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1998 New York Mets Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Mike Piazza 29 109 446 394 67 137 33 0 23 76 1 0 47 53 .348 .417 .607 1.024 167 239 12 2 0 3 10
2 1B John Olerud* 29 160 665 557 91 197 36 4 22 93 2 2 96 73 .354 .447 .551 .998 163 307 15 4 1 7 11
3 2B Carlos Baerga# 29 147 551 511 46 136 27 1 7 53 0 1 24 55 .266 .303 .364 .667 76 186 21 6 3 7 6
4 SS Rey Ordonez 26 153 548 505 46 124 20 2 1 42 3 6 23 60 .246 .278 .299 .577 53 151 11 1 15 4 7
5 3B Edgardo Alfonzo 24 144 630 557 94 155 28 2 17 78 8 3 65 77 .278 .355 .427 .782 106 238 11 3 2 3 1
6 LF Bernard Gilkey 31 82 305 264 33 60 15 0 4 28 5 1 32 66 .227 .317 .330 .646 72 87 6 4 2 3 1
7 CF Brian McRae# 30 159 645 552 79 146 36 5 21 79 20 11 80 90 .264 .360 .462 .822 116 255 5 5 3 5 3
8 RF Butch Huskey 26 113 402 369 43 93 18 0 13 59 7 6 26 66 .252 .300 .407 .707 85 150 13 1 2 4 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 MI Luis Lopez# 27 117 295 266 37 67 13 2 2 22 2 2 20 60 .252 .312 .338 .650 72 90 10 4 3 2 3
10 LF Tony Phillips# 39 52 229 188 25 42 11 0 3 14 1 1 38 44 .223 .351 .330 .681 82 62 1 0 1 2 0
11 UT Matt Franco* 28 103 187 161 20 44 7 2 1 13 0 1 23 26 .273 .366 .360 .726 93 58 8 1 1 1 6
12 RF Lenny Harris* 33 75 184 168 18 39 7 0 6 17 5 2 9 12 .232 .272 .381 .653 71 64 5 1 4 2 1
13 LF Todd Hundley# 29 53 142 124 8 20 4 0 3 12 1 1 16 55 .161 .261 .266 .527 40 33 0 1 0 1 0
14 OF Rich Becker* 26 49 121 100 15 19 4 2 3 10 3 1 21 42 .190 .331 .360 .691 83 36 1 0 0 0 2
15 C Alberto Castillo 28 38 99 83 13 17 4 0 2 7 0 2 9 17 .205 .290 .325 .616 63 27 1 1 6 0 0
16 UT Todd Pratt 31 41 71 69 9 19 9 1 2 18 0 0 2 20 .275 .296 .522 .818 111 36 0 0 0 0 0
17 C Tim Spehr 31 21 60 51 3 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 7 16 .137 .267 .157 .424 16 8 0 2 0 0 1
18 OF Jermaine Allensworth 26 34 57 54 9 11 2 0 2 4 0 2 2 16 .204 .246 .352 .597 56 19 0 1 0 0 0
19 UT Jim Tatum 30 35 57 50 4 9 1 2 2 13 0 0 3 19 .180 .211 .400 .611 57 20 0 0 0 4 0
20 C Jorge Fabregas* 28 20 34 32 3 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 6 .188 .212 .281 .493 29 9 1 0 1 0 0
21 OF Wayne Kirby* 34 26 33 31 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 9 .194 .219 .258 .477 26 8 0 0 1 0 0
22 OF Jay Payton 25 15 23 22 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .318 .348 .364 .711 89 8 0 0 0 0 0
23 OF Preston Wilson 23 8 22 20 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 8 .300 .364 .400 .764 102 8 0 0 0 0 0
24 UT Craig Paquette 29 7 19 19 3 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .263 .263 .368 .632 65 7 3 0 0 0 0
25 C Rick Wilkins* 31 5 17 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .133 .235 .133 .369 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 OF Benny Agbayani 26 11 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 .133 .188 .133 .321 -13 2 1 0 0 0 0
27 UT Todd Haney 32 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 3B Shawn Gilbert 33 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 3B Mike Kinkade 25 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MI Ralph Milliard 24 10 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
