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1986 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987

108-54, Finished 1st in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Davey Johnson (108-54)
Scored 783 runs, Allowed 578 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 2,767,601 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 95


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1985 / 1987 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 24 R R 6' 4" 195 Dec 31, 1961 2 32 20 32 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.7 $130,000
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 0.7 $
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 3.0 $325,000
Bruce Berenyi 31 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 21, 1954 7 14 7 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Gary Carter HOF 32 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 8, 1954 13 132 131 132 131 0 122 9 0 1 0 2 0 2 4 1 0 3.3 $2,160,714 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 -0.2 $220,000
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 4.0 $440,000
Lenny Dykstra 23 L L 5' 10" 160 Feb 10, 1963 2 147 98 147 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 138 0 139 16 5 4.5 $92,500
Kevin Elster 21 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 3, 1964 1st 19 9 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $60,000
Sid Fernandez 23 L L 6' 1" 220 Oct 12, 1962 4 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $200,000 All-Star
George Foster 37 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 1, 1948 18 72 62 72 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 0 62 10 0 0.3 $2,800,000
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 0.5 $65,000
Dwight Gooden 21 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 16, 1964 3 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $1,320,000 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 0.1 $60,000
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 57 34 0 0.6 $350,000
Keith Hernandez 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1953 13 149 146 149 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 $1,650,000 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 8 5 4 0.1 $
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 1.2 $227,500
Ray Knight 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 28, 1952 11 137 130 137 132 0 0 1 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.1 $645,000
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 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 0.2 $530,000
Barry Lyons 26 R R 6' 1" 205 Jun 3, 1960 1st 6 2 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.3 $
Dave Magadan 23 L R 6' 3" 190 Sep 30, 1962 1st 10 4 10 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.6 $
Lee Mazzilli 31 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1955 11 39 10 39 17 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 2 10 24 1 0.6 $60,000
Roger McDowell 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 21, 1960 2 75 0 75 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1.5 $185,000
John Mitchell 20 R R 6' 2" 165 Aug 11, 1965 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Kevin Mitchell 24 R R 5' 10" 186 Jan 13, 1962 2 108 77 108 95 0 0 2 0 7 24 40 6 29 75 23 1 2.3 $60,000
Randy Myers 23 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 19, 1962 2 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 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 0.0 $83,000
Bob Ojeda 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Dec 17, 1957 7 32 30 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $550,000
Jesse Orosco 29 R L 6' 2" 174 Apr 21, 1957 7 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2.2 $825,000
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 0.4 $235,000
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 0.1 $275,000
Darryl Strawberry 24 L L 6' 6" 190 Mar 12, 1962 4 136 127 136 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 130 131 8 0 3.1 $945,000 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 0.4 $200,000
Mookie Wilson 30 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 9, 1956 7 123 80 123 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 65 3 146 24 3 2.8 $700,000
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
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.

1985 / 1987 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers