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1985 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984 / 1986

98-64, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Davey Johnson (98-64)
Scored 695 runs, Allowed 568 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 2,761,601 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

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1984 / 1986 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
Rick Aguilera 23 R R 6' 4" 195 Dec 31, 1961 1st 22 19 22 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.8 $
Wally Backman 25 B R 5' 9" 160 Sep 22, 1959 6 145 122 145 140 0 0 0 140 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 2 1.9 $200,000
Billy Beane 23 R R 6' 4" 195 Mar 29, 1962 2 8 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 3 0.0 $
Bruce Berenyi 30 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 21, 1954 6 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $325,000
Terry Blocker 25 L L 6' 2" 195 Aug 18, 1959 1st 18 3 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 7 7 -0.4 $
Larry Bowa 39 B R 5' 10" 155 Dec 6, 1945 16 14 6 14 13 0 0 0 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 3 -0.4 $525,000
Gary Carter HOF 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 8, 1954 12 149 146 149 147 0 143 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 6.7 $2,028,571 All-Star
Kelvin Chapman 29 R R 5' 11" 173 Jun 2, 1956 3 62 34 62 49 0 0 0 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 -0.9 $
John Christensen 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 15, 1960 2 51 28 51 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 31 39 15 1 -0.4 $
Ron Darling 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 19, 1960 3 42 35 42 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.8 $230,000 All-Star
Lenny Dykstra 22 L L 5' 10" 160 Feb 10, 1963 1st 83 53 83 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 74 14 9 1.7 $
Sid Fernandez 22 L L 6' 1" 220 Oct 12, 1962 3 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
George Foster 36 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 1, 1948 17 129 119 129 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 123 8 0 1.5 $1,942,857
Ron Gardenhire 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 24, 1957 5 26 13 26 20 0 0 0 5 2 13 0 0 0 0 7 2 0.2 $100,000
Wes Gardner 24 R R 6' 4" 197 Apr 29, 1961 2 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Dwight Gooden 20 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 16, 1964 2 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.5 $450,000 All-Star
Tom Gorman 27 L L 6' 4" 194 Dec 16, 1957 5 34 2 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $150,000
Danny Heep 27 L L 5' 11" 185 Jul 3, 1957 7 95 70 95 80 0 0 4 0 0 0 45 7 31 83 18 0 0.6 $260,000
Keith Hernandez 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1953 12 158 152 158 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4.9 $1,100,000
Clint Hurdle 27 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1957 8 43 19 43 27 0 17 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 11 18 0 -0.4 $
Howard Johnson 24 B R 5' 11" 178 Nov 29, 1960 4 126 98 126 120 0 0 0 0 113 7 1 0 0 1 13 5 0.4 $115,000
Ray Knight 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 28, 1952 10 90 68 90 75 0 0 1 2 73 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 -0.8 $560,000
Bill Latham 24 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 29, 1960 1st 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Terry Leach 31 R R 6' 0" 215 Mar 13, 1954 3 22 4 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Ed Lynch 29 R R 6' 6" 230 Feb 25, 1956 6 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $330,000
Roger McDowell 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 21, 1960 1st 62 2 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $60,000
Randy Myers 22 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 19, 1962 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Randy Niemann 29 L L 6' 4" 200 Nov 15, 1955 6 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jesse Orosco 28 R L 6' 2" 174 Apr 21, 1957 6 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $650,000
Tom Paciorek 38 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 2, 1946 16 46 23 46 35 0 0 8 0 0 0 6 0 24 30 18 0 0.0 $
Ronn Reynolds 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Sep 28, 1958 3 28 11 28 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.0 $
Joe Sambito 33 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1952 9 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Rafael Santana 27 R R 6' 1" 165 Jan 31, 1958 3 154 145 154 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $125,000
Calvin Schiraldi 23 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 16, 1962 2 10 4 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Doug Sisk 27 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 26, 1957 4 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 $275,000
Rusty Staub 41 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 23 54 0 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 53 0 0.4 $300,000
Darryl Strawberry 23 L L 6' 6" 190 Mar 12, 1962 3 111 108 111 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 100 127 2 0 4.8 $516,667 All-Star
Mookie Wilson 29 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 9, 1956 6 93 77 93 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 83 0 87 10 3 2.5 $591,667
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Mookie Wilson

Larry Bowa

Rafael Santana

Lenny Dykstra

Wally Backman

John Christensen

Gary Carter

Ronn Reynolds

Rusty Staub

Kelvin Chapman

Ron Darling

Clint Hurdle

George Foster

Dwight Gooden

Keith Hernandez

Darryl Strawberry

Ron Gardenhire

Howard Johnson

Terry Blocker

Ray Knight

Danny Heep

Terry Leach

Wes Gardner

Tom Gorman

Bruce Berenyi

Bill Latham

Billy Beane
John Christensen
Joe Sambito

Ed Lynch

Rick Aguilera

Doug Sisk

Calvin Schiraldi

Roger McDowell

Bill Latham
Tom Paciorek

Randy Niemann

Randy Niemann

Jesse Orosco

Randy Myers

Sid Fernandez

Bill Latham

1984 / 1986 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers