1998 New York Mets

88-74 • 0.543 Win% • 2nd in NL E

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
74 Losses
0.543 Win %
2nd Rank
706 R 645 RA
Diff +61

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⚡ Quick Stats

706 Runs Scored
645 Runs Allowed
+61 Run Diff
2,287K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 NL Average

Batting Avg .258 1% below the 1998 league average (.261)
OBP .328 equal to the 1998 league average (.327)
SLG .332 5% below the 1998 league average (.348)
Team ERA 3.76 11% better than the 1998 league average (4.23)
Runs Scored 706 5% below the 1998 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShea Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,287,942
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Avg per Game 28,246

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 John Olerud 0.354 2 Mike Piazza 0.348 3 Edgardo Alfonzo 0.278 4 Todd Pratt 0.275 5 Matt Franco 0.273

Home Runs

1 Mike Piazza 23 2 John Olerud 22 3 Brian McRae 21 4 Edgardo Alfonzo 17 5 Butch Huskey 13

RBI

1 John Olerud 93 2 Brian McRae 79 3 Edgardo Alfonzo 78 4 Mike Piazza 76 5 Butch Huskey 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Edgardo Alfonzo 144 557 94 155 0 0 17 78 65 77 8 0.278
John Olerud 160 557 91 197 0 0 22 93 96 73 2 0.354
Brian McRae 159 552 79 146 0 0 21 79 80 90 20 0.264
Carlos Baerga 147 511 46 136 0 0 7 53 24 55 0 0.266
Rey Ordonez 153 505 46 124 0 0 1 42 23 60 3 0.246
Mike Piazza 109 394 67 137 0 0 23 76 47 53 1 0.348
Butch Huskey 113 369 43 93 0 0 13 59 26 66 7 0.252
Luis Lopez 117 266 37 67 0 0 2 22 20 60 2 0.252
Bernard Gilkey 82 264 33 60 0 0 4 28 32 66 5 0.227
Tony Phillips 52 188 25 42 0 0 3 14 38 44 1 0.223
Lenny Harris 75 168 18 39 0 0 6 17 9 12 5 0.232
Matt Franco 103 161 20 44 0 0 1 13 23 26 0 0.273
Todd Hundley 53 124 8 20 0 0 3 12 16 55 1 0.161
Rich Becker 49 100 15 19 0 0 3 10 21 42 3 0.190
Alberto Castillo 38 83 13 17 0 0 2 7 9 17 0 0.205
Todd Pratt 41 69 9 19 0 0 2 18 2 20 0 0.275
Rick Reed 31 64 6 8 0 0 1 5 3 21 0 0.125
Al Leiter 28 57 1 6 0 0 0 4 7 32 0 0.105
Jermaine Allensworth 34 54 9 11 0 0 2 4 2 16 0 0.204
Tim Spehr 21 51 3 7 0 0 0 3 7 16 1 0.137
Jim Tatum 35 50 4 9 0 0 2 13 3 19 0 0.180
Bobby Jones 30 48 1 9 0 0 0 4 2 21 0 0.188
Masato Yoshii 29 48 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 27 0 0.062
Jorge Fabregas 20 32 3 6 0 0 1 5 1 6 0 0.188
Wayne Kirby 26 31 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 0.194
Hideo Nomo 17 30 3 8 0 0 0 3 1 11 0 0.267
Armando Reynoso 11 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.167
Jay Payton 15 22 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.318
Preston Wilson 8 20 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 8 1 0.300
Craig Paquette 7 19 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.263
Dave Mlicki 10 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.188
Benny Agbayani 11 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.133
Rick Wilkins 5 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.133
Brian Bohanon 25 14 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0.429
Willie Blair 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.250
Turk Wendell 66 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dennis Cook 73 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Shawn Gilbert 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Todd Haney 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
John Franco 61 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Kinkade 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rigo Beltran 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ralph Milliard 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Pulsipher 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Tam 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brad Clontz 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Hudek 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg McMichael 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mel Rojas 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dennis Cook 2.38 2 Al Leiter 2.47 3 Turk Wendell 2.93 4 Brian Bohanon 3.15 5 Rick Reed 3.48

Wins

1 Al Leiter 17 2 Rick Reed 16 3 Bobby Jones 9 4 Dennis Cook 8 5 Armando Reynoso 7

Strikeouts

1 Al Leiter 174 2 Rick Reed 153 3 Masato Yoshii 117 4 Bobby Jones 115 5 Hideo Nomo 94
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rick Reed 16 11 3.48 31 31 0 212.1 29 153
Bobby Jones 9 9 4.05 30 30 0 195.1 53 115
Al Leiter 17 6 2.47 28 28 0 193.0 71 174
Masato Yoshii 6 8 3.93 29 29 0 171.2 53 117
Hideo Nomo 4 5 4.82 17 16 0 89.2 56 94
Turk Wendell 5 1 2.93 66 0 4 76.2 33 58
Armando Reynoso 7 3 3.82 11 11 0 68.1 32 40
Dennis Cook 8 4 2.38 73 0 1 68.0 27 79
John Franco 0 8 3.62 61 0 38 64.2 29 59
Mel Rojas 5 2 6.05 50 0 2 58.0 30 41
Dave Mlicki 1 4 5.68 10 10 0 57.0 25 39
Brian Bohanon 2 4 3.15 25 4 0 54.1 21 39
Willie Blair 1 1 3.14 11 2 0 28.2 10 21
John Hudek 1 4 4.00 28 0 0 27.0 19 28
Greg McMichael 1 2 3.97 22 0 0 22.2 14 22
Bill Pulsipher 0 0 6.91 15 1 0 14.1 5 13
Jeff Tam 1 1 6.28 15 0 0 14.1 4 8
Rigo Beltran 0 0 3.38 7 0 0 8.0 4 5
Brad Clontz 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 2

👥 Roster (49)

Benny Agbayani Edgardo Alfonzo Jermaine Allensworth Carlos Baerga Rich Becker Rigo Beltran Willie Blair Brian Bohanon Alberto Castillo Brad Clontz Dennis Cook Jorge Fabregas +37 more

49 players

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