1989 New York Mets | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |
City | New York | |
Owners | Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr. | |
General managers | Frank Cashen | |
Managers | Davey Johnson | |
Television | WWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York (Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub) | |
Radio | WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen) WJIT (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa, Armando Talavera) | |
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The 1989 New York Mets season was the 28th regular season for the Mets. They went 87–75 and finished second in the National League East. They did not make the postseason for the first time since 1987. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 93 | 69 | 0.574 | — | 48–33 | 45–36 |
New York Mets | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 6 | 51–30 | 36–45 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 7 | 46–35 | 40–41 |
Montreal Expos | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 12 | 44–37 | 37–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 19 | 39–42 | 35–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 26 | 38–42 | 29–53 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–10 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 11–7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5 | |||||
Los Angeles | 10–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 3–9 | |||||
Montreal | 6–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–13 | |||||
New York | 10–2 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 7–11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 13–5 | |||||
San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 2–10 | |||||
San Francisco | 12–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 10–2 | 5–7 | — |
1989 New York Mets | |||||||||
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1989 regular season game log: 87-75 (Home: 51–30; Away: 36-45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 12-10
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May: 13-14
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June: 15-11
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July: 13-15
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August: 19-10
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September: 14-15
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October: 1-0
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Mets team member |
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 |
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C | Barry Lyons | 79 | 235 | 58 | .247 | 3 | 27 |
1B | Dave Magadan | 127 | 374 | 107 | .286 | 4 | 41 |
2B | Gregg Jefferies | 141 | 508 | 131 | .258 | 12 | 56 |
3B | Howard Johnson | 153 | 571 | 164 | .287 | 36 | 101 |
SS | Kevin Elster | 151 | 458 | 106 | .231 | 10 | 55 |
LF | Kevin McReynolds | 148 | 545 | 148 | .272 | 22 | 85 |
CF | Juan Samuel | 86 | 333 | 76 | .228 | 3 | 28 |
RF | Darryl Strawberry | 134 | 476 | 107 | .225 | 29 | 77 |
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 |
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Mookie Wilson | 80 | 249 | 51 | .205 | 3 | 18 |
Tim Teufel | 83 | 219 | 56 | .256 | 2 | 15 |
Keith Hernandez | 75 | 215 | 50 | .233 | 4 | 19 |
Mackey Sasser | 72 | 182 | 53 | .291 | 1 | 22 |
Lenny Dykstra | 56 | 159 | 43 | .270 | 3 | 13 |
Gary Carter | 50 | 153 | 28 | .183 | 2 | 15 |
Keith Miller | 57 | 143 | 33 | .231 | 1 | 7 |
Mark Carreon | 68 | 133 | 41 | .308 | 6 | 16 |
Lee Mazzilli | 48 | 60 | 11 | .183 | 2 | 7 |
Phil Lombardi | 18 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 1 | 3 |
Lou Thornton | 13 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 1 |
Jeff McKnight | 6 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Tom O'Malley | 9 | 11 | 6 | .545 | 0 | 8 |
Craig Shipley | 4 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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David Cone | 34 | 219.2 | 14 | 8 | 3.52 | 190 |
Sid Fernandez | 35 | 219.1 | 14 | 5 | 2.83 | 198 |
Ron Darling | 33 | 217.1 | 14 | 14 | 3.52 | 153 |
Bob Ojeda | 31 | 192.0 | 13 | 11 | 3.47 | 95 |
Dwight Gooden | 19 | 118.1 | 9 | 4 | 2.89 | 101 |
Frank Viola | 12 | 85.1 | 5 | 5 | 3.38 | 73 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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David West | 11 | 24.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.40 | 19 |
Blaine Beatty | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 3 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Randy Myers | 65 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 2.35 | 88 |
Don Aase | 49 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3.94 | 34 |
Rick Aguilera | 36 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2.34 | 80 |
Jeff Innis | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 16 |
Roger McDowell | 25 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3.31 | 15 |
Jeff Musselman | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.08 | 11 |
Terry Leach | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 2 |
Julio Machado | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.27 | 14 |
Wally Whitehurst | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 9 |
Kevin Tapani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 2 |
John Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 4 |
Manny Hernández | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |