1968 New York Mets season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Mets 1968 New York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg National League Shea Stadium New York 73 89 y 9th Joan Whitney Payson Johnny Murphy Gil Hodges WOR-TV WJRZ/WABC-FM(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.Clyde Mashore page at Baseball Reference November 28, 1967: Darrell Sutherland was drafted from the Mets by the Cleveland Indians in the 1967 minor league draft.Darrell Sutherland page at Baseball Reference November 29, 1967: Bill Short was sold to the New York Mets by the Pittsburgh Pirates.Mets buy Short 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.Tommie Agee page at Baseball Reference 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 New York Mets Record vs. opponents NYM Roster 1968 New York Mets Roster Pitchers 27 Don Cardwell 33,45 Bill Connors 29 Danny Frisella 38 Al Jackson 34 Cal Koonce 36 Jerry Koosman 43 Jim McAndrew 31 Les Rohr 30 Nolan Ryan 41 Tom Seaver 39 Dick Selma 35 Don Shaw 40 Bill Short 42 Ron Taylor Catchers 10 Duffy Dyer 15 Jerry Grote  9 J. C. Martin Infielders 12 Ken Boswell  1 Jerry Buchek  5 Ed Charles 16 Kevin Collins 10 Greg Goossen  3 Bud Harrelson 23 Bob Heise 16 Mike Jorgensen  7 Ed Kranepool  2 Phil Linz  6 Al Weis Outfielders 20 Tommie Agee 17 Don Bosch 21 Cleon Jones 24 Art Shamsky 25 Larry Stahl  4 Ron Swoboda Manager 14 Gil Hodges Coaches  8 Yogi Berra 52 Joe Pignatano 54 Rube Walker 53 Eddie Yost 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 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 Tommie Agee 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Art Shamsky 116 345 82 .238 12 48 Al Weis 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Tom Seaver 36 278.0 16 12 2.20 205 Jerry Koosman 35 263.2 19 12 2.08 178 Don Cardwell 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO 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 Bill Connors Bill Connors (baseball) 9 0 1 0 9.00 8 Don Shaw Don Shaw (baseball) 7 0 0 0 0.75 11 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Jacksonville Suns International League Clyde McCullough AA Memphis Blues Texas League Roy Sievers A Visalia Mets California League Roy McMillan A Raleigh-Durham Mets Carolina League Pete Pavlick A-Short Season Mankato Mets Northern League Joe Frazier Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Gary Gearhart LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville, Marion Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1968 New York Mets at Baseball Reference 1968 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Mets seasons New York Mets season New York Mets Category:1960s in Queens