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1996 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
71-91, Finished 4th in NL East
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Scored 746 runs, Allowed 779 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Manager: Dallas Green (59-72) and Bobby Valentine (12-19)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 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
Edgardo Alfonzo 22 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 8, 1973 2 123 85 123 111 0 0 0 66 36 15 0 0 0 0 18 3 $180,000.00
Carlos Baerga 27 B R 5' 11" 200 Nov 4, 1968 7 26 20 26 22 0 0 16 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
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 $215,000.00
Rico Brogna 26 L L 6' 2" 200 Apr 18, 1970 4 55 49 55 52 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $325,000.00
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 $123,000.00
Alberto Castillo 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 10, 1970 2 6 4 6 6 0 6 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 $1,100,000.00
Jerry Dipoto 28 R R 6' 2" 200 May 24, 1968 4 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $225,000.00
Alvaro Espinoza 34 R R 6' 0" 181 Feb 19, 1962 11 48 33 48 46 0 0 1 3 37 7 0 0 0 0 4 0
Carl Everett 25 B R 6' 0" 190 Jun 3, 1971 4 101 36 101 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 15 37 55 51 3 $178,000.00
John Franco 35 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 17, 1960 13 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,600,000.00
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
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
Bernard Gilkey 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 24, 1966 7 153 151 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 151 2 0 $2,787,500.00
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
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
Pete Harnisch 29 B R 6' 0" 207 Sep 23, 1966 9 32 31 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $3,725,000.00
Doug Henry 32 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 10, 1963 6 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750,000.00
Todd Hundley 27 B R 5' 11" 185 May 27, 1969 7 153 142 153 150 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 $1,837,500.00 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 $116,000.00
Jason Isringhausen 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 7, 1972 2 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $169,000.00
Lance Johnson 32 L L 5' 11" 160 Jul 6, 1963 10 160 156 160 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 157 4 0 $2,715,000.00 All-Star
Bobby Jones 26 R R 6' 4" 225 Feb 10, 1970 4 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $405,000.00
Chris Jones 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Dec 16, 1965 6 89 22 89 70 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 8 44 66 26 9 $337,500.00
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 $1,960,000.00
Bob MacDonald 31 L L 6' 3" 208 Apr 27, 1965 6 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Pedro Martinez 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Nov 29, 1968 4 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent Mayne 28 L R 6' 1" 190 Apr 19, 1968 7 70 16 70 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 $725,000.00
Blas Minor 30 R R 6' 3" 203 Mar 20, 1966 5 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $198,000.00
Dave Mlicki 28 R R 6' 4" 190 Jun 8, 1968 4 51 2 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $195,000.00
Alex Ochoa 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 29, 1972 2 82 72 82 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 76 5 2 $109,000.00
Rey Ordonez 24 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 11, 1971 1st 151 145 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 2 1 $109,000.00
Robert Person 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 6, 1969 2 29 13 29 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $109,000.00
Roberto Petagine 25 L L 6' 1" 170 Jun 7, 1971 3 50 24 50 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 $135,000.00
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 $125,000.00
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 $130,000.00
Ricky Trlicek 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 26, 1969 4 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Vizcaino 28 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 26, 1968 8 96 91 96 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $2,200,000.00
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 $109,000.00
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 $109,000.00
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.

1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played