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New York Mets 06-01-1973
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| Breaking News |  | Monday, May 28th, 1973: Big Stick Wins NL Trophy
Veteran Ron Santo had a great week at the plate for the Mets to capture the majority of votes for Player of the Week in the National League.
The 33-year-old New York third baseman built a .444 average on the strength of 12 hits in 27 at-bats, no home runs and 5 RBIs.
This year Santo has hit at a .296 clip with 27 RBIs, 8 home runs and 22 runs scored. |
 | Wednesday, May 23rd, 1973: St. Louis Bats Silenced by Seaver
New York rode the magical arm of Tom Seaver in a 3-0 shutout win over St. Louis. He shackled them on 4 hits and fanned 11. Almost to a man, the St. Louis Cardinals said he had them guessing wrong all game long.
In 1973 Seaver has compiled a 6-2 record with a 2.05 ERA in 10 starts.
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 | Wednesday, May 23rd, 1973: New York's Jorgensen Asked for Trade. Fact or Fiction?
Several teams have surfaced as a possible trading partner with New York for Mike Jorgensen -- or so rumor has it. Sources inside the Mets organization report that teams have inquired about making a deal for the 24-year-old first baseman.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 22-27, .449 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 4.0 GB | | Record at home | 11-13, .458 PCT | | Record on the road | 11-14, .440 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-4, .556 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 8-10, .444 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 5-8, .385 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 17-19, .472 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 11-10, .524 PCT | | Record in May | 11-17, .393 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .247 - 9th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .314 - 8th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .347 - 9th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .662 - 8th in NL | | Runs Scored | 202 - 8th in NL | | Hits | 426 - 9th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 100 - 11th in NL | | Home Runs | 31 - 10th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 168 - 7th in NL | | Strikeouts | 252 - 4th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 39 - 5th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.55 - 6th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 3.78 - 7th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.07 - 3rd in NL | | Runs allowed | 198 - 3rd in NL | | Hits allowed | 403 - 3rd in NL | | Opponents AVG | .236 - 2nd in NL | | BABIP | .260 - 2nd in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 41 - 10th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 201 - tied for 9th in NL | | Strikeouts | 276 - 5th in NL |
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