1989 New York Mets
87 - 75
1988 / 1990 (Organization)
2nd place in the NL East (6 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		51 - 30 (.630)
36 - 45 (.444)		 +6.4 wins
-0.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 683 / 611 ( +72 )
Allowed/Expected: 595 / 614 ( +19 )
Pyth Record: 91 - 71 (-4)
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Shea Stadium
Attendance: 2,918,710 Avg Att: 36,033 (1.38)
Att Rank: 3 / 12 Lg Avg: 26,027
       
Park Factor: 0.96    
HR Factor: 0.98 R/L HR: 1.01 / 0.95
Notes:


Batting

Filters
Bats
#
R
H
K
1 Howard Johnson
3B
28.6
655
57.9
21.6
107.5
133.8
-19.5
14.2
-0.8
23.8
85.9
-31.7
34.8
20.4
42.4
-1.9
1.4
27.1
28.4
8.0
2 Kevin McReynolds
LF
29.7
599
16.5
12.0
42.6
24.8
2.8
1.5
-0.3
10.3
30.6
12.6
5.2
-6.0
8.1
-1.7
1.6
2.4
3.4
0.1
3 Darryl Strawberry
RF
27.3
541
16.3
-12.0
45.2
73.2
-34.3
3.3
-2.2
19.1
57.2
-27.1
-2.5
14.2
5.8
-1.4
-2.1
1.1
0.4
0.8
4 Dave Magadan
1B
26.8
429
13.8
13.7
7.9
3.3
10.7
4.0
0.4
-4.0
-5.8
25.1
21.5
11.9
32.1
-0.9
26.9
-10.3
-15.7
0.3
5 Lenny Dykstra
CF
26.4
192
9.7
3.3
6.9
21.2
-3.2
3.9
-0.1
-0.6
3.6
12.8
8.5
6.4
9.9
1.2
14.0
8.5
7.3
3.5
6 Mark Carreon
RF
26.0
146
7.7
7.8
15.5
4.2
5.8
0.3
-0.8
3.1
7.7
4.1
7.8
-0.7
8.1
0.4
1.8
-1.7
-0.4
-1.4
7 Tom O'Malley
3B
28.5
11
2.3
3.3
3.9
-0.6
2.3
1.5
-0.1
-0.2
0.7
-0.4
2.5
-1.0
2.8
-0.0
-1.2
-0.4
-0.5
0.0
8 Gregg Jefferies
2B
21.9
559
2.0
4.2
10.0
4.2
0.8
5.1
-1.3
1.4
5.9
35.0
-1.5
-9.6
-7.5
2.5
11.4
9.5
9.9
2.8
9 Lee Mazzilli
1B
34.3
77
1.8
-4.0
-3.3
14.1
-5.2
-1.2
-0.5
0.5
0.7
-7.9
3.6
10.3
4.9
-0.3
5.6
0.9
-0.1
1.0
10 Tim Teufel
2B
31.0
254
0.5
1.3
-8.5
-3.8
4.6
-3.0
0.6
-3.0
-9.8
-13.4
8.5
10.0
9.1
-0.1
2.0
-5.8
-6.0
-1.7
11 Mackey Sasser
C
26.9
191
0.5
7.6
6.3
-15.3
6.0
6.0
0.9
-2.5
-1.3
12.6
-0.2
-9.6
1.2
-0.8
-2.0
-3.8
-4.6
-0.7
12 Lou Thornton
LF
26.2
13
0.5
0.8
0.2
-0.0
1.0
0.5
-0.1
-0.2
-0.6
0.9
-0.1
-1.1
0.3
-0.1
-0.6
1.7
1.6
0.6
13 Jeff McKnight
2B
26.4
14
-0.5
0.0
-1.5
-0.8
0.8
-0.6
-0.1
-0.3
-1.5
1.0
0.6
0.8
-0.0
-0.1
1.4
-0.4
-0.6
0.0
14 Craig Shipley
SS
26.5
7
-0.9
-0.7
-1.6
-1.6
-0.1
-0.3
-0.0
-0.1
-0.9
0.0
-1.2
-0.6
-1.0
-0.0
-0.6
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
15 Phil Lombardi
C
26.4
53
-1.6
-1.0
-2.9
-2.1
0.6
-1.1
-0.3
-0.0
-1.9
-0.3
-0.8
0.4
-1.2
-0.2
0.2
-1.2
-1.8
0.0
16 Keith Hernandez
1B
35.7
244
-3.7
-3.7
-10.0
-5.9
-0.3
-2.3
-1.5
-0.5
-6.3
-3.8
1.7
5.9
2.0
0.9
3.6
-5.9
-5.7
-2.0
17 Keith Miller
2B
26.1
152
-5.8
-2.7
-10.2
-12.2
0.8
1.0
-0.9
-2.0
-7.5
-5.1
-8.2
-8.2
-7.6
0.3
-11.2
3.3
2.0
1.9
18 Juan Samuel
CF
28.6
370
-6.6
-7.2
-24.0
-7.3
0.2
-1.5
-1.1
-4.3
-16.8
-21.7
-6.6
-8.1
-10.2
8.4
-21.2
23.0
28.2
4.0
19 Barry Lyons
C
29.1
252
-7.2
-0.7
-7.5
-22.6
1.9
3.1
-1.4
-2.0
-6.8
8.4
-8.6
-10.9
-9.4
0.9
-5.8
-4.8
-6.1
-0.7
20 Gary Carter
C
35.2
166
-10.2
-10.2
-15.0
-9.5
-8.4
1.5
-0.9
-1.3
-4.7
9.0
-12.6
-2.4
-12.7
-0.7
3.0
-2.6
-3.9
0.0
21 Kevin Elster
SS
24.9
508
-10.9
-8.4
-5.5
-12.3
-11.9
5.1
-0.8
-0.0
3.0
-3.6
-17.2
-10.1
-20.0
-0.2
-12.3
-5.2
-6.5
-0.7
22 Mookie Wilson
CF
33.4
262
-14.0
-11.2
-20.7
-23.8
-4.3
-0.8
-0.5
-2.0
-9.5
-9.2
-21.1
-12.8
-17.3
-0.2
-18.3
2.8
4.8
-0.4
5695
68.2
13.6
135.3
160.9
-48.9
40.3
-11.9
35.3
121.7
-2.4
14.0
-0.8
39.8
5.8
-2.5
38.3
34.0
15.4
 
