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1987 1989 1988 Statistical Breakdowns: Individual Players vs. Teams Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Houston Astros Los Angeles Dodgers Montreal Expos Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals

1988 Totals

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Daily Standings Apr: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Jun: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Jul: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Aug: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sep: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Oct: 1 2

1988 New York Mets Regular Season Batting Statistics Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP Darryl Strawberry 153 543 101 146 27 3 39 101 85 21 127 3 29 14 0 9 296 .269 .545 .366 Kevin McReynolds 147 552 82 159 30 2 27 99 38 3 56 4 21 0 1 5 274 .288 .496 .336 Howard Johnson 148 495 85 114 21 1 24 68 86 25 104 3 23 7 2 8 209 .230 .422 .343 Gary Carter 130 455 39 110 16 2 11 46 34 1 52 7 0 2 1 6 163 .242 .358 .301 Keith Hernandez 95 348 43 96 16 0 11 55 31 3 57 1 2 1 0 4 145 .276 .417 .333 Kevin Elster 149 406 41 87 11 1 9 37 35 12 47 3 2 0 6 0 127 .214 .313 .282 Mookie Wilson 112 378 61 112 17 5 8 41 27 2 63 2 15 4 1 2 163 .296 .431 .345 Lenny Dykstra 126 429 57 116 19 3 8 33 30 2 43 3 30 8 2 2 165 .270 .385 .321 Gregg Jefferies 29 109 19 35 8 2 6 17 8 0 10 0 5 1 0 1 65 .321 .596 .364 Tim Teufel 90 273 35 64 20 0 4 31 29 1 41 1 0 1 2 4 96 .234 .352 .306 Dave Magadan 112 314 39 87 15 0 1 35 60 4 39 2 0 1 1 3 105 .277 .334 .393 Keith Miller 40 70 9 15 1 1 1 5 6 0 10 0 0 5 3 0 21 .214 .300 .276 Mackey Sasser 60 123 9 35 10 1 1 17 6 4 9 0 0 0 0 2 50 .285 .407 .313 Mark Carreon 7 9 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 .556 1.111 .636 Dwight Gooden 34 90 8 16 1 0 1 9 1 0 18 0 0 0 9 1 20 .178 .222 .185 Lee Mazzilli 68 116 9 17 2 0 0 12 12 0 16 1 4 1 0 3 19 .147 .164 .227 David West 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 1.500 1.000 Gene Walter 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Bob Ojeda 30 61 0 10 1 0 0 3 1 0 22 0 0 0 4 0 11 .164 .180 .177 Ed Nunez 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Randy Myers 55 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .500 .250 John Mitchell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Roger McDowell 63 9 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 .333 .667 .333 Bob McClure 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Terry Leach 52 14 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .214 .143 Jeff Innis 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Sid Fernandez 31 56 1 14 2 0 0 9 5 0 14 1 0 0 7 3 16 .250 .286 .308 Ron Darling 34 82 4 18 4 2 0 4 1 0 21 0 0 0 9 0 26 .220 .317 .229 David Cone 35 80 2 12 3 0 0 2 3 0 14 0 0 1 5 0 15 .150 .188 .181 Rick Aguilera 11 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 Wally Backman 99 294 44 89 12 0 0 17 41 1 49 1 9 5 9 2 101 .303 .344 .388 Barry Lyons 50 91 5 21 7 1 0 11 3 0 12 0 0 0 3 1 30 .231 .330 .253 1988 New York Mets Regular Season Pitching Statistics Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Dwight Gooden 34 248.1 18 9 0.667 242 98 88 8 175 57 34 10 3 0 3.19 Ron Darling 34 240.2 17 9 0.654 218 97 87 24 161 60 34 7 4 0 3.25 David Cone 35 231.1 20 3 0.870 178 67 57 10 213 80 28 8 4 0 2.22 Bob Ojeda 29 190.1 10 13 0.435 158 74 61 6 133 33 29 5 5 0 2.88 Sid Fernandez 31 187.0 12 10 0.545 127 69 63 15 189 70 31 1 1 0 3.03 Terry Leach 52 92.0 7 2 0.778 95 32 26 5 51 24 0 0 0 3 2.54 Roger McDowell 62 89.0 5 5 0.500 80 31 26 1 46 31 0 0 0 16 2.63 Randy Myers 55 68.0 7 3 0.700 45 15 13 5 69 17 0 0 0 26 1.72 Rick Aguilera 11 24.2 0 4 0.000 29 20 19 2 16 10 3 0 0 0 6.93 Jeff Innis 12 19.0 1 1 0.500 19 6 4 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.89 Gene Walter 19 16.2 0 1 0.000 21 9 7 0 14 11 0 0 0 0 3.78 Ed Nunez 10 14.0 1 0 1.000 21 7 7 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 4.50 Bob McClure 14 11.0 1 0 1.000 12 5 5 1 7 2 0 0 0 1 4.09 David West 2 6.0 1 0 1.000 6 2 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 3.00 John Mitchell 1 1.0 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

