The 1982 New York Mets team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1982 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.
Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1982 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 1982 New York Mets salary list, a 1982 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 1982 New York Mets primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"This is the team (Mets) for the cab driver who gets held up and the guy who loses out on a promotion because he didn't maneuver himself to lunch with the boss enough." - Jimmy Breslin
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
13 | Neil Allen | 6-02 | 190 | Right | Right | 1958-01-24 |
32 | Carlos Diaz | 6-00 | 170 | Left | Right | 1958-01-07 |
33 | Pete Falcone | 6-02 | 185 | Left | Left | 1953-10-01 |
45 | Brent Gaff | 6-02 | 200 | Right | Right | 1958-10-05 |
29 | Tom Gorman | 6-04 | 200 | Left | Left | 1957-12-16 |
32 | Tom Hausman | 6-05 | 200 | Right | Right | 1953-03-31 |
28 | Scott Holman | 6-01 | 190 | Right | Right | 1958-09-18 |
35 | Randy Jones | 6-00 | 178 | Left | Right | 1950-01-12 |
43 | Terry Leach | 6-00 | 215 | Right | Right | 1954-03-13 |
36 | Ed Lynch | 6-06 | 230 | Right | Right | 1956-02-25 |
47 | Jesse Orosco | 6-02 | 205 | Left | Right | 1957-04-21 |
20 | Rick Ownbey | 6-03 | 185 | Right | Right | 1957-10-20 |
25 | Charlie Puleo | 6-03 | 200 | Right | Right | 1955-02-07 |
30 | Mike Scott | 6-03 | 215 | Right | Right | 1955-04-26 |
39 | Doug Sisk | 6-02 | 210 | Right | Right | 1957-09-26 |
27 | Craig Swan | 6-03 | 215 | Right | Right | 1950-11-30 |
49 | Walt Terrell | 6-02 | 205 | Right | Left | 1958-05-11 |
40 | Pat Zachry | 6-05 | 180 | Right | Right | 1952-04-24 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
9 | Bruce Bochy | 6-04 | 210 | Right | Right | 1955-04-16 |
42 | Ron Hodges | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Left | 1949-06-22 |
8 | Ronn Reynolds | 6-00 | 200 | Right | Right | 1958-09-28 |
12 | John Stearns | 6-00 | 185 | Right | Right | 1951-08-21 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
6 | Wally Backman | 5-09 | 160 | Right | Both | 1959-09-22 |
4 | Bob Bailor | 5-11 | 170 | Right | Right | 1951-07-10 |
7 | Hubie Brooks | 6-00 | 200 | Right | Right | 1956-09-24 |
19 | Ron Gardenhire | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1957-10-24 |
23 | Brian Giles | 6-01 | 165 | Right | Right | 1960-04-27 |
22 | Mike Jorgensen | 6-00 | 195 | Left | Left | 1948-08-16 |
26 | Dave Kingman | 6-06 | 210 | Right | Right | 1948-12-21 |
2 | Phil Mankowski | 6-00 | 180 | Right | Left | 1953-01-09 |
11 | Tom Veryzer | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Right | 1953-02-11 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
15 | George Foster | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Right | 1948-12-01 |
5 | Mike Howard | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Both | 1958-04-02 |
21 | Gary Rajsich | 6-02 | 210 | Left | Left | 1954-10-28 |
10 | Rusty Staub | 6-02 | 200 | Right | Left | 1944-04-01 |
34 | Rusty Tillman | 6-00 | 185 | Right | Right | 1960-08-29 |
17 | Ellis Valentine | 6-04 | 207 | Right | Right | 1954-07-30 |
1 | Mookie Wilson | 5-10 | 170 | Right | Both | 1956-02-09 |
18 | Joel Youngblood | 6-00 | 180 | Right | Right | 1951-08-28 |
# | Other Positions | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
8 | Rick Sweet | 6-01 | 200 | Right | Both | 1952-09-07 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1982 New York Mets Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1982 New York Mets played 162 games during the regular season, won 65 games, lost 97 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at Shea Stadium (Park Factors: 99/101) where 1,323,036 fans witnessed their 1982 Mets finish the season with a .401 winning percentage.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1982 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 1982 New York Mets salary list, a 1982 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 1982 New York Mets primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1982 New York Mets Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?