1969 New York Mets season

1969 New York Mets
World Series champions National League champions National League East champions
Bullpen coach Joe Pignatano, third base coach Eddie Yost, and first base coach Yogi Berra in September 1969.
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Shea Stadium
City	Flushing, Queens, NY, U.S.
Record	100–62 (.617)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Joan Whitney Payson
General manager	Johnny Murphy
Manager	Gil Hodges
Television	WOR-TV (Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner)
Radio	WJRZ/WABC-FM (Nelson, Murphy, Kiner)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

The 1969 New York Mets season was the team's 8th as a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise and culminated when they won the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles. They played their home games at Shea Stadium and were managed by Gil Hodges. The team is often referred to as the "Amazin' Mets" (a nickname coined by Casey Stengel, who managed the team from their inaugural season to 1965) or the "Miracle Mets".

The 1969 season was the first season of divisional play in MLB. The Mets were assigned to the newly created National League East. In their seven previous seasons, the Mets had never finished higher than ninth place in the ten-team National League and had never had a winning season. They lost at least one hundred games in five of the seasons. However, they overcame mid-season difficulties while the division leaders for much of the season, the Chicago Cubs, suffered a late-season collapse. The Mets finished 100–62, eight games ahead of the Cubs. They went on to defeat the National League West champion Atlanta Braves three games to none in the inaugural NLCS, and defeated the American League champion Orioles in five games. First baseman Donn Clendenon was named the World Series' most valuable player on the strength of his .357 batting average, three home runs, and four runs batted in.

On Saturday, August 22, 2009, many of the surviving members of the 1969 championship team reunited at the Mets' present park, Citi Field.¹

• October 16, 1968: Sold Don Bosch to the Montreal Expos²

Date	Details
December, 1968	Jerry Buchek traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Cosman
December 2, 1968	Drafted Wayne Garrett from the Atlanta Braves in the 1968 rule 5 draft Tommie Reynolds drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1968 rule 5 draft Juan Rios drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1968 rule 5 draft Bill Short drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1968 rule 5 draft
February 5, 1969	Greg Goossen and cash traded to the Seattle Pilots for a player to be named later. Received Jim Gosger three months later to complete the trade.

The Mets held spring training at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida, for the 8th season.

The Mets had never finished higher than ninth place in a ten-team league in their first seven seasons. As an expansion team, they went 40–120 in 1962, the most losses by an MLB team in one season in the 20th century, and the 1962 Mets' .250 winning percentage was higher than only the .248 posted by the 1935 Boston Braves.

The Mets never had been over .500 after the ninth game of any season. Seven years after their disastrous inaugural season, "The Amazin' Mets" (as nicknamed by previous manager Casey Stengel) won the World Series, the first expansion team to do so.

1969 was the first year of divisional baseball, precipitated by the expansion of each league from 10 to 12 teams.³ The Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots joined the American League. The San Diego Padres and Montreal Expos joined the National League. Before 1969, the first place team in each league advanced directly to the World Series. Under the new structure, each league was divided into East and West divisions, each comprising six teams, with the divisional winners facing off in a best-of-five playoff for the right to represent their league in the World Series. The Mets were slotted into the National League East division, along with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, expansion Montreal Expos, and the St. Louis Cardinals, who had been World Champions in 1964 and 1967 and losers of the 1968 World Series. For the first time since joining the National League in 1962, the Mets could finish no lower than 6th.⁴ The New York Times journalist, Joe Durso, predicted the Mets would finish 4th in the East, ahead of the Pirates and the Expos.⁵

On April 8, with 44,541 fans in attendance at Shea Stadium, the Mets and the Expos played the first international baseball game in MLB history. The Mets had lost seven straight Opening Day games since joining the National League in 1962. That dubious record reached eight when the Expos prevailed in an 11–10 slugfest, despite the Mets scoring four runs with two down in the bottom of the ninth, highlighted by a pinch hit three-run home run by Duffy Dyer. Apparently, this was axiomatic Mets baseball, as one columnist described the Mets as "masters of the lingering death."⁶

The Mets took the next two games from the Expos, but then lost six of the following 7 games, bringing their record to 3–7. After a 9–14 start, the Mets won 9 of their next 13 games, including consecutive shutouts in late April against the Cubs and Expos. When Tom Seaver shut out the Atlanta Braves 5–0 on May 21, the Mets were 18–18, their best start in franchise history. But the Mets lost their next five games, starting with a 15–3 drubbing from the Braves, followed by a 3-game sweep by the Houston Astros, who outscored the Mets 18–4, and finishing with a loss at Shea Stadium to the lowly San Diego Padres.⁷ At the end of play on May 27, the Mets' record stood at 18–23. Then, in late May, the Mets reeled off a club-record 11 straight wins, which included three walk-off wins and dominant pitching, as the Mets pitching staff yielded a stingy 2-runs per game. Starting with their 42nd game, the Mets went 82–39 (a .678 winning percentage), including an astonishing 38–11 in their last 49 games.⁸

Despite that performance, the Mets suffered two mid-season three-game series sweeps at the hands of the Astros, who manhandled the Mets all season, taking 10 of the 12 games the teams played. They were also no-hit by Bob Moose of the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 20, only five days after becoming the first major league team to strike out 19 times in a nine-inning game, a game they won, 4–3, on a pair of two-run home runs by Ron Swoboda, against the Cardinals' Steve Carlton.

Trailing the Chicago Cubs for much of the season, the Mets found themselves in third place and 10 games back on August 14⁹ but they won 14 of their last 17 games during August, and 24 of their 32 games during September and October, to surge past the Cubs, finishing 100–62, eight games ahead of them. That 18 game differential, recovering from being 10 games behind the Cubs to finish 8 games ahead of them, is one of the largest turnarounds in MLB history.

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	100	62	.617	—	52‍–‍30	48‍–‍32
Chicago Cubs	92	70	.568	8	49‍–‍32	43‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	.543	12	47‍–‍34	41‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals	87	75	.537	13	42‍–‍38	45‍–‍37
Philadelphia Phillies	63	99	.389	37	30‍–‍51	33‍–‍48
Montreal Expos	52	110	.321	48	24‍–‍57	28‍–‍53

1969 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 27 Don Cardwell 31 Jack DiLauro 29 Danny Frisella 39 Gary Gentry 38 Jesse Hudson 38 Al Jackson 29 Bob Johnson 34 Cal Koonce 36 Jerry Koosman 43 Jim McAndrew 45 Tug McGraw 31,33 Les Rohr 30 Nolan Ryan 41 Tom Seaver 42 Ron Taylor		Catchers 10 Duffy Dyer 15 Jerry Grote  9 J. C. Martin Infielders 12 Ken Boswell  5 Ed Charles 22 Donn Clendenon  1 Kevin Collins 11 Wayne Garrett  3 Bud Harrelson 23,28 Bob Heise  7 Ed Kranepool  1 Bobby Pfeil  6 Al Weis		Outfielders 20 Tommie Agee 17 Rod Gaspar 18 Jim Gosger 21 Cleon Jones 25 Amos Otis 24 Art Shamsky  4 Ron Swoboda		Manager 14 Gil Hodges Coaches  8 Yogi Berra (first base) 52 Joe Pignatano (bullpen) 54 Rube Walker (pitching) 53 Eddie Yost (third base)

• Tommie Agee
• Ken Boswell
• Ed Charles
• Rod Gaspar
• Jerry Grote
• Bud Harrelson
• Cleon Jones
• Ed Kranepool
• Tom Seaver

• June 13, 1969: Al Jackson was purchased from the Mets by the Cincinnati Reds.¹⁰
• June 15, 1969: Kevin Collins, Steve Renko, Bill Carden (minors), and Dave Colon (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Montreal Expos for Donn Clendenon.¹¹

1969 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	3–9	12–6	15–3	9–9	8–4	4–8	6–6	8–4	13–5	9–9	6–6
Chicago	9–3	—	6–6–1	8–4	6–6	10–8	8–10	12–6	7–11	11–1	6–6	9–9
Cincinnati	6–12	6–6–1	—	9–9	10–8	8–4	6–6	10–2	5–7	11–7	10–8	8–4
Houston	3–15	4–8	9–9	—	6–12	11–1	10–2	8–4	3–9	10–8	10–8	7–5
Los Angeles	9–9	6–6	8–10	12–6	—	10–2	4–8	8–4	8–4	12–6	5–13	3–9
Montreal	4–8	8–10	4–8	1–11	2–10	—	5–13	11–7	5–13	4–8	1–11	7–11
New York	8–4	10–8	6–6	2–10	8–4	13–5	—	12–6	10–8	11–1	8–4	12–6
Philadelphia	6-6	6–12	2–10	4–8	4–8	7–11	6–12	—	10–8	8–4	3–9	7–11
Pittsburgh	4–8	11–7	7–5	9–3	4–8	13–5	8–10	8–10	—	10–2	5–7	9–9
San Diego	5–13	1–11	7–11	8–10	6–12	8–4	1–11	4–8	2–10	—	6–12	4–8
San Francisco	9–9	6–6	8–10	8–10	13–5	11–1	4–8	9–3	7–5	12–6	—	3–9
St. Louis	6–6	9–9	4–8	5–7	9–3	11–7	6–12	11–7	9–9	8–4	9–3	—

Legend
Mets Win	Mets Loss	Game Postponed	Clinched division
Bold = Mets team member

1969 Regular Season Game Log Overall: 100–62 (Home: 52–30; Road: 48–32)12
April: 9–11 (Home: 4–8; Road: 5–3) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Box Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Location (Attendance) Record Box/ Streak
May: 12–12 (Home: 7–5; Road: 5–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Box Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Location (Attendance) Record Box/ Streak 31 May 13 8:00 p.m. EDT Braves 3–4 Reed (5–1) Gentry (2–3) Upshaw (8) 2:13 Shea Stadium (12,332) 14–17 L1 32 May 14 8:00 p.m. EDT Braves 9–3 Seaver (5–2) Niekro (5–2) Taylor (1) 2:13 Shea Stadium (15,365) 15–17 W1 33 May 15 2:00 p.m. EDT Braves 5–6 Jarvis (3–2) Cardwell (1–6) Upshaw (9) 2:47 Shea Stadium (14,370) 15–18 L1 36 May 21 8:05 p.m. EDT @ Braves 5–0 Seaver (6–2) Niekro (5–3) — 2:33 Atlanta Stadium (14,669) 18–18 W3 37 May 22 8:05 p.m. EDT @ Braves 3–15 Jarvis (4–2) McGraw (3–1) Stone (1) 2:56 Atlanta Stadium (12,574) 18–19 L1
June: 19–9 (Home: 9–5; Road: 10–4) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Box Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Location (Attendance) Record Box/ Streak
July: 15–12 (Home: 6–7; Road: 9–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Box Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Location (Attendance) Record Box/ Streak
August: 21–10 (Home: 12–1; Road: 9–9) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Box Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Location (Attendance) Record Box/ Streak 100 August 1 8:00 p.m. EDT Braves 5–4 Koonce (5–3) Niekro (14–9) Taylor (10) 2:39 Shea Stadium (34,779) 56–44 W1 101 August 2 8:00 p.m. EDT Braves 1–0 McAndrew (3–3) Reed (10–8) McGraw (6) 2:23 Shea Stadium (37,442) 57–44 W2 102 August 3 2:15 p.m. EDT Braves 6–5 (11) Taylor (6–2) Raymond (2–2) — 3:00 Shea Stadium (34,696) 58–44 W3 107 (1) August 8 6:05 p.m. EDT @ Braves 4–1 Koosman (9–7) Pappas (5–8) — 2:24 Atlanta Stadium (N/A) 60–47 W1 108 (2) August 8 8:54 p.m. EDT @ Braves 0–1 (10) Reed (11–8) Taylor (6–3) — 2:11 Atlanta Stadium (42,838) 60–48 L1 109 August 9 2:15 p.m. EDT @ Braves 5–3 Seaver (16–7) Stone (9–7) Koonce (7) 3:14 Atlanta Stadium (28,194) 61–48 W1 110 August 10 2:15 p.m. EDT @ Braves 3–0 Cardwell (4–9) Britton (5–3) McGraw (7) 2:27 Atlanta Stadium (18,224) 62–48 W2
September: 23–7 (Home: 13–4; Road: 10–3) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Box Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Location (Attendance) Record Box/ Streak
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Box Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Location (Attendance) Record Box/ Streak

1969 New York Mets Inning–by–Inning Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	R	H	E
Opponents
Mets

Sources:[13] [14]

1969 Postseason Game Log Overall: 7–1 (Home: 4–0; Away: 3–1)
NL Championship Series vs. Atlanta Braves: 3–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 2–0)13 # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Location (Attendance) Series Box/ Streak 1 October 4 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Braves 9–5 Seaver (1–0) Niekro (0–1) — 2:37 Atlanta Stadium (50,122) NYN 1–0 W1 2 October 5 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Braves 11–6 Taylor (1–0) Reed (0–1) McGraw (1) 3:10 Atlanta Stadium (50,270) NYN 2–0 W2 3 October 6 1:00 p.m. EDT Braves 7–4 Ryan (1–0) Jarvis (0–1) — 2:24 Shea Stadium (54,195) NYN 3–0 W3
World Series vs. Baltimore Orioles: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Away: 1–1)14 # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Location (Attendance) Series Box/ Streak 1 October 11 1:00 p.m. EDT @ Orioles 1–4 Cuellar (1–0) Seaver (0–1) — 2:13 Memorial Stadium (50,429) BAL 1–0 L1 2 October 12 2:00 p.m. EDT @ Orioles 2–1 Koosman (1–0) McNally (0–1) Taylor (1) 2:20 Memorial Stadium (50,850) TIE 1–1 W1 3 October 14 1:00 p.m. EDT Orioles 5–0 Gentry (1–0) Palmer (0–1) Ryan (1) 2:23 Shea Stadium (56,335) NYN 2–1 W2 4 October 15 1:00 p.m. EDT Orioles 2–1 (10) Seaver (1–1) Hall (0–1) — 2:33 Shea Stadium (57,367) NYN 3–1 W3 5 October 16 1:00 p.m. EDT Orioles 5–3 Koosman (2–0) Watt (0–1) — 2:14 Shea Stadium (57,397) NYN 4–1 W4

