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Record: 63-99 .389.... 6th in National League East
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 788,905

Top Draft Pick: Tim Leary (#2) MLB
Manager - Joe Torre

Affiliates - AAA Tidewater Tides AA Jackson Mets A+ Lynchburg Mets A- Grays Harbor Loggers A- Little Falls Mets

Team Leaders

HR: Youngblood [16]
RBI: Mazzilli, Hebner [79]
2B: Youngblood [37]
SB: Taveras [42]
W: Swan [14]
SV: Lockwood [9]
SO: Swan [145]

Oldest Player: Jose Cardenal [35]
Youngest Player: Neil Allen [21]
Longest Tenure: Ed Kranepool [18]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Kelvin Chapman (Apr 5)
Pitchers: Neil Allen (Apr 15) Jesse Orosco (Apr 5) Jeff Reardon (Aug 25) Mike Scott (Apr 18)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Neil Allen	P	21	New York Mets	MLB
Rick Anderson	P	25	Jackson	AA
Mike Anicich	1B		Little Falls	A-
Wally Backman	2B	20	Jackson	AA
James Beck	OF		Little Falls	A-
Sergio Beltre			Jackson	AA
Butch Benton	C	22	Tidewater	AAA
Juan Berenguer	P	24	New York Mets	MLB
Dwight Bernard	P	27	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Tidewater	AAA
Keith Bodie	OF	23	Jackson	AA
Bruce Boisclair	OF	26	New York Mets	MLB
Marshall Brant	1B	24	Tidewater	AAA
Hubie Brooks	RF-3B	23	Tidewater	AAA
	RF-3B		Jackson	AA
Mike Bruhert	P	28	Tidewater	AAA
Curt Bryan			Little Falls	A-
Robert Bryant	OF		Tidewater	AAA
	OF		Jackson	AA
Ray Burris	P	29	New York Mets	MLB
Paul Cacciatore	P		Jackson	AA
Jose Cardenal	OF	35	New York Mets	MLB
William Chamberlain	OF		Grays Harbor	A-
Kelvin Chapman	2B	23	New York Mets	MLB
	2B		Tidewater	AAA
Ed Cipot	OF	23	Tidewater	AAA
Russell Clark	P		Jackson	AA
Marcus Cooper	OF		Grays Harbor	A-
John Csefalvay			Little Falls	A-
Edward Cuervo	C-2B		Lynchburg	A+
Jody Davis	C	22	Jackson	AA
Darryl Denby	OF		Grays Harbor	A-
David Duff	C		Grays Harbor	A-
Bryan Dunbar	C		Grays Harbor	A-
Orlando Echenique			Grays Harbor	A-
John Elder	3B-OF		Lynchburg	A+
Doug Elliott	2B		Grays Harbor	A-
Dock Ellis	P	34	New York Mets	MLB
Pete Falcone	P	25	New York Mets	MLB
Sergio Ferrer	SS-2B	28	New York Mets	MLB
	SS-2B		Tidewater	AAA
Mike Fitzgerald	C	19	Lynchburg	A+
Gil Flores	OF	26	New York Mets	MLB
Doug Flynn	2B-SS	28	New York Mets	MLB
Tim Foli	SS	28	New York Mets	MLB
Agustin Garcia			Grays Harbor	A-
Ron Gardenhire	SS	21	Lynchburg	A+
August Garrett	OF		Little Falls	A-
Brian Giles	2B-SS	19	Lynchburg	A+
Ed Glynn	P	26	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Tidewater	AAA
Bob Gorinski	OF	27	Tidewater	AAA
Jeff Gossett	SS		Lynchburg	A+
Richard Greenfield	SS	21	Little Falls	A-
Robert Grote	P		Jackson	AA
Peter Hamner			Jackson	AA
Gary Hardie	SS		Little Falls	A-
Greg Harris	P	23	Jackson	AA
Andy Hassler	P	27	New York Mets	MLB
Tom Hausman	P	26	New York Mets	MLB
