1996 New York Mets season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = New York Mets
season = 1996
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1962
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Shea Stadium
y4 = 1964
city = New York, New York
y5 = 1962
owners = Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
general managers = Joe McIlvaine
managers = Dallas Green and Bobby Valentine
television = WWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne)
radio = WFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ed Coleman)
WXLX (spanish)
(Juan Alicea)

The New York Mets' 1996 season was the 35th regular season for the Mets. They went 71-91 and finished 4th in the NL East. They were managed by Dallas Green and Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

* December 14, 1995: Lance Johnson signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsla03.shtml Lance Johnson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*March 31, 1996: Ryan Thompson was traded by the New York Mets with Reid Cornelius to the Cleveland Indians for Mark Clark. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thompry01.shtml Ryan Thompson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular Season

Lance Johnson led the league with 21 triples. It was the highest amount by a National League player since 1930. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

Opening Day Roster

* Rico Brogna
* Bernard Gilkey
* Todd Hundley
* Butch Huskey
* Lance Johnson
* Bobby Jones
* Jeff Kent
* Rey Ordonez
* Jose Vizcaino [ [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1996&t=NYN 1996 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac ] ]

eason Standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and records

*Lance Johnson, National League leader, Triples (21) [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1996.shtml 1996 New York Mets]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1996&t=NYN 1996 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

References