1987 New York Mets season

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1987 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Shea Stadium (since 1964)
  • New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s)Frank Cashen
Manager(s)Davey Johnson
Local televisionWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub)
Local radioWHN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne)
WJIT (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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The New York Mets' 1987 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 2nd in the NL East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. The team played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason[]

  • November 12, 1986: Ron Gardenhire was traded by the Mets to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later. The Twins completed the deal by sending Dominic Iasparro (minors) to the Mets on April 4, 1987.[1]
  • December 9, 1986: Heathcliff Slocumb was drafted from the Mets by the Chicago Cubs in the 1986 minor league draft.[2]
  • December 11, 1986: Kevin Mitchell, Stan Jefferson, Shawn Abner, Kevin Armstrong (minors) and Kevin Brown (minors) were traded by the Mets to the San Diego Padres for Kevin McReynolds, Gene Walter, and Adam Ging (minors).[3]
  • December 17, 1986: Doug Gwosdz was traded by the Mets to the Seattle Mariners for Ricky Nelson.[4]
  • February 9, 1987: Clint Hurdle was signed as a free agent by the Mets.[5]
  • March 27, 1987: Ed Hearn, Rick Anderson, and Mauro Gozzo were traded by the Mets to the Kansas City Royals for David Cone and Chris Jelic.[6]

Regular season[]

  • June 5, 1987: A mock ceremony called "Spider-Man's wedding" took place to promote a special wedding issue of the Amazing Spider-Man comic book at home plate in front of more than 45,000 fans just before the New York Mets played the Pittsburgh Pirates. Actors portrayed as fictional comic book characters Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson (wearing a wedding gown designed by Willi Smith), participated in the ceremony. Stan Lee, publisher of Marvel Comics and co-creator of Spider-Man officiated the ceremony prior to the Mets match.[7]

Standings[]

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NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 95 67 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 92 70 0.568 3 49–32 43–38
Montreal Expos 91 71 0.562 4 48–33 43–38
Philadelphia Phillies 80 82 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 82 0.494 15 47–34 33–48
Chicago Cubs 76 85 0.472 18½ 40–40 36–45

Record vs. opponents[]

1987 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 6–5 8–10 8–10 6–12 3–9 7–5 7–5 7–5 6–12 8–10 3–9
Chicago 5–6 — 6–6 8–4 6–6 10–8 9–9 8–10 4–14 9–3 5–7 6–12
Cincinnati 10–8 6–6 — 13–5 10–8 6–6 7–5 5–7 4–8 12–6 7–11 4–8
Houston 10–8 4–8 5–13 — 12–6 7–5 6–6 6–6 6–6 5–13 10–8 5–7
Los Angeles 12–6 6–6 8–10 6–12 — 3–9 6–6 2–10 6–6 11–7 10–8 3–9
Montreal 9–3 8–10 6–6 5–7 9–3 — 8–10 10–8 11–7 9–3 5–7 11–7
New York 5–7 9–9 5–7 6–6 6–6 10–8 — 13–5 12–6 8–4 9–3 9–9
Philadelphia 5-7 10–8 7–5 6–6 10–2 8–10 5–13 — 11–7 8–4 2–10 8–10
Pittsburgh 5–7 14–4 8–4 6–6 6–6 7–11 6–12 7–11 — 8–4 6–6 7–11
San Diego 12–6 3–9 6–12 13–5 7–11 3–9 4–8 4–8 4–8 — 5–13 4–8
San Francisco 10–8 7–5 11–7 8–10 8–10 7–5 3–9 10–2 6–6 13–5 — 7–5
St. Louis 9–3 12–6 8–4 7–5 9–3 7–11 9–9 10–8 11–7 8–4 5–7 —


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[]

  • May 11, 1987: Ricky Nelson was traded by the Mets to the Cleveland Indians for Don Schulze.[8]
  • June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball Draft
    • Todd Hundley was drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round. Player signed June 15, 1987.[9]
    • Eric Hillman was drafted by the New York Mets in the 16th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1987.[10]
    • Anthony Young was drafted by the Mets in the 38th round. Player signed June 6, 1987.[11]
  • September 15, 1987: Jeff Richardson and Shane Young (minors) were traded by the Mets to the California Angels for John Candelaria.[12]

Roster[]

1987 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders
  • 32 Mark Carreon
  •  4 Len Dykstra
  • 13 Lee Mazzilli
  • 22 Kevin McReynolds
  • 18 Darryl Strawberry
  •  1 Mookie Wilson

Other batters

Manager
  •  5 Davey Johnson

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
C Gary Carter 139 523 123 .235 20 83
1B Keith Hernandez 154 587 170 .290 18 89
2B Wally Backman 94 300 75 .250 1 23
3B Howard Johnson 157 554 147 .265 36 99
SS Rafael Santana 139 439 112 .255 5 44
LF Kevin McReynolds 151 590 163 .276 29 95
CF Lenny Dykstra 132 431 123 .285 10 43
RF Darryl Strawberry 154 532 151 .284 39 104

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mookie Wilson 124 385 115 .299 9 34
Tim Teufel 97 299 92 .308 14 61
Dave Magadan 85 192 61 .318 3 24
Lee Mazzilli 88 124 38 .306 3 24
Barry Lyons 53 130 33 .254 4 24
Bill Almon 49 54 13 .241 0 4
Keith Miller 25 51 19 .373 0 1
Mark Carreon 9 12 3 .250 0 1
Kevin Elster 5 10 4 .400 0 1
Al Pedrique 5 6 0 .000 0 0
Gregg Jefferies 6 6 3 .500 0 2
Clint Hurdle 3 3 1 .333 0 0
Randy Milligan 3 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ron Darling 32 207.2 12 8 4.29 167
Dwight Gooden 25 179.2 15 7 3.21 148
Sid Fernandez 28 156 12 8 3.81 134
Rick Aguilera 18 115 11 3 3.60 77
John Mitchell 20 111.2 3 6 4.11 57
Bob Ojeda 10 46.1 3 5 3.88 21
Don Schulze 5 21.2 1 2 6.23 5
John Candelaria 3 12.1 2 0 5.84 10
Tom Edens 2 8 0 0 6.75 4

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Terry Leach 44 131.1 11 1 3.22 61
David Cone 21 99.1 5 6 3.71 68

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jesse Orosco 58 3 9 16 4.44 78
Roger McDowell 56 7 5 25 4.16 32
Doug Sisk 55 3 1 3 3.46 37
Randy Myers 54 3 6 6 3.96 92
Gene Walter 21 1 2 0 3.20 11
Jeff Innis 17 0 1 0 3.16 28
Bob Gibson 1 0 0 0 0.00 2

Awards and honors[]

  • Darryl Strawberry – Player of the Month, September 1987

All-Star Game

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
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

[13]

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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