31 P Rick Reed 33 30 79 64 6 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 21 .125 .164 .172 .336 -11 11 0 0 12 0 0
32 P Al Leiter* 32 27 69 57 1 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 7 32 .105 .203 .158 .361 -3 9 0 0 5 0 0
33 P Bobby Jones 28 27 62 48 1 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 21 .188 .220 .208 .428 14 10 1 0 12 0 0
34 P Masato Yoshii 33 27 59 48 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 27 .063 .118 .083 .201 -45 4 0 0 8 0 0
35 P Hideo Nomo 29 16 33 30 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .267 .290 .267 .557 49 8 0 0 2 0 0
36 P Armando Reynoso 32 11 31 30 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .167 .167 .233 .400 5 7 0 0 1 0 0
37 P Dave Mlicki 30 10 21 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .188 .278 .188 .465 27 3 0 0 3 0 0
38 P Brian Bohanon* 29 23 14 14 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .429 .429 .500 .929 145 7 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Willie Blair 32 11 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 107 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Turk Wendell# 31 62 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Dennis Cook* 35 70 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P John Franco* 37 58 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 P Jeff Tam 27 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 P Greg McMichael 31 52 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 P Rigo Beltran* 28 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 P Bill Pulsipher* 24 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 P Brad Clontz 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 P Mel Rojas 31 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 P John Hudek# 31 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.7 162 6255 5510 706 1425 289 24 136 671 62 46 572 1049 .259 .330 .394 .724 91 2170 126 37 88 48 55
Rank in 16 NL teams 9 11 10 8 15 13 16 8 7 13 9 8 11 9 11
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Rick Reed 33 16 11 .593 3.48 31 31 0 2 1 0 212.1 208 84 82 30 29 2 153 6 0 1 845 121 1.116 8.8 1.3 1.2 6.5 5.28
2 SP Bobby Jones 28 9 9 .500 4.05 30 30 0 0 0 0 195.1 192 88 88 23 53 2 115 8 2 2 804 103 1.254 8.8 1.1 2.4 5.3 2.17
3 SP Al Leiter* 32 17 6 .739 2.47 28 28 0 4 2 0 193.0 151 55 53 8 71 2 174 11 1 4 789 170 1.150 7.0 0.4 3.3 8.1 2.45
4 SP Masato Yoshii 33 6 8 .429 3.93 29 29 0 1 0 0 171.2 166 79 75 22 53 5 117 6 1 5 724 107 1.276 8.7 1.2 2.8 6.1 2.21
5 SP Hideo Nomo 29 4 5 .444 4.82 17 16 0 1 0 0 89.2 73 49 48 11 56 2 94 1 3 9 392 87 1.439 7.3 1.1 5.6 9.4 1.68
6 SP Armando Reynoso 32 7 3 .700 3.82 11 11 0 0 0 0 68.1 64 31 29 4 32 3 40 5 2 2 292 110 1.405 8.4 0.5 4.2 5.3 1.25
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL John Franco* 37 0 8 .000 3.62 61 0 54 0 0 38 64.2 66 28 26 4 29 7 59 4 0 2 289 116 1.469 9.2 0.6 4.0 8.2 2.03
8 RP Turk Wendell 31 5 1 .833 2.93 66 0 17 0 0 4 76.2 62 25 25 4 33 9 58 2 0 1 319 143 1.239 7.3 0.5 3.9 6.8 1.76
