1997 New York Mets season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Mets 1997 New York Mets Insignia.svg National League East Shea Stadium New York 88 74 y 3rd Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr. Joe McIlvaine, Steve Phillips Bobby Valentine WWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York(Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne) WFAN(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ed Coleman)WADO (spanish)(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa) The 1997 New York Mets season was the 36th regular season for the Mets. They went 88–74 and finished third in the National League East, thirteen games behind the first place Atlanta Braves. The Mets were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium. It was their first winning season since 1990, despite not making the playoffs. Offseason November 25, 1996: Paul Byrd and a player to be named later were traded by the Mets to the Atlanta Braves for Greg McMichael. The Mets completed the deal by sending Andy Zwirchitz (minors) to the Braves on May 25, 1997.Paul Byrd page at Baseball Reference November 27, 1996: Rico Brogna was traded by the Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ricardo Jordan and Toby Borland.Rico Brogna page at Baseball Reference December 20, 1996: Robert Person was traded by the Mets to the Toronto Blue Jays for John Olerud and cash.John Olerud page at Baseball Reference March 22, 1997: Héctor Ramírez was traded by the Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Scott McClain and Manny Alexander.Scott McClain page at Baseball Reference Regular season For the first time since 1990, the Mets finished the regular season with a winning record. Their offensive output was led by their corner infielders, the 23-year old third baseman Edgardo Alfonzo and the two-time former world champion first baseman John Olerud, the latter of whom was acquired in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays. Alfonzo, in his first full season as a starter, led the team with a .315 average and 163 hits while Olerud notched a .294 average and drove in 102 runs to lead the Mets in that category. Catcher Todd Hundley, a year removed from his record setting 1996 campaign, led the team in home runs with 30 and added 86 RBI, one of five Mets to record 70 or more (joining Alfonzo, Olerud, Bernard Gilkey, and Butch Huskey). After a year out of baseball, Rick Reed joined the Mets' starting rotation and led them with a 2.89 ERA. Bobby Jones led with fifteen wins, with Reed recording thirteen. John Franco saved 36 games, his most since 1988. Jackie Robinson tribute On April 15 the Mets hosted ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers before their game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Shea Stadium.A Grand Tribute to Robinson and His Moment April 16, 1997 Claire Smith New York Times A1 The ceremony was attended by President Bill Clinton and commissioner Bud Selig announced that Robinson's jersey number, 42, would be retired permanently across baseball. The Mets won the game 5–0.Mets' Own Melting Pot Provides Victory Blend April 16, 1997 Buster Olney New York Times B14 Buster Olney Subway Series Interleague play was brought to MLB in 1997 and the Mets played New York Yankees in June as part of the first ever regular season games that counted in the standings between the two teams (they had previously an exhibition game until 1983 during the season). The series took place at Yankee Stadium, and Mets won the first game by a score of 6–0.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199706160NYA Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 16, 1997 at Yankee Stadium Season standings New York Mets Record vs. opponents NYM Notable transactions June 3, 1997: 1997 Major League Baseball draft Garrett Atkins was drafted by the Mets in the 10th round, but did not sign.Garrett Atkins page at Baseball Reference Jeremy Guthrie was drafted by the Mets in the 15th round, but did not sign.Jeremy Guthrie page at Baseball Reference August 8, 1997: Lance Johnson and players to be named later were traded by the Mets to the Chicago Cubs for Brian McRae, Mel Rojas and Turk Wendell. The Mets completed the deal by sending Mark Clark to the Cubs on August 11 and Manny Alexander to the Cubs on August 14.Brian McRae page at Baseball Reference Game log LegendMets WinMets LossGame Postponed Eliminated from playoff spotBold = Mets team member New York Mets; 1997 Game LogOverall: 88–74 (Home: 50–31; Away: 38–43) y New York Mets; April: (12–14) Home: 6–6; Away: 6–8 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 