1996 New York Mets season

1996 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964)
New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s)	Joe McIlvaine
Manager(s)	Dallas Green, Bobby Valentine
Local television	WWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York (Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne)
Local radio	WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ed Coleman) WXLX (spanish) (Juan Alicea)
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The New York Mets' 1996 season was the 35th regular season for the Mets. They went 71-91 and finished 4th in the NL East. They were managed by Dallas Green and Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

December 14, 1995: Lance Johnson signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[1]
December 19, 1995: Brent Mayne was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the New York Mets for Al Shirley (minors).^[2]
March 31, 1996: Ryan Thompson was traded by the New York Mets with Reid Cornelius to the Cleveland Indians for Mark Clark.^[3]

Regular season

Alex Ochoa hit for the cycle on July 3 in a 10-6 win in Philadelphia.^[4] He was the sixth Met to hit for the cycle.^[4]
On August 16, the San Diego Padres played the New York Mets in a game held in Monterrey, Mexico.^[5]
On September 14, Todd Hundley broke the major-league record for single-season home runs by a catcher, previously owned by Roy Campanella. Hundley hit his 41st home run in the seventh inning of the Mets' 6-5, 12-inning victory over the Atlanta Braves.^[6]
Lance Johnson led the league with 21 triples. It was the highest amount by a National League player since 1930.^[7]

Opening Day Roster

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Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	96	66	0.593	—	56–25	40–41
Montreal Expos	88	74	0.543	8	50–31	38–43
Florida Marlins	80	82	0.494	16	52–29	28–53
New York Mets	71	91	0.438	25	42–39	29–52
Philadelphia Phillies	67	95	0.414	29	35–46	32–49

Record vs. opponents

1996 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	7–5	5–7	6–7	6–6	5–7	10–3	7–6	9–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	9–4
Chicago	5–7	—	5–8	5–7	6–6	5–8	8–5	6–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	6–6	7–5	5–8
Cincinnati	5–7	8–5	—	7–6	3–9	7–6	4–8	3–9	6–6	10–2	5–8	9–3	9–4	5–8
Colorado	7–5	7–5	6–7	—	5–8	8–5	6–7	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4
Florida	7–6	6–6	9–3	8–5	—	7–5	6–7	5–8	7–6	6–7	5–7	3–9	5–7	6–6
Houston	6–6	8–5	6–7	5–8	5–7	—	6–6	4–9	8–4	10–2	8–5	6–6	8–4	2–11
Los Angeles	7–5	5–8	8–4	7–6	7–6	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	7–6	6–6	5–8	7–6	8–4
Montreal	3–10	6–6	9–3	9–3	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	7–6	6–7	7–5	4–8	9–4	8–4
New York	6–7	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	—	7–6	8–5	3–10	6–6	5–7
Philadelphia	4-9	6–7	2–10	6–6	7–6	2–10	6–7	7–6	6–7	—	7–5	4–8	6–6	4–8
Pittsburgh	3–9	9–4	8–5	5–7	7–5	5–8	6–6	5–7	5–8	5–7	—	4–9	8–4	3–10
San Diego	4–9	6–6	3–9	5–8	9–3	6–6	8–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	9–4	—	11–2	4–8
San Francisco	5–7	5–7	4–9	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–7	4–9	6–6	6–6	4–8	2–11	—	7–6
St. Louis	4–9	8–5	8–5	4–8	6–6	11-2	4–8	4–8	7–5	8–4	10–3	8–4	6–7	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 71–91 (Home: 42–39; Away: 29–52)

