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1990 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964)
New York, New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s)	Frank Cashen
Manager(s)	Davey Johnson, Bud Harrelson
Local television	WWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York (Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub)
Local radio	WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen) WSKQ-FM (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa, Renato Morffi)
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The 1990 New York Mets season was the 29th regular season for the Mets. They went 91-71 and finished second in the National League East. They were managed by Davey Johnson and Bud Harrelson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

The Mets playing against the San Diego Padres during a 1990 away game at Jack Murphy Stadium.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Roster
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Batting
  - 4.1.1 Starters by position
  - 4.1.2 Other batters
- 4.2 Pitching
5 Farm system
6 References
7 External links

Offseason[edit]

November 14, 1989: Gary Carter was released by the Mets.^[1]
December 5, 1989: John Mitchell and Joaquin Contreras (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Keith Hughes and Cesar Mejia (minors).^[2]
December 6, 1989: Randy Myers and Kip Gross were traded by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for John Franco and Don Brown (minors).^[3]
December 20, 1989: Juan Samuel was traded by the Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Alejandro Peña and Mike Marshall.^[4]
March 26, 1990: D. J. Dozier was signed by the Mets as an amateur free agent.^[5]

Regular season[edit]

Darryl Strawberry became the first player in Mets history to have three seasons with 100 RBIs.
During the season, Frank Viola became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Mets in the 20th century.^[6]

Opening Day starters[edit]

Kevin Elster
Dwight Gooden
Gregg Jefferies
Howard Johnson
Barry Lyons
Mike Marshall
Kevin McReynolds
Keith Miller
Darryl Strawberry ^[7]

A ticket for a 1990 game between the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs.

Season standings[edit]

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	67	0.586	—	49–32	46–35
New York Mets	91	71	0.562	4	52–29	39–42
Montreal Expos	85	77	0.525	10	47–34	38–43
Chicago Cubs	77	85	0.475	18	39–42	38–43
Philadelphia Phillies	77	85	0.475	18	41–40	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	70	92	0.432	25	34–47	36–45

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1990 National League Records 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	—	6–6	8–10	5–13	6–12	6–6	4–8	5–7	5–7	8–10	5–13	7–5
Chicago	6–6	—	4–8	6–6	3–9	11–7	9–9	11–7	4–14	8–4	7–5	8–10
Cincinnati	10–8	8–4	—	11–7	9–9	9–3	6–6	7–5	6–6	9–9	7–11	9–3
Houston	13–5	6–6	7–11	—	9–9	5–7	5–7	5–7	5–7	4–14	10–8	6–6
Los Angeles	12–6	9–3	9–9	9–9	—	6–6	5–7	8–4	4–8	9–9	8–10	7–5
Montreal	6–6	7–11	3–9	7–5	6–6	—	8–10	10–8	13–5	7–5	7–5	11–7
New York	8–4	9–9	6–6	7–5	7–5	10–8	—	10–8	10–8	5–7	7–5	12–6
Philadelphia	7-5	7–11	5–7	7–5	4–8	8–10	8–10	—	6–12	7–5	8–4	10–8
Pittsburgh	7–5	14–4	6–6	7–5	8–4	5–13	8–10	12–6	—	10–2	8–4	10–8
San Diego	10–8	4–8	9–9	14–4	9–9	5–7	7–5	5–7	2–10	—	7–11	3–9
San Francisco	13–5	5–7	11–7	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	4–8	4–8	11–7	—	9–3
St. Louis	5–7	10–8	3–9	6–6	5–7	7–11	6–12	8–10	8–10	9–3	3–9	—

Notable transactions[edit]

June 4, 1990: Jeromy Burnitz was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft.^[8]
June 19, 1990: Mario Diaz was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Mets for Brian Givens.^[9]
August 30, 1990: Archie Corbin was traded by the Mets to the Kansas City Royals for Pat Tabler.^[10]
August 31, 1990: Julio Machado and Kevin Brown were traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Brewers for Charlie O'Brien and Kevin Carmody (minors).^[11]
September 10, 1990: Nick Davis (minors) and Steve LaRose (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Dan Schatzeder.^[12]

Roster[edit]

1990 New York Mets

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

3 Bud Harrelson
5 Davey Johnson

Coaches

4 Mike Cubbage (hitting/first base) (first base after Harrelson took over as manager)
32 Doc Edwards (bench)
3 Bud Harrelson (first base)
52 Greg Pavlick (bullpen)
30 Mel Stottlemyre (pitching)
23 Chuck Hiller (third base)

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

Lenny Dykstra Tim Teufel Darryl Strawberry John Krukenstein Lou Phillips Mart Schilleng Martin Espocatiamo Ben Murson Shawn Olerud

Other batters[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	Avg.
Hughes, KeithKeith Hughes	8	9	.000
Carr, ChuckChuck Carr	4	2	.000
Thornton, LouLou Thornton	3	0	----

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tidewater Tides	International League	Steve Swisher
AA	Jackson Mets	Texas League	Clint Hurdle
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Tim Blackwell
A	Columbia Mets	South Atlantic League	Bill Stein
Short-Season A	Pittsfield Mets	New York-Penn League	Jim Eschen
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Jim Thrift
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	John Tamargo

References[edit]

^ Gary Carter page at Baseball Reference
^ John Mitchell page at Baseball Reference
^ Randy Myers page at Baseball Reference
^ Juan Samuel page at Baseball Reference
^ D. J. Dozier page at Baseball Reference
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1990&t=NYN
^ Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml
^ Pat Tabler page at Baseball Reference
^ Julio Machado page at Baseball Reference
^ Dan Schatzeder page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links[edit]

1990 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1990 MLB draft 1990 MLB lockout 1990 All-Star Game 1990 World Series

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 (2)

1999 (tie-breaker game)
2000

Minor league affiliates

Seasons (55)

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