# 1998 New York Mets season

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. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

## Offseason

* November 24, 1997: John Olerud was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* December 18, 1997: Dennis Cook was acquired from the Florida Marlins in exchange for Fletcher Bates and Scott Comer.
* February 6, 1998: Al Leiter and Ralph Milliard were acquired from the Florida Marlins in exchange for A. J. Burnett, Jesus Sanchez, and Robert Stratton.

## Regular season

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

* Edgardo Alfonzo
* Carlos Baerga
* Bernard Gilkey
* Butch Huskey
* Bobby Jones
* Brian McRae
* John Olerud
* Rey Ordóñez
* Tim Spehr
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. 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. This was the first regular season baseball game played in New York in March.

### Notable transactions

* May 10, 1998: Steve Decker was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* 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.
* July 3, 1998: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* July 31, 1998: Tony Phillips was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Mets for Leo Estrella.
* July 31, 1998: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the New York Mets to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Kinkade.

### Season standings

vteNL 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

1998 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | 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

Legend :
| Mets Win | Mets Loss | Game Postponed |
| Bold = Mets team member |||
1998 Game Log (88–74) Home: 47–34; Away: 41–40 :
March/April: (13–12) Home: 8–7; Away: 5–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1March 31Phillies1–0 (14)Wendell (1–0)Bottalico (0–1)—Shea Stadium49,1421–0
2April 2Phillies5–6Portugal (1–0)Leiter (0–1)Bottalico (1)Shea Stadium13,5911–1
3April 3Pirates2–1McMichael (1–0)Peters (0–1)—Shea Stadium15,2452–1
4April 4Pirates7–6 (13)Wendell (2–0)Peters (0–2)—Shea Stadium17,6333–1
5April 5Pirates7–0Yoshii (1–0)Silva (0–1)—Shea Stadium18,2054–1
6April 6Pirates2–4Cordova (2–0)B. Jones (0–1)Loiselle (2)Shea Stadium13,5284–2
7April 7@ Cubs3–2Leiter (1–1)Gonzalez (0–1)Franco (1)Wrigley Field16,2935–2
–April 8@ CubsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for July 24
8April 9@ Cubs7–8Trachsel (2–0)Reed (0–1)Beck (5)Wrigley Field17,3135–3
9April 10@ Brewers3–5Juden (2–0)Mlicki (0–1)D. Jones (4)County Stadium10,3305–4
10April 11@ Brewers2–1Cook (1–0)Wickman (0–3)Franco (2)County Stadium24,1406–4
11April 12@ Brewers6–4Wendell (3–0)P. Wagner (0–1)Rojas (1)County Stadium10,4597–4
–April 13@ BrewersPostponed (rain); rescheduled for July 22
12April 14Cubs6–0Leiter (2–1)Gonzalez (0–2)—Shea Stadium15,9658–4
13April 15Cubs2–1Reed (1–1)Trachsel (2–1)Franco (3)Shea Stadium16,0129–4
14April 16Cubs4–8Tapani (3–1)Mlicki (0–2)—Shea Stadium50,8149–5
15April 17@ Reds3–4Remlinger (2–2)B. Jones (0–2)Shaw (5)Cinergy Field21,3849–6
16April 18@ Reds5–4 (10)Rojas (1–0)Belinda (0–2)Franco (4)Cinergy Field21,21310–6
