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Daily Standings Apr: 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 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

1997 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 Greg McMichael 70 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .667 .667 .667 Todd Hundley 132 417 78 114 21 2 30 86 83 16 116 3 2 3 0 5 229 .273 .549 .394 Butch Huskey 142 471 61 135 26 2 24 81 25 5 84 1 8 5 0 8 237 .287 .503 .319 John Olerud 154 524 90 154 34 1 22 102 85 5 67 13 0 0 0 8 256 .294 .489 .400 Edgardo Alfonzo 151 518 84 163 27 2 10 72 63 0 56 5 11 6 8 5 224 .315 .432 .391 Carl Everett 142 443 58 110 28 3 14 57 32 3 102 7 17 9 3 2 186 .248 .420 .308 Bernard Gilkey 145 518 85 129 31 1 18 78 70 1 111 6 7 11 0 12 216 .249 .417 .338 Brian McRae 45 145 23 36 5 2 5 15 13 0 22 2 3 4 1 1 60 .248 .414 .317 Jason Hardtke 30 56 9 15 2 0 2 8 4 1 6 1 1 1 0 1 23 .268 .411 .323 Lance Johnson 72 265 43 82 10 6 1 24 33 2 21 0 15 10 0 1 107 .309 .404 .385 Matt Franco 112 163 21 45 5 0 5 21 13 4 23 0 1 0 0 0 65 .276 .399 .330 Todd Pratt 39 106 12 30 6 0 2 19 13 0 32 2 0 1 0 0 42 .283 .396 .372 Carlos Baerga 133 467 53 131 25 1 9 52 20 1 54 3 2 6 3 5 185 .281 .396 .311 Manny Alexander 54 149 26 37 9 3 2 15 9 1 38 1 11 0 1 1 58 .248 .389 .294 Luis Lopez 78 178 19 48 12 1 1 19 12 2 42 4 2 4 2 0 65 .270 .365 .330 Alex Ochoa 113 238 31 58 14 1 3 22 18 0 32 2 3 4 2 2 83 .244 .349 .300 Armando Reynoso 15 29 3 7 0 0 1 3 2 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 10 .241 .345 .281 Rick Reed 31 57 6 10 5 0 1 5 3 0 18 0 0 0 6 0 18 .175 .316 .217 Steve Bieser 47 69 16 17 3 0 0 4 7 1 20 4 2 3 0 1 20 .246 .290 .346 Andy Tomberlin 6 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .375 Shawn Gilbert 29 22 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 6 .136 .273 .174 Rey Ordonez 120 356 35 77 5 3 1 33 18 3 36 1 11 5 14 2 91 .216 .256 .255 Carlos Mendoza 15 12 6 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .500 Dave Mlicki 30 48 3 9 3 0 0 3 3 0 22 0 0 0 3 1 12 .188 .250 .231 Alberto Castillo 35 59 3 12 1 0 0 7 9 0 16 0 0 1 2 1 13 .203 .220 .304 Brian Bohanon 20 33 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 15 0 0 0 1 1 6 .182 .182 .176 Gary Thurman 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 Bobby Jones 29 62 4 8 2 0 0 4 3 0 18 0 0 0 4 0 10 .129 .161 .169 Jason Isringhausen 6 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .143 .143 .125 Mark Clark 22 43 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 19 0 0 0 4 0 5 .047 .116 .089 Roberto Petagine 12 15 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 .067 .067 .222 Pete Harnisch 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 John Franco 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Ricardo Jordan 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Takashi Kashiwada 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Cory Lidle 51 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .167 Barry Manuel 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Joe Crawford 18 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Toby Borland 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Yorkis Perez 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Juan Acevedo 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Kevin Morgan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Mel Rojas 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Ricky Trlicek 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Turk Wendell 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1997 New York Mets Regular Season Pitching Statistics Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Rick Reed 33 208.1 13 9 0.591 186 76 67 19 113 31 31 2 0 0 2.89 Dave Mlicki 32 193.2 8 12 0.400 194 89 86 21 157 76 32 1 1 0 4.00 Bobby Jones 30 193.1 15 9 0.625 177 88 78 24 125 63 30 2 1 0 3.63 Mark Clark 23 142.0 8 7 0.533 158 74 67 18 72 47 22 1 0 0 4.25 Brian Bohanon 19 94.1 6 4 0.600 95 49 40 9 66 34 14 0 0 0 3.82 Armando Reynoso 16 91.1 6 3 0.667 95 47 46 7 47 29 16 1 1 0 4.53 Greg McMichael 73 87.2 7 10 0.412 73 34 29 8 81 27 0 0 0 7 2.98 Cory Lidle 54 81.2 7 2 0.778 86 38 32 7 54 20 2 0 0 2 3.53 John Franco 59 60.0 5 3 0.625 49 18 17 3 53 20 0 0 0 36 2.55 Juan Acevedo 25 47.2 3 1 0.750 52 24 19 6 33 22 2 0 0 0 3.59 Joe Crawford 19 46.1 4 3 0.571 36 18 17 7 25 13 2 0 0 0 3.30 Takashi Kashiwada 35 31.1 3 1 0.750 35 15 15 4 19 18 0 0 0 0 4.31 Jason Isringhausen 6 29.2 2 2 0.500 40 27 25 3 25 22 6 0 0 0 7.58 Ricardo Jordan 22 27.0 1 2 0.333 31 17 16 1 19 15 0 0 0 0 5.33 Mel Rojas 23 26.1 0 2 0.000 24 17 15 4 32 6 0 0 0 2 5.13 Pete Harnisch 6 25.2 0 1 0.000 35 24 23 5 12 11 5 0 0 0 8.06 Barry Manuel 19 25.2 0 1 0.000 35 18 15 6 21 13 0 0 0 0 5.26 Turk Wendell 13 16.1 0 0 0.000 15 10 9 3 10 14 0 0 0 1 4.96 Toby Borland 13 13.1 0 1 0.000 11 9 9 1 7 14 0 0 0 1 6.08 Ricky Trlicek 9 9.0 0 0 0.000 10 9 8 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 8.00 Yorkis Perez 9 8.2 0 1 0.000 15 8 8 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 8.31

