1987 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
OwnersFred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General managersFrank Cashen
ManagersDavey Johnson
TelevisionWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub)
RadioWHN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne)
WJIT (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
Seasons

The 1987 New York Mets season was the 26th regular season for the Mets. The Mets entered the season as the defending World Series champions. They went 92–70 and finished second in the National League East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. The team played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

Regular season

Standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 9270 0.568 3 49–32 43–38
Montreal Expos 9171 0.562 4 48–33 43–38
Philadelphia Phillies 8082 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8082 0.494 15 47–34 33–48
Chicago Cubs 7685 0.472 18½ 40–40 36–45

Record vs. opponents

1987 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–58–108–106–123–97–57–57–56–128–103–9
Chicago 5–6—6–68–46–610–89–98–104–149–35–76–12
Cincinnati 10–86–6—13–510–86–67–55–74–812–67–114–8
Houston 10–84–85–13—12–67–56–66–66–65–1310–85–7
Los Angeles 12–66–68–106–12—3–96–62–106–611–710–83–9
Montreal 9–38–106–65–79–3—8–1010–811–79–35–711–7
New York 5–79–95–76–66–610–8—13–512–68–49–39–9
Philadelphia 5-710–87–56–610–28–105–13—11–78–42–108–10
Pittsburgh 5–714–48–46–66–67–116–127–11—8–46–67–11
San Diego 12–63–96–1213–57–113–94–84–84–8—5–134–8
San Francisco 10–87–511–78–108–107–53–910–26–613–5—7–5
St. Louis 9–312–68–47–59–37–119–910–811–78–45–7—

Milestones

  • Howard Johnson became the eighth member of the 30–30 club by hitting for at least 30 home runs and getting at least 30 stolen bases in the same season. Johnson was the first infielder to join the 30–30 club.
  • Darryl Strawberry became the second Met in the season and the tenth member overall of the 30–30 club

Notable transactions

Roster

1987 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
CGary Carter139523123.2352083
1BKeith Hernandez154587170.2901889
2BWally Backman9430075.250123
3BHoward Johnson157554147.2653699
SSRafael Santana139439112.255544
LFKevin McReynolds151590163.2762995
CFLenny Dykstra132431123.2851043
RFDarryl Strawberry154532151.28439104

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
Mookie Wilson124385115.299934
Tim Teufel9729992.3081461
Dave Magadan8519261.318324
Barry Lyons5313033.254424
Lee Mazzilli8812438.306324
Bill Almon495413.24104
Keith Miller255119.37301
Mark Carreon9123.25001
Kevin Elster5104.40001
Al Pedrique560.00000
Gregg Jefferies663.50002
Clint Hurdle331.33300
Randy Milligan310.00000

Pitching

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
Ron Darling32207.21284.29167
Dwight Gooden25179.21573.21148
Sid Fernandez28156.01283.81134
Rick Aguilera18115.01133.6077
John Mitchell20111.2364.1157
Bob Ojeda1046.1353.8821
Don Schulze521.2126.235
John Candelaria312.1205.8410
Tom Edens28.0006.754

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
Terry Leach44131.11113.2261
David Cone2199.1563.7168

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
Roger McDowell5675254.1632
Jesse Orosco5839164.4478
Doug Sisk553133.4637
Randy Myers543663.9692
Gene Walter211203.2011
Jeff Innis170103.1628
Bob Gibson10000.002

Awards and honors

  • Darryl Strawberry – Player of the Month, September 1987

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Mike Cubbage
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Tucker Ashford
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League John Tamargo
A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League Butch Hobson
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Rich Miller
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Bobby Floyd

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References

  1. ↑ Ron Gardenhire page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Heathcliff Slocumb page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Stan Jefferson page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Doug Gwosdz page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Clint Hurdle page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ David Cone page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Gross, Michael (June 2, 1987). "Spider-Man to Wed Model". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ Don Schulze page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Todd Hundley page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ "Eric Hillman Stats".
  11. ↑ Anthony Young page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ John Candelaria 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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