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1981 New York Mets

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 17-34, Finished 5th
Second Half: 24-28, Finished 4th
Overall: 41-62, Finished 5th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Torre (41-62)
Scored 348 runs, Allowed 432 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 41-62

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 704,244 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103

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1980 / 1982 Roster (40-man)

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Neil Allen 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 24, 1958 3 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Wally Backman 21 B R 5' 9" 160 Sep 22, 1959 2 26 5 26 12 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0.4
Bob Bailor 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 10, 1951 7 51 16 51 47 0 0 0 13 1 22 11 0 3 14 4 10 0.4
Dan Boitano 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 22, 1953 4 16 0 16 15 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Hubie Brooks 24 R R 6' 0" 178 Sep 24, 1956 2 98 92 98 96 0 0 0 0 93 1 1 0 2 3 5 0 2.6
Mike Cubbage 30 L R 6' 0" 180 Jul 21, 1950 8 67 11 67 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 -0.1 $333,333
Pete Falcone 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 1, 1953 7 35 9 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Doug Flynn 30 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 18, 1951 7 105 103 105 105 0 0 0 100 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $170,000
Ron Gardenhire 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 24, 1957 1st 27 14 27 23 0 0 0 6 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.5
Brian Giles 21 R R 6' 1" 165 Apr 27, 1960 1st 9 1 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 -0.1
Greg Harris 25 B R 6' 0" 165 Nov 2, 1955 1st 17 14 17 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2
Tom Hausman 28 R R 6' 4" 190 Mar 31, 1953 6 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Ron Hodges 32 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 22, 1949 9 35 5 35 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0.3 $120,000
Mike Howard 23 B R 6' 2" 185 Apr 2, 1958 1st 14 6 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 7 14 0 3 -0.1
Randy Jones 31 R L 6' 0" 178 Jan 12, 1950 9 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6
Mike Jorgensen 32 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 13 86 22 86 53 0 0 39 0 0 0 6 0 15 21 37 0 0.1
Dave Kingman 32 R R 6' 6" 210 Dec 21, 1948 11 100 98 100 99 0 0 55 0 0 0 49 0 0 49 2 0 0.7 $275,000
Terry Leach 27 R R 6' 0" 215 Mar 13, 1954 1st 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Tim Leary 22 R R 6' 3" 205 Dec 23, 1958 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Ed Lynch 25 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 25, 1956 2 17 13 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Mike Marshall 38 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 15, 1943 14 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Lee Mazzilli 26 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1955 6 95 87 95 89 0 0 3 0 0 0 50 40 0 90 7 0 -0.7 $350,000
Dyar Miller 35 R R 6' 1" 195 May 29, 1946 7 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0
Jesse Orosco 24 R L 6' 2" 174 Apr 21, 1957 2 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Charlie Puleo 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 7, 1955 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Jeff Reardon 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 1, 1955 3 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Dave Roberts 36 L L 6' 3" 195 Sep 11, 1944 13 7 4 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Mike Scott 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 26, 1955 3 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Ray Searage 26 L L 6' 1" 180 May 1, 1955 1st 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Rusty Staub 37 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 19 70 40 70 41 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 1.0 $333,333
John Stearns 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 21, 1951 8 80 73 80 76 0 66 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.9 $400,000
Craig Swan 30 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 30, 1950 9 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $560,000
Frank Taveras 31 R R 6' 0" 155 Dec 24, 1949 10 84 73 84 79 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 4 4 -1.6 $195,000
Alex Trevino 23 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 26, 1957 4 56 38 56 49 0 45 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 3 10 2 0.5
Ellis Valentine 26 R R 6' 4" 205 Jul 30, 1954 7 48 43 48 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 47 3 0 -0.1
Mookie Wilson 25 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 9, 1956 2 92 76 92 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 68 10 84 12 0 1.5
Joel Youngblood 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 28, 1951 6 43 37 43 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 36 42 4 1 1.5 $316,667 All-Star
Pat Zachry 29 R R 6' 5" 180 Apr 24, 1952 6 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1980 / 1982 Roster (40-man)

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