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1998 New York Mets season

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1998 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersNelson Doubleday Jr., Fred Wilpon
General managerSteve Phillips
ManagerBobby Valentine
TelevisionWWOR-TV/Fox Sports New York
(Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne)
RadioWFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ed Coleman)
WADO (spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 New York Mets season was the 37th regular season for the Mets. Like the previous season, they finished the season with a record of 88–74. Despite placing second in the National League East, the Mets fell one game short of playoff contention following a catastrophic collapse during the final week of the season, losing their final five games of the season. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Despite the collapse, the season is most remembered for the trade acquisition of All-Star and future Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza in May from the Florida Marlins (Piazza had been just traded from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Marlins a week earlier before his Mets trade). Upon the trade to New York, Piazza instantly became the team's best player and face of the franchise.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Despite their collapse toward the end of the season, the 1998 season was notable for the Mets due in large part to the acquisition of All-Star catcher Mike Piazza. The Mets were in need of a catcher due to an injury suffered by their own star catcher Todd Hundley, and took advantage of both Piazza's disagreement over a new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the ongoing salary dumping by the defending World Series champion Florida Marlins; unable to negotiate a deal, the Dodgers traded Piazza to the Marlins, who turned around several days later and dealt Piazza to the Mets for outfield prospect Preston Wilson, among others. Piazza contributed a .348 average with 23 home runs and 76 RBI during his time with the Mets and once again was voted to the National League All-Star team. Hundley, meanwhile, attempted to make a move to left field when he rejoined the team, but it did not work. His tenure with the Mets ended when he was traded to the Dodgers after the season.

John Olerud was again the hitting star for the Mets. He recorded a .354 average, the second best in all of baseball behind Larry Walker, and once again led the team with 93 RBI, to go with his 22 home runs. On the pitching side, another Marlins castoff made his presence felt as Al Leiter had his career best marks as a starter. Leiter won a career high seventeen games and added a 2.47 ERA. Rick Reed continued his career renaissance by adding sixteen wins of his own.

Opening Day starters

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The Mets played an unforgettable opening day game at Shea Stadium on March 31 against their division rival Philadelphia Phillies. Both of them were involved in the longest scoreless opening day game in the National League and the longest one in MLB since 1926 when the Washington Senators beat the Philadelphia Athletics 1–0 in 15 innings.[5][6][7] The Mets won the game 1–0 in 14 innings when backup catcher Alberto Castillo delivered a full-count, two-out, pinch-hit single to right with the bases loaded off Philadelphia closer Ricky Bottalico.[6] This was the first regular season baseball game played in New York in March.[8]

Notable transactions

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  • May 10, 1998: Steve Decker was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[9]
  • May 22, 1998: Mike Piazza was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Mets for Preston Wilson, Ed Yarnall, and Geoff Goetz (minors).
  • June 16, 1998: Rich Becker was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the New York Mets.[10]
  • July 3, 1998: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[11]
  • July 31, 1998: Tony Phillips was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Mets for Leo Estrella.[12]
  • July 31, 1998: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the New York Mets to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Kinkade.[13]

Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 106 56 .654 — 56‍–‍25 50‍–‍31
New York Mets 88 74 .543 18 47‍–‍34 41‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies 75 87 .463 31 40‍–‍41 35‍–‍46
Montreal Expos 65 97 .401 41 39‍–‍42 26‍–‍55
Florida Marlins 54 108 .333 52 31‍–‍50 23‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

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1998 National League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1998
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona — 1–8 5–7 4–5 6–6 6–2 4–5 4–8 6–3 2–7 4–5 2–7 6–3 3–9 5–7 2–7 5–8
Atlanta 8–1 — 3–6 7–2 5–3 7–5 4–5 8–1 7–2 6–6 9–3 8–4 7–2 5–4 7–2 6–3 9–7
Chicago 7–5 6–3 — 6–5 7–2 7–2 4–7 4–5 6–6 7–2 4–5 3–6 8–3 5–4 7–3 4–7 5–8
Cincinnati 5–4 2–7 5–6 — 4–5 9–0 3–8 5–4 6–5 8–1 3–6 4–5 5–7 1–11 2–7 8–3 7-6
Colorado 6–6 3–5 2–7 5–4 — 6–3 6–5 6–6 4–7 7–2 3–6 5–4 5–4 5–7 7–5 3–6 4–8
Florida 2–6 5–7 2–7 0–9 3–6 — 3–6 4–5 0–9 5–7 5–7 6–6 3–6 4–5 0–9 4–5 8–8
Houston 5–4 5–4 7–4 8–3 5–6 6–3 — 3–6 9–2 7–2 5–4 7–2 9–2 5–4 6–3 5–7 10–4
Los Angeles 8–4 1–8 5–4 4–5 6–6 5–4 6–3 — 5–4 5–4 3–5 5–4 7–5 5–7 6–6 4–5 8–5
Milwaukee 3–6 2–7 6–6 5–6 7–4 9–0 2–9 4–5 — 6–3 1–8 4–5 6–5 3–6 5–4 3–8 8–6
Montreal 7–2 6–6 2–7 1–8 2–7 7–5 2–7 4–5 3–6 — 8–4 5–7 2–7 4–4 3–6 3–6 6–10
New York 5–4 3–9 5–4 6–3 6–3 7–5 4–5 5–3 8–1 4–8 — 8–4 4–5 4–5 4–5 6–3 9–7
Philadelphia 7-2 4–8 6–3 5–4 4–5 6–6 2–7 4–5 5–4 7–5 4–8 — 8–1 1–8 2–6 3–6 7–9
Pittsburgh 3–6 2–7 3–8 7–5 4–5 6–3 2–9 5–7 5–6 7–2 5–4 1–8 — 5–4 2–7 6–5 6–7
San Diego 9–3 4–5 4–5 11–1 7–5 5–4 4–5 7–5 6–3 4–4 5–4 8–1 4–5 — 8–4 6–3 6–7
San Francisco 7–5 2–7 3–7 7–2 5–7 9–0 3–6 6–6 4–5 6–3 5–4 6–2 7–2 4–8 — 7–5 8–5
St. Louis 7–2 3–6 7–4 3–8 6–3 5-4 7–5 5–4 8–3 6–3 3–6 6–3 5–6 3–6 5–7 — 4–9

