1998 New York Mets Roster (40-man)

1997 Season 1999 Season

Record: 88-74-0, Finished 2nd in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bobby Valentine (88-74)

General Manager: Steve Phillips (Took leave of absence Nov. 8-16)

Farm Director: Jim Duquette

Scouting Director: Gary LaRocque

Ballpark: Shea Stadium

Attendance: 2,287,948 (9th of 16)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 88-74, 706 Runs, 645 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
Benny Agbayani	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	225	Dec 28, 1971	1st	11	3	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	9	0	1	2	-0.2
Edgardo Alfonzo	24	ve VE	R	R	5' 11"	210	Nov 8, 1973	4	144	136	144	144	0	0	0	0	144	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.7	$1,750,000
Jermaine Allensworth	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	178	Jan 11, 1972	3	34	12	34	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	25	31	0	5	7	-0.4
Carlos Baerga	29	pr PR	B	R	5' 11"	165	Nov 4, 1968	9	147	135	147	144	0	0	0	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	-0.2	$4,749,999
Rich Becker	26	us US	L	L	5' 10"	180	Feb 1, 1972	6	49	23	49	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	14	13	41	0	16	4	0.1	$1,550,000
Rigo Beltrán	28	mx MX	L	L	5' 11"	185	Nov 13, 1969	2	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Willie Blair	32	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Dec 18, 1965	9	11	2	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Brian Bohanon	29	us US	L	L	6' 2"	210	Aug 1, 1968	9	25	4	23	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$350,000
Alberto Castillo	28	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	184	Feb 10, 1970	4	38	28	38	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0.6	$192,500
Brad Clontz	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Apr 25, 1971	4	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Dennis Cook	35	us US	L	L	6' 3"	185	Oct 4, 1962	11	73	0	70	73	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	$850,000
Jorge Fábregas	28	us US	L	R	6' 3"	205	Mar 13, 1970	5	20	5	20	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	-0.4
John Franco	37	us US	L	L	5' 10"	170	Sep 17, 1960	15	61	0	58	61	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$2,900,000
Matt Franco	28	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	Aug 19, 1969	4	103	27	103	36	0	0	11	0	13	0	12	0	1	13	2	70	1	0.3	$202,500
Shawn Gilbert	33	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Mar 12, 1965	2	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-0.1
Bernard Gilkey	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Sep 24, 1966	9	82	67	82	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	1	4	77	0	6	2	-0.2	$5,050,000
Todd Haney	32	us US	R	R	5' 9"	165	Jul 30, 1965	5	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	-0.1
Lenny Harris	33	us US	L	R	5' 10"	195	Oct 28, 1964	11	75	36	75	72	0	0	1	2	10	0	21	1	53	65	0	16	3	-0.4
John Hudek	31	us US	B	R	6' 1"	200	Aug 8, 1966	5	28	0	23	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$499,000
Todd Hundley	29	us US	B	R	5' 11"	170	May 27, 1969	9	53	36	53	36	0	2	0	0	0	0	34	0	0	34	0	17	0	-1.3	$4,925,000
Butch Huskey	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	244	Nov 10, 1971	5	113	95	113	103	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	103	103	1	16	0	0.4	$300,000
Bobby Jones	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Feb 10, 1970	6	30	30	27	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	$3,116,667
Mike Kinkade	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	210	May 6, 1973	1st	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Kirby	34	us US	L	R	5' 11"	185	Jan 22, 1964	8	26	4	26	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	12	19	0	10	3	-0.4
Al Leiter	32	us US	L	L	6' 2"	200	Oct 23, 1965	12	28	28	27	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.8	$3,000,000
Luis López	27	pr PR	B	R	5' 11"	175	Sep 4, 1970	5	117	51	117	96	0	0	0	50	11	39	8	0	1	9	0	43	3	-0.3	$375,000
Greg McMichael	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Dec 1, 1966	6	52	0	52	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$1,900,000
Brian McRae	30	us US	B	R	6' 0"	175	Aug 27, 1967	9	159	144	159	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	154	0	154	0	9	1	2.6	$3,850,000
Ralph Milliard	24	cw CW	R	R	5' 11"	170	Dec 30, 1973	3	10	0	10	6	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.0
Dave Mlicki	30	us US	R	R	6' 4"	185	Jun 8, 1968	6	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$1,250,000
Hideo Nomo	29	jp JP	R	R	6' 2"	210	Aug 31, 1968	4	17	16	16	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
John Olerud	29	us US	L	L	6' 5"	205	Aug 5, 1968	10	160	149	160	157	0	0	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	7.6	$3,750,000
Rey Ordóñez	27	cu CU	R	R	5' 9"	160	Jan 11, 1971	3	153	147	153	151	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	-1.7	$320,000
Craig Paquette	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Mar 28, 1969	6	7	4	7	5	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	-0.2	$300,000
Jay Payton	25	us US	R	R	5' 10"	185	Nov 22, 1972	1st	15	3	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	9	0	6	3	0.0
Tony Phillips	39	us US	B	R	5' 10"	175	Apr 25, 1959	17	52	49	52	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	15	51	0	3	0	-0.3	$560,000
Mike Piazza HOF	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Sep 4, 1968	7	109	103	109	99	0	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	5.4		All-Star
Todd Pratt	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Feb 9, 1967	6	41	11	41	18	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0.3	$300,000
Bill Pulsipher	24	us US	L	L	6' 3"	230	Oct 9, 1973	2	16	1	13	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.3
Rick Reed	33	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Aug 16, 1964	10	31	31	30	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.6	$1,375,000	All-Star
Armando Reynoso	32	mx MX	R	R	6' 0"	186	May 1, 1966	8	11	11	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	$1,250,000
Mel Rojas	31	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	175	Dec 10, 1966	9	50	0	49	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9	$4,583,333
Tim Spehr	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	Jul 2, 1966	7	21	15	21	21	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$285,000
Jeff Tam	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	202	Aug 19, 1970	1st	15	0	13	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$170,000
Jim Tatum	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Oct 9, 1967	5	35	11	35	20	0	4	9	0	3	0	4	0	0	4	1	20	0	0.1	$225,000
Turk Wendell	31	us US	B	R	6' 2"	185	May 19, 1967	6	66	0	62	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	$661,500
Rick Wilkins	31	us US	L	R	6' 2"	210	Jun 4, 1967	8	5	4	5	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.2
Preston Wilson	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	193	Jul 19, 1974	1st	8	6	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	7	0	1	1	-0.1
Masato Yoshii	33	jp JP	R	R	6' 2"	210	Apr 20, 1965	1st	29	29	27	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	$1,075,000
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	48	us US	May 13, 1950	Manager	Mar 31	Sep 27
Tom Robson	52	us US	Jan 15, 1946	Hitting	Mar 31	Sep 27
Bob Apodaca	48	us US	Jan 31, 1950	Pitching	Mar 31	Sep 27
Bruce Benedict	42	us US	Aug 18, 1955		Mar 31	Sep 27
Randy Niemann	42	us US	Nov 15, 1955	Coach	Mar 31	Sep 27
Cookie Rojas	59	cu CU	Mar 6, 1939	Coach	Mar 31	Sep 27
Mookie Wilson	42	us US	Feb 9, 1956	Coach	Mar 31	Sep 27
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date