1962 New York Mets

40-120 • 0.250 Win% • 10th in NL

📊 Season Record

40 Wins
120 Losses
0.250 Win %
10th Rank
617 R 948 RA
Diff -331

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617 Runs Scored
948 Runs Allowed
-331 Run Diff
925K Attendance

📈 vs. 1962 NL Average

Batting Avg .239 8% below the 1962 league average (.260)
OBP .316 3% below the 1962 league average (.324)
SLG .315 7% below the 1962 league average (.339)
Team ERA 5.04 28% worse than the 1962 league average (3.94)
Runs Scored 617 15% below the 1962 league average (728 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPolo Grounds IV
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 925,807
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Avg per Game 11,572

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Richie Ashburn 0.306 2 Felix Mantilla 0.275 3 Gene Woodling 0.274 4 Frank Thomas 0.266 5 Charlie Neal 0.260

Home Runs

1 Frank Thomas 34 2 Marv Throneberry 16 3 Jim Hickman 13 4 Felix Mantilla 11 5 Charlie Neal 11

RBI

1 Frank Thomas 94 2 Felix Mantilla 59 3 Charlie Neal 58 4 Marv Throneberry 49 5 Jim Hickman 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Frank Thomas 156 571 69 152 0 0 34 94 48 95 2 0.266
Charlie Neal 136 508 59 132 0 0 11 58 56 90 2 0.260
Felix Mantilla 141 466 54 128 0 0 11 59 37 51 3 0.275
Jim Hickman 140 392 54 96 0 0 13 46 47 96 4 0.245
Richie Ashburn 135 389 60 119 0 0 7 28 81 39 12 0.306
Elio Chacon 118 368 49 87 0 0 2 27 76 64 12 0.236
Marv Throneberry 116 357 29 87 0 0 16 49 34 83 1 0.244
Rod Kanehl 133 351 52 87 0 0 4 27 23 36 8 0.248
Joe Christopher 119 271 36 66 0 0 6 32 35 42 11 0.244
Gene Woodling 81 190 18 52 0 0 5 24 24 22 0 0.274
Sammy Taylor 68 158 12 35 0 0 3 20 23 17 0 0.222
Choo-Choo Coleman 55 152 24 38 0 0 6 17 11 24 2 0.250
Chris Cannizzaro 59 133 9 32 0 0 0 9 19 26 1 0.241
Gil Hodges 54 127 15 32 0 0 9 17 15 27 0 0.252
Cliff Cook 40 112 12 26 0 0 2 9 4 34 1 0.232
Gus Bell 30 101 8 15 0 0 1 6 10 7 0 0.149
Ed Bouchee 50 87 7 14 0 0 3 10 18 17 0 0.161
Roger Craig 42 76 1 4 0 0 0 2 4 33 0 0.053
Al Jackson 44 73 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 27 0 0.068
Jay Hook 41 69 6 14 0 0 0 5 8 24 0 0.203
Joe Pignatano 27 56 2 13 0 0 0 2 2 11 0 0.232
Sammy Drake 25 52 2 10 0 0 0 7 6 12 0 0.192
Don Zimmer 14 52 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 10 0 0.077
Rick Herrscher 35 50 5 11 0 0 1 6 5 11 0 0.220
Hobie Landrith 23 45 6 13 0 0 1 7 8 3 0 0.289
Harry Chiti 15 41 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.195
Bob Miller 40 41 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 0.122
Craig Anderson 50 32 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0.094
Jim Marshall 17 32 6 11 0 0 3 4 3 6 0 0.344
Bob Moorhead 38 22 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 11 0 0.045
Bobby Smith 8 22 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0.136
John DeMerit 14 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0.188
Ray Daviault 36 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.067
Willard Hunter 27 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.231
Ken MacKenzie 42 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.083
Vinegar Bend Mizell 17 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Galen Cisco 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Sherman Jones 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.429
Ed Kranepool 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Joe Ginsberg 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Herb Moford 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Larry Foss 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Hillman 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Miller 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clem Labine 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Al Jackson 4.40 2 Roger Craig 4.51 3 Bob Moorhead 4.53 4 Jay Hook 4.84 5 Bob Miller 4.89

Wins

1 Roger Craig 10 2 Jay Hook 8 3 Al Jackson 8 4 Ken MacKenzie 5 5 Craig Anderson 3

Strikeouts

1 Roger Craig 118 2 Al Jackson 118 3 Jay Hook 113 4 Bob Miller 91 5 Bob Moorhead 63
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Roger Craig 10 24 4.51 42 33 3 233.1 70 118
Al Jackson 8 20 4.40 36 33 0 231.1 78 118
Jay Hook 8 19 4.84 37 34 0 213.2 71 113
Bob Miller 1 12 4.89 33 21 0 143.2 62 91
Craig Anderson 3 17 5.35 50 14 4 131.1 63 62
Bob Moorhead 0 2 4.53 38 7 0 105.1 42 63
Ray Daviault 1 5 6.22 36 3 0 81.0 48 51
Ken MacKenzie 5 4 4.95 42 1 1 80.0 34 51
Willard Hunter 1 6 5.57 27 6 0 63.0 34 40
Vinegar Bend Mizell 0 2 7.34 17 2 0 38.0 25 15
Sherman Jones 0 4 7.71 8 3 0 23.1 8 11
Bob Miller 2 2 7.08 17 0 1 20.1 8 8
Galen Cisco 1 1 3.26 4 2 0 19.1 11 13
Dave Hillman 0 0 6.32 13 1 1 15.2 8 8
Herb Moford 0 1 7.20 7 0 0 15.0 1 5
Larry Foss 0 1 4.63 5 1 0 11.2 7 3
Clem Labine 0 0 11.25 3 0 0 4.0 1 2

👥 Roster (45)

Craig Anderson Richie Ashburn Gus Bell Ed Bouchee Chris Cannizzaro Elio Chacon Harry Chiti Joe Christopher Galen Cisco Choo-Choo Coleman Cliff Cook Roger Craig +33 more

45 players

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