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1986 New York Mets (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985/1987)
108-54, Finished 1st in NL Eastern Division
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World Series Champs
Scored 783 runs, Allowed 578 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59
Managed by Davey Johnson

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

Postseason: Won World Series (4-3) over Boston Red Sox
Won NL Championship Series (4-2) over Houston Astros

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Gary Carter         32  132  490   81  125  14  2  24  105  62   63  .255  .337  .439   1   0  21   6   0  15   9  115
1B *Keith Hernandez     32  149  551   94  171  34  1  13   83  94   69  .310  .413  .446   2   1  14   4   0   3   9  140
2B #Wally Backman       26  124  387   67  124  18  2   1   27  36   32  .320  .376  .385  13   7   3   0  14   3   1  113
3B  Ray Knight          33  137  486   51  145  24  2  11   76  40   63  .298  .351  .424   2   1  19   4   3   8   2  115
SS  Rafael Santana      28  139  394   38   86  11  0   1   28  36   43  .218  .285  .254   0   0  15   2   1   3  12   52
LF  George Foster       37   72  233   28   53   6  1  13   38  21   53  .227  .289  .429   1   1   7   0   0   2   1   98
CF *Lenny Dykstra       23  147  431   77  127  27  7   8   45  58   55  .295  .377  .445  31   7   4   0   7   2   1  129
RF *Darryl Strawberry   24  136  475   76  123  27  5  27   93  72  141  .259  .358  .507  28  12   4   6   0   9   9  139
   #Mookie Wilson       30  123  381   61  110  17  5   9   45  32   72  .289  .345  .430  25   7   5   1   0   1   5  115
    Kevin Mitchell      24  108  328   51   91  22  2  12   43  33   61  .277  .344  .466   3   3   6   1   1   1   0  124
    Tim Teufel          27   93  279   35   69  20  1   4   31  32   42  .247  .324  .369   1   2   6   1   3   3   1   93
   #Howard Johnson      25   88  220   30   54  14  0  10   39  31   64  .245  .341  .445   8   1   2   1   1   0   8  118
   *Danny Heep          28   86  195   24   55   8  2   5   33  30   31  .282  .379  .421   1   4   3   1   0   1   5  123
    Ed Hearn            25   49  136   16   36   5  0   4   10  12   19  .265  .322  .390   0   1   4   0   2   1   0   98
   #Lee Mazzilli        31   39   58   10   16   3  0   2    7  12   11  .276  .417  .431   1   1   1   2   0   0   1  137
    Kevin Elster        21   19   30    3    5   1  0   0    0   3    8  .167  .242  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   25
   #Stan Jefferson      23   14   24    6    5   1  0   1    3   2    8  .208  .296  .375   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   86
    John Gibbons        24    8   19    4    9   4  0   1    1   3    5  .474  .545  .842   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  281
   *Dave Magadan        23   10   18    3    8   0  0   0    3   3    1  .444  .524  .444   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  173
    Barry Lyons         26    6    9    1    0   0  0   0    2   1    2  .000  .100  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  -70
   *Tim Corcoran        33    6    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    0  .000  .222  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  -32

    Ron Darling         25   34   81    4    8   2  0   0    0   3   29  .099  .131  .123   0   0   0   0  10   0   0  -29
    Dwight Gooden       21   33   81    5    7   0  1   0    4   2   16  .086  .119  .111   0   0   3   1  13   0   0  -35
   *Bob Ojeda           28   32   71    3    8   0  0   0    0   1   30  .113  .125  .113   0   0   0   0   8   0   0  -33
   *Sid Fernandez       23   32   68    6   11   3  0   0    4   3   23  .162  .197  .206   1   0   2   0   6   0   0   13
    Rick Aguilera       24   32   51    4    8   0  0   2    6   3   12  .157  .204  .275   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   32
    Roger McDowell      25   75   18    1    5   0  0   0    3   1    4  .278  .316  .278   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   67
    Rick Anderson       29   15   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -49
    Bruce Berenyi       31   14   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Randy Niemann       30   31    6    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .333  .429  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  116
    Doug Sisk           28   41    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jesse Orosco        29   58    3    1    0   0  0   0    1   2    0  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   1   0    1
    John Mitchell       20    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0  162 5558  783 1462 261 31 148  730 631  968  .263  .338  .401 118  48 122  31  75  53  68  115
    Rank among 12 NL teams         1    1    1   4  7   3        1    4     1     1     1  10  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Ron Darling         25  34   2.81  15   6  0  34   0   4   2  237.0  203   84   74  21   81  184  967   7   3  3   2 127
SP  Dwight Gooden       21  33   2.84  17   6  0  33   0  12   2  250.0  197   92   79  17   80  200 1020   4   4  4   3 126
SP *Sid Fernandez       23  32   3.52  16   6  1  31   1   2   1  204.3  161   82   80  13   91  200  855   6   2  0   1 102
SP *Bob Ojeda           28  32   2.57  18   5  0  30   1   7   2  217.3  185   72   62  15   52  148  871   2   2  1   3 139
SP  Rick Aguilera       24  28   3.88  10   7  0  20   2   2   0  141.7  145   70   61  15   36  104  605   5   7  3   1  92

CL  Roger McDowell      25  75   3.02  14   9 22   0  52   0   0  128.0  107   48   43   4   42   65  524   3   3  3   5 118
RP *Jesse Orosco        29  58   2.33   8   6 21   0  40   0   0   81.0   64   23   21   6   35   62  338   2   3  0   3 153
RP  Doug Sisk           28  41   3.06   4   2  1   0  15   0   0   70.7   77   31   24   0   31   31  312   2   5  1   5 117
RP *Randy Niemann       30  31   3.79   2   3  0   1  11   0   0   35.7   44   17   15   2   12   18  158   2   0  0   2  94
RP  Rick Anderson       29  15   2.72   2   1  1   5   4   0   0   49.7   45   17   15   3   11   21  201   1   0  1   3 132

    Bruce Berenyi       31  14   6.35   2   2  0   7   2   0   0   39.7   47   30   28   5   22   30  184   4   1  0   0  56
   *Randy Myers         23  10   4.22   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   10.7   11    5    5   1    9   13   53   0   1  0   1  85
    John Mitchell       20   4   3.60   0   1  0   1   1   0   0   10.0   10    4    4   1    4    2   40   2   0  0   0  99
    Terry Leach         32   6   2.70   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.7    6    3    2   0    3    4   30   0   0  0   0 132
    Ed Lynch            30   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    2    0    0   0    0    1    7   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.5 162   3.11 108  54 46 162 135  27  11 1484.0 1304  578  513 103  509 1083 6165  40  31 16  29 115
    Rank among 12 NL teams          1   1  12  3           2   3      1    3    2        1    3    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GCarter 1078 121 122 869 62 8 13 .991 5 28 114 45 EHearn 334 34 45 223 11 3 1 .987 3 11 34 9 JGibbons 51 5 8 33 5 0 1 1.000 0 1 5 1 BLyons 20 2 3 16 0 1 0 .941 0 0 6 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1484 162 162 1141 78 12 15 .990 8 40 159 55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHernandez 1302 146 149 1199 149 5 115 .996 9.32 GCarter 63 7 9 68 5 0 4 1.000 10.43 DMagadan 47 4 9 48 5 0 5 1.000 10.15 LMazzilli 44 3 8 51 1 0 2 1.000 10.64 TCorcoran 9 1 1 8 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 TTeufel 8 0 3 10 1 0 0 1.000 12.38 KMitchell 7 1 2 6 1 1 2 .875 9.00 RKnight 4 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1484 162 162 1396 163 6 129 .996 9.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WBackman 848 92 113 186 290 17 56 .966 5.05 TTeufel 635 70 84 133 173 9 28 .971 4.33 RSantana 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1484 162 162 319 463 26 84 .968 4.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 *2.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RKnight 1139 130 132 88 204 16 17 .948 2.31 HJohnson 303 29 45 22 71 10 10 .903 2.76 KMitchell 32 3 7 7 9 1 0 .941 4.50 TTeufel 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GCarter 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 8.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1484 162 162 118 287 27 28 .938 2.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *4.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSantana 1044 111 137 203 369 16 68 .973 4.93 HJohnson 197 22 34 28 65 10 14 .903 4.23 KMitchell 150 20 24 31 56 6 7 .935 5.20 KElster 91 9 19 16 35 2 6 .962 5.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1484 162 162 278 525 34 95 .959 4.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GFoster 510 62 62 97 3 4 1 .962 1.76 MWilson 337 27 78 79 3 3 0 .965 2.19 DHeep 310 39 44 65 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 KMitchell 248 26 40 53 2 0 1 1.000 1.99 LMazzilli 50 6 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 GCarter 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 HJohnson 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 SJefferson 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DStrawberry 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LDykstra 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RMcDowell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1484 162 162 307 8 7 2 .978 1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LDykstra 956 98 138 282 8 3 2 .990 2.73 MWilson 436 53 65 151 5 2 2 .987 3.22 SJefferson 47 5 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 KMitchell 44 6 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1484 162 162 459 13 5 4 .990 2.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DStrawberry 1147 127 130 225 10 6 3 .975 1.84 KMitchell 205 21 29 45 2 2 0 .959 2.06 DHeep 96 11 13 20 2 1 1 .957 2.06 GCarter 16 2 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.69 LMazzilli 11 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.78 MWilson 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JOrosco 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 RMcDowell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1484 162 162 300 14 10 4 .969 1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.19 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DStrawberry 1149 127 131 226 10 6 3 .975 1.85 LDykstra 957 98 139 283 8 3 2 .990 2.73 MWilson 778 80 114 228 7 5 2 .979 2.72 GFoster 510 62 62 96 4 4 1 .962 1.76 KMitchell 498 53 68 114 3 2 1 .983 2.11 DHeep 406 50 56 83 2 1 1 .988 1.88 LMazzilli 62 7 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 SJefferson 50 5 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 GCarter 27 3 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.67 HJohnson 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 JOrosco 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 RMcDowell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1484 162 162 1067 34 22 10 .980 2.23 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGooden 250 33 33 36 36 2 5 .973 2.59 RDarling 237 34 34 24 47 7 7 .910 2.70 BOjeda 217 30 32 9 37 1 3 .979 1.91 SFernandez 204 31 32 3 18 1 1 .955 0.93 RAguilera 141 20 28 13 26 0 1 1.000 2.48 RMcDowell 128 0 75 17 30 0 0 1.000 3.30 JOrosco 81 0 58 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.33 DSisk 70 0 41 10 6 0 0 1.000 2.04 RAnderson 49 5 15 8 4 0 0 1.000 2.17 BBerenyi 39 7 14 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.81 RNiemann 35 1 31 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.03 RMyers 10 0 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.68 JMitchell 10 1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 TLeach 6 0 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.69 ELynch 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1484 162 162 133 231 11 18 .971 2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Hernandez .310

