1997 New York Mets Roster (40-man)

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 88-74-0, Finished 3rd in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bobby Valentine (88-74)

General Manager: Steve Phillips (Promoted 7/16/1997)

Farm Director: Jack Zduriencik

Scouting Director: John Barr

Ballpark: Shea Stadium

Attendance: 1,766,174 (10th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 88-74, 777 Runs, 709 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	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Juan Acevedo	27	mx MX	R	R	6' 2"	245	May 5, 1970	2	25	2	22	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Manny Alexander	26	do DO	R	R	5' 10"	150	Mar 20, 1971	5	54	39	54	53	0	0	0	31	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0.7	$205,000
Edgardo Alfonzo	23	ve VE	R	R	5' 11"	210	Nov 8, 1973	3	151	132	151	147	0	0	0	3	143	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	6.2	$215,000
Carlos Baerga	28	pr PR	B	R	5' 11"	165	Nov 4, 1968	8	133	122	133	131	0	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1.1	$4,750,000
Steve Bieser	29	us US	L	R	5' 10"	170	Aug 4, 1967	1st	47	11	47	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	13	1	21	0	26	5	0.0	$150,000
Brian Bohanon	28	us US	L	L	6' 2"	210	Aug 1, 1968	8	21	14	20	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.4	$205,000
Toby Borland	28	us US	R	R	6' 6"	186	May 29, 1969	4	13	0	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$262,500
Alberto Castillo	27	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	184	Feb 10, 1970	3	35	18	35	34	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-0.1	$152,500
Mark Clark	29	us US	R	R	6' 5"	225	May 12, 1968	7	23	22	22	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$2,200,000
Joe Crawford	27	us US	L	L	6' 3"	225	May 2, 1970	1st	19	2	18	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.5
Carl Everett	26	us US	B	R	6' 0"	181	Jun 3, 1971	5	142	101	142	128	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	71	65	128	0	28	1	0.2	$205,000
John Franco	36	us US	L	L	5' 10"	170	Sep 17, 1960	14	59	0	56	59	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$3,000,000
Matt Franco	27	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	Aug 19, 1969	3	112	24	112	52	0	0	13	0	39	0	1	0	0	1	1	71	0	0.0	$160,000
Shawn Gilbert	32	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Mar 12, 1965	1st	29	4	29	17	0	0	0	8	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	9	9	-0.3
Bernard Gilkey	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Sep 24, 1966	8	145	136	145	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	136	1	0	136	2	8	0	2.4	$3,850,000
Jason Hardtke	25	us US	B	R	5' 10"	175	Sep 15, 1971	2	30	9	30	22	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0.0
Pete Harnisch	30	us US	B	R	6' 1"	195	Sep 23, 1966	10	6	5	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8	$3,213,400
Todd Hundley	28	us US	B	R	5' 11"	170	May 27, 1969	8	132	118	132	122	0	122	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	1	3.7	$4,150,000	All-Star
Butch Huskey	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	244	Nov 10, 1971	4	142	120	142	123	0	0	22	0	15	0	30	0	72	92	4	18	0	0.8	$212,000
Jason Isringhausen	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	235	Sep 7, 1972	3	6	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0	$212,000
Lance Johnson	33	us US	L	L	5' 10"	160	Jul 6, 1963	11	72	62	72	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66	0	66	0	8	0	1.5	$3,050,000
Bobby Jones	27	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Feb 10, 1970	5	30	30	29	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	$1,925,000	All-Star
Ricardo Jordan	27	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Jun 27, 1970	3	22	0	21	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$155,000
Takashi Kashiwada	26	jp JP	L	L	5' 11"	165	May 14, 1971	1st	35	0	32	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Cory Lidle	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Mar 22, 1972	1st	54	2	51	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$150,000
Luis López	26	pr PR	B	R	5' 11"	175	Sep 4, 1970	4	78	36	78	65	0	0	0	20	4	45	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	0.3
Barry Manuel	31	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Aug 12, 1965	4	19	0	19	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$185,000
Greg McMichael	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Dec 1, 1966	5	73	0	70	73	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	$1,100,000
Brian McRae	29	us US	B	R	6' 0"	175	Aug 27, 1967	8	45	35	45	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	0	41	0	6	0	0.0
Carlos Mendoza	22	ve VE	L	L	5' 11"	160	Nov 4, 1974	1st	15	2	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	0	5	7	0.2
Dave Mlicki	29	us US	R	R	6' 4"	185	Jun 8, 1968	5	33	32	30	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.3	$610,000
Kevin Morgan	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	170	Dec 3, 1969	1st	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Alex Ochoa	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Mar 29, 1972	3	113	54	113	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	84	88	1	31	3	-0.3	$152,000
John Olerud	28	us US	L	L	6' 5"	205	Aug 5, 1968	9	154	141	154	146	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	4.1	$6,500,000
Rey Ordóñez	26	cu CU	R	R	5' 9"	160	Jan 11, 1971	2	120	112	120	118	0	0	0	0	0	118	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0.3	$192,500
Yorkis Pérez	29	do DO	L	L	6' 0"	180	Sep 30, 1967	5	9	0	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$375,000
Roberto Petagine	26	ve VE	L	L	6' 1"	172	Jun 7, 1971	4	12	0	12	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	-0.2
Todd Pratt	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Feb 9, 1967	5	39	28	39	36	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.9	$200,000
Rick Reed	32	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Aug 16, 1964	9	33	31	31	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.8	$212,000
Armando Reynoso	31	mx MX	R	R	6' 0"	186	May 1, 1966	7	16	16	15	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$1,000,000
Mel Rojas	30	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	175	Dec 10, 1966	8	23	0	21	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Gary Thurman	32	us US	R	R	5' 10"	170	Nov 12, 1964	9	11	0	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	7	0	5	3	-0.1
Andy Tomberlin	30	us US	L	L	5' 11"	160	Nov 7, 1966	5	6	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	-0.1	$200,000
Ricky Trlicek	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Apr 26, 1969	5	9	0	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$177,500
Turk Wendell	30	us US	B	R	6' 2"	185	May 19, 1967	5	13	0	12	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Bobby Valentine	47	us US	May 13, 1950	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 28
Tom Robson	51	us US	Jan 15, 1946	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 28
Bob Apodaca	47	us US	Jan 31, 1950	Pitching	Apr 1	Sep 28
Bruce Benedict	41	us US	Aug 18, 1955		Apr 1	Sep 28
Randy Niemann	41	us US	Nov 15, 1955	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 28
Cookie Rojas	58	cu CU	Mar 6, 1939	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 28
Mookie Wilson	41	us US	Feb 9, 1956	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 28
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date