17April 19@ Reds14–0Leiter (3–1)White (0–2)—Cinergy Field16,74311–6
18April 21Astros0–6Hampton (4–0)Reed (1–2)—Shea Stadium14,77411–7
19April 22Astros10–7Cook (2–0)Henry (1–1)—Shea Stadium12,77212–7
–April 23AstrosPostponed (rain); rescheduled for April 27
20April 24Reds3–2B. Jones (1–2)Shaw (0–2)Franco (5)Shea Stadium15,54613–7
21April 25Reds0–2Weathers (2–1)Yoshii (1–1)Shaw (7)Shea Stadium22,65213–8
–April 26RedsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for May 19
22April 27Astros3–4Nitkowski (1–1)Franco (0–1)B. Wagner (6)Shea Stadium17,65613–9
23April 28@ Astros3–4 (10)Magnante (2–1)Hudek (0–1)—Astrodome14,94313–10
24April 29@ Astros1–6Lima (4–1)Mlicki (0–3)—Astrodome14,44813–11
25April 30Rockies0–4Kile (3–3)B. Jones (1–3)—Shea Stadium12,59913–12 :
May: (18–8) Home: 11–3; Away: 7–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
–May 1RockiesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for August 18
26May 2Rockies3–7Leskanic (2–3)Cook (2–1)—Shea Stadium19,96813–13
27May 3Rockies5–2Reed (2–2)Astacio (2–4)—Shea Stadium19,49314–13
28May 4Diamondbacks2–4 (11)Olson (1–1)Bohanon (0–1)—Shea Stadium18,98014–14
29May 5Diamondbacks9–1Mlicki (1–3)Daal (0–2)—Shea Stadium13,20515–14
30May 6Diamondbacks8–2Rojas (2–0)Sodowsky (1–2)—Shea Stadium17,68116–14
31May 7Cardinals4–1Yoshii (2–1)Osborne (1–2)Franco (6)Shea Stadium14,71517–14
32May 8Cardinals9–2Reed (3–2)Politte (2–2)—Shea Stadium16,13218–14
–May 9CardinalsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for August 20
–May 10CardinalsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for August 21
33May 11@ Padres1–2Brown (3–2)Leiter (3–2)Hoffman (10)Qualcomm Stadium15,29118–15
–May 12@ PadresPostponed (rain); rescheduled for May 14
34May 13@ Padres4–3Jones (2–3)Hamilton (3–3)Franco (7)Qualcomm Stadium14,92919–15
35May 14 (1)@ Padres1–3Boehringer (4–1)Cook (2–2)Hoffman (11)Qualcomm StadiumN/A19–16
36May 14 (2)@ Padres2–6Miceli (3–1)McMichael (1–1)—Qualcomm Stadium26,48819–17
37May 15@ Giants2–3Hershiser (2–3)McMichael (1–2)Nen (8)3Com Park14,67819–18
38May 16@ Giants4–1Reed (4–2)Rueter (4–3)Franco (8)3Com Park30,13120–18
39May 17@ Giants2–4Gardner (3–2)Leiter (3–3)Nen (9)3Com Park24,40820–19
40May 19 (1)Reds7–3Jones (3–3)Tomko (5–2)—Shea StadiumN/A21–19
41May 19 (2)Reds5–3Bohanon (1–1)Winchester (2–2)Franco (9)Shea Stadium15,55822–19
42May 20Reds6–8Harnisch (4–0)Hudek (0–2)Shaw (14)Shea Stadium12,83422–20
43May 21Reds6–1Yoshii (3–1)Hutton (0–1)—Shea Stadium13,76623–20
44May 22Brewers3–2Reed (5–2)Woodall (0–2)Franco (10)Shea Stadium22,30724–20
45May 23Brewers3–0Leiter (4–3)Juden (5–3)—Shea Stadium32,90825–20
46May 24Brewers8–3Jones (4–3)Eldred (0–4)—Shea Stadium47,29126–20
47May 26@ Marlins10–6Bohanon (2–1)Larkin (2–5)—Pro Player Stadium14,76027–20
48May 27@ Marlins8–2Yoshii (4–1)Meadows (4–5)—Pro Player Stadium15,85428–20
49May 29@ Phillies11–0Reed (6–2)Beech (1–3)—Veterans Stadium21,56729–20
50May 30@ Phillies6–4Leiter (5–3)Green (3–4)Franco (11)Veterans Stadium30,66030–20
51May 31@ Phillies8–6Rojas (3–0)Winston (2–1)Franco (12)Veterans Stadium23,02531–20 :
June: (12–15) Home: 6–5; Away: 6–10
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Pirates3–4Schmidt (8–1)Mlicki (1–4)Rincon (4)Three Rivers Stadium11,27431–21
