1990 New York Mets season

The 1990 New York Mets season was the 29th regular season for the Mets. They went 91-71 and finished second in the National League East. They were managed by Davey Johnson and Bud Harrelson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

1990 New York Mets
The Mets playing against the Padres during a 1990 away game at Jack Murphy Stadium.
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record91-71 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersFred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General managersFrank Cashen
ManagersDavey Johnson, Bud Harrelson
Local televisionWWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub)
Local radioWFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen)
WSKQ-FM (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa, Renato Morffi)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season
  • Darryl Strawberry became the first player in Mets history to have three seasons with 100+ RBIs.
  • During the season, Frank Viola became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Mets in the 20th century.[6]

Opening Day starters
A ticket for a 1990 game between the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 9171 0.562 4 52–29 39–42
Montreal Expos 8577 0.525 10 47–34 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7785 0.475 18 39–42 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 7785 0.475 18 41–40 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7092 0.432 25 34–47 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1990 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–68–105–136–126–64–85–75–78–105–137–5
Chicago 6–6—4–86–63–911–79–911–74–148–47–58–10
Cincinnati 10–88–4—11–79–99–36–67–56–69–97–119–3
Houston 13–56–67–11—9–95–75–75–75–74–1410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–69–39–99–9—6–65–78–44–89–98–107–5
Montreal 6–67–113–97–56–6—8–1010–813–57–57–511–7
New York 8–49–96–67–57–510–8—10–810–85–77–512–6
Philadelphia 7-57–115–77–54–88–108–10—6–127–58–410–8
Pittsburgh 7–514–46–67–58–45–138–1012–6—10–28–410–8
San Diego 10–84–89–914–49–95–77–55–72–10—7–113–9
San Francisco 13–55–711–78–1010–85–75–74–84–811–7—9–3
St. Louis 5–710–83–96–65–77–116–128–108–109–33–9—

Notable transactions

Roster
1990 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMackey Sasser10027083.307641
1BDave Magadan144451148.328672
2BGreg Jefferies153604171.2831568
SSKevin Elster9231465.207945
3BHoward Johnson154590144.2442390
LFKevin McReynolds147521140.2692482
CFDaryl Boston115366100.2731245
RFDarryl Strawberry152542150.27737108

Other batters

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
Keith Miller8823360.258112
Mark Carreon8218847.2501026
Tim Teufel8017543.2461024
Mike Marshall5316339.239627
Tom O'Malley8212127.223314
Tom Herr2710025.250110
Orlando Mercado429019.21137
Barry Lyons248019.23827
Charlie O'Brien286811.16209
Todd Hundley366714.20902
Pat Tabler174312.279110
Darren Reed26398.20512
Kelvin Torve203811.28902
Mario Díaz16223.13601
Kevin Baez5122.16700
Chris Jelic4111.09111
Alex Treviño9103.30002
Keith Hughes890.00000
Chuck Carr420.00000
Dave Liddell1111.00000
Lou Thornton300----00

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Viola35249.220122.67182
Dwight Gooden34232.21973.83223
David Cone31211.214103.23233
Sid Fernandez30179.29143.46181
Julio Valera313.0116.924

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ron Darling33126.0794.5099
Bob Ojeda38118.0763.6662

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Franco5553332.5356
Alejandro Peña523353.2076
Wally Whitehurst381023.2946
Jeff Musselman280205.6314
Julio Machado274103.1527
Jeff Innis181312.3912
Dan Schatzeder60000.002
Kevin Brown20000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Steve Swisher
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Clint Hurdle
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Tim Blackwell
A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League Bill Stein
A-Short Season Pittsfield Mets New York–Penn League Jim Eschen
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Jim Thrift
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League John Tamargo

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References
  1. Gary Carter page at Baseball Reference
  2. John Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
  3. Randy Myers page at Baseball Reference
  4. Juan Samuel page at Baseball Reference
  5. D. J. Dozier page at Baseball Reference
  6. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. "1990 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  8. Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. "Mario Diaz Stats".
  10. Pat Tabler page at Baseball Reference
  11. Julio Machado page at Baseball Reference
  12. Dan Schatzeder page at Baseball Reference
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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