Game log

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Legend
Mets Win Mets Loss Game Postponed Eliminated from playoff spot
Bold = Mets team member
1998 Game Log
Overall: 88–74 (Home: 47–34; Away: 41–40)
March/April: (13–12) Home: 8–7; Away: 5–5
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
1 March 31 Phillies 1–0 (14) Wendell (1–0) Bottalico (0–1) — Shea Stadium 49,142 1–0
2 April 2 Phillies 5–6 Portugal (1–0) Leiter (0–1) Bottalico (1) Shea Stadium 13,591 1–1
3 April 3 Pirates 2–1 McMichael (1–0) Peters (0–1) — Shea Stadium 15,245 2–1
4 April 4 Pirates 7–6 (13) Wendell (2–0) Peters (0–2) — Shea Stadium 17,633 3–1
5 April 5 Pirates 7–0 Yoshii (1–0) Silva (0–1) — Shea Stadium 18,205 4–1
6 April 6 Pirates 2–4 Cordova (2–0) B. Jones (0–1) Loiselle (2) Shea Stadium 13,528 4–2
7 April 7 @ Cubs 3–2 Leiter (1–1) Gonzalez (0–1) Franco (1) Wrigley Field 16,293 5–2
– April 8 @ Cubs Postponed (rain); rescheduled for July 24
8 April 9 @ Cubs 7–8 Trachsel (2–0) Reed (0–1) Beck (5) Wrigley Field 17,313 5–3
9 April 10 @ Brewers 3–5 Juden (2–0) Mlicki (0–1) D. Jones (4) County Stadium 10,330 5–4
10 April 11 @ Brewers 2–1 Cook (1–0) Wickman (0–3) Franco (2) County Stadium 24,140 6–4
11 April 12 @ Brewers 6–4 Wendell (3–0) P. Wagner (0–1) Rojas (1) County Stadium 10,459 7–4
– April 13 @ Brewers Postponed (rain); rescheduled for July 22
12 April 14 Cubs 6–0 Leiter (2–1) Gonzalez (0–2) — Shea Stadium 15,965 8–4
13 April 15 Cubs 2–1 Reed (1–1) Trachsel (2–1) Franco (3) Shea Stadium 16,012 9–4
14 April 16 Cubs 4–8 Tapani (3–1) Mlicki (0–2) — Shea Stadium 50,814 9–5
15 April 17 @ Reds 3–4 Remlinger (2–2) B. Jones (0–2) Shaw (5) Cinergy Field 21,384 9–6
16 April 18 @ Reds 5–4 (10) Rojas (1–0) Belinda (0–2) Franco (4) Cinergy Field 21,213 10–6
17 April 19 @ Reds 14–0 Leiter (3–1) White (0–2) — Cinergy Field 16,743 11–6
18 April 21 Astros 0–6 Hampton (4–0) Reed (1–2) — Shea Stadium 14,774 11–7
19 April 22 Astros 10–7 Cook (2–0) Henry (1–1) — Shea Stadium 12,772 12–7
– April 23 Astros Postponed (rain); rescheduled for April 27
20 April 24 Reds 3–2 B. Jones (1–2) Shaw (0–2) Franco (5) Shea Stadium 15,546 13–7
21 April 25 Reds 0–2 Weathers (2–1) Yoshii (1–1) Shaw (7) Shea Stadium 22,652 13–8
– April 26 Reds Postponed (rain); rescheduled for May 19
22 April 27 Astros 3–4 Nitkowski (1–1) Franco (0–1) B. Wagner (6) Shea Stadium 17,656 13–9
23 April 28 @ Astros 3–4 (10) Magnante (2–1) Hudek (0–1) — Astrodome 14,943 13–10
24 April 29 @ Astros 1–6 Lima (4–1) Mlicki (0–3) — Astrodome 14,448 13–11
25 April 30 Rockies 0–4 Kile (3–3) B. Jones (1–3) — Shea Stadium 12,599 13–12
May: (18–8) Home: 11–3; Away: 7–5
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
– May 1 Rockies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 18
26 May 2 Rockies 3–7 Leskanic (2–3) Cook (2–1) — Shea Stadium 19,968 13–13
27 May 3 Rockies 5–2 Reed (2–2) Astacio (2–4) — Shea Stadium 19,493 14–13
28 May 4 Diamondbacks 2–4 (11) Olson (1–1) Bohanon (0–1) — Shea Stadium 18,980 14–14
29 May 5 Diamondbacks 9–1 Mlicki (1–3) Daal (0–2) — Shea Stadium 13,205 15–14
