1972 New York Mets

83-73 • 0.532 Win% • 3rd in NL E

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
73 Losses
0.532 Win %
3rd Rank
528 R 578 RA
Diff -50

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528 Runs Scored
578 Runs Allowed
-50 Run Diff
2,134K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 NL Average

Batting Avg .224 10% below the 1972 league average (.248)
OBP .304 3% below the 1972 league average (.313)
SLG .286 9% below the 1972 league average (.313)
Team ERA 3.26 6% better than the 1972 league average (3.45)
Runs Scored 528 13% below the 1972 league average (605 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShea Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 2,134,194
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Avg per Game 27,361

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rusty Staub 0.293 2 Ed Kranepool 0.269 3 Willie Mays 0.267 4 Dave Marshall 0.250 5 Cleon Jones 0.245

Home Runs

1 John Milner 17 2 Tommie Agee 13 3 Ken Boswell 9 4 Rusty Staub 9 5 Duffy Dyer 8

RBI

1 Cleon Jones 52 2 Tommie Agee 47 3 John Milner 38 4 Rusty Staub 38 5 Duffy Dyer 36
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tommie Agee 114 422 52 96 0 0 13 47 53 92 8 0.227
Bud Harrelson 115 418 54 90 0 0 1 24 58 57 12 0.215
Cleon Jones 106 375 39 92 0 0 5 52 30 83 1 0.245
John Milner 117 362 52 86 0 0 17 38 51 74 2 0.238
Ken Boswell 100 355 35 75 0 0 9 33 32 35 2 0.211
Jim Fregosi 101 340 31 79 0 0 5 32 38 71 0 0.232
Ted Martinez 103 330 22 74 0 0 1 19 12 49 7 0.224
Ed Kranepool 122 327 28 88 0 0 8 34 34 35 1 0.269
Duffy Dyer 94 325 33 75 0 0 8 36 28 71 0 0.231
Wayne Garrett 111 298 41 69 0 0 2 29 70 58 3 0.232
Rusty Staub 66 239 32 70 0 0 9 38 31 13 0 0.293
Jerry Grote 64 205 15 43 0 0 3 21 26 27 1 0.210
Willie Mays 69 195 27 52 0 0 8 19 43 43 1 0.267
Dave Marshall 72 156 21 39 0 0 4 11 22 28 3 0.250
Dave Schneck 37 123 7 23 0 0 3 10 10 26 0 0.187
Jim Beauchamp 58 120 10 29 0 0 5 19 7 33 0 0.242
Tom Seaver 36 89 5 13 0 0 3 4 5 41 0 0.146
Jon Matlack 34 78 6 10 0 0 0 2 10 44 0 0.128
Lute Barnes 24 72 5 17 0 0 0 6 6 4 0 0.236
Bill Sudakis 18 49 3 7 0 0 1 7 6 14 0 0.143
Gary Gentry 32 48 2 5 0 0 0 3 4 28 0 0.104
Jerry Koosman 34 47 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 18 0 0.085
Jim McAndrew 28 43 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 14 0 0.047
Don Hahn 17 37 0 6 0 0 0 1 4 12 0 0.162
Tug McGraw 54 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.100
Ray Sadecki 34 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.154
Buzz Capra 14 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.250
Joe Nolan 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Danny Frisella 39 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.286
Brent Strom 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hank Webb 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tommy Moore 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Bob Rauch 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Chuck Taylor 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tug McGraw 1.70 2 Jon Matlack 2.32 3 Jim McAndrew 2.80 4 Tom Seaver 2.92 5 Ray Sadecki 3.09

Wins

1 Tom Seaver 21 2 Jon Matlack 15 3 Jerry Koosman 11 4 Jim McAndrew 11 5 Tug McGraw 8

Strikeouts

1 Tom Seaver 249 2 Jon Matlack 169 3 Jerry Koosman 147 4 Gary Gentry 120 5 Tug McGraw 92
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tom Seaver 21 12 2.92 35 35 0 262.0 77 249
Jon Matlack 15 10 2.32 34 32 0 244.0 71 169
Gary Gentry 7 10 4.01 32 26 0 164.0 75 120
Jerry Koosman 11 12 4.14 34 24 1 163.0 52 147
Jim McAndrew 11 8 2.80 28 23 1 160.2 38 81
Tug McGraw 8 6 1.70 54 0 27 106.0 40 92
Ray Sadecki 2 1 3.09 34 2 0 75.2 31 38
Danny Frisella 5 8 3.34 39 0 9 67.1 20 46
Buzz Capra 3 2 4.58 14 6 0 53.0 27 45
Chuck Taylor 0 0 5.52 20 0 2 31.0 9 9
Brent Strom 0 3 6.82 11 5 0 30.1 15 20
Bob Rauch 0 1 5.00 19 0 1 27.0 21 23
Hank Webb 0 0 4.42 6 2 0 18.1 9 15
Tommy Moore 0 0 2.92 3 1 0 12.1 1 5

👥 Roster (34)

Tommie Agee Lute Barnes Jim Beauchamp Ken Boswell Buzz Capra Duffy Dyer Jim Fregosi Danny Frisella Wayne Garrett Gary Gentry Jerry Grote Don Hahn +22 more

34 players

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