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1970 New York Mets season

FieldValue
nameNew York Mets
season1970
imageNew York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg
leagueNational League
divisionEast
ballparkShea Stadium
record
divisional_place3rd
cityNew York
ownersJoan Whitney Payson
general_managerBob Scheffing
managerGil Hodges
televisionWOR-TV
radioWJRZ/WNBC-FM
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)

(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy) 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, six games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

  • December 3, 1969: Amos Otis and Bob Johnson were traded by the Mets to the Kansas City Royals for Joe Foy.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

  • July 12, 1970: Don Cardwell was purchased from the Mets by the Atlanta Braves.

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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CJerry Grote126415106.255234
1BDonn Clendenon121396114.2882297
2BKen Boswell10535189.254544
SSBud Harrelson157564137.243142
3B9932276.236637
LFCleon Jones134506140.2771063
CFTommie Agee153636182.2862475
RFRon Swoboda11524557.233940

Other batters

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

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Art Shamsky122403118.2931149
Wayne Garrett11436693.2541245
Ken Singleton6919852.263526
Dave Marshall9218946.243629
Duffy Dyer5914831.209212
Al Weis7512125.207111
Mike Jorgensen768717.19534
Ed Kranepool43478.17003
4161.06300
Rod Gaspar11140.00000
Tim Foli5114.36401
Leroy Stanton441.25000

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 Seaver37290.218122.82283
Jerry Koosman30212.01273.14118
Gary Gentry32188.1993.68134
Jim McAndrew32184.110143.56111

Other pitchers

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

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Ray Sadecki28138.2843.8989
Nolan Ryan27131.27113.42125

Relief pitchers

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

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Ron Taylor5754133.9328
Tug McGraw5746103.2881
Danny Frisella308313.0254
Rich Folkers160226.4415
160206.488
Cal Koonce130203.2710
Ron Herbel122211.388
Dean Chance301113.500

Awards and honors

  • Tommie Agee – Player of the Month, June 1970 All-Star Game

Farm system

Notes

References

References

  1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/otisam01.shtml Amos Otis page at Baseball Reference]
  2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cardwdo01.shtml Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference]
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