1997 New York Mets

88-74 • .543 Win% • 3rd in NL E

The 1997 New York Mets went 88-74 (.543) finishing 3rd in the NL E division. The club scored 777 runs, allowed 709, and played home games at Shea Stadium. Team leaders included Todd Hundley (30 HR, 86 RBI) and Bobby Jones (15-9, 3.63 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
74 Losses
.543 Win %
3rd Rank
777 R 709 RA
Diff +68

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777 Runs Scored
709 Runs Allowed
+68 Run Diff
1,775K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 NL Average

Batting Avg .262 equal to the 1997 league average (.262)
OBP .331 equal to the 1997 league average (.333)
SLG .404 1% below the 1997 league average (.410)
Team ERA 3.95 6% better than the 1997 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 777 4% above the 1997 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShea Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,775,201
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Avg per Game 21,916

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1997

Batting Avg

1 Edgardo Alfonzo 0.315 2 Lance Johnson 0.309 3 John Olerud 0.294 4 Butch Huskey 0.287 5 Todd Pratt 0.283

Home Runs

1 Todd Hundley 30 2 Butch Huskey 24 3 John Olerud 22 4 Bernard Gilkey 18 5 Carl Everett 14

RBI

1 John Olerud 102 2 Todd Hundley 86 3 Butch Huskey 81 4 Bernard Gilkey 78 5 Edgardo Alfonzo 72
1997 New York Mets — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
John Olerud 154 524 90 154 34 1 22 102 85 67 0 0.294
Edgardo Alfonzo 151 518 84 163 27 2 10 72 63 56 11 0.315
Bernard Gilkey 145 518 85 129 31 1 18 78 70 111 7 0.249
Butch Huskey 142 471 61 135 26 2 24 81 25 84 8 0.287
Carlos Baerga 133 467 53 131 25 1 9 52 20 54 2 0.281
Carl Everett 142 443 58 110 28 3 14 57 32 102 17 0.248
Todd Hundley 132 417 78 114 21 2 30 86 83 116 2 0.273
Rey Ordonez 120 356 35 77 5 3 1 33 18 36 11 0.216
Lance Johnson 72 265 43 82 10 6 1 24 33 21 15 0.309
Alex Ochoa 113 238 31 58 14 1 3 22 18 32 3 0.244
Luis Lopez 78 178 19 48 12 1 1 19 12 42 2 0.270
Matt Franco 112 163 21 45 5 0 5 21 13 23 1 0.276
Manny Alexander 54 149 26 37 9 3 2 15 9 38 11 0.248
Brian McRae 45 145 23 36 5 2 5 15 13 22 3 0.248
Todd Pratt 39 106 12 30 6 0 2 19 13 32 0 0.283
Steve Bieser 47 69 16 17 3 0 0 4 7 20 2 0.246
Bobby Jones 30 62 4 8 2 0 0 4 3 18 0 0.129
Alberto Castillo 35 59 3 12 1 0 0 7 9 16 0 0.203
Rick Reed 33 57 6 10 5 0 1 5 3 18 0 0.175
Jason Hardtke 30 56 9 15 2 0 2 8 4 6 1 0.268
Dave Mlicki 33 48 3 9 3 0 0 3 3 22 0 0.188
Mark Clark 23 43 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 19 0 0.047
Brian Bohanon 21 33 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 15 0 0.182
Armando Reynoso 16 29 3 7 0 0 1 3 2 15 0 0.241
Shawn Gilbert 29 22 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 8 1 0.136
Roberto Petagine 12 15 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 0.067
Carlos Mendoza 15 12 6 3 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0.250
Joe Crawford 19 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Pete Harnisch 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Jason Isringhausen 6 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.143
Andy Tomberlin 6 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.286
Juan Acevedo 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Gary Thurman 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Cory Lidle 54 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Greg McMichael 73 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.667
Barry Manuel 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Turk Wendell 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ricardo Jordan 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Takashi Kashiwada 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Kevin Morgan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Yorkis Perez 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Toby Borland 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Franco 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mel Rojas 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ricky Trlicek 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1997