30 May 6 Diamondbacks 8–2 Rojas (2–0) Sodowsky (1–2) — Shea Stadium 17,681 16–14
31 May 7 Cardinals 4–1 Yoshii (2–1) Osborne (1–2) Franco (6) Shea Stadium 14,715 17–14
32 May 8 Cardinals 9–2 Reed (3–2) Politte (2–2) — Shea Stadium 16,132 18–14
– May 9 Cardinals Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 20
– May 10 Cardinals Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 21
33 May 11 @ Padres 1–2 Brown (3–2) Leiter (3–2) Hoffman (10) Qualcomm Stadium 15,291 18–15
– May 12 @ Padres Postponed (rain); rescheduled for May 14
34 May 13 @ Padres 4–3 Jones (2–3) Hamilton (3–3) Franco (7) Qualcomm Stadium 14,929 19–15
35 May 14 (1) @ Padres 1–3 Boehringer (4–1) Cook (2–2) Hoffman (11) Qualcomm Stadium N/A 19–16
36 May 14 (2) @ Padres 2–6 Miceli (3–1) McMichael (1–1) — Qualcomm Stadium 26,488 19–17
37 May 15 @ Giants 2–3 Hershiser (2–3) McMichael (1–2) Nen (8) 3Com Park 14,678 19–18
38 May 16 @ Giants 4–1 Reed (4–2) Rueter (4–3) Franco (8) 3Com Park 30,131 20–18
39 May 17 @ Giants 2–4 Gardner (3–2) Leiter (3–3) Nen (9) 3Com Park 24,408 20–19
40 May 19 (1) Reds 7–3 Jones (3–3) Tomko (5–2) — Shea Stadium N/A 21–19
41 May 19 (2) Reds 5–3 Bohanon (1–1) Winchester (2–2) Franco (9) Shea Stadium 15,558 22–19
42 May 20 Reds 6–8 Harnisch (4–0) Hudek (0–2) Shaw (14) Shea Stadium 12,834 22–20
43 May 21 Reds 6–1 Yoshii (3–1) Hutton (0–1) — Shea Stadium 13,766 23–20
44 May 22 Brewers 3–2 Reed (5–2) Woodall (0–2) Franco (10) Shea Stadium 22,307 24–20
45 May 23 Brewers 3–0 Leiter (4–3) Juden (5–3) — Shea Stadium 32,908 25–20
46 May 24 Brewers 8–3 Jones (4–3) Eldred (0–4) — Shea Stadium 47,291 26–20
47 May 26 @ Marlins 10–6 Bohanon (2–1) Larkin (2–5) — Pro Player Stadium 14,760 27–20
48 May 27 @ Marlins 8–2 Yoshii (4–1) Meadows (4–5) — Pro Player Stadium 15,854 28–20
49 May 29 @ Phillies 11–0 Reed (6–2) Beech (1–3) — Veterans Stadium 21,567 29–20
50 May 30 @ Phillies 6–4 Leiter (5–3) Green (3–4) Franco (11) Veterans Stadium 30,660 30–20
51 May 31 @ Phillies 8–6 Rojas (3–0) Winston (2–1) Franco (12) Veterans Stadium 23,025 31–20
June: (12–15) Home: 6–5; Away: 6–10
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
52 June 1 @ Pirates 3–4 Schmidt (8–1) Mlicki (1–4) Rincon (4) Three Rivers Stadium 11,274 31–21
53 June 2 @ Pirates 2–5 Peters (1–3) Bohanon (2–2) Rincon (5) Three Rivers Stadium 9,040 31–22
54 June 3 @ Pirates 0–3 Lieber (3–7) Reed (6–3) Christiansen (1) Three Rivers Stadium 17,691 31–23
55 June 5 @ Red Sox 9–2 Leiter (6–3) Martinez (6–2) — Fenway Park 32,214 32–23
56 June 6 @ Red Sox 1–0 Jones (5–3) Wakefield (6–3) Franco (13) Fenway Park 32,545 33–23
57 June 7 @ Red Sox 0–5 Avery (3–1) Yoshii (4–2) — Fenway Park 30,630 33–24
58 June 8 Devil Rays 3–0 Reed (7–3) Springer (2–10) — Shea Stadium 24,186 34–24
59 June 9 Devil Rays 4–5 (11) Mecir (2–0) Hudek (0–3) R. Hernandez (12) Shea Stadium 30,336 34–25
60 June 10 Devil Rays 3–2 Leiter (7–3) White (0–3) Rojas (2) Shea Stadium 21,682 35–25
61 June 11 @ Marlins 5–3 Jones (6–3) Sanchez (3–3) Franco (14) Pro Player Stadium 14,003 36–25
62 June 12 @ Marlins 3–4 Mantei (1–0) Bohanon (2–3) — Pro Player Stadium 35,652 36–26
