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1982 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 / 1983)
65-97, Finished 6th in NL East
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Scored 609 runs, Allowed 723 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94
Manager: George Bamberger (65-97)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,323,036 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101
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1981 / 1983 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Neil Allen 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 24, 1958 4 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Backman 22 B R 5' 9" 160 Sep 22, 1959 3 96 73 96 92 0 0 0 88 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 8
Bob Bailor 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 10, 1951 8 110 86 110 105 0 0 0 57 21 59 3 1 0 4 14 2
Bruce Bochy 27 R R 6' 4" 210 Apr 16, 1955 4 17 16 17 17 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hubie Brooks 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 24, 1956 3 126 123 126 126 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Carlos Diaz 24 R L 6' 0" 170 Jan 7, 1958 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Falcone 28 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 1, 1953 8 40 23 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Foster 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 1, 1948 14 151 138 151 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 138 13 0
Brent Gaff 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 5, 1958 1st 7 5 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Gardenhire 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 24, 1957 2 141 123 141 136 0 0 0 1 1 135 0 0 0 0 4 7
Brian Giles 22 R R 6' 1" 165 Apr 27, 1960 2 45 41 45 45 0 0 0 45 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Gorman 24 L L 6' 4" 200 Dec 16, 1957 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Hausman 29 R R 6' 5" 200 Mar 31, 1953 7 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Hodges 33 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 22, 1949 10 80 65 80 74 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Scott Holman 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 18, 1958 2 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Howard 24 B R 6' 2" 185 Apr 2, 1958 2 33 7 33 25 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 7 8 22 6 6
Randy Jones 32 R L 6' 0" 178 Jan 12, 1950 10 28 20 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Jorgensen 33 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 14 120 15 120 66 0 0 56 0 0 0 1 0 15 16 61 9
Dave Kingman 33 R R 6' 6" 210 Dec 21, 1948 12 149 143 149 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Terry Leach 28 R R 6' 0" 215 Mar 13, 1954 2 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Lynch 26 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 25, 1956 3 43 12 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Mankowski 29 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 9, 1953 6 13 9 13 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesse Orosco 25 R L 6' 2" 185 Apr 21, 1957 3 54 2 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Ownbey 24 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 20, 1957 1st 9 8 9 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Charlie Puleo 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 7, 1955 2 36 24 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Rajsich 27 L L 6' 2" 210 Oct 28, 1954 1st 80 34 80 37 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 26 35 43 0
Ronn Reynolds 23 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 28, 1958 1st 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Scott 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Apr 26, 1955 4 37 22 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Sisk 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 26, 1957 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rusty Staub 38 L R 6' 2" 200 Apr 1, 1944 20 112 45 112 45 0 0 18 0 0 0 12 0 15 27 67 0
John Stearns 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 21, 1951 9 98 89 98 90 0 81 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 All-Star
Craig Swan 31 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 30, 1950 10 37 21 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Sweet 29 B R 6' 1" 200 Sep 7, 1952 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Walt Terrell 24 L R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1958 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rusty Tillman 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 29, 1960 1st 12 2 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 4
Ellis Valentine 27 R R 6' 4" 207 Jul 30, 1954 8 111 79 111 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 82 98 16 1
Tom Veryzer 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 11, 1953 10 40 16 40 40 0 0 0 26 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mookie Wilson 26 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 9, 1956 3 159 145 159 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156 8 1
Joel Youngblood 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 28, 1951 7 80 45 80 69 0 0 0 7 2 1 15 8 43 63 15 2
Pat Zachry 30 R R 6' 5" 180 Apr 24, 1952 7 36 16 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1981 / 1983 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played