April: 11–13 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	Cardinals	7–6	Dipoto (1–0)	Fossas	Franco (1)	42,060	1–0
2	April 3	Cardinals	3–5	Stottlemyre	Person (0–1)	Eckersley	13,323	1–1
3	April 4	Cardinals	10–9	Franco (1–0)	Eckersley	—	15,507	2–1
4	April 5	Pirates	5–7	Smith	Mlicki (0–1)	—	16,088	2–2
5	April 6	Pirates	0–5	Darwin	Clark (0–1)	—	20,756	2–3
6	April 8	@ Reds	6–7	Schourek	Jones (0–1)	Brantley	17,623	2–4
7	April 9	@ Reds	12–5	Isringhausen (1–0)	Smiley	Franco (2)	15,958	3–4
8	April 10	@ Reds	7–9	Pugh	Macdonald (0–1)	Brantley	16,775	3–5
9	April 11	@ Rockies	3–7	Reynoso	Mlicki (0–2)	—	48,010	3–6
10	April 12	@ Rockies	5–6	Freeman	Clark (0–2)	Leskanic	50,045	3–7
11	April 14	@ Rockies	10–4	Harnisch (1–0)	Ritz	Henry (1)	48,051	4–7
12	April 16	Astros	6–9	Reynolds	Isringhausen (1–1)	Jones	13,795	4–8
13	April 17	Astros	5–7	Kile	Wilson (0–1)	Jones	12,065	4–9
14	April 19	Rockies	3–5	Ritz	Harnisch (1–1)	Leskanic	16,225	4–10
15	April 20	Rockies	4–3 (10)	Franco (2–0)	Habyan	—	20,847	5–10
16	April 21	Rockies	4–6	Leskanic	Franco (2–1)	—	22,737	5–11
17	April 22	Reds	5–1	Wilson (1–1)	Portugal	—	14,568	6–11
18	April 23	Reds	8–6 (10)	Henry (1–0)	Shaw	—	14,357	7–11
19	April 24	@ Cardinals	4–9	Petkovsek	Harnisch (1–2)	—	23,189	7–12
20	April 25	@ Cardinals	9–3	Clark (1–2)	Benes	—	26,933	8–12
21	April 26	@ Pirates	6–10	Christiansen	Isringhausen (1–2)	—	13,185	8–13
22	April 27	@ Pirates	7–4	Mlicki (1–2)	Miceli	Franco (3)	16,698	9–13
23	April 28	@ Pirates	7–5	Jones (1–1)	Wagner	Franco (4)	27,706	10–13
24	April 29	Expos	3–2	Harnisch (2–2)	Fassero	Franco (5)	14,011	11–13

May: 11–17 (Home: 6–6; Away: 5–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
25	May 1	Expos	0–4	Martinez	Clark (1–3)	—	—	11–14
26	May 1	Expos	6–0	Isringhausen (2–2)	Alvarez	—	16,937	12–14
27	May 3	@ Cubs	2–4	Navarro	Wilson (1–2)	—	19,822	12–15
28	May 4	@ Cubs	7–3	Jones (2–1)	Castillo	Henry (2)	30,041	13–15
29	May 5	@ Cubs	4–5	Wendell	Dipoto (1–1)	—	25,949	13–16
30	May 6	@ Marlins	1–4	Leiter	Clark (1–4)	Nen	16,819	13–17
31	May 7	@ Marlins	2–3	Hammond	Isringhausen (2–3)	Nen	20,127	13–18
32	May 8	@ Marlins	3–6	Perez	Henry (1–1)	Nen	21,357	13–19
33	May 10	Cubs	2–0	Jones (3–1)	Castillo	Franco (6)	16,687	14–19
34	May 11	Cubs	7–6	Henry (2–1)	Jones	—	23,237	15–19
35	May 12	Cubs	0–3	Bullinger	Clark (1–5)	—	19,122	15–20
36	May 13	@ Padres	2–5	Valenzuela	Isringhausen (2–4)	—	12,829	15–21
37	May 14	@ Padres	4–9	Ashby	Wilson (1–3)	—	12,168	15–22
38	May 15	@ Padres	3–4 (10)	Worrell	Franco (2–2)	—	12,166	15–23
39	May 16	@ Padres	6–3	Harnisch (3–2)	Hamilton	Franco (7)	17,341	16–23
40	May 18	@ Giants	14–5	Clark (2–5)	VanLandingham	—	15,298	17–23
41	May 19	@ Giants	0–1	Watson	Isringhausen (2–5)	Beck	—	17–24
42	May 19	@ Giants	2–6	Gardner	Wilson (1–4)	—	22,959	17–25
43	May 20	@ Dodgers	7–1	Jones (4–1)	Candiotti	—	26,625	18–25
44	May 21	@ Dodgers	4–6	Valdez	Harnisch (3–3)	Worrell	27,158	18–26
45	May 22	@ Dodgers	3–2	Clark (3–5)	Nomo	Franco (8)	33,716	19–26
46	May 24	Padres	1–13	Valenzuela	Isringhausen (2–6)	—	24,751	19–27
47	May 25	Padres	2–7	Ashby	Wilson (1–5)	—	21,057	19–28
48	May 26	Padres	1–0	Jones (5–1)	Bergman	Franco (9)	20,405	20–28
49	May 28	Giants	4–0	Clark (4–5)	Leiter	Henry (3)	15,733	21–28
50	May 29	Giants	2–4	VanLandingham	Isringhausen (2–7)	Beck	15,578	21–29
51	May 30	Giants	1–0	Wilson (2–5)	Watson	Franco (10)	15,781	22–29
52	May 31	Dodgers	3–10	Martinez	Jones (5–2)	—	19,793	22–30

