1993 New York Mets
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Shea Stadium
City	New York
Record	59–103 (.364)
Divisional place	7th
Owners	Fred Wilpon andNelson Doubleday, Jr.
General managers	Al Harazin,Joe McIlvaine
Managers	Jeff Torborg,Dallas Green
Television	WWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York (Ralph Kiner,Tim McCarver,Fran Healy,Rusty Staub)
Radio	WFAN (Bob Murphy,Gary Cohen,Todd Kalas) WSKQ-FM (spanish) (Juan Alicea,Billy Berroa, Renato Morffi, Armando Talavera)
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The1993New York Mets season was the 32nd season in the history of the franchise. The team sought to improve on its 72–90 mark from 1992. Instead, the Mets slid back and for the first time since 1967 lost 100 games. The Mets finished with a 59–103 record, their fifth worst in history, and finished in last place in theNational League East. They played all of their home games atShea Stadium. As of 2024, this was the most recent 100-loss season for the Mets.

The 1993 Mets entered the season after a disappointing 1992 campaign where their major player acquisitions, designed to help the team return to contending for a division title, largely fizzled out. Their biggest acquisition, outfielderBobby Bonilla, did not perform up to fans' expectations and was frequently booed by the local fans. PitcherBret Saberhagen and second basemanWillie Randolph, two more major pickups in the previous offseason, were injured much of the season and largely ineffective. One of the few bright spots wasEddie Murray, who led the team with 91 RBI to go along with 16 home runs, but besides he and Bonilla (74 RBI, 19 home runs) no Met reached 50 RBI or 15 home runs. Murray's .261 average led the regulars, who all struggled to record hits; shortstopDick Schofield, for instance, recorded over 400 plate appearances but could not manage to reach 100 hits.Howard Johnson, the 1991 National League home run and RBI champion, also battled injuries and saw his totals fall off significantly. The pitching staff was not much better off, asDwight Gooden recorded his worst season as a major leaguer and the team left a hole in its rotation by trading away aceDavid Cone in August; Gooden's 12 wins led the team.

ManagerJeff Torborg, who had come off two consecutive winning seasons with theChicago White Sox, found himself unable to maintain control of the team. He had a particularly testy relationship with outfielderVince Coleman, which eventually resulted in the former stolen base king's suspension in September.

The Mets were not as aggressive in pursuing other players as they had been in 1992 but made a splash in a trade, acquiring All-Star shortstopTony Fernández in a trade with theSan Diego Padres. Another significant acquisition was veteran starterFrank Tanana, who had spent the last eight years with theDetroit Tigers and would give the rotation an additional veteran to go with Gooden, Fernandez, and Saberhagen.

• October 26, 1992:Wally Whitehurst,D. J. Dozier and a player to be named later were traded by the Mets to theSan Diego Padres forTony Fernández. The Mets completed the deal by sendingRaul Casanova to the Padres on December 7.^[1]
• November 17, 1992:José Martínez was drafted from the Mets by theFlorida Marlins in the1992 Major League Baseball expansion draft.^[2]
• December 2, 1992:Roger Mason was signed as a free agent by the Mets.^[3]
• December 17, 1992: Roger Mason and Mike Freitas (minors) were traded by the Mets to theSan Diego Padres forMike Maddux.^[3]
• December 22, 1992: Mauro Gozzo was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.^[4]
• December 28, 1992:Eric Bullock was signed as a free agent by the Mets.^[5]

The Mets first game of the season was reminiscent of the first game of their1969 championship season, as they hosted an expansion team in their very first game in franchise history; this time, theColorado Rockies.

Once again, trouble courted the Mets in 1993. AfterBob Klapisch and John Harper's chronicle of the 1992 season,The Worst Team Money Could Buy, came out early in the season, Bobby Bonilla confronted Klapisch after a game and tried to provoke him into a physical confrontation. In June, Bret Saberhagen filled a Super Soaker water gun with bleach and shot it at reporters in the clubhouse. Vince Coleman once again found himself in trouble when he struck Dwight Gooden with a golf club while swinging it wildly in the clubhouse and injured him. Later in the season, while in the car ofLos Angeles Dodgers outfielderEric Davis, Coleman tossed a lit firecracker toward a crowd of autograph seekers atDodger Stadium, injuring three people when it exploded. This proved to be the last straw for the Mets and Coleman; he was placed on administrative leave following the incident and the team later announced that Coleman would not be with the team going forward.

After thirty-eight games, the Mets had decided enough was enough and relieved Torborg of his duties as manager. He became the third straight Mets skipper to be fired before the end of the season, followingDavey Johnson andBud Harrelson.Dallas Green, who had not managed a team since he was fired by theNew York Yankees as their manager during the 1989 season but had been serving as a scout for the Mets, was promoted to replace him. With the team standing at 13-25, Green recorded only forty-six victories in his abbreviated first campaign and brought the Mets home with the worst record in baseball. The team's poor record also cost second year general managerAl Harazin his job, with the team hiringSan Diego Padres general managerJoe McIlvaine to replace him.

Despite the poor record, some positives came from the Mets' lineup. Bonilla returned to the All-Star Game and hit a career high 34 home runs. Second basemanJeff Kent, in his first full year as a starter, added 21 home runs with 80 RBI. Eddie Murray tallied 27 home runs, led the team with a .285 average, and recorded 100 RBI, the first time he had done that since he was with theBaltimore Orioles in 1985. 1993 also saw the debut ofBobby Jones, a rookie who would become a frontline starter for the Mets in the coming years.

One of the stranger stories of the 1993 season was thelosing streak recorded by pitcherAnthony Young. After winning his first two decisions of the 1992 season, Young would lose his final fourteen of the year. He picked up right where he left off in 1993, dropping thirteen straight games where he factored into the decision^[6] and breaking a record that was held byBoston Braves pitcherCliff Curtis, who lost 23 straight decisions over the course of the 1910 and 1911 seasons.

Young's losing streak was snapped at 27 on July 28 against the expansionFlorida Marlins. Young allowed an unearned run in the top of the ninth to give the Marlins a 4-3 lead.^[6] The Mets scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth against closerBryan Harvey to win the game 5-4. The win was the only one Young recorded in 1993, and he went on to finish with a team high sixteen losses in thirty-nine appearances with ten starts.

• Bobby Bonilla
• Vince Coleman
• Tony Fernández
• Dwight Gooden
• Todd Hundley
• Howard Johnson
• Jeff Kent
• Eddie Murray
• Joe Orsulak^[7]

• April 23, 1993:Jeff Kaiser was selected off waivers by the Mets from theCincinnati Reds.^[8]
• May 14, 1993:Ced Landrum was signed as a free agent by the Mets.^[9]
• June 11, 1993: Tony Fernández was traded by the Mets to theToronto Blue Jays forDarrin Jackson.^[10]
• June 12, 1993:Wayne Housie was traded by the Mets to theMilwaukee Brewers forJosías Manzanillo.^[11]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; OPS = OBP + SLG (On base + slugging percentage)

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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

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

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

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• 1993 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
• 1993 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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