Attendance	Rank
2,175,37315	1

With two outs in the top of the ninth inning, starting pitcher Jerry Koosman faced Orioles second baseman Davey Johnson (who later managed the Mets to their second World Series championship in 1986). After taking a pitch of two balls and one strike, Johnson hit a fly-ball out to left field which was caught by Cleon Jones.¹⁶

Two future Hall of Fame members were on that Mets' roster: pitcher Tom Seaver, who won 25 games en route to winning the Cy Young Award, and a young Nolan Ryan playing in his third season. Seaver was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992 and Ryan in 1999. Manager Gil Hodges was elected to the Hall in 2022. Bench coach Yogi Berra and Director of Player Development Whitey Herzog are also in the Hall of Fame.

The Baltimore Orioles boasted four future Hall of Famers on their roster: pitcher Jim Palmer, outfielder Frank Robinson, third baseman Brooks Robinson, and manager Earl Weaver.

1969 Regular Season Batting Order game log
April # Date Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 15 April 25 CHC 16 April 26 CHC 17 April 27 CHC 18 April 27 CHC
May # Date Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 22 May 2 @ CHC 23 May 3 @ CHC 24 May 4 @ CHC 25 May 4 @ CHC 31 May 13 ATL #20 Agee (RF) #11 Garrett (3B) #12 Boswell (2B) #21 Jones (LF) #7 Kranepool (1B) #9 Martin (C) #25 Otis (CF) #3 Harrelson (SS) #39 Gentry (SP) 32 May 14 ATL #20 Agee (RF) #11 Garrett (3B) #12 Boswell (2B) #21 Jones (LF) #7 Kranepool (1B) #9 Martin (C) #25 Otis (CF) #3 Harrelson (SS) #41 Seaver (SP) 33 May 15 ATL #20 Agee (CF) #11 Garrett (3B) #12 Boswell (2B) #21 Jones (LF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #7 Kranepool (1B) #9 Martin (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #27 Cardwell (SP) 36 May 21 @ ATL #20 Agee (CF) #11 Garrett (3B) #12 Boswell (2B) #21 Jones (LF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #7 Kranepool (1B) #9 Martin (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #41 Seaver (SP) 37 May 22 @ ATL #20 Agee (CF) #11 Garrett (3B) #12 Boswell (2B) #21 Jones (LF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #7 Kranepool (1B) #9 Martin (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #45 McGraw (SP) 43 May 30 SF 44 May 31 SF
June # Date Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 45 June 1 SF 52 June 10 @ SF 53 June 11 @ SF
July # Date Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 80 July 8 CHC 81 July 9 CHC 82 July 10 CHC 86 July 14 @ CHC 87 July 15 @ CHC 88 July 16 @ CHC
August # Date Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 100 August 1 ATL #3 Harrelson (SS) #1 Pfeil (3B) #20 Agee (CF) #11 Garrett (2B) #7 Kranepool (1B) #4 Swoboda (LF) #17 Gaspar (RF) #15 Grote (C) #27 Cardwell (SP) 101 August 2 ATL #3 Harrelson (SS) #1 Pfeil (3B) #20 Agee (CF) #11 Garrett (2B) #7 Kranepool (1B) #4 Swoboda (LF) #17 Gaspar (RF) #15 Grote (C) #43 McAndrew (SP) 102 August 3 ATL #3 Harrelson (SS) #1 Pfeil (3B) #20 Agee (CF) #7 Kranepool (1B) #11 Garrett (2B) #4 Swoboda (LF) #17 Gaspar (RF) #15 Grote (C) #39 Gentry (SP) 107 August 8 @ ATL #20 Agee (CF) #1 Pfeil (3B) #21 Jones (LF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #11 Garrett (2B) #22 Clendenon (1B) #9 Martin (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #36 Koosman (SP) 108 August 8 @ ATL #17 Gaspar (LF) #1 Pfeil (3B) #20 Agee (CF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #11 Garrett (2B) #7 Kranepool (1B) #15 Grote (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #39 Gentry (SP) 109 August 9 @ ATL #20 Agee (CF) #1 Pfeil (3B) #21 Jones (LF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #11 Garrett (2B) #7 Kranepool (1B) #9 Martin (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #41 Seaver (SP) 110 August 10 @ ATL #20 Agee (CF) #1 Pfeil (3B) #21 Jones (LF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #11 Garrett (2B) #7 Kranepool (1B) #15 Grote (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #30 Ryan (SP) 118 August 19 SF 119 August 20 SF 120 August 21 SF 127 August 29 @ SF 128 August 30 @ SF 129 August 31 @ SF 130 August 31 @ SF
September # Date Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 138 September 8 CHC 139 September 9 CHC
October # Date Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 161 October 1 @ CHC 162 October 2 @ CHC