June: 15–13 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
53	June 1	Dodgers	4–3	Harnisch (4–3)	Candiotti	Franco (11)	26,445	23–30
54	June 2	Dodgers	0–1	Valdez	Clark (4–6)	Worrell	39,328	23–31
55	June 3	@ Braves	4–5	Clontz	Macdonald (0–2)	Wohlers	30,162	23–32
56	June 4	@ Braves	12–6	Wilson (3–5)	Schmidt	—	32,199	24–32
57	June 5	@ Braves	6–8	McMichael	Mlicki (1–3)	Wohlers	31,998	24–33
58	June 7	Marlins	2–12	Leiter	Harnisch (4–4)	—	13,009	24–34
59	June 8	Marlins	7–6	Clark (5–6)	Weathers	Franco (12)	22,550	25–34
60	June 9	Marlins	3–0	Isringhausen (3–7)	Burkett	—	40,707	26–34
61	June 10	Braves	8–3	Jones (6–2)	Avery	—	17,439	27–34
62	June 11	Braves	3–4 (13)	Borbon	Byrd (0–1)	Wade	19,256	27–35
63	June 12	Braves	3–2	Clark (6–6)	Maddux	Franco (13)	18,896	28–35
64	June 13	@ Cardinals	2–1	Person (1–1)	Benes	Henry (4)	30,697	29–35
65	June 14	@ Cardinals	4–13	Stottlemyre	Isringhausen (3–8)	—	38,556	29–36
66	June 15	@ Cardinals	2–4	Benes	Jones (6–3)	Eckersley	50,635	29–37
67	June 16	@ Cardinals	4–5	Petkovsek	Henry (2–2)	Eckersley	31,375	29–38
68	June 17	@ Pirates	7–6 (10)	Mlicki (2–3)	Cordova	Franco (14)	11,002	30–38
69	June 19	@ Pirates	5–6	Plesac	Isringhausen (3–9)	—	—	30–39
70	June 19	@ Pirates	5–3	Mlicki (3–3)	Cordova	Franco (15)	20,108	31–39
71	June 20	Reds	3–5	Burba	Jones (6–4)	Shaw	16,994	31–40
72	June 21	Reds	9–4	Dipoto (2–1)	Salkeld	Mlicki (1)	19,432	32–40
73	June 22	Reds	5–2	Clark (7–6)	Schourek	Franco (16)	24,589	33–40
74	June 23	Reds	1–2	Smiley	Person (1–2)	Brantley	18,593	33–41
75	June 24	Rockies	2–1	Isringhausen (4–9)	Holmes	Franco (17)	16,988	34–41
76	June 25	Rockies	3–2	Jones (7–4)	Thompson	Franco (18)	18,251	35–41
77	June 26	Rockies	9–5	Mlicki (4–3)	Reed	—	20,675	36–41
78	June 28	@ Astros	7–2	Clark (8–6)	Drabek	Henry (5)	24,569	37–41
79	June 29	@ Astros	1–9	Reynolds	Person (1–3)	—	35,454	37–42
80	June 30	@ Astros	3–9	Kile	Isringhausen (4–10)	—	35,981	37–43

