Who had the best baseball career out of all the players on the '69 Mets? Who do you think was the best player

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on the team?

Answer 1

I have to disagree with most here. Tom Seaver had the better career.

ERA: TS 2.86>NR 3.19
W%: TS .603>NR .526
W-L: TS 311-205 NR 324-292
SO : TS 61= NR 61
CG: TS 231>NR 222
K: TS 3,640 CY YOUNGS: TS 3 > NR 0
20 Win Seasons: TS 5 > NR 2

Ryan pitched 7 more seasons than Seaver did, yet he managed only 13 more wins, the same amount of shutouts, and of course more strikeouts. In every other category, Seaver was better. Better ERA, better winning %, more complete games, more 20 win seasons, and more Cy Youngs. Ryan never won a Cy Young Award!

BTW, Seaver DID throw a no hitter in 1978. He also threw 5 one hitters. Doesn't compare to Ryan's 7 and 12, but just throwing that out there.

Seaver also appeared in 13 All Star games compared to Ryan's 8.

Answer 2

NOLAN RYAN HAD THE BEST BASEBALL CAREER OF ALL THE '69 METS.
Tom Seaver also had a great career but please BASEBALL loves numbers and who can touch Ryan's numbers
Number 1 is all-time K's over 5000 (look it up for exact number)
not likely to be reached by Clements etc.
7 NO Hitters vs. 0 for Tom Seaver

Ron Swaboa or something had the best series I think with the great sliding diving catches. I was 8 a Mets fan (still am) and we all would go out in the yard and try to duplicate those catches till we had hole in our knees and mom would want to kill us Tommy Agee was great too.
The best player on the year that year for day in day out go can't give it to a pitcher because he only plays one day in 4 or 5 was Buddy Harrelson the short stop he was a phenom at short and was able to get a clutch hit and score a run now and then. That team was AMAZIN'

Answer 3

In hindsight, Tom Seaver stands head and shoulders above the rest. As far as an everyday player who helped the team the most, I would have to say it was Cleon Jones. His .340 batting average was by far tops on the team and I feel that he led the team by example.

There are those who would say that Nolan Ryan had a better career than Seaver. I'm not sure of his final record, but I doubt that Ryan finished his career very far over .500.

Answer 4

Definitely, Nolan Ryan had the best individual career. 5000+ strikeouts, 7 no hitters, 300+wins. Those numbers speak for themselves.
The best position player was Amos Otis.
The best overall was Tom Seaver.

Answer 5

I don't know - Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver were both dominating and are Hall of Famers. Ryan was a tough S.O.B., but in a big game, I would have rather have had Tom Terrific taking the ball. At that time, Ryan was just a wild, unrefined pitcher who got better with age.

It certainly wasn't Cleon Jones, Ron Swoboda, Donn Clendenon, Wayne "Carrottop" Garrett, Bud Harrelson or Jerry Grote.

Answer 6

Among the pitchers, Tom Seaver - 311-205 lifetime record and 2.86 lifetime ERA. That Ryan guy was pretty good too.

Answer 7

Hands down Seaver and Ryan are the best from that team.Hall of Famers

Answer 8

I would say it was Nolan Ryan. 324 wins, 5,714 strikeouts, and 7 no-hitters in his career and a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Answer 9

Seaver and Ryan

Answer 10

My answer to both your questions is Nolan Ryan.