1975 New York Mets

82-80 • .506 Win% • 3rd in NL E

The 1975 New York Mets went 82-80 (.506) finishing 3rd in the NL E division. The club scored 646 runs, allowed 625, and played home games at Shea Stadium. Team leaders included Dave Kingman (36 HR, 88 RBI) and Tom Seaver (22-9, 2.38 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
80 Losses
.506 Win %
3rd Rank
646 R 625 RA
Diff +21

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646 Runs Scored
625 Runs Allowed
+21 Run Diff
1,730K Attendance

📈 vs. 1975 NL Average

Batting Avg .255 equal to the 1975 league average (.257)
OBP .319 2% below the 1975 league average (.326)
SLG .361 2% below the 1975 league average (.369)
Team ERA 3.39 6% better than the 1975 league average (3.62)
Runs Scored 646 3% below the 1975 league average (668 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShea Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,730,766
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Avg per Game 21,367

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1975

Batting Avg

1 Ed Kranepool 0.323 2 Mike Vail 0.302 3 Jerry Grote 0.295 4 Del Unser 0.294 5 Felix Millan 0.283

Home Runs

1 Dave Kingman 36 2 Rusty Staub 19 3 Del Unser 10 4 John Milner 7 5 Wayne Garrett 6

RBI

1 Rusty Staub 105 2 Dave Kingman 88 3 Felix Millan 56 4 Del Unser 53 5 Ed Kranepool 43
1975 New York Mets — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Felix Millan 162 676 81 191 37 2 1 56 36 28 1 0.283
Rusty Staub 155 574 93 162 30 4 19 105 77 55 2 0.282
Del Unser 147 531 65 156 18 2 10 53 37 76 4 0.294
Dave Kingman 134 502 65 116 22 1 36 88 34 153 7 0.231
Jerry Grote 119 386 28 114 14 5 2 39 38 23 0 0.295
Mike Phillips 116 383 31 98 10 7 1 28 25 47 3 0.256
Joe Torre 114 361 33 89 16 3 6 35 35 55 0 0.247
Ed Kranepool 106 325 42 105 16 0 4 43 27 21 1 0.323
Wayne Garrett 107 274 49 73 8 3 6 34 50 45 3 0.266
John Milner 91 220 24 42 11 0 7 29 33 22 1 0.191
Gene Clines 82 203 25 46 6 3 0 10 11 21 4 0.227
John Stearns 59 169 25 32 5 1 3 10 17 15 4 0.189
Mike Vail 38 162 17 49 8 1 3 17 9 37 0 0.302
Jack Heidemann 61 145 12 31 4 2 1 16 17 28 1 0.214
Jesus Alou 62 102 8 27 3 0 0 11 4 5 0 0.265
Tom Seaver 37 95 7 17 1 0 0 5 8 24 0 0.179
Jerry Koosman 36 78 4 14 2 0 0 6 4 31 1 0.179
Bud Harrelson 34 73 5 16 2 0 0 3 12 13 0 0.219
Jon Matlack 33 70 6 7 0 0 0 2 13 33 0 0.100
Cleon Jones 21 50 2 12 1 0 0 2 3 6 0 0.240
Randy Tate 26 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 0.000
Ron Hodges 9 34 3 7 1 0 2 4 1 6 0 0.206
Hank Webb 31 31 5 8 0 0 0 3 2 7 0 0.258
Roy Staiger 13 19 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.158
George Stone 13 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0.167
Rick Baldwin 54 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.200
Bob Gallagher 33 15 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.133
Bob Apodaca 46 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.364
Craig Swan 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.000
Skip Lockwood 24 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.167
Tom Hall 35 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.400
Harry Parker 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0.000
Brock Pemberton 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ken Sanders 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jerry Cram 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nino Espinosa 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mac Scarce 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1975

ERA

1 Bob Apodaca 1.49 2 Skip Lockwood 1.49 3 Ken Sanders 2.30 4 Tom Seaver 2.38 5 Rick Baldwin 3.33

Wins

1 Tom Seaver 22 2 Jon Matlack 16 3 Jerry Koosman 14 4 Hank Webb 7 5 Randy Tate 5

Strikeouts

1 Tom Seaver 243 2 Jerry Koosman 173 3 Jon Matlack 154 4 Randy Tate 99 5 Skip Lockwood 61
1975 New York Mets — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tom Seaver 22 9 2.38 36 36 0 280.1 217 74 88 243
Jerry Koosman 14 13 3.42 36 34 2 239.2 234 91 98 173
Jon Matlack 16 12 3.38 33 32 0 228.2 224 86 58 154
Randy Tate 5 13 4.45 26 23 0 137.2 121 68 86 99
Hank Webb 7 6 4.07 29 15 0 115.0 102 52 62 38
Rick Baldwin 3 5 3.33 54 0 6 97.1 97 36 34 54
Bob Apodaca 3 4 1.49 46 0 13 84.2 66 14 28 45
Tom Hall 4 3 4.75 34 4 1 60.2 58 32 31 48
George Stone 3 3 5.05 13 11 0 57.0 75 32 21 21
Skip Lockwood 1 3 1.49 24 0 2 48.1 28 8 25 61
Ken Sanders 1 1 2.30 30 0 5 43.0 31 11 14 8
Harry Parker 2 3 4.41 18 1 2 34.2 37 17 19 22
Craig Swan 1 3 6.39 6 6 0 31.0 38 22 13 19
Jerry Cram 0 1 5.40 4 0 0 5.0 7 3 2 2
Nino Espinosa 0 1 18.00 2 0 0 3.0 8 6 1 2
Mac Scarce 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0

👥 Roster (37)

Jesus Alou Bob Apodaca Rick Baldwin Gene Clines Jerry Cram Nino Espinosa Bob Gallagher Wayne Garrett Jerry Grote Tom Hall Bud Harrelson Jack Heidemann +25 more

37 players

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The 1975 New York Mets in brief

A 82-80 record (.506) put the 1975 New York Mets 3rd in the NL East. The run column shows 646 for and 625 against. The New York Mets staff finished with a 3.39 ERA; the league as a whole was at 3.62. The 1975 New York Mets scored 3% fewer runs than the average club (646 against 668). Shea Stadium was home in 1975, drawing a total attendance of 1,730,766. The home run leader was Dave Kingman, who hit 36.

Rusty Staub led in RBI with 105. Felix Millan collected the most hits, 191. Tom Seaver led the pitchers with 22 wins. Bob Apodaca closed out 13 saves. In all, the roster shows 37 players. For the seasons either side, see the 1974 season and the 1976 season.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1975 New York Mets

What was the 1975 New York Mets record?
The 1975 New York Mets finished 82-80 (.506 win pct).
Who led the 1975 New York Mets in home runs?
Dave Kingman led the 1975 New York Mets with 36 home runs.
What was the 1975 New York Mets team ERA?
The 1975 New York Mets posted a team ERA of 3.39.
Did the 1975 New York Mets win the World Series?
No. The 1975 New York Mets did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1975 New York Mets play?
The 1975 New York Mets played home games at Shea Stadium.
Who led the 1975 New York Mets in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Dave Kingman (36 HR, 88 RBI) and Tom Seaver (22-9, 2.38 ERA).
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