63 June 13 @ Marlins 7–4 Reed (8–3) Meadows (4–6) Franco (15) Pro Player Stadium 31,887 37–26
64 June 14 @ Marlins 4–5 Mantei (2–0) Hudek (0–4) — Pro Player Stadium 23,924 37–27
65 June 16 @ Expos 2–0 Leiter (8–3) Hermanson (4–6) — Olympic Stadium 12,662 38–27
66 June 17 @ Expos 4–5 Urbina (4–2) Rojas (3–1) — Olympic Stadium 7,606 38–28
67 June 18 @ Expos 6–7 Bennett (2–3) Yoshii (4–3) Urbina (17) Olympic Stadium 8,788 38–29
68 June 19 Marlins 2–3 Meadows (5–6) Reed (8–4) Mantei (1) Shea Stadium 32,738 38–30
69 June 20 Marlins 3–8 L. Hernandez (5–4) Nomo (2–8) — Shea Stadium 44,355 38–31
70 June 21 Marlins 3–2 Leiter (9–3) Fontenot (0–5) Franco (16) Shea Stadium 30,673 39–31
71 June 22 @ Orioles 2–7 Mussina (6–4) Jones (6–4) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 45,535 39–32
72 June 23 @ Orioles 6–3 Hudek (1–4) Rhodes (3–3) Franco (17) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 46,385 40–32
73 June 24 Orioles 6–3 Reed (9–4) Smith (3–4) Franco (18) Shea Stadium 29,789 41–32
74 June 25 Orioles 3–2 Cook (3–2) Benitez (2–2) — Shea Stadium 35,156 42–32
75 June 26 Yankees 4–8 Mendoza (5–1) Leiter (9–4) Rivera (19) Shea Stadium 53,404 42–33
76 June 27 Yankees 2–7 Pettitte (9–5) Jones (6–5) — Shea Stadium 53,587 42–34
77 June 28 Yankees 2–1 Cook (4–2) Mendoza (5–2) — Shea Stadium 53,749 43–34
78 June 30 @ Blue Jays 3–6 Clemens (9–6) Reed (9–5) — SkyDome 30,322 43–35
July: (13–15) Home: 7–9; Away: 6–6
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
79 July 1 @ Blue Jays 10–15 Plesac (3–2) Rojas (3–2) — SkyDome 37,252 43–36
80 July 2 @ Blue Jays 9–1 Jones (7–5) Hentgen (9–5) — SkyDome 27,325 44–36
81 July 3 @ Braves 2–3 Glavine (12–3) Bohanon (2–4) Ligtenberg (9) Turner Field 48,757 44–37
82 July 4 @ Braves 1–4 Millwood (10–4) Yoshii (4–4) — Turner Field 47,900 44–38
83 July 5 @ Braves 2–3 (11) Seanez (1–0) Franco (0–2) — Turner Field 40,430 44–39
69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
84 July 9 Expos 8–9 (11) Maddux (2–2) Franco (0–3) Urbina (21) Shea Stadium 27,193 44–40
85 July 10 Expos 6–8 Bennett (3–3) Franco (0–4) Urbina (22) Shea Stadium 36,538 44–41
86 July 11 Expos 8–4 Reed (10–5) Pavano (2–3) — Shea Stadium 48,006 45–41
87 July 12 Expos 5–2 Tam (1–0) Vazquez (3–7) Cook (1) Shea Stadium 51,568 46–41
88 July 14 Braves 2–4 Smoltz (7–2) Jones (7–6) Ligtenberg (11) Shea Stadium 38,000 46–42
89 July 15 Braves 1–12 Neagle (10–7) Yoshii (4–5) — Shea Stadium 41,347 46–43
90 July 16 Phillies 2–4 Portugal (5–2) Reed (10–6) M. Leiter (20) Shea Stadium 20,283 46–44
91 July 17 Phillies 6–0 Nomo (3–8) Loewer (4–2) — Shea Stadium 23,298 47–44
92 July 18 Phillies 7–0 A. Leiter (10–4) Green (6–6) — Shea Stadium 37,208 48–44
93 July 19 Phillies 6–7 (10) M. Leiter (3–7) Cook (4–3) — Shea Stadium 29,520 48–45
94 July 20 Pirates 1–3 Cordova (8–8) Yoshii (4–6) Rincon (11) Shea Stadium 18,088 48–46
95 July 21 Pirates 4–0 Reed (11–6) Schmidt (8–7) — Shea Stadium 22,844 49–46
96 July 22 (1) @ Brewers 7–5 Cook (5–3) Wickman (3–6) Franco (19) County Stadium N/A 50–46