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1997

Pitcher G. McMichael 73 J. Franco 59 C. Lidle 54 T. Kashiwada 35 R. Reed 33 D. Mlicki 32 B. Jones 30 J. Acevedo 25 M. Clark 23 M. Rojas 23 R. Jordan 22 J. Crawford 19 B. Manuel 19 B. Bohanon 19 A. Reynoso 16 T. Wendell 13 T. Borland 13 Y. Perez 9 R. Trlicek 9 P. Harnisch 6 J. Isringhausen 6 Catcher T. Hundley 122 T. Pratt 36 A. Castillo 34 S. Bieser 2 First Base J. Olerud 146 B. Huskey 22 M. Franco 13 R. Petagine 6 Second Base C. Baerga 131 M. Alexander 31 J. Hardtke 21 L. Lopez 20 S. Gilbert 8 E. Alfonzo 3 Third Base E. Alfonzo 143 M. Franco 39 B. Huskey 15 L. Lopez 4 S. Gilbert 3 M. Alexander 1 J. Hardtke 1 K. Morgan 1 Shortstop R. Ordonez 118 L. Lopez 45 M. Alexander 26 E. Alfonzo 12 S. Gilbert 6 Outfield B. Gilkey 136 C. Everett 128 B. Huskey 92 A. Ochoa 88 L. Johnson 66 B. McRae 41 S. Bieser 21 G. Thurman 7 C. Mendoza 3 A. Tomberlin 2 R. Petagine 1 M. Franco 1 S. Gilbert 1 Left Field B. Gilkey 136 B. Huskey 30 S. Bieser 9 C. Everett 9 G. Thurman 3 C. Mendoza 2 A. Tomberlin 1 M. Franco 1 R. Petagine 1 S. Gilbert 1 Center Field C. Everett 71 L. Johnson 66 B. McRae 41 S. Bieser 13 G. Thurman 4 A. Ochoa 4 C. Mendoza 3 B. Gilkey 1 Right Field A. Ochoa 84 B. Huskey 72 C. Everett 65 S. Bieser 1 A. Tomberlin 1 G. Thurman 1 Designated Hitter B. Huskey 4 B. Gilkey 2 T. Hundley 2 M. Franco 1 A. Ochoa 1

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