1967 New York Mets season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = New York Mets

| season = 1967

| image = New York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg

| league = National League

| ballpark = Shea Stadium

| city = New York

| record = {{winpct|61|101|record=y}}

| league_place = 10th

| owners = Joan Whitney Payson

| general_managers = Bing Devine

| managers = Wes Westrum, Salty Parker

| television = WOR-TV

| radio = WJRZ
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)

}}

The 1967 New York Mets season was the sixth regular season for the Mets. They went 61–101 and finished tenth in the National League, {{frac|40|1|2}} games behind the NL pennant and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. They were managed by Wes Westrum and Salty Parker. They played home games at Shea Stadium. One of the only bright spots was rookie pitcher Tom Seaver (whom the Mets won the right to draft in a lottery) who posted a 2.76 ERA, a 16–13 record and was voted to his first All-Star Game. Seaver's arrival would help turn the Mets around from lovable losers to legitimate contenders.

Offseason

October 12, 1966: Lou Klimchock and Ernie Bowman were traded by the Mets to the Cleveland Indians for Floyd Weaver.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klimclo01.shtml Lou Klimchock page at Baseball-Reference]
November 29, 1966: Amos Otis was drafted by the Mets from the Boston Red Sox in the 1966 minor league draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/otisam01.shtml Amos Otis page at Baseball Reference]
November 29, 1966: Ron Hunt and Jim Hickman were traded by the Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tommy Davis and Derrell Griffith.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huntro01.shtml Ron Hunt page at Baseball Reference]
November 30, 1966: Ralph Terry was released by the Mets.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/terryra01.shtml Ralph Terry page at Baseball Reference]
December 6, 1966: Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb were traded by the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Don Cardwell and Don Bosch.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cardwdo01.shtml Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference]
March 24, 1967: Derrell Griffith was traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Sandy Alomar Sr.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml Sandy Alomar page at Baseball Reference]

Regular season

Although the Mets took a step back from the previous year, 1967 marked the debut of pitcher Tom Seaver. On July 19, at Shea Stadium, he recorded 10 strikeouts (The first of 62 games he would achieve that feat as a Mets uniform) in a 7–2 win over the Atlanta Braves. For the season he recorded 16 wins and 170 strikeouts, a Mets record. He had 18 complete games and a 2.76 ERA, also a Mets record. It all adds up to Seaver being named The National League Rookie of the Year, and a berth in the All-Star Game.

= Season standings=

= Record vs. opponents =

=Notable transactions=

April 1, 1967: Eddie Bressoud, Danny Napoleon, and cash were traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Art Mahaffey, Jerry Buchek and Tony Martínez.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19670402&id=hJctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vjUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4659,3765377&hl=en Mets give up Bressoud for Jerry Buchek]
April 2, 1967: Ralph Terry was signed as a free agent by the Mets.
May 16, 1967: Ralph Terry was released by the Mets.
June 6, 1967: Rich Hacker was drafted by the Mets in the 8th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft (secondary phase).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hackeri01.shtml Rich Hacker page at Baseball Reference]
June 21, 1967: Al Luplow was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Mets via waivers.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1774&dat=19670621&id=5uUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CGYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1302,5042228&hl=en Luplow waived to Bucs by Mets]
July 22, 1967: Ken Boyer and a player to be named later were traded by the Mets to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Southworth and a player to be named later. The Mets completed their part of the deal by sending Sandy Alomar to the White Sox on August 15. The White Sox completed the deal by sending J. C. Martin to the Mets on November 27.
July 24, 1967: Bob Shaw was purchased from the Mets by the Chicago Cubs.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shawbo01.shtml Bob Shaw page at Baseball-Reference]

=Roster=

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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|38\|Dennis Bennett}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Don Cardwell}} {{MLBplayer\|22,38\|Bill Connors}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Bill Denehy}} {{MLBplayer\|32,33\|Chuck Estrada}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Jack Fisher}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Danny Frisella}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Bill Graham}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Joe Grzenda}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Jack Hamilton}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Bob Hendley}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Jerry Hinsley}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Cal Koonce}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Jerry Koosman}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Jack Lamabe}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Tug McGraw}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Hal Reniff}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Les Rohr}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Al Schmelz}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Tom Seaver}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Dick Selma}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Bob Shaw}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Don Shaw}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Ron Taylor}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Ralph Terry}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Nick Willhite}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Billy Wynne}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|10\|Greg Goossen}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Jerry Grote}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|John Sullivan}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Hawk Taylor}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Sandy Alomar Sr.}} {{MLBplayer\|12,24\|Ken Boswell}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Ken Boyer}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Jerry Buchek}} {{MLBplayer\|5,24\|Ed Charles}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Kevin Collins}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Bud Harrelson}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Bob Heise}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Chuck Hiller}} {{MLBplayer\|6,25\|Bob Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Ed Kranepool}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Phil Linz}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Joe Moock}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Bart Shirley}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|17\|Don Bosch}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Tommy Davis}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Cleon Jones}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Johnny Lewis}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Al Luplow}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Amos Otis}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Tommie Reynolds}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Larry Stahl}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Ron Swoboda}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|54\|Salty Parker}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Wes Westrum}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Yogi Berra}} {{MLBplayer\|52\|Harvey Haddix}} {{MLBplayer\|54\|Salty Parker}} {{MLBplayer\|53\|Sheriff Robinson}}

