The 1971 New York Mets season was the tenth regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Gil Hodges, the team posted an 83–79 record and finished the season tied for third place in the National League East, fourteen games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason October 20, 1970: Larry Bearnarth was purchased from the Mets by the Milwaukee Brewers.Larry Bearnarth page at Baseball Reference November 30, 1970: Joe Foy was drafted by the Washington Senators from the New York Mets in the 1970 rule 5 draft. January 28, 1971: Benny Ayala was signed by the Mets as an amateur free agent.Benny Ayala page at Baseball Reference March 30, 1971: Dean Chance and Bill Denehy were traded by the Mets to the Detroit Tigers for Jerry Robertson.Jerry Robertson page at Baseball Reference March 31, 1971: Ron Swoboda and Rich Hacker were traded by the Mets to the Montreal Expos for Don Hahn.Ron Swoboda page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1971 season: Frank Estrada was acquired by the Mets from the Mexico City Reds.Frank Estrada page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 16, 1971: Jimy Williams was purchased by the Mets from the Montreal Expos.Jimy Williams page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1971 New York Mets Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Jerry Grote 125 403 109 .270 2 35 1B Ed Kranepool 122 421 118 .280 14 58 2B Ken Boswell 116 392 107 .273 5 40 SS Bud Harrelson 142 547 138 .252 0 32 3B Bob Aspromonte 104 342 77 .225 5 33 LF Cleon Jones 136 505 161 .319 14 69 CF Tommie Agee 113 425 121 .285 14 50 RF Ken Singleton 115 298 73 .245 13 46

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 Tim Foli 97 288 65 .226 0 24 Donn Clendenon 88 263 65 .247 11 37 100 214 51 .238 3 21 Wayne Garrett 56 202 43 .213 1 11 98 178 42 .236 1 11 Duffy Dyer 59 169 39 .231 2 18 Art Shamsky 68 135 25 .185 5 18 38 125 36 .288 1 10 Mike Jorgensen 45 118 26 .220 5 11 Leroy Stanton 5 21 4 .190 0 2 John Milner 9 18 3 .167 0 1 Al Weis 11 11 0 .000 0 1 1 2 1 .500 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 36 286.1 20 10 1.76 289 32 203.1 12 11 3.23 155 Jerry Koosman 26 165.2 6 11 3.04 96 Nolan Ryan 30 152.0 10 14 3.97 137 Jon Matlack 7 37.0 0 3 4.14 24

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 Sadecki 34 163.1 7 7 2.92 120 31 90.1 5 6 4.78 53 Jim McAndrew 24 90.1 2 5 4.38 42

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 53 8 5 12 1.99 93 Tug McGraw 51 11 4 8 1.70 109 Ron Taylor 45 2 2 2 3.65 32 3 0 1 0 8.44 6 Don Rose 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Visalia

Notes

References 1971 New York Mets at Baseball Reference 1971 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com