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1983 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982 / 1984

68-94, Finished 6th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: George Bamberger (16-30) and Frank Howard (52-64)
Scored 575 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-93

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 1,112,774 (12th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99

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1982 / 1984 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 24, 1958 5 21 4 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tucker Ashford 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 4, 1954 6 35 11 35 26 0 1 0 13 15 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 -0.4 $60,000
Wally Backman 23 B R 5' 9" 160 Sep 22, 1959 4 26 5 26 16 0 0 0 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 1 -0.5 $
Bob Bailor 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 10, 1951 9 118 85 118 111 0 0 0 50 11 76 2 0 1 3 10 9 1.5 $251,667
Mike Bishop 24 R R 6' 2" 188 Nov 5, 1958 1st 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mark Bradley 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1956 3 73 18 73 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 16 36 36 11 -0.2 $36,000
Hubie Brooks 26 R R 6' 0" 178 Sep 24, 1956 4 150 143 150 148 0 0 0 7 145 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $175,000
Ron Darling 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 19, 1960 1st 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Carlos Diaz 25 R L 6' 0" 161 Jan 7, 1958 2 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $62,500
Mike Fitzgerald 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 13, 1960 1st 8 7 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
George Foster 34 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 1, 1948 15 157 151 157 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 153 6 0 0.5 $1,750,000
Brent Gaff 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 5, 1958 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ron Gardenhire 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 24, 1957 3 17 10 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.5 $
Brian Giles 23 R R 6' 1" 165 Apr 27, 1960 3 145 121 145 141 0 0 0 140 0 11 0 0 0 0 6 5 0.4 $56,500
Tom Gorman 25 L L 6' 4" 194 Dec 16, 1957 3 25 4 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $54,000
Danny Heep 25 L L 5' 11" 185 Jul 3, 1957 5 115 54 115 73 0 0 14 0 0 0 11 19 31 61 50 1 -0.2 $102,000
Keith Hernandez 29 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1953 10 95 89 95 90 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4.2 $948,660
Ron Hodges 34 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 22, 1949 11 110 73 110 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0.9 $270,000
Scott Holman 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 18, 1958 3 35 10 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $50,500
Mike Howard 25 B R 6' 2" 185 Apr 2, 1958 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -0.1 $
Clint Hurdle 25 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1957 7 13 9 13 10 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 -0.5 $
Mike Jorgensen 34 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1948 15 38 0 38 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3 0.2 $
Dave Kingman 34 R R 6' 6" 210 Dec 21, 1948 13 100 55 100 55 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 45 0 -1.0 $705,000
Tim Leary 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Dec 23, 1958 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ed Lynch 27 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 25, 1956 4 30 27 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $118,000
Jose Oquendo 19 B R 5' 10" 160 Jul 4, 1963 1st 120 104 120 116 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 1 6 -1.2 $41,000
Jesse Orosco 26 R L 6' 2" 174 Apr 21, 1957 4 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $112,500 All-Star
Junior Ortiz 23 R R 5' 11" 174 Oct 24, 1959 2 68 56 68 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -1.2 $36,675
Rick Ownbey 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 20, 1957 2 12 4 12 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.1 $
Gary Rajsich 28 L L 6' 2" 210 Oct 28, 1954 2 11 10 11 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Ronn Reynolds 24 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 28, 1958 2 24 23 24 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Tom Seaver HOF 38 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1944 17 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $850,000
Doug Sisk 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 26, 1957 2 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $47,000
Rusty Staub 39 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 21 104 10 104 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 94 0 0.4 $339,244
John Stearns 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 21, 1951 10 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 $400,000
Darryl Strawberry 21 L L 6' 6" 190 Mar 12, 1962 1st 122 114 122 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 117 4 3 2.4 $36,000
Craig Swan 32 R R 6' 3" 215 Nov 30, 1950 11 27 18 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $660,000
Walt Terrell 25 L R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1958 2 21 20 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $49,500
Mike Torrez 36 R R 6' 5" 220 Aug 28, 1946 17 39 34 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $420,000
Mookie Wilson 27 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 9, 1956 4 152 144 152 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 148 7 0 2.1 $325,000
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

1982 / 1984 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers