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1997 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
88-74, Finished 3rd in NL East
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Scored 777 runs, Allowed 709 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Manager: Bobby Valentine (88-74)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 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 DH PH PR Salary
Juan Acevedo 27 R R 6' 2" 195 May 5, 1970 2 25 2 22 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manny Alexander 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 20, 1971 5 54 39 54 53 0 0 0 31 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 $205,000.00
Edgardo Alfonzo 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 8, 1973 3 151 132 151 147 0 0 0 3 143 12 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 $215,000.00
Carlos Baerga 28 B R 5' 11" 200 Nov 4, 1968 8 133 122 133 131 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $4,750,000.00
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 21 0 26 5 $150,000.00
Brian Bohanon 28 L L 6' 2" 220 Aug 1, 1968 8 21 13 20 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $205,000.00
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 $262,500.00
Alberto Castillo 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 10, 1970 3 35 18 35 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $152,500.00
Mark Clark 29 R R 6' 5" 225 May 12, 1968 7 23 21 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,200,000.00
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
Carl Everett 26 B R 6' 0" 190 Jun 3, 1971 5 142 101 142 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 71 65 128 0 28 1 $205,000.00
John Franco 36 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 17, 1960 14 59 0 56 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,000,000.00
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 $160,000.00
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
Bernard Gilkey 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 24, 1966 8 145 136 145 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 1 0 136 2 8 0 $3,850,000.00
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
Pete Harnisch 30 B R 6' 0" 207 Sep 23, 1966 10 6 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,213,400.00
Todd Hundley 28 B R 5' 11" 185 May 27, 1969 8 132 118 132 122 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 1 $4,150,000.00 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 92 4 18 0 $212,000.00
Jason Isringhausen 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 7, 1972 3 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $212,000.00
Lance Johnson 33 L L 5' 11" 160 Jul 6, 1963 11 72 62 72 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 66 0 8 0 $3,050,000.00
Bobby Jones 27 R R 6' 4" 225 Feb 10, 1970 5 30 29 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,925,000.00 All-Star
Ricardo Jordan 27 L L 5' 11" 165 Jun 27, 1970 3 22 0 21 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $155,000.00
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
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 $150,000.00
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
Barry Manuel 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 12, 1965 4 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $185,000.00
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 $1,100,000.00
Brian McRae 29 B R 6' 0" 185 Aug 27, 1967 8 45 35 45 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 41 0 6 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 3 0 5 7
Dave Mlicki 29 R R 6' 4" 190 Jun 8, 1968 5 33 29 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $610,000.00
Kevin Morgan 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Mar 3, 1969 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Alex Ochoa 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 29, 1972 3 113 54 113 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 84 88 0 31 3 $152,000.00
John Olerud 28 L L 6' 5" 220 Aug 5, 1968 9 154 141 154 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 $6,500,000.00
Rey Ordonez 25 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 11, 1971 2 120 112 120 118 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 $192,500.00
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 $375,000.00
Roberto Petagine 26 L L 6' 1" 170 Jun 7, 1971 4 12 0 12 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
Todd Pratt 30 R R 6' 3" 225 Feb 9, 1967 5 39 28 39 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $200,000.00
Rick Reed 32 R R 6' 0" 205 Aug 16, 1964 9 33 29 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $212,000.00
Armando Reynoso 31 R R 6' 0" 196 May 1, 1966 7 16 15 15 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Mel Rojas 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 10, 1966 8 23 0 21 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Thurman 32 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 12, 1964 9 11 0 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 7 0 5 3
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 $200,000.00
Ricky Trlicek 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 26, 1969 5 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $177,500.00
Turk Wendell 30 B R 6' 2" 190 May 19, 1967 5 13 0 12 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH 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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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