1999 New York Mets

97-66 • .595 Win% • 2nd in NL E

The 1999 New York Mets went 97-66 (.595) finishing 2nd in the NL E division. The club scored 853 runs, allowed 711, and played home games at Shea Stadium. Team leaders included Mike Piazza (40 HR, 124 RBI) and Orel Hershiser (13-12, 4.58 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

97 Wins
66 Losses
.595 Win %
2nd Rank
853 R 711 RA
Diff +142

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853 Runs Scored
711 Runs Allowed
+142 Run Diff
2,726K Attendance

📈 vs. 1999 NL Average

Batting Avg .278 4% above the 1999 league average (.268)
OBP .362 6% above the 1999 league average (.342)
SLG .434 1% above the 1999 league average (.429)
Team ERA 4.27 6% better than the 1999 league average (4.56)
Runs Scored 853 5% above the 1999 league average (810 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShea Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,726,008
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Avg per Game 33,654

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1999

Batting Avg

1 Shawon Dunston 0.344 2 Darryl Hamilton 0.339 3 Rickey Henderson 0.315 4 Roger Cedeno 0.313 5 Edgardo Alfonzo 0.304

Home Runs

1 Mike Piazza 40 2 Robin Ventura 32 3 Edgardo Alfonzo 27 4 John Olerud 19 5 Benny Agbayani 14

RBI

1 Mike Piazza 124 2 Robin Ventura 120 3 Edgardo Alfonzo 108 4 John Olerud 96 5 Rey Ordonez 60
1999 New York Mets — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Edgardo Alfonzo 158 628 123 191 41 1 27 108 85 85 9 0.304
Robin Ventura 161 588 88 177 38 0 32 120 74 109 1 0.301
John Olerud 162 581 107 173 39 0 19 96 125 66 3 0.298
Mike Piazza 141 534 100 162 25 0 40 124 51 70 2 0.303
Rey Ordonez 154 520 49 134 24 2 1 60 49 59 8 0.258
Roger Cedeno 155 453 90 142 23 4 4 36 60 100 66 0.313
Rickey Henderson 121 438 89 138 30 0 12 42 82 82 37 0.315
Brian McRae 96 298 35 66 12 1 8 36 39 57 2 0.221
Benny Agbayani 101 276 42 79 18 3 14 42 32 60 6 0.286
Darryl Hamilton 55 168 19 57 8 1 5 21 19 18 2 0.339
Todd Pratt 71 140 18 41 4 0 3 21 15 32 2 0.293
Matt Franco 122 132 18 31 5 0 4 21 28 21 0 0.235
Bobby Bonilla 60 119 12 19 5 0 4 18 19 16 0 0.160
Luis Lopez 68 104 11 22 4 0 2 13 12 33 1 0.212
Shawon Dunston 42 93 12 32 6 1 0 16 0 16 4 0.344
Jermaine Allensworth 40 73 14 16 2 0 3 9 9 23 2 0.219
Orel Hershiser 32 62 3 9 1 0 0 3 1 18 1 0.145
Al Leiter 32 57 1 6 2 0 0 5 2 29 0 0.105
Masato Yoshii 31 55 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 0.164
Mike Kinkade 28 46 3 9 2 1 2 6 3 9 1 0.196
Rick Reed 27 45 2 11 2 0 0 5 1 14 0 0.244
Melvin Mora 66 31 6 5 0 0 0 1 4 7 2 0.161
Kenny Rogers 12 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 0.120
Octavio Dotel 19 24 2 3 0 0 0 1 4 17 0 0.125
Bobby Jones 12 16 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0.312
Pat Mahomes 41 16 2 5 3 0 0 3 0 6 0 0.312
Jason Isringhausen 13 12 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.083
Allen Watson 14 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.300
Jay Payton 13 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0.250
Turk Wendell 80 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Armando Benitez 77 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Terrence Long 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jorge Toca 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Rigo Beltran 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Cook 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Josias Manzanillo 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
John Franco 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Shane Halter 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chuck McElroy 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg McMichael 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Murray 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Glendon Rusch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Tam 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Taylor 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vance Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1999