53June 2@ Pirates2–5Peters (1–3)Bohanon (2–2)Rincon (5)Three Rivers Stadium9,04031–22
54June 3@ Pirates0–3Lieber (3–7)Reed (6–3)Christiansen (1)Three Rivers Stadium17,69131–23
55June 5@ Red Sox9–2Leiter (6–3)Martinez (6–2)—Fenway Park32,21432–23
56June 6@ Red Sox1–0Jones (5–3)Wakefield (6–3)Franco (13)Fenway Park32,54533–23
57June 7@ Red Sox0–5Avery (3–1)Yoshii (4–2)—Fenway Park30,63033–24
58June 8Devil Rays3–0Reed (7–3)Springer (2–10)—Shea Stadium24,18634–24
59June 9Devil Rays4–5 (11)Mecir (2–0)Hudek (0–3)R. Hernandez (12)Shea Stadium30,33634–25
60June 10Devil Rays3–2Leiter (7–3)White (0–3)Rojas (2)Shea Stadium21,68235–25
61June 11@ Marlins5–3Jones (6–3)Sanchez (3–3)Franco (14)Pro Player Stadium14,00336–25
62June 12@ Marlins3–4Mantei (1–0)Bohanon (2–3)—Pro Player Stadium35,65236–26
63June 13@ Marlins7–4Reed (8–3)Meadows (4–6)Franco (15)Pro Player Stadium31,88737–26
64June 14@ Marlins4–5Mantei (2–0)Hudek (0–4)—Pro Player Stadium23,92437–27
65June 16@ Expos2–0Leiter (8–3)Hermanson (4–6)—Olympic Stadium12,66238–27
66June 17@ Expos4–5Urbina (4–2)Rojas (3–1)—Olympic Stadium7,60638–28
67June 18@ Expos6–7Bennett (2–3)Yoshii (4–3)Urbina (17)Olympic Stadium8,78838–29
68June 19Marlins2–3Meadows (5–6)Reed (8–4)Mantei (1)Shea Stadium32,73838–30
69June 20Marlins3–8L. Hernandez (5–4)Nomo (2–8)—Shea Stadium44,35538–31
70June 21Marlins3–2Leiter (9–3)Fontenot (0–5)Franco (16)Shea Stadium30,67339–31
71June 22@ Orioles2–7Mussina (6–4)Jones (6–4)—Oriole Park at Camden Yards45,53539–32
72June 23@ Orioles6–3Hudek (1–4)Rhodes (3–3)Franco (17)Oriole Park at Camden Yards46,38540–32
73June 24Orioles6–3Reed (9–4)Smith (3–4)Franco (18)Shea Stadium29,78941–32
74June 25Orioles3–2Cook (3–2)Benitez (2–2)—Shea Stadium35,15642–32
75June 26Yankees4–8Mendoza (5–1)Leiter (9–4)Rivera (19)Shea Stadium53,40442–33
76June 27Yankees2–7Pettitte (9–5)Jones (6–5)—Shea Stadium53,58742–34
77June 28Yankees2–1Cook (4–2)Mendoza (5–2)—Shea Stadium53,74943–34
78June 30@ Blue Jays3–6Clemens (9–6)Reed (9–5)—SkyDome30,32243–35 :
July: (13–15) Home: 7–9; Away: 6–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Blue Jays10–15Plesac (3–2)Rojas (3–2)—SkyDome37,25243–36
80July 2@ Blue Jays9–1Jones (7–5)Hentgen (9–5)—SkyDome27,32544–36
81July 3@ Braves2–3Glavine (12–3)Bohanon (2–4)Ligtenberg (9)Turner Field48,75744–37
82July 4@ Braves1–4Millwood (10–4)Yoshii (4–4)—Turner Field47,90044–38
83July 5@ Braves2–3 (11)Seanez (1–0)Franco (0–2)—Turner Field40,43044–39
69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
84July 9Expos8–9 (11)Maddux (2–2)Franco (0–3)Urbina (21)Shea Stadium27,19344–40
85July 10Expos6–8Bennett (3–3)Franco (0–4)Urbina (22)Shea Stadium36,53844–41
86July 11Expos8–4Reed (10–5)Pavano (2–3)—Shea Stadium48,00645–41
87July 12Expos5–2Tam (1–0)Vazquez (3–7)Cook (1)Shea Stadium51,56846–41
88July 14Braves2–4Smoltz (7–2)Jones (7–6)Ligtenberg (11)Shea Stadium38,00046–42
89July 15Braves1–12Neagle (10–7)Yoshii (4–5)—Shea Stadium41,34746–43
90July 16Phillies2–4Portugal (5–2)Reed (10–6)M. Leiter (20)Shea Stadium20,28346–44
91July 17Phillies6–0Nomo (3–8)Loewer (4–2)—Shea Stadium23,29847–44
