1989 New York Mets season

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1989 New York Mets
Major league affiliations
Location
1989 Information
Owner(s) Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General Manager(s) Frank Cashen
Manager(s) Davey Johnson
Local television WWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub)
Local radio WFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen)
WJIT (spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa, Armando Talavera)

The New York Mets' 1989 season was the 28th regular season for the Mets. They went 87-75 and finished 2nd in the NL East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

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[edit] Regular Season

NL East W L Pct. GB
Chicago Cubs 93 69 .574 --
New York Mets 87 75 .537 6
St. Louis Cardinals 86 76 .531 7
Montreal Expos 81 81 .500 12
Pittsburgh Pirates 74 88 .457 19
Philadelphia Phillies 67 95 .414 26

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • June 18, 1989: Len Dykstra was traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later and Roger McDowell to the Philadelphia Phillies for Juan Samuel. The New York Mets sent Tom Edens (July 27, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
  • July 31, 1989 – The New York Mets sent Mookie Wilson to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Jeff Musselman and Mike Brady.
  • July 31, 1989: Frank Viola was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Mets for a player to be named later, Rick Aguilera, David West, Kevin Tapani, and Tim Drummond. The New York Mets sent Jack Savage (October 16, 1989) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

[edit] Roster

1989 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] Awards and Honors

[edit] External links

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1989 MLB season by team
AL East
AL West
NL East
Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
NL West
1989 All-Star Game • 1989 World Series


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