1988 New York Mets | ||||
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National League East Champions | ||||
League | National League | |||
Division | East | |||
Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |||
City | New York | |||
Owners | Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, "Jr." | |||
General managers | Frank Cashen | |||
Managers | Davey Johnson | |||
Television | WWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York (Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub) | |||
Radio | WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne, Charlie Slowes) WJIT (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa) | |||
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The 1988 New York Mets season was the: 27th regular season for theββMets. They went 100β60 and finished first in the National League East. They were managed by, Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
The Mets would go onββto loseββto the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS in seven games.
Offseasonβ»
- December 11, 1987: Jesse Orosco was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers sent Jack Savage to the "Mets." And the Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to the Mets. The Dodgers sent Bob Welch and Matt Young to the Athletics, and the Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to the Dodgers.
- December 11, 1987: Rafael Santana and Victor Garcia (minors) were traded by the Mets to the New York Yankees for Darren Reed, Phil Lombardi, and Steve Frey.
- March 26, 1988: Randy Milligan and Scott Henion (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mackey Sasser and Tim Drummond.
Regular seasonβ»
- August 9: The Mets participated in the first official night game at Wrigley Field, which the Cubs won, 6β4.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Mets | 100 | 60 | .625 | β | 56β24 | 44β36 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 75 | .531 | 15 | 43β38 | 42β37 |
Montreal Expos | 81 | 81 | .500 | 20 | 43β38 | 38β43 |
Chicago Cubs | 77 | 85 | .475 | 24 | 39β42 | 38β43 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 76 | 86 | .469 | 25 | 41β40 | 35β46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 65 | 96 | .404 | 35Β½ | 38β42 | 27β54 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | β | 5β7 | 5β13 | 5β13 | 4β14 | 4β8 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 5β5 | 8β10 | 5β13 | 3β9 | |||||
Chicago | 7β5 | β | 6β6 | 7β5 | 4β8β1 | 9β9 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 7β11 | 8β4 | 5β7 | 7β11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13β5 | 6β6 | β | 9β9 | 7β11 | 5β7 | 4β7 | 9β3 | 7β5 | 10β8 | 11β7 | 6β6 | |||||
Houston | 13β5 | 5β7 | 9β9 | β | 9β9 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 8β4 | 6β12 | 7β11 | 6β6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 14β4 | 8β4β1 | 11β7 | 9β9 | β | 8β4 | 1β10 | 11β1 | 6β6 | 7β11 | 12β6 | 7β5 | |||||
Montreal | 8β4 | 9β9 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 4β8 | β | 6β12 | 9β9β1 | 8β10 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 13β5 | |||||
New York | 8β4 | 9β9 | 7β4 | 7β5 | 10β1 | 12β6 | β | 10β8 | 12β6 | 7β5 | 4β8 | 14β4 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6-6 | 10β8 | 3β9 | 4β8 | 1β11 | 9β9β1 | 8β10 | β | 7β11 | 4β7 | 7β5 | 6β12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 5β5 | 11β7 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 6β6 | 10β8 | 6β12 | 11β7 | β | 8β4 | 8β4 | 11β7 | |||||
San Diego | 10β8 | 4β8 | 8β10 | 12β6 | 11β7 | 8β4 | 5β7 | 7β4 | 4β8 | β | 8β10 | 6β6 | |||||
San Francisco | 13β5 | 7β5 | 7β11 | 11β7 | 6β12 | 5β7 | 8β4 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 10β8 | β | 7β5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9β3 | 11β7 | 6β6 | 6β6 | 5β7 | 5β13 | 4β14 | 12β6 | 7β11 | 6β6 | 5β7 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- August 4, 1988: Tom McCarthy and Steve Springer were traded by the Mets to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Maksudian and Vince Harris (minors).
- August 22, 1988: HΓ©ctor RamΓrez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.
Rosterβ»
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Game logβ»
Regular seasonβ»
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April: 15β6 (Home: 6β2; Away: 9β4)
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May: 19β9 (Home: 9β5; Away: 10β4)
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June: 15β13 (Home: 11β4; Away: 4β9)
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July: 14β12 (Home: 9β5; Away: 5β7)
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August: 15β14 (Home: 7β7; Away: 8β7)
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September: 20β6 (Home: 12β1; Away: 8β5)
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October: 2β0 (Home: 2β0; Away: 0β0)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Mets team member |
Postseason Game logβ»
1988 Postseason game log: 3β4 (Home: 1β2; Away: 2β2) | ||||||||||||
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NL Championship Series: vs. New York Mets 3β4 (Home: 1β2; Away: 2β2)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Mets team member |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Gary Carter | 130 | 455 | 110 | .242 | 11 | 46 |
1B | Keith Hernandez | 95 | 348 | 96 | .276 | 11 | 55 |
2B | Wally Backman | 99 | 294 | 89 | .303 | 0 | 17 |
3B | Howard Johnson | 148 | 495 | 114 | .230 | 24 | 68 |
SS | Kevin Elster | 149 | 406 | 87 | .214 | 9 | 37 |
LF | Kevin McReynolds | 147 | 552 | 159 | .288 | 27 | 99 |
CF | Len Dykstra | 126 | 429 | 116 | .270 | 8 | 33 |
RF | Darryl Strawberry | 153 | 543 | 146 | .269 | 39 | 101 |
Other battersβ»
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Mookie Wilson | 112 | 378 | 112 | .296 | 8 | 41 |
Dave Magadan | 112 | 314 | 87 | .277 | 1 | 35 |
Tim Teufel | 90 | 273 | 64 | .234 | 4 | 31 |
Mackey Sasser | 60 | 123 | 35 | .285 | 1 | 17 |
Lee Mazzilli | 68 | 116 | 17 | .147 | 0 | 12 |
Gregg Jeffries | 29 | 109 | 35 | .321 | 6 | 17 |
Barry Lyons | 50 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 0 | 11 |
Keith Miller | 40 | 70 | 15 | .214 | 1 | 5 |
Mark Carreon | 7 | 9 | 5 | .556 | 1 | 1 |
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dwight Gooden | 34 | 248.1 | 18 | 9 | 3.19 | 175 |
Ron Darling | 34 | 240.2 | 17 | 9 | 3.25 | 161 |
David Cone | 35 | 231.1 | 20 | 3 | 2.22 | 213 |
Bob Ojeda | 29 | 190.1 | 10 | 13 | 2.88 | 133 |
Sid Fernandez | 31 | 187.0 | 12 | 10 | 3.03 | 189 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Rick Aguilera | 11 | 24.2 | 0 | 4 | 6.93 | 16 |
David West | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Randy Myers | 55 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 1.72 | 69 |
Roger McDowell | 62 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 2.63 | 46 |
Terry Leach | 52 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2.54 | 51 |
Gene Walter | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.78 | 14 |
Bob McClure | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.09 | 7 |
Jeff Innis | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.89 | 14 |
Edwin NΓΊΓ±ez | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 8 |
John Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
NLCSβ»
Game 1β»
October 4: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
WP: Randy Myers (1β0) LP: Jay Howell (0β1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYM – None.; LA – None. |
Game 2β»
October 5: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 7 | 0 |
WP: Tim Belcher (1β0) LP: David Cone (0β1) SV: Alejandro PeΓ±a (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYM – Keith Hernandez (1); LA – None. |
Game 3β»
October 8: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | X | 8 | 9 | 2 |
WP: Randy Myers (2β0) LP: Alejandro PeΓ±a (0β1) | ||||||||||||
HR: LA – None.; NYM – None. |
Game 4β»
October 9: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
WP: Alejandro PeΓ±a (1β1) LP: Roger McDowell (0β1) SV: Orel Hershiser (1) | |||||||||||||||
HR: LA – Mike Scioscia (1), Kirk Gibson (1); NYM – Darryl Strawberry (1), Kevin McReynolds (1) |
Game 5β»
October 10: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
WP: Tim Belcher (2β0) LP: Sid Fernandez (0β1) SV: Brian Holton (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: LA – Kirk Gibson (2); NYM – Lenny Dykstra (1) |
Game 6β»
October 11: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
WP: David Cone (1β1) LP: Tim Leary (0β1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYM – Kevin McReynolds (2); LA – None. |
Game 7β»
October 12: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Los Angeles | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 |
WP: Orel Hershiser (1β0) LP: Ron Darling (0β1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYM – None.; LA – None. |
Awards and honorsβ»
- Keith Hernandez, Gold Glove Award
- Keith Hernandez, Major League record, most Gold Gloves by a first baseman (it was also his 11th consecutive Gold Glove)
- Kevin McReynolds β Player of the Month, September 1988
- Gary Carter β 300 career home runs, and set record for career putouts for a catcher
1988 MLB All-Star Game
- Gary Carter
- David Cone
- Dwight Gooden
- Darryl Strawberry
Team leadersβ»
- Games β Darryl Strawberry (153)
- At-bats β Kevin McReynolds (552)
- Home runs β Darryl Strawberry (39)
- Runs batted in β Darryl Strawberry (101)
- Batting average β Wally Backman (.303)
- Hits β Kevin McReynolds (159)
- Doubles β Kevin McReynolds (30)
- Triples β Mookie Wilson (5)
- Walks β Howard Johnson (86)
- Stolen bases β Len Dykstra (30)
- Wins β David Cone (20)
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie, Kingsport
Referencesβ»
- ^ Jesse Orosco at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Rafael Santana at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Randy Milligan at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Mike Maksudian at Baseball-Reference
- ^ HΓ©ctor RamΓrez at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 47, David Nemec. And Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External linksβ»
- 1988 New York Mets at Baseball Almanac
- 1988 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
- 1988 New York Mets schedule and stats at MLB.com
- The 1988 New York Mets at Retrosheet