#
R
H
K
1 Sid Fernandez
P
26.7
83
3.6
5.4
8.7
1.1
3.8
1.7
-0.2
0.7
3.4
-2.0
5.4
-2.0
5.8
0.9
-2.2
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
2 David Cone
P
26.5
85
2.8
7.6
6.7
-2.4
8.7
0.6
-0.2
-0.3
-0.9
10.8
7.5
-1.0
7.5
-0.1
0.3
-0.3
-0.4
0.0
3 Dwight Gooden
P
24.6
44
1.0
2.6
4.1
-0.3
1.2
2.3
-0.1
-0.2
1.5
5.3
1.5
-1.6
1.0
-0.1
-0.9
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
4 Roger McDowell
P
28.5
2
0.3
0.7
0.7
-0.2
0.8
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.6
0.7
-0.1
0.7
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
5 Blaine Beatty
P
25.2
2
0.3
0.7
0.7
-0.2
0.8
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.6
0.7
-0.1
0.7
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
6 Jeff Musselman
P
26.0
1
0.3
0.0
0.0
1.0
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.3
0.8
1.0
0.9
-0.0
1.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
7 Wally Whitehurst
P
25.2
3
0.3
-0.1
-0.2
0.9
-0.3
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
0.7
0.9
0.6
-0.0
0.9
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
8 David West
P
24.8
5
-0.0
0.3
0.1
-0.4
0.6
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-0.6
0.2
-0.2
0.3
-0.0
-0.3
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
9 Ron Darling
P
28.9
80
-0.0
-1.0
3.3
2.0
-1.0
-0.3
-0.2
1.8
4.3
-5.9
-1.0
-1.9
0.1
0.9
-2.6
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
10 Jeff Innis
P
27.0
2
-0.1
-0.3
-0.3
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.6
-0.3
-0.1
-0.3
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11 Kevin Tapani
P
25.4
2
-0.1
-0.3
-0.3
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-0.4
-0.3
-0.1
-0.3
-0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
12 Terry Leach
P
35.3
4
-0.1
-0.5
-0.7
-0.3
-0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-1.9
-0.6
-0.1
-0.5
-0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
13 Randy Myers
P
26.8
5
-0.1
-0.7
-0.9
-0.4
-0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-1.6
-0.8
-0.2
-0.7
-0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
14 Don Aase
P
34.8
5
-0.1
-0.7
-0.9
-0.4
-0.4
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
-1.6
-0.8
-0.2
-0.7
-0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
15 Rick Aguilera
P
27.5
8
-0.2
-1.0
-1.2
0.4
-0.7
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.3
0.2
-0.3
0.7
-0.1
-0.0
0.7
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
16 Frank Viola
P
29.2
29
-0.3
-0.1
-1.0
-0.9
0.5
-0.5
-0.1
-0.1
-0.9
1.1
0.2
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
0.1
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
17 Bob Ojeda
P
31.5
75
-2.0
-2.1
-4.6
-2.5
0.5
-1.3
-0.2
-0.2
-2.5
6.9
-1.0
0.4
-0.2
-0.1
1.2
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
435
5.7
10.6
14.1
-3.0
13.2
1.9
-0.9
1.6
3.5
12.0
12.6
-4.5
14.9
1.3
-3.0
-1.0
-1.6
0.0

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