The 1990 New York Mets season was the 29th regular season for the Mets. They went 91–71 and finished second in the National League East, four games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates. The Mets were managed by Davey Johnson and Bud Harrelson. They played home games at Shea Stadium. Despite not making the postseason for the second consecutive year, they would have their last winning season until 1997.

Offseason November 14, 1989: Gary Carter was released by the Mets. December 5, 1989: John Mitchell and Joaquin Contreras (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Baltimore Orioles for Keith Hughes and Cesar Mejia (minors). December 6, 1989: Randy Myers and Kip Gross were traded by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for John Franco and Don Brown (minors). December 20, 1989: Juan Samuel was traded by the Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Alejandro Peña and Mike Marshall. March 26, 1990: D. J. Dozier was signed by the Mets as an amateur free agent.

Regular season Darryl Strawberry became the first player in Mets history to have three seasons with 100+ RBIs. During the season, Frank Viola became the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Mets in the 20th century.

Opening Day starters Kevin Elster Dwight Gooden Gregg Jefferies Howard Johnson Barry Lyons Mike Marshall Kevin McReynolds Keith Miller Darryl Strawberry

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 4, 1990: Jeromy Burnitz was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft. June 19, 1990: Mario Díaz was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Mets for Brian Givens. August 30, 1990: Archie Corbin was traded by the Mets to the Kansas City Royals for Pat Tabler. August 31, 1990: Julio Machado and Kevin Brown were traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Brewers for Charlie O'Brien and Kevin Carmody (minors). September 10, 1990: Nick Davis (minors) and Steve LaRose (minors) were traded by the Mets to the Houston Astros for Dan Schatzeder.

Roster 1990 New York Mets Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Mackey Sasser 100 270 83 .307 6 41 1B Dave Magadan 144 451 148 .328 6 72 2B Gregg Jefferies 153 604 171 .283 15 68 SS Kevin Elster 92 314 65 .207 9 45 3B Howard Johnson 154 590 144 .244 23 90 LF Kevin McReynolds 147 521 140 .269 24 82 CF Daryl Boston 115 366 100 .273 12 45 RF Darryl Strawberry 152 542 150 .277 37 108

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 Keith Miller 88 233 60 .258 1 12 Mark Carreon 82 188 47 .250 10 26 Tim Teufel 80 175 43 .246 10 24 Mike Marshall 53 163 39 .239 6 27 Tom O'Malley 82 121 27 .223 3 14 Tom Herr 27 100 25 .250 1 10 Orlando Mercado 42 90 19 .211 3 7 Barry Lyons 24 80 19 .238 2 7 Charlie O'Brien 28 68 11 .162 0 9 Todd Hundley 36 67 14 .209 0 2 Pat Tabler 17 43 12 .279 1 10 Darren Reed 26 39 8 .205 1 2 Kelvin Torve 20 38 11 .289 0 2 Mario Díaz 16 22 3 .136 0 1 Kevin Baez 5 12 2 .167 0 0 Chris Jelic 4 11 1 .091 1 1 Alex Treviño 9 10 3 .300 0 2 Keith Hughes 8 9 0 .000 0 0 Chuck Carr 4 2 0 .000 0 0 Dave Liddell 1 1 1 1.000 0 0 Lou Thornton 3 0 0 ---- 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 Frank Viola 35 249.2 20 12 2.67 182 Dwight Gooden 34 232.2 19 7 3.83 223 David Cone 31 211.2 14 10 3.23 233 Sid Fernandez 30 179.2 9 14 3.46 181 Julio Valera 3 13.0 1 1 6.92 4

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 Ron Darling 33 126.0 7 9 4.50 99 Bob Ojeda 38 118.0 7 6 3.66 62

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 55 5 3 33 2.53 56 Alejandro Peña 52 3 3 5 3.20 76 Wally Whitehurst 38 1 0 2 3.29 46 Jeff Musselman 28 0 2 0 5.63 14 Julio Machado 27 4 1 0 3.15 27 Jeff Innis 18 1 3 1 2.39 12 Dan Schatzeder 6 0 0 0 0.00 2 Kevin Brown 2 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

References

External links

1990 New York Mets at Baseball Reference 1990 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com