July: 15–13 (Home: 10–5; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81	July 1	@ Phillies	4–6	Williams	Jones (7–5)	Ryan	20,779	37–44
82	July 2	@ Phillies	2–3	Springer	Harnisch (4–5)	Bottalico	20,890	37–45
83	July 3	@ Phillies	10–6	Byrd (1–1)	Ryan	Henry (6)	43,158	38–45
84	July 4	@ Expos	4–0	Person (2–3)	Fassero	—	11,861	39–45
85	July 5	@ Expos	9–6	Dipoto (3–1)	Scott	Franco (19)	13,550	40–45
86	July 6	@ Expos	11–3	Jones (8–5)	Rueter	—	15,546	41–45
87	July 7	@ Expos	3–4	Cormier	Harnisch (4–6)	Rojas	16,076	41–46
88	July 11	Astros	8–2	Clark (9–6)	Drabek	—	18,557	42–46
89	July 12	Astros	1–3	Reynolds	Jones (8–6)	Wagner	17,405	42–47
90	July 14	Astros	5–7 (11)	Hernandez	Mlicki (4–4)	Jones	—	42–48
91	July 14	Astros	10–3	Harnisch (5–6)	Hampton	—	33,505	43–48
92	July 15	Phillies	7–5	Dipoto (4–1)	Springer	Henry (7)	15,549	44–48
93	July 16	Phillies	6–3	Clark (10–6)	Schilling	Franco (20)	18,478	45–48
94	July 17	Phillies	3–2	Mlicki (5–4)	Frey	—	29,459	46–48
95	July 18	Expos	3–7	Martinez	Harnisch (5–7)	—	19,467	46–49
96	July 19	Expos	4–5	Dyer	Isringhausen (4–11)	Rojas	19,005	46–50
97	July 20	Expos	4–1	Wilson (4–5)	Urbina	Franco (21)	27,407	47–50
98	July 21	Expos	3–4	Fassero	Clark (10–7)	Rojas	32,173	47–51
99	July 23	@ Rockies	7–10	Ruffin	Henry (2–3)	—	48,016	47–52
100	July 23	@ Rockies	10–11	Reed	Henry (2–4)	—	48,058	47–53
101	July 24	@ Rockies	6–7 (10)	Leskanic	Byrd (1–2)	—	48,061	47–54
102	July 26	@ Reds	4–7	Smiley	Wilson (4–6)	—	30,011	47–55
103	July 27	@ Reds	5–7	Service	Clark (10–8)	Brantley	26,880	47–56
104	July 28	@ Reds	7–1	Jones (9–6)	Jarvis	—	25,094	48–56
105	July 29	Pirates	5–0	Harnisch (6–7)	Peters	—	15,680	49–56
106	July 30	Pirates	5–4	Isringhausen (5–11)	Cordova	Franco (22)	—	50–56
107	July 30	Pirates	4–3 (12)	Franco (3–2)	Lieber	—	18,378	51–56
108	July 31	Pirates	3–2 (10)	Dipoto (5–1)	Plesac	—	15,787	52–56

August: 8–20 (Home: 3–9; Away: 5–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
109	August 1	Pirates	9–13	Morel	Mlicki (5–5)	Ericks	20,327	52–57
110	August 2	Cardinals	3–4	Stottlemyre	Jones (9–7)	Honeycutt	34,091	52–58
111	August 3	Cardinals	5–4	Harnisch (7–7)	Benes	Franco (23)	28,594	53–58
112	August 4	Cardinals	2–4	Morgan	Isringhausen (5–12)	Eckersley	24,595	53–59
113	August 5	@ Cubs	3–7	Trachsel	Wilson (4–7)	—	36,766	53–60
114	August 6	@ Cubs	0–3	Navarro	Clark (10–9)	Patterson	24,558	53–61
115	August 7	@ Cubs	11–7	Dipoto (6–1)	Adams	—	27,086	54–61
116	August 8	@ Marlins	3–0	Harnisch (8–7)	Brown	Franco (24)	21,627	55–61
117	August 9	@ Marlins	1–2 (10)	Nen	Henry (2–5)	—	21,506	55–62
118	August 10	@ Marlins	6–9	Rapp	Wilson (4–8)	Nen	22,115	55–63
119	August 11	@ Marlins	5–3	Clark (11–9)	Valdes	Franco (25)	21,092	56–63
120	August 12	Cubs	1–11	Navarro	Isringhausen (5–13)	—	17,636	56–64
121	August 13	Cubs	2–3	Telemaco	Harnisch (8–8)	Wendell	17,819	56–65
122	August 14	Cubs	8–5	Jones (10–7)	Bullinger	Franco (26)	20,110	57–65
123	August 16	@ Padres	10–15	Valenzuela	Person (2–4)	—	23,699	57–66
124	August 17	@ Padres	7–3	Clark (12–9)	Worrell	Henry (8)	20,873	58–66
125	August 18	@ Padres	0–8	Hamilton	Wilson (4–9)	—	22,810	58–67
126	August 19	@ Giants	4–5	Scott	Harnisch (8–9)	Beck	11,565	58–68
127	August 20	@ Giants	7–3	Jones (11–7)	Fernandez	Franco (27)	10,885	59–68
128	August 21	@ Giants	11–12	Dewey	Person (2–5)	Beck	11,473	59–69
129	August 23	@ Dodgers	5–7	Martinez	Clark (12–10)	Worrell	36,909	59–70
130	August 24	@ Dodgers	5–7	Candiotti	Wilson (4–10)	Worrell	33,201	59–71
131	August 25	@ Dodgers	5–6	Radinsky	Franco (3–3)	Worrell	39,056	59–72
132	August 27	Padres	3–4	Blair	Mlicki (5–6)	Hoffman	17,925	59–73
133	August 28	Padres	2–3 (12)	Bergman	Wallace (0–1)	Hoffman	17,442	59–74
134	August 29	Padres	2–3	Hamilton	Wilson (4–11)	Hoffman	17,016	59–75
135	August 30	Giants	4–6	Estes	Harnisch (8–10)	Beck	17,581	59–76
136	August 31	Giants	7–2	Person (3–5)	Scott	Henry (9)	23,636	60–76

