1991 New York Mets season

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1991 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
Record77–84 (.478)
Divisional place5th
OwnersFred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General managerFrank Cashen
ManagersBud Harrelson, Mike Cubbage
TelevisionWWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub, Don Criqui)
RadioWFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Charlie Slowes)
WSKQ-FM (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa, Renato Morffi)

The 1991 New York Mets season was the 30th regular season for the Mets. They went 77–84 and finished fifth in the National League East for their first losing season since 1983. The Mets were managed by Bud Harrelson and Mike Cubbage. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Background

The Mets were looking to return to the playoffs for the first time since 1988 in their first full season with Bud Harrelson as manager following the firing of Davey Johnson during the 1990 season. They started out the season strong, briefly holding first place in the National League East during April. They put together a ten-game winning streak in July, and by the 14th stood at 49-34, 2.5 games behind the division leading Pittsburgh Pirates.

From that point forward, the Mets' fortunes changed drastically. After finishing 6-11 in their final games in July, the Mets started August by losing five straight games. After defeating the Pirates in two games on August 7 and 8, they lost their next eleven games to not only fall below .500, but drop to fourth place in the division. As the slump continued into September, Harrelson was fired with seven games to go. Third base coach Mike Cubbage managed the Mets for the remainder of the year, finishing up with a series loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets finished with a 77-84 record, marking the first time since 1983 that they finished with a sub-.500 record.

Offseason

Regular season

Howard Johnson set the Mets record for most RBIs in one season with 117.

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9864 .605 — 52‍–‍32 46‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals 8478 .519 14 52‍–‍32 32‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies 7884 .481 20 47‍–‍36 31‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs 7783 .481 20 46‍–‍37 31‍–‍46
New York Mets 7784 .478 20½ 40‍–‍42 37‍–‍42
Montreal Expos 7190 .441 26½ 33‍–‍35 38‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–611–713–57–115–79–35–79–311–79–99–3
Chicago 6–6—4–89–32–1010–711–68–107–114–86–610–8
Cincinnati 7–118–4—9–96–126–65–79–32–108–1010–84–8
Houston 5–133–99–9—8–102–107–57–54–86–129–95–7
Los Angeles 11–710–212–610–8—5–77–57–57–510–88–106–6
Montreal 7–57–106–610–27–5—4–144–146–126–67–57–11
New York 3–96–117–55–75–714–4—11–76–127–56–67–11
Philadelphia 7-510–83–95–75–714–47–11—6–129–36–66–12
Pittsburgh 3–911–710–28–45–712–612–612–6—7–57–511–7
San Diego 7–118–410–812–68–106–65–73–95–7—11–79–3
San Francisco 9–96–68–109–910–85–76–66–65–77–11—4–8
St. Louis 3–98–108–47–56–611–711–712–67–113–98–4—

Notable transactions

Roster

1991 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
CRick Cerone9022762.273216
1BDave Magadan124418108.258451
2BGregg Jefferies136486132.272962
3BHoward Johnson156564146.25938117
SSKevin Elster11534884.241636
LFKevin McReynolds143522135.2591674
CFVince Coleman7227871.255117
RFHubie Brooks10335785.2381650

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 Miller9827577.280423
Daryl Boston13725570.275421
Mark Carreon10625466.260421
Mackey Sasser9622862.272535
Garry Templeton8021950.228220
Charlie O'Brien6916831.185214
Tom Herr7015530.194114
Chris Donnels378920.22505
Todd Hundley21608.13317
Jeff Gardner13376.16201
Tim Teufel20344.11812
Terry McDaniel23296.20702
Chuck Carr12112.18201
Kelvin Torve1080.00000

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
David Cone34232.214143.29241
Frank Viola35231.113153.97132
Dwight Gooden27190.01373.60150
Ron Darling17102.1563.8758
Anthony Young1049.1253.1020
Sid Fernandez844.0132.8631

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
Wally Whitehurst36133.17124.1987
Pete Schourek3586.1544.2767
Tony Castillo1023.2101.9010

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 Franco5259302.9345
Jeff Innis690202.6647
Alejandro Peña446142.7149
Doug Simons422315.1938
Tim Burke353312.7534
Terry Bross80001.805
Rich Sauveur600010.804
Blaine Beatty50002.797
Julio Valera20000.003

Awards and honors

League leaders

All-Stars

Frank Viola, Howard Johnson 1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Steve Swisher
AA Williamsport Bills Eastern League Clint Hurdle
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League John Tamargo
A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League Tim Blackwell
A-Short Season Pittsfield Mets New York–Penn League Jim Thrift
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Andre David
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Junior Roman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbia[8]

References

  1. "Chris Jelic: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  2. Bob Ojeda page at Baseball Reference
  3. Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference
  4. Alex Diaz page at Baseball Reference
  5. Bill Pulsipher page at Baseball Reference
  6. Jason Isringhausen page at Baseball Reference
  7. Ron Darling page at Baseball Reference
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007