1970 New York Mets season

The 1970 New York Mets season was the ninth regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Gil Hodges, the team had an 83–79 record and finished in third place in the National League's Eastern Division.

1970 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersJoan Whitney Payson
General managersBob Scheffing
ManagersGil Hodges
Local televisionWOR-TV
Local radioWJRZ/WNBC-FM
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 8973 0.549 — 50–32 39–41
Chicago Cubs 8478 0.519 5 46–34 38–44
New York Mets 8379 0.512 6 44–38 39–41
St. Louis Cardinals 7686 0.469 13 34–47 42–39
Philadelphia Phillies 7388 0.453 15½ 40–40 33–48
Montreal Expos 7389 0.451 16 39–41 34–48

Record vs. opponents
1970 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–45–139–96–126–66–67–56–69–97–117–5
Chicago 4–8—7–57–56–613–57–119–98–109–37–57–11
Cincinnati 13–55–7—15–313–57–58–47–58–48–109–99–3
Houston 9–95–73–15—8–108–46–64–86–614–410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–66–65–1310–8—8–47–56–56–611–79–97–5
Montreal 6–65–135–74–84–8—10–811–79–96–66–67–11
New York 6–611–74–86–65–78–10—13–56–126–66–612–6
Philadelphia 5-79–95–78–45–67–115–13—4–149–38–48–10
Pittsburgh 6–610–84–86–66–69–912–614–4—6–64–812–6
San Diego 9–93–910–84–147–116–66–63–96–6—5–134–8
San Francisco 11–75–79–98–109–96–66–64–88–413–5—7–5
St. Louis 5–711–73–96–65–711–76–1210–86–128–45–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1970 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CJerry Grote126415106.255234
1BDonn Clendenon121396114.2882297
2BKen Boswell10535189.254544
SSBud Harrelson157564137.243142
3BJoe Foy9932276.236637
LFCleon Jones134506140.2771063
CFTommie Agee153636182.2862475
RFRon Swoboda11524557.233940

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
Art Shamsky122403118.2931149
Wayne Garrett11436693.2541245
Ken Singleton6919852.263526
Dave Marshall9218946.243629
Duffy Dyer5914831.209212
Al Weis7512125.207111
Mike Jorgensen768717.19534
Ed Kranepool43478.17003
Ted Martínez4161.06300
Rod Gaspar11140.00000
Tim Foli5114.36401
Leroy Stanton441.25000

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
Tom Seaver37290.218122.82283
Jerry Koosman30212.01273.14118
Gary Gentry32188.1993.68134
Jim McAndrew32184.110143.56111

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
Ray Sadecki28138.2843.8989
Nolan Ryan27131.27113.42125

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ron Taylor5754133.9328
Tug McGraw5746103.2881
Danny Frisella308313.0254
Rich Folkers160226.4415
Don Cardwell160206.488
Cal Koonce130203.2710
Ron Herbel122211.388
Dean Chance301113.500

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Chuck Hiller
AA Memphis Blues Texas League John Antonelli
A Visalia Mets California League Joe Frazier
A Pompano Beach Mets Florida State League Gordon Mackenzie
Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Terry Christman

Notes
  1. Amos Otis page at Baseball Reference
  2. Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference

References
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