1997 New York Mets roster: 88-74

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 28 clubs that season.

1997 Mets roster: batting

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1997 New York Mets batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
JOJohn Olerud	1B	154	524	90	154	22	102	0	.294	.400	.889
Edgardo Alfonzo	3B	151	518	84	163	10	72	11	.315	.391	.823
BGBernard Gilkey	LF	145	518	85	129	18	78	7	.249	.338	.755
BHButch Huskey	LF	142	471	61	135	24	81	8	.287	.319	.822
CBCarlos Baerga	3B	133	467	53	131	9	52	2	.281	.311	.707
CECarl Everett	DH	142	443	58	110	14	57	17	.248	.308	.728
THTodd Hundley	C	132	417	78	114	30	86	2	.273	.394	.943
RORey Ordonez	SS	120	356	35	77	1	33	11	.216	.255	.510
AOAlex Ochoa	RF	113	238	31	58	3	22	3	.244	.300	.649
LLLuis Lopez	SS	78	178	19	48	1	19	2	.270	.330	.695
MFMatt Franco	1B	112	163	21	45	5	21	1	.276	.330	.728
TPTodd Pratt	C	39	106	12	30	2	19	0	.283	.372	.768
SBSteve Bieser	OF	47	69	16	17	0	4	2	.246	.346	.636
ACAlberto Castillo	C	35	59	3	12	0	7	0	.203	.304	.525
JHJason Hardtke	3B	30	56	9	15	2	8	1	.268	.323	.733
SGShawn Gilbert	LF	29	22	3	3	1	1	1	.136	.174	.447
RPRoberto Petagine	1B	12	15	2	1	0	2	0	.067	.222	.289
CMCarlos R. Mendoza	LF	15	12	6	3	0	1	0	.250	.500	.750
ATAndy Tomberlin	DH	6	7	0	2	0	0	0	.286	.375	.661
GTGary Thurman	CF	11	6	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333
KMKevin Morgan	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1997 Mets roster: pitching

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1997 New York Mets pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
RRRick Reed	SP	33	31	13	9	2.89	208.1	113	1.04	0
DMDave Mlicki	SP	32	32	8	12	4.00	193.2	157	1.39	0
BJBobby J. Jones	SP	30	30	15	9	3.63	193.1	125	1.24	0
BBBrian Bohanon	SP	19	14	6	4	3.82	94.1	66	1.37	0
ARArmando Reynoso	RP	16	16	6	3	4.53	91.1	47	1.36	0
GMGreg McMichael	RP	73	0	7	10	2.98	87.2	81	1.14	7
CLCory Lidle	SP	54	2	7	2	3.53	81.2	54	1.30	2
JAJuan Acevedo	RP	25	2	3	1	3.59	47.2	33	1.55	0
JCJoe Crawford	RP	19	2	4	3	3.30	46.1	25	1.06	0
TKTakashi Kashiwada	RP	35	0	3	1	4.31	31.1	19	1.69	0
Jason Isringhausen	RP	6	6	2	2	7.58	29.2	25	2.09	0
RJRicardo Jordan	RP	22	0	1	2	5.33	27.0	19	1.70	0
BMBarry Manuel	RP	19	0	0	1	5.26	25.2	21	1.87	0
YPYorkis Perez	RP	9	0	0	1	8.31	8.2	7	2.19	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

