# 1967 New York Mets season

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, 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.
* November 29, 1966: Amos Otis was drafted by the Mets from the Boston Red Sox in the 1966 minor league draft.
* November 29, 1966: Ron Hunt and Jim Hickman were traded by the Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tommy Davis and Derrell Griffith.
* November 30, 1966: Ralph Terry was released by the Mets.
* December 6, 1966: Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb were traded by the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Don Cardwell and Don Bosch.
* March 24, 1967: Derrell Griffith was traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Sandy Alomar Sr.

## 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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 60 | .627 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 52‍–‍28 |
| San Francisco Giants | 91 | 71 | .562 | 10½ | 51‍–‍31 | 40‍–‍40 |
| Chicago Cubs | 87 | 74 | .540 | 14 | 49‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍40 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 75 | .537 | 14½ | 49‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 82 | 80 | .506 | 19½ | 45‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍45 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 81 | .500 | 20½ | 49‍–‍32 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Atlanta Braves | 77 | 85 | .475 | 24½ | 48‍–‍33 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 73 | 89 | .451 | 28½ | 42‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Houston Astros | 69 | 93 | .426 | 32½ | 46‍–‍35 | 23‍–‍58 |
| New York Mets | 61 | 101 | .377 | 40½ | 36‍–‍42 | 25‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1967 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 11–7 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 6–12 |
| Chicago | 7–11 | — | 12–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 11–7–1 | 10–8 | 6–11 |
| Cincinnati | 13–5 | 6–12 | — | 15–3 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–13 |
| Houston | 7–11 | 10–8 | 3–15 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 12–6 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 6–12 |
| New York | 10–8 | 5–13 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 4–14 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 7–11 |
| Philadelphia | 8-10 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 14–4 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 10–8 | 7–11–1 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | — | 8–10 | 11–7 |
| San Francisco | 8–10 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | — | 7–11 |
| St. Louis | 12–6 | 11–6 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 11–7 | — |

### 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.
* 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).
* June 21, 1967: Al Luplow was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Mets via waivers.
* 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.

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Jerry Grote | 120 | 344 | 67 | .195 | 4 | 23 |
| 1B | Ed Kranepool | 141 | 469 | 126 | .269 | 10 | 54 |
| 2B | Jerry Buchek | 124 | 411 | 97 | .236 | 14 | 41 |
| SS | Bud Harrelson | 151 | 540 | 137 | .254 | 1 | 28 |
| 3B | Ed Charles | 101 | 323 | 77 | .238 | 3 | 31 |
| LF | Tommy Davis | 154 | 577 | 174 | .302 | 16 | 73 |
| CF | Cleon Jones | 129 | 411 | 101 | .246 | 5 | 30 |
| 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
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Bob Johnson | 90 | 230 | 80 | .348 | 5 | 27 |
| Ken Boyer | 56 | 166 | 39 | .235 | 3 | 13 |
| Larry Stahl | 71 | 155 | 37 | .239 | 1 | 18 |
| John Sullivan | 65 | 147 | 32 | .218 | 0 | 6 |
| Tommie Reynolds | 101 | 136 | 28 | .206 | 2 | 9 |
| Al Luplow | 41 | 112 | 23 | .205 | 3 | 9 |
| Don Bosch | 44 | 93 | 13 | .140 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Goossen | 37 | 69 | 11 | .159 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Heise | 16 | 62 | 20 | .323 | 0 | 3 |
| Amos Otis | 19 | 59 | 13 | .220 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Linz | 24 | 58 | 12 | .207 | 0 | 1 |
| Chuck Hiller | 25 | 54 | 5 | .093 | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Boswell | 11 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 1 | 4 |
| Joe Moock | 13 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 0 | 5 |
| Hawk Taylor | 13 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 4 |
| Johnny Lewis | 13 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
| Sandy Alomar | 15 | 22 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bart Shirley | 6 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 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
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Tom Seaver | 35 | 251.0 | 16 | 13 | 2.76 | 170 |
| Jack Fisher | 39 | 220.1 | 9 | 18 | 4.70 | 117 |
| Danny Frisella | 14 | 74.0 | 1 | 6 | 3.41 | 51 |
| Bob Hendley | 15 | 70.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.44 | 36 |
| Tug McGraw | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 3 | 7.79 | 18 |
| 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
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Don Cardwell | 26 | 118.1 | 5 | 9 | 3.57 | 71 |
| Bob Shaw | 23 | 98.2 | 3 | 9 | 4.29 | 49 |
| Bill Denehy | 15 | 53.2 | 1 | 7 | 4.70 | 35 |
| Cal Koonce | 11 | 45.0 | 3 | 3 | 2.80 | 24 |
| Bill Graham | 5 | 27.1 | 1 | 2 | 2.63 | 14 |
| Dennis Bennett | 8 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.13 | 14 |
| Jerry Koosman | 9 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 6.04 | 11 |
| Chuck Estrada | 9 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | 9.41 | 15 |
| Bill Connors | 6 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 13 |
| Billy Wynne | 6 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 4 |
| 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
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Ron Taylor | 50 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2.34 | 46 |
| Don Shaw | 40 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2.98 | 44 |
| Dick Selma | 38 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.77 | 52 |
| Hal Reniff | 29 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.35 | 21 |
| Jack Hamilton | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.73 | 22 |
| Jack Lamabe | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.98 | 23 |
| Joe Grzenda | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 9 |
| Jerry Hinsley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 |
| Ralph Terry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
| Al Schmelz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Jacksonville Suns | International League | Bill Virdon |
| AA | Williamsport Mets | Eastern League | Roy Sievers |
| A | Durham Bulls | Carolina League | Clyde McCullough |
| A | Winter Haven Mets | Florida State League | Pete Pavlick |
| A-Short Season | Mankato Mets | Northern League | Buddy Peterson |
| Rookie | Marion Mets | Appalachian League | Birdie Tebbetts |
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