1969 Regular Season Defensive Lineup game log
April # Date Opponent C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF P 15 April 25 CHC 16 April 26 CHC 17 April 27 CHC 18 April 27 CHC
May # Date Opponent C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF P 22 May 2 @ CHC 23 May 3 @ CHC 24 May 4 @ CHC 25 May 4 @ CHC 31 May 13 ATL #9 Martin #7 Kranepool #12 Boswell #11 Garrett #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #25 Otis #20 Agee #39 Gentry 32 May 14 ATL #9 Martin #7 Kranepool #12 Boswell #11 Garrett #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #25 Otis #20 Agee #41 Seaver 33 May 15 ATL #9 Martin #7 Kranepool #12 Boswell #11 Garrett #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #27 Cardwell 36 May 21 @ ATL #9 Martin #7 Kranepool #12 Boswell #11 Garrett #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #41 Seaver 37 May 22 @ ATL #9 Martin #7 Kranepool #12 Boswell #11 Garrett #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #45 McGraw 43 May 30 SF 44 May 31 SF
June # Date Opponent C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF P 45 June 1 SF 52 June 10 @ SF 53 June 11 @ SF
July # Date Opponent C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF P 80 July 8 CHC 81 July 9 CHC 82 July 10 CHC 86 July 14 @ CHC 87 July 15 @ CHC 88 July 16 @ CHC
August # Date Opponent C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF P 100 August 1 ATL #15 Grote #7 Kranepool #11 Garrett #1 Pfeil #3 Harrelson #4 Swoboda #20 Agee #17 Gaspar #27 Cardwell 101 August 2 ATL #15 Grote #7 Kranepool #11 Garrett #1 Pfeil #3 Harrelson #4 Swoboda #20 Agee #17 Gaspar #43 McAndrew 102 August 3 ATL #15 Grote #7 Kranepool #11 Garrett #1 Pfeil #3 Harrelson #4 Swoboda #20 Agee #17 Gaspar #39 Gentry 107 August 8 @ ATL #9 Martin #22 Clendenon #11 Garrett #1 Pfeil #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #36 Koosman 108 August 8 @ ATL #15 Grote #7 Kranepool #11 Garrett #1 Pfeil #3 Harrelson #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #39 Gentry 109 August 9 @ ATL #9 Martin #7 Kranepool #11 Garrett #1 Pfeil #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #41 Seaver 110 August 10 @ ATL #15 Grote #7 Kranepool #11 Garrett #1 Pfeil #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #30 Ryan 118 August 19 SF 119 August 20 SF 120 August 21 SF 127 August 29 @ SF 128 August 30 @ SF 129 August 31 @ SF 130 August 31 @ SF
September # Date Opponent C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF P 138 September 8 CHC 139 September 9 CHC
October # Date Opponent C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF P 161 October 1 @ CHC 162 October 2 @ CHC

1969 Postseason Batting Order game log
NL Championship Series vs. Atlanta Braves # Date Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 1 October 4 @ ATL #20 Agee (CF) #11 Garrett (3B) #21 Jones (LF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #12 Boswell (2B) #7 Kranepool (1B) #15 Grote (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #41 Seaver (SP) 2 October 5 @ ATL #20 Agee (CF) #11 Garrett (3B) #21 Jones (LF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #12 Boswell (2B) #7 Kranepool (1B) #15 Grote (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #36 Koosman (SP) 3 October 6 ATL #20 Agee (CF) #11 Garrett (3B) #21 Jones (LF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #12 Boswell (2B) #7 Kranepool (1B) #15 Grote (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #39 Gentry (SP)
World Series: vs. Baltimore Orioles # Date Opponent 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 1 October 11 @ BAL #20 Agee (CF) #3 Harrelson (SS) #21 Jones (LF) #22 Clendenon (1B) #4 Swoboda (RF) #5 Charles (3B) #15 Grote (C) #6 Weis (2B) #41 Seaver (SP) 2 October 12 @ BAL #20 Agee (CF) #3 Harrelson (SS) #21 Jones (LF) #22 Clendenon (1B) #4 Swoboda (RF) #5 Charles (3B) #15 Grote (C) #6 Weis (2B) #36 Koosman (SP) 3 October 14 BAL #20 Agee (CF) #11 Garrett (3B) #21 Jones (LF) #24 Shamsky (RF) #12 Boswell (2B) #7 Kranepool (1B) #15 Grote (C) #3 Harrelson (SS) #39 Gentry (SP) 4 October 15 BAL #20 Agee (CF) #3 Harrelson (SS) #21 Jones (LF) #22 Clendenon (1B) #4 Swoboda (RF) #5 Charles (3B) #15 Grote (C) #6 Weis (2B) #41 Seaver (SP) 5 October 16 BAL #20 Agee (CF) #3 Harrelson (SS) #21 Jones (LF) #22 Clendenon (1B) #4 Swoboda (RF) #5 Charles (3B) #15 Grote (C) #6 Weis (2B) #36 Koosman (SP)

