The 1989 New York Mets team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1989 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 1989 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 1989 New York Mets salary list, a 1989 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 1989 New York Mets primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"He (Frank Viola) can have my locker... he can even have my wife, but he can't have my number, no way." - Dwight Gooden
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
49 | Don Aase | 6-03 | 210 | Right | Right | 1954-09-08 |
38 | Rick Aguilera | 6-05 | 205 | Right | Right | 1961-12-31 |
38 | Blaine Beatty | 6-02 | 185 | Left | Left | 1964-04-25 |
44 | David Cone | 6-01 | 200 | Right | Left | 1963-01-02 |
12, 15 | Ron Darling | 6-03 | 195 | Right | Right | 1960-08-19 |
50 | Sid Fernandez | 6-01 | 230 | Left | Left | 1962-10-12 |
16 | Dwight Gooden | 6-03 | 210 | Right | Right | 1964-11-16 |
36 | Manny Hernández | 6-00 | 150 | Right | Right | 1961-05-07 |
40 | Jeff Innis | 6-00 | 170 | Right | Right | 1962-07-05 |
26 | Terry Leach | 6-00 | 215 | Right | Right | 1954-03-13 |
31 | Julio Machado | 5-09 | 165 | Right | Right | 1965-12-01 |
42 | Roger McDowell | 6-01 | 182 | Right | Right | 1960-12-21 |
43 | John Mitchell | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1965-08-11 |
13 | Jeff Musselman | 6-00 | 180 | Left | Left | 1963-06-21 |
48 | Randy Myers | 6-01 | 215 | Left | Left | 1962-09-19 |
19 | Bob Ojeda | 6-01 | 190 | Left | Left | 1957-12-17 |
26 | Kevin Tapani | 6-00 | 187 | Right | Right | 1964-02-18 |
26 | Frank Viola | 6-04 | 209 | Left | Left | 1960-04-19 |
46 | David West | 6-06 | 230 | Left | Left | 1964-09-01 |
47 | Wally Whitehurst | 6-03 | 195 | Right | Right | 1964-04-11 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
8 | Gary Carter | 6-02 | 215 | Right | Right | 1954-04-08 |
39 | Phil Lombardi | 6-02 | 200 | Right | Right | 1963-02-20 |
33 | Barry Lyons | 6-01 | 202 | Right | Right | 1960-06-03 |
2 | Mackey Sasser | 6-01 | 210 | Right | Left | 1962-08-03 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
21 | Kevin Elster | 6-02 | 200 | Right | Right | 1964-08-03 |
17 | Keith Hernandez | 6-00 | 195 | Left | Left | 1953-10-20 |
9 | Gregg Jefferies | 5-10 | 185 | Right | Both | 1967-08-01 |
20 | Howard Johnson | 5-11 | 178 | Right | Both | 1960-11-29 |
10, 29 | Dave Magadan | 6-03 | 200 | Right | Left | 1962-09-30 |
15 | Jeff McKnight | 6-00 | 188 | Right | Both | 1963-02-18 |
25 | Keith Miller | 5-11 | 185 | Right | Right | 1963-06-12 |
27 | Tom O'Malley | 6-00 | 190 | Right | Left | 1960-12-25 |
35 | Craig Shipley | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Right | 1963-01-07 |
11 | Tim Teufel | 6-00 | 175 | Right | Right | 1958-07-07 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
32 | Mark Carreon | 6-00 | 195 | Left | Right | 1963-07-19 |
4 | Lenny Dykstra | 5-10 | 167 | Left | Left | 1963-02-10 |
13 | Lee Mazzilli | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Both | 1955-03-25 |
22 | Kevin McReynolds | 6-01 | 210 | Right | Right | 1959-10-16 |
7 | Juan Samuel | 5-11 | 170 | Right | Right | 1960-12-09 |
18 | Darryl Strawberry | 6-06 | 200 | Left | Left | 1962-03-12 |
4 | Lou Thornton | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Left | 1963-04-26 |
1 | Mookie Wilson | 5-10 | 170 | Right | Both | 1956-02-09 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1989 New York Mets Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1989 New York Mets played 162 games during the regular season, won 87 games, lost 75 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Shea Stadium (Park Factors: 95/93) where 2,918,710 fans witnessed their 1989 Mets finish the season with a .537 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 1989 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 1989 New York Mets salary list, a 1989 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 1989 New York Mets primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1989 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)?