1967 New York Mets season

1967 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)	Bing Devine
Manager(s)	Wes Westrum, Salty Parker
Local television	WOR-TV
Local radio	WJRZ (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
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The 1967 New York Mets season was the 6th regular season for the Mets. They went 61–101 and finished 10th in the National League, 40½ 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.

Offseason

October 12, 1966: Lou Klimchock and Ernie Bowman were traded by the Mets to the Cleveland Indians for Floyd Weaver.^[1]
November 29, 1966: Amos Otis was drafted by the Mets from the Boston Red Sox in the 1966 minor league draft.^[2]
November 29, 1966: Ron Hunt and Jim Hickman were traded by the Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tommy Davis and Derrell Griffith.^[3]
November 30, 1966: Ralph Terry was released by the Mets.^[4]
December 6, 1966: Dennis Ribant and Gary Kolb were traded by the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Don Cardwell and Don Bosch.^[5]
March 24, 1967: Derrell Griffith was traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Sandy Alomar.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	101	60	0.627	—	49–32	52–28
San Francisco Giants	91	71	0.562	10½	51–31	40–40
Chicago Cubs	87	74	0.540	14	49–34	38–40
Cincinnati Reds	87	75	0.537	14½	49–32	38–43
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	0.506	19½	45–35	37–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	81	0.500	20½	49–32	32–49
Atlanta Braves	77	85	0.475	24½	48–33	29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	0.451	28½	42–39	31–50
Houston Astros	69	93	0.426	32½	46–35	23–58
New York Mets	61	101	0.377	40½	36–42	25–59

Record vs. opponents

1967 National League Records 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.^[7]
April 2, 1967: Ralph Terry was signed as a free Agent by the Mets.^[4]
May 16, 1967: Ralph Terry was released by the Mets.^[4]
June 6, 1967: Rich Hacker was drafted by the Mets in the 8th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft (Secondary Phase).^[8]
June 21, 1967: Al Luplow was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Mets via waivers.^[9]
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.^[6]
July 24, 1967: Bob Shaw was purchased from the Mets by the Chicago Cubs.^[10]

Roster

1967 New York Mets

Roster

Pitchers

38 Dennis Bennett

27 Don Cardwell

22,38 Bill Connors

44 Bill Denehy

32,33 Chuck Estrada

22 Jack Fisher

29 Danny Frisella

26 Bill Graham

43 Joe Grzenda

32 Jack Hamilton

33 Bob Hendley

40 Jerry Hinsley

34 Cal Koonce

36 Jerry Koosman

34 Jack Lamabe

45 Tug McGraw

32 Hal Reniff

31 Les Rohr

44 Al Schmelz

41 Tom Seaver

39 Dick Selma

26 Bob Shaw

35 Don Shaw

42 Ron Taylor

38 Ralph Terry

29 Nick Willhite

35 Billy Wynne

Catchers

10 Greg Goossen

15 Jerry Grote

20 John Sullivan

19 Hawk Taylor

Infielders

5 Sandy Alomar

12,24 Ken Boswell

14 Ken Boyer

1 Jerry Buchek

5,24 Ed Charles

40 Kevin Collins

3 Bud Harrelson

11 Bob Heise

2 Chuck Hiller

6,25 Bob Johnson

7 Ed Kranepool

2 Phil Linz

18 Joe Moock

6 Bart Shirley

Outfielders

17 Don Bosch

12 Tommy Davis

21 Cleon Jones

24 Johnny Lewis

18 Al Luplow

28 Amos Otis

16 Tommie Reynolds

25 Larry Stahl

4 Ron Swoboda

Manager

54 Salty Parker

9 Wes Westrum

Coaches

8 Yogi Berra

52 Harvey Haddix

54 Salty Parker

53 Sheriff Robinson

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

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
Otis, AmosAmos Otis	19	59	13	.220	0	1

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
Bennett, DennisDennis Bennett	8	26.1	1	1	5.13	14

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; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Shaw, DonDon Shaw	40	4	5	3	2.98	44

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

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.
1967 New York Mets
1967 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

1967 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston California Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota New York Washington

National League	Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1967 MLB draft 1967 All-Star Game 1967 World Series

New York Mets

Based in Queens, New York City, New York

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Al Lang Stadium; Tradition Field

Culture and lore

Key personnel

Owner: Fred Wilpon
President: Saul Katz
COO: Jeff Wilpon
General Manager: Sandy Alderson
Manager: Terry Collins
Team Captain: David Wright

Rivalries

World Series
Championships (2)

1969
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National League
Pennants (5)

Division titles (6)

Wild Card (3)

Minor league affiliates

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