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1998 New York Mets  (1997)  (1999) 90-72, 2nd* in NL Eastern Division Scored 755 runs, Allowed 675 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-72 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .707 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 87-75   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-74 Manager(s): Jon Fellows Lost to San Diego Padres in Divisional Series, 3 games to 0.

 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          29  144  567   81  167  27   1  30  109   1   0   40   93  .295  .339  .504   95   6.2  4(+2)e1  -117  
 OF #Brian McRae          30  149  545   90  132  35   4  20   81  24   4   79  104  .242  .345  .431   88   5.6  2(0)e4    -45  
 OF  Rickey Henderson     39  147  538  110  119  16   1  19   59  61  18  117  127  .221  .366  .361   85   5.2  3(+2)e5     4  
 SS  Edgardo Alfonzo      24  152  514   66  141  26   3  17   80   2   1   66   60  .274  .355  .436   81   5.6  3e12        8  
 1B #David Segui          31  145  511   61  155  30   1  16   73   2   1   46   70  .303  .360  .460   81   5.8  2e1       -25  
 3B *Robin Ventura        30  137  427   56  112  24   1  19   58   1   0   61   80  .262  .352  .457   71   5.9  1e16       24  
 OF  Jose Canseco         34  149  536   74  106  23   0  25   63  27   9   69  174  .198  .297  .381   64   3.8  5(+1)e13 -158  
 2B #Mark McLemore        33  143  415   46   94  20   1   6   46   3   3   88   71  .227  .363  .323   54   4.3  3e20        0  
 OF  Gerald Williams      31   87  185   34   57  17   2   6   23   6   4   20   30  .308  .383  .519   34   6.7  2(-1)e12   46  
 SS  Rey Ordonez          25  130  307   36   85  12   3   2   27   1   1   11   35  .277  .302  .355   32   3.8  1e19       80  
 C   Carlos Hernandez     31   74  183   20   45   6   0   6   24   0   0    6   28  .246  .293  .377   18   3.5  2(-2)e2    -4  
 1B *Matt Franco          28   90  147   15   39   4   2   0    8   0   0   22   22  .265  .365  .320   17   4.0  3e8       -41  
 2B *Lenny Harris         33   58  128   18   36   8   0   3   20   1   2    9    8  .281  .338  .414   17   4.7  4e13       79  
 2B #Enrique Wilson       22   22   59    9   22   3   0   2   10   0   0    5    2  .373  .422  .525   13   9.1  3e10      138  
 OF *Curtis Pride         29   40   92    9   20   6   1   2    8   1   0    9   27  .217  .288  .370   10   3.6  4(0)e4    -78  
 2B  Carlos Febles        22    8   15    3    6   1   1   0    1   0   0    3    5  .400  .500  .600    4  14.3  3e26       17  
 OF  Lyle Mouton          29   19   27    4    7   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    6  .259  .355  .259    2   3.7  4(0)e9   -271  
 C   Alberto Castillo     28    2    7    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    3  .000  .300  .000    0    .9  2(-2)e6  -316  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           774                  -27