1 || April 1 || @ Padres || 5–12 || Hamilton (1–0) || Pérez (0–1) || — || Qualcomm Stadium || 43,005 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 2 || April 2 || @ Padres || 5–6 (12) || Bergman (1–0) || Jordan (0–1) || — || Qualcomm Stadium || 16,465 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 3 || April 3 || @ Padres || 4–1 || B. Jones (1–0) || Valenzuela (0–1) || Franco (1) || Qualcomm Stadium || 21,611 || 1–2 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 4 || April 4 || @ Giants || 4–6 || Rodriguez (1–1) || Jordan (0–2) || Beck (1) || 3Com Park || 8,380 || 1–3 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 5 || April 5 || @ Giants || 0–2 || Roa (1–0) || Manuel (0–1) || Beck (2) || 3Com Park || 13,768 || 1–4 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 6 || April 6 || @ Giants || 4–2 || Bohanon (1–0) || Gardner (0–1) || Franco (2) || 3Com Park || 15,073 || 2–4 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 7 || April 7 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 (15) || Astacio (1–0) || Crawford (0–1) || — || Dodger Stadium || 27,547 || 2–5 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 8 || April 8 || @ Dodgers || 5–3 || B. Jones (2–0) || Valdez (1–1) || McMichael (1) || Dodger Stadium || 27,318 || 3–5 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 9 || April 9 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 (14) || Candiotti (2–0) || Bohanon (1–1) || — || Dodger Stadium || 28,056 || 3–6 |- bgcolor="#ccc" | – || April 12 || Giants || colspan=8|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for April 13 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 10 || April 13 (1) || Giants || 1–5 || Gardner (1–1) || Clark (0–1) || — || Shea Stadium || N/A || 3–7 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 11 || April 13 (2) || Giants || 6–7 || Estes (2–0) || B. Jones (2–1) || Beck (6) || Shea Stadium || 21,981 || 3–8 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 12 || April 14 || Giants || 2–3 || Rodriguez (2–1) || McMichael (0–1) || Beck (7) || Shea Stadium || 12,001 || 3–9 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 13 || April 15 || Dodgers || 5–0 || Reynoso (1–0) || Valdez (1–2) || Borland (1) || Shea Stadium || 54,047 || 4–9 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 14 || April 16 || Dodgers || 2–5 || Astacio (2–0) || Reed (0–1) || Worrell (4) || Shea Stadium || 13,759 || 4–10 |- bgcolor="#ccc" | – || April 18 || Cubs || colspan=8|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for April 20 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 15 || April 19 || Cubs || 6–3 || Clark (1–1) || Wendell (0–2) || Franco (3) || Shea Stadium || 15,849 || 5–10 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 16 || April 20 (1) || Cubs || 8–2 || B. Jones (3–1) || Trachsel (0–3) || — || Shea Stadium || N/A || 6–10 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 17 || April 20 (2) || Cubs || 3–4 || Foster (1–1) || Mlicki (0–1) || Wendell (1) || Shea Stadium || 18,484 || 6–11 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 18 || April 21 || Cubs || 4–6 || Castillo (1–3) || McMichael (0–2) || Adams (1) || Shea Stadium || 13,250 || 6–12 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 19 || April 22 || Reds || 7–2 || Reed (1–1) || Smiley (1–4) || — || Shea Stadium || 14,585 || 7–12 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 20 || April 23 || Reds || 10–2 || Clark (2–1) || Morgan (0–2) || — || Shea Stadium || 26,492 || 8–12 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 21 || April 25 || @ Expos || 1–4 || Pérez (3–1) || B. Jones (3–2) || — || Olympic Stadium || 17,776 || 8–13 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 22 || April 26 || @ Expos || 1–8 || Martínez (3–0) || Mlicki (0–2) || — || Olympic Stadium || 42,888 || 8–14 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 23 || April 27 || @ Expos || 5–3 (10) || McMichael (1–2) || Smith (0–1) || Franco (4) || Olympic Stadium || 15,925 || 9–14 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 24 || April 28 || @ Reds || 15–2 || Reed (2–1) || Smiley (1–5) || — || Cinergy Field || 15,572 || 10–14 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 25 || April 29 || @ Reds || 3–1 || Clark (3–1) || Morgan (0–3) || Franco (5) || Cinergy Field || 17,699 || 11–14 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 26 || April 30 || Padres || 6–2 || B. Jones (4–2) || Hitchcock (2–2) || Franco (6) || Shea Stadium || 12,429 || 12–14 y New York Mets; May: (18–9) Home: 8–4; Away: 10–5 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 