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1996 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997

71-91, Finished 4th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dallas Green (59-72) and Bobby Valentine (12-19)
Scored 746 runs, Allowed 779 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 1,588,323 (12th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 90

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1995 / 1997 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
Edgardo Alfonzo 22 R R 5' 11" 210 Aug 11, 1973 2 123 85 123 111 0 0 0 66 36 15 0 0 0 0 18 3 0.5 $180,000
Carlos Baerga 27 B R 5' 11" 165 Nov 4, 1968 7 26 20 26 22 0 0 16 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.9 $
Tim Bogar 29 R R 6' 2" 198 Oct 28, 1966 4 91 18 91 80 0 0 32 8 25 19 0 0 0 0 10 23 0.4 $215,000
Rico Brogna 26 L L 6' 2" 190 Apr 18, 1970 4 55 49 55 52 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 $325,000
Paul Byrd 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 3, 1970 2 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $123,000
Alberto Castillo 26 R R 6' 0" 184 Feb 10, 1970 2 6 4 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mark Clark 28 R R 6' 5" 225 May 12, 1968 6 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $1,100,000
Jerry DiPoto 28 R R 6' 2" 203 May 24, 1968 4 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $225,000
Alvaro Espinoza 34 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1962 11 48 33 48 46 0 0 1 3 37 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.8 $
Carl Everett 25 B R 6' 0" 181 Jun 3, 1971 4 101 36 101 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 15 37 61 51 3 0.6 $178,000
John Franco 35 L L 5' 10" 170 Sep 17, 1960 13 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $2,600,000
Matt Franco 26 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 19, 1969 2 14 7 14 9 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.1 $
Mike Fyhrie 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 9, 1969 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bernard Gilkey 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 24, 1966 7 153 151 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 151 2 0 8.1 $2,787,500
Charlie Greene 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 23, 1971 1st 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Jason Hardtke 24 B R 5' 10" 175 Sep 15, 1971 1st 19 13 19 18 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.2 $
Pete Harnisch 29 B R 6' 1" 195 Sep 23, 1966 9 32 31 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.6 $3,725,000
Doug Henry 32 R R 6' 4" 185 Dec 10, 1963 6 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $750,000
Todd Hundley 27 B R 5' 11" 170 May 27, 1969 7 153 142 153 150 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 5.0 $1,837,500 All-Star
Butch Huskey 24 R R 6' 3" 244 Nov 10, 1971 3 118 113 118 115 0 0 75 0 6 0 0 0 40 40 4 1 0.0 $116,000
Jason Isringhausen 23 R R 6' 3" 235 Sep 7, 1972 2 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $169,000
Lance Johnson 32 L L 5' 10" 160 Jul 6, 1963 10 160 156 160 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 157 4 0 6.8 $2,715,000 All-Star
Bobby Jones 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Feb 10, 1970 4 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $405,000
Chris Jones 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 16, 1965 6 89 22 89 70 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 8 44 69 26 9 0.1 $337,500
Jeff Kent 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 7, 1968 5 89 89 89 89 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $1,960,000
Bob Macdonald 31 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 27, 1965 6 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $200,000
Pedro Martinez 27 L L 6' 2" 155 Nov 29, 1968 4 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Brent Mayne 28 L R 6' 1" 195 Apr 19, 1968 7 70 16 70 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 -0.3 $725,000
Blas Minor 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 20, 1966 5 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $198,000
Dave Mlicki 28 R R 6' 4" 185 Jun 8, 1968 4 51 2 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $195,000
Alex Ochoa 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 29, 1972 2 82 72 82 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 76 5 2 2.1 $109,000
Rey Ordonez 25 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 11, 1971 1st 151 145 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.6 $109,000
Robert Person 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1969 2 29 13 29 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.7 $109,000
Roberto Petagine 25 L L 6' 1" 172 Jun 7, 1971 3 50 24 50 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 -0.1 $135,000
Kevin Roberson 28 B R 6' 4" 210 Jan 29, 1968 4 27 5 27 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 18 1 0.6 $125,000
Andy Tomberlin 29 L L 5' 11" 160 Nov 7, 1966 4 63 5 63 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 8 17 51 2 0.2 $130,000
Ricky Trlicek 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 26, 1969 4 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jose Vizcaino 28 B R 6' 1" 150 Mar 26, 1968 8 96 91 96 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.6 $2,200,000
Derek Wallace 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1971 1st 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $109,000
Paul Wilson 23 R R 6' 5" 235 Mar 28, 1973 1st 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3.1 $109,000
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

Rey Ordonez
Lance Johnson
Carl Everett
Chris Jones
Carlos Baerga
Charlie Greene
Todd Hundley
Tim Bogar

Alvaro Espinoza
Jeff Kent
Edgardo Alfonzo
Matt Franco
Jose Vizcaino
Brent Mayne
Kevin Roberson
Jason Hardtke
Roberto Petagine
Alex Ochoa

Bernard Gilkey
Rico Brogna
Pete Harnisch
Bobby Jones
Robert Person
Alberto Castillo
John Franco
Paul Wilson

Andy Tomberlin
Blas Minor
Ricky Trlicek
Doug Henry
Dave Mlicki
Mike Fyhrie
Butch Huskey
Paul Byrd
Jason Isringhausen

Jerry DiPoto
Derek Wallace
Pedro Martinez
Bob Macdonald
Mark Clark

1995 / 1997 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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