1988 New York Mets season

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1988 New York Mets
Major league affiliations
Location
1988 Information
Owner(s) Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General Manager(s) Frank Cashen
Manager(s) Davey Johnson
Local television WOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub)
Local radio WFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne)
WJIT (spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)

The New York Mets' 1988 season was the 27th regular season for the Mets. They went 100-60 and finished 1st in the NL East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

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[edit] Offseason

  • December 11, 1987: Jesse Orosco was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Oakland Athletics and New York Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Bob Welch and Matt Young to the Oakland Athletics. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to the New York Mets. The Oakland Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to the New York Mets.
  • December 11, 1987: Rafael Santana was traded by the New York Mets with Victor Garcia (minors) to the New York Yankees for Darren Reed, Phil Lombardi, and Steve Frey. [1]
  • March 26, 1988: Randy Milligan was traded by the New York Mets with Scott Henion (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mackey Sasser and Tim Drummond. [2]

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Season Standings

NL East W L Pct. GB
New York Mets 100 60 .625 --
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 75 .531 15
Montreal Expos 81 81 .500 20
Chicago Cubs 77 85 .475 24
St. Louis Cardinals 76 86 .469 25
Philadelphia Phillies 65 96 .404 35.5

[edit] Roster

1988 New York Mets roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] NLCS

Main article: 1988 National League Championship Series

[edit] Game 1

October 4: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

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

[edit] Game 2

October 5: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 0
Los Angeles 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 6 7 0
WP: Tim Belcher (1-0)  LP: David Cone (0-1)  SV: Alejandro Pena (1)
HR: NYM – Keith Hernandez (1); LA – None.

[edit] Game 3

October 8: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 2
New York 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 X 8 9 2
WP: Randy Myers (2-0)  LP: Alejandro Pena (0-1)
HR: LA – None.; NYM – None.

[edit] 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 7 1
New York 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 2
WP: Alejandro Pena (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)

[edit] Game 5

October 10: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 7 12 0
New York 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 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)

[edit] Game 6

October 11: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 11 0
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
WP: David Cone (1-1)  LP: Tim Leary (0-1)
HR: NYM – Kevin McReynolds (2); LA – None.

[edit] Game 7

October 12: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Los Angeles 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 10 0
WP: Orel Hershiser (1-0)  LP: Ron Darling (0-1)
HR: NYM – None.; LA – None.

[edit] Awards and Honors

1988 MLB All-Star Game

  • Darryl Strawberry

[edit] 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)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rafael Santana Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Randy Milligan Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[edit] External links

Preceded by
St. Louis Cardinals
1987		 NL East Championship Season
1988		 Succeeded by
Chicago Cubs
1989
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