Recent MLB Deaths: Bill Monbouquette - Nick Koback - Ernie Banks - Chuck Locke - Stu Miller - Bob Usher - Herb Plews
1962 New York Mets (MLB)
+ National League
| Nickname: | |||
| W-L Record: | 40-120 .250 | ||
| Rank: | 10th in National League | ||
| Run Differential: | 617-948 -331 | ||
| Manager(s): | Casey Stengel | ||
| General Manager: | George Weiss | ||
| Location: | New York, New York | ||
| Ballpark: | Polo Grounds | ||
| Attendance: | 922,530 12/20 | ||
| Playoffs: | |||
| Top Draft Pick: | All picks | ||
| Years Active: | |||
| Franchise Information | |||
Coaching Staff
Assistant Coach: Red KressAssistant Coach: Cookie Lavagetto
Assistant Coach: Solly Hemus
Pitching Coach: Red Ruffing
Third Base Coach: Rogers Hornsby
Organization Affiliates
MLB: New York Mets (MLB-NL) 40-120Organizational Player Roster
New York Mets Affiliate History
| National League Standings | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | WPct | GBL | |||||
| 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 |
| # | Player | Pos | Age | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | GDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | secA | Babip | K/BB | AB/HR | TB | PA |
| 20 | Craig Anderson | P | 23 | 50 | 32 | 2 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .121 | .094 | 215 | .000 | .031 | .150 | 12.00 | -- | 3 | 36 |
| 1 | Richie Ashburn | OF | 35 | 135 | 389 | 60 | 119 *Loading* (click to close) | 7 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 7 *Loading* (click to close) | 28 | 12 | 7 | 81 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .306 | .424 | .393 | 817 | .087 | .308 | .325 | 0.48 | 55.6 | 153 | 473 |
| 3 | Gus Bell | OF | 33 | 30 | 101 | 8 | 15 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .149 | .221 | .198 | 419 | .050 | .139 | .147 | 0.70 | 101.0 | 20 | 115 |
| 11 | Ed Bouchee | 1B | 29 | 50 | 87 | 7 | 14 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .161 | .302 | .287 | 589 | .126 | .333 | .162 | 0.94 | 29.0 | 25 | 106 |
| 8 | Chris Cannizzaro | C | 24 | 59 | 133 | 9 | 32 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .241 | .331 | .271 | 602 | .030 | .173 | .294 | 1.37 | -- | 36 | 155 |
| 7 | Elio Chacon | SS | 25 | 118 | 368 | 49 | 87 *Loading* (click to close) | 10 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 27 | 12 | 7 | 76 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | .236 | .366 | .296 | 662 | .060 | .280 | .281 | 0.84 | 184.0 | 109 | 448 |
| 44 | Harry Chiti | C | 29 | 15 | 41 | 2 | 8 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .195 | .214 | .220 | 434 | .024 | .049 | .242 | 8.00 | -- | 9 | 42 |
| 23 | Joe Christopher | OF | 26 | 119 | 271 | 36 | 66 *Loading* (click to close) | 10 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 *Loading* (click to close) | 32 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .244 | .329 | .362 | 691 | .118 | .277 | .268 | 1.20 | 45.2 | 98 | 310 |
| 26 | Galen Cisco | P | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Choo Choo Coleman | C | 24 | 55 | 152 | 24 | 38 *Loading* (click to close) | 7 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 *Loading* (click to close) | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .299 | .441 | 740 | .191 | .250 | .260 | 2.18 | 25.3 | 67 | 165 |
| 6 | Cliff Cook | 3B-OF | 25 | 40 | 112 | 12 | 26 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .232 | .256 | .357 | 613 | .125 | .170 | .312 | 8.50 | 56.0 | 40 | 117 |
| 38 | Roger Craig | P | 32 | 42 | 76 | 1 | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .053 | .100 | .053 | 153 | .000 | .053 | .093 | 8.25 | -- | 4 | 84 |
| 35 | Ray Daviault | P | 28 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .125 | .067 | 192 | .000 | .067 | .143 | 8.00 | -- | 1 | 16 |
| 29 | John DeMerit | OF | 26 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .187 | .278 | .375 | 653 | .187 | .312 | .182 | 2.00 | 16.0 | 6 | 18 |
| 12 | Sammy Drake | 2B-3B | 27 | 25 | 52 | 2 | 10 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .276 | .192 | 468 | .000 | .115 | .250 | 2.00 | -- | 10 | 59 |
| 27 | Larry Foss | P | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Joe Ginsberg | C | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Rick Herrscher | 1B-3B | 25 | 35 | 50 | 5 | 11 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .291 | .340 | 631 | .120 | .220 | .263 | 2.20 | 50.0 | 17 | 55 |
