The 1970 New York Mets team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1970 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.
Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1970 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 1970 New York Mets salary list, a 1970 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 1970 New York Mets primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"I don't know that it's so important to have Tug McGraw's autograph. It's not like he's Donald Duck or something." - Anonymous from November 20, 1978 Sports Illustrated
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
27 | Don Cardwell | 6-04 | 210 | Right | Right | 1935-12-07 |
32 | Dean Chance | 6-03 | 200 | Right | Right | 1941-06-01 |
38 | Rich Folkers | 6-02 | 180 | Left | Left | 1946-10-17 |
34 | Danny Frisella | 6-00 | 195 | Right | Left | 1946-03-04 |
39 | Gary Gentry | 6-00 | 183 | Right | Right | 1946-10-06 |
31 | Ron Herbel | 6-01 | 195 | Right | Right | 1938-01-16 |
34 | Cal Koonce | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Right | 1940-11-18 |
36 | Jerry Koosman | 6-02 | 208 | Left | Right | 1942-12-23 |
43 | Jim McAndrew | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Right | 1944-01-11 |
45 | Tug McGraw | 6-00 | 185 | Left | Right | 1944-08-30 |
30 | Nolan Ryan | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1947-01-31 |
33 | Ray Sadecki | 5-11 | 180 | Left | Left | 1940-12-26 |
41 | Tom Seaver | 6-01 | 206 | Right | Right | 1944-11-17 |
42 | Ron Taylor | 6-01 | 195 | Right | Right | 1937-12-13 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
10 | Duffy Dyer | 6-00 | 195 | Right | Right | 1945-08-15 |
15 | Jerry Grote | 5-10 | 190 | Right | Right | 1942-10-06 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
12 | Ken Boswell | 6-00 | 172 | Right | Left | 1946-02-23 |
22 | Donn Clendenon | 6-03½ | 210 | Right | Right | 1935-07-15 |
19 | Tim Foli | 6-00 | 179 | Right | Right | 1950-12-08 |
5 | Joe Foy | 6-00 | 215 | Right | Right | 1943-02-21 |
11 | Wayne Garrett | 5-11 | 183 | Right | Left | 1947-12-03 |
3 | Bud Harrelson | 5-11 | 160 | Right | Both | 1944-06-06 |
16 | Mike Jorgensen | 6-00 | 195 | Left | Left | 1948-08-16 |
7 | Ed Kranepool | 6-03 | 215 | Left | Left | 1944-11-08 |
17 | Ted Martinez | 6-00 | 165 | Right | Right | 1947-12-10 |
6 | Al Weis | 6-00 | 170 | Right | Both | 1938-04-02 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
20 | Tommie Agee | 5-11 | 195 | Right | Right | 1942-08-09 |
17 | Rod Gaspar | 5-11 | 165 | Right | Both | 1946-04-03 |
21 | Cleon Jones | 6-00 | 200 | Left | Right | 1942-08-04 |
18 | Dave Marshall | 6-01 | 190 | Right | Left | 1943-01-14 |
24 | Art Shamsky | 6-01 | 175 | Left | Left | 1941-10-14 |
29 | Ken Singleton | 6-04 | 213 | Right | Both | 1947-06-10 |
23 | Leroy Stanton | 6-01 | 195 | Right | Right | 1946-04-10 |
4 | Ron Swoboda | 6-02 | 205 | Right | Right | 1944-06-30 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1970 New York Mets Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1970 New York Mets played 162 games during the regular season, won 83 games, lost 79 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Shea Stadium (Park Factors: 100/99) where 2,697,479 fans witnessed their 1970 Mets finish the season with a .512 winning percentage.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1970 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 1970 New York Mets salary list, a 1970 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 1970 New York Mets primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1970 New York Mets Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?