Английская Википедия:1972 New York Mets season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1972 New York Mets season was the 11th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Yogi Berra, the team had an 83–73 record and finished in third place in the National League's Eastern Division.

Offseason

Death of Gil Hodges

On April 2, 1972, manager Gil Hodges and coaches Rube Walker, Joe Pignatano and Eddie Yost, were returning to their motel in West Palm Beach, Florida after a round of golf when Hodges suddenly collapsed, falling backward and cracking his head open. Hodges had died from a heart attack, two days short of his forty-eighth birthday. The Mets wore a black armband on the left sleeves of their uniform jerseys during the 1972 season in honor of Hodges.

Appointment of Yogi Berra

On April 6, Yogi Berra was introduced as the Mets' new manager. The news of Berra's appointment was accompanied by the announcement that the Mets had traded outfielder Ken Singleton, infielder Tim Foli, and first baseman/outfielder Mike Jorgensen to the Montreal Expos for star outfielder Rusty Staub, who had hit .311 with 97 RBI the previous season. Also joining the club this year was John Milner, a left-handed, power-hitting, first baseman/outfielder.

Notable transactions

• December 10, 1971: Nolan Ryan, Frank Estrada, Don Rose, and Leroy Stanton were traded by the Mets to the California Angels for Jim Fregosi.

Regular season

Season summary

Шаблон:Tone On May 11, the Mets acquired Willie Mays from the San Francisco Giants for minor league pitcher Charlie Williams and cash. The acquisition of Mays had been a longtime dream of Joan Payson, who had been a New York Giants fan in her youth.Шаблон:Citation needed With Mays no longer pulling the weight of his large contract, Giants owner Horace Stoneham made him available, and Payson could not resist.Шаблон:Citation needed

The club got off to a sizzling start in 1972, playing better than .700 ball through early June and peaking at Шаблон:Winpct on May 21, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates by six games. However, a series of disabling injuries to Staub, Bud Harrelson, Jerry Grote, and Cleon Jones brought the team up short and dropped them into their third consecutive third-place finish, 13.5 games behind Pittsburgh.

Despite a promising start, the season ending on a highly disappointing note. Jim Fregosi suffered a broken thumb in spring training and never got on track, posting a .232 batting average. Second baseman Ken Boswell hit just .211 on the year. John Milner flashed some power with 17 homers but batted only .238. Tommie Agee, unhappy at intermittently being displaced in center by Mays,Шаблон:Citation needed batted .227. Staub batted .293, but was limited to just 66 games because of a broken hand. Mays batted a respectable .267, but his fielding ability significantly declined.

Among pitchers, Tom Seaver went 21–12, Jim McAndrew 11–8, Jerry Koosman 11–12, and Rookie of the Year Jon Matlack was 15–10. Gary Gentry slumped to 7–10. Tug McGraw continued as the bullpen ace, with 8 wins and 27 saves.

On September 30, Matlack gave up a double to Pirates legend Roberto Clemente. It was Clemente's 3,000th and final big-league hit prior to his death in a plane crash on New Year's Eve.

Opening Day starters

• Tommie Agee
• Ken Boswell
• Jim Fregosi
• Jerry Grote
• Bud Harrelson
• Cleon Jones
• Ed Kranepool
• Tom Seaver
• Rusty Staub

Notable transactions

• April 5: Ken Singleton, Mike Jorgensen, and Tim Foli were traded to the Montreal Expos for Rusty Staub.
• May 11: Charlie Williams and $50,000 were traded to the San Francisco Giants for Willie Mays.

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
C	Duffy Dyer	94	325	75	.231	8	36
1B	Ed Kranepool	122	327	88	.269	8	34
2B	Ken Boswell	100	355	75	.211	9	33
SS	Bud Harrelson	115	418	90	.215	1	24
3B	Jim Fregosi	101	340	79	.232	5	32
LF	John Milner	117	362	86	.238	17	38
CF	Шаблон:Sortname	114	422	96	.227	13	47
RF	Шаблон:Sortname	66	239	70	.293	9	38

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
Cleon Jones	106	375	92	.245	5	52
Ted Martínez	103	330	74	.224	1	19
Wayne Garrett	111	298	69	.232	2	29
Jerry Grote	64	205	43	.210	3	21
Willie Mays	69	195	52	.267	8	19
Dave Marshall	72	156	39	.250	4	11
Dave Schneck	37	123	23	.187	3	10
Jim Beauchamp	58	120	29	.242	5	19
Lute Barnes	24	72	17	.236	0	6
Bill Sudakis	18	49	7	.143	1	7
Don Hahn	17	37	6	.162	0	1
Joe Nolan	4	10	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
Tom Seaver	35	262.0	21	12	2.92	249
Jon Matlack	34	244.0	15	10	2.32	169
Gary Gentry	32	164.0	7	10	4.01	120
Jerry Koosman	34	163.0	11	12	4.14	147
Jim McAndrew	28	160.2	11	8	2.80	81

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
Шаблон:Sortname	14	53.0	3	2	4.58	45
Brent Strom	11	30.1	0	3	6.82	20
Hank Webb	6	18.1	0	0	4.42	15
Tommy Moore	3	12.1	0	0	2.92	5

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tug McGraw	54	106.0	8	6	27	1.70	92
Danny Frisella	39	67.1	5	8	9	3.34	46
Ray Sadecki	34	75.2	2	1	0	3.09	38
Chuck Taylor	20	31.0	0	0	2	5.52	9
Bob Rauch	19	27.0	0	1	1	5.00	23

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Willie Mays, starting center fielder
• Tug McGraw, reserve
• Tom Seaver, reserve

Farm system

Шаблон:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater

References

• 1972 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
• 1972 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com