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1986 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987)
108-54, Finished 1st in NL East
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Scored 783 runs, Allowed 578 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59
Manager: Davey Johnson (108-54)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
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
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Boston Red Sox
Won NL Championship Series (4-2) over Houston Astros
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1985 / 1987 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 Salary
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 Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1985 / 1987 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played