1962 NEW YORK METS

| Level: MLB

Location: New York,NY
Team Record: 40-120 .250
Result: 10th in National League
Manager(s): Casey Stengel
General Manager: George Weiss
Stadium: Polo Grounds
Attendance: 922,530
Playoffs: Did not qualify

New York Mets affiliate history

Oldest Player: Gene Woodling (39)
Youngest Player: Ed Kranepool (17)
Longest Tenure:
Top Hitter: Frank Thomas (23)
Top Pitcher: Al Jackson (21)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity:

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
SF Giants	103	62	.624	--
LA Dodgers	102	63	.618	1.0
Cincinnati	98	64	.605	3.5
Pittsburgh	93	68	.578	8.0
Milwaukee	86	76	.531	15.5
St. Louis	84	78	.519	17.5
Philadelphia	81	80	.503	20.0
Houston	64	96	.400	36.5
Chi Cubs	59	103	.364	42.5
NY Mets	40	120	.250	60.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
25	Frank Thomas	of-3b	23	33	-	MLB	156	571	69	152	23	3	34	94	2	1	48	95	8	4	0	6	15	.266	.329	.496	824	283	633	441	99	6.1	.263
4	Charlie Neal	2b-ss	38	31	-	MLB	136	508	59	132	14	9	11	58	2	8	56	90	0	1	9	6	17	.260	.330	.388	718	197	579	416	65	4.2	.293
18	Felix Mantilla	2b-ss	54	27	-	MLB	141	466	54	128	17	4	11	59	3	1	37	51	5	0	3	7	11	.275	.330	.399	729	186	518	360	68	5.1	.285
9	Jim Hickman	of-1b	58	25	UDFA: 1956	MLB	140	392	54	96	18	2	13	46	4	4	47	96	3	2	7	3	9	.245	.328	.401	729	157	452	319	52	4.4	.290
1	Richie Ashburn	of	51	35	-	MLB	135	389	60	119	7	3	7	28	12	7	81	39	0	2	1	2	4	.306	.424	.393	817	153	473	284	77	7.3	.325
7	Elio Chacon	ss-2b	52	25	-	MLB	118	368	49	87	10	3	2	27	12	7	76	64	1	3	3	1	13	.236	.368	.296	664	109	449	305	44	3.9	.281
2	Marv Throneberry	1b	-	28	-	MLB	116	357	29	87	11	3	16	49	1	3	34	83	0	4	1	4	7	.244	.306	.426	732	152	396	285	46	4.4	.271
10	Rod Kanehl	2b-of	-	28	-	MLB	133	351	52	87	10	2	4	27	8	6	23	36	1	2	3	0	7	.248	.296	.322	618	113	378	280	34	3.3	.267
23	Joe Christopher	of	-	26	-	MLB	119	271	36	66	10	2	6	32	11	3	35	42	4	0	3	1	4	.244	.338	.362	699	98	314	216	38	4.7	.268
11	Gene Woodling	of	-	39	-	MLB	81	190	18	52	8	1	5	24	0	0	24	22	1	3	0	3	5	.274	.353	.405	758	77	218	146	30	5.6	.283
16	Sammy Taylor	c	-	29	-	MLB	68	158	12	35	4	2	3	20	0	0	23	17	2	1	0	3	4	.222	.323	.329	652	52	186	130	20	4.1	.227
17	Choo Choo Coleman	c	-	24	-	MLB	55	152	24	38	7	2	6	17	2	4	11	24	1	2	1	1	1	.250	.303	.441	744	67	166	121	22	4.8	.260
8	Chris Cannizzaro	c	-	24	UDFA: 1956	MLB	59	133	9	32	2	1	0	9	1	1	19	26	1	1	1	2	5	.241	.335	.271	606	36	156	110	12	2.8	.294
14	Gil Hodges	1b	-	38	-	MLB	54	127	15	32	1	0	9	17	0	0	15	27	0	1	0	0	4	.252	.331	.472	803	60	142	99	20	5.3	.253
6	Cliff Cook	3b-of	-	25	-	MLB	40	112	12	26	6	1	2	9	1	0	4	34	3	0	0	1	0	.232	.275	.357	632	40	120	87	11	3.3	.312
3	Gus Bell	of	-	33	-	MLB	30	101	8	15	2	0	1	6	0	1	10	7	0	0	2	2	2	.149	.221	.198	419	20	115	93	3	1.0	.147
11	Ed Bouchee	1b	-	29	-	MLB	50	87	7	14	2	0	3	10	0	0	18	17	0	2	0	1	2	.161	.302	.287	589	25	106	76	8	2.8	.162
38	Roger Craig	p	-	32	-	MLB	42	76	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	33	1	0	4	0	1	.053	.111	.053	164	4	85	77	-7	-2.6	.093
15	Al Jackson	p	-	26	-	MLB	44	73	5	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	27	0	0	6	0	3	.068	.093	.096	189	7	81	77	-6	-2.2	.109
47	Jay Hook	p	-	25	-	MLB	41	69	6	14	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	24	0	0	6	0	0	.203	.286	.203	489	14	83	61	2	1.1	.311
5	Joe Pignatano	c	-	32	-	MLB	27	56	2	13	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	3	.232	.259	.268	526	15	58	46	2	1.4	.289
12	Sammy Drake	3b-2b	-	27	-	MLB	25	52	2	10	0	0	0	7	0	0	6	12	0	1	1	0	0	.192	.276	.192	468	10	59	43	2	1.2	.250
17	Don Zimmer	3b-2b	-	31	-	MLB	14	52	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	10	0	0	0	0	1	.077	.127	.096	223	5	55	50	-3	-1.6	.095
6	Rick Herrscher	1b-3b	-	25	-	MLB	35	50	5	11	3	0	1	6	0	0	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.291	.340	631	17	55	39	5	3.7	.263
5	Hobie Landrith	c	-	32	-	MLB	23	45	6	13	3	0	1	7	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	1	0	.289	.389	.422	811	19	54	33	9	7.7	.286
44	Harry Chiti	c	-	29	-	MLB	15	41	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	2	.195	.233	.220	452	9	43	35	1	0.5	.242
24	Bob Miller	p	-	23	UDFA: 1958	MLB	40	41	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	0	0	2	0	0	.122	.143	.171	314	7	44	38	-2	-1.1	.208
6	Jim Marshall	1b	-	31	-	MLB	17	32	6	11	1	0	3	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.400	.656	1056	21	35	21	9	11.0	.348
20	Craig Anderson	p	-	23	-	MLB	50	32	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	3	0	0	.094	.121	.094	215	3	36	32	-2	-1.8	.150
22	Bob Moorhead	p	-	24	-	MLB	38	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	0	0	1	0	0	.045	.222	.045	268	1	28	22	-1	-1.5	.091
16	Bobby Gene Smith	of	-	28	-	MLB	8	22	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	.136	.240	.227	467	5	25	21	1	0.9	.150
29	John DeMerit	of	-	26	-	MLB	14	16	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.278	.375	653	6	18	13	2	3.5	.182
35	Ray Daviault	p	-	28	-	MLB	36	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	192	1	16	14	-1	-2.8	.143
29	Willard Hunter	p	-	28	-	MLB	27	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	462	3	13	10	0	-0.4	.500
19	Ken MacKenzie	p	-	28	-	MLB	42	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	167	1	13	12	-1	-2.7	.167
26	Vinegar Bend Mizell	p	-	31	-	MLB	17	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	2	8	6	0	1.3	.333
26	Galen Cisco	p	-	26	-	MLB	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	8	-1	-3.8	.000
28,36	Sherman Jones	p	-	27	-	MLB	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	857	3	7	4	1	7.5	.600
21	Ed Kranepool	1b	-	17	UDFA: 1962	MLB	3	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	500	2	6	5	0	2.3	.200
12	Joe Ginsberg	c	-	35	-	MLB	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
26	Herb Moford	p	-	33	-	MLB	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	4	3	0	1.3	.333
27	Larry Foss	p	-	26	-	MLB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
36	Bob Miller	p	-	26	-	MLB	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
34	Dave Hillman	p	-	34	-	MLB	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (44 players)							160	5492	617	1318	166	40	139	573	59	48	616	991	32	29	58	44	122	.240	.318	.361	679	1981	6242	4446	651	4	.268

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
38	Roger Craig	22	32	-	MLB	10	24	4.51	42	33	13	0	8	3	233.1	261	133	117	35	70	118	7	2	1.42	10.07	1.35	2.70	4.55	0.59	.300	1.00
15	Al Jackson	21	26	-	MLB	8	20	4.40	36	33	12	4	2	0	231.1	244	132	113	16	78	118	9	0	1.39	9.49	0.62	3.03	4.59	0.66	.300	1.53
47	Jay Hook	24	25	-	MLB	8	19	4.84	37	34	13	0	2	0	213.2	230	137	115	31	71	113	9	0	1.41	9.69	1.31	2.99	4.76	0.63	.285	0.92
24	Bob Miller	-	23	UDFA: 1958	MLB	1	12	4.89	33	21	1	0	7	0	143.2	146	98	78	20	62	91	12	1	1.45	9.15	1.25	3.88	5.70	0.68	.279	1.32
20	Craig Anderson	42	23	-	MLB	3	17	5.35	50	14	2	0	20	4	131.1	150	108	78	18	63	62	8	0	1.62	10.28	1.23	4.32	4.25	1.02	.288	1.41
22	Bob Moorhead	-	24	-	MLB	0	2	4.53	38	7	0	0	11	0	105.1	118	69	53	13	42	63	7	0	1.52	10.08	1.11	3.59	5.38	0.67	.314	0.73
35	Ray Daviault	-	28	-	MLB	1	5	6.22	36	3	0	0	14	0	81.0	92	64	56	14	48	51	6	1	1.73	10.22	1.56	5.33	5.67	0.94	.307	0.84
19	Ken MacKenzie	-	28	-	MLB	5	4	4.95	42	1	0	0	16	1	80.0	87	47	44	10	34	51	0	0	1.51	9.79	1.13	3.82	5.74	0.67	.309	0.64
29	Willard Hunter	-	28	-	MLB	1	6	5.57	27	6	1	0	6	0	63.0	67	41	39	9	34	40	3	0	1.60	9.57	1.29	4.86	5.71	0.85	.291	1.07
26	Vinegar Bend Mizell	-	31	-	MLB	0	2	7.34	17	2	0	0	9	0	38.0	48	35	31	10	25	15	3	0	1.92	11.37	2.37	5.92	3.55	1.67	.309	0.63
28,36	Sherman Jones	-	27	-	MLB	0	4	7.71	8	3	0	0	1	0	23.1	31	22	20	3	8	11	3	1	1.67	11.96	1.16	3.09	4.24	0.73	.346	0.68
-	Bob Miller	-	26	-	MLB	2	2	7.08	17	0	0	0	12	1	20.1	24	16	16	2	8	8	1	0	1.57	10.62	0.89	3.54	3.54	1.00	--	1.23
26	Galen Cisco	-	26	-	MLB	1	1	3.26	4	2	1	0	0	0	19.1	15	7	7	0	11	13	1	0	1.34	6.98	0.00	5.12	6.05	0.85	--	1.25
34	Dave Hillman	-	34	-	MLB	0	0	6.32	13	1	0	0	4	1	15.2	21	12	11	5	8	8	0	0	1.85	12.06	2.87	4.60	4.60	1.00	.320	0.67
26	Herb Moford	-	33	-	MLB	0	1	7.20	7	0	0	0	1	0	15.0	21	15	12	3	1	5	2	0	1.47	12.60	1.80	0.60	3.00	0.20	.316	0.63
27	Larry Foss	-	26	-	MLB	0	1	4.63	5	1	0	0	2	0	11.2	17	6	6	2	7	3	0	0	2.06	13.11	1.54	5.40	2.31	2.33	.357	0.41
41	Clem Labine	-	35	-	MLB	0	0	11.25	3	0	0	0	3	0	4.0	5	6	5	1	1	2	0	0	1.50	11.25	2.25	2.25	4.50	0.50	.267	1.60
Totals: (44 players)						40	120	5.04	160	160	43	4	117	10	1,430	1577	948	801	139	571	772	71	5	1.35	9.93	1.21	3.59	4.86	0.74	.316

