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Ultimate Mets Database - Bud Harrelson
Bud Harrelson
Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 1986
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 20 of 1271 players
Derrel McKinley Harrelson
Born: June 6, 1944 at Niles, Cal.
Died: January 10, 2024 at East Northport, N.Y. Obituary
Throws: Right Bats: Both
Height: 5.11 Weight: 155
Bud Harrelson has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 65 times, most recently on January 10, 2025.
- Named Shortstop on the National League Gold Glove team, 1971. (New York Mets)
Uniform Numbers:
Uniform Number | Start Date | End Date |
3 | September 2, 1965 | October 2, 1977 |
53 | April 8, 1982 | July 1, 1982 |
3 | July 2, 1982 | October 3, 1982 |
23 | April 8, 1986 | October 12, 1988 |
3 | April 3, 1989 | September 29, 1991 |
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Bud Harrelson also played for the following teams:
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Philadelphia Phillies 1978, 1979; Texas Rangers 1980.
Bud Harrelson managed the following major league team:
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Bud Harrelson managed the following Mets farm teams:
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On disabled list:
- from May 27, 1975 to September 1, 1975 (knee surgery)
- Tied Mets season record of 157 Games in 1970. Record was previously set by Roy McMillan in 1965. Broken by Felix Millan in 1975 with 162.
- Established a Mets season record for Caught Stealing in 1967 with 13. Broken by Tommie Agee in 1970 with 15.
- Established a Mets season record for Walks in 1970 with 95. Broken by Keith Hernandez in 1984 with 97.
- Tied Mets season record of 8 Sacrifice Flies in 1970. Record was previously set by Ed Kranepool in 1965. Tied by Cleon Jones in 1973. Broken by Rusty Staub in 1975 with 9.
Click the icon to see a graph of Bud Harrelson's batting, slugging, and on base percentages
Batting Record with New York Mets
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Year |
G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SB | CS | SH | SF | TB | Avg. | Slg. | OBP |
1965
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19 |
37 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .108 | .189 | .154 |
1966
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33 |
99 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32 | .222 | .323 | .313 |
1967
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151 |
540 | 59 | 137 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 48 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 164 | .254 | .304 | .317 |
1968
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111 |
402 | 38 | 88 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 101 | .219 | .251 | .273 |
1969
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123 |
395 | 42 | 98 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 54 | 7 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 121 | .248 | .306 | .341 |
1970
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157 |
564 | 72 | 137 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 95 | 4 | 74 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 174 | .243 | .309 | .351 |
1971
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142 |
547 | 55 | 138 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 53 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 166 | .252 | .303 | .319 |
1972
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115 |
418 | 54 | 90 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 58 | 4 | 57 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 111 | .215 | .266 | .313 |
1973
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106 |
356 | 35 | 92 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 48 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 110 | .258 | .309 | .348 |
1974
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106 |
331 | 48 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 71 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 88 | .227 | .266 | .366 |
1975
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34 |
73 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | .219 | .247 | .329 |
1976
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118 |
359 | 34 | 84 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 63 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 107 | .234 | .298 | .351 |
1977
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107 |
269 | 25 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 61 | .178 | .227 | .255 |
13 years
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1322 |
4390 | 490 | 1029 | 123 | 45 | 6 | 242 | 573 | 31 | 595 | 21 | 115 | 51 | 77 | 22 | 1260 | .234 | .287 | .324 |
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League Championship Series Record
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Year |
G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SB | CS | SH | SF | TB | Avg. | Slg. | OBP |
1969
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3 |
11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .455 | .250 |
1973
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5 |
18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .211 |
2 years
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8 |
29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .172 | .276 | .226 |
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World Series Record
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Year |
G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SB | CS | SH | SF | TB | Avg. | Slg. | OBP |
1969
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5 |
17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .300 |
1973
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7 |
24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .250 | .292 | .379 |
2 years
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12 |
41 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .220 | .244 | .347 |
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All-Star Game Record
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Year |
G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SB | CS | SH | SF | TB | Avg. | Slg. | OBP |
1970
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1 |
3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 |
1971
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1 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2 years
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2 |
5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 |
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- Led Mets in games with 157 in 1970 and with 142 in 1971.
- Led Mets in at bats with 547 in 1971.
- Led Mets in runs with 54 in 1972.
- Led Mets in singles with 75 in 1972.
- Tied for Mets lead in triples with 8 in 1970 and with 6 in 1971.
- Led Mets in stolen bases with 12 in 1972.
Tied for Mets lead in stolen bases with 12 in 1967, with 28 in 1971 and with 9 in 1976.
- Led Mets in caught stealing with 13 in 1967 and with 7 in 1971.
- Led Mets in batting average with .215 in 1972.
- Led Mets in slugging percentage with .266 in 1972.
- Led Mets in on base percentage with .313 in 1972.
- Led Mets in on base plus slugging with .579 in 1972.
- Led Mets in walks with 48 in 1967 and with 95 in 1970.
- Led Mets in sacrifice flies with 8 in 1970.
- Led Mets in sacrifice hits with 12 in 1970 and with 13 in 1971.
Tied for Mets lead in sacrifice hits with 7 in 1967 and with 7 in 1977.
Games played by position
1965: Shortstop 18
1966: Shortstop 29
1967: Shortstop 149
1968: Shortstop 106
1969: Shortstop 119
1970: Shortstop 156
1971: Shortstop 140
1972: Shortstop 115
1973: Shortstop 103
1974: Shortstop 96
1975: Shortstop 34
1976: Shortstop 117
1977: Shortstop 98
Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Bud Harrelson was in the starting lineup.
Year |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th |
1965 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
1966 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1967 | 123 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
1968 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
1969 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 0 |
1970 | 6 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 |
1971 | 81 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
1972 | 55 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
1973 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 |
1974 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
1975 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
1976 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 93 | 0 |
1977 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
Totals | 517 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 437 | 0 |
1968 Bud Harrelson
The Sporting News
September 5, 1970
Sports Illustrated
September 7, 1970
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