ERA

1 Armando Benitez 1.85 2 John Franco 2.88 3 Turk Wendell 3.05 4 Rigo Beltran 3.48 5 Pat Mahomes 3.68

Wins

1 Orel Hershiser 13 2 Al Leiter 13 3 Masato Yoshii 12 4 Rick Reed 11 5 Dennis Cook 10

Strikeouts

1 Al Leiter 162 2 Armando Benitez 128 3 Masato Yoshii 105 4 Rick Reed 104 5 Orel Hershiser 89
1999 New York Mets — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Al Leiter 13 12 4.23 32 32 0 213.0 209 100 93 162
Orel Hershiser 13 12 4.58 32 32 0 179.0 175 91 77 89
Masato Yoshii 12 8 4.40 31 29 0 174.0 168 85 58 105
Rick Reed 11 5 4.58 26 26 0 149.1 163 76 47 104
Turk Wendell 5 4 3.05 80 0 3 85.2 80 29 37 77
Octavio Dotel 8 3 5.38 19 14 0 85.1 69 51 49 85
Armando Benitez 4 3 1.85 77 0 22 78.0 40 16 41 128
Kenny Rogers 5 1 4.03 12 12 0 76.0 71 34 28 58
Pat Mahomes 8 0 3.68 39 0 0 63.2 44 26 37 51
Dennis Cook 10 5 3.86 71 0 3 63.0 50 27 27 68
Bobby Jones 3 3 5.61 12 9 0 59.1 69 37 11 31
John Franco 0 2 2.88 46 0 19 40.2 40 13 19 41
Allen Watson 2 2 4.08 14 4 1 39.2 36 18 22 32
Jason Isringhausen 1 3 6.41 13 5 1 39.1 43 28 22 31
Rigo Beltran 1 1 3.48 21 0 0 31.0 30 12 12 35
Josias Manzanillo 0 0 5.79 12 0 0 18.2 19 12 4 25
Greg McMichael 1 1 4.82 19 0 0 18.2 20 10 8 18
Chuck McElroy 0 0 3.38 15 0 0 13.1 12 5 8 7
Billy Taylor 0 1 8.10 18 0 0 13.1 20 12 9 14
Jeff Tam 0 0 3.18 9 0 0 11.1 6 4 3 8
Dan Murray 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 2.0 4 3 2 1
Matt Franco 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 1.1 3 2 3 2
Glendon Rusch 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship
Lost to ATL 4-2
NL Division Series
NYN def. ARI 3-1

👥 Roster (45)

Benny Agbayani Edgardo Alfonzo Jermaine Allensworth Rigo Beltran Armando Benitez Bobby Bonilla Roger Cedeno Dennis Cook Octavio Dotel Shawon Dunston John Franco Matt Franco +33 more

45 players

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The 1999 New York Mets in brief

The 1999 New York Mets finished 97-66, a .595 winning percentage, placing 2nd in the NL East. This was a year in which the New York Mets earned a wild-card berth. The run column shows 853 for and 711 against. At the plate the New York Mets hit .278, 4% better than the league's .268. The New York Mets staff finished with a 4.27 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.56.

Attendance at Shea Stadium totaled 2,726,008 for the year. The home run leader was Mike Piazza, who hit 40. On the mound, Orel Hershiser won 13 games to lead the staff. In the NL Championship Series, the New York Mets lost to ATL 4-2. The NL Division Series ended in a win against ARI 3-1.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1999 New York Mets

What was the 1999 New York Mets record?
The 1999 New York Mets finished 97-66 (.595 win pct).
Who led the 1999 New York Mets in home runs?
Mike Piazza led the 1999 New York Mets with 40 home runs.
What was the 1999 New York Mets team ERA?
The 1999 New York Mets posted a team ERA of 4.27.
Did the 1999 New York Mets win the World Series?
No. The 1999 New York Mets did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1999 New York Mets play?
The 1999 New York Mets played home games at Shea Stadium.
Who led the 1999 New York Mets in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Mike Piazza (40 HR, 124 RBI) and Orel Hershiser (13-12, 4.58 ERA).
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