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chris Cannizzaro	C	56		218	34	7	3	.973	0.00
Sammy Taylor	C	50		202	25	2	3	.991	0.00
Choo Choo Coleman	C	44		187	22	1	2	.995	0.00
Joe Pignatano	C	25		100	10	1	2	.991	0.00
Hobie Landrith	C	21		87	3	3	0	.968	0.00
Harry Chiti	C	14		62	4	2	1	.971	0.00
Joe Ginsberg	C	2		9	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Marv Throneberry	1B	97		785	77	17	87	.981	0.00
Gil Hodges	1B	47		315	32	5	23	.986	0.00
Ed Bouchee	1B	19		137	23	4	16	.976	0.00
Frank Thomas	1B	11		88	3	1	7	.989	0.00
Rick Herrscher	1B	10		75	8	0	9	1.000	0.00
Jim Marshall	1B	5		47	4	0	6	1.000	0.00
Rod Kanehl	1B	3		16	2	1	0	.947	0.00
Ed Kranepool	1B	3		9	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Charlie Neal	2B	85		187	240	13	54	.970	0.00
Rod Kanehl	2B	62		183	187	22	53	.944	0.00
Felix Mantilla	2B	14		35	24	2	4	.967	0.00
Sammy Drake	2B	10		21	21	1	6	.977	0.00
Richie Ashburn	2B	2		5	4	1	1	.900	0.00
Elio Chacon	2B	2		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Felix Mantilla	3B	95		76	179	14	22	.948	0.00
Rod Kanehl	3B	30		15	40	8	4	.873	0.00
Cliff Cook	3B	16		14	21	5	2	.875	0.00
Don Zimmer	3B	14		12	37	2	3	.961	0.00
Charlie Neal	3B	12		6	31	3	1	.925	0.00
Frank Thomas	3B	10		7	19	4	1	.867	0.00
Sammy Drake	3B	6		3	5	1	0	.889	0.00
Rick Herrscher	3B	6		3	7	2	1	.833	0.00
Elio Chacon	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Elio Chacon	SS	110		204	332	22	64	.961	0.00
Charlie Neal	SS	39		63	118	12	30	.938	0.00
Felix Mantilla	SS	25		28	48	4	10	.950	0.00
Rick Herrscher	SS	3		3	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Rod Kanehl	SS	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank Thomas	OF	126		216	14	9	0	.962	0.00
Jim Hickman	OF	124		265	7	8	0	.971	0.00
Richie Ashburn	OF	97		187	9	5	1	.975	0.00
Joe Christopher	OF	94		133	5	4	4	.972	0.00
Gene Woodling	OF	48		68	0	1	0	.986	0.00
Gus Bell	OF	26		40	7	1	3	.979	0.00
Rod Kanehl	OF	20		21	1	1	0	.957	0.00
Cliff Cook	OF	10		11	0	1	0	.917	0.00
John DeMerit	OF	9		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bobby Gene Smith	OF	6		12	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rick Herrscher	OF	4		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chris Cannizzaro	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Marshall	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Craig Anderson	P	50	131	8	36	2	3	.957	3.02
Roger Craig	P	42	233	23	54	4	4	.951	2.97
Ken MacKenzie	P	42	80	3	16	2	3	.905	2.14
Bob Moorhead	P	38	105	7	28	4	4	.897	3.00
Jay Hook	P	37	213	22	31	3	2	.946	2.24
Ray Daviault	P	36	81	9	6	0	0	1.000	1.67
Al Jackson	P	36	231	21	59	2	1	.976	3.12
Bob Miller	P	33	143	14	32	2	3	.958	2.89
Bob Miller	P	33	143	14	32	2	3	.958	2.89
Bob Miller	P	33	143	14	32	2	3	.958	2.89
Bob Miller	P	33	143	14	32	2	3	.958	2.89
Willard Hunter	P	27	63	5	6	1	0	.917	1.57
Bob Miller	P	17	20	2	3	0	1	1.000	2.24
Vinegar Bend Mizell	P	17	38	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.18
Dave Hillman	P	13	15	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.96
Sherman Jones	P	8	23	3	5	0	0	1.000	3.12
Herb Moford	P	7	15	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.80
Larry Foss	P	5	11	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.41
Galen Cisco	P	4	19	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.88
Clem Labine	P	3	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.50

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