1968 New York Mets season

1968 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964)
New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Joan Whitney Payson
General manager(s)	Johnny Murphy
Manager(s)	Gil Hodges
Local television	WOR-TV
Local radio	WJRZ/WABC-FM (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
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The 1968 New York Mets season was the 7th regular season for the Mets. They went 73–89 and finished 9th in the National League. 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.^[1]
November 28, 1967: Darrell Sutherland was drafted from the Mets by the Cleveland Indians in the 1967 minor league draft.^[2]
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.^[3]
March 28, 1968: Clyde Mashore was returned by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	0.599	—	47–34	50–31
San Francisco Giants	88	74	0.543	9	42–39	46–35
Chicago Cubs	84	78	0.519	13	47–34	37–44
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	0.512	14	40–41	43–38
Atlanta Braves	81	81	0.500	16	41–40	40–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	0.494	17	40–41	40–41
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	86	0.469	21	41–40	35–46
Philadelphia Phillies	76	86	0.469	21	38–43	38–43
New York Mets	73	89	0.451	24	32–49	41–40
Houston Astros	72	90	0.444	25	42–39	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1968 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–10	10–8	11–7	9–9	12–6–1	11–7	6–12	9–9	5–13
Chicago	10–8	—	7–11	10–8	12–6	8–10	9–9	10–8	9–9–1	9–9
Cincinnati	8–10	11–7	—	9–9	9–9	10–8	11–7	10–8–1	8–10	7–11
Houston	7–11	8–10	9–9	—	11–7	10–8	9–9	5–13	8–10	5–13
Los Angeles	9–9	6–12	9–9	7–11	—	7–11	10–8	10–8	9–9	9–9
New York	6–12–1	10–8	8–10	8–10	11–7	—	8–10	9–9	7–11	6–12
Philadelphia	7–11	9–9	7–11	9–9	8–10	10–8	—	9–9	9–9	8–10
Pittsburgh	12–6	8–10	8–10–1	13–5	8–10	9–9	9–9	—	7–11	6–12
San Francisco	9–9	9–9–1	10–8	10–8	9–9	11–7	9–9	11–7	—	10–8
St. Louis	13–5	9–9	11–7	13–5	9–9	12–6	10–8	12–6	8–10	—

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

37 Ray Sykes

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
CF	Agee, TommieTommie Agee	132	368	80	.217	5	17

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
Weis, AlAl Weis	90	274	47	.172	2	14

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
Cardwell, DonDon Cardwell	29	180	7	13	2.95	82

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

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
Connors, BillBill Connors	9	0	1	0	9.00	8
Shaw, DonDon Shaw	7	0	0	0	0.73	11

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1968 New York Mets
1968 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

1968 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota New York Oakland Washington

National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1968 MLB draft 1968 All-Star Game 1968 World Series 1968 MLB expansion draft

New York Mets

Based in Queens, New York City, New York

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Al Lang Stadium; Tradition Field

Culture and lore

Key personnel

Owner: Fred Wilpon
President: Saul Katz
COO: Jeff Wilpon
General Manager: Sandy Alderson
Manager: Terry Collins
Team Captain: David Wright

Rivalries

World Series
Championships (2)

1969
1986

National League
Pennants (5)

Division titles (6)

Wild Card (3)

Minor league affiliates

Seasons (56)

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