97 July 22 (2) @ Brewers 6–1 Nomo (4–8) Patrick (4–1) — County Stadium 23,920 51–46
98 July 23 @ Brewers 6–5 McMichael (2–3) Myers (2–2) Franco (20) County Stadium 27,046 52–46
99 July 24 (1) @ Cubs 5–0 Reynoso (1–0) Gonzalez (7–7) — Wrigley Field N/A 53–46
100 July 24 (2) @ Cubs 7–3 Cook (6–3) Adams (7–6) — Wrigley Field 40,684 54–46
101 July 25 @ Cubs 2–3 Tapani (12–6) Franco (0–5) Beck (30) Wrigley Field 40,436 54–47
102 July 26 @ Cubs 1–3 Wood (10–5) Reed (11–7) Beck (31) Wrigley Field 40,329 54–48
103 July 28 Padres 7–3 Nomo (5–8) Ashby (14–6) McMichael (2) Shea Stadium 21,005 55–48
104 July 29 Padres 7–6 Rojas (4–2) Wall (4–3) Franco (21) Shea Stadium 23,694 56–48
105 July 30 Padres 1–3 (10) Miceli (8–4) Cook (6–4) Hoffman (34) Shea Stadium 22,882 56–49
106 July 31 Dodgers 3–4 Osuna (6–0) Franco (0–6) Shaw (32) Shea Stadium 49,407 56–50
August: (20–12) Home: 10–6; Away: 10–6
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
107 August 1 Dodgers 2–1 Reed (12–7) Shaw (2–5) — Shea Stadium 42,224 57–50
108 August 2 Dodgers 9–3 Reynoso (2–0) Bohanon (4–7) — Shea Stadium 33,843 58–50
109 August 3 Dodgers 5–8 Mlicki (6–5) McMichael (2–4) Shaw (33) Shea Stadium 24,416 58–51
110 August 4 Giants 7–6 (10) Cook (7–4) Mesa (5–5) — Shea Stadium 32,943 59–51
111 August 5 Giants 4–6 Ortiz (1–1) B. J. Jones (7–7) Nen (29) Shea Stadium 35,571 59–52
112 August 6 Giants 9–8 Wendell (4–0) Nen (7–3) — Shea Stadium 36,920 60–52
113 August 7 @ Rockies 8–7 Reed (13–7) Astacio (10–11) Franco (22) Coors Field 48,365 61–52
114 August 8 @ Rockies 4–3 Reynoso (3–0) B. M. Jones (5–5) Franco (23) Coors Field 48,312 62–52
115 August 9 @ Rockies 4–11 Kile (8–14) Nomo (5–9) — Coors Field 48,014 62–53
116 August 10 @ Cardinals 4–2 Leiter (11–4) Morris (3–2) Franco (24) Busch Stadium 41,252 63–53
117 August 11 @ Cardinals 8–3 B. J. Jones (8–7) Mercker (8–9) — Busch Stadium 34,489 64–53
118 August 12 @ Cardinals 4–5 (14) Frascatore (2–3) Franco (0–7) — Busch Stadium 34,260 64–54
119 August 14 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Reed (14–7) Telemaco (4–7) Wendell (1) Bank One Ballpark 47,562 65–54
120 August 15 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 Reynoso (4–0) Chouinard (0–2) Franco (25) Bank One Ballpark 48,307 66–54
121 August 16 @ Diamondbacks 1–6 Daal (6–7) Nomo (5–10) — Bank One Ballpark 44,537 66–55
122 August 18 (1) Rockies 6–2 Leiter (12–4) Astacio (11–12) — Shea Stadium N/A 67–55
123 August 18 (2) Rockies 6–3 Rojas (5–2) McElroy (4–3) Franco (26) Shea Stadium 21,611 68–55
124 August 19 Rockies 2–1 Yoshii (5–6) B. M. Jones (5–7) Franco (27) Shea Stadium 19,395 69–55
125 August 20 (1) Cardinals 0–2 Osborne (3–2) Blair (4–16) Acevedo (3) Shea Stadium N/A 69–56
126 August 20 (2) Cardinals 5–4 Reed (15–7) Oliver (7–9) Wendell (2) Shea Stadium 45,308 70–56
127 August 21 (1) Cardinals 5–10 Morris (4–3) Nomo (5–11) — Shea Stadium N/A 70–57
128 August 21 (2) Cardinals 1–0 Reynoso (5–0) Aybar (3–6) Franco (28) Shea Stadium 52,320 71–57
129 August 22 Diamondbacks 9–4 B. J. Jones (9–7) Benes (11–12) — Shea Stadium 42,654 72–57
