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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Aguilera | 24 | R | R | 6' 5" | 205 | Dec 31, 1961 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | $130,000.00 | |
| Rick Anderson | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Nov 29, 1956 | 1st | 15 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Backman | 26 | B | R | 5' 9" | 160 | Sep 22, 1959 | 7 | 124 | 92 | 124 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | $325,000.00 | |
| Bruce Berenyi | 31 | R | R | 6' 3" | 215 | Aug 21, 1954 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Carter HOF | 32 | R | R | 6' 2" | 215 | Apr 8, 1954 | 13 | 132 | 131 | 132 | 131 | 0 | 122 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | $2,160,714.00 | All-Star |
| Tim Corcoran | 33 | L | L | 5' 11" | 175 | Mar 19, 1953 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | $220,000.00 | |
| Ron Darling | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Aug 19, 1960 | 4 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $440,000.00 | |
| Lenny Dykstra | 23 | L | L | 5' 10" | 167 | Feb 10, 1963 | 2 | 147 | 98 | 147 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 0 | 139 | 16 | 5 | $92,500.00 | |
| Kevin Elster | 21 | R | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Aug 3, 1964 | 1st | 19 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $60,000.00 | |
| Sid Fernandez | 23 | L | L | 6' 1" | 230 | Oct 12, 1962 | 4 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $200,000.00 | All-Star |
| George Foster | 37 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Dec 1, 1948 | 18 | 72 | 62 | 72 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 10 | 0 | $2,800,000.00 | |
| John Gibbons | 24 | R | R | 5' 11" | 187 | Jun 8, 1962 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $65,000.00 | |
| Dwight Gooden | 21 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Nov 16, 1964 | 3 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1,320,000.00 | All-Star |
| Ed Hearn | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 215 | Aug 23, 1960 | 1st | 49 | 34 | 49 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | $60,000.00 | |
| Danny Heep | 28 | L | L | 5' 11" | 185 | Jul 3, 1957 | 8 | 86 | 50 | 86 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 13 | 56 | 34 | 0 | $350,000.00 | |
| Keith Hernandez | 32 | L | L | 6' 0" | 195 | Oct 20, 1953 | 13 | 149 | 146 | 149 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1,650,000.00 | All-Star |
| Stan Jefferson | 23 | B | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Dec 4, 1962 | 1st | 14 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Howard Johnson | 25 | B | R | 5' 11" | 178 | Nov 29, 1960 | 5 | 88 | 52 | 88 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | $227,500.00 | |
| Ray Knight | 33 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Dec 28, 1952 | 11 | 137 | 130 | 137 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | $645,000.00 | |
| Terry Leach | 32 | R | R | 6' 0" | 215 | Mar 13, 1954 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Lynch | 30 | R | R | 6' 6" | 230 | Feb 25, 1956 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $530,000.00 | |
| Barry Lyons | 26 | R | R | 6' 1" | 202 | Jun 3, 1960 | 1st | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dave Magadan | 23 | L | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Sep 30, 1962 | 1st | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lee Mazzilli | 31 | B | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Mar 25, 1955 | 11 | 39 | 10 | 39 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 1 | $60,000.00 | |
| Roger McDowell | 25 | R | R | 6' 1" | 182 | Dec 21, 1960 | 2 | 75 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $185,000.00 | |
| John Mitchell | 20 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Aug 11, 1965 | 1st | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Mitchell | 24 | R | R | 5' 11" | 210 | Jan 13, 1962 | 2 | 108 | 77 | 108 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 40 | 6 | 29 | 68 | 23 | 1 | $60,000.00 | |
| Randy Myers | 23 | L | L | 6' 1" | 215 | Sep 19, 1962 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Niemann | 30 | L | L | 6' 4" | 200 | Nov 15, 1955 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $83,000.00 | |
| Bob Ojeda | 28 | L | L | 6' 1" | 190 | Dec 17, 1957 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $550,000.00 | |
| Jesse Orosco | 29 | R | L | 6' 2" | 185 | Apr 21, 1957 | 7 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $825,000.00 | |
| Rafael Santana | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 165 | Jan 31, 1958 | 4 | 139 | 111 | 139 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | $235,000.00 | |
| Doug Sisk | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 210 | Sep 26, 1957 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $275,000.00 | |
| Darryl Strawberry | 24 | L | L | 6' 6" | 200 | Mar 12, 1962 | 4 | 136 | 127 | 136 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 130 | 131 | 8 | 0 | $945,000.00 | All-Star |
| Tim Teufel | 27 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Jul 7, 1958 | 4 | 93 | 70 | 93 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | $200,000.00 | |
| Mookie Wilson | 30 | B | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Feb 9, 1956 | 7 | 123 | 80 | 123 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 65 | 3 | 114 | 24 | 3 | $700,000.00 | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR |