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1998 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
88-74, Finished 2nd in NL East
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Scored 706 runs, Allowed 645 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Manager: Bobby Valentine (88-74)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,287,948 (9th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
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1997 / 1999 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
Benny Agbayani 26 R R 6' 0" 225 Dec 28, 1971 1st 11 3 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 9 0 1 2
Edgardo Alfonzo 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 8, 1973 4 144 136 144 144 0 0 0 0 144 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $1,750,000.00
Jermaine Allensworth 26 R R 6' 0" 189 Jan 11, 1972 3 34 12 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 25 31 0 5 7
Carlos Baerga 29 B R 5' 11" 200 Nov 4, 1968 9 147 135 147 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $4,749,999.00
Rich Becker 26 L L 5' 10" 199 Feb 1, 1972 6 49 23 49 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 14 13 41 0 16 4 $1,550,000.00
Rigo Beltran 28 L L 5' 11" 185 Nov 13, 1969 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Blair 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 18, 1965 9 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Bohanon 29 L L 6' 2" 220 Aug 1, 1968 9 25 4 23 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $350,000.00
Alberto Castillo 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 10, 1970 4 38 28 38 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 $192,500.00
Brad Clontz 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 25, 1971 4 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Cook 35 L L 6' 3" 185 Oct 4, 1962 11 73 0 70 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $850,000.00
Jorge Fabregas 28 L R 6' 3" 205 Mar 13, 1970 5 20 5 20 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
John Franco 37 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 17, 1960 15 61 0 58 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,900,000.00
Matt Franco 28 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 19, 1969 4 103 27 103 36 0 0 11 0 13 0 12 0 1 13 2 70 1 $202,500.00
Shawn Gilbert 33 R R 5' 9" 170 Mar 12, 1965 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Bernard Gilkey 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 24, 1966 9 82 67 82 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 1 4 77 0 6 2 $5,050,000.00
Todd Haney 32 R R 5' 9" 165 Jul 30, 1965 5 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Lenny Harris 33 L R 5' 10" 205 Oct 28, 1964 11 75 36 75 72 0 0 1 2 10 0 21 1 53 65 0 16 3
John Hudek 31 B R 6' 1" 200 Aug 8, 1966 5 28 0 23 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $499,000.00
Todd Hundley 29 B R 5' 11" 185 May 27, 1969 9 53 36 53 36 0 2 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 34 0 17 0 $4,925,000.00
Butch Huskey 26 R R 6' 3" 244 Nov 10, 1971 5 113 95 113 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 103 1 16 0 $300,000.00
Bobby Jones 28 R R 6' 4" 225 Feb 10, 1970 6 30 27 27 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,116,667.00
Mike Kinkade 25 R R 6' 1" 210 May 6, 1973 1st 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Wayne Kirby 34 L R 5' 10" 185 Jan 22, 1964 8 26 4 26 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 12 19 0 10 3
Al Leiter 32 L L 6' 3" 215 Oct 23, 1965 12 28 27 27 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,000,000.00
Luis Lopez 27 B R 5' 11" 175 Sep 4, 1970 5 117 51 117 96 0 0 0 50 11 39 8 0 1 9 0 43 3 $375,000.00
Greg McMichael 31 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 1, 1966 6 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,900,000.00
Brian McRae 30 B R 6' 0" 185 Aug 27, 1967 9 159 144 159 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 9 1 $3,850,000.00
Ralph Milliard 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 30, 1973 3 10 0 10 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Dave Mlicki 30 R R 6' 4" 190 Jun 8, 1968 6 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,250,000.00
Hideo Nomo 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 31, 1968 4 17 15 16 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Olerud 29 L L 6' 5" 220 Aug 5, 1968 10 160 149 160 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $3,750,000.00
Rey Ordonez 26 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 11, 1971 3 153 147 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 $320,000.00
Craig Paquette 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 28, 1969 6 7 4 7 5 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 $300,000.00
Jay Payton 25 R R 5' 10" 185 Nov 22, 1972 1st 15 3 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 9 0 6 3
Tony Phillips 39 B R 5' 10" 175 Apr 25, 1959 17 52 49 52 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 15 51 0 3 0 $560,000.00
Mike Piazza 29 R R 6' 3" 197 Sep 4, 1968 7 109 103 109 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 All-Star
Todd Pratt 31 R R 6' 3" 225 Feb 9, 1967 6 41 11 41 18 0 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 $300,000.00
Bill Pulsipher 24 L L 6' 3" 210 Oct 9, 1973 2 16 1 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Reed 33 R R 6' 0" 205 Aug 16, 1964 10 31 30 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,375,000.00 All-Star
Armando Reynoso 32 R R 6' 0" 196 May 1, 1966 8 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,250,000.00
Mel Rojas 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 10, 1966 9 50 0 49 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,583,333.00
Tim Spehr 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 2, 1966 7 21 15 21 21 0 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $285,000.00
Jeff Tam 27 R R 6' 1" 202 Aug 19, 1970 1st 15 0 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Tatum 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 9, 1967 5 35 11 35 20 0 4 9 0 3 0 4 0 0 4 1 20 0 $225,000.00
Turk Wendell 31 B R 6' 2" 190 May 19, 1967 6 66 0 62 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $661,500.00
Rick Wilkins 31 L R 6' 2" 210 Jun 4, 1967 8 5 4 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Preston Wilson 23 R R 6' 2" 193 Jul 19, 1974 1st 8 6 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 7 0 1 1
Masato Yoshii 33 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 20, 1965 1st 29 27 27 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,075,000.00
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.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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