Английская Википедия:1964 New York Mets season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1964 New York Mets season was the third regular season for the Mets. They went 53–109 and finished 10th in the NL, 40 games behind the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. They were managed by Casey Stengel. They played home games at Shea Stadium, which opened on April 17 of that year. This was Stengel's final full season as manager.

Offseason

• October 10, 1963: Jack Fisher was drafted by the Mets from the San Francisco Giants in a 1963 special draft.

Regular season

One high point of Shea Stadium's first season came on Father's Day, when Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning threw a perfect game against the Mets, the first in the National League since 1880. For perhaps the only time in the stadium's history, the Shea faithful found themselves rooting for the visitors, caught up in the rare achievement, and roaring for Bunning on every pitch in the ninth inning. His strikeout of John Stephenson capped the performance.

Another high point was Shea Stadium's hosting of the All-Star Game. Johnny Callison's ninth-inning three-run home run off Dick Radatz capped a four-run rally and gave the National League a 7–4 win over the American League in that game, which evened the series at seventeen wins for each league.

The stadium also saw pitcher Masanori Murakami of the San Francisco Giants become the first Japanese player to appear in the Major Leagues. He entered the game in the ninth inning of the Giants' 4–1 loss to the Mets

Unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight in the final hectic weekend of the 1964 season, the Mets relished the role of spoiler, beating the Cardinals in St. Louis on Friday and Saturday (keeping alive the hopes of the Phillies, Giants, and Reds) before succumbing to the eventual National League champions on Sunday.

Notable transactions

• April 6, 1964: Darrell Sutherland was selected off waivers by the Mets from the Philadelphia Phillies as a first-year waiver pick.
• April 23, 1964: Chico Fernández, Bobby Catton (minors), and cash were traded by the Mets to the Chicago White Sox for Charley Smith.
• August 7, 1964: Frank Thomas was traded by the Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Graham, Gary Kroll, and cash.
• August 8, 1964: Frank Lary was traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Braves for Dennis Ribant and cash.
• August 27, 1964: Jerry Koosman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.

Shea Stadium

The Mets' new home park was originally to be called "Flushing Meadows Stadium" – the name of the public park on which it was built – but a movement was launched to name it in honor of William A. Shea, the man who brought National League baseball back to New York. After 29 months and $28.5 million, Shea Stadium opened on April 17, 1964, with the Mets losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates, led by Roberto Clemente and Bill Mazeroski, 4–3 before a crowd of 50,312. Shea was a circular stadium, with the grandstand forming a perfect circle around the field and ending a short distance beyond the foul lines. The remainder of the perimeter was mostly empty space beyond the outfield fences. This space was occupied by the bullpens, the scoreboard, and the centerfield "batter's eye" backdrop. The stadium boasted 54 restrooms, 21 escalators and seats for 57,343. It was big, airy, sparkling, with a massive 86' x 175' scoreboard. Also, rather than the standard light towers, Shea had lamps along its upper reaches, like a convoy of semis with their brights on, which gave the field that unique high-wattage glow. Praised for its convenience, even its elegance, Shea was deemed a showplace.

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	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Шаблон:Sortname	131	341	28	92	.270	7	35	0
1B	Шаблон:Sortname	119	420	47	108	.257	10	45	0
2B	Шаблон:Sortname	127	475	59	144	.303	6	42	6
3B	Шаблон:Sortname	127	443	44	106	.239	20	58	2
SS	Шаблон:Sortname	113	379	30	80	.211	1	25	3
LF	Шаблон:Sortname	124	422	48	97	.230	9	47	4
CF	Шаблон:Sortname	139	409	48	105	.257	11	57	0
RF	Шаблон:Sortname	154	543	78	163	.300	16	76	6

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Шаблон:Sortname	98	254	25	59	.232	1	11	3
Hawk Taylor	92	225	20	54	.240	4	23	0
Larry Elliot	80	224	27	51	.228	9	22	1
Bobby Klaus	56	209	25	51	.244	2	11	3
Шаблон:Sortname	60	197	19	50	.254	3	19	1
Chris Cannizzaro	60	164	11	51	.311	0	10	0
Amado Samuel	53	142	7	33	.232	0	5	0
Tim Harkness	39	117	11	33	.282	2	13	1
Dick Smith	46	94	14	21	.223	0	3	6
Шаблон:Sortname	37	57	2	9	.158	1	2	0
Шаблон:Sortname	20	33	1	3	.091	0	0	0
Al Moran	16	22	2	5	.227	0	4	0
Шаблон:Sortname	3	7	0	0	.000	0	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	40	227.2	10	17	4.23	115
Шаблон:Sortname	36	225.2	10	20	3.79	118
Шаблон:Sortname	40	213.1	11	16	4.26	112
Шаблон:Sortname	36	191.2	6	19	3.62	78

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
Dennis Ribant	14	57.2	1	5	5.15	35
Шаблон:Sortname	13	57.1	2	3	4.55	27
Carl Willey	14	30.0	0	2	3.60	14
Шаблон:Sortname	10	26.2	0	3	7.76	9
Шаблон:Sortname	8	21.2	0	1	4.15	24
Шаблон:Sortname	4	19.1	1	2	4.19	10
Шаблон:Sortname	9	15.1	0	2	8.22	11
Шаблон:Sortname	4	13.0	0	1	5.54	5
Jay Hook	3	9.2	0	1	9.31	5

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
Шаблон:Sortname	41	3	3	5	4.41	22
Шаблон:Sortname	62	3	5	2	3.61	61
Шаблон:Sortname	44	5	5	3	4.15	31
Ron Locke	25	1	2	0	3.48	17
Tom Sturdivant	16	0	0	1	5.97	18
Шаблон:Sortname	8	0	2	1	5.40	3
Шаблон:Sortname	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Шаблон:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Auburn

References

• 1964 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
• 1964 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Шаблон:Cite book