September: 11–15 (Home: 7–7; Away: 4–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	Giants	6–5 (10)	Franco (4–3)	Beck	—	40,643	61–76
138	September 2	Dodgers	5–8	Astacio	Clark (12–11)	Worrell	19,658	61–77
139	September 3	Dodgers	6–7	Radinsky	Henry (2–6)	—	15,646	61–78
140	September 4	Dodgers	3–2 (12)	Wallace (1–1)	Dreifort	—	15,662	62–78
141	September 6	@ Braves	7–8	Wohlers	Henry (2–7)	—	37,660	62–79
142	September 7	@ Braves	1–6	Smoltz	Jones (11–8)	—	47,130	62–80
143	September 8	@ Braves	6–2	Clark (13–11)	Maddux	—	39,045	63–80
144	September 9	Marlins	6–1	Mlicki (6–6)	Brown	—	14,100	64–80
145	September 10	Marlins	3–9 (12)	Powell	Henry (2–8)	—	14,746	64–81
146	September 11	Marlins	3–1	Isringhausen (6–13)	Rapp	Wallace (1)	12,448	65–81
147	September 13	Braves	6–4	Dipoto (7–1)	Borowski	Wallace (2)	17,331	66–81
148	September 14	Braves	6–5 (12)	Wallace (2–1)	Borowski	—	22,857	67–81
149	September 15	Braves	2–3	Glavine	Wilson (4–12)	Wohlers	23,718	67–82
150	September 16	Braves	2–5	Neagle	Harnisch (8–11)	—	14,980	67–83
151	September 17	@ Expos	1–7	Fassero	Isringhausen (6–14)	—	17,282	67–84
152	September 18	@ Expos	3–4	Urbina	Mlicki (6–7)	Rojas	14,930	67–85
153	September 19	@ Phillies	7–2	Clark (14–11)	Hunter	—	16,689	68–85
154	September 20	@ Phillies	5–2	Wilson (5–12)	Mimbs	Franco (28)	22,001	69–85
155	September 21	@ Phillies	1–2	Schilling	Harnisch (8–12)	—	23,283	69–86
156	September 22	@ Phillies	3–4	Bottalico	Wallace (2–2)	—	27,672	69–87
157	September 24	@ Astros	4–0	Jones (12–8)	Wall	—	39,511	70–87
158	September 25	@ Astros	4–5 (10)	Hudek	Wallace (2–3)	—	15,760	70–88
159	September 26	@ Astros	2–6	Drabek	Trlicek (0–1)	—	13,751	70–89
160	September 27	Phillies	5–6	Jordan	Dipoto (7–2)	Bottalico	15,889	70–90
161	September 28	Phillies	4–2	Person (4–5)	Maduro	Wallace (3)	16,801	71–90
162	September 29	Phillies	5–9	Blazier	Fyhrie (0–1)	—	21,975	71–91

