1976 New York Mets season

1976 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1962);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Shea Stadium (since 1964); New York City (since 1962);
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Shipman Payson
General manager(s)	Joe McDonald
Manager(s)	Joe Frazier
Local television	WOR-TV
Local radio	WNEW ; (Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy)
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The 1976 New York Mets season was the 15th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Joe Frazier, the team had an 86–76 record and finished in third place in the National League East.

Offseason

On December 6, Mrs. Lorinda de Roulet, daughter of the late Joan Payson, was named president of the Mets. The critical decisions, however, were still made by board chairman M. Donald Grant and General Manager Joe McDonald.

Notable transactions

December 3, 1975: Kelvin Chapman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.[1]
December 12, 1975: Rusty Staub and Bill Laxton were traded by the Mets to the Detroit Tigers for Mickey Lolich and Billy Baldwin.[2]
January 7, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
- Greg Harris was drafted by the Mets in the 7th round, but did not sign.[3]
- Kim Seaman was drafted by the Mets in the 4th round of the Secondary Phase.[4]
March 5, 1976: Mario Ramírez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.[5]
March 30, 1976: Jesús Alou was released by the Mets.[6]

Regular season

Season Summary

On September 16, before a small crowd of 5,472 at Shea Stadium, Jerry Koosman overcame a home run by future Mets player Keith Hernandez to pitched a complete game and win his 20th game of the season for the first time in his career in a 4–1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	101	61	0.623	—	53–28	48–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	0.568	9	47–34	45–36
New York Mets	86	76	0.531	15	45–37	41–39
Chicago Cubs	75	87	0.463	26	42–39	33–48
St. Louis Cardinals	72	90	0.444	29	37–44	35–46
Montreal Expos	55	107	0.340	46	27–53	28–54

Record vs. opponents

1976 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	6–12	7–11	8–10	8–4	4–8	5–7	3–9	10–8	9–9	4–8
Chicago	6–6	—	3–9	5–7	3–9	11–7	5–13	8–10	8–10	6–6	8–4	12–6
Cincinnati	12–6	9–3	—	12–6	13–5	9–3	6–6	5–7	8–4	13–5	9–9	6–6
Houston	11–7	7–5	6–12	—	5–13	10–2	6–6	4–8	2–10	10–8	10–8	9–3
Los Angeles	10–8	9–3	5–13	13–5	—	10–2	7–5	5–7	9–3	6–12	8–10	10–2
Montreal	4–8	7–11	3–9	2–10	2–10	—	8–10	3–15	8–10	4–8	7–5	7–11
New York	8–4	13–5	6–6	6–6	5–7	10–8	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	7–5	9–9
Philadelphia	7-5	10–8	7–5	8–4	7–5	15–3	13–5	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	12–6
Pittsburgh	9–3	10–8	4–8	10–2	3–9	10–8	8–10	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	12–6
San Diego	8–10	6–6	5–13	8–10	12–6	8–4	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	9–9	4–8	9–9	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	6–12	6–6	3–9	2–10	11–7	9–9	6–12	6–12	8–4	7–5	—

Notable transactions

June 8, 1976: Dave Von Ohlen was drafted by the Mets in the 17th round of the 1976 Major League Baseball draft.[7]
July 21, 1976: Del Unser and Wayne Garrett were traded by the Mets to the Montreal Expos for Jim Dwyer and Pepe Mangual.[8]
September 17, 1976: Greg Harris was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.[3]

