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1988 New York Mets  (1987)  (1989) 104-58, 1st in NL Eastern Division Scored 706 runs, Allowed 538 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-60 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 105-57   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 100-60 Manager(s): Jon Fellows Lost to Cincinnati Reds in Championship Series, 3 games to 1.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Darryl Strawberry    26  153  565   87  158  27   3  33  107  17   7   73  145  .280  .360  .513  104   6.5  3(-2)e10  -38  
 OF  Kevin McReynolds     28  147  564   91  163  24   3  25   76  13   2   52   61  .289  .350  .475   95   6.2  1(-3)e5    -7  
 3B #Howard Johnson       27  133  447   71  116  18   2  27   91  19   2   59   83  .260  .342  .490   79   6.2  4e19       67  
 OF #Mookie Wilson        32  118  389   74  131  17   7  11   47  17   4   26   67  .337  .380  .501   74   7.5  3(+2)e9   106  
 1B *Ken Phelps           33  112  294   53   69   9   0  22   48   1   0   55   55  .235  .358  .490   54   6.3  4e25     -103  
 1B *Keith Hernandez      34  133  343   35  102  22   0  10   47   0   0   32   51  .297  .356  .449   52   5.5  1e4        55  
 OF *Lenny Dykstra        25  114  374   55   96  21   2   5   26  20   4   18   30  .257  .287  .364   41   3.9  2(0)e2    -55  
 SS  Dick Schofield       25  160  529   48  103   9  11   3   39   8   6   44   65  .195  .273  .270   40   2.4  2e14      -77  
 C   Gary Carter          34  122  422   29   88  12   3  11   46   0   1   37   49  .209  .278  .329   38   3.0  2(+2)e1   -51  
 2B #Wally Backman        28  110  308   48   85  10   1   0   27   5   3   32   46  .276  .342  .315   34   3.8  3e8       -74  
 3B *Dave Magadan         25   87  214   28   55  20   0   1   25   0   0   36   32  .257  .368  .364   31   5.2  4e23        5  
 2B  Tim Teufel           30   81  259   22   67  19   0   3   29   0   0   22   29  .259  .314  .367   29   3.9  4e17       23  
 3B #Gregg Jefferies      20   48  104   12   33   9   1   6   14   3   0    4   17  .317  .339  .596   20   7.6  3e8       -25  
 OF  Tracy Jones          27   36   91   12   29   2   0   3    9   7   2    7   11  .319  .364  .440   14   5.9  3(0)e6     75  
 C  *Ernie Whitt          36   28   89    6   22   2   1   2   11   0   1   16   14  .247  .362  .360   12   4.7  3(+2)e2   -36  
 OF  Bob Dernier          31   49   65   14   20   1   1   0    0   6   1    3    7  .308  .338  .354    8   5.1  2(+2)e9    25  
 C  *Mackey Sasser        25   32   89    4   20   6   0   0    5   0   0    5    3  .225  .263  .292    6   2.6  4(+3)e12 -164  
 OF *Ken Griffey          38   27   43    5   13   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    7  .302  .348  .372    5   5.3  4(+2)e9    84  
 2B  Brad Wellman         28   18   41    1    9   1   0   0    2   1   0    4   11  .220  .292  .244    3   2.4  3e24     -113  
 C   Barry Lyons          28   12   20    1    6   1   1   0    4   0   0    0    2  .300  .300  .450    2   5.2  4(+2)e9   168  
 2B  Keith Miller         25    4    6    0    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    1  13.5  3e39      424  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           754                  -13