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Mets team member

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	6	7	0.462	66	61
Florida Marlins	6	7	0.462	45	56
Montreal Expos	6	7	0.462	54	47
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies	7	6	0.538	62	52
Total	25	27	0.481	227	216
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	5	7	0.417	47	57
Cincinnati Reds	6	6	0.500	72	56
Houston Astros	4	8	0.333	56	62
Pittsburgh Pirates	8	5	0.615	68	68
St. Louis Cardinals	5	7	0.417	55	67
Total	28	33	0.459	298	310
NL West
Colorado Rockies	5	7	0.417	66	67
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	8	0.333	50	60
San Diego Padres	3	10	0.231	43	77
San Francisco Giants	6	6	0.500	62	49
Total	18	31	0.367	221	253
Season Total	71	91	0.438	746	779

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	24	11	13	0.458	139	140
May	28	11	17	0.393	93	114
June	28	15	13	0.536	124	129
July	28	15	13	0.536	153	122
August	28	8	20	0.286	131	159
September	26	11	15	0.423	106	115
Total	162	71	91	0.438	746	779

Total	162	71	91	0.438	746	779
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	42	39	0.519	335	350
Away	81	29	52	0.358	411	429

Roster

1996 New York Mets

Roster

Pitchers

43 Paul Byrd

54 Mark Clark

45 Jerry DiPoto

31 John Franco

40 Mike Fyhrie

27 Pete Harnisch

35 Doug Henry

44 Jason Isringhausen

28 Bobby Jones

49 Rob MacDonald

48 Pedro Martínez

34 Blas Minor

38 Dave Mlicki

29 Robert Person

34 Ricky Trlicek

47 Derek Wallace

32 Paul Wilson

Catchers

30 Alberto Castillo

7 Charlie Greene

9 Todd Hundley

17 Brent Mayne

Infielders

13 Edgardo Alfonzo

6 Carlos Baerga

11 Tim Bogar

26 Rico Brogna

12 Álvaro Espinoza

15 Matt Franco

19 Jason Hardtke

42 Butch Huskey

12 Jeff Kent

0 Rey Ordóñez

20 Roberto Petagine

15 José Vizcaíno

Outfielders

3 Carl Everett

23 Bernard Gilkey

1,51 Lance Johnson

5 Chris Jones

22 Alex Ochoa

18 Kevin Roberson

33 Andy Tomberlin

Manager

46 Dallas Green

2 Bobby Valentine

Coaches

34 Bob Apodaca (pitching)

4 Mike Cubbage (third base)

55 Frank Howard (first base)

10 Tom McCraw (hitting)

52 Greg Pavlick (pitching)

8 Steve Swisher (bullpen)

7 Bobby Wine (bench)

Player stats

Batting

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
Carl Everett	101	192	46	.240	1	16

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and records

Lance Johnson, National League leader, Triples (21) ^[7]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League	Bobby Valentine and Bruce Benedict
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	John Tamargo
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	John Gibbons
A	Capital City Bombers	South Atlantic League	Howie Freiling
A-Short Season	Pittsfield Mets	New York–Penn League	Doug Davis
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	John Stephenson
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	Mickey Brantley

External links

References

↑ Lance Johnson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maynebr01.shtml
↑ Ryan Thompson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 Diamos, Jason (July 4, 1996). "Ochoa Hits For the Cycle To Spark Mets". New York Times. p. B9.
↑ Nemec, David; Flatow, Scott. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures (2008 ed.). New York: Penguin Group. p. 371. ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0.
↑ Willis, George (September 15, 1996). "Hundley's 41st Puts Him in Record Books". New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
1 2 Nemec, David; Flatow, Scott. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures (2008 ed.). New York: Penguin Group. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0.
↑ 1996 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

New York Mets

Based in Queens, New York City, New York

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Al Lang Stadium; Tradition Field

Culture and lore

Key personnel

Owner: Fred Wilpon
President: Saul Katz
COO: Jeff Wilpon
General Manager: Sandy Alderson
Manager: Terry Collins
Team Captain: David Wright

Rivalries

World Series
Championships (2)

1969
1986

National League
Pennants (5)

Division titles (6)

Wild Card (3)

Minor league affiliates

Seasons (56)

1960s	1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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