| 9 | Jim Hickman | OF | 25 | 140 | 392 | 54 | 96 *Loading* (click to close) | 18 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 13 *Loading* (click to close) | 46 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | .245 | .324 | .401 | 725 | .156 | .276 | .290 | 2.04 | 30.2 | 157 | 449 |
| 34 | Dave Hillman | P | 34 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Gil Hodges | 1B | 38 | 54 | 127 | 15 | 32 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 9 *Loading* (click to close) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .252 | .331 | .472 | 803 | .220 | .339 | .253 | 1.80 | 14.1 | 60 | 142 |
| 47 | Jay Hook | P | 25 | 41 | 69 | 6 | 14 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .286 | .203 | 489 | .000 | .116 | .311 | 3.00 | -- | 14 | 83 |
| 29 | Willard Hunter | P | 28 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | 462 | .000 | .000 | .500 | -- | -- | 3 | 13 |
| 15 | Al Jackson | P | 26 | 44 | 73 | 5 | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .068 | .093 | .096 | 189 | .027 | .055 | .109 | 13.50 | -- | 7 | 81 |
| 28,36 | Sherman Jones | P | 27 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .429 | 858 | .000 | .000 | .600 | -- | -- | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Rod Kanehl | 2B | 28 | 133 | 351 | 52 | 87 *Loading* (click to close) | 10 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 27 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .248 | .294 | .322 | 616 | .074 | .145 | .267 | 1.57 | 87.8 | 113 | 377 |
| 21 | Ed Kranepool | 1B | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 500 | .167 | .167 | .200 | -- | -- | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Hobie Landrith | C | 32 | 23 | 45 | 6 | 13 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .289 | .389 | .422 | 811 | .133 | .311 | .286 | 0.37 | 45.0 | 19 | 54 |
| 19 | Ken MacKenzie | P | 28 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | 166 | .000 | .000 | .167 | -- | -- | 1 | 13 |
| 18 | Felix Mantilla | 3B | 27 | 141 | 466 | 54 | 128 *Loading* (click to close) | 17 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 11 *Loading* (click to close) | 59 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | .275 | .324 | .399 | 723 | .124 | .208 | .285 | 1.38 | 42.4 | 186 | 513 |
| 6 | Jim Marshall | 1B | 31 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 11 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .344 | .400 | .656 | 1056 | .312 | .406 | .348 | 2.00 | 10.7 | 21 | 35 |
| 24 | Bob Miller | P-P | 23 | 40 | 41 | 2 | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .143 | .171 | 314 | .049 | .073 | .208 | 17.00 | -- | 7 | 44 |
| 36 | Bob Miller | P | 26 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Vinegar Bend Mizell | P | 31 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | 500 | .000 | .000 | .333 | -- | -- | 2 | 8 |
| 26 | Herb Moford | P | 33 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | 500 | .000 | .000 | .333 | -- | -- | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Bob Moorhead | P | 24 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .222 | .045 | 267 | .000 | .227 | .091 | 2.20 | -- | 1 | 28 |
| 4 | Charlie Neal | 2B | 31 | 136 | 508 | 59 | 132 *Loading* (click to close) | 14 *Loading* (click to close) | 9 *Loading* (click to close) | 11 *Loading* (click to close) | 58 | 2 | 8 | 56 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | .260 | .330 | .388 | 718 | .128 | .226 | .293 | 1.61 | 46.2 | 197 | 579 |
| 5 | Joe Pignatano | C | 32 | 27 | 56 | 2 | 13 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .232 | .259 | .268 | 527 | .036 | .071 | .289 | 5.50 | -- | 15 | 58 |
| 16 | Bobby Gene Smith | OF | 28 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .136 | .240 | .227 | 467 | .091 | .182 | .150 | 0.67 | -- | 5 | 25 |
| 16 | Sammy Taylor | C | 29 | 68 | 158 | 12 | 35 *Loading* (click to close) | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 2 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .222 | .315 | .329 | 644 | .108 | .253 | .227 | 0.74 | 52.7 | 52 | 184 |
| 25 | Frank Thomas | OF | 33 | 156 | 571 | 69 | 152 *Loading* (click to close) | 23 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 34 *Loading* (click to close) | 94 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 95 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .266 | .320 | .496 | 816 | .229 | .315 | .263 | 1.98 | 16.8 | 283 | 625 |
