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1990 New York Mets season

FieldValue
nameNew York Mets
imageJack Murphy Stadium 1990.jpeg
image_size250px
captionThe Mets playing against the Padres during a 1990 away game at Jack Murphy Stadium.
season1990
leagueNational League
divisionEast
ballparkShea Stadium
cityNew York City, New York
record
divisional_place2nd
ownersFred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
general_managerFrank Cashen
managersDavey Johnson, Bud Harrelson
televisionWWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub)
radioWFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen)
WSKQ-FM (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa, Renato Morffi)
espntnNYM
brtnNYM

(Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub) (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen) WSKQ-FM (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa, Renato Morffi) The 1990 New York Mets season was the 29th regular season for the Mets. They went 91–71 and finished second in the National League East, four games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates. The Mets were managed by Davey Johnson and Bud Harrelson. They played home games at Shea Stadium. Despite not making the postseason for the second consecutive year, they would have their last winning season until 1997.

Offseason

  • November 14, 1989: Gary Carter was released by the Mets.
  • December 5, 1989: John Mitchell and Joaquin Contreras (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Keith Hughes and Cesar Mejia (minors).
  • December 6, 1989: Randy Myers and Kip Gross were traded by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for John Franco and Don Brown (minors).
  • December 20, 1989: Juan Samuel was traded by the Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Alejandro Peña and Mike Marshall.
  • March 26, 1990: D. J. Dozier was signed by the Mets as an amateur free agent.

Regular season

  • Darryl Strawberry became the first player in Mets history to have three seasons with 100+ RBIs.
  • During the season, Frank Viola became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Mets in the 20th century.

Opening Day starters

  • Kevin Elster
  • Dwight Gooden
  • Gregg Jefferies
  • Howard Johnson
  • Barry Lyons
  • Mike Marshall
  • Kevin McReynolds
  • Keith Miller
  • Darryl Strawberry

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

  • June 4, 1990: Jeromy Burnitz was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft.
  • June 19, 1990: Mario Díaz was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Mets for Brian Givens.
  • August 30, 1990: Archie Corbin was traded by the Mets to the Kansas City Royals for Pat Tabler.
  • August 31, 1990: Julio Machado and Kevin Brown were traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Brewers for Charlie O'Brien and Kevin Carmody (minors).
  • September 10, 1990: Nick Davis (minors) and Steve LaRose (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Dan Schatzeder.

Roster

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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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CMackey Sasser10027083.307641
1BDave Magadan144451148.328672
2BGregg Jefferies153604171.2831568
SSKevin Elster9231465.207945
3BHoward Johnson154590144.2442390
LFKevin McReynolds147521140.2692482
CFDaryl Boston115366100.2731245
RFDarryl Strawberry152542150.27737108

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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Keith Miller8823360.258112
Mark Carreon8218847.2501026
Tim Teufel8017543.2461024
Mike Marshall5316339.239627
Tom O'Malley8212127.223314
Tom Herr2710025.250110
Orlando Mercado429019.21137
Barry Lyons248019.23827
Charlie O'Brien286811.16209
Todd Hundley366714.20902
Pat Tabler174312.279110
Darren Reed26398.20512
Kelvin Torve203811.28902
Mario Díaz16223.13601
Kevin Baez5122.16700
Chris Jelic4111.09111
Alex Treviño9103.30002
Keith Hughes890.00000
Chuck Carr420.00000
Dave Liddell1111.00000
Lou Thornton300----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

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Frank Viola35249.220122.67182
Dwight Gooden34232.21973.83223
David Cone31211.214103.23233
Sid Fernandez30179.29143.46181
Julio Valera313.0116.924

Other pitchers

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

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Ron Darling33126.0794.5099
Bob Ojeda38118.0763.6662

Relief pitchers

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

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John Franco5553332.5356
Alejandro Peña523353.2076
Wally Whitehurst381023.2946
Jeff Musselman280205.6314
Julio Machado274103.1527
Jeff Innis181312.3912
Dan Schatzeder60000.002
Kevin Brown20000.000

Farm system

References

References

  1. "Gary Carter".
  2. "John Mitchell".
  3. "Randy Myers".
  4. "Juan Samuel".
  5. "D.J. Dozier".
  6. Nemec, David. (2008). "Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Firsts". SIGNET.
  7. "1990 New York Mets Roster".
  8. "1st Round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft".
  9. "Mario Díaz".
  10. "Pat Tabler".
  11. "Julio Machado".
  12. "Dan Schatzeder".
  13. Johnson, Lloyd. (2007). "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". [[Baseball America]].
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