92July 18Phillies7–0A. Leiter (10–4)Green (6–6)—Shea Stadium37,20848–44
93July 19Phillies6–7 (10)M. Leiter (3–7)Cook (4–3)—Shea Stadium29,52048–45
94July 20Pirates1–3Cordova (8–8)Yoshii (4–6)Rincon (11)Shea Stadium18,08848–46
95July 21Pirates4–0Reed (11–6)Schmidt (8–7)—Shea Stadium22,84449–46
96July 22 (1)@ Brewers7–5Cook (5–3)Wickman (3–6)Franco (19)County StadiumN/A50–46
97July 22 (2)@ Brewers6–1Nomo (4–8)Patrick (4–1)—County Stadium23,92051–46
98July 23@ Brewers6–5McMichael (2–3)Myers (2–2)Franco (20)County Stadium27,04652–46
99July 24 (1)@ Cubs5–0Reynoso (1–0)Gonzalez (7–7)—Wrigley FieldN/A53–46
100July 24 (2)@ Cubs7–3Cook (6–3)Adams (7–6)—Wrigley Field40,68454–46
101July 25@ Cubs2–3Tapani (12–6)Franco (0–5)Beck (30)Wrigley Field40,43654–47
102July 26@ Cubs1–3Wood (10–5)Reed (11–7)Beck (31)Wrigley Field40,32954–48
103July 28Padres7–3Nomo (5–8)Ashby (14–6)McMichael (2)Shea Stadium21,00555–48
104July 29Padres7–6Rojas (4–2)Wall (4–3)Franco (21)Shea Stadium23,69456–48
105July 30Padres1–3 (10)Miceli (8–4)Cook (6–4)Hoffman (34)Shea Stadium22,88256–49
106July 31Dodgers3–4Osuna (6–0)Franco (0–6)Shaw (32)Shea Stadium49,40756–50 :
August: (20–12) Home: 10–6; Away: 10–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
107August 1Dodgers2–1Reed (12–7)Shaw (2–5)—Shea Stadium42,22457–50
108August 2Dodgers9–3Reynoso (2–0)Bohanon (4–7)—Shea Stadium33,84358–50
109August 3Dodgers5–8Mlicki (6–5)McMichael (2–4)Shaw (33)Shea Stadium24,41658–51
110August 4Giants7–6 (10)Cook (7–4)Mesa (5–5)—Shea Stadium32,94359–51
111August 5Giants4–6Ortiz (1–1)B. J. Jones (7–7)Nen (29)Shea Stadium35,57159–52
112August 6Giants9–8Wendell (4–0)Nen (7–3)—Shea Stadium36,92060–52
113August 7@ Rockies8–7Reed (13–7)Astacio (10–11)Franco (22)Coors Field48,36561–52
114August 8@ Rockies4–3Reynoso (3–0)B. M. Jones (5–5)Franco (23)Coors Field48,31262–52
115August 9@ Rockies4–11Kile (8–14)Nomo (5–9)—Coors Field48,01462–53
116August 10@ Cardinals4–2Leiter (11–4)Morris (3–2)Franco (24)Busch Stadium41,25263–53
117August 11@ Cardinals8–3B. J. Jones (8–7)Mercker (8–9)—Busch Stadium34,48964–53
118August 12@ Cardinals4–5 (14)Frascatore (2–3)Franco (0–7)—Busch Stadium34,26064–54
119August 14@ Diamondbacks3–2Reed (14–7)Telemaco (4–7)Wendell (1)Bank One Ballpark47,56265–54
120August 15@ Diamondbacks5–4Reynoso (4–0)Chouinard (0–2)Franco (25)Bank One Ballpark48,30766–54
121August 16@ Diamondbacks1–6Daal (6–7)Nomo (5–10)—Bank One Ballpark44,53766–55
122August 18 (1)Rockies6–2Leiter (12–4)Astacio (11–12)—Shea StadiumN/A67–55
123August 18 (2)Rockies6–3Rojas (5–2)McElroy (4–3)Franco (26)Shea Stadium21,61168–55
124August 19Rockies2–1Yoshii (5–6)B. M. Jones (5–7)Franco (27)Shea Stadium19,39569–55
125August 20 (1)Cardinals0–2Osborne (3–2)Blair (4–16)Acevedo (3)Shea StadiumN/A69–56
126August 20 (2)Cardinals5–4Reed (15–7)Oliver (7–9)Wendell (2)Shea Stadium45,30870–56
127August 21 (1)Cardinals5–10Morris (4–3)Nomo (5–11)—Shea StadiumN/A70–57
128August 21 (2)Cardinals1–0Reynoso (5–0)Aybar (3–6)Franco (28)Shea Stadium52,32071–57
129August 22Diamondbacks9–4B. J. Jones (9–7)Benes (11–12)—Shea Stadium42,65472–57
130August 23Diamondbacks3–4Anderson (9–12)Leiter (12–5)Olson (22)Shea Stadium36,03972–58
