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1997 New York Mets  (1996)  (1998) 79-83, 4th in NL Eastern Division Scored 765 runs, Allowed 757 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .693 Park Factor: Batting - 89 / Pitching - 89 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 76-86   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-74 Manager(s): Jon Fellows

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 C   Mike Piazza          28  143  570   95  204  37   0  32  100   5   1   58   89  .358  .420  .591  134   9.1  4(+1)e6   -58  
 1B *Fred McGriff         33  157  586   92  176  30   3  29  112   0   0   72  133  .300  .374  .510  111   7.0  4e15       87  
 3B  Edgardo Alfonzo      23  155  517   74  157  33   1   7   58   5   4   69   69  .304  .392  .412   88   6.4  1e16      -19  
 OF  Bernard Gilkey       30  146  539   78  124  28   0  21   79   2   2   59  126  .230  .306  .399   67   4.2  2(-2)e4   -50  
 OF #Brian McRae          29  139  563   82  122  30   6  13   49  19   4   52   91  .217  .284  .361   59   3.5  2(0)e5    -64  
 OF #Carl Everett         26  132  403   47  107  28   4  11   64   7   3   27   93  .266  .314  .437   54   4.8  2(-3)e11   23  
 2B #Luis Alicea          31  107  340   54   79   9   9   5   24  11   2   72   77  .232  .378  .356   54   5.4  3e18       -9  
 OF *Jon Nunnally         25   74  194   41   57  12   2  14   41   2   1   31   46  .294  .394  .593   46   8.8  3(-1)e7    14  
 2B #Mark McLemore        32  111  327   46   88  14   2   1   34   6   3   39   68  .269  .347  .333   40   4.2  2e15       12  
 1B *Matt Franco          27  110  155   24   54   8   0   4   16   0   0    5   27  .348  .366  .477   26   6.9  4e8       116  
 C   Carlos Hernandez     30   45  123   18   49   8   2   3   19   0   0    1   25  .398  .403  .569   26   9.3  3(-1)e1   196  
 SS  Rey Ordonez          24  121  371   28   77  13   5   0   39   6   2   19   39  .208  .249  .270   25   2.2  1e14        8  
 3B *Robin Ventura        29   48  170   21   44   5   1   6   25   0   0   17   23  .259  .326  .406   23   4.9  2e22      -67  
 OF  Lyle Mouton          28   85  249   31   61   4   0   7   27   0   1   14   87  .245  .285  .345   22   3.0  4(0)e12   -45  
 SS  Orlando Miller       28   37   88    5   24  11   1   0    8   0   0    5   21  .273  .323  .420   11   4.3  4e14       85  
 2B #Jason Hardtke        25   34   55   11   13   3   0   4    9   0   0    5    7  .236  .306  .509    7   4.2  3e13       82  
 OF *Steve Bieser         29   11   30    2    6   1   0   0    4   0   0    3    8  .200  .314  .233    2   2.9  3(0)e8    -88  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           802                   -2

