1988 New York Mets
National League East Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
OwnersFred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General managersFrank Cashen
ManagersDavey 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)
Seasons

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

Regular season

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

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 10060 0.625 — 56–24 44–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8575 0.531 15 43–38 42–37
Montreal Expos 8181 0.500 20 43–38 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7785 0.475 24 39–42 38–43
St. Louis Cardinals 7686 0.469 25 41–40 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6596 0.404 35½ 38–42 27–54

Record vs. opponents

1988 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–75–135–134–144–84–86–65–58–105–133–9
Chicago 7–5—6–67–54–8–19–99–98–107–118–45–77–11
Cincinnati 13–56–6—9–97–115–74–79–37–510–811–76–6
Houston 13–55–79–9—9–96–65–78–48–46–127–116–6
Los Angeles 14–48–4–111–79–9—8–41–1011–16–67–1112–67–5
Montreal 8–49–97–56–64–8—6–129–9–18–104–87–513–5
New York 8–49–97–47–510–112–6—10–812–67–54–814–4
Philadelphia 6-610–83–94–81–119–9–18–10—7–114–77–56–12
Pittsburgh 5–511–75–74–86–610–86–1211–7—8–48–411–7
San Diego 10–84–88–1012–611–78–45–77–44–8—8–106–6
San Francisco 13–57–57–1111–76–125–78–45–74–810–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–311–76–66–65–75–134–1412–67–116–65–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1988 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1988 regular season game log: 100–60 (Home: 56–24; Away: 44–36)
April: 15–6 (Home: 6–2; Away: 9–4)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
1April 43:25 pm EDT@ ExposW 10–655,4131–0W1
2April 67:35 pm EDT@ ExposL 1–511,1121–1L1
3April 77:35 pm EDT@ ExposW 8–510,1932–1W1
4April 87:35 pm EDT@ PhilliesL 1–521,9212–2L1
5April 93:20 pm EDT@ PhilliesL 3–930,9942–3L2
6April 101:35 pm EDT@ PhilliesW 4–351,7813–3W1
7April 121:35 pm EDTExposW 3–048,7194–3W2
8April 141:40 pm EDTExposW 1–019,6125–3W3
9April 157:35 pm EDTCardinalsW 3–0 (6)33,0946–3W4
10April 161:30 pm EDTCardinalsW 6–440,5827–3W5
11April 171:35 pm EDTCardinalsW 3–248,7608–3W6
12April 187:50 pm EDTPhilliesL 7–1014,9318–4L1
13April 197:37 pm EDTPhilliesL 2–1024,5558–5L2
14April 207:41 pm EDTPhilliesW 6–227,7149–5W1
15April 228:35 pm EDT@ CardinalsW 4–047,20710–5W2
16April 238:05 pm EDT@ CardinalsW 12–945,11011–5W3
17April 242:15 pm EDT@ CardinalsL 4–541,61711–6L1
May: 19–9 (Home: 9–5; Away: 10–4)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
June: 15–13 (Home: 11–4; Away: 4–9)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
July: 14–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–7)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
August: 15–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–7)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
September: 20–6 (Home: 12–1; Away: 8–5)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Mets team member

Postseason Game log

1988 Postseason game log: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–2)
NL Championship Series: vs. New York Mets 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–2)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

Game 1

October 4: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 000 000 003 381
Los Angeles 100 000 100 240
WP: Randy Myers (1–0)  LP: Jay Howell (0–1)
HR: NYM – None.; LA – None.

Game 2

October 5: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 000 200 001 360
Los Angeles 140 010 00X 670
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 021 000 010 472
New York 001 002 05X 892
WP: Randy Myers (2–0)  LP: Alejandro Peña (0–1)
HR: LA – None.; NYM – None.

Game 4

October 9: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Los Angeles 200 000 002 001 571
New York 000 301 000 000 4102
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 000 330 001 7120
New York 000 030 010 491
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 101 021 000 5110
Los Angeles 000 010 000 152
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 000 000 000 052
Los Angeles 150 000 00X 6100
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)[6]
  • 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

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Mike Cubbage
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Tucker Ashford
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Clint Hurdle
A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League Butch Hobson
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Bill Stein
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Bobby Floyd
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League John Tamargo

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie, Kingsport[7]

References

  1. ↑ Jesse Orosco at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Rafael Santana at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Randy Milligan at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Mike Maksudian at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ 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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