130 August 23 Diamondbacks 3–4 Anderson (9–12) Leiter (12–5) Olson (22) Shea Stadium 36,039 72–58
131 August 24 Diamondbacks 5–9 Telemaco (5–8) Yoshii (5–7) Banks (1) Shea Stadium 29,850 72–59
132 August 25 @ Giants 3–7 Ortiz (2–3) Reed (15–8) — 3Com Park 20,916 72–60
133 August 26 @ Giants 4–1 Nomo (6–11) Hershiser (9–9) — 3Com Park 18,227 73–60
134 August 27 @ Giants 3–11 Darwin (8–10) Reynoso (5–1) — 3Com Park 17,823 73–61
135 August 28 @ Dodgers 5–4 (10) Cook (8–4) Shaw (3–7) Franco (29) Dodger Stadium 52,154 74–61
136 August 29 @ Dodgers 4–3 Leiter (13–5) Shaw (3–8) Franco (30) Dodger Stadium 49,181 75–61
137 August 30 @ Dodgers 2–4 Mlicki (8–6) Yoshii (5–8) — Dodger Stadium 44,746 75–62
138 August 31 @ Dodgers 8–3 Reed (16–8) Park (11–8) — Dodger Stadium 37,806 76–62
September: (12–12) Home: 5–4; Away: 7–8
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
139 September 1 @ Padres 8–9 Myers (2–2) Wendell (4–1) Hoffman (45) Qualcomm Stadium 18,489 76–63
140 September 2 @ Padres 4–1 Reynoso (6–1) Ashby (16–7) Franco (31) Qualcomm Stadium 17,565 77–63
141 September 4 Braves 2–1 Leiter (14–5) Glavine (18–6) — Shea Stadium 34,617 78–63
142 September 5 Braves 5–4 Wendell (5–1) Seanez (4–1) Franco (32) Shea Stadium 43,573 79–63
143 September 6 Braves 0–4 Smoltz (14–3) Reed (16–9) — Shea Stadium 40,311 79–64
144 September 7 Braves 8–7 McMichael (3–4) Rocker (1–2) Franco (33) Shea Stadium 22,953 80–64
145 September 8 @ Phillies 4–16 Byrd (3–2) Nomo (6–12) — Veterans Stadium 18,661 80–65
146 September 9 @ Phillies 6–2 Reynoso (7–1) Schilling (14–13) Franco (34) Veterans Stadium 16,193 81–65
147 September 10 @ Phillies 7–5 Leiter (15–5) Green (6–10) Franco (35) Veterans Stadium 16,715 82–65
148 September 11 @ Expos 1–5 Pavano (5–8) Jones (9–8) Urbina (30) Olympic Stadium 10,584 82–66
149 September 12 @ Expos 3–5 M. Maddux (3–3) Reed (16–10) Urbina (31) Olympic Stadium 22,047 82–67
150 September 13 @ Expos 1–0 Blair (5–16) Telford (3–6) Franco (36) Olympic Stadium 15,152 83–67
151 September 14 @ Astros 7–4 (13) McMichael (4–4) Magnante (4–7) Franco (37) Astrodome 24,241 84–67
152 September 15 (1) @ Astros 5–6 (12) Powell (7–5) Tam (1–1) — Astrodome N/A 84–68
153 September 15 (2) @ Astros 8–4 Leiter (16–5) Powell (7–6) Wendell (3) Astrodome 40,835 85–68
154 September 16 @ Astros 4–3 (11) McMichael (5–4) Bergman (12–9) Wendell (4) Astrodome 24,269 86–68
155 September 18 Marlins 6–7 Edmondson (4–4) Franco (0–8) Mantei (9) Shea Stadium 34,862 86–69
156 September 19 Marlins 4–3 Yoshii (6–8) Sanchez (7–9) Franco (38) Shea Stadium 52,062 87–69
157 September 20 Marlins 5–0 Leiter (17–5) Meadows (10–13) — Shea Stadium 52,767 88–69
158 September 22 Expos 3–5 Thurman (4–5) Reynoso (7–2) Urbina (33) Shea Stadium 32,467 88–70
159 September 23 Expos 0–3 Pavano (6–8) Jones (9–9) Urbina (34) Shea Stadium 29,728 88–71
160 September 25 @ Braves 5–6 Martínez (4–6) Reed (16–11) Rocker (2) Turner Field 48,443 88–72
161 September 26 @ Braves 0–4 Neagle (16–11) Leiter (17–6) — Turner Field 48,117 88–73
162 September 27 @ Braves 2–7 G. Maddux (18–9) Reynoso (7–3) — Turner Field 48,685 88–74

