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1975 New York Mets season

Field	Value
name	New York Mets
season	1975
image	New York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Shea Stadium
city	New York
record
divisional_place	3rd
owners	Joan Whitney Payson
general_manager	Joe McDonald
managers	Yogi Berra, Roy McMillan
television	WOR-TV
radio	WNEW
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)

(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)

The 1975 New York Mets season was the 14th regular season for the Mets, who played their home games at Shea Stadium. Initially led by manager Yogi Berra followed by Roy McMillan, the team had an 82–80 record and finished in third place in the National League East, ten and a half games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

October 22, 1974: Duffy Dyer was traded by the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gene Clines.
December 3, 1974: Tug McGraw, Don Hahn, and Dave Schneck were traded by the Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Del Unser, Mac Scarce and John Stearns.
January 9, 1975: Greg Harris was drafted by the Mets in the 4th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase), but did not sign.

Regular season

Season summary

After the Mets' lackluster 1974 season, changes were made to improve the team. On February 28, the Mets scored a coup. For cash estimated at around $100,000, they acquired the San Francisco Giants' explosive home run hitter, Dave Kingman. A moody but undeniable talent, Kingman had batted just .223 for San Francisco in 1974, striking out every third at-bat, but many of his 18 home runs had traveled breathtaking distances. Kingman, the Mets hoped, would provide the home run power the club lacked, as well as generate some excitement.

The Mets were indeed stronger in 1975. Their .256 batting average was the highest in club history, and Kingman did supply some wallop with a then team-record 36 home runs, while Rusty Staub's 105 RBIs made him the first Met to drive in 100. As before, the club's greatest strength lay in its pitching, topped by Tom Seaver's 22–9 record, good enough for a third Cy Young Award. Jerry Koosman was 14–13 and Jon Matlack 16–12, but beyond that no pitcher won more than seven. At season's end, they concluded with an 82–80 record and a tie for third.

Firings and tragedies

The Mets' marginal 82–80 record also resulted in the dismissal of manager Yogi Berra on August 6. His replacement for the rest of the season was coach Roy McMillan. Also gone, a week earlier, was Cleon Jones, released outright.

As the season rolled to an end, there was a quick succession of news stories invoving the Mets. On September 29, Casey Stengel died of cancer in California at the age of 85. A few days later, on October 4, the club's principal owner, Mrs. Joan Payson, died at the age of 72.

In between these two passings, on October 3 the club announced the hiring of their fifth full-time manager. The new man was Joe Frazier, former major league infielder and manager of the Tidewater Tides in 1975. Frazier was the first Mets skipper to not have played or managed for a New York team prior to managing the Mets, having been promoted from within the organization. Frazier had led the Tides, the Mets' top farm club, to a first-place finish in the International League, earning him the Sporting News award for Minor League Manager of the Year.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 4, 1975: Joe Nolan was traded by the Mets to the Atlanta Braves for Leo Foster.
April 12, 1975: Jesús Alou was signed as a free agent by the Mets.
April 25, 1975: Bill Laxton was signed as a free agent by the Mets.

Draft picks

June 3, 1975: Butch Benton was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft.

Roster

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Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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	119	386	114	.295	2	39
1B	Ed Kranepool	106	325	105	.323	4	43
2B		162	676	191	.283	1	56
SS	Mike Phillips	116	383	98	.256	1	28
3B	Wayne Garrett	107	274	73	.266	6	34
LF	Dave Kingman	134	502	116	.231	36	88
CF	Del Unser	147	531	156	.294	10	53
RF	Rusty Staub	155	574	162	.282	19	105

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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Joe Torre	114	361	89	.247	6	35
John Milner	91	220	42	.191	7	29
	82	203	46	.227	0	10
John Stearns	59	169	32	.189	3	10
Mike Vail	38	162	49	.302	3	17
Jack Heidemann	61	145	31	.214	1	16
Jesús Alou	62	102	27	.265	0	11
Bud Harrelson	34	73	16	.219	0	3
Cleon Jones	21	50	12	.240	0	2
Ron Hodges	9	34	7	.206	2	4
Roy Staiger	13	19	3	.158	0	0
Bob Gallagher	33	15	2	.133	0	0
Brock Pemberton	2	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

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	280.1	22	9	2.38	243
Jerry Koosman	36	239.2	14	13	3.42	173
Jon Matlack	33	228.2	16	12	3.38	154
Randy Tate	26	137.2	5	13	4.45	99
George Stone	13	57.0	3	3	5.05	21
Craig Swan	6	31.0	1	3	6.39	19

Other pitchers

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

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Hank Webb	29	115.0	7	6	4.07	38

Relief pitchers

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

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	46	3	4	13	1.49	45
Rick Baldwin	54	3	5	6	3.33	54
Tom Hall	34	4	3	1	4.75	48
Ken Sanders	30	1	1	5	2.30	8
Skip Lockwood	24	1	3	2	1.49	61
Harry Parker	18	2	3	2	4.41	22
Jerry Cram	4	0	1	0	5.40	2
Nino Espinosa	2	0	1	0	18.00	2
Mac Scarce	1	0	0	0	----	0

Awards and honors

Dave Kingman – Player of the Month, July 1975 All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater

Notes

References

1975 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
1975 New York Mets at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dyerdu01.shtml Duffy Dyer] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/unserde01.shtml Del Unser] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrigr01.shtml Greg Harris] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fostele01.shtml Leo Foster] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alouje01.shtml Jesús Alou] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/laxtobi01.shtml Bill Laxton] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bentobu01.shtml Butch Benton] at ''Baseball Reference''

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