1997 New York Mets
88 - 74
1996 / 1998 (Organization)
3rd place in the NL East (13 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		50 - 31 (.617)
38 - 43 (.469)		 +6.6 wins
+0.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 777 / 724 ( +53 )
Allowed/Expected: 709 / 727 ( +18 )
Pyth Record: 88 - 74 (0)
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Shea Stadium
Attendance: 1,766,174 Avg Att: 21,805 (0.78)
Att Rank: 10 / 14 Lg Avg: 28,118
       
Park Factor: 0.97    
HR Factor: 0.94 R/L HR: 0.90 / 1.00
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Todd Hundley
C
28.1
3.8
23.4
11.8
8
Y
6
2
1987
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 2
2 John Franco
RP
36.8
1.5
11.6
8.5
8
N
12
6
1989
 Trade CIN NL
3 Bobby Jones
SP
27.4
2.1
12.0
6.1
5
Y
6
3
1991
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 1 (Pick 36)
4 Butch Huskey
RF
25.6
0.8
15.2
5.8
4
Y
6
5
1989
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 7
5 Alberto Castillo
C
27.4
-0.1
0.7
-1.1
3
Y
4
15
1987
 Free Agency (Amateur)
6 Edgardo Alfonzo
3B
23.6
6.2
24.8
12.7
3
Y
2
19
1991
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Jason Isringhausen
SP
24.8
-1.0
0.0
-0.9
3
Y
6
3
1991
 Draft (Amateur) - Round 44
8 Dave Mlicki
SP
29.1
2.4
9.5
3.6
3
N
11
18
1994
 Trade CLE AL
9 Pete Harnisch
SP
30.8
-0.8
0.0
-0.8
3
N
11
28
1994
 Trade HOU NL
10 Carl Everett
CF
26.1
0.2
12.3
2.8
3
N
11
29
1994
 Trade FLO NL
11 Alex Ochoa
RF
25.3
-0.3
3.6
-1.3
3
N
7
28
1995
 Trade BAL AL
12 Rey Ordonez
SS
25.6
0.3
5.9
-3.6
2
Y
10
29
1993
 Free Agency (Amateur)
13 Jason Hardtke
2B
25.8
0.0
1.2
-0.1
2
N
12
5
1994
 Draft (Minor League) SDN NL
14 Lance Johnson
CF
34.0
1.5
10.2
4.2
2
N
12
14
1995
 Free Agency
15 Bernard Gilkey
LF
30.8
2.3
16.2
5.0
2
N
1
22
1996
 Trade SLN NL
16 Roberto Petagine
1B
26.1
-0.2
0.0
-0.3
2
N
3
17
1996
 Trade SDN NL
17 Mark Clark
SP
29.1
0.0
6.2
1.8
2
N
3
31
1996
 Trade CLE AL
18 Matt Franco
3B
27.9
0.1
4.3
1.1
2
N
4
8
1996
 Trade CHN NL
19 Andy Tomberlin
LF
30.7
-0.1
0.2
0.0
2
N
5
1
1996
 Conditional Deal OAK AL
20 Carlos Baerga
2B
28.7
1.1
11.6
0.6
2
N
7
29
1996
 Trade CLE AL
21 Carlos Mendoza
CF
22.7
0.2
0.7
0.3
1
Y
11
10
1992
 Free Agency (Amateur)
22 Kevin Morgan
3B
28.3
-0.0
0.0
0.0
1
N
2
18
1994
 Trade DET AL
23 Juan Acevedo
RP
27.2
-0.0
2.7
0.6
1
N
7
31
1995
 Trade COL NL
24 Rick Reed
SP
32.9
4.8
16.1
9.7
1
N
11
7
1995
 Free Agency
25 Gary Thurman
CF
32.6
-0.1
0.1
-0.0
1
N
12
20
1995
 Free Agency
26 Cory Lidle
RP
25.3
0.3
6.1
2.2
1
N
1
17
1996
 Trade ML4 AL
27 Shawn Gilbert
2B
32.3
-0.3
0.2
-0.3
1
N
1
30
1996
 Free Agency
28 Joe Crawford
SW
27.2
0.4
3.4
1.4
1
Y
3
26
1996
 Purchased BOS AL
29 Steve Bieser
CF
29.9
-0.0
1.5
0.0
1
N
11
21
1996
 Free Agency
30 Greg McMichael
RP
30.6
1.5
9.6
5.1
1
N
11