| 2 | Marv Throneberry | 1B | 28 | 116 | 357 | 29 | 87 *Loading* (click to close) | 11 *Loading* (click to close) | 3 *Loading* (click to close) | 16 *Loading* (click to close) | 49 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .244 | .306 | .426 | 732 | .182 | .272 | .271 | 2.44 | 22.3 | 152 | 396 |
| 11 | Gene Woodling | OF | 39 | 81 | 190 | 18 | 52 *Loading* (click to close) | 8 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 5 *Loading* (click to close) | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .274 | .350 | .405 | 755 | .132 | .258 | .283 | 0.92 | 38.0 | 77 | 217 |
| 17 | Don Zimmer | 3B | 31 | 14 | 52 | 3 | 4 *Loading* (click to close) | 1 *Loading* (click to close) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .077 | .127 | .096 | 223 | .019 | .058 | .095 | 3.33 | -- | 5 | 55 |
| Pitching Statistics |
| # | Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | BK | HB | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | K/BB | BABIP |
| 20 | Craig Anderson | 3 | 17 | 5.36 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 131 | 150 | 108 | 78 | 18 | 63 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1.63 | 10.31 | 1.24 | 4.33 | 4.26 | 0.98 | .288 |
| 26 | Herb Moford | 0 | 1 | 7.20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.47 | 12.60 | 1.80 | 0.60 | 3.00 | 5.00 | .316 |
| 26 | Vinegar Bend Mizell | 0 | 2 | 7.34 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 48 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.92 | 11.37 | 2.37 | 5.92 | 3.55 | 0.60 | .309 |
| - | Bob Miller | 2 | 2 | 7.20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 | 10.80 | 0.90 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 1.00 | .293 |
| 24 | Bob Miller | 1 | 12 | 4.87 | 33 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 143 | 146 | 98 | 78 | 20 | 62 | 91 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1.44 | 9.12 | 1.25 | 3.88 | 5.69 | 1.47 | .279 |
| 19 | Ken MacKenzie | 5 | 4 | 4.95 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 80 | 87 | 47 | 44 | 10 | 34 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.51 | 9.79 | 1.12 | 3.83 | 5.74 | 1.50 | .309 |
| 41 | Clem Labine | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 11.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 4.50 | 2.00 | .267 |
| 28,36 | Sherman Jones | 0 | 4 | 7.83 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1.70 | 12.13 | 1.17 | 3.13 | 4.30 | 1.37 | .346 |
| 15 | Al Jackson | 8 | 20 | 4.40 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 231 | 244 | 132 | 113 | 16 | 78 | 118 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1.39 | 9.51 | 0.62 | 3.04 | 4.60 | 1.51 | .300 |
| 29 | Willard Hunter | 1 | 6 | 5.57 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 67 | 41 | 39 | 9 | 34 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.60 | 9.57 | 1.29 | 4.86 | 5.71 | 1.18 | .291 |
| 47 | Jay Hook | 8 | 19 | 4.84 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 213 | 230 | 137 | 115 | 31 | 71 | 113 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1.41 | 9.67 | 1.30 | 2.99 | 4.75 | 1.59 | .285 |
| 34 | Dave Hillman | 0 | 0 | 6.19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.81 | 11.81 | 2.81 | 4.50 | 4.50 | 1.00 | .320 |
| 27 | Larry Foss | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 12.75 | 1.50 | 5.25 | 2.25 | 0.43 | .357 |
| 35 | Ray Daviault | 1 | 5 | 6.22 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 81 | 92 | 64 | 56 | 14 | 48 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1.73 | 10.22 | 1.56 | 5.33 | 5.67 | 1.06 | .307 |
| 38 | Roger Craig | 10 | 24 | 4.52 | 42 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 233 | 261 | 133 | 117 | 35 | 70 | 118 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1.42 | 10.08 | 1.35 | 2.70 | 4.56 | 1.69 | .300 |
| 26 | Galen Cisco | 1 | 1 | 3.32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | 7.11 | 0.00 | 5.21 | 6.16 | 1.18 | .250 |
| 22 | Bob Moorhead | 0 | 2 | 4.54 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 105 | 118 | 69 | 53 | 13 | 42 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.52 | 10.11 | 1.11 | 3.60 | 5.40 | 1.50 | .314 |