Английская Википедия:1962 New York Mets season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1962 New York Mets season was the first regular season for the Mets, as the National League returned to New York City for the first time since 1957. They went 40–120 (.250) and finished tenth and last in the National League, Шаблон:Frac games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants, who had once called New York home. The Mets were the latest team to be 60+ games behind in a division before the 2018 Baltimore Orioles finished 61 games behind the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. The Mets' 120 losses are the most by any MLB team in one season since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (20–134, .130). Since then, the 2003 Detroit Tigers 2018 Orioles, and 2023 Oakland Athletics have come the closest to matching this mark, at 43–119 (.265), 47–115 (.290), and 50–112 respectively. The Mets' starting pitchers also recorded a new major league low of just 23 wins all season.

The team lost its first game 11–4 to the St. Louis Cardinals on April 11, and went on to lose its first nine games. Having repaired their record to 12–19 on May 20 after sweeping a doubleheader against the Milwaukee Braves, the Mets lost their next 17 games. They also lost 11 straight from July 15 to July 26, and 13 straight from August 9 to August 21. Their longest winning streak of the season was three.

The Mets were managed by Casey Stengel and played their home games at the Polo Grounds, which was their temporary home while Shea Stadium was being built in Queens. They remain infamous for their ineptitude and were one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball history. Their team batting average, team earned run average (ERA), and team fielding percentage were all the worst in the major leagues that season.

Despite the team's terrible performance, fans came out in droves. Their season attendance of 922,530 was good enough for sixth in the National League that year.

The season was chronicled in Jimmy Breslin's humorous best-selling book Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? The title came from a remark made by manager Casey Stengel expressing his frustration over the team's poor play that year, the first for a long time partnership with TV partner WOR-TV.

Offseason

• July 20, 1961: Paul Blair was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.
• October 16, 1961: Billy Loes was purchased by the Mets from the San Francisco Giants.
• November 28, 1961: The Mets traded a player to be named later and cash to the Milwaukee Braves for Frank Thomas and a player to be named later. The deal was completed on May 21, 1962, when the Mets sent Gus Bell to the Braves, and the Braves sent Rick Herrscher to the Mets.
• January 30, 1962: Joe Ginsberg was signed as a free agent by the Mets.
• March 2, 1962: Billy Loes was returned by the Mets to the San Francisco Giants.

Expansion draft

Шаблон:Main

• Craig Anderson, pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals
• Gus Bell, outfielder, Cincinnati Reds
• Ed Bouchee, infielder, Chicago Cubs
• Chris Cannizzaro, catcher, St. Louis Cardinals
• Elio Chacón, infielder, Cincinnati Reds
• Joe Christopher, outfielder, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Choo-Choo Coleman, catcher, Philadelphia Phillies
• Roger Craig, pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Ray Daviault, pitcher, San Francisco Giants
• John DeMerit, outfielder, Milwaukee Braves
• Sammy Drake, infielder, Chicago Cubs
• Jim Hickman, outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals
• Gil Hodges, infielder, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Jay Hook, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
• Al Jackson, pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Sherman Jones, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds
• Hobie Landrith, catcher, San Francisco Giants
• Félix Mantilla, infielder, Milwaukee Braves
• Bob L. Miller, pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals
• Bobby Gene Smith, outfielder, Philadelphia Phillies
• Lee Walls, infielder/outfielder, Philadelphia Phillies
• Don Zimmer, infielder, Chicago Cubs

1961 minor league affiliates

The Mets and Houston Colt .45s were established on October 17, 1960, giving them time to acquire minor league professional players, sign amateur free agents (there was no first-year MLB draft until 1965) and enter into working agreements with minor league affiliates during the 1961 season. New York had formal working agreements with three minor league baseball teams in 1961: Шаблон:MLB Farm System

Regular season

As an expansion team, the Mets were not expected to do well. They finished last in the National League, and they also finished 24 games behind their expansion brethren, the Colt .45s.