Roster

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1998 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Mike Piazza 109 394 137 .348 23 76
1B John Olerud 160 557 197 .354 22 93
2B Carlos Baerga 147 511 136 .266 7 53
SS Rey Ordóñez 153 505 124 .246 1 42
3B Edgardo Alfonso 144 557 155 .278 17 78
LF Bernard Gilkey 82 264 60 .227 4 28
CF Brian McRae 159 552 146 .264 21 79
RF Butch Huskey 113 369 93 .252 13 59

Other batters

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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
Luis López 117 266 67 .252 2 22
Tony Phillips 52 188 42 .223 3 14
Lenny Harris 75 168 39 .232 6 17
Matt Franco 103 161 44 .273 1 13
Todd Hundley 53 124 20 .161 3 12
Rich Becker 49 100 19 .190 3 10
Alberto Castillo 38 83 17 .205 2 7
Todd Pratt 41 69 19 .275 2 18
Jermaine Allensworth 34 54 11 .204 2 4
Tim Spehr 21 51 7 .137 0 3
Jim Tatum 35 50 9 .180 2 13
Jorge Fábregas 20 32 6 .188 1 5
Wayne Kirby 26 31 6 .194 0 0
Jay Payton 15 22 7 .218 0 0
Preston Wilson 8 20 6 .300 0 2
Craig Paquette 7 19 5 .263 0 0
Rick Wilkins 5 15 2 .133 0 1
Benny Agbayani 11 15 2 .133 0 0
Todd Haney 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Shawn Gilbert 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Mike Kinkade 3 2 0 .000 0 0
Ralph Milliard 10 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick Reed 31 212.1 16 11 3.48 153
Bobby Jones 30 195.1 9 9 4.05 115
Al Leiter 28 193.0 17 6 2.47 174
Masato Yoshii 29 171.2 6 8 3.93 117
Hideo Nomo 17 89.2 4 5 4.82 94
Armando Reynoso 11 68.1 7 3 3.82 40
Dave Mlicki 10 57.0 1 4 5.68 39

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brian Bohanon 25 54.1 2 4 3.15 39
Willie Blair 11 28.2 1 1 3.14 21

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Franco 61 0 8 38 3.62 59
Dennis Cook 73 8 4 1 2.38 79
Turk Wendell 66 5 1 4 2.93 58
Greg McMichael 52 5 3 1 4.02 44
Mel Rojas 50 5 2 2 6.05 41
John Hudek 28 1 4 0 4.00 28
Bill Pulsipher 15 0 0 0 6.91 13
Jeff Tam 15 1 1 0 6.23 8
Rigo Beltrán 7 0 0 0 3.38 5
Brad Clontz 2 0 0 0 9.00 2

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

  • Mike Piazza, Catcher, Starter
  • Rick Reed, Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Rick Dempsey
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League John Gibbons
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Howie Freiling
A Capital City Bombers South Atlantic League Doug Davis
A-Short Season Pittsfield Mets New York–Penn League Roger LaFrançois
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Tim Foli
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League John Stephenson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie, Capital City[14]

References

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  1. ^ John Olerud Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Ultimate Mets Database - Dennis Cook".
  3. ^ "Ultimate Mets Database - al Leiter".
  4. ^ "1998 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  5. ^ Salisbury, Jim (April 1, 1998). "For Openers, Zilch Phils Fall in 14th Without a Run". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E1.
  6. ^ a b Diamos, Jason (April 1, 1998). "A Midsummer Classic in March as Mets Nip Phillies". New York Times. p. C1.
  7. ^ Pedulla, Tom (April 1, 1998). "Mets edge Phillies 1-0 in 14 innings". USA Today. p. 5C.
  8. ^ Vecsey, George (April 1, 1998). "Mets Take An Opener For the Ages". New York Times. p. C1.
  9. ^ Steve Decker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ "Rich Becker Stats".
  11. ^ "Josias Manzanillo Stats".
  12. ^ Tony Phillips Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ^ Bill Pulsipher Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  14. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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