1996 New York Mets Statistics and Roster

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1996 New York Mets (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995/1997)
71-91, Finished 4th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 746 runs, Allowed 779 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Managed by Dallas Green and Bobby Valentine

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Todd Hundley        27  153  540   85  140  32  1  41  112  79  146  .259  .356  .550   1   3   9   3   0   2  15  140
1B  Butch Huskey        24  118  414   43  115  16  2  15   60  27   77  .278  .319  .435   1   2  10   0   0   4   3  101
2B #Jose Vizcaino       28   96  363   47  110  12  6   1   32  28   58  .303  .356  .377   9   5   6   3   6   2   0   99
3B  Jeff Kent           28   89  335   45   97  20  1   9   39  21   56  .290  .331  .436   4   3   7   1   1   3   1  105
SS  Rey Ordonez         24  151  502   51  129  12  4   1   30  22   53  .257  .289  .303   1   3  12   1   4   1  12   60
LF  Bernard Gilkey      29  153  571  108  181  44  3  30  117  73  125  .317  .393  .562  17   9  18   4   0   8   7  155
CF *Lance Johnson       32  160  682  117  227  31 21   9   69  33   40  .333  .362  .479  50  12   8   1   3   5   8  125
RF  Alex Ochoa          24   82  282   37   83  19  3   4   33  17   30  .294  .336  .426   4   3   2   2   0   3   0  104
    Edgardo Alfonzo     22  123  368   36   96  15  2   4   40  25   56  .261  .304  .345   2   0   8   0   9   5   2   75
   #Carl Everett        25  101  192   29   46   8  1   1   16  21   53  .240  .326  .307   6   0   4   4   1   1   2   72
   *Rico Brogna         26   55  188   18   48  10  1   7   30  19   50  .255  .318  .431   0   0   4   0   0   4   1  100
    Chris Jones         30   89  149   22   36   7  0   4   18  12   42  .242  .307  .369   1   0   3   2   0   0   1   82
    Alvaro Espinoza     34   48  134   19   41   7  2   4   16   4   19  .306  .324  .478   0   2   4   0   5   1   0  113
   *Brent Mayne         28   70   99    9   26   6  0   1    6  12   22  .263  .342  .354   0   1   4   0   2   0   1   89
   *Roberto Petagine    25   50   99   10   23   3  0   4   17   9   27  .232  .313  .384   0   2   4   3   1   1   1   87
    Tim Bogar           29   91   89   17   19   4  0   0    6   8   20  .213  .287  .258   1   3   0   2   3   2   0   49
   #Carlos Baerga       27   26   83    5   16   3  0   2   11   5    2  .193  .253  .301   0   0   8   2   0   1   0   49
   *Andy Tomberlin      29   63   66   12   17   4  0   3   10   9   27  .258  .355  .455   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  117
   #Jason Hardtke       24   19   57    3   11   5  0   0    6   2   12  .193  .233  .281   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   38
   #Kevin Roberson      28   27   36    8    8   1  0   3    9   7   17  .222  .348  .500   0   0   0   1   0   2   0  126
   *Matt Franco         26   14   31    3    6   1  0   1    2   1    5  .194  .235  .323   0   0   1   1   0   1   0   49
    Alberto Castillo    26    6   11    1    4   0  0   0    0   0    4  .364  .364  .364   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   98
    Charlie Greene      25    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Mark Clark          28   32   69    3    3   1  0   0    2   1   26  .043  .056  .058   0   0   0   0  10   1   0  -69
    Bobby Jones         26   31   60    6    7   2  0   0    2   3   20  .117  .159  .150   0   0   1   0   9   0   0  -16
   #Pete Harnisch       29   32   55    3    5   1  0   0    1   2   18  .091  .121  .109   0   0   0   0  10   1   0  -37
    Jason Isringhausen  23   27   51    5   13   2  0   2    9   3   15  .255  .291  .412   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   87
    Paul Wilson         23   26   50    3    4   0  0   1    4   1   32  .080  .115  .140   0   0   0   1   4   0   0  -31
    Robert Person       26   29   21    1    3   1  0   0    0   0   12  .143  .143  .190   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -11
    Dave Mlicki         28   51   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .100  .182  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -21
    Doug Henry          32   58    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Paul Byrd           25   38    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jerry Dipoto        28   57    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *John Franco         35   51    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Blas Minor          30   17    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2  162 5618  746 1515 267 47 147  697 445 1069  .270  .323  .412  97  48 114  33  75  49  54  105
    Rank among 14 NL teams         3   10    2   7  1   9       14   10     2    10     4  13   9                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Mark Clark          28  32   3.43  14  11  0  32   0   2   0  212.3  217   98   81  20   48  142  883   6   3  2   8 117
SP  Pete Harnisch       29  31   4.21   8  12  0  31   0   2   1  194.7  195  103   91  30   61  114  839   7   7  3   5  95
SP  Bobby Jones         26  31   4.42  12   8  0  31   0   3   1  195.7  219  102   96  26   46  116  826   2   3  0   6  91
SP  Jason Isringhausen  23  27   4.77   6  14  0  27   0   2   1  171.7  190  103   91  13   73  114  766  14   8  0   5  84
SP  Paul Wilson         23  26   5.38   5  12  0  26   0   1   0  149.0  157  102   89  15   71  109  677   3  10  3  11  75

CL *John Franco         35  51   1.83   4   3 28   0  44   0   0   54.0   54   15   11   2   21   48  235   2   0  0   0 219
RP  Doug Henry          32  58   4.68   2   8  9   0  33   0   0   75.0   82   48   39   7   36   58  343   6   1  1   6  86
RP  Jerry Dipoto        28  57   4.19   7   2  0   0  21   0   0   77.3   91   44   36   5   45   52  364   3   3  3   8  96
RP  Dave Mlicki         28  51   3.30   6   7  1   2  16   0   0   90.0   95   46   33   9   33   83  393   7   6  0   8 122
RP  Paul Byrd           25  38   4.24   1   2  0   0  14   0   0   46.7   48   22   22   7   21   31  204   3   0  0   4  95

    Robert Person       26  27   4.52   4   5  0  13   1   0   0   89.7   86   50   45  16   35   76  390   3   2  0   3  89
    Blas Minor          30  17   3.51   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   25.7   23   11   10   4    6   20  104   1   0  0   2 114
    Derek Wallace       24  19   4.01   2   3  3   0  11   0   0   24.7   29   12   11   2   14   15  115   2   0  0   2 100
   *Bob MacDonald       31  20   4.26   0   2  0   0   6   0   0   19.0   16   10    9   2    9   12   79   1   0  0   0  94
   *Pedro Martinez      27   5   6.43   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    7.0    8    7    5   1    7    6   36   0   0  0   4  62
    Ricky Trlicek       27   5   3.38   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    5.3    3    2    2   0    3    3   20   0   1  0   1 119
    Mike Fyhrie         26   2  15.43   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    4    4    4   0    3    0   14   0   0  0   0  26
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 162   4.22  71  91 41 162 152  10  10 1440.0 1517  779  675 159  532  999 6288  60  44 12  73  95
    Rank among 14 NL teams          7  12   3  8           6   5     12   10    9        7    6   12

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- THundley 1265 142 150 911 72 8 7 .992 10 55 98 32 BMayne 139 16 21 85 3 0 2 1.000 0 5 23 1 ACastillo 33 4 6 23 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4 0 CGreene 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 162 162 1020 75 8 9 .993 10 60 125 33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHuskey 575 69 75 569 43 10 57 .984 9.58 RBrogna 422 49 52 440 31 2 46 .996 10.03 RPetagine 231 24 40 209 23 1 20 .996 9.01 CBaerga 117 16 16 98 5 1 8 .990 7.92 TBogar 65 2 32 77 4 0 7 1.000 11.22 CJones 17 1 5 16 1 0 1 1.000 8.64 MFranco 9 1 2 12 1 0 1 1.000 13.00 AEspinoza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 ATomberlin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 1421 108 14 140 .991 9.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *5.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JVizcaino 761 91 93 179 259 6 70 .986 5.18 EAlfonzo 516 56 66 122 174 8 42 .974 5.16 JHardtke 117 13 18 26 34 0 9 1.000 4.59 TBogar 33 1 8 4 11 0 4 1.000 4.05 CBaerga 7 1 1 3 3 0 1 1.000 7.71 AEspinoza 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 334 482 14 126 .983 5.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKent 746 89 89 75 184 21 19 .925 3.12 AEspinoza 263 30 38 20 52 8 2 .900 2.46 EAlfonzo 216 21 36 17 50 3 5 .957 2.79 TBogar 103 9 25 13 22 1 0 .972 3.05 MFranco 45 6 8 3 11 3 0 .824 2.80 CBaerga 33 3 6 2 4 3 0 .667 1.64 BHuskey 32 4 6 5 9 1 1 .933 3.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 135 332 40 27 .921 2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ROrdonez 1262 145 150 228 450 27 102 .962 4.83 EAlfonzo 85 8 15 7 22 0 5 1.000 3.07 TBogar 62 6 19 10 24 0 6 1.000 4.91 AEspinoza 30 3 7 4 13 0 3 1.000 5.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 249 509 27 116 .966 4.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGilkey 1291 151 151 310 18 6 2 .982 2.29 CJones 76 6 17 14 0 2 0 .875 1.66 CEverett 45 4 8 16 2 1 1 .947 3.58 ATomberlin 24 1 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 KRoberson 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 343 20 9 3 .976 2.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LJohnson 1356 156 157 390 9 12 3 .971 2.65 CEverett 56 5 15 18 0 1 0 .947 2.86 CJones 27 1 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 418 9 13 3 .970 2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AOchoa 633 72 76 135 8 5 3 .966 2.03 BHuskey 292 40 40 64 2 4 2 .943 2.03 CEverett 231 27 37 61 2 5 0 .926 2.45 CJones 187 14 44 43 0 1 0 .977 2.07 KRoberson 56 5 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 ATomberlin 39 4 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 320 13 15 5 .957 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.13 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- LJohnson 1356 156 157 392 9 12 3 .971 2.66 BGilkey 1291 151 151 309 18 6 4 .982 2.28 AOchoa 633 72 76 135 7 5 3 .966 2.02 CEverett 333 36 55 96 4 7 1 .935 2.70 BHuskey 292 40 40 64 2 4 2 .943 2.03 CJones 290 21 66 65 0 3 0 .956 2.02 ATomberlin 63 5 17 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.28 KRoberson 59 5 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 162 162 1081 41 37 13 .968 2.34 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MClark 212 32 32 10 24 0 1 1.000 1.44 BJones 195 31 31 11 31 1 3 .977 1.93 PHarnisch 194 31 31 10 16 3 1 .897 1.20 JIsringhaus 171 27 27 13 28 5 1 .891 2.15 PWilson 149 26 26 10 12 2 2 .917 1.33 DMlicki 90 2 51 3 6 2 2 .818 0.90 RPerson 89 13 27 2 8 4 0 .714 1.00 JDipoto 77 0 57 6 11 0 1 1.000 1.98 DHenry 75 0 58 4 7 2 0 .846 1.32 JFranco 54 0 51 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.50 PByrd 46 0 38 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.93 BMinor 25 0 17 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.75 DWallace 24 0 19 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.82 BMacDonald 19 0 20 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.42 PMartinez 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 RTrlicek 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.40 MFyhrie 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 79 169 19 12 .929 1.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Johnson .333