     * - 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 *Al Leiter            32  15   5  .750  26  26   7   0   0   0   1  189.0  158   59   51   7   55  182  2.43   65   3.1  -24  
  P  Rick Reed            33  14   9  .609  31  30   6   0   0   0   2  205.2  203   93   86  26   28  149  3.76   92   4.0  -35  
  P  Turk Wendell         31  12   4  .750  51   0   0  13   0   8   0   73.2   61   35   34   4   39   65  4.15   36   4.5    3  
  P  Bobby Jones          28  10   8  .556  28  28   3   0   0   0   2  184.1  184   85   77  21   41  106  3.76   90   4.4  -56  
  P  Masato Yoshii        33   8   9  .471  25  25   1   0   0   0   0  156.1  136   66   59  20   45  110  3.40   68   3.9  -81  
  P  Steve Sparks         33   7   6  .538  21  20   0   0   0   0   0  122.2  114   66   60  18   52   92  4.40   64   4.7  -51  
  P *Dennis Cook          35   5   4  .556  49   0   0  21   2   1   0   60.1   56   33   31   6   19   74  4.62   25   3.8  -39  
  P  John Hudek           31   5   4  .556  43   0   0  18   0   3   0   61.0   41   21   20   5   51   65  2.95   27   4.0 -119  
  P  Omar Olivares        31   4  11  .267  29  26   0   0   0   0   0  158.2  174   99   86  18   66   91  4.88   91   5.1  -25  
  P *Graeme Lloyd         31   3   0 1.000  33   0   0   9   1   0   0   37.0   11    5    4   0    4   22  0.97    2    .5 -303  
  P  Tim Crabtree         28   2   2  .500  47   0   0  21   2   3   0   70.1   63   28   26   4   31   50  3.33   29   3.7  -67  
  P *John Franco          37   2   7  .222  62   0   0  51  29  12   0   62.2   75   39   37   8   26   52  5.31   41   6.0   42  
  P  Rick Gorecki         24   1   0 1.000   2   2   1   0   0   0   0   15.0   13    5    5   1    6   10  3.00    5   3.3  -87  
  P  Jose Paniagua        24   1   1  .500   8   0   0   4   2   1   0   10.2    9    5    5   2    2    7  4.22    4   3.9   46  
  P  Dennis Springer      33   1   2  .333  10   5   0   3   1   0   0   37.0   38   22   19   3   19   16  4.62   23   5.9 -117  
  P *Mike Holtz           25   0   0  .000  26   0   0   4   0   3   0   23.1   31   14   14   0   23   19  5.40   18   7.2    6  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      687        -48

     * - 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 1192 132 137 986 60 10 3 .991 92 25 Carlos Hernandez 255 28 32 200 9 0 0 1.000 12 5 Alberto Castillo 21 2 2 23 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- David Segui 1139 124 135 1130 124 2 114 .998 9.91 Matt Franco 202 22 25 199 19 0 16 1.000 9.73 Carlos Hernandez 126 16 18 122 13 0 11 1.000 9.62 Lenny Harris 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark McLemore 1100 118 133 270 334 16 74 .974 4.94 Lenny Harris 210 25 27 64 65 2 18 .985 5.53 Enrique Wilson 125 15 19 35 39 1 11 .987 5.31 Carlos Febles 32 4 4 8 9 0 5 1.000 4.78 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Robin Ventura 987 106 129 68 198 14 14 .950 2.43 Edgardo Alfonzo 480 56 63 32 103 7 8 .951 2.53 Matt Franco 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rey Ordonez 756 81 108 128 249 10 58 .974 4.49 Edgardo Alfonzo 705 81 100 136 251 5 48 .987 4.94 Lenny Harris 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 Enrique Wilson 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rickey Henderson 1178 131 138 257 5 10 1 .963 2.00 Gerald Williams 126 15 15 24 2 1 0 .963 1.86 Curtis Pride 105 11 15 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.23 Matt Franco 22 1 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 Lenny Harris 14 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21 Lyle Mouton 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 Jose Canseco 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 David Segui 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brian McRae 1232 132 145 250 7 3 0 .988 1.88 Gerald Williams 160 21 21 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Rickey Henderson 76 9 10 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Canseco 1188 145 145 221 3 6 0 .974 1.70 Gerald Williams 167 4 55 28 1 2 0 .935 1.56 Curtis Pride 87 10 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 Lyle Mouton 20 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Lenny Harris 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1998 Draft

Round 2 (#28):	Rickey Henderson
Round 2 (#35):	David Segui
Round 3 (#52):	Gerald Williams
Round 3 (#56):	Omar Olivares
Round 4 (#81):	Jose Canseco
Round 5 (#102):	Tim Crabtree
Round 6 (#123):	Lenny Harris
Round 7 (#137):	Steve Sparks
Round 8 (#149):	Enrique Wilson
Round 9 (#159):	Jose Paniagua
Round 10 (#167):	Lyle Mouton
Round 11 (#172):	John Hudek
Round 12 (#177):	Alberto Castillo
Round 13 (#181):	Curtis Pride

Transactions

• 1998-03: acquired Carlos Febles as a free agent
• 1998-14: acquired Rick Gorecki as a free agent
• 1998-16: released Rick Gorecki
• 1998-16: acquired Dennis Springer as a free agent
• 1998 postseason: released Mike Holtz

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