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1987 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988)
92-70, Finished 2nd in NL East
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Scored 823 runs, Allowed 698 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69
Manager: Davey Johnson (92-70)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,034,129 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
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1986 / 1988 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 25 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 31, 1961 3 18 17 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $195,000.00
Bill Almon 34 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 21, 1952 14 49 5 49 35 0 0 2 10 0 22 0 0 1 1 18 4
Wally Backman 27 B R 5' 9" 160 Sep 22, 1959 8 94 77 94 89 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 $550,000.00
John Candelaria 33 L L 6' 7" 232 Nov 6, 1953 13 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Carreon 23 R L 6' 0" 195 Jul 19, 1963 1st 9 2 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 0
Gary Carter HOF 33 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 8, 1954 14 139 133 139 137 0 135 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 $2,060,714.00 All-Star
David Cone 24 L R 6' 1" 190 Jan 2, 1963 2 21 13 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Ron Darling 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 19, 1960 5 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,050,000.00
Lenny Dykstra 24 L L 5' 10" 167 Feb 10, 1963 3 132 100 132 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 118 22 2 $202,500.00
Tom Edens 26 R R 6' 2" 188 Jun 9, 1961 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Elster 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 3, 1964 2 5 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
Sid Fernandez 24 L L 6' 1" 230 Oct 12, 1962 5 28 27 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $308,000.00 All-Star
Bob Gibson 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 19, 1957 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwight Gooden 22 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 16, 1964 4 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,500,000.00
Keith Hernandez 33 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 20, 1953 14 154 151 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $1,800,000.00 All-Star
Clint Hurdle 29 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1957 10 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jeff Innis 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 5, 1962 1st 17 1 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gregg Jefferies 19 B R 5' 10" 185 Aug 1, 1967 1st 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Howard Johnson 26 B R 5' 11" 178 Nov 29, 1960 6 157 153 157 156 0 0 0 0 140 38 2 0 0 2 3 1 $297,500.00
Terry Leach 33 R R 6' 0" 215 Mar 13, 1954 5 44 12 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $95,000.00
Barry Lyons 27 R R 6' 1" 202 Jun 3, 1960 2 53 30 53 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 $62,500.00
Dave Magadan 24 L R 6' 3" 200 Sep 30, 1962 2 85 42 85 61 0 0 14 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 $62,500.00
Lee Mazzilli 32 B R 6' 1" 185 Mar 25, 1955 12 88 15 88 35 0 0 13 0 0 0 12 2 13 26 65 2 $62,500.00
Roger McDowell 26 R R 6' 1" 182 Dec 21, 1960 3 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $305,000.00
Kevin McReynolds 27 R R 6' 1" 210 Oct 16, 1959 5 151 147 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 4 0 $625,000.00
Keith Miller 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 12, 1963 1st 25 13 25 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 $62,500.00
Randy Milligan 25 R R 6' 1" 228 Nov 27, 1961 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
John Mitchell 21 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 11, 1965 2 20 19 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Myers 24 L L 6' 1" 215 Sep 19, 1962 3 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Bob Ojeda 29 L L 6' 1" 190 Dec 17, 1957 8 10 7 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $650,000.00
Jesse Orosco 30 R L 6' 2" 185 Apr 21, 1957 8 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $925,000.00
Al Pedrique 26 R R 6' 0" 155 Aug 11, 1960 1st 5 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Santana 29 R R 6' 1" 165 Jan 31, 1958 5 139 129 139 138 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 1 1 $250,000.00
Don Schulze 24 R R 6' 3" 225 Sep 27, 1962 5 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Sisk 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 26, 1957 6 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $330,000.00
Darryl Strawberry 25 L L 6' 6" 200 Mar 12, 1962 5 154 149 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 151 3 0 $1,245,000.00 All-Star
Tim Teufel 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 7, 1958 5 97 71 97 93 0 0 1 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 $277,500.00
Gene Walter 26 L L 6' 4" 200 Nov 22, 1960 3 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mookie Wilson 31 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 9, 1956 8 124 76 124 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 88 14 111 38 1 $800,000.00
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.

1986 / 1988 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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