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1988 New York Mets season

FieldValue
nameNew York Mets
season1988
imageNew York Mets Insignia (1962 to 1992).svg
miscNational League East champions
leagueNational League
divisionEast
ballparkShea Stadium
cityNew York
record
divisional_place1st
ownersFred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
general_managerFrank Cashen
managerDavey Johnson
televisionWWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub)
radioWFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne, Charlie Slowes)
WJIT (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)

(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub) (Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne, Charlie Slowes) WJIT (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa) The 1988 New York Mets season was the 27th regular season for the Mets. They went 100–60 and finished first in the National League East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

The Mets would go on to lose to the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS in seven games.

Offseason

  • December 11, 1987: Jesse Orosco was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers sent Jack Savage to the Mets, and the Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to the Mets. The Dodgers sent Bob Welch and Matt Young to the Athletics, and the Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to the Dodgers.
  • December 11, 1987: Rafael Santana and Victor Garcia (minors) were traded by the Mets to the New York Yankees for Darren Reed, Phil Lombardi, and Steve Frey.
  • March 26, 1988: Randy Milligan and Scott Henion (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mackey Sasser and Tim Drummond.

Regular season

  • August 9: The Mets participated in the first official night game at Wrigley Field, which the Cubs won, 6–4.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

  • August 4, 1988: Tom McCarthy and Steve Springer were traded by the Mets to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Maksudian and Vince Harris (minors).
  • August 22, 1988: Héctor Ramírez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.

Roster

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Game log

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || April 4 || 3:25pm EDT || @ Expos || W 10–6 || || || || || 55,413 || 1–0 || W1 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || April 6 || 7:35pm EDT || @ Expos || L 1–5 || || || || || 11,112 || 1–1 || L1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || April 7 || 7:35pm EDT || @ Expos || W 8–5 || || || || || 10,193 || 2–1 || W1 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || April 8 || 7:35pm EDT || @ Phillies || L 1–5 || || || || || 21,921 || 2–2 || L1 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || April 9 || 3:20pm EDT || @ Phillies || L 3–9 || || || || || 30,994 || 2–3 || L2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || April 10 || 1:35pm EDT || @ Phillies || W 4–3 || || || || || 51,781 || 3–3 || W1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 || April 12 || 1:35pm EDT || Expos || W 3–0 || || || || || 48,719 || 4–3 || W2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || April 14 || 1:40pm EDT || Expos || W 1–0 || || || || || 19,612 || 5–3 || W3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || April 15 || 7:35pm EDT || Cardinals || W 3–0 (6) || || || || || 33,094 || 6–3 || W4 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || April 16 || 1:30pm EDT || Cardinals || W 6–4 || || || || || 40,582 || 7–3 || W5 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 || April 17 || 1:35pm EDT || Cardinals || W 3–2 || || || || || 48,760 || 8–3 || W6 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || April 18 || 7:50pm EDT || Phillies || L 7–10 || || || || || 14,931 || 8–4 || L1 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || April 19 || 7:37pm EDT || Phillies || L 2–10 || || || || || 24,555 || 8–5 || L2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 || April 20 || 7:41pm EDT || Phillies || W 6–2 || || || || || 27,714 || 9–5 || W1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 || April 22 || 8:35pm EDT || @ Cardinals || W 4–0 || || || || || 47,207 || 10–5 || W2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 || April 23 || 8:05pm EDT || @ Cardinals || W 12–9 || || || || || 45,110 || 11–5 || W3 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || April 24 || 2:15pm EDT || @ Cardinals || L 4–5 || || || || || 41,617 || 11–6 || L1 ||

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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Mets team member

Postseason Game log

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || || 8:28p.m. EDT || @ Dodgers || 3–2 || || || || 2:45 || Dodger Stadium (55,582) || NYN 1–0 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 || || 10:08p.m. EDT || @ Dodgers || 3–6 || || || || 3:10 || Dodger Stadium (55,780) || TIE 1–1 || L1 |- style="background:#bbb;" | — || || 8:28p.m. EDT || Dodgers || colspan=8| Postponed (rain); Makeup: October 8 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 || || 12:20p.m. EDT || Dodgers || 8–4 || || || || 3:44 || Shea Stadium (44,672) || NYN 2–1 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || || 8:22p.m. EDT || Dodgers || 4–5 (12) || || || || 4:29 || Shea Stadium (54,014) || TIE 2–2 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || || 12Noon EDT || Dodgers || 4–7 || || || || 3:07 || Shea Stadium (52,069) || LAN 3–2 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 || || 8:22p.m. EDT || @ Dodgers || 5–1 || || || || 3:16 || Dodger Stadium (55,885) || TIE 3–3 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || || 8:22p.m. EDT || @ Dodgers || 0–6 || || || || 2:51 || Dodger Stadium (55,693) || LAN 4–3 || L1 |- |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Mets team member

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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CGary Carter130455110.2421146
1BKeith Hernandez9534896.2761155
2BWally Backman9929489.303017
3BHoward Johnson148495114.2302468
SSKevin Elster14940687.214937
LFKevin McReynolds147552159.2882799
CFLen Dykstra126429116.270833
RFDarryl Strawberry153543146.26939101

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Mookie Wilson112378112.296841
Dave Magadan11231487.277135
Tim Teufel9027364.234431
Mackey Sasser6012335.285117
Lee Mazzilli6811617.147012
Gregg Jeffries2910935.321617
Barry Lyons509121.231011
Keith Miller407015.21415
Mark Carreon795.55611

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Dwight Gooden34248.11893.19175
Ron Darling34240.21793.25161
David Cone35231.12032.22213
Bob Ojeda29190.110132.88133
Sid Fernandez31187.012103.03189

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Rick Aguilera1124.2046.9316
David West26.0103.003

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Randy Myers5573261.7269
Roger McDowell6255162.6346
Terry Leach527232.5451
Gene Walter190103.7814
Bob McClure141014.097
Jeff Innis121101.8914
Edwin Núñez101004.508
John Mitchell10000.001

NLCS

Main article: 1988 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 4: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

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**New York**000000003**3****8****1**
Los Angeles100000100**2****4****0**
**WP**: Randy Myers (1–0) **LP**: Jay Howell (0–1)
**HR**: **NYM** – None.; **LA** – None.

Game 2

October 5: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team123456789RHE
New York000200001**3****6****0**
**Los Angeles**14001000X**6****7****0**
**WP**: Tim Belcher (1–0) **LP**: David Cone (0–1) **SV**: Alejandro Peña (1)
**HR**: **NYM** – Keith Hernandez (1); **LA** – None.

Game 3

October 8: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team123456789RHE
Los Angeles021000010**4****7****2**
**New York**00100205X**8****9****2**
**WP**: Randy Myers (2–0) **LP**: Alejandro Peña (0–1)
**HR**: **LA** – None.; **NYM** – None.

Game 4

October 9: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

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**WP**: Alejandro Peña (1–1) **LP**: Roger McDowell (0–1) **SV**: Orel Hershiser (1)
**HR**: **LA** – Mike Scioscia (1), Kirk Gibson (1); **NYM** – Darryl Strawberry (1), Kevin McReynolds (1)

Game 5

October 10: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team123456789RHE
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New York000030010**4****9****1**
**WP**: Tim Belcher (2–0) **LP**: Sid Fernandez (0–1) **SV**: Brian Holton (1)
**HR**: **LA** – Kirk Gibson (2); **NYM** – Lenny Dykstra (1)

Game 6

October 11: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team123456789RHE
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Los Angeles000010000**1****5****2**
**WP**: David Cone (1–1) **LP**: Tim Leary (0–1)
**HR**: **NYM** – Kevin McReynolds (2); **LA** – None.

Game 7

October 12: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team123456789RHE
New York000000000**0****5****2**
**Los Angeles**15000000X**6****10****0**
**WP**: Orel Hershiser (1–0) **LP**: Ron Darling (0–1)
**HR**: **NYM** – None.; **LA** – None.

Awards and honors

  • Keith Hernandez, Gold Glove Award
  • Keith Hernandez, Major League record, most Gold Gloves by a first baseman (it was also his 11th consecutive Gold Glove)
  • Kevin McReynolds – Player of the Month, September 1988
  • Gary Carter – 300 career home runs, and set record for career putouts for a catcher 1988 MLB All-Star Game
  • Gary Carter
  • David Cone
  • Dwight Gooden
  • Darryl Strawberry

Team leaders

  • Games – Darryl Strawberry (153)
  • At-bats – Kevin McReynolds (552)
  • Home runs – Darryl Strawberry (39)
  • Runs batted in – Darryl Strawberry (101)
  • Batting average – Wally Backman (.303)
  • Hits – Kevin McReynolds (159)
  • Doubles – Kevin McReynolds (30)
  • Triples – Mookie Wilson (5)
  • Walks – Howard Johnson (86)
  • Stolen bases – Len Dykstra (30)
  • Wins – David Cone (20)

Farm system

References

References

  1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oroscje01.shtml Jesse Orosco] at ''Baseball-Reference''
  2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/santara01.shtml Rafael Santana] at ''Baseball-Reference''
  3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/millira01.shtml Randy Milligan] at ''Baseball-Reference''
  4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maksumi01.shtml Mike Maksudian] at ''Baseball-Reference''
  5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramirhe01.shtml Héctor Ramírez] at ''Baseball-Reference''
  6. ''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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