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1998 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

88-74, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Valentine (88-74)
Scored 706 runs, Allowed 645 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · 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 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
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 -0.2 $
Edgardo Alfonzo 24 R R 5' 11" 210 Aug 11, 1973 4 144 136 144 144 0 0 0 0 144 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.6 $1,750,000
Jermaine Allensworth 26 R R 6' 0" 178 Jan 11, 1972 3 34 12 34 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 25 33 0 5 7 -0.5 $
Carlos Baerga 29 B R 5' 11" 165 Nov 4, 1968 9 147 135 147 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.3 $4,749,999
Rich Becker 26 L L 5' 10" 180 Feb 1, 1972 6 49 23 49 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 14 13 44 0 16 4 -0.1 $1,550,000
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 0.1 $
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 0.6 $
Brian Bohanon 29 L L 6' 2" 210 Aug 1, 1968 9 25 4 23 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $350,000
Alberto Castillo 28 R R 6' 0" 184 Feb 10, 1970 4 38 28 38 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0.6 $192,500
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 -0.1 $
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 1.8 $850,000
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 -0.4 $
John Franco 37 L L 5' 10" 170 Sep 17, 1960 15 61 0 58 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $2,900,000
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 0.2 $202,500
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 -0.1 $
Bernard Gilkey 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Sep 24, 1966 9 82 67 82 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 1 4 81 0 6 2 -0.1 $5,050,000
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 -0.2 $
Lenny Harris 33 L R 5' 10" 195 Oct 28, 1964 11 75 36 75 72 0 0 1 2 10 0 21 1 53 75 0 16 3 -0.5 $
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 0.1 $499,000
Todd Hundley 29 B R 5' 11" 170 May 27, 1969 9 53 36 53 36 0 2 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 34 0 17 0 -1.3 $4,925,000
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 0.4 $300,000
Bobby Jones 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Feb 10, 1970 6 30 30 27 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $3,116,667
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 -0.1 $
Wayne Kirby 34 L R 5' 11" 185 Jan 22, 1964 8 26 4 26 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 12 19 0 10 3 -0.3 $
Al Leiter 32 L L 6' 2" 200 Oct 23, 1965 12 28 28 27 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.6 $3,000,000
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 -0.5 $375,000
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 0.0 $1,900,000
Brian McRae 30 B R 6' 0" 175 Aug 27, 1967 9 159 144 159 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 9 1 2.6 $3,850,000
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 0.0 $
Dave Mlicki 30 R R 6' 4" 185 Jun 8, 1968 6 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $1,250,000
Hideo Nomo 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 31, 1968 4 17 16 16 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
John Olerud 29 L L 6' 5" 205 Aug 5, 1968 10 160 149 160 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 8.1 $3,750,000
Rey Ordonez 27 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 11, 1971 3 153 147 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 -1.5 $320,000
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 -0.3 $300,000
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 0.1 $
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 58 0 3 0 -0.3 $560,000
Mike Piazza 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 4, 1968 7 109 103 109 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 5.5 $ All-Star
Todd Pratt 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 9, 1967 6 41 11 41 18 0 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0.4 $300,000
Bill Pulsipher 24 L L 6' 3" 230 Oct 9, 1973 2 16 1 13 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Rick Reed 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1964 10 31 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $1,375,000 All-Star
Armando Reynoso 32 R R 6' 0" 186 May 1, 1966 8 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $1,250,000
Mel Rojas 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 10, 1966 9 50 0 49 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $4,583,333
Tim Spehr 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 2, 1966 7 21 15 21 21 0 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $285,000
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 -0.2 $170,000
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 0.4 $225,000
Turk Wendell 31 B R 6' 2" 185 May 19, 1967 6 66 0 62 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $661,500
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 -0.2 $
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 0.0 $
Masato Yoshii 33 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 20, 1965 1st 29 29 27 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $1,075,000
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

Preston Wilson
John Olerud
Rich Becker
Tony Phillips
Todd Pratt
Carlos Baerga
Todd Hundley
Rey Ordonez
Wayne Kirby
Preston Wilson

Jorge Fabregas
Shawn Gilbert
Edgardo Alfonzo
Matt Franco
Hideo Nomo
Luis Lopez
Todd Haney
Craig Paquette
Lenny Harris
Jim Tatum
Bill Pulsipher
Masato Yoshii

Al Leiter
Jermaine Allensworth
Bernard Gilkey
Jay Payton
Ralph Milliard
Dennis Cook
Bobby Jones
Masato Yoshii
Alberto Castillo

John Franco
Mike Piazza
Mike Kinkade
Tim Spehr
Rick Reed
Greg McMichael
Jeff Tam
Dave Mlicki
Jeff Tam
Benny Agbayani
Rick Wilkins
Armando Reynoso
Butch Huskey

Rigo Beltran
John Hudek
John Franco
Willie Blair
Brian Bohanon
Brad Clontz
Mel Rojas
Brian McRae
Turk Wendell

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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