27 || May 1 || Padres || 3–7 || Ashby || Mlicki || — || Shea Stadium || 12,344 || 12–15 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 28 || May 2 || Cardinals || 7–4 || McMichael || Mathews || Franco || Shea Stadium || 14,877 || 13–15 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 29 || May 3 || Cardinals || 5–1 || Reed || Benes || — || Shea Stadium || 16,248 || 14–15 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 30 || May 4 || Cardinals || 2–8 || Stottlemyre || Clark || — || Shea Stadium || 17,652 || 14–16 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 31 || May 5 || @ Rockies || 6–1 || B. Jones || Ritz || — || Coors Field || 48,036 || 15–16 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 32 || May 6 || @ Rockies || 11–12 || Swift || Borland || Reed || Coors Field || 48,020 || 15–17 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 33 || May 7 || @ Astros || 4–1 || Reynoso || Martin || Franco || Astrodome || 12,574 || 16–17 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 34 || May 8 || @ Astros || 2–4 || Hampton || Reed || Wagner || Astrodome || 12,842 || 16–18 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 35 || May 9 || @ Cardinals || 10–3 || Clark || Stottlemyre || — || Busch Stadium || 32,054 || 17–18 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 36 || May 10 || @ Cardinals || 2–0 || B. Jones || Benes || Franco || Busch Stadium || 43,747 || 18–18 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 37 || May 11 || @ Cardinals || 6–4 || Lidle || Eckersley || Franco || Busch Stadium || 30,852 || 19–18 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 38 || May 13 || Astros || 4–3 || McMichael || Springer || Franco || Shea Stadium || 13,997 || 20–18 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 39 || May 14 || Astros || 0–1 || Kile || McMichael || Wagner || Shea Stadium || 13,051 || 20–19 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 40 || May 16 || Rockies || 1–2 || Munoz || McMichael || Ruffin || Shea Stadium || 15,261 || 20–20 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 41 || May 17 || Rockies || 3–1 || B. Jones || Thomson || Franco || Shea Stadium || 23,987 || 21–20 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 42 || May 18 || Rockies || 10–4 || Kashiwada || Ruffin || — || Shea Stadium || 22,845 || 22–20 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 43 || May 19 || Rockies || 4–3 || Lidle || McCurry || — || Shea Stadium || 14,248 || 23–20 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 44 || May 20 || @ Marlins || 5–6 || Nen || Franco || — || Pro Player Stadium || 25,165 || 23–21 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 45 || May 21 || @ Marlins || 2–1 || Clark || Leiter || McMichael || Pro Player Stadium || 27,058 || 24–21 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 46 || May 22 || @ Phillies || 10–3 || B. Jones || Schilling || — || Veterans Stadium || 18,486 || 25–21 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 47 || May 23 || @ Phillies || 1–2 || Stephenson || Mlicki || Bottalico || Veterans Stadium || 15,501 || 25–22 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 48 || May 24 || @ Phillies || 8–4 || Reynoso || Maduro || Franco || Veterans Stadium || 19,090 || 26–22 |- bgcolor="#ccc" | – || May 25 || @ Phillies || colspan=8|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 15 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 49 || May 26 || @ Expos || 4–3 || Lidle || Urbina || Franco || Olympic Stadium || 11,774 || 27–22 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 50 || May 27 || @ Expos || 4–5 || Valdes || Clark || Smith || Olympic Stadium || 11,703 || 27–23 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 51 || May 28 || @ Expos || 7–0 || B. Jones || Martínez || — || Olympic Stadium || 14,932 || 28–23 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 52 || May 30 || Phillies || 7–3 || Mlicki || Ramos || — || Shea Stadium || 17,401 || 29–23 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 53 || May 31 || Phillies || 10–3 || Reynoso || Leiter || — || Shea Stadium || 28,526 || 30–23 y New York Mets; June: (15–12) Home: 10–5; Away: 5–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 54 || June 1 || Phillies || 8–5 || || || || Shea Stadium || 42,058 || 31–23 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 55 || June 2 || Expos || 0–10 || || || || Shea Stadium || 12,675 || 31–24 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 56 || June 3 || Expos || 2–1 || || || || Shea Stadium || 14,492 || 32–24 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 57 || June 4 || Marlins || 2–5 || || || || Shea Stadium || 17,083 || 32–25 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 58 || June 5 || Marlins || 6–0 || || || || Shea Stadium || 19,410 || 33–25 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 59 || June 6 || @ Reds || 2–5 || || || || Cinergy Field || 21,339 || 33–26 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 60 || June 7 || @ Reds || 5–10 || || || || Cinergy Field || 23,830 || 33–27 |- bgcolor="#ccc" | – || June 8 || @ Reds || colspan=8|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 9 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 61 || June 9 || @ Reds || 4–2 || || || || Cinergy Field || 23,079 || 34–27 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 62 || June 10 || @ Cubs || 10–6 || || || || Wrigley Field || 28,742 || 35–27 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 63 || June 11 || @ Cubs || 4–5 || || || || Wrigley Field || 24,703 || 35–28 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 64 || June 13 || Red Sox || 4–8 || || || || Shea Stadium || 44,443 || 35–29 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 65 || June 14 || Red Sox || 5–2 || || || || Shea Stadium || 35,456 || 36–29 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 66 || June 15 || Red Sox || 1–10 || || || || Shea Stadium || 23,557 || 36–30 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 67 || June 16 || @ Yankees || 6–0 || || || || Yankee Stadium || 56,188 || 37–30 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 68 || June 17 || @ Yankees || 3–6 || || || || Yankee Stadium || 56,253 || 37–31 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 69 || June 18 || @ Yankees || 2–3 (10) || || || || Yankee Stadium || 56,278 || 37–32 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 70 || June 19 || Pirates || 7–6 || || || || Shea Stadium || 15,492 || 38–32 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 71 || June 20 || Pirates || 1–0 || || || || Shea Stadium || 18,737 || 39–32 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 72 || June 21 || Pirates || 3–2 || || || || Shea Stadium || 32,908 || 40–32 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 73 || June 22 || Pirates || 12–9 (10) || || || || Shea Stadium || 23,247 || 41–32 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 74 || June 23 || Braves || 3–2 || || || || Shea Stadium || 22,193 || 42–32 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 75 || June 24 || Braves || 6–5 || || || || Shea Stadium || 26,663 || 43–32 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 76 || June 25 || Braves || 7–14 || || || || Shea Stadium || 27,980 || 43–33 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 77 || June 27 || @ Pirates || 1–6 || || || || Three Rivers Stadium || 18,103 || 43–34 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 78 || June 28 || @ Pirates || 8–3 || || || || Three Rivers Stadium || 23,711 || 44–34 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 79 || June 29 || @ Pirates || 10–8 || || || || Three Rivers Stadium || 26,499 || 45–34 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 80 || June 30 || @ Tigers || 0–14 || || || || Tiger Stadium || 15,009 || 45–35 y New York Mets; July: (15–11) Home: 8–2; Away: 7–9 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 81 || July 1 || @ Tigers || 6–8 || || || || Tiger Stadium || 14,849 || 45–36 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 82 || July 2 || @ Tigers || 7–9 || || || || Tiger Stadium || 16,211 || 45–37 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 83 || July 3 || Marlins || 4–10 || || || || Shea Stadium || 18,134 || 45–38 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 84 || July 4 || Marlins || 6–2 || || || || Shea Stadium || 38,076 || 46–38 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 85 || July 5 || Marlins || 5–3 || || || || Shea Stadium || 23,681 || 47–38 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 86 || July 6 || Marlins || 3–2 (12) || || || || Shea Stadium || 29,438 || 48–38 |-style=background:#bff |colspan="10"|68th All-Star Game in Cleveland, Ohio |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 87 || July 10 || @ Braves || 10–7 || || || || Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium || 47,685 || 49–38 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 88 || July 11 || @ Braves || 9–7 || || || || Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium || 40,094 || 50–38 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 89 || July 12 || @ Braves || 4–7 || || || || Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium || 48,091 || 50–39 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 90 || July 13 || @ Braves || 7–6 (10) || || || || Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium || 42,111 || 51–39 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 91 || July 14 || @ Pirates || 4–5 || || || || Three Rivers Stadium || 12,794 || 51–40 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 92 || July 15 || @ Pirates || 3–4 || || || || Three Rivers Stadium || 12,244 || 51–41 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 93 || July 16 || Cubs || 5–6 || || || || Shea Stadium || 20,282 || 51–42 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 94 || July 17 || Cubs || 4–3 (10) || || || || Shea Stadium || 26,021 || 52–42 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 95 || July 18 || Reds || 4–3 || || || || Shea Stadium || 22,901 || 53–42 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 96 || July 19 || Reds || 5–3 || || || || Shea Stadium || 26,675 || 54–42 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 97 || July 20 || Reds || 10–1 || || || || Shea Stadium || 36,259 || 55–42 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 98 || July 21 || Reds || 5–3 || || || || Shea Stadium || 22,172 || 56–42 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 99 || July 22 || @ Dodgers || 3–8 || || || || Dodger Stadium || 33,358 || 56–43 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 100 || July 23 || @ Dodgers || 2–1 || || || || Dodger Stadium || 39,610 || 57–43 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 101 || July 24 || @ Dodgers || 3–1 || || || || Dodger Stadium || 53,655 || 58–43 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 102 || July 25 || @ Padres || 4–2 || || || || Qualcomm Stadium|| 25,167 || 59–43 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 103 || July 26 || @ Padres || 3–5 || || || || Qualcomm Stadium|| 53,871 || 59–44 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 104 || July 27 || @ Padres || 3–5 || || || || Qualcomm Stadium|| 25,380 || 59–45 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 105 || July 29 || @ Giants || 2–5 || || || || 3Com Park || 14,949 || 59–46 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 106 || July 30 || @ Giants || 5–2 || || || || 3Com Park || 15,234 || 60–46 y New York Mets; August: (13–16) Home: 8–9; Away: 5–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 107 || August 1 || @ Astros || 8–5 (10) || || || || Astrodome || 33,589 || 61–46 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 108 || August 2 || @ Astros || 0–6 || || || || Astrodome || 31,929 || 61–47 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 109 || August 3 || @ Astros || 2–3 || || || || Astrodome || 35,788 || 61–48 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 110 || August 4 || Cardinals || 4–2 || || || || Shea Stadium || 17,944 || 62–48 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 111 || August 5 || Cardinals || 5–4 (10) || || || || Shea Stadium || 22,777 || 63–48 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 112 || August 6 || Rockies || 0–4 || || || || Shea Stadium || 26,633 || 63–49 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 113 || August 7 || Rockies || 12–4 || || || || Shea Stadium || 29,536 || 64–49 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 114 || August 8 || Astros || 6–1 || || || || Shea Stadium || 23,818 || 65–49 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 115 || August 9 || Astros || 3–8 || || || || Shea Stadium || 34,352 || 65–50 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 116 || August 10 || Astros || 8–11 || || || || Shea Stadium || 32,914 || 65–51 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 117 || August 11 || Astros || 3–8 || || || || Shea Stadium || 20,452 || 65–52 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 118 || August 12 || @ Cardinals || 2–5 || || || || Busch Stadium || 32,547 || 65–53 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 119 || August 13 || @ Cardinals || 5–4 (10) || || || || Busch Stadium || 27,171 || 66–53 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 120 || August 14 || @ Cardinals || 6–2 || || || || Busch Stadium || 28,411 || 67–53 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 121 || August 15 || @ Rockies || 2–6 || || || || Coors Field || 48,308 || 67–54 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 122 || August 16 || @ Rockies || 5–7 || || || || Coors Field || 48,311 || 67–55 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 123 || August 17 || @ Rockies || 4–6 || || || || Coors Field || 48,440 || 67–56 