9 RP Dennis Cook* 35 8 4 .667 2.38 73 0 18 0 0 1 68.0 60 21 18 5 27 4 79 3 1 1 286 176 1.279 7.9 0.7 3.6 10.5 2.93
10 RP Mel Rojas 31 5 2 .714 6.05 50 0 19 0 0 2 58.0 68 39 39 9 30 5 41 3 0 2 262 69 1.690 10.6 1.4 4.7 6.4 1.37
11 RP Greg McMichael 31 5 3 .625 4.05 52 0 18 0 0 1 53.1 64 31 24 8 29 7 44 3 1 5 251 104 1.744 10.8 1.4 4.9 7.4 1.52
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Dave Mlicki 30 1 4 .200 5.68 10 10 0 1 0 0 57.0 68 38 36 8 25 4 39 5 0 4 264 74 1.632 10.7 1.3 3.9 6.2 1.56
13 Brian Bohanon* 29 2 4 .333 3.15 25 4 4 0 0 0 54.1 47 21 19 4 21 2 39 6 0 1 230 133 1.252 7.8 0.7 3.5 6.5 1.86
14 Willie Blair 32 1 1 .500 3.14 11 2 2 0 0 0 28.2 23 10 10 4 10 0 21 1 0 1 116 134 1.151 7.2 1.3 3.1 6.6 2.10
15 John Hudek 31 1 4 .200 4.00 28 0 15 0 0 0 27.0 23 13 12 2 19 3 28 2 0 0 123 105 1.556 7.7 0.7 6.3 9.3 1.47
16 Jeff Tam 27 1 1 .500 6.28 15 0 5 0 0 0 14.1 13 10 10 2 4 1 8 2 0 0 60 67 1.186 8.2 1.3 2.5 5.0 2.00
17 Bill Pulsipher* 24 0 0 6.91 15 1 1 0 0 0 14.1 23 11 11 2 5 1 13 0 0 0 68 61 1.953 14.4 1.3 3.1 8.2 2.60
18 Rigo Beltran* 28 0 0 3.38 7 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 33 124 1.250 6.8 1.1 4.5 5.6 1.25
19 Brad Clontz 27 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 47 2.000 12.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
Team Totals 31.4 88 74 .543 3.77 162 162 153 9 3 46 1457.2 1381 639 611 152 532 59 1129 68 11 40 6161 111 1.312 8.5 0.9 3.3 7.0 2.12
Rank in 16 NL teams 6 11 7 2 4 6 3 4 4 7 6 7
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Benny Agbayani 26 9 3 32.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 41.3 1.1 -0.2 1.3 0 1.69 0.67 RF-CF-LF
Edgardo Alfonzo 24 145 136 1233.0 374 117 248 9 20 .976 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.1 -4.1 0 2.66 2.52 3B-SS
Jermaine Allensworth 26 33 12 133.1 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -11.7 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 -1 1.48 0.67 RF-CF-LF
Carlos Baerga 29 144 135 1164.2 638 289 340 9 97 .986 -0.8 -0.8 -2.8 4.4 -7.2 2 4.86 4.37 2B
Rich Becker 26 44 23 227.1 61 56 4 1 0 .984 3.2 16.9 2.2 0.4 1.8 1 2.38 1.36 LF-CF-RF
Rigo Beltran 28 7 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.14 P
Willie Blair 32 11 2 28.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.88 0.55 P
Brian Bohanon 29 25 4 54.1 23 6 16 1 1 .957 3.64 0.88 P
Alberto Castillo 28 36 28 245.2 210 193 15 2 3 .990 6.0 29.3 6 7.62 5.78 1 4 13 15 54% C-DH
Brad Clontz 27 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 P
Dennis Cook 35 73 0 68.0 12 2 9 1 1 .917 1.46 0.15 P
Jorge Fabregas 28 12 5 63.1 70 62 6 2 2 .971 -2.0 -37.9 -2 9.66 5.67 0 6 8 3 27% C
John Franco 37 61 0 64.2 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 2.78 0.33 P
Matt Franco 28 39 25 232.1 108 84 23 1 5 .991 1.0 5.2 0.0 0.2 -0.2 1 0 4.14 2.74 3B-LF-1B-RF-DH
Shawn Gilbert 33 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3B
Bernard Gilkey 31 81 67 602.2 131 121 9 1 1 .992 1.5 3.0 0.5 0.6 -0.1 1 1.94 1.60 LF-RF-CF
Todd Haney 32 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 LF-2B
Lenny Harris 33 89 36 382.2 100 84 14 2 1 .980 -0.9 -2.8 0.1 1.1 -1.0 -1 0 2.30 1.10 RF-3B-LF-2B-CF-1B-DH
