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1962 Statistical Breakdowns:
Individual Players vs. Teams

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Statistics

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and Graphs

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Performances

Around
the Horn

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Rosters/Stats

Manager: Casey Stengel (40-120-1)

Mets 1962 Coaching Staff
Solly Hemus; Rogers Hornsby; Red Kress; Cookie Lavagetto; Red Ruffing

Cookie
Lavagetto

Front Office and other staff
M. Donald Grant (Chairman of the Board); George Weiss (President); G. Herbert Walker (Executive Vice President); Joan Payson (Vice President); Tom Meany (Director of Public Relations); Peter LaMotte (Team Physician); Lou Niss (Traveling Secretary)

M. Donald
Grant

Broadcasters
Ralph Kiner (Television, Radio); Bob Murphy (Television, Radio); Lindsey Nelson (Television, Radio)

Mets 1962 Minor League Affiliates

Syracuse Chiefs (International League, AAA)
Santa Barbara Rancheros (California League, C)
Auburn Mets (New York-Pennsylvania League, D)
Quincy Jets (Midwest League, D)
Salisbury Braves (Western Carolina League, D)

The 1962 New York Mets

Marv
Throneberry

Joe
Christopher

Choo Choo
Coleman

Chris
Cannizzaro

Vinegar Bend
Mizell

Mets who were born in 1962
Mario Diaz (January 10), Jim Lindeman (January 10), Kevin Mitchell (January 13), Alvaro Espinoza (February 19), Darryl Strawberry (March 12), Billy Beane (March 29), Joe Orsulak (May 31), John Gibbons (June 8), Calvin Schiraldi (June 16), Tony Fernandez (June 30), Jeff Innis (July 5), Dick Scott (July 19), Mackey Sasser (August 3), Randy Myers (September 19), Don Schulze (September 27), Dave Magadan (September 30), Dennis Cook (October 4), Sid Fernandez (October 12), Dick Schofield (November 21), Stan Jefferson (December 4)

Mets who died in 1962
Red Kress (November 29)

Players who made their Mets debut in 1962 (45)
Richie Ashburn (April 11), Felix Mantilla (April 11), Charlie Neal (April 11), Frank Thomas (April 11), Gus Bell (April 11), Gil Hodges (April 11), Don Zimmer (April 11), Hobie Landrith (April 11), Roger Craig (April 11), Ed Bouchee (April 11), Bob Moorhead (April 11), Herb Moford (April 11), Clem Labine (April 11), Jim Marshall (April 11), Joe Ginsberg (April 13), Sherman Jones (April 13), Elio Chacon (April 13), John DeMerit (April 13), Ray Daviault (April 13), Bobby Smith (April 13), Chris Cannizzaro (April 14), Al Jackson (April 14), Jim Hickman (April 14), Craig Anderson (April 14), Rod Kanehl (April 15), Ken MacKenzie (April 15), Jay Hook (April 17), Bob Miller (April 21), Harry Chiti (April 28), Dave Hillman (April 28), Sammy Taylor (April 28), Cliff Cook (May 8), Marv Throneberry (May 11), Vinegar Bend Mizell (May 12), Joe Christopher (May 21), Willard Hunter (June 1), Gene Woodling (June 17), Joe Pignatano (July 14), Choo Choo Coleman (July 16), Bob Miller (July 24), Rick Herrscher (August 1), Sammy Drake (August 1), Galen Cisco (September 9), Larry Foss (September 10), Ed Kranepool (September 22)

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