| 1990 New York Mets | ||||
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 The Mets playing against thePadres during a 1990 away game atJack Murphy Stadium. | ||||
| League | National League | |||
| Division | East | |||
| Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |||
| City | New York City,New York | |||
| Record | 91–71 (.562) | |||
| Divisional place | 2nd | |||
| Owners | Fred Wilpon andNelson Doubleday, Jr. | |||
| General manager | Frank Cashen | |||
| Managers | Davey Johnson,Bud Harrelson | |||
| Television | WWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York (Ralph Kiner,Tim McCarver,Fran Healy,Rusty Staub) | |||
| Radio | WFAN (Bob Murphy,Gary Cohen) WSKQ-FM (Spanish) (Juan Alicea,Billy Berroa, Renato Morffi) | |||
| Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |||
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The1990New York Mets season was the 29th regular season for the Mets. They went 91–71 and finished second in theNational League East, four games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates. The Mets were managed byDavey Johnson andBud Harrelson. They played home games atShea Stadium. Despite not making the postseason for the second consecutive year, they would have their last winning season until 1997.
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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 49–32 | 46–35 |
| New York Mets | 91 | 71 | .562 | 4 | 52–29 | 39–42 |
| Montreal Expos | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 | 47–34 | 38–43 |
| Chicago Cubs | 77 | 85 | .475 | 18 | 39–42 | 38–43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 85 | .475 | 18 | 41–40 | 36–45 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 70 | 92 | .432 | 25 | 34–47 | 36–45 |
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| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
| Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 7–5 | |||||
| Chicago | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–10 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 10–8 | 8–4 | — | 11–7 | 9–9 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 9–3 | |||||
| Houston | 13–5 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 9–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–14 | 10–8 | 6–6 | |||||
| Los Angeles | 12–6 | 9–3 | 9–9 | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 7–5 | |||||
| Montreal | 6–6 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–7 | |||||
| New York | 8–4 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 12–6 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 7-5 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–10 | — | 6–12 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 10–8 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 7–5 | 14–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 12–6 | — | 10–2 | 8–4 | 10–8 | |||||
| San Diego | 10–8 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 2–10 | — | 7–11 | 3–9 | |||||
| San Francisco | 13–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 11–7 | — | 9–3 | |||||
| St. Louis | 5–7 | 10–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 9–3 | 3–9 | — | |||||
| 1990 New York Mets | |||||||||
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| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager Coaches
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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 |
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| C | Mackey Sasser | 100 | 270 | 83 | .307 | 6 | 41 |
| 1B | Dave Magadan | 144 | 451 | 148 | .328 | 6 | 72 |
| 2B | Gregg Jefferies | 153 | 604 | 171 | .283 | 15 | 68 |
| SS | Kevin Elster | 92 | 314 | 65 | .207 | 9 | 45 |
| 3B | Howard Johnson | 154 | 590 | 144 | .244 | 23 | 90 |
| LF | Kevin McReynolds | 147 | 521 | 140 | .269 | 24 | 82 |
| CF | Daryl Boston | 115 | 366 | 100 | .273 | 12 | 45 |
| RF | Darryl Strawberry | 152 | 542 | 150 | .277 | 37 | 108 |
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 |
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| Keith Miller | 88 | 233 | 60 | .258 | 1 | 12 |
| Mark Carreon | 82 | 188 | 47 | .250 | 10 | 26 |
| Tim Teufel | 80 | 175 | 43 | .246 | 10 | 24 |
| Mike Marshall | 53 | 163 | 39 | .239 | 6 | 27 |
| Tom O'Malley | 82 | 121 | 27 | .223 | 3 | 14 |
| Tom Herr | 27 | 100 | 25 | .250 | 1 | 10 |
| Orlando Mercado | 42 | 90 | 19 | .211 | 3 | 7 |
| Barry Lyons | 24 | 80 | 19 | .238 | 2 | 7 |
| Charlie O'Brien | 28 | 68 | 11 | .162 | 0 | 9 |
| Todd Hundley | 36 | 67 | 14 | .209 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Tabler | 17 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 1 | 10 |
| Darren Reed | 26 | 39 | 8 | .205 | 1 | 2 |
| Kelvin Torve | 20 | 38 | 11 | .289 | 0 | 2 |
| Mario Díaz | 16 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Baez | 5 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jelic | 4 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Treviño | 9 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Keith Hughes | 8 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Carr | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Liddell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Thornton | 3 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Frank Viola | 35 | 249.2 | 20 | 12 | 2.67 | 182 |
| Dwight Gooden | 34 | 232.2 | 19 | 7 | 3.83 | 223 |
| David Cone | 31 | 211.2 | 14 | 10 | 3.23 | 233 |
| Sid Fernandez | 30 | 179.2 | 9 | 14 | 3.46 | 181 |
| Julio Valera | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.92 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Ron Darling | 33 | 126.0 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 | 99 |
| Bob Ojeda | 38 | 118.0 | 7 | 6 | 3.66 | 62 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| John Franco | 55 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 2.53 | 56 |
| Alejandro Peña | 52 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3.20 | 76 |
| Wally Whitehurst | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.29 | 46 |
| Jeff Musselman | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.63 | 14 |
| Julio Machado | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.15 | 27 |
| Jeff Innis | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.39 | 12 |
| Dan Schatzeder | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Kevin Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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