ERA

1 John Franco 2.55 2 Rick Reed 2.89 3 Greg McMichael 2.98 4 Joe Crawford 3.30 5 Cory Lidle 3.53

Wins

1 Bobby Jones 15 2 Rick Reed 13 3 Mark Clark 8 4 Dave Mlicki 8 5 Cory Lidle 7

Strikeouts

1 Dave Mlicki 157 2 Bobby Jones 125 3 Rick Reed 113 4 Greg McMichael 81 5 Mark Clark 72
1997 New York Mets — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rick Reed 13 9 2.89 33 31 0 208.1 186 67 31 113
Dave Mlicki 8 12 4.00 32 32 0 193.2 194 86 76 157
Bobby Jones 15 9 3.63 30 30 0 193.1 177 78 63 125
Mark Clark 8 7 4.25 23 22 0 142.0 158 67 47 72
Brian Bohanon 6 4 3.82 19 14 0 94.1 95 40 34 66
Armando Reynoso 6 3 4.53 16 16 0 91.1 95 46 29 47
Greg McMichael 7 10 2.98 73 0 7 87.2 73 29 27 81
Cory Lidle 7 2 3.53 54 2 2 81.2 86 32 20 54
John Franco 5 3 2.55 59 0 36 60.0 49 17 20 53
Juan Acevedo 3 1 3.59 25 2 0 47.2 52 19 22 33
Joe Crawford 4 3 3.30 19 2 0 46.1 36 17 13 25
Takashi Kashiwada 3 1 4.31 35 0 0 31.1 35 15 18 19
Jason Isringhausen 2 2 7.58 6 6 0 29.2 40 25 22 25
Ricardo Jordan 1 2 5.33 22 0 0 27.0 31 16 15 19
Mel Rojas 0 2 5.13 23 0 2 26.1 24 15 6 32
Pete Harnisch 0 1 8.06 6 5 0 25.2 35 23 11 12
Barry Manuel 0 1 5.26 19 0 0 25.2 35 15 13 21
Turk Wendell 0 0 4.96 13 0 1 16.1 15 9 14 10
Toby Borland 0 1 6.08 13 0 1 13.1 11 9 14 7
Ricky Trlicek 0 0 8.00 9 0 0 9.0 10 8 5 4
Yorkis Perez 0 1 8.31 9 0 0 8.2 15 8 4 7

👥 Roster (45)

Juan Acevedo Manny Alexander Edgardo Alfonzo Carlos Baerga Steve Bieser Brian Bohanon Toby Borland Alberto Castillo Mark Clark Joe Crawford Carl Everett John Franco +33 more

45 players

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The 1997 New York Mets in brief

The record for the 1997 New York Mets reads 88 wins and 74 losses, good for 3rd in the NL East. With 777 runs scored and 709 given up, the 1997 differential was +68. Pitchers allowed 3.95 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.20. League clubs averaged 746 runs that year, so the New York Mets scored 4% more. The home park, Shea Stadium, recorded 1,775,201 in attendance, about 21,916 a game.

For power, Todd Hundley led the way with 30 homers. The RBI leader was John Olerud, with 102. Edgardo Alfonzo collected the most hits, 163. The pitching staff's wins leader was Bobby Jones (15). Dave Mlicki struck out 157, the most on the club. John Franco closed out 36 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1997 New York Mets

What was the 1997 New York Mets record?
The 1997 New York Mets finished 88-74 (.543 win pct).
Who led the 1997 New York Mets in home runs?
Todd Hundley led the 1997 New York Mets with 30 home runs.
What was the 1997 New York Mets team ERA?
The 1997 New York Mets posted a team ERA of 3.95.
Did the 1997 New York Mets win the World Series?
No. The 1997 New York Mets did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1997 New York Mets play?
The 1997 New York Mets played home games at Shea Stadium.
Who led the 1997 New York Mets in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Todd Hundley (30 HR, 86 RBI) and Bobby Jones (15-9, 3.63 ERA).
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