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  David Cone           25  21   5  .808  34  33   8   1   1   0   3  236.2  206   91   86  12   92  225  3.27   95   3.6   40  
  P *Frank Viola          28  18   9  .667  34  34   8   0   0   0   3  240.2  228   91   80  21   50  198  2.99   95   3.6  -15  
  P *Bob Ojeda            30  13   5  .722  26  26   4   0   0   0   2  189.1  159   52   44   5   19  146  2.09   55   2.6  -34  
  P  Mike Scott           33  12  10  .545  32  32   4   0   0   0   1  227.2  184   84   76  21   46  207  3.00   79   3.1    0  
  P  Dwight Gooden        23  12  12  .500  35  35   2   0   0   0   1  242.0  227   91   80  10   44  184  2.98   88   3.3  -52  
  P *Randy Myers          25  10   2  .833  51   0   0  36  19   3   0   66.1   48   19   17   8   16   72  2.31   20   2.7   43  
  P  Scott Terry          28   7   5  .583  68   2   0  27   3   3   0  123.1  117   48   45   5   30   67  3.28   51   3.8  -21  
  P  Roger McDowell       27   7   6  .538  52   0   0  36  23   3   0   73.2   69   21   19   0   17   34  2.32   26   3.2  -11  
  P *Ken Dayley           29   2   2  .500  37   0   0  17   3   0   0   45.0   33    7    7   2    6   31  1.40   12   2.5 -102  
  P  Don Aase             33   2   2  .500  26   0   0  12   0   0   0   35.1   40   24   18   1   23   18  4.58   23   6.0   21  
  P  Scott Medvin         26   0   0  .000   5   0   0   3   0   0   0    8.2    8    5    4   0    2    4  4.15    4   4.1   31  
  P  Dan Quisenberry      35   0   0  .000   4   0   0   4   1   0   0    4.0    7    5    5   2    0    2 11.25    5  13.1  367  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      558        -10

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Gary Carter 1001 109 119 883 69 7 2 .993 132 46 Ernie Whitt 234 26 28 191 11 2 1 .990 33 6 Mackey Sasser 214 23 30 181 21 3 1 .985 28 15 Barry Lyons 44 4 10 35 2 2 0 .949 6 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Keith Hernandez 778 73 120 646 59 2 39 .997 8.16 Ken Phelps 624 79 80 553 56 6 40 .990 8.79 Dave Magadan 78 9 14 58 9 0 2 1.000 7.73 Tim Teufel 7 1 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Ken Griffey 6 0 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Backman 713 74 99 208 172 5 40 .987 4.80 Tim Teufel 598 68 73 171 129 7 23 .977 4.52 Brad Wellman 107 11 15 19 23 1 5 .977 3.54 Gregg Jefferies 54 7 9 22 12 0 2 1.000 5.67 Keith Miller 20 2 4 7 6 1 2 .929 5.85 Lenny Dykstra 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Howard Johnson 977 110 119 81 167 13 9 .950 2.28 Dave Magadan 357 39 49 28 52 3 2 .964 2.01 Gregg Jefferies 128 10 31 12 20 1 1 .970 2.26 Gary Carter 27 3 3 2 4 1 0 .857 2.00 Brad Wellman 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Schofield 1428 156 160 368 475 20 64 .977 5.31 Howard Johnson 62 6 15 16 20 2 4 .947 5.25 Gregg Jefferies 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kevin McReynolds 1261 135 142 218 11 5 1 .979 1.63 Mookie Wilson 175 20 22 24 1 3 0 .893 1.29 Ken Griffey 32 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 Tracy Jones 25 3 4 0 1 1 0 .500 0.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lenny Dykstra 778 82 104 209 12 0 1 1.000 2.56 Mookie Wilson 562 63 73 139 3 1 0 .993 2.27 Tracy Jones 84 10 10 17 0 1 0 .944 1.81 Bob Dernier 59 6 13 19 2 0 0 1.000 3.20 Kevin McReynolds 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Darryl Strawberry 1352 149 151 248 15 9 3 .967 1.75 Tracy Jones 67 7 9 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.01 Bob Dernier 49 4 13 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.73 Ken Griffey 19 2 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 Mookie Wilson 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1988 Draft

Round 1 (#20):	Scott Terry
Round 2 (#41):	Ken Phelps
Round 3 (#64):	Ken Griffey
Round 4 (#83):	Bob Dernier
Round 5 (#100):	Dan Quisenberry
Round 6 (#113):	Scott Medvin
Round 7 (#125):	Brad Wellman
Round 8 (#131):	Don Aase

Transactions

• 1988-01: traded Ron Darling, Sid Fernandez to MNA for Frank Viola
• 1988-13: traded NYN#3 to CHA for Tracy Jones
• 1988-18: traded NYN#2 to SEA for Ernie Whitt
• 1988 postseason: released Bob Dernier, Brad Wellman

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