Roster

1976 New York Mets

Roster

Pitchers

34 Bob Apodaca

45 Rick Baldwin

39 Nino Espinosa

19 Tom Hall

36 Jerry Koosman

38 Skip Lockwood

29 Mickey Lolich

32 Jon Matlack

44 Bob Myrick

33 Ken Sanders

41 Tom Seaver

27 Craig Swan

30 Hank Webb

Catchers

15 Jerry Grote

42 Ron Hodges

22 Jay Kleven

16 John Stearns

Infielders

1 Leo Foster

11 Wayne Garrett

3 Bud Harrelson

12 Jack Heidemann

7 Ed Kranepool

17 Félix Millán

5 Mike Phillips

2 Roy Staiger

9 Joe Torre

Outfielders

18 Benny Ayala

21 Billy Baldwin

4 Bruce Boisclair

23 Leon Brown

25 Jim Dwyer

26 Dave Kingman

11 Pepe Mangual

12 Lee Mazzilli

28 John Milner

25 Del Unser

6 Mike Vail

Manager

55 Joe Frazier

Coaches

24 Willie Mays

51 Roy McMillan

52 Joe Pignatano

54 Rube Walker

53 Eddie Yost

Player stats

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	Jerry Grote	101	323	88	.272	4	28
1B	Ed Kranepool	123	415	121	.292	10	49
2B	Félix Millán	139	531	150	.282	1	35
SS	Bud Harrelson	118	359	84	.234	1	26
3B	Roy Staiger	95	304	67	.220	2	26
LF	John Milner	127	443	120	.271	15	78
CF	Del Unser	77	276	63	.228	5	25
RF	Dave Kingman	123	474	113	.238	37	86

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
Joe Torre	114	310	95	.306	5	31
Bruce Boisclair	110	286	82	.287	2	13
Mike Phillips	87	262	67	.256	4	29
Wayne Garrett	80	251	56	.223	4	26
Ron Hodges	56	155	35	.226	4	24
Mike Vail	53	143	31	.217	0	9
John Stearns	32	103	27	.262	2	10
Pepe Mangual	41	102	19	.186	1	9
Lee Mazzilli	24	77	15	.195	2	7
Leon Brown	64	70	15	.214	0	2
Leo Foster	24	59	12	.203	1	15
Benny Ayala	22	26	3	.115	1	2
Billy Baldwin	9	22	6	.273	1	5
Jim Dwyer	11	13	2	.154	0	0
Jack Heidemann	5	12	1	.083	0	0
Jay Kleven	2	5	1	.200	0	2

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	271	14	11	2.59	235
Jon Matlack	35	262	17	10	2.95	153
Jerry Koosman	34	247.1	21	10	2.69	200
Mickey Lolich	31	192.7	8	13	3.22	120
Craig Swan	23	132.1	6	9	3.54	89

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
Nino Espinosa	12	41.2	4	4	3.67	30

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
Skip Lockwood	56	94.1	10	7	19	2.67	108
Bob Apodaca	43	89.2	3	7	5	2.81	45
Ken Sanders	31	47	1	2	1	2.87	16
Bob Myrick	21	27.2	1	1	0	3.25	11
Rick Baldwin	11	22.2	0	0	0	2.38	9
Hank Webb	8	16	0	1	0	4.50	7
Tom Hall	5	4.2	1	1	0	5.79	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tidewater Tides	International League	Tom Burgess
AA	Jackson Mets	Texas League	John Antonelli
A	Lynchburg Mets	Carolina League	Jack Aker
A	Wausau Mets	Midwest League	Bill Monbouquette
Rookie	Marion Mets	Appalachian League	Al Jackson

Notes

Kelvin Chapman at Baseball Reference
Rusty Staub at Baseball Reference
Greg Harris at Baseball Reference
Kim Seaman at Baseball Reference
Mario Ramirez at Baseball Reference
Jesús Alou at Baseball Reference
Dave Von Ohlen at Baseball Reference
Del Unser at Baseball Reference

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

1976 New York Mets
1976 New York Mets at Baseball Almanac

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[1] Kelvin Chapman at Baseball Reference

[2] Rusty Staub at Baseball Reference

[harris-3] Greg Harris at Baseball Reference

[4] Kim Seaman at Baseball Reference

[5] Mario Ramirez at Baseball Reference

[6] Jesús Alou at Baseball Reference

[7] Dave Von Ohlen at Baseball Reference

[8] Del Unser at Baseball Reference