1. Apr 1, 1997@ SDL 5-12
2. Apr 2, 1997@ SDL 5-6
3. Apr 3, 1997@ SDW 4-1
4. Apr 4, 1997@ SFL 4-6
5. Apr 5, 1997@ SFL 0-2
6. Apr 6, 1997@ SFW 4-2
7. Apr 7, 1997@ LADL 2-3
8. Apr 8, 1997@ LADW 5-3
9. Apr 9, 1997@ LADL 2-3
10. Apr 13, 1997vs SFL 1-5
11. Apr 13, 1997vs SFL 6-7
12. Apr 14, 1997vs SFL 2-3
13. Apr 15, 1997vs LADW 5-0
14. Apr 16, 1997vs LADL 2-5
15. Apr 19, 1997vs CHCW 6-3
16. Apr 20, 1997vs CHCW 8-2
17. Apr 20, 1997vs CHCL 3-4
18. Apr 21, 1997vs CHCL 4-6
19. Apr 22, 1997vs CINW 7-2
20. Apr 23, 1997vs CINW 10-2
21. Apr 25, 1997@ WSHL 1-4
22. Apr 26, 1997@ WSHL 1-8
23. Apr 27, 1997@ WSHW 5-3
24. Apr 28, 1997@ CINW 15-2
25. Apr 29, 1997@ CINW 3-1
26. Apr 30, 1997vs SDW 6-2
27. May 1, 1997vs SDL 3-7
28. May 2, 1997vs STLW 7-4
29. May 3, 1997vs STLW 5-1
30. May 4, 1997vs STLL 2-8
31. May 5, 1997@ COLW 6-1
32. May 6, 1997@ COLL 11-12
33. May 7, 1997@ HOUW 4-1
34. May 8, 1997@ HOUL 2-4
35. May 9, 1997@ STLW 10-3
36. May 10, 1997@ STLW 2-0
37. May 11, 1997@ STLW 6-4
38. May 13, 1997vs HOUW 4-3
39. May 14, 1997vs HOUL 0-1
40. May 16, 1997vs COLL 1-2
41. May 17, 1997vs COLW 3-1
42. May 18, 1997vs COLW 10-4
43. May 18, 1997vs COLW 10-4
44. May 19, 1997vs COLW 4-3
45. May 20, 1997@ MIAL 5-6
46. May 21, 1997@ MIAW 2-1
47. May 22, 1997@ PHIW 10-3
48. May 23, 1997@ PHIL 1-2
49. May 24, 1997@ PHIW 8-4
50. May 26, 1997@ WSHW 4-3
51. May 27, 1997@ WSHL 4-5
52. May 28, 1997@ WSHW 7-0
53. May 30, 1997vs PHIW 7-3
54. May 31, 1997vs PHIW 10-3
55. Jun 1, 1997vs PHIW 8-5
56. Jun 2, 1997vs WSHL 0-10
57. Jun 3, 1997vs WSHW 2-1
58. Jun 4, 1997vs MIAL 2-5
59. Jun 5, 1997vs MIAW 6-0
60. Jun 6, 1997@ CINL 2-5
61. Jun 7, 1997@ CINL 5-10
62. Jun 9, 1997@ CINW 4-2
63. Jun 10, 1997@ CHCW 10-6
64. Jun 11, 1997@ CHCL 4-5
65. Jun 13, 1997vs BOSL 4-8
66. Jun 14, 1997vs BOSW 5-2
67. Jun 15, 1997vs BOSL 1-10
68. Jun 16, 1997@ NYYW 6-0
69. Jun 17, 1997@ NYYL 3-6
70. Jun 17, 1997@ NYYL 3-6
71. Jun 18, 1997@ NYYL 2-3
72. Jun 19, 1997vs PITW 7-6
73. Jun 20, 1997vs PITW 1-0
74. Jun 21, 1997vs PITW 3-2
75. Jun 22, 1997vs PITW 12-9
76. Jun 23, 1997vs ATLW 3-2
77. Jun 24, 1997vs ATLW 6-5
78. Jun 25, 1997vs ATLL 7-14
79. Jun 27, 1997@ PITL 1-6
80. Jun 28, 1997@ PITW 8-3
81. Jun 29, 1997@ PITW 10-8
82. Jun 30, 1997@ DETL 0-14
83. Jul 1, 1997@ DETL 6-8