25
1996
 Trade ATL NL
31 Ricardo Jordan
RP
27.0
-0.3
0.4
-1.0
1
N
11
27
1996
 Trade PHI NL
32 Toby Borland
RP
28.1
-0.2
0.0
-0.7
1
N
11
27
1996
 Trade PHI NL
33 Armando Reynoso
SP
31.2
0.6
4.4
1.6
1
N
11
27
1996
 Trade COL NL
34 Brian Bohanon
SP
28.9
0.4
4.8
1.8
1
N
12
18
1996
 Free Agency
35 John Olerud
1B
28.9
4.1
24.3
13.2
1
N
12
20
1996
 Trade TOR AL
36 Todd Pratt
C
30.4
0.9
4.5
1.6
1
N
12
23
1996
 Free Agency
37 Manny Alexander
2B
26.3
0.7
4.6
1.0
1
N
3
22
1997
 Trade BAL AL
38 Barry Manuel
RP
31.9
-0.5
0.0
-1.3
1
N
3
28
1997
 Purchased MON NL
39 Luis Lopez
SS
26.8
0.4
5.5
1.2
1
N
3
31
1997
 Trade HOU NL
40 Yorkis Perez
RP
29.8
-0.3
0.0
-0.4
1
N
3
31
1997
 Waivers ATL NL
41 Takashi Kashiwada
RP
26.1
0.1
1.7
0.1
1
N
4
3
1997
 Purchased Yomiura Giants (Japan Central
42 Ricky Trlicek
RP
28.2
-0.3
0.0
-0.5
1
N
5
12
1997
 Trade BOS AL
43 Turk Wendell
RP
30.1
-0.1
0.3
-0.5
1
N
8
8
1997
 Trade CHN NL
44 Mel Rojas
RP
30.6
-0.5
0.8
-0.5
1
N
8
8
1997
 Trade CHN NL
45 Brian McRae
CF
29.8
-0.0
3.5
0.2
1
N
8
8
1997
 Trade CHN NL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Juan Acevedo RP Carpentersville, IL (US)
Manny Alexander 2B San Pedro de Marcoris (DO)
Edgardo Alfonzo 3B Cecilio Acosto (VE)
Carlos Baerga 2B Rio Piedras (DO)
Steve Bieser CF St. Genevieve, MO (US)
Brian Bohanon SP Houston, TX (US)
Toby Borland RP Quitman, LA (US)
Alberto Castillo C Las Matas (DO)
Mark Clark SP Bath, IL (US)
Joe Crawford SW Gainesville, FL (USA)
Carl Everett CF Tampa, FL (US)
John Franco RP Brooklyn, NY (US)
Matt Franco 3B Westlake Village, CA (US)
Shawn Gilbert 2B Avondale, AZ (US)
Bernard Gilkey LF University City, MO (US)
Jason Hardtke 2B San Jose, CA (US)
Pete Harnisch SP Commack, NY (US)
Todd Hundley C Palatine, IL (US)
Butch Huskey RF Lawton, OK (US)
Jason Isringhausen SP Brighton, IL (US)
Lance Johnson CF Cincinnati, OH (US)
Bobby Jones SP Fresno, CA (US)
Ricardo Jordan RP Delray Beach, FL (US)
Takashi Kashiwada RP Tokyo (JP)
Cory Lidle RP Covina, CA (US)
Luis Lopez SS Cidra (PR)
Barry Manuel RP Mamou, LA (US)
Greg McMichael RP Knoxville, TN (US)
Brian McRae CF Blue Springs, MO (US)
Carlos Mendoza CF Bolivar (VE)
Dave Mlicki SP Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Kevin Morgan 3B Lafayette, LA (USA)
Alex Ochoa RF Hialeah-Miami Lakes, FL (US)
John Olerud 1B Bellevue, WA (US)
Rey Ordonez SS Cuba (CU)
Yorkis Perez RP Bajos de Haina, CA (US)
Roberto Petagine 1B Nueva Esparita (VE)
Todd Pratt C Chula Vista, CA (US)
Rick Reed SP Huntington, WV (US)
Armando Reynoso SP Jalisco (MX)
Mel Rojas RP Santo Domingo (DO)
Gary Thurman CF Indianapolis, IN (US)
Andy Tomberlin LF Monroe, NC (US)
Ricky Trlicek RP LaGrange, TX (US)
Turk Wendell RP Wahconah, MA (US)

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