1969 Postseason Defensive Lineup game log
NL Championship Series vs. Atlanta Braves # Date Opponent C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF P 1 October 4 @ ATL #15 Grote #7 Kranepool #12 Boswell #11 Garrett #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #41 Seaver 2 October 5 @ ATL #15 Grote #7 Kranepool #12 Boswell #11 Garrett #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #36 Koosman 3 October 6 ATL #15 Grote #7 Kranepool #12 Boswell #11 Garrett #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #39 Gentry
World Series: vs. Baltimore Orioles # Date Opponent C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF P 1 October 11 @ BAL #15 Grote #22 Clendenon #6 Weis #5 Charles #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #4 Swoboda #41 Seaver 2 October 12 @ BAL #15 Grote #22 Clendenon #6 Weis #5 Charles #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #4 Swoboda #36 Koosman 3 October 14 BAL #15 Grote #7 Kranepool #12 Boswell #11 Garrett #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #24 Shamsky #39 Gentry 4 October 15 BAL #15 Grote #22 Clendenon #6 Weis #5 Charles #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #4 Swoboda #41 Seaver 5 October 16 BAL #15 Grote #22 Clendenon #6 Weis #5 Charles #3 Harrelson #21 Jones #20 Agee #4 Swoboda #36 Koosman

1969 Regular Season Umpire game log
April # Date Opponent HP 1B 2B 3B 15 April 25 CHC 16 April 26 CHC 17 April 27 CHC 18 April 27 CHC
May # Date Opponent HP 1B 2B 3B 22 May 2 @ CHC 23 May 3 @ CHC 24 May 4 @ CHC 25 May 4 @ CHC 31 May 13 ATL Stan Landes Bill Williams Nick Colosi Tom Gorman (crew chief) 32 May 14 ATL Bill Williams Nick Colosi Tom Gorman (crew chief) Stan Landes 33 May 15 ATL Nick Colosi Tom Gorman (crew chief) Stan Landes Bill Williams 36 May 21 @ ATL Ken Burkhart (crew chief) Ed Sudol Lee Weyer Harry Wendelstedt 37 May 22 @ ATL Ed Sudol Lee Weyer Harry Wendelstedt Ken Burkhart (crew chief) 43 May 30 SF 44 May 31 SF
June # Date Opponent HP 1B 2B 3B 45 June 1 SF 52 June 10 @ SF 53 June 11 @ SF
July # Date Opponent HP 1B 2B 3B 80 July 8 CHC 81 July 9 CHC 82 July 10 CHC 86 July 14 @ CHC 87 July 15 @ CHC 88 July 16 @ CHC
August # Date Opponent HP 1B 2B 3B 100 August 1 ATL Bill Williams Nick Colosi Tom Gorman (crew chief) Stan Landes 101 August 2 ATL Nick Colosi Tom Gorman (crew chief) Stan Landes Bill Williams 102 August 3 ATL Tom Gorman (crew chief) Stan Landes Bill Williams Nick Colosi 107 August 8 @ ATL Tom Gorman (crew chief) Stan Landes Bill Williams Nick Colosi 108 August 8 @ ATL Stan Landes Bill Williams Nick Colosi Tom Gorman (crew chief) 109 August 9 @ ATL Bill Williams Nick Colosi Tom Gorman (crew chief) Stan Landes 110 August 10 @ ATL Nick Colosi Tom Gorman (crew chief) Stan Landes Bill Williams 118 August 19 SF 119 August 20 SF 120 August 21 SF 127 August 29 @ SF 128 August 30 @ SF 129 August 31 @ SF 130 August 31 @ SF
September # Date Opponent HP 1B 2B 3B 138 September 8 CHC 139 September 9 CHC
October # Date Opponent HP 1B 2B 3B 161 October 1 @ CHC 162 October 2 @ CHC