84. Jul 2, 1997@ DETL 7-9
85. Jul 3, 1997vs MIAL 4-10
86. Jul 4, 1997vs MIAW 6-2
87. Jul 5, 1997vs MIAW 5-3
88. Jul 6, 1997vs MIAW 3-2
89. Jul 10, 1997@ ATLW 10-7
90. Jul 11, 1997@ ATLW 9-7
91. Jul 12, 1997@ ATLL 4-7
92. Jul 13, 1997@ ATLW 7-6
93. Jul 14, 1997@ PITL 4-5
94. Jul 15, 1997@ PITL 3-4
95. Jul 16, 1997vs CHCL 5-6
96. Jul 17, 1997vs CHCW 4-3
97. Jul 18, 1997vs CINW 4-3
98. Jul 19, 1997vs CINW 5-3
99. Jul 20, 1997vs CINW 10-1
100. Jul 21, 1997vs CINW 5-3
101. Jul 22, 1997@ LADL 3-8
102. Jul 23, 1997@ LADW 2-1
103. Jul 24, 1997@ LADW 3-1
104. Jul 25, 1997@ SDW 4-2
105. Jul 26, 1997@ SDL 3-5
106. Jul 27, 1997@ SDL 3-5
107. Jul 29, 1997@ SFL 2-5
108. Jul 30, 1997@ SFW 5-2
109. Aug 1, 1997@ HOUW 8-5
110. Aug 2, 1997@ HOUL 0-6
111. Aug 3, 1997@ HOUL 2-3
112. Aug 4, 1997vs STLW 4-2
113. Aug 5, 1997vs STLW 5-4
114. Aug 6, 1997vs COLL 0-4
115. Aug 7, 1997vs COLW 12-4
116. Aug 8, 1997vs HOUW 6-1
117. Aug 9, 1997vs HOUL 3-8
118. Aug 10, 1997vs HOUL 8-11
119. Aug 11, 1997vs HOUL 3-8
120. Aug 12, 1997@ STLL 2-5
121. Aug 13, 1997@ STLW 5-4
122. Aug 14, 1997@ STLW 6-2
123. Aug 15, 1997@ COLL 2-6
124. Aug 16, 1997@ COLL 5-7
125. Aug 17, 1997@ COLL 4-6
126. Aug 19, 1997vs LADL 2-4
127. Aug 21, 1997vs LADW 3-1
128. Aug 21, 1997vs LADL 3-4
129. Aug 22, 1997vs SDW 9-8
130. Aug 23, 1997vs SDW 9-5
131. Aug 24, 1997vs SDL 2-3
132. Aug 25, 1997vs SFL 1-7
133. Aug 26, 1997vs SFL 2-6
134. Aug 27, 1997vs SFW 15-6
135. Aug 29, 1997@ BALL 3-4
136. Aug 30, 1997@ BALW 13-6
137. Aug 31, 1997@ BALW 4-1
138. Sep 1, 1997vs TORW 3-0
139. Sep 2, 1997vs TORW 8-5
140. Sep 3, 1997vs TORW 4-2
141. Sep 5, 1997@ CHCL 3-8
142. Sep 6, 1997@ CHCL 5-7
143. Sep 7, 1997@ CHCW 9-2
144. Sep 8, 1997vs PHIL 4-13
145. Sep 9, 1997vs PHIL 0-1
146. Sep 10, 1997vs PHIW 10-2
147. Sep 11, 1997vs WSHW 9-5
148. Sep 12, 1997vs WSHL 2-3
149. Sep 13, 1997vs WSHW 9-6
150. Sep 14, 1997vs WSHW 1-0
151. Sep 15, 1997@ PHIW 10-5
152. Sep 15, 1997@ PHIL 1-2
153. Sep 16, 1997@ PHIL 2-3
154. Sep 17, 1997@ ATLL 2-10
155. Sep 18, 1997@ ATLL 4-11
156. Sep 19, 1997@ MIAL 2-5
157. Sep 20, 1997@ MIAW 7-3
158. Sep 21, 1997@ MIAW 2-1
159. Sep 22, 1997@ MIAW 10-3
160. Sep 23, 1997vs PITL 4-5
161. Sep 24, 1997vs PITW 7-5
162. Sep 26, 1997vs ATLL 6-7
163. Sep 27, 1997vs ATLW 2-1
164. Sep 28, 1997vs ATLW 8-2