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1987 New York Mets  (1986)  (1988) 99-63, 1st in NL Eastern Division Scored 782 runs, Allowed 596 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 102-60 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .718 Park Factor: Batting - 91 / Pitching - 90 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 101-61   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 92-70 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    25  149  455   86  119  27   4  30   90  14   6  110   93  .262  .409  .536  110   8.5  2(-2)e9   -36  
 1B *Keith Hernandez      33  157  613   84  181  33   1  19   91   0   0   83   95  .295  .378  .445  103   6.1  1e11       10  
 3B #Howard Johnson       26  156  567   97  138  17   3  32   96  15  11   90  117  .243  .352  .453   89   5.2  4e27      -62  
 OF #Mookie Wilson        31  112  341   63  108  15   2  12   43  21   5   32   74  .317  .373  .478   64   7.2  3(+2)e16   37  
 OF *Lenny Dykstra        24  121  420   69  117  38   1   7   41  22   5   36   59  .279  .343  .424   64   5.6  2(-1)e5   -40  
 2B  Tim Teufel           29   95  305   51   92  19   0  14   50   1   0   49   56  .302  .397  .502   64   7.8  4e22      -45  
 OF  Kevin McReynolds     27  139  524   67  120  21   5  24   94   0   0   33   68  .229  .271  .426   55   3.5  2(-1)e4  -116  
 C   Gary Carter          33  142  502   44  117  16   0  16   61   0   0   41   73  .233  .290  .361   49   3.3  2(0)e1    -32  
 SS  Dick Schofield       24  158  495   47  114  17   5   6   35   7   1   40   69  .230  .292  .321   46   3.1  2e12      -47  
 2B #Wally Backman        27   95  308   58   95  14   1   1   16   8   4   24   37  .308  .357  .370   42   5.0  3e13      134  
 3B *Dave Magadan         24   86  176   27   50  13   2   3   18   0   0   19   20  .284  .352  .432   27   5.8  4e10      -45  
 OF *Jim Dwyer            37   82  100   22   34   4   0   7   22   0   1   19   24  .340  .438  .590   26   9.9  3(+1)e1   159  
 OF  Steve Henderson      34   48  107   11   31   6   0   2   15   0   0    6   12  .290  .325  .402   13   4.5  4(+2)e14  -61  
 OF  Reid Nichols         28   37  115   16   25   6   3   3    8   0   0    8   20  .217  .274  .400   11   3.2  2(-3)e4   -84  
 2B  Keith Miller         24   15   52    9   19   3   3   0    5   1   0    3    2  .365  .400  .538   10   8.1  3e25       41  
 C   Bob Melvin           25   24   65    4   14   2   0   4   11   0   1    6   12  .215  .282  .431    7   3.5  2(-2)e1    98  
 PH #Lee Mazzilli         32   19   23    3    9   3   0   1    5   1   0    1    2  .391  .417  .652    6  12.7            211  
 PH *Francisco Melendez   23    7    7    1    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    1  .571  .571 1.000    4  36.0            759  
 C   Barry Lyons          27   25   64    2   10   2   1   0    6   0   0    5   10  .156  .217  .219    3   1.5  4(+2)e2  -257  
 2B  Paul Runge           29    7   16    2    2   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .125  .222  .250    1   1.9  4e15     -242  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           802                  -25

