1963 New York Mets season
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Owner(s) | Joan Whitney Payson |
General manager(s) | George Weiss |
Manager(s) | Casey Stengel |
Local television | WOR-TV |
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WABC (AM) (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy) |
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The 1963 New York Mets season was the second regular season for the Mets. They went 51–111 and finished 10th in the NL, 48 games behind the World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. They were managed by Casey Stengel. They played their home games at the Polo Grounds, the second and final season there for the Mets before moving to Shea Stadium the following season.
Offseason
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- October 11, 1962: Ron Hunt was purchased by the Mets from the Milwaukee Braves.[1]
- October 14, 1962: Norm Sherry and Dick Smith were purchased by the Mets from the Los Angeles Dodgers.[2]
- November 26, 1962: Paul Blair was drafted from the Mets by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1962 first-year draft.[3]
Regular season
On June 14, Duke Snider of the Mets hit his 400th home run against the Cincinnati Reds. The opposing pitcher was Bob Purkey. The homer came in the 6,783rd at bat of his career.[4] Snider became the ninth player to reach 400 homers. Along with Eddie Mathews, Snider became part of the first duo to reach the 400-plateau in the same season.[4] Afterwards, Mets outfielder Jimmy Piersall told Snider that he could get more publicity for his 100th home run.[5] Nine days later, on June 23, Piersall ran the bases backward after hitting the 100th home run of his career off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Dallas Green.[6] He was released by the Mets one month later, with that home run being the only one he hit in a Mets uniform.
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 99 | 63 | 0.611 | — | 50–31 | 49–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | 6 | 53–28 | 40–41 |
San Francisco Giants | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 11 | 50–31 | 38–43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 12 | 45–36 | 42–39 |
Cincinnati Reds | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 13 | 46–35 | 40–41 |
Milwaukee Braves | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 15 | 45–36 | 39–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 17 | 43–38 | 39–42 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 25 | 42–39 | 32–49 |
Houston Colt .45s | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 33 | 44–37 | 22–59 |
New York Mets | 51 | 111 | 0.315 | 48 | 34–47 | 17–64 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 7–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–9 | — | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 11–7 | |||||
Houston | 9–9 | 7–11 | — | 5–13 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–13 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11–7 | 10–8 | 13–5 | — | 8–10–1 | 16–2 | 7–11 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 12–6 | |||||
Milwaukee | 6–12 | 8–10 | 13–5 | 10–8–1 | — | 12–6 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 8–10 | |||||
New York | 7–11 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 2–16 | 6–12 | — | 8–10 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 5–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–9 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | — | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–8 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 11–7 | 14–4 | 5–13 | — | 5–13 | 5–13 | |||||
San Francisco | 8–10 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–7 | 7–11 | 13–5 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 10–8 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 8, 1963: Larry Foss was traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Braves for Chico Fernández.[7]
- May 23, 1963: Gil Hodges was traded by the Mets to the Washington Senators for Jimmy Piersall.[8]
- July 1, 1963: Charlie Neal and Sammy Taylor were traded by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for Jesse Gonder.[9]
- July 29, 1963: Jacke Davis and cash were traded by the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Duke Carmel.[10]
- July 27, 1963: Jimmy Piersall was released by the Mets.[11]
- September 5, 1963: Ron Swoboda was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.[12]
Roster
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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 |
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2B | Hunt, RonRon Hunt | 143 | 533 | 135 | .272 | 10 | 42 |
LF | Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas | 126 | 420 | 109 | .260 | 15 | 60 |
RF | Snider, DukeDuke Snider | 129 | 354 | 86 | .243 | 14 | 45 |
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 |
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Carmel, DukeDuke Carmel | 47 | 149 | 35 | .235 | 3 | 18 |
Fernández, ChicoChico Fernández | 58 | 145 | 29 | .200 | 1 | 9 |
Piersall, JimmyJimmy Piersall | 40 | 124 | 24 | .194 | 1 | 10 |
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 |
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Willey, CarlCarl Willey | 30 | 183 | 9 | 14 | 3.10 | 101 |
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 |
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Cisco, GalenGalen Cisco | 51 | 155.2 | 7 | 15 | 4.34 | 81 |
Anderson, CraigCraig Anderson | 3 | 9.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.68 | 6 |
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 |
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Bearnarth, LarryLarry Bearnarth | 58 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3.42 | 48 |
Bauta, EdEd Bauta | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.21 | 13 |
Awards and honors
- Duke Snider, outfield, reserve
Farm system
Notes
- ↑ Ron Hunt page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Norm Sherry sold to Mets
- ↑ Paul Blair page at Baseball Reference
- 1 2 Duke Snider | The Baseball Page
- ↑ Ultimate Mets Database – Jimmy Piersall
- ↑ Jim Piersall – stats photos pics mets – NYFS nyfuturestars.com
- ↑ Chico Fernández page at Baseball-Reference
- ↑ Jimmy Piersall page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Jimmy Piersall released by New York Mets
- ↑ Ron Swoboda page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1963as.shtml
References
- 1963 New York Mets
- 1963 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. p. 767. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.