1988 New York Mets League Championship Series Batting Statistics Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP Kevin McReynolds 7 28 4 7 2 0 2 4 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 15 .250 .536 .313 Lenny Dykstra 7 14 6 6 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 .429 .857 .600 Keith Hernandez 7 26 2 7 0 0 1 5 6 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 10 .269 .385 .406 Darryl Strawberry 7 30 5 9 2 0 1 6 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 14 .300 .467 .344 Randy Myers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Wally Backman 7 22 2 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 7 .273 .318 .333 Roger McDowell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Terry Leach 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 David Cone 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Rick Aguilera 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Dwight Gooden 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 Sid Fernandez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Ron Darling 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Mookie Wilson 4 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 .154 .154 .267 Tim Teufel 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Mackey Sasser 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 Lee Mazzilli 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .667 Dave Magadan 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Howard Johnson 6 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 .056 .056 .105 Gregg Jefferies 7 27 2 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 .333 .407 .438 Kevin Elster 5 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .375 .455 Gary Carter 7 27 0 6 1 1 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 .222 .333 .250

1988 New York Mets League Championship Series Pitching Statistics Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Dwight Gooden 3 18.1 0 0 0.000 10 6 6 1 20 8 2 0 0 0 2.95 David Cone 3 12.0 1 1 0.500 10 6 6 0 9 5 2 1 0 0 4.50 Rick Aguilera 3 7.0 0 0 0.000 3 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1.29 Ron Darling 2 7.0 0 1 0.000 11 9 6 0 7 4 2 0 0 0 7.71 Roger McDowell 4 6.0 0 1 0.000 6 3 3 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 4.50 Terry Leach 3 5.0 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Randy Myers 3 4.2 2 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 Sid Fernandez 1 4.0 0 1 0.000 7 6 6 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 13.50

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1988

Pitcher R. McDowell 62 R. Myers 55 T. Leach 52 D. Cone 35 R. Darling 34 D. Gooden 34 S. Fernandez 31 B. Ojeda 29 G. Walter 19 B. McClure 14 J. Innis 12 R. Aguilera 11 E. Nunez 10 D. West 2 J. Mitchell 1 Catcher G. Carter 119 M. Sasser 42 B. Lyons 32 First Base K. Hernandez 93 D. Magadan 71 L. Mazzilli 16 G. Carter 10 T. Teufel 3 B. Lyons 1 Second Base W. Backman 92 T. Teufel 84 K. Miller 16 G. Jefferies 10 Third Base H. Johnson 131 D. Magadan 48 G. Jefferies 20 K. Miller 6 G. Carter 1 M. Sasser 1 Shortstop K. Elster 148 H. Johnson 52 K. Miller 8 Outfield D. Strawberry 150 K. McReynolds 147 L. Dykstra 112 M. Wilson 104 L. Mazzilli 18 M. Carreon 4 M. Sasser 1 K. Miller 1 Left Field K. McReynolds 147 M. Wilson 16 L. Mazzilli 13 M. Carreon 4 Center Field L. Dykstra 112 M. Wilson 83 K. McReynolds 1 Right Field D. Strawberry 150 M. Wilson 18 L. Mazzilli 6 K. Miller 1 M. Sasser 1

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