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	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	97	65	--	.599
San Francisco Giants	88	74	9	.543
Chicago Cubs	84	78	13	.519
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	14	.512
Atlanta Braves	81	81	16	.500
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	17	.494
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	86	21	.469
Philadelphia Phillies	76	86	21	.469
New York Mets	73	89	24	.451
Houston Astros	72	90	25	.444

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville, Marion

Notes

1. Clyde Mashore page at Baseball Reference
2. Darrell Sutherland page at Baseball Reference
3. Tommie Agee page at Baseball Reference

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