: Bill Short was sold to the New York Mets by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
December 15, 1967: Tommy Davis, Jack Fisher, Billy Wynne, and Buddy Booker were traded by the Mets to the Chicago White Sox for Tommie Agee and Al Weis.
March 28, 1968: Clyde Mashore was returned by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

1968 marked the beginning of Gil Hodges' tenure at the helm. A former infielder with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he replaced Salty Parker as manager. Despite the team's 9th place finish, the Mets managed to narrowly avoid yet another last place ranking, and boasted their best record since their inception in 1962. They would go on to stun the baseball world the following year when they won the World Series.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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Pitchers

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

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C	Jerry Grote	124	404	114	.282	3	31
1B	Ed Kranepool	127	373	86	.231	3	20
2B	Ken Boswell	75	284	74	.261	4	11
SS	Bud Harrelson	111	402	88	.219	0	14
3B	Ed Charles	117	369	102	.276	15	53
LF	Cleon Jones	147	509	151	.297	14	55
CF		132	368	80	.217	5	17
RF	Ron Swoboda	132	450	109	.242	11	59

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%"	Player	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	G	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	AB	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"
Art Shamsky	116	345	82	.238	12	48
	90	274	47	.172	2	14
Phil Linz	78	258	54	.209	0	17
J.C. Martin	78	244	55	.225	3	31
Jerry Buchek	73	192	35	.182	1	11
Larry Stahl	53	183	43	.235	3	10
Kevin Collins	58	154	31	.201	1	13
Don Bosch	50	111	19	.171	3	7
Greg Goossen	38	106	22	.208	0	6
Bob Heise	6	23	5	.217	0	1
Mike Jorgensen	8	14	2	.143	0	0
Duffy Dyer	1	3	1	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Tom Seaver	36	278.0	16	12	2.20	205
Jerry Koosman	35	263.2	19	12	2.08	178
	29	180.0	7	13	2.95	82
Dick Selma	33	170.1	9	10	2.75	117
Nolan Ryan	21	134.0	6	9	3.09	133
Jim McAndrew	12	79.0	4	7	2.28	46

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Al Jackson	25	92.2	3	7	3.69	59
Danny Frisella	19	50.2	2	4	3.91	47
Les Rohr	2	6.0	0	2	4.50	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%"	Player	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	G	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"	W	New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%"
Ron Taylor	58	1	5	14	2.70	49
Cal Koonce	55	6	4	11	2.42	50
Bill Short	34	0	3	1	4.85	24
	9	0	1	0	9.00	8
	7	0	0	0	0.75	11

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville, Marion

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mashocl01.shtml Clyde Mashore page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sutheda01.shtml Darrell Sutherland page at Baseball Reference]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19671003&id=lNRNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZIoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=969,3111485 Mets buy Short]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/ageeto01.shtml Tommie Agee page at Baseball Reference]

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