1974 New York Mets season

1974 New York Mets
1974 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1962) Eastern Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Shea Stadium (since 1964); New York (since 1962);
Other information
Owners	Joan Whitney Payson
General managers	Bob Scheffing
Managers	Yogi Berra
Local television	WOR-TV
Local radio	WHN ; (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
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The 1974 New York Mets season was the 13th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Yogi Berra, the team finished the season with a record of 71–91, placing fifth in the National League East. This was the first time the Mets had a losing season since 1968.

Offseason

March 26, 1974: Buzz Capra was purchased from the Mets by the Atlanta Braves.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	0.543	—	52–29	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	86	75	0.534	1½	44–37	42–38
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	0.494	8	46–35	34–47
Montreal Expos	79	82	0.491	8½	42–38	37–44
New York Mets	71	91	0.438	17	36–45	35–46
Chicago Cubs	66	96	0.407	22	32–49	34–47

Record vs. opponents

1974 National League record Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	4–8	7–11–1	6–12	8–10	9–3	8–4	8–4	4–8	17–1	8–10	9–3
Chicago	8–4	—	5–7	4–8	2–10	5–13	8–10	8–10	9–9	6–6	6–6	5–13
Cincinnati	11–7–1	7–5	—	14–4	6–12	6–6	9–3	8–4	8–4	12–6	11–7	6–6
Houston	12–6	8–4	4–14	—	5–13	6–6	6–6	6–6	5–7	7–11	10–8	8–4
Los Angeles	10–8	10–2	12–6	13–5	—	8–4	5–7	6–6	4–8	16–2	12–6	6–6
Montreal	3–9	13–5	6–6	6–6	4–8	—	9–9	11–7	9–9	6–6	4–8	8–9
New York	4–8	10–8	3–9	6–6	7–5	9–9	—	7–11	7–11	6–6	6–6	6–12
Philadelphia	4-8	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	7–11	11–7	—	10–8	5–7	8–4	9–9
Pittsburgh	8–4	9–9	4–8	7–5	8–4	9–9	11–7	8–10	—	9–3	8–4	7–11
San Diego	1–17	6–6	6–12	7–11	2–16	6–6	6–6	7–5	3–9	—	11–7	5–7
San Francisco	10–8	6–6	7–11	8–10	6–12	8–4	6–6	4–8	4–8	7–11	—	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	13–5	6–6	4–8	6–6	9–8	12–6	9–9	11–7	7–5	6–6	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

June 5, 1974: Bob Myrick was drafted by the Mets in the 20th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.[3]

Roster

1974 New York Mets

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

8 Yogi Berra

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
C	Jerry Grote	97	319	82	.257	5	36
1B	John Milner	137	507	128	.252	20	63
2B	Félix Millán	136	518	139	.268	1	33
SS	Bud Harrelson	106	331	75	.227	1	13
3B	Wayne Garrett	151	522	117	.224	13	53
LF	Cleon Jones	124	461	130	.282	13	60
CF	Don Hahn	110	323	81	.251	4	28
RF	Rusty Staub	161	561	145	.258	19	78

Other batters

Note: 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
SS-OF	Ted Martinez	116	334	73	.219	2	43
OF	Dave Schneck	93	254	52	.205	5	25
2B-3B	Ken Boswell	96	222	48	.216	2	15
1B	Ed Kranepool	94	217	65	.300	4	24
C	Duffy Dyer	63	142	30	.211	0	10
C	Ron Hodges	59	136	30	.221	4	14
LF-PH	George Theodore	60	76	12	.158	1	1
OF-PH	Benny Ayala	23	68	16	.235	2	8
OF	Jim Gosger	26	33	3	.091	0	0
1B-PH	Brock Pemberton	11	22	4	.182	0	1
OF	Bruce Boisclair	7	12	3	.250	0	1
2B-3B	Rich Puig	4	10	0	.000	0	0
C-PH	Ike Hampton	4	4	0	.000	0	1

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
Jon Matlack	34	265.1	13	15	2.41	195
Jerry Koosman	35	265.0	15	11	3.36	188
Tom Seaver	32	232.0	11	11	3.20	201
George Stone	15	77.0	2	7	5.03	29

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
Harry Parker	40	131.0	4	12	3.92	58
Bob Apodaca	35	103.0	6	6	3.50	54
Ray Sadecki	34	103.0	8	8	3.41	46
Craig Swan	7	30.1	1	3	4.45	10
Hank Webb	3	10.0	0	2	7.20	8
Randy Sterling	3	9.1	1	1	4.82	2
Nino Espinosa	2	9.0	0	0	5.00	2

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	IP
Bob Miller	58	2	2	2	3.58	35	78.0
Tug McGraw	41	6	11	3	4.16	54	88.2
Jack Aker	24	2	1	2	3.48	18	41.1
Jerry Cram	10	0	1	3	1.61	8	22.1
John Strohmayer	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	1.0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tidewater Tides	International League	John Antonelli
AA	Victoria Toros	Texas League	Joe Frazier
A	Visalia Mets	California League	Nolan Campbell
A	Anderson Mets	Western Carolinas League	Owen Friend
A-Short Season	Batavia Trojans	New York–Penn League	Wilbur Huckle
Rookie	Marion Mets	Appalachian League	Chuck Hiller

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Victoria

Notes

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.
1974 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
1974 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

External links

New York Mets 1974 schedule at MLB.com

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[1] Buzz Capra page at Baseball Reference

[2] "1974 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac".

[3] Bob Myrick page at Baseball Reference