Opening Day lineup

The first game in franchise history was played on the road, at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, on Wednesday night, April 11, 1962. The Mets fell behind 2-0 and 5–2 early, then narrowed the deficit to one run, but ultimately lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, 11–4. Former Brooklyn Dodgers Gil Hodges and Charlie Neal homered for the Mets, whose home opener at New York's Polo Grounds would wait until their second-ever official game, on Friday, April 13, 1962.

colspan="3" style="Шаблон:Baseball primary style"|Opening Day Lineup
style="Шаблон:Baseball secondary style;| #	style="Шаблон:Baseball secondary style;| Name	style="Шаблон:Baseball secondary style;| Position
1	Richie Ashburn	CF
18	Félix Mantilla	SS
4	Charlie Neal	2B
25	Frank Thomas	LF
3	Gus Bell	RF
14	Gil Hodges	1B
17	Don Zimmer	3B
5	Hobie Landrith	C
38	Roger Craig	SP

Notable transactions

• April 26, 1962: Harry Chiti was purchased by the Mets from the Cleveland Indians.
• April 26, 1962: Bob Smith was traded by the Mets to the Chicago Cubs for Sammy Taylor.
• May 1, 1962: Joe Ginsberg was released by the Mets.
• May 7, 1962: Don Zimmer was traded by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for Bob G. Miller and Cliff Cook.
• May 7, 1962: Jim Marshall was traded by the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vinegar Bend Mizell.
• May 9, 1962: Marv Throneberry was sold by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets.
• June 7, 1962 The New York Mets sell Hobie Landrith to the Orioles.
• June 15, 1962: Harry Chiti was returned by the Mets to the Cleveland Indians.
• June 27, 1962: Ed Kranepool was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.
• August 4, 1962: Vinegar Bend Mizell was released by the Mets.
• September 7, 1962: Galen Cisco was selected off waivers by the Mets from the Boston Red Sox.

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Шаблон:Sortname	59	133	32	.241	0	9
1B	Шаблон:Sortname	116	357	87	.244	16	49
2B	Шаблон:Sortname	136	508	132	.260	11	58
3B	Шаблон:Sortname	141	466	128	.275	11	59
SS	Шаблон:Sortname	118	368	87	.236	2	27
LF	Шаблон:Sortname	156	571	152	.266	34	94
CF	Шаблон:Sortname	140	392	96	.245	13	46
RF	Шаблон:Sortname	119	271	66	.244	6	32

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
Шаблон:Sortname	135	389	119	.306	7	28
Шаблон:Sortname	133	351	87	.248	4	27
Шаблон:Sortname	81	190	52	.274	5	24
Шаблон:Sortname	68	158	35	.222	3	20
Шаблон:Sortname	55	152	38	.250	6	17
Шаблон:Sortname	54	127	32	.252	9	17
Шаблон:Sortname	40	112	26	.232	2	9
Шаблон:Sortname	30	101	15	.149	1	6
Шаблон:Sortname	50	87	14	.161	3	10
Шаблон:Sortname	27	56	13	.232	0	2
Шаблон:Sortname	25	52	10	.192	0	7
Шаблон:Sortname	14	52	4	.077	0	1
Шаблон:Sortname	35	50	11	.220	1	6
Шаблон:Sortname	23	45	13	.289	1	7
Шаблон:Sortname	15	41	8	.195	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	17	32	11	.344	3	4
Шаблон:Sortname	8	22	3	.136	0	2
Шаблон:Sortname	14	16	3	.188	1	1
Шаблон:Sortname	3	6	1	.167	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	2	5	0	.000	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
Шаблон:Sortname	42	233.1	10	24	4.51	118
Шаблон:Sortname	36	231.1	8	20	4.40	118
Шаблон:Sortname	37	213.2	8	19	4.84	113

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	33	143.2	1	12	0	4.89	91
Шаблон:Sortname	50	131.1	3	17	4	5.35	62
Шаблон:Sortname	38	105.1	0	2	0	4.53	63
Шаблон:Sortname	27	63.0	1	6	0	5.57	40
Шаблон:Sortname	8	23.1	0	4	0	7.71	11
Шаблон:Sortname	4	19.1	1	1	0	3.26	13
Шаблон:Sortname	5	11.2	0	1	0	4.63	3

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	36	81.0	1	5	0	6.22	51
Шаблон:Sortname	42	80.0	5	4	1	4.95	51
Шаблон:Sortname	17	38.0	0	2	0	7.34	15
Шаблон:Sortname	17	20.1	2	2	1	7.08	8
Шаблон:Sortname	13	16.2	0	0	1	6.32	8
Шаблон:Sortname	7	15.0	0	1	0	7.20	5
Шаблон:Sortname	3	4.0	0	0	0	11.25	2

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Richie Ashburn

• #3 in NL in bases on balls (81)

Roger Craig

• MLB leader in losses (24)
• #2 in NL in home runs allowed (35)
• #3 in NL in earned runs allowed (117)

Jay Hook

• #4 in NL in earned runs allowed (115)
• #4 in NL in home runs allowed (31)

Al Jackson

• #2 in NL in losses (20)

References

• 1962 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
• 1962 New York Mets Roster at Baseball Almanac
• Шаблон:Cite book