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1988 New York Mets
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1962) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964) New York, New York (since 1962)
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, Charlie Slowes) WJIT (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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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.

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.^[1]
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.^[2]
March 26, 1988: Randy Milligan and Scott Henion (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mackey Sasser and Tim Drummond.^[3]

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
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

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).^[4]
August 22, 1988: Héctor Ramírez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.^[5]

Roster

1988 New York Mets

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

5 Davey Johnson

Coaches

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
C	Gary Carter	130	455	110	.242	11	46
CF	Len Dykstra	126	429	116	.270	8	33
RF	Darryl Strawberry	153	543	146	.269	39	101

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mackey Sasser	60	123	35	.285	1	17

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Randy Myers	55	7	3	26	1.72	69
John Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

NLCS

Main article: 1988 National League Championship Series

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.

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.

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.

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)

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)

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.

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.

Awards and honors

Keith Hernandez, Gold Glove Award
Keith Hernandez, Major League Record, Most Gold Gloves by a First Basemen (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
Short-Season A	Little Falls Mets	New York-Penn League	Bill Stein
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Bobby Floyd
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	John Tamargo

References

^ Jesse Orosco page at Baseball Reference
^ Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference
^ Randy Milligan page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Maksudian page at Baseball Reference
^ Héctor Ramírez page at Baseball Reference
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

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

v · d · e1988 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto

AL West	California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1988 All-Star Game • 1988 World Series

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Other titles

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