1970 New York Mets

83-79 • .512 Win% • 3rd in NL E

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
79 Losses
.512 Win %
3rd Rank
695 R 630 RA
Diff +65

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695 Runs Scored
630 Runs Allowed
+65 Run Diff
2,697K Attendance

📈 vs. 1970 NL Average

Batting Avg .249 3% below the 1970 league average (.258)
OBP .333 1% above the 1970 league average (.329)
SLG .369 6% below the 1970 league average (.391)
Team ERA 3.45 15% better than the 1970 league average (4.05)
Runs Scored 695 5% below the 1970 league average (731 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShea Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 2,697,456
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Avg per Game 32,895

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1970

Batting Avg

1 Art Shamsky 0.293 2 Donn Clendenon 0.288 3 Tommie Agee 0.286 4 Cleon Jones 0.277 5 Ken Singleton 0.263

Home Runs

1 Tommie Agee 24 2 Donn Clendenon 22 3 Wayne Garrett 12 4 Art Shamsky 11 5 Cleon Jones 10

RBI

1 Donn Clendenon 97 2 Tommie Agee 75 3 Cleon Jones 63 4 Art Shamsky 49 5 Wayne Garrett 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tommie Agee 153 636 107 182 30 7 24 75 55 156 31 0.286
Bud Harrelson 157 564 72 137 18 8 1 42 95 74 23 0.243
Cleon Jones 134 506 71 140 25 8 10 63 57 87 12 0.277
Jerry Grote 126 415 38 106 14 1 2 34 36 39 2 0.255
Art Shamsky 122 403 48 118 19 2 11 49 49 33 1 0.293
Donn Clendenon 121 396 65 114 18 3 22 97 39 91 4 0.288
Wayne Garrett 114 366 74 93 17 4 12 45 81 60 5 0.254
Ken Boswell 105 351 32 89 13 2 5 44 41 32 5 0.254
Joe Foy 99 322 39 76 12 0 6 37 68 58 22 0.236
Ron Swoboda 115 245 29 57 8 2 9 40 40 72 2 0.233
Ken Singleton 69 198 22 52 8 0 5 26 30 48 1 0.263
Dave Marshall 92 189 21 46 10 1 6 29 17 43 4 0.243
Duffy Dyer 59 148 8 31 1 0 2 12 21 32 1 0.209
Al Weis 75 121 20 25 7 1 1 11 7 21 1 0.207
Tom Seaver 42 95 9 17 1 1 1 10 10 31 0 0.179
Mike Jorgensen 76 87 15 17 3 1 3 4 10 23 2 0.195
Jerry Koosman 30 70 5 6 1 0 0 4 8 46 0 0.086
Gary Gentry 32 59 2 4 2 0 0 2 5 39 0 0.068
Jim McAndrew 32 54 6 8 3 0 0 2 5 17 0 0.148
Ed Kranepool 43 47 2 8 0 0 0 3 5 2 0 0.170
Nolan Ryan 27 45 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 0.178
Ray Sadecki 28 39 2 8 0 0 0 3 2 10 0 0.205
Ted Martinez 4 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.062
Rod Gaspar 11 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0.000
Danny Frisella 30 13 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.308
Tug McGraw 57 13 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0.308
Tim Foli 5 11 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.364
Rich Folkers 16 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.333
Don Cardwell 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.000
Leroy Stanton 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Ron Taylor 57 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Cal Koonce 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dean Chance 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Herbel 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1970

ERA

1 Tom Seaver 2.82 2 Danny Frisella 3.02 3 Jerry Koosman 3.14 4 Tug McGraw 3.28 5 Nolan Ryan 3.42

Wins

1 Tom Seaver 18 2 Jerry Koosman 12 3 Jim McAndrew 10 4 Gary Gentry 9 5 Danny Frisella 8

Strikeouts

1 Tom Seaver 283 2 Gary Gentry 134 3 Nolan Ryan 125 4 Jerry Koosman 118 5 Jim McAndrew 111
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tom Seaver 18 12 2.82 37 36 0 290.2 230 91 83 283
Jerry Koosman 12 7 3.14 30 29 0 212.0 189 74 71 118
Gary Gentry 9 9 3.68 32 29 1 188.1 155 77 86 134
Jim McAndrew 10 14 3.56 32 27 2 184.1 166 73 38 111
Ray Sadecki 8 4 3.89 28 19 0 138.2 134 60 52 89
Nolan Ryan 7 11 3.42 27 19 1 131.2 86 50 97 125
Tug McGraw 4 6 3.28 57 0 10 90.2 77 33 49 81
Ron Taylor 5 4 3.93 57 0 13 66.1 65 29 16 28
Danny Frisella 8 3 3.02 30 1 1 65.2 49 22 34 54
Rich Folkers 0 2 6.44 16 1 2 29.1 36 21 25 15
Don Cardwell 0 2 6.48 16 1 0 25.0 31 18 6 8
Cal Koonce 0 2 3.27 13 0 0 22.0 25 8 14 10
Ron Herbel 2 2 1.38 12 0 1 13.0 14 2 2 8
Dean Chance 0 1 13.50 3 0 1 2.0 3 3 2 0

👥 Roster (34)

Tommie Agee Ken Boswell Don Cardwell Dean Chance Donn Clendenon Duffy Dyer Tim Foli Rich Folkers Joe Foy Danny Frisella Wayne Garrett Rod Gaspar +22 more

34 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1970 New York Mets

What was the 1970 New York Mets record?
The 1970 New York Mets finished 83-79 (.512 win pct).
Who led the 1970 New York Mets in home runs?
Tommie Agee led the 1970 New York Mets with 24 home runs.
What was the 1970 New York Mets team ERA?
The 1970 New York Mets posted a team ERA of 3.45.
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