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1988 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989)
100-60, Finished 1st in NL East
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Scored 703 runs, Allowed 532 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-60
Manager: Davey Johnson (100-60)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 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 26 R R 6' 5" 205 Dec 31, 1961 4 11 3 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $295,000.00
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 $650,000.00
Mark Carreon 24 R L 6' 0" 195 Jul 19, 1963 2 7 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 1
Gary Carter HOF 34 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 8, 1954 15 130 122 130 126 0 119 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $2,160,714.00 All-Star
David Cone 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Jan 2, 1963 3 35 28 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $92,500.00 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 $1,000,000.00
Lenny Dykstra 25 L L 5' 10" 167 Feb 10, 1963 4 126 98 126 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 112 17 1 $305,000.00
Kevin Elster 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 3, 1964 3 149 123 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 2 5 $69,000.00
Sid Fernandez 25 L L 6' 1" 230 Oct 12, 1962 6 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $580,000.00
Dwight Gooden 23 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 16, 1964 5 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,400,000.00 All-Star
Keith Hernandez 34 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 20, 1953 15 95 91 95 94 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $1,850,000.00
Jeff Innis 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 5, 1962 2 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gregg Jefferies 20 B R 5' 10" 185 Aug 1, 1967 2 29 27 29 28 0 0 0 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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 $695,000.00
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 $190,000.00
Barry Lyons 28 R R 6' 1" 202 Jun 3, 1960 3 50 14 50 33 0 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 $90,000.00
Dave Magadan 25 L R 6' 3" 200 Sep 30, 1962 3 112 82 112 103 0 0 71 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 $112,500.00
Lee Mazzilli 33 B R 6' 1" 185 Mar 25, 1955 13 68 15 68 34 0 0 16 0 0 0 13 0 6 18 39 2 $350,000.00
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
Roger McDowell 27 R R 6' 1" 182 Dec 21, 1960 4 63 0 63 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $615,000.00
Kevin McReynolds 28 R R 6' 1" 210 Oct 16, 1959 6 147 144 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 1 0 147 3 0 $975,000.00
Keith Miller 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 12, 1963 2 40 13 40 27 0 0 0 16 6 8 0 0 1 1 11 10
John Mitchell 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 11, 1965 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Myers 25 L L 6' 1" 215 Sep 19, 1962 4 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $108,000.00
Edwin Nunez 25 R R 6' 5" 237 May 27, 1963 7 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Ojeda 30 L L 6' 1" 190 Dec 17, 1957 9 30 29 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $725,000.00
Mackey Sasser 25 L R 6' 1" 210 Aug 3, 1962 2 60 30 60 44 0 42 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 21 0 $62,500.00
Darryl Strawberry 26 L L 6' 6" 200 Mar 12, 1962 6 153 149 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 150 4 0 $1,320,000.00 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 $537,500.00
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 $111,600.00
David West 23 L L 6' 6" 230 Sep 1, 1964 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mookie Wilson 32 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 9, 1956 9 112 81 112 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 83 18 104 27 0 $900,000.00
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.

1987 / 1989 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played