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1976 New York Mets season

The 1976 New York Mets season was the 15th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Joe Frazier, the team had an 86–76 record and finished in third place in the National League East.

1976 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Shipman Payson
General managersJoe McDonald
ManagersJoe Frazier
TelevisionWOR-TV
RadioWNEW
(Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
← 1975 Seasons 1977 →

Offseason

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On December 6, Mrs. Lorinda de Roulet, daughter of the late Joan Payson, was named president of the Mets. The critical decisions, however, were still made by board chairman M. Donald Grant and General Manager Joe McDonald.[citation needed]

Notable transactions

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Regular season

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Season Summary

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On September 16, before a small crowd of 5,472 at Shea Stadium, Jerry Koosman overcame a home run by future Mets player Keith Hernandez to pitch a complete game and win his 20th game of the season for the first time in his career in a 4–1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. He became the second pitcher in NY Mets history to win 20 games.

Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 101 61 .623 — 53‍–‍28 48‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates 92 70 .568 9 47‍–‍34 45‍–‍36
New York Mets 86 76 .531 15 45‍–‍37 41‍–‍39
Chicago Cubs 75 87 .463 26 42‍–‍39 33‍–‍48
St. Louis Cardinals 72 90 .444 29 37‍–‍44 35‍–‍46
Montreal Expos 55 107 .340 46 27‍–‍53 28‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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1976 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 6–6 6–12 7–11 8–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 3–9 10–8 9–9 4–8
Chicago 6–6 — 3–9 5–7 3–9 11–7 5–13 8–10 8–10 6–6 8–4 12–6
Cincinnati 12–6 9–3 — 12–6 13–5 9–3 6–6 5–7 8–4 13–5 9–9 6–6
Houston 11–7 7–5 6–12 — 5–13 10–2 6–6 4–8 2–10 10–8 10–8 9–3
Los Angeles 10–8 9–3 5–13 13–5 — 10–2 7–5 5–7 9–3 6–12 8–10 10–2
Montreal 4–8 7–11 3–9 2–10 2–10 — 8–10 3–15 8–10 4–8 7–5 7–11
New York 8–4 13–5 6–6 6–6 5–7 10–8 — 5–13 10–8 7–5 7–5 9–9
Philadelphia 7-5 10–8 7–5 8–4 7–5 15–3 13–5 — 8–10 8–4 6–6 12–6
Pittsburgh 9–3 10–8 4–8 10–2 3–9 10–8 8–10 10–8 — 7–5 9–3 12–6
San Diego 8–10 6–6 5–13 8–10 12–6 8–4 5–7 4–8 5–7 — 8–10 4–8
San Francisco 9–9 4–8 9–9 8–10 10–8 5–7 5–7 6–6 3–9 10–8 — 5–7
St. Louis 8–4 6–12 6–6 3–9 2–10 11–7 9–9 6–12 6–12 8–4 7–5 —


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1976 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 101 323 88 .272 4 28
1B Ed Kranepool 123 415 121 .292 10 49
2B Félix Millán 139 531 150 .282 1 35
SS Bud Harrelson 118 359 84 .234 1 26
3B Roy Staiger 95 304 67 .220 2 26
LF John Milner 127 443 120 .271 15 78
CF Del Unser 77 276 63 .228 5 25
RF Dave Kingman 123 474 113 .238 37 86

Other batters

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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
Joe Torre 114 310 95 .306 5 31
Bruce Boisclair 110 286 82 .287 2 13
Mike Phillips 87 262 67 .256 4 29
Wayne Garrett 80 251 56 .223 4 26
Ron Hodges 56 155 35 .226 4 24
Mike Vail 53 143 31 .217 0 9
John Stearns 32 103 27 .262 2 10
Pepe Mangual 41 102 19 .186 1 9
Lee Mazzilli 24 77 15 .195 2 7
Leon Brown 64 70 15 .214 0 2
Leo Foster 24 59 12 .203 1 15
Benny Ayala 22 26 3 .115 1 2
Billy Baldwin 9 22 6 .273 1 5
Jim Dwyer 11 13 2 .154 0 0
Jack Heidemann 5 12 1 .083 0 0
Jay Kleven 2 5 1 .200 0 2

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 35 271.0 14 11 2.59 235
Jon Matlack 35 262.0 17 10 2.95 153
Jerry Koosman 34 247.1 21 10 2.69 200
Mickey Lolich 31 192.2 8 13 3.22 120
Craig Swan 23 132.1 6 9 3.54 89

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Nino Espinosa 12 41.2 4 4 3.67 30

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Skip Lockwood 56 94.1 10 7 19 2.67 108
Bob Apodaca 43 89.2 3 7 5 2.81 45
Ken Sanders 31 47.0 1 2 1 2.87 16
Bob Myrick 21 27.2 1 1 0 3.25 11
Rick Baldwin 11 22.2 0 0 0 2.38 9
Hank Webb 8 16.0 0 1 0 4.50 7
Tom Hall 5 4.2 1 1 0 5.79 2

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Tom Burgess
AA Jackson Mets Texas League John Antonelli
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Jack Aker
A Wausau Mets Midwest League Bill Monbouquette
Rookie Marion Mets Appalachian League Al Jackson

Notes

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  1. ^ Kelvin Chapman at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Rusty Staub at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Greg Harris at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Kim Seaman at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Mario Ramirez at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Jesús Alou at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Dave Von Ohlen at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Del Unser at Baseball Reference

References

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  • 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.
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