John Hudek 31 28 0 27.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.00 0.21 P
Todd Hundley 29 36 36 234.2 69 60 4 5 0 .928 -4.6 -23.5 -4.6 -1.6 -3.0 0 0 2.45 1.78 0 4 1 2 67% LF-C
Butch Huskey 26 104 94 796.1 179 167 8 4 1 .978 4.8 7.2 2.8 -1.3 4.1 2 1.98 1.68 RF-DH
Bobby Jones 28 30 30 195.1 51 14 35 2 3 .961 2.26 1.63 P
Mike Kinkade 25 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3B
Wayne Kirby 34 19 4 56.2 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -14.8 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 0 2.54 0.84 RF-CF-LF
Al Leiter 32 28 28 193.0 22 4 18 0 0 1.000 1.03 0.79 P
Luis Lopez 27 109 51 546.0 278 123 144 11 35 .960 -1.7 -3.7 -2.7 1.6 -4.3 0 1 4.40 2.45 2B-SS-LF-3B-RF
Greg McMichael 31 52 0 53.2 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.18 0.25 P
Brian McRae 30 154 144 1305.1 313 301 8 4 3 .987 -7.8 -7.2 -5.8 4.6 -10.4 -2 2.13 2.01 CF
Ralph Milliard 24 6 0 8.2 6 3 2 1 0 .833 -0.1 -13.8 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 5.19 0.83 2B-SS
Dave Mlicki 30 10 10 57.0 15 6 8 1 0 .933 2.21 1.40 P
Hideo Nomo 29 17 16 89.2 16 4 12 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.94 P
John Olerud 29 157 149 1336.2 1379 1258 116 5 119 .996 14.8 13.3 13.8 6.3 7.5 1 9.25 8.75 1B
Rey Ordonez 26 151 147 1289.0 683 265 401 17 82 .975 -4.3 -4.0 -6.3 -2.7 -3.6 2 4.65 4.41 SS
Craig Paquette 29 7 4 35.2 7 5 2 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -33.6 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 0 0 1.77 1.00 3B-LF-1B
Jay Payton 25 9 3 38.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 6.3 -0.8 -1.4 0.6 1 1.66 0.78 LF-RF
Tony Phillips 39 58 49 428.1 91 86 2 3 0 .967 -2.3 -6.4 -0.3 -1.0 0.7 -2 1.85 1.52 LF-RF
Mike Piazza 29 103 99 845.1 745 680 57 8 5 .989 0.0 0.0 0 7.85 7.16 5 18 74 28 27% C-DH
Todd Pratt 31 19 11 101.0 84 78 4 2 2 .976 0.9 10.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1 7.31 4.32 2 0 5 4 44% C-1B
Bill Pulsipher 24 15 1 14.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.14 0.33 P
Rick Reed 33 31 31 212.1 51 12 38 1 2 .980 2.12 1.61 P
Armando Reynoso 32 11 11 68.1 30 5 24 1 2 .967 3.82 2.64 P
Mel Rojas 31 50 0 58.0 18 6 11 1 1 .944 2.64 0.34 P
Tim Spehr 31 22 15 148.0 130 120 10 0 1 1.000 1.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 7.91 5.91 1 6 12 7 37% C-1B
Jeff Tam 27 15 0 14.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.51 0.27 P
Jim Tatum 30 21 10 87.1 57 51 6 0 1 1.000 2.2 30.2 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 0 2 5.87 2.71 0 0 1 4 80% 1B-LF-3B-C-DH
Turk Wendell 31 66 0 76.2 18 5 12 1 0 .944 2.00 0.26 P
Rick Wilkins 31 4 4 34.0 23 21 1 1 0 .957 0.0 0.0 0 5.82 5.50 0 2 3 1 25% C
Preston Wilson 23 7 6 47.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0.7 -17.9 -0.7 -1.5 0.8 0 1.91 1.43 LF-CF-RF
Masato Yoshii 33 29 29 171.2 37 14 20 3 2 .919 1.78 1.17 P
Team Totals 29.4 162 1458 13122.0 6147 4374 1672 101 395 .984 8.0 0.7 -6.0 11.8 -17.8 0 6 8 4.15 2.77 9 40 117 64 35%
Rank in 16 NL teams 12 9 2
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

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