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 124 || August 19 || Dodgers || 2–4 || || || || Shea Stadium || 25,971 || 67–57 |- bgcolor="#ccc" | – || August 20 || Dodgers || colspan=8|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 21 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 125 || August 21 (1) || Dodgers || 3–1 || || || || Shea Stadium || N/A || 68–57 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 126 || August 21 (2) || Dodgers || 3–4 || || || || Shea Stadium || 43,500 || 68–58 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 127 || August 22 || Padres || 9–8 (11) || || || || Shea Stadium || 20,229 || 69–58 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 128 || August 23 || Padres || 9–5 || || || || Shea Stadium || 34,823 || 70–58 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 129 || August 24 || Padres || 2–3 || || || || Shea Stadium || 28,798 || 70–59 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 130 || August 25 || Giants || 1–7 || || || || Shea Stadium || 17,947 || 70–60 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 131 || August 26 || Giants || 2–6 || || || || Shea Stadium || 20,113 || 70–61 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 132 || August 27 || Giants || 15–6 || || || || Shea Stadium || 23,373 || 71–61 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 133 || August 29 || @ Orioles || 3–4 (12) || || || || Oriole Park at Camden Yards || 48,022 || 71–62 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 134 || August 30 || @ Orioles || 13–6 || || || || Oriole Park at Camden Yards || 48,068 || 72–62 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 135 || August 31 || @ Orioles || 4–1 || || || || Oriole Park at Camden Yards || 48,075 || 73–62 y New York Mets; September: (15–12) Home: 10–5; Away: 5–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 136 || September 1 || Blue Jays || 3–0 || || || || Shea Stadium || 19,196 || 74–62 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 137 || September 2 || Blue Jays || 8–5 || || || || Shea Stadium || 17,635 || 75–62 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 138 || September 3 || Blue Jays || 4–2 || || || || Shea Stadium || 14,513 || 76–62 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 139 || September 5 || @ Cubs || 3–8 || || || || Wrigley Field || 21,176 || 76–63 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 140 || September 6 || @ Cubs || 5–7 || || || || Wrigley Field || 38,849 || 76–64 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 141 || September 7 || @ Cubs || 9–2 || || || || Wrigley Field || 25,523 || 77–64 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 142 || September 8 || Phillies || 4–13 || || || || Shea Stadium || 13,321 || 77–65 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 143 || September 9 || Phillies || 0–1 || || || || Shea Stadium || 13,871 || 77–66 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 144 || September 10 || Phillies || 10–2 || || || || Shea Stadium || 13,257 || 78–66 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 145 || September 11 || Expos || 9–5 || || || || Shea Stadium || 13,271 || 79–66 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 146 || September 12 || Expos || 2–3 (15) || || || || Shea Stadium || 17,450 || 79–67 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 147 || September 13 || Expos || 9–6 (11) || || || || Shea Stadium || 24,208 || 80–67 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 148 || September 14 || Expos || 1–0 || || || || Shea Stadium || 43,575 || 81–67 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 149 || September 15 (1) || @ Phillies || 10–5 (10) || || || || Veterans Stadium || N/A || 82–67 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 150 || September 15 (2) || @ Phillies || 1–2 || || || || Veterans Stadium || 14,416 || 82–68 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 151 || September 16 || @ Phillies || 2–3 || || || || Veterans Stadium || 16,585 || 82–69 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 152 || September 17 || @ Braves || 2–10 || || || || Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium || 40,974 || 82–70 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 153 || September 18 || @ Braves || 4–11 || || || || Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium || 41,373 || 82–71 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 154 || September 19 || @ Marlins || 2–5 || || || || Pro Player Stadium || 30,082 || 82–72 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 155 || September 20 || @ Marlins || 7–3 || || || || Pro Player Stadium || 40,882 || 83–72 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 156 || September 21 || @ Marlins || 2–1 || || || || Pro Player Stadium || 44,176 || 84–72 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 157 || September 22 || @ Marlins || 10–3 || || || || Pro Player Stadium || 29,234 || 85–72 |- style="background:#933;color:#fff;" | 158 || September 23 || Pirates || 4–5 || || || || Shea Stadium || 14,670 || 85–73 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 159 || September 24 || Pirates || 7–5 || || || || Shea Stadium || 13,195 || 86–73 |- bgcolor="#fcc" | 160 || September 26 || Braves || 6–7 (11) || || || || Shea Stadium || 21,864 || 86–74 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 161 || September 27 || Braves || 2–1 || || || || Shea Stadium || 31,472 || 87–74 |- bgcolor="#cfc" | 162 || September 28 || Braves || 8–2 || || || || Shea Stadium || 27,176 || 88–74 Roster 1997 New York Mets Roster Pitchers 39 Juan Acevedo 46 Brian Bohanon 43 Toby Borland 54 Mark Clark 49 Joe Crawford 31 John Franco 27 Pete Harnisch 44 Jason Isringhausen 28 Bobby Jones 48 Ricardo Jordan 18 Takashi Kashiwada 11 Cory Lidle 26 Barry Manuel 36 Greg McMichael 38 Dave Mlicki 25 Yorkis Pérez 35 Rick Reed 40 Armando Reynoso 51 Mel Rojas 50 Ricky Trlicek 99 Turk Wendell Catchers 30 Alberto Castillo  9 Todd Hundley 43 Todd Pratt Infielders  6 Manny Alexander 13 Edgardo Alfonzo  8 Carlos Baerga 15 Matt Franco 12 Shawn Gilbert 19 Jason Hardtke 17 Luis López 10 Kevin Morgan  5 John Olerud  0 Rey Ordóñez 10 Roberto Petagine Outfielders 29 Steve Bieser  3 Carl Everett 23 Bernard Gilkey 42 Butch Huskey  1 Lance Johnson 56 Brian McRae  6 Carlos Mendoza 22 Alex Ochoa 10 Gary Thurman 33 Andy Tomberlin Manager  2 Bobby Valentine Coaches 34 Bob Apodaca (pitching) 20 Bruce Benedict (bench) 52 Randy Niemann (bullpen) 53 Tom Robson (hitting)  4 Cookie Rojas (third base) 51 Mookie Wilson (first base) Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Todd Hundley 132 417 114 .273 30 86 1B John Olerud 154 524 154 .294 22 102 2B Carlos Baerga 133 467 131 .281 9 52 SS Rey Ordóñez 120 356 77 .216 1 33 3B Edgardo Alfonzo 151 518 163 .315 10 72 LF Bernard Gilkey 145 518 129 .249 18 78 CF Lance Johnson 72 265 82 .309 1 24 RF Butch Huskey 142 471 135 .287 24 81 Other batters 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 142 443 110 .248 14 57 Alex Ochoa 113 238 58 .244 3 22 Luis López 78 178 48 .270 1 19 Matt Franco 112 163 45 .276 5 21 Manny Alexander 54 149 37 .248 2 15 Brian McRae 45 145 36 .248 5 15 Todd Pratt 39 106 30 .283 2 19 Steve Bieser 47 69 17 .246 0 4 Alberto Castillo 35 59 12 .203 0 7 Jason Hardtke 30 56 15 .268 2 8 Shawn Gilbert 29 22 3 .136 1 1 Roberto Petagine 12 15 1 .067 0 2 Carlos Mendoza 15 12 3 .250 0 1 Andy Tomberlin 6 7 2 .286 0 0 Gary Thurman 11 6 1 .167 0 0 Kevin Morgan 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note; G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Rick Reed 33 208.1 13 9 2.89 113 Dave Mlicki 32 193.2 8 12 4.00 157 Bobby Jones 30 193.1 15 9 3.63 125 Mark Clark 23 142.0 8 7 4.25 72 Brian Bohanon 19 94.1 6 4 3.82 66 Armando Reynoso 16 91.1 6 3 4.53 47 Jason Isringhausen 6 29.2 2 2 7.58 25 Other pitchers Note; G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Pete Harnisch 6 25.2 0 1 8.06 12 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO John Franco 59 5 3 36 2.55 53 Greg McMichael 73 7 10 7 2.98 81 Cory Lidle 54 7 2 2 3.53 54 Takashi Kashiwada 35 3 1 0 4.31 19 Juan Acevedo 25 3 1 0 3.59 33 Mel Rojas 23 0 2 2 5.13 32 Ricardo Jordan 22 1 2 0 5.33 19 Joe Crawford 19 4 3 0 3.30 25 Barry Manuel 19 0 1 0 5.26 21 Turk Wendell 13 0 0 1 4.96 10 Toby Borland 13 0 1 1 6.08 7 Ricky Trlicek 9 0 0 0 8.00 4 Yorkis Pérez 9 0 1 0 8.31 7 Awards and honors All-Star Game Bobby Jones, Pitcher, Reserve Todd Hundley, Catcher, Reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Norfolk Tides International League Rick Dempsey AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Rick Sweet A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League John Gibbons A Capital City Bombers South Atlantic League Doug Mansolino and John Stephenson A-Short Season Pittsfield Mets New York–Penn League Doug Davis Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Ken Berry Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Mickey Brantley and Doug FlynnLeague champions: Pittsfield, GCL MetsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1997 New York Mets at Baseball Reference 1997 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Mets seasons New York Mets season New York Mets Category:1990s in Queens