Richie Hebner	3B-1B	31	New York Mets	MLB
John Heller	C	19	Little Falls	A-
Steve Henderson	OF	26	New York Mets	MLB
Mike Hennessy	OF		Little Falls	A-
Bill Hill	OF		Little Falls	A-
Ron Hodges	C	30	New York Mets	MLB
Scott Holman	P	21	Tidewater	AAA
Stan Hough	OF	25	Tidewater	AAA
	OF		Jackson	AA
David Howard	OF		Lynchburg	A+
Mike Howard	OF	21	Jackson	AA
Roy Lee Jackson	P	25	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Tidewater	AAA
Randy Johnson	3B	23	Jackson	AA
Kevin Kobel	P	25	New York Mets	MLB
Greg Korbe	OF		Lynchburg	A+
Ed Kranepool	1B	34	New York Mets	MLB
John Lais			Grays Harbor	A-
Richard Lane	C		Jackson	AA
	C		Lynchburg	A+
James Lauer			Lynchburg	A+
Scott LaVielle	C		Grays Harbor	A-
Skip Lockwood	P	33	New York Mets	MLB
Luis Lunar			Jackson	AA
Ron MacDonald	2B		Jackson	AA
Elliott Maddox	OF-3B	31	New York Mets	MLB
Alfredo Martinez	P	22	Jackson	AA
Lee Mazzilli	OF-1B	24	New York Mets	MLB
Richard Miller	OF	28	Jackson	AA
Doug Mizzi	P		Little Falls	A-
Juan Monasterio			Tidewater	AAA
Willie Montanez	1B-OF	31	New York Mets	MLB
Jose Moreno	OF-2B	21	Tidewater	AAA
Dale Murray	P	29	New York Mets	MLB
Bob Myrick	P	26	Tidewater	AAA
Paul Niggebrugge	OF		Little Falls	A-
James Noonan	SS		Lynchburg	A+
Dan Norman	OF	24	New York Mets	MLB
	OF		Tidewater	AAA
Jose Oquendo	SS	16	Grays Harbor	A-
Jesse Orosco	P	22	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Tidewater	AAA
John Pacella	P	23	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Tidewater	AAA
Al Pedrique	SS	19	Lynchburg	A+
	SS		Little Falls	A-
Francisco Perez			Jackson	AA
Larry Pittman	1B		Grays Harbor	A-
Larry Prewitt	P		Tidewater	AAA
	P		Jackson	AA
Frederick Pustorino			Little Falls	A-
Mario Ramirez	SS	22	Tidewater	AAA
Jeff Reardon	P	23	New York Mets	MLB
William Rittweger	2B		Little Falls	A-
Randy Rogers	1B		Tidewater	AAA
Junior Roman	OF		Lynchburg	A+
Robert Rossen	OF		Lynchburg	A+
Mike Scott	P	24	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Tidewater	AAA
Marc Siciliano	OF		Little Falls	A-
Doug Slettvet	P		Jackson	AA
	P		Lynchburg	A+
Daniel Smith			Jackson	AA
Ron Souza	SS	20	Grays Harbor	A-
John Stearns	C	28	New York Mets	MLB
Craig Swan	P	28	New York Mets	MLB
Frank Taveras	SS	29	New York Mets	MLB
Scott Thomson			Grays Harbor	A-
Tom Thurberg	OF-P		Tidewater	AAA
	OF-P		Lynchburg	A+
Steve Till	C		Tidewater	AAA
	C		Jackson	AA
Rusty Tillman	OF	19	Grays Harbor	A-
	OF		Little Falls	A-
Alex Trevino	C	22	New York Mets	MLB
Don Troyan	1B		Lynchburg	A+
Wayne Twitchell	P	31	New York Mets	MLB
Michael Van de Casteele			Tidewater	AAA
Michael Viggiano	IF		Little Falls	A-
John Violette	OF		Jackson	AA
Dave Von Ohlen	P	20	Jackson	AA
Charles Warren	OF		Lynchburg	A+
Ron Washington	SS-2B	27	Tidewater	AAA
William Wilson			Tidewater	AAA
Joel Youngblood	OF-3B	28	New York Mets	MLB
Pat Zachry	P	27	New York Mets	MLB