On-base % Hernandez .413

Slugging % Strawberry .507

OPS Strawberry .865

Games Hernandez 149

At Bats Hernandez 551

Plate Appearances (approx.) Hernandez 652

Runs Hernandez 94

Hits Hernandez 171

Total Bases Hernandez 246

Doubles Hernandez 34

Triples Dykstra 7

Home Runs Strawberry 27

RBI Carter 105

Bases on Balls Hernandez 94

Strikeouts Strawberry 141

Stolen Bases Dykstra 31

Singles Hernandez 123

Adjusted OPS+ Hernandez 140

Runs Created Hernandez 106

Adjusted Batting Runs Hernandez 35

Batting Wins Hernandez 3.6

Extra-Base Hits Strawberry 59

Times on Base Hernandez 269

Offensive Win% Hernandez .718

Hit By Pitch Carter and Strawberry 6

Sac. Hits Backman 14

Sac. Flies Carter 15

Intentional Walks Santana 12

Grounded into Double Plays Carter 21

Caught Stealing Strawberry 12

Power/Speed Number Strawberry 27.5

At Bats per Strikeout Hernandez 8.0

At Bats per Home Run Strawberry 17.6

Outs Carter 401

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ERA Ojeda 2.57

Wins Ojeda 18

Won-Loss % Ojeda .783

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ojeda 1.090

Hits Allowed/9IP Fernandez and Gooden 7.09

Bases on Balls/9IP Ojeda 2.15

Strikeouts/9IP Fernandez 8.81

Games McDowell 75

Saves McDowell 22

Innings Gooden 250.0

Strikeouts Fernandez and Gooden 200

Games Started Darling 34

Comp. Games Gooden 12

Shutouts Darling, Gooden, and Ojeda 2

Home Runs Allow. Darling 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Fernandez 91

Hits Allowed Darling 203

SO to Walk Ojeda 2.85

Losses McDowell 9

Earned Runs Allow. Fernandez 80

Wild Pitches Darling 7

Hit Batsmen Aguilera 7

Batters Faced Gooden 1020

Games Finished McDowell 52

Adjusted ERA+ Ojeda 139

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

George Foster $ 2,800,000

Gary Carter $ 2,160,714

Keith Hernandez $ 1,650,000

Dwight Gooden $ 1,320,000

Darryl Strawberry $ 945,000

Jesse Orosco $ 825,000

Mookie Wilson $ 700,000

Ray Knight $ 645,000

Bob Ojeda $ 550,000

Ed Lynch $ 530,000

Ron Darling $ 440,000

Danny Heep $ 350,000

Wally Backman $ 325,000

Doug Sisk $ 275,000

Rafael Santana $ 235,000

Howard Johnson $ 227,500

Tim Corcoran $ 220,000

Sid Fernandez $ 200,000

Tim Teufel $ 200,000

Roger McDowell $ 185,000

Rick Aguilera $ 130,000

Lenny Dykstra $ 92,500

Randy Niemann $ 83,000

John Gibbons $ 65,000

Kevin Elster $ 60,000

Ed Hearn $ 60,000

Lee Mazzilli $ 60,000

Kevin Mitchell $ 60,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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