131August 24Diamondbacks5–9Telemaco (5–8)Yoshii (5–7)Banks (1)Shea Stadium29,85072–59
132August 25@ Giants3–7Ortiz (2–3)Reed (15–8)—3Com Park20,91672–60
133August 26@ Giants4–1Nomo (6–11)Hershiser (9–9)—3Com Park18,22773–60
134August 27@ Giants3–11Darwin (8–10)Reynoso (5–1)—3Com Park17,82373–61
135August 28@ Dodgers5–4 (10)Cook (8–4)Shaw (3–7)Franco (29)Dodger Stadium52,15474–61
136August 29@ Dodgers4–3Leiter (13–5)Shaw (3–8)Franco (30)Dodger Stadium49,18175–61
137August 30@ Dodgers2–4Mlicki (8–6)Yoshii (5–8)—Dodger Stadium44,74675–62
138August 31@ Dodgers8–3Reed (16–8)Park (11–8)—Dodger Stadium37,80676–62 :
September: (12–12) Home: 5–4; Away: 7–8
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
139September 1@ Padres8–9Myers (2–2)Wendell (4–1)Hoffman (45)Qualcomm Stadium18,48976–63
140September 2@ Padres4–1Reynoso (6–1)Ashby (16–7)Franco (31)Qualcomm Stadium17,56577–63
141September 4Braves2–1Leiter (14–5)Glavine (18–6)—Shea Stadium34,61778–63
142September 5Braves5–4Wendell (5–1)Seanez (4–1)Franco (32)Shea Stadium43,57379–63
143September 6Braves0–4Smoltz (14–3)Reed (16–9)—Shea Stadium40,31179–64
144September 7Braves8–7McMichael (3–4)Rocker (1–2)Franco (33)Shea Stadium22,95380–64
145September 8@ Phillies4–16Byrd (3–2)Nomo (6–12)—Veterans Stadium18,66180–65
146September 9@ Phillies6–2Reynoso (7–1)Schilling (14–13)Franco (34)Veterans Stadium16,19381–65
147September 10@ Phillies7–5Leiter (15–5)Green (6–10)Franco (35)Veterans Stadium16,71582–65
148September 11@ Expos1–5Pavano (5–8)Jones (9–8)Urbina (30)Olympic Stadium10,58482–66
149September 12@ Expos3–5M. Maddux (3–3)Reed (16–10)Urbina (31)Olympic Stadium22,04782–67
150September 13@ Expos1–0Blair (5–16)Telford (3–6)Franco (36)Olympic Stadium15,15283–67
151September 14@ Astros7–4 (13)McMichael (4–4)Magnante (4–7)Franco (37)Astrodome24,24184–67
152September 15 (1)@ Astros5–6 (12)Powell (7–5)Tam (1–1)—AstrodomeN/A84–68
153September 15 (2)@ Astros8–4Leiter (16–5)Powell (7–6)Wendell (3)Astrodome40,83585–68
154September 16@ Astros4–3 (11)McMichael (5–4)Bergman (12–9)Wendell (4)Astrodome24,26986–68
155September 18Marlins6–7Edmondson (4–4)Franco (0–8)Mantei (9)Shea Stadium34,86286–69
156September 19Marlins4–3Yoshii (6–8)Sanchez (7–9)Franco (38)Shea Stadium52,06287–69
157September 20Marlins5–0Leiter (17–5)Meadows (10–13)—Shea Stadium52,76788–69
158September 22Expos3–5Thurman (4–5)Reynoso (7–2)Urbina (33)Shea Stadium32,46788–70
159September 23Expos0–3Pavano (6–8)Jones (9–9)Urbina (34)Shea Stadium29,72888–71
160September 25@ Braves5–6Martínez (4–6)Reed (16–11)Rocker (2)Turner Field48,44388–72
161September 26@ Braves0–4Neagle (16–11)Leiter (17–6)—Turner Field48,11788–73
162September 27@ Braves2–7G. Maddux (18–9)Reynoso (7–3)—Turner Field48,68588–74 :

## 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 |
| 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

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
#### 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 |
| 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

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

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 |

## Farm system

| 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