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1998 New York Mets season

The 1998 New York Mets season was the 37th regular season for the Mets. Like the previous season, they finished the season with a record of 88–74. Despite placing second in the National League East, the Mets fell one game short of playoff contention following a catastrophic collapse during the final week of the season. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

1998 New York Mets

National League

East

Shea Stadium

New York

88–74 (.543)

2nd

Nelson Doubleday Jr., Fred Wilpon

Steve Phillips

Bobby Valentine

WWOR-TV/Fox Sports 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)

November 24, 1997: was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[1]

John Olerud

December 18, 1997: was acquired from the Florida Marlins in exchange for Fletcher Bates and Scott Comer.[2]

Dennis Cook

February 6, 1998: and Ralph Milliard were acquired from the Florida Marlins in exchange for A. J. Burnett, Jesus Sanchez, and Robert Stratton.[3]

Al Leiter

Edgardo Alfonzo

Carlos Baerga

Bernard Gilkey

Butch Huskey

Bobby Jones

Brian McRae

John Olerud

Rey Ordóñez

[4]

Tim Spehr

1998 New York Mets at Baseball Reference

1998 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com