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

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

Record vs. opponents

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.Mets give up Bressoud for Jerry Buchek 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).Rich Hacker page at Baseball Reference June 21, 1967: Al Luplow was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Mets via waivers.Luplow waived to Bucs by Mets 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.Bob Shaw page at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1967 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 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 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 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham

Notes

References

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