     * - 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  Dwight Gooden        22  15   5  .750  28  28   5   0   0   0   0  188.1  166   73   63  19   59  152  3.01   77   3.7    5  
  P  Mike Scott           32  15   8  .652  35  35   4   0   0   0   3  258.1  197   78   64  22   62  234  2.23   79   2.8  -49  
  P *Sid Fernandez        24  13   6  .684  23  23   4   0   0   0   1  161.2  121   68   64  18   57  159  3.56   66   3.7  -52  
  P  Ron Darling          26  12   7  .632  31  31   1   0   0   0   0  209.1  177   94   87  28   90  160  3.74   96   4.1  -40  
  P  David Cone           24   8   3  .727  26  12   1   4   0   0   0  104.0   82   34   33  11   41   68  2.86   37   3.2  -87  
  P  Roger McDowell       26   7   7  .500  65   0   0  48  30   6   0   84.0   90   40   37   6   23   35  3.96   38   4.1  -32  
  P *Randy Myers          24   6   3  .667  43   0   0  18   4   1   0   66.0   48   20   18   5   24   73  2.45   20   2.8  -88  
  P  Rick Aguilera        25   5   3  .625  11  11   3   0   0   0   0   82.1   82   39   34  10   21   52  3.72   37   3.9  -74  
  P  John Mitchell        21   5   6  .455  16  16   0   0   0   0   0   95.1  106   49   45   2   27   50  4.25   47   4.4  -36  
  P  Doug Sisk            29   5   8  .385  56   0   0  27   1   5   0   81.0   74   25   22   4   20   25  2.44   30   3.4 -112  
  P *Jesse Orosco         30   3   3  .500  55   0   0  29  12   4   0   63.0   57   28   22   6   26   68  3.14   27   3.8  -26  
  P *Bob Ojeda            29   2   1  .667   6   6   1   0   0   0   0   39.0   40   23   15   5    4   22  3.46   17   3.9  -34  
  P *Joe Price            30   2   2  .500  19   0   0  14   1   0   0   25.2   21   12   11   3    7   24  3.86    8   3.0   20  
  P *Ken Dayley           28   1   1  .500   9   0   0   2   0   0   0   10.0    4    3    2   0    4    9  1.80    1   1.1 -331  
  P  Jeff Innis           25   0   0  .000  15   0   0   1   0   0   0   15.2   21   10   10   4    3   12  5.74   11   6.7   66  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      597        -46

     * - 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 1168 130 136 989 58 5 5 .995 71 22 Bob Melvin 163 18 24 131 5 0 0 1.000 3 1 Barry Lyons 153 14 21 117 10 0 0 1.000 19 7 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Keith Hernandez 1402 154 157 1258 155 14 137 .990 9.07 Dave Magadan 58 6 11 65 2 2 6 .971 10.40 Gary Carter 17 2 3 15 1 0 0 1.000 8.47 Lee Mazzilli 6 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50 Francisco Melendez 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Backman 688 72 94 237 183 5 42 .988 5.49 Tim Teufel 661 75 80 189 151 5 48 .986 4.63 Keith Miller 101 12 14 32 27 1 8 .983 5.26 Paul Runge 33 3 4 8 15 0 2 1.000 6.27 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Howard Johnson 1202 132 140 69 207 24 18 .920 2.07 Dave Magadan 272 28 44 10 59 3 7 .958 2.28 Dick Schofield 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Schofield 1301 140 157 311 463 10 95 .987 5.36 Howard Johnson 171 21 34 42 52 5 6 .949 4.95 Paul Runge 12 1 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kevin McReynolds 1160 126 136 185 6 2 1 .990 1.48 Mookie Wilson 194 21 23 25 1 2 0 .929 1.21 Jim Dwyer 112 13 18 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.37 Steve Henderson 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Lee Mazzilli 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Reid Nichols 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lenny Dykstra 885 91 115 230 6 2 1 .992 2.40 Mookie Wilson 479 55 61 123 6 5 0 .963 2.42 Reid Nichols 120 16 18 28 1 0 0 1.000 2.18 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Darryl Strawberry 1159 122 135 219 13 14 3 .943 1.80 Steve Henderson 190 24 24 21 0 2 0 .913 0.99 Reid Nichols 110 14 15 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 Mookie Wilson 13 1 3 1 0 1 0 .500 0.69 Jim Dwyer 12 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1987 Draft

Round 1 (#21):	David Cone
Round 3 (#62):	Joe Price
Round 4 (#79):	Steve Henderson
Round 5 (#94):	Reid Nichols

Transactions

• 1987-01: acquired Francisco Melendez as a free agent
• 1987-18: traded Rick Aguilera to MNA for Ken Dayley
• 1987-20: acquired Paul Runge as a free agent
• 1987 postseason: released Jeff Innis, Lee Mazzilli, Bob Melvin, Joe Price, Paul Runge

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