1969 Postseason Umpire game log
NL Championship Series vs. Atlanta Braves # Date Opponent HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1 October 4 @ ATL Al Barlick (crew chief) Augie Donatelli Ed Sudol Ed Vargo Chris Pelekoudas Mel Steiner 2 October 5 @ ATL Augie Donatelli Ed Sudol Ed Vargo Chris Pelekoudas Mel Steiner Al Barlick (crew chief) 3 October 6 ATL Ed Sudol Ed Vargo Chris Pelekoudas Mel Steiner Al Barlick (crew chief) Augie Donatelli
World Series: vs. Baltimore Orioles # Date Opponent HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1 October 11 @ BAL Hank Soar (AL) (crew chief) Frank Secory (NL) Larry Napp (AL) Shag Crawford (NL) Lou DiMuro (AL) Lee Weyer (NL) 2 October 12 @ BAL Frank Secory (NL) Larry Napp (AL) Shag Crawford (NL) Lou DiMuro (AL) Lee Weyer (NL) Hank Soar (AL) (crew chief) 3 October 14 BAL Larry Napp (AL) Shag Crawford (NL) Lou DiMuro (AL) Lee Weyer (NL) Hank Soar (AL) (crew chief) Frank Secory (NL) 4 October 15 BAL Shag Crawford (NL) Lou DiMuro (AL) Lee Weyer (NL) Hank Soar (AL) (crew chief) Frank Secory (NL) Larry Napp (AL) 5 October 16 BAL Lou DiMuro (AL) Lee Weyer (NL) Hank Soar (AL) (crew chief) Frank Secory (NL) Larry Napp (AL) Shag Crawford (NL)

= Indicates team leader

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	113	365	92	.252	6	40
1B	Ed Kranepool	112	353	84	.238	11	49
2B	Ken Boswell	102	362	101	.279	3	32
3B	Wayne Garrett	124	400	87	.218	1	39
SS	Bud Harrelson	123	395	98	.248	0	24
LF	Cleon Jones	137	483	164	.340	12	75
CF	Tommie Agee	149	565	153	.271	26	76
RF	Ron Swoboda	109	327	77	.235	9	52

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
Art Shamsky	100	303	91	.300	14	47
Al Weis	103	247	53	.215	2	23
Rod Gaspar	118	215	49	.228	1	19
Bobby Pfeil	62	211	49	.232	0	10
Donn Clendenon	72	202	51	.252	12	37
J. C. Martin	66	177	37	.209	4	21
Ed Charles	61	169	35	.207	3	18
Amos Otis	48	93	14	.151	0	4
Duffy Dyer	29	74	19	.257	3	12
Kevin Collins	16	40	6	.150	1	2
Jim Gosger	10	15	2	.133	0	1
Bob Heise	4	10	3	.300	0	0

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	36	273.1	25	7	2.21	208
Jerry Koosman	32	241.0	17	9	2.28	180
Gary Gentry	35	233.2	13	12	3.43	154
Don Cardwell	30	152.1	8	10	3.01	60
Jim McAndrew	27	135.0	6	7	3.47	90

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nolan Ryan	25	89.1	6	3	3.53	92
Jack DiLauro	23	63.2	1	4	2.40	27

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ron Taylor	59	9	4	13	2.72	42
Tug McGraw	42	9	3	12	2.24	92
Cal Koonce	40	6	3	7	4.99	48
Al Jackson	9	1	0	0	10.64	10
Danny Frisella	3	0	0	0	7.71	5
Jesse Hudson	1	0	0	0	4.50	3
Bob Johnson	2	0	0	1	0.00	1
Les Rohr	1	0	0	0	20.25	0

Saturday, October 4, 1969, at Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	9	10	1
Atlanta	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	10	2
WP: Tom Seaver (1–0)   LP: Phil Niekro (0–1) Home runs: NYM: None ATL: Tony González (1), Hank Aaron (1)

Sunday, October 5, 1969, at Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	1	3	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	11	13	1
Atlanta	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	6	9	3
WP: Ron Taylor (1–0)   LP: Ron Reed (0–1)   Sv: Tug McGraw (1) Home runs: NYM: Tommie Agee (1), Ken Boswell (1), Cleon Jones (1) ATL: Hank Aaron (2)

Monday, October 6, 1969, at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	8	1
New York	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	X	7	14	0
WP: Nolan Ryan (1–0)   LP: Pat Jarvis (0–1) Home runs: ATL: Hank Aaron (3), Orlando Cepeda (1) NYM: Tommie Agee (2), Ken Boswell (2), Wayne Garrett (1)

Saturday, October 11, 1969, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1
Baltimore	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	X	4	6	0
WP: Mike Cuellar (1–0)   LP: Tom Seaver (0–1) Home runs: NYM: None BAL: Don Buford (1)

Sunday, October 12, 1969, at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0
WP: Jerry Koosman (1–0)   LP: Dave McNally (0–1)   Sv: Ron Taylor (1) Home runs: NYM: Donn Clendenon (1) BAL: None

Tuesday, October 14, 1969, at Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
New York	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	5	6	0
WP: Gary Gentry (1–0)   LP: Jim Palmer (0–1)   Sv: Nolan Ryan (1) Home runs: BAL: None NYM: Tommie Agee (1), Ed Kranepool (1)

Wednesday, October 15, 1969, at Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1
New York	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	1
WP: Tom Seaver (1–1)   LP: Dick Hall (0–1) Home runs: BAL: None NYM: Donn Clendenon (2)

Thursday, October 16, 1969, at Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	2
New York	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	X	5	7	0
WP: Jerry Koosman (2–0)   LP: Eddie Watt (0–1) Home runs: BAL: Dave McNally (1), Frank Robinson (1) NYM: Donn Clendenon (3), Al Weis (1)

In the movie Oh, God!, God, as played by George Burns, explains to John Denver that "the last miracle I performed was the 1969 Mets."

Part of the movie Frequency is set in Queens, New York, in 1969, as firefighter and avid Mets fan Frank Sullivan (Dennis Quaid) and his family follow the "Amazin's" throughout the World Series.

In Moonlighting, Season 2, Episode 13, "In God We Strongly Suspect", when David is attempting to define the parameters of Maddie's skepticism and atheism by inviting her to provide logical explanations for various phenomena seemingly beyond man's understanding, he mentions the "'69 Mets" which she immediately dismisses as "a myth and a hoax".

In his song "Faith and Fear in Flushing Meadows", twee/folk artist Harry Breitner makes mention of Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman.

In the TV sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond episode "Big Shots", Ray and Robert visit the Baseball Hall of Fame to meet members of the '69 Mets.

In the film Men in Black 3, set shortly before the Apollo 11 launch in July 1969, Griffin, an alien from the fifth dimension who can see the future, says the Mets' title is his favorite human history moment for "all the improbabilities that helped".

In the TV show Growing Pains, the family's name was the Seavers and their neighbors were the Koosmans.

In the TV Sitcom The Simpsons episode MoneyBart, Homer Simpson says the 1969 Mets will live on forever.

Regular Season
Player	Award
Al Weis	Babe Ruth Award
Tom Seaver	National League Cy Young Award
	Associated Press Athlete of the Year17
	Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year

Playoffs
Player	Award
Donn Clendenon	World Series Most Valuable Player Award

Regular Season
Manager	Award
Gil Hodges	Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

Outfielders

Pos	#	Player	League	AB	H	RBI
LF	21	Cleon Jones	National League Starter	4	2	0

Pitchers

#	Player	League	IP	SO
36	Jerry Koosman	National League	1.2	1
41	Tom Seaver	National League	did not pitch

Date	Round	Pick	Player	Position	Hometown/School
June 5, 1969	1	4	Randy Sterling	RHP	Key West, Florida
	2	28	Joe Nolan	C	St. Louis, Missouri

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tidewater Tides	International League	Clyde McCullough
AA	Memphis Blues	Texas League	Pete Pavlick, John Antonelli and Roy McMillan
A	Visalia Mets	California League	Roy McMillan, Chuck Estrada and Harry Minor
A	Pompano Beach Mets	Florida State League	Joe Frazier
Rookie	Marion Mets	Appalachian League	Jack Cassini

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Memphis ¹⁸

Notes

Notes

1. "Seaver, Ryan and Koosman highlight Miracle Mets gathering to celebrate 40th anniversary of 1969 World Series Championship - mets.com: Official Info". mlb.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
2. "Don Bosch Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
3. /New York Times, Sunday April 6, 1969
4. Id.
5. Id.
6. Joseph Durso, New York Times, April 9, 1969
7. "1969 New York Mets Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
8. Id.
9. "Events of Wednesday, August 13, 1969". www.retrosheet.org.
10. Al Jackson at Baseball Reference
11. Donn Clendenon at Baseball Reference
12. "1969 New York Mets Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
13. "1969 National League Championship Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
14. "1969 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
15. "1969 NL Attendance Data From Baseball Reference". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
16. snarfmatic (March 16, 2011). "New York Mets Win 1969 World Series". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
17. "Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)". www.nndb.com.
18. 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

External links

• 1969 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
• 1969 New York Mets at Baseball Almanac
• 1969 – New York Mets Win Their First World Series A report from K.C. Connors of WCBS Newsradio 880 (WCBS-AM New York) Part of WCBS 880's celebration of 40 years of newsradio
• Never-Seen Pics of the Miracle Mets Archived October 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine—slideshow by Life magazine