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1988 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989

100-60, Finished 1st in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Davey Johnson (100-60)
Scored 703 runs, Allowed 532 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-60

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 3,055,445 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 87

Postseason:  Lost NL Championship Series (4-3) to Los Angeles Dodgers

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1987 / 1989 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 26 R R 6' 4" 195 Dec 31, 1961 4 11 3 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $295,000
Wally Backman 28 B R 5' 9" 160 Sep 22, 1959 9 99 84 99 92 0 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 2.7 $650,000
Mark Carreon 24 R L 6' 0" 170 Jul 19, 1963 2 7 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 1 0.5 $
Gary Carter HOF 34 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 8, 1954 15 130 122 130 126 0 119 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.1 $2,160,714 All-Star
David Cone 25 L R 6' 1" 180 Jan 2, 1963 3 35 28 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 $92,500 All-Star
Ron Darling 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 19, 1960 6 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $1,000,000
Lenny Dykstra 25 L L 5' 10" 160 Feb 10, 1963 4 126 98 126 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 112 17 1 3.3 $305,000
Kevin Elster 23 R R 6' 2" 180 Aug 3, 1964 3 149 123 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 2 5 1.0 $69,000
Sid Fernandez 25 L L 6' 1" 220 Oct 12, 1962 6 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $580,000
Dwight Gooden 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 16, 1964 5 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $1,400,000 All-Star
Keith Hernandez 34 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1953 15 95 91 95 94 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.9 $1,850,000
Jeff Innis 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Jul 5, 1962 2 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Gregg Jefferies 20 B R 5' 11" 175 Aug 1, 1967 2 29 27 29 28 0 0 0 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.3 $62,500
Howard Johnson 27 B R 5' 11" 178 Nov 29, 1960 7 148 143 148 148 0 0 0 0 131 52 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.8 $695,000
Terry Leach 34 R R 6' 0" 215 Mar 13, 1954 6 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $190,000
Barry Lyons 28 R R 6' 1" 205 Jun 3, 1960 3 50 14 50 33 0 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 -0.4 $90,000
Dave Magadan 25 L R 6' 3" 190 Sep 30, 1962 3 112 82 112 103 0 0 71 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1.9 $112,500
Lee Mazzilli 33 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1955 13 68 15 68 34 0 0 16 0 0 0 13 0 6 19 39 2 -1.4 $350,000
Bob McClure 36 R L 5' 11" 170 Apr 29, 1952 14 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Roger McDowell 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 21, 1960 4 63 0 63 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.5 $615,000
Kevin McReynolds 28 R R 6' 0" 205 Oct 16, 1959 6 147 144 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 1 0 148 3 0 4.7 $975,000
Keith Miller 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 12, 1963 2 40 13 40 27 0 0 0 16 6 8 0 0 1 1 11 10 -0.6 $70,000
John Mitchell 22 R R 6' 2" 165 Aug 11, 1965 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Randy Myers 25 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 19, 1962 4 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $108,000
Ed Nunez 25 R R 6' 5" 235 May 27, 1963 7 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Ojeda 30 L L 6' 1" 185 Dec 17, 1957 9 30 29 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.5 $725,000
Mackey Sasser 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Aug 3, 1962 2 60 30 60 44 0 42 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 21 0 0.2 $62,500
Darryl Strawberry 26 L L 6' 6" 190 Mar 12, 1962 6 153 149 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 150 4 0 5.9 $1,320,000 All-Star
Tim Teufel 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 7, 1958 6 90 64 90 86 0 0 3 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 2.3 $537,500
Gene Walter 27 L L 6' 4" 200 Nov 22, 1960 4 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $111,600
David West 23 L L 6' 6" 205 Sep 1, 1964 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Mookie Wilson 32 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 9, 1956 9 112 81 112 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 83 18 117 27 0 2.3 $900,000
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Mookie Wilson
Mackey Sasser
Lenny Dykstra
Wally Backman
Bob McClure
Gary Carter
Gregg Jefferies
Tim Teufel

Ron Darling
Lee Mazzilli
Rick Aguilera
Dwight Gooden
Keith Hernandez
Darryl Strawberry
Bob Ojeda
Howard Johnson

Kevin Elster
Kevin McReynolds
Keith Miller
Terry Leach
Bob McClure
Dave Magadan
Gene Walter
Mark Carreon

Barry Lyons
Jeff Innis
Roger McDowell
John Mitchell
David Cone
Ed Nunez
David West
Randy Myers

Sid Fernandez

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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