Decades: Met of the 1960s

[G-Fafif]

The decade with only eight years to it. Please choose the Met of the 1960s, disregarding as best you can, any performances from the 1970s.

The blue and orange-ribbon committee thanks you for your participation.

[Guest themetfairy]

Seaver, for transforming the Mets from lovable clowns to World Series champs.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

As Tom's plaque says, from lovable losers to formidable foes.

But if we could only award a player on decade, I'd pick Kranepool for Mr. 60s.

[G-Fafif]

As Tom's plaque says, from lovable losers to formidable foes.

But if we could only award a player one decade, I'd pick Kranepool for Mr. 60s.[/quote:2zuindz2]

Even if that's when he was judged over the hill.

[Chad ochoseis]

Jerry Grote, for transforming the people who transformed the Mets from lovable clowns into World Series champs.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was hesitant to vote for Seaver here (as opposed to in the 1970's) because he only played three seasons in the 1960's. But then again, it was a short decade (only eight years) and in his three seasons, Seaver won a Rookie of the Year award and a Cy Young award, not to mention a World Series ring.

Seaver it is.

For the record, my five POTD's are: Seaver, Seaver, Hernandez, Alfonzo, and Wright.

[RealityChuck]

Kranepool WAS the Mets. And this isn't the See Vair forum.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's the spirit.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Shocking how we (with the sole exception of one anonymous voter) continue to forget about Cle'.

Crane Pool Ranking System Ranks the Mets of the Sixties

Rank	Points	Guy
1	24,141	Cleon Jones
2	22,655	Ron Swoboda
3	22,249	Tom Seaver
4	21,169	Ed Kranepool
5	16,935	Jerry Grote
6	16,494	Jerry Koosman
7	15,155	Jack Fisher
8	13,892	Ron Hunt
9	13,431	Al Jackson
10	13,177	Jim Hickman
11	11,987	Bud Harrelson
12	11,238	Tommie Agee
13	10,915	Tug McGraw
14	9,683	Don Cardwell
15	9,462	Art Shamsky
16	9,403	Dick Selma
17	8,436	Joe Christopher
18	8,373	Ron Taylor
19	7,977	Gary Gentry
20	7,518	Charley Smith
21	6,914	Roger Craig
22	6,877	Frank Thomas
23	6,855	Galen Cisco
24	6,606	Ed Charles
25	6,207	Dennis Ribant
26	6,161	Ken Boyer
27	5,904	Tracy Stallard
28	5,623	Cal Koonce
29	5,386	Nolan Ryan
30	5,204	Donn Clendenon
31	5,130	Tommy Davis
32	4,833	Bob Shaw
33	4,644	Jim McAndrew
34	4,606	Johnny Lewis
35	4,545	Charlie Neal
36	4,312	Larry Bernearth
37	4,310	Carl Willey
38	4,298	Ken Boswell
39	4,196	Jesse Gonder
40	3,491	Ed Bressoud
41	3,439	Larry Elliot
42	3,364	Richie Ashburn
43	3,321	Roy McMillan
44	3,196	Al Weis
45	3,188	Duke Snider
46	3,157	Jerry Buchek
47	3,063	Al Luplow
48	3,053	Bill Wakefield
49	2,952	Bob Johnson
50	2,640	Jack Hamilton
51	2,630	Jay Hook
52	2,601	Tim Harkness
53	2,500	Felix Mantilla
54	2,489	Willard Hunter
55	2,465	Chuck Hiller
56	2,420	Warren Spahn
57	2,383	Frank Lary
58	2,383	Bob Friend
59	2,290	Rod Kanehl
60	2,009	J.C. Martin
61	1,936	Elio Chacon
62	1,884	Bobby Klaus
63	1,764	Craig Anderson
64	1,763	Tommie Reynolds
65	1,717	George Altman
66	1,652	Al Moran
67	1,610	Darrell Sutherland
68	1,600	Bob Moorhead
69	1,593	Dan Frisella
70	1,555	Rob Gardner
71	1,474	Grover Powell
72	1,444	Marv Throneberry
73	1,437	Ken MacKenzie
74	1,428	Wayne Garrett
75	1,306	Joe Hicks
76	1,294	Bill Hepler
77	1,280	Gordie Richardson
78	1,224	Larry Stahl
79	1,196	Bob Hendley
80	1,180	Jack DiLauro
81	1,130	Gary Kroll
82	1,099	Don Shaw
83	1,017	Chris Cannizzaro
84	1,000	Duke Carmel
85	956	Rod Gaspar
86	926	Choo Choo Coleman
87	900	Bob G. Miller
88	799	Billy Murphy
89	784	Gene Woodling
90	755	Bobby Pfeil
91	738	Hal Reniff
92	617	Don Rowe
93	591	Phil Linz
94	530	Ron Locke
95	484	Gil Hodges
96	474	Hawk Taylor
97	446	Sammy Taylor
98	422	Gerry Arrigo
99	405	John Stephenson
100	405	Kevin Collins
101	324	Ray Daviault
102	301	Amos Otis
103	299	John Sullivan
104	276	Cliff Cook
105	220	Bill Denehy
106	191	Tom Sturdivant
107	189	Duffy Dyer
108	184	Pumpsie Green
109	172	Greg Goosen
110	163	Don Bosch
111	144	Jim Marshall
112	128	Jimmy Piersall
113	125	Billy Cowen
114	100	Hobie Landrith
115	85	Amado Samuel
116	82	Chico Fernandez
117	80	Jim Bethke
118	59	Dick Stuart
119	48	Dick Smith
120	36	Ed Bouchee
121	29	Bill Short
122	26	Dave Eilers
123	24	Bob Heise
124	16	Rick Herrscher
125	12	Jim Gosger
126	7	Bill Connors
127	7	Dick Rusteck
128	5	Norm Sherry
129	5	Tom Parsons
130	4	He'll be ready when the bell rings. And that's his name � Gus Bell.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cleon would have been my second choice.

I definitely considered him. He had more years than Seaver, but I felt I had to vote for the ROY/Cy Young guy.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Kranepool was my only choice. I guess I didn't fully appreciate how much time he spent in the minors. Really, though, the top four are pretty close. But I imagine nobody had Swoboda as number two.