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Neil Allen	21	New York Mets	MLB
Jesse Anderson		Grays Harbor	A-
Rick Anderson	25	Jackson	AA
Bob Apodaca	29	Tidewater	AAA
Juan Berenguer	24	New York Mets	MLB
Dwight Bernard	27	New York Mets	MLB
	27	Tidewater	AAA
Jeff Bettendorf	18	Grays Harbor	A-
Randy Boxeman		Lynchburg	A+
Donald Brazzell		Lynchburg	A+
Randy Brown		Lynchburg	A+
Mike Bruhert	28	Tidewater	AAA
Randall Burkman		Grays Harbor	A-
Ray Burris	29	New York Mets	MLB
David Buttles		Grays Harbor	A-
Paul Cacciatore		Jackson	AA
Ed Cipot	23	Tidewater	AAA
Russell Clark		Tidewater	AAA
		Jackson	AA
Alex Coghen		Lynchburg	A+
James Cooperider		Grays Harbor	A-
Gary Corrado		Lynchburg	A+
Ted Damiter		Little Falls	A-
Dock Ellis	34	New York Mets	MLB
Pete Falcone	25	New York Mets	MLB
Algernan Foust		Little Falls	A-
Jeff Franklin		Lynchburg	A+
Ed Glynn	26	New York Mets	MLB
	26	Tidewater	AAA
Ron Graves		Grays Harbor	A-
James Green		Little Falls	A-
Robert Grote		Jackson	AA
Peter Hamner		Jackson	AA
Greg Harris	23	Jackson	AA
Andy Hassler	27	New York Mets	MLB
Tom Hausman	26	New York Mets	MLB
	26	Tidewater	AAA
Douglas Henley		Little Falls	A-
Gary Hilton		Little Falls	A-
Scott Holman	21	Tidewater	AAA
Roy Lee Jackson	25	New York Mets	MLB
	25	Tidewater	AAA
Glen Johnson		Lynchburg	A+
Kevin Kobel	25	New York Mets	MLB
Skip Lockwood	33	New York Mets	MLB
Michael Lowry		Lynchburg	A+
Luis Lunar		Jackson	AA
Alfredo Martinez	22	Jackson	AA
David Michael	19	Grays Harbor	A-
Thomas Miller		Grays Harbor	A-
Doug Mizzi		Little Falls	A-
Dale Murray	29	New York Mets	MLB
Bob Myrick	26	Tidewater	AAA
Jesse Orosco	22	New York Mets	MLB
	22	Tidewater	AAA
John Pacella	23	New York Mets	MLB
	23	Tidewater	AAA
Darryl Paquette		Little Falls	A-
Donald Pearson		Tidewater	AAA
		Lynchburg	A+
Randy Pitts		Lynchburg	A+
Joe Plummer		Grays Harbor	A-
Larry Prewitt		Tidewater	AAA
		Jackson	AA
Jeff Reardon	23	New York Mets	MLB
	23	Tidewater	AAA
Victor Rosario		Little Falls	A-
Mike Scott	24	New York Mets	MLB
	24	Tidewater	AAA
John Semprini		Little Falls	A-
Keith Shermeyer		Lynchburg	A+
Lee Shockley		Little Falls	A-
Daniel Smith		Jackson	AA
Dave Smith	22	Grays Harbor	A-
Kevin Spicer		Grays Harbor	A-
Jeff Sunderlage	19	Grays Harbor	A-
Craig Swan	28	New York Mets	MLB
Michael Tancredi		Little Falls	A-
Tom Thurberg		Tidewater	AAA
		Lynchburg	A+
Wayne Twitchell	31	New York Mets	MLB
Michael Van de Casteele		Tidewater	AAA
John Violette		Jackson	AA
		Lynchburg	A+
Dave Von Ohlen	20	Jackson	AA
Mark Welch		Little Falls	A-
Pat Zachry	27	New York Mets	MLB
Mark Zwolinski		Little Falls	A-