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1997 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

88-74, Finished 3rd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Valentine (88-74)
Scored 777 runs, Allowed 709 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 1,766,174 (10th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

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1996 / 1998 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Juan Acevedo 27 R R 6' 2" 243 May 5, 1970 2 25 2 22 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Manny Alexander 26 R R 5' 10" 150 Mar 20, 1971 5 54 39 54 53 0 0 0 31 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.9 $205,000
Edgardo Alfonzo 23 R R 5' 11" 210 Aug 11, 1973 3 151 132 151 147 0 0 0 3 143 12 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 7.0 $215,000
Carlos Baerga 28 B R 5' 11" 165 Nov 4, 1968 8 133 122 133 131 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1.5 $4,750,000
Steve Bieser 29 L R 5' 10" 170 Aug 4, 1967 1st 47 11 47 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 13 1 23 0 26 5 -0.1 $150,000
Brian Bohanon 28 L L 6' 2" 210 Aug 1, 1968 8 21 14 20 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.3 $205,000
Toby Borland 28 R R 6' 6" 186 May 29, 1969 4 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $262,500
Alberto Castillo 27 R R 6' 0" 184 Feb 10, 1970 3 35 18 35 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $152,500
Mark Clark 29 R R 6' 5" 225 May 12, 1968 7 23 22 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $2,200,000
Joe Crawford 27 L L 6' 3" 225 May 2, 1970 1st 19 2 18 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Carl Everett 26 B R 6' 0" 181 Jun 3, 1971 5 142 101 142 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 71 65 145 0 28 1 0.6 $205,000
John Franco 36 L L 5' 10" 170 Sep 17, 1960 14 59 0 56 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $3,000,000
Matt Franco 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 19, 1969 3 112 24 112 52 0 0 13 0 39 0 1 0 0 1 1 71 0 0.2 $160,000
Shawn Gilbert 32 R R 5' 9" 170 Mar 12, 1965 1st 29 4 29 17 0 0 0 8 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 9 9 -0.4 $
Bernard Gilkey 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 24, 1966 8 145 136 145 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 1 0 137 2 8 0 3.1 $3,850,000
Jason Hardtke 25 B R 5' 10" 175 Sep 15, 1971 2 30 9 30 22 0 0 0 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.1 $
Pete Harnisch 30 B R 6' 1" 195 Sep 23, 1966 10 6 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $3,213,400
Todd Hundley 28 B R 5' 11" 170 May 27, 1969 8 132 118 132 122 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 1 5.0 $4,150,000 All-Star
Butch Huskey 25 R R 6' 3" 244 Nov 10, 1971 4 142 120 142 123 0 0 22 0 15 0 30 0 72 102 4 18 0 1.8 $212,000
Jason Isringhausen 24 R R 6' 3" 235 Sep 7, 1972 3 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $212,000
Lance Johnson 33 L L 5' 10" 160 Jul 6, 1963 11 72 62 72 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 66 0 8 0 2.1 $3,050,000
Bobby Jones 27 R R 6' 4" 210 Feb 10, 1970 5 30 30 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $1,925,000 All-Star
Ricardo Jordan 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Jun 27, 1970 3 22 0 21 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $155,000
Takashi Kashiwada 26 L L 5' 11" 165 May 14, 1971 1st 35 0 32 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Cory Lidle 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Mar 22, 1972 1st 54 2 51 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $150,000
Luis Lopez 26 B R 5' 11" 175 Sep 4, 1970 4 78 36 78 65 0 0 0 20 4 45 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0.4 $
Barry Manuel 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 12, 1965 4 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $185,000
Greg McMichael 30 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 1, 1966 5 73 0 70 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $1,100,000
Brian McRae 29 B R 6' 0" 175 Aug 27, 1967 8 45 35 45 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 41 0 6 0 0.0 $
Carlos Mendoza 22 L L 5' 11" 160 Nov 4, 1974 1st 15 2 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 5 7 0.2 $
Dave Mlicki 29 R R 6' 4" 185 Jun 8, 1968 5 33 32 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.2 $610,000
Kevin Morgan 27 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 3, 1969 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Alex Ochoa 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 29, 1972 3 113 54 113 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 84 88 1 31 3 -0.1 $152,000
John Olerud 28 L L 6' 5" 205 Aug 5, 1968 9 154 141 154 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 5.2 $6,500,000
Rey Ordonez 26 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 11, 1971 2 120 112 120 118 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.3 $192,500
Yorkis Perez 29 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 30, 1967 5 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $375,000
Roberto Petagine 26 L L 6' 1" 172 Jun 7, 1971 4 12 0 12 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 -0.2 $
Todd Pratt 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 9, 1967 5 39 28 39 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.2 $200,000
Rick Reed 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1964 9 33 31 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $212,000
Armando Reynoso 31 R R 6' 0" 186 May 1, 1966 7 16 16 15 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $1,000,000
Mel Rojas 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 10, 1966 8 23 0 21 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Gary Thurman 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 12, 1964 9 11 0 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 8 0 5 3 -0.1 $
Andy Tomberlin 30 L L 5' 11" 160 Nov 7, 1966 5 6 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 -0.2 $200,000
Ricky Trlicek 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 26, 1969 5 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $177,500
Turk Wendell 30 B R 6' 2" 185 May 19, 1967 5 13 0 12 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH 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
John Olerud
Manny Alexander
Carlos Mendoza
Carlos Baerga
Todd Hundley
Kevin Morgan
Roberto Petagine
Gary Thurman

Cory Lidle
Shawn Gilbert
Edgardo Alfonzo
Matt Franco
Luis Lopez
Takashi Kashiwada
Jason Hardtke
Alex Ochoa

Bernard Gilkey
Yorkis Perez
Barry Manuel
Pete Harnisch
Bobby Jones
Steve Bieser
Alberto Castillo
John Franco

Andy Tomberlin
Rick Reed
Greg McMichael
Dave Mlicki
Juan Acevedo
Armando Reynoso
Butch Huskey
Toby Borland
Todd Pratt

Jason Isringhausen
Brian Bohanon
Ricardo Jordan
Joe Crawford
Ricky Trlicek
Mel Rojas
Mark Clark
Brian McRae

Turk Wendell

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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