     * - 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  Rick Reed            32  13  11  .542  32  32   5   0   0   0   3  213.1  209   86   80  25   29  141  3.38   92   3.9   22  
  P  Bobby Jones          27  11  10  .524  30  30   5   0   0   0   3  196.2  175   94   84  26   62  129  3.84   86   3.9  -43  
  P  Turk Wendell         30   9   2  .818  63   0   0  21   0   6   0   78.1   72   38   31   7   47   62  3.56   39   4.4  -66  
  P *Allen Watson         26   8   8  .500  31  31   2   0   0   0   1  199.2  197  106  100  20   76  140  4.51  104   4.7 -134  
  P *Dennis Cook          34   7   3  .700  35   0   0  10   0   1   0   48.0   53   26   25   6   24   58  4.69   32   6.3   24  
  P  Kevin Foster         28   6   8  .429  24  24   1   0   0   0   0  149.2  149   75   67  18   55  108  4.03   79   4.7  -95  
  P *Al Leiter            31   6  10  .375  23  23   1   0   0   0   1  136.1  134   71   62  16   85  122  4.09   87   5.8   14  
  P *Mike Holtz           24   5   2  .714  43   0   0  14   0   1   0   43.0   45   20   19  11   13   28  3.98   30   6.3   66  
  P  Kevin Ritz           32   4   4  .500  16  16   1   0   0   0   0  102.1  124   62   55  18   41   58  4.84   69   6.1  -79  
  P *Graeme Lloyd         30   3   4  .429  42   0   0  13   1   0   0   47.1   59   25   24   4   17   29  4.56   29   5.6  -39  
  P  Clint Sodowsky       24   3   5  .375  40   0   0  15   1   1   0   52.0   38   26   20   7   34   42  3.46   23   4.0 -111  
  P  Pete Harnisch        30   1   2  .333   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   15.1   23   18   18   4    3    6 10.57   15   8.8    4  
  P  Mike Bielecki        37   1   2  .333  40   0   0  11   1   1   0   52.1   53   28   27  14   15   46  4.64   34   5.9   61  
  P  Terry Mathews        32   1   3  .250  30   0   0   7   0   2   0   34.1   39   26   23   3   23   20  6.03   24   6.5   17  
  P *John Franco          36   1   8  .111  60   0   0  54  31   6   0   62.0   69   34   30   3   20   51  4.35   28   4.2   57  
  P *Joe Crawford         27   0   0  .000   5   2   0   2   0   0   0   17.0   22   15   14   7    4   11  7.41   15   8.0  309  
  P  Jason Isringhausen   24   0   1  .000   1   1   0   0   0   0   0    3.0    9    7    5   1    3    3 15.00    8  21.8  400  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      802        -30

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Mike Piazza 1255 140 140 1018 75 16 5 .986 92 43 Carlos Hernandez 196 22 23 135 8 0 0 1.000 6 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Fred McGriff 1298 146 148 1265 123 13 135 .991 9.62 Matt Franco 126 13 20 128 9 1 17 .993 9.79 Carlos Hernandez 27 3 4 25 3 1 6 .966 9.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark McLemore 731 80 89 179 240 3 74 .993 5.16 Luis Alicea 521 60 64 136 156 5 32 .983 5.05 Edgardo Alfonzo 134 15 17 34 55 3 16 .967 5.99 Jason Hardtke 65 7 10 13 27 3 5 .930 5.54 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Edgardo Alfonzo 762 84 97 61 162 9 18 .961 2.64 Robin Ventura 397 45 47 29 79 4 9 .964 2.45 Luis Alicea 258 30 34 12 54 5 0 .930 2.31 Matt Franco 32 3 12 1 1 2 0 .500 0.56 Jason Hardtke 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rey Ordonez 938 107 115 188 344 5 78 .991 5.10 Edgardo Alfonzo 305 33 46 65 109 0 31 1.000 5.13 Orlando Miller 207 22 32 29 80 5 15 .956 4.74 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bernard Gilkey 1250 140 145 289 11 8 0 .974 2.16 Jon Nunnally 183 20 25 40 0 1 0 .976 1.96 Mark McLemore 13 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Matt Franco 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Lyle Mouton 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brian McRae 1203 133 139 302 13 7 3 .978 2.36 Carl Everett 172 20 21 44 1 1 0 .978 2.36 Steve Bieser 64 8 8 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 Jon Nunnally 12 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Everett 724 77 101 121 3 10 0 .925 1.54 Lyle Mouton 522 63 65 94 3 4 0 .960 1.67 Jon Nunnally 204 22 33 36 1 0 0 1.000 1.63 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1997 Draft

Round 2 (#31):	Todd Zeile
Round 3 (#55):	Allen Watson
Round 3 (#67):	Luis Alicea
Round 4 (#76):	Jon Nunnally
Round 5 (#94):	Carlos Hernandez
Round 6 (#109):	Dennis Cook

Transactions

• 1997 preseason: released rookie Takashi Kashiwada
• 1997-01: traded Todd Zeile, Cory Lidle, NYN#1 to CHA for Robin Ventura, CHA#2
• 1997-01: acquired Clint Sodowsky as a free agent
• 1997-02: acquired Terry Mathews as a free agent
• 1997-03: acquired Orlando Miller as a free agent
• 1997-20: traded Pete Harnisch to CIN for CIN#3
• 1997 postseason: released Terry Mathews, Jon Nunnally, Allen Watson

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