On-base % Gilkey .393

Slugging % Gilkey .562

OPS Gilkey .955

Games Johnson 160

At Bats Johnson 682

Plate Appearances (approx.) Johnson 724

Runs Johnson 117

Hits Johnson 227

Total Bases Johnson 327

Doubles Gilkey 44

Triples Johnson 21

Home Runs Hundley 41

RBI Gilkey 117

Bases on Balls Hundley 79

Strikeouts Hundley 146

Stolen Bases Johnson 50

Singles Johnson 166

Adjusted OPS+ Gilkey 155

Runs Created Gilkey 124

Adjusted Batting Runs Gilkey 47

Batting Wins Gilkey 4.5

Extra-Base Hits Gilkey 77

Times on Base Johnson 261

Offensive Win% Gilkey .707

Hit By Pitch Everett and Gilkey 4

Sac. Hits Clark and Harnisch 10

Sac. Flies Gilkey 8

Intentional Walks Hundley 15

Grounded into Double Plays Gilkey 18

Caught Stealing Johnson 12

Power/Speed Number Gilkey 21.7

At Bats per Strikeout Johnson 17.1

At Bats per Home Run Hundley 13.2

Outs Johnson 483

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Clark 3.43

Wins Clark 14

Won-Loss % Jones .600

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Clark 1.248

Hits Allowed/9IP Harnisch 9.02

Bases on Balls/9IP Clark 2.03

Strikeouts/9IP Clark 6.02

Games Henry 58

Saves Franco 28

Innings Clark 212.3

Strikeouts Clark 142

Games Started Clark 32

Comp. Games Jones 3

Shutouts Harnisch, Isringhausen, and Jones 1

Home Runs Allow. Harnisch 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Isringhausen 73

Hits Allowed Jones 219

SO to Walk Clark 2.96

Losses Isringhausen 14

Earned Runs Allow. Jones 96

Wild Pitches Isringhausen 14

Hit Batsmen Wilson 10

Batters Faced Clark 883

Games Finished Franco 44

Adjusted ERA+ Clark 117

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Pete Harnisch $ 3,725,000

Bernard Gilkey $ 2,787,500

Lance Johnson $ 2,715,000

John Franco $ 2,600,000

Jose Vizcaino $ 2,200,000

Jeff Kent $ 1,960,000

Todd Hundley $ 1,837,500

Mark Clark $ 1,100,000

Doug Henry $ 750,000

Brent Mayne $ 725,000

Bobby Jones $ 405,000

Chris Jones $ 337,500

Rico Brogna $ 325,000

Jerry Dipoto $ 225,000

Tim Bogar $ 215,000

Bob MacDonald $ 200,000

Blas Minor $ 198,000

Dave Mlicki $ 195,000

Edgardo Alfonzo $ 180,000

Carl Everett $ 178,000

Jason Isringhausen $ 169,000

Roberto Petagine $ 135,000

Andy Tomberlin $ 130,000

Kevin Roberson $ 125,000

Paul Byrd $ 123,000

Butch Huskey $ 116,000

Alex Ochoa $ 109,000

Rey Ordonez $ 109,000

Robert Person $ 109,000

Derek Wallace $ 109,000

Paul Wilson $ 109,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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