1996 New York Mets Roster (40-man)

1995 Season 1997 Season

Record: 71-91-0, Finished 4th in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Dallas Green (59-72) and Bobby Valentine (12-19)

General Manager: Joe McIlvaine

Farm Director: Jack Zduriencik

Scouting Director: John Barr

Ballpark: Shea Stadium

Attendance: 1,588,323 (12th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
One-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 90

Pythagorean W-L: 78-84, 746 Runs, 779 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Edgardo Alfonzo	22	ve VE	R	R	5' 11"	210	Nov 8, 1973	2	123	85	123	111	0	0	0	66	36	15	0	0	0	0	18	3	1.0	$180,000
Carlos Baerga	27	pr PR	B	R	5' 11"	165	Nov 4, 1968	7	26	20	26	22	0	0	16	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-0.6
Tim Bogar	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	198	Oct 28, 1966	4	91	18	91	80	0	0	32	8	25	19	0	0	0	0	10	23	0.4	$215,000
Rico Brogna	26	us US	L	L	6' 2"	205	Apr 18, 1970	4	55	49	55	52	0	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-0.1	$325,000
Paul Byrd	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Dec 3, 1970	2	38	0	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$123,000
Alberto Castillo	26	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	184	Feb 10, 1970	2	6	4	6	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Mark Clark	28	us US	R	R	6' 5"	225	May 12, 1968	6	32	32	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$1,100,000
Jerry Dipoto	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	203	May 24, 1968	4	57	0	57	57	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7	$225,000
Álvaro Espinoza	34	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	170	Feb 19, 1962	11	48	33	48	46	0	0	1	3	37	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.8
Carl Everett	25	us US	B	R	6' 0"	181	Jun 3, 1971	4	101	36	101	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	15	37	55	51	3	0.7	$178,000
John Franco	35	us US	L	L	5' 10"	170	Sep 17, 1960	13	51	0	51	51	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	$2,600,000
Matt Franco	26	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	Aug 19, 1969	2	14	7	14	9	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-0.1
Mike Fyhrie	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Dec 9, 1969	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Bernard Gilkey	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Sep 24, 1966	7	153	151	153	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	0	151	2	0	8.1	$2,787,500
Charlie Greene	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	170	Jan 23, 1971	1st	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Jason Hardtke	24	us US	B	R	5' 10"	175	Sep 15, 1971	1st	19	13	19	18	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-0.1
Pete Harnisch	29	us US	B	R	6' 1"	195	Sep 23, 1966	9	32	31	32	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.2	$3,725,000
Doug Henry	32	us US	R	R	6' 4"	185	Dec 10, 1963	6	58	0	58	58	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.3	$750,000
Todd Hundley	27	us US	B	R	5' 11"	170	May 27, 1969	7	153	142	153	150	0	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	5.0	$1,837,500	All-Star
Butch Huskey	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	244	Nov 10, 1971	3	118	113	118	115	0	0	75	0	6	0	0	0	40	40	4	1	0.1	$116,000
Jason Isringhausen	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	235	Sep 7, 1972	2	27	27	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$169,000
Lance Johnson	32	us US	L	L	5' 10"	160	Jul 6, 1963	10	160	156	160	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	0	157	4	0	7.2	$2,715,000	All-Star
Bobby Jones	26	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Feb 10, 1970	4	31	31	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$405,000
Chris Jones	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Dec 16, 1965	6	89	22	89	70	0	0	5	0	0	0	17	8	44	66	26	9	0.1	$337,500
Jeff Kent	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Mar 7, 1968	5	89	89	89	89	0	0	0	0	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	$1,960,000
Bob MacDonald	31	us US	L	L	6' 3"	200	Apr 27, 1965	6	20	0	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$200,000
Pedro Martínez	27	do DO	L	L	6' 2"	155	Nov 29, 1968	4	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Brent Mayne	28	us US	L	R	6' 1"	195	Apr 19, 1968	7	70	16	70	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	0	-0.1	$725,000
Blas Minor	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Mar 20, 1966	5	17	0	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$198,000
Dave Mlicki	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	185	Jun 8, 1968	4	51	2	51	51	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1	$195,000
Alex Ochoa	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Mar 29, 1972	2	82	72	82	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	76	5	2	2.4	$109,000
Rey Ordóñez	25	cu CU	R	R	5' 9"	160	Jan 11, 1971	1st	151	145	151	150	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.9	$109,000
Robert Person	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Oct 6, 1969	2	29	13	29	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-0.4	$109,000
Roberto Petagine	25	ve VE	L	L	6' 1"	172	Jun 7, 1971	3	50	24	50	40	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2	-0.1	$135,000
Kevin Roberson	28	us US	B	R	6' 4"	210	Jan 29, 1968	4	27	5	27	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	10	18	1	0.4	$125,000
Andy Tomberlin	29	us US	L	L	5' 11"	160	Nov 7, 1966	4	63	5	63	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	8	17	51	2	0.3	$130,000
Ricky Trlicek	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Apr 26, 1969	4	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
José Vizcaíno	28	do DO	B	R	6' 1"	150	Mar 26, 1968	8	96	91	96	93	0	0	0	93	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2.0	$2,200,000
Derek Wallace	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Sep 1, 1971	1st	19	0	19	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$109,000
Paul Wilson	23	us US	R	R	6' 5"	235	Mar 28, 1973	1st	26	26	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2.1	$109,000
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Dallas Green	61	us US	Aug 4, 1934	Manager	Apr 1	Aug 25
Bobby Valentine	46	us US	May 13, 1950	Manager	Aug 27	Sep 29
Tommy McCraw	55	us US	Nov 21, 1940	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 29
Bob Apodaca	46	us US	Jan 31, 1950	Pitching	Apr 1	Sep 29
Greg Pavlick	46	us US	Mar 10, 1950	Pitching	Apr 1	Sep 29
Mike Cubbage	45	us US	Jul 21, 1950	Third base	Apr 1	Sep 29
Steve Swisher	44	us US	Aug 9, 1951		Apr 1	Sep 29
Frank Howard	59	us US	Aug 8, 1936	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 29
Bobby Wine	57	us US	Sep 17, 1938	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 29
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date