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| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

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| valign="top" | Outfielders

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| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

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

style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="5%" \| Pos ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%" \| Player ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| G ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| AB ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| H ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| HR ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Jerry Grote	120	344	67	.195	4	23
align=center \| 1B	Ed Kranepool	141	469	126	.269	10	54
align=center \| 2B	Jerry Buchek	124	411	97	.236	14	41
align=center \| SS	Bud Harrelson	151	540	137	.254	1	28
align=center \| 3B	Ed Charles	101	323	77	.238	3	31
align=center \| LF	Tommy Davis	154	577	174	.302	16	73
align=center \| CF	Cleon Jones	129	411	101	.246	5	30
align=center \| RF	Ron Swoboda	134	449	126	.281	13	53

==Other batters==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%" \| Player ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| G ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| AB ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| H ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| HR ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Bob Johnson	90	230	80	.348	5	27
align=center \| Ken Boyer	56	166	39	.235	3	13
align=center \| Larry Stahl	71	155	37	.239	1	18
align=center \| John Sullivan	65	147	32	.218	0	6
align=center \| Tommie Reynolds	101	136	28	.206	2	9
align=center \| Al Luplow	41	112	23	.205	3	9
align=center \| Don Bosch	44	93	13	.140	0	2
align=center \| Greg Goossen	37	69	11	.159	0	3
align=center \| Bob Heise	16	62	20	.323	0	3
align=center \| {{sortname\|Amos\|Otis}}	19	59	13	.220	0	1
align="center" \| Phil Linz	24	58	12	.207	0	1
align=center \| Chuck Hiller	25	54	5	.093	0	3
align=center \| Ken Boswell	11	40	9	.225	1	4
align=center \| Joe Moock	13	40	9	.225	0	5
align=center \| Hawk Taylor	13	37	9	.243	0	4
align=center \| Johnny Lewis	13	34	4	.118	0	2
align=center \| Sandy Alomar	15	22	0	.000	0	0
align=center \| Bart Shirley	6	12	0	.000	0	0
align=center \| Kevin Collins	4	10	1	.100	0	0

=Pitching=

==Starting pitchers==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%" \| Player ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| G ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| IP ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| W ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| L ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| ERA ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Tom Seaver	35	251.0	16	13	2.76	170
align=center \| Jack Fisher	39	220.1	9	18	4.70	117
align=center \| Danny Frisella	14	74.0	1	6	3.41	51
align=center \| Bob Hendley	15	70.2	3	3	3.44	36
align="center" \| Tug McGraw	4	17.1	0	3	7.79	18
align=center \| Les Rohr	3	17.0	2	1	2.12	15

==Other pitchers==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%" \| Player ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| G ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| IP ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| W ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| L ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| ERA ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Don Cardwell	26	118.1	5	9	3.57	71
align=center \| Bob Shaw	23	98.2	3	9	4.29	49
align=center \| Bill Denehy	15	53.2	1	7	4.70	35
align=center \| Cal Koonce	11	45.0	3	3	2.80	24
align=center \| Bill Graham	5	27.1	1	2	2.63	14
align=center \| Dennis Bennett	8	26.1	1	1	5.13	14
align=center \| Jerry Koosman	9	22.1	0	2	6.04	11
align=center \| Chuck Estrada	9	22.0	1	2	9.41	15
align=center \| Bill Connors	6	13.0	0	0	6.23	13
align=center \| Billy Wynne	6	8.2	0	0	3.12	4
align=center \| Nick Willhite	4	8.1	0	1	8.64	9

==Relief pitchers==

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="16%" \| Player ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| G ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| W ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| L ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| SV ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| ERA ! style="{{Baseball primary style\|New York Mets 1962thru1992}} width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Ron Taylor	50	4	6	8	2.34	46
align=center \| {{sortname\|Don\|Shaw\|Don Shaw (baseball)}}	40	4	5	3	2.98	44
align="center" \| Dick Selma	38	2	4	2	2.77	52
align=center \| Hal Reniff	29	3	3	4	3.35	21
align=center \| Jack Hamilton	17	2	0	1	3.73	22
align=center \| Jack Lamabe	16	0	3	1	3.98	23
align=center \| Joe Grzenda	11	0	0	0	2.16	9
align=center \| Jerry Hinsley	2	0	0	0	3.60	3
align=center \| Ralph Terry	2	0	0	0	0.00	5
align=center \| Al Schmelz	2	0	0	0	3.00	2

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level15=AAA|team15=Jacksonville Suns|league15=International League|manager15=Bill Virdon

|level16=AA |team16=Williamsport Mets|league16=Eastern League|manager16=Roy Sievers

|level17=A |team17=Durham Bulls|league17=Carolina League|manager17=Clyde McCullough

|level18=A |team18=Winter Haven Mets|league18=Florida State League|manager18=Pete Pavlick

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Mankato Mets|league19=Northern League|manager19=Buddy Peterson

|level20=Rookie|team20=Marion Mets|league20=Appalachian League|manager20=Birdie Tebbetts

}}

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Notes

References

{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1967.shtml 1967 New York Mets at Baseball Reference]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1967&t=NYN 1967 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

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