Английская Википедия:1993 New York Mets season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1993 New York Mets season was the 32nd season in the history of the franchise. The team sought to improve on its 72–90 mark from 1992. Instead, the Mets slid back and for the first time since 1967 lost 100 games. The Mets finished with a 59–103 record, their fifth worst in history, and finished in last place in the NL East. They played all of their home games at Shea Stadium. As of 2023, this was the most recent 100-loss season for the Mets.

Background

The 1993 Mets entered the season after a disappointing 1992 campaign where their major player acquisitions, designed to help the team return to contending for a division title, largely fizzled out. Their biggest acquisition, outfielder Bobby Bonilla, did not perform up to fans' expectations and was frequently booed by the local fans. Pitcher Bret Saberhagen and second baseman Willie Randolph, two more major pickups in the previous offseason, were injured much of the season and largely ineffective. One of the few bright spots was Eddie Murray, who led the team with 91 RBI to go along with 16 home runs, but besides he and Bonilla (74 RBI, 19 home runs) no Met reached 50 RBI or 15 home runs. Murray's .261 average led the regulars, who all struggled to record hits; shortstop Dick Schofield, for instance, recorded over 400 plate appearances but could not manage to reach 100 hits. Howard Johnson, the 1991 National League home run and RBI champion, also battled injuries and saw his totals fall off significantly. The pitching staff was not much better off, as Dwight Gooden recorded his worst season as a major leaguer and the team left a hole in its rotation by trading away ace David Cone in August; Gooden's 12 wins led the team.

Manager Jeff Torborg, who had come off two consecutive winning seasons with the Chicago White Sox, found himself unable to maintain control of the team. He had a particularly testy relationship with outfielder Vince Coleman, which eventually resulted in the former stolen base king's suspension in September.

Offseason

The Mets were not as aggressive in pursuing other players as they had been in 1992 but made a splash in a trade, acquiring All-Star shortstop Tony Fernández in a trade with the San Diego Padres. Another significant acquisition was veteran starter Frank Tanana, who had spent the last eight years with the Detroit Tigers and would give the rotation an additional veteran to go with Gooden, Fernandez, and Saberhagen.

Moves

• October 26, 1992: Wally Whitehurst, D. J. Dozier and a player to be named later were traded by the Mets to the San Diego Padres for Tony Fernández. The Mets completed the deal by sending Raul Casanova to the Padres on December 7.
• November 17, 1992: José Martínez was drafted from the Mets by the Florida Marlins in the 1992 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
• December 2, 1992: Roger Mason was signed as a free agent by the Mets.
• December 17, 1992: Roger Mason and Mike Freitas (minors) were traded by the Mets to the San Diego Padres for Mike Maddux.
• December 22, 1992: Mauro Gozzo was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
• December 28, 1992: Eric Bullock was signed as a free agent by the Mets.

Regular season

Once again, trouble courted the Mets in 1993. After Bob Klapisch and John Harper's chronicle of the 1992 season, The Worst Team Money Could Buy, came out early in the season, Bobby Bonilla confronted Klapisch after a game and tried to provoke him into a physical confrontation. In June, Bret Saberhagen filled a Super Soaker water gun with bleach and shot it at reporters in the clubhouse. Vince Coleman once again found himself in trouble when he struck Dwight Gooden with a golf club while swinging it wildly in the clubhouse and injured him. Later in the season, while in the car of Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Eric Davis, Coleman tossed a lit firecracker toward a crowd of autograph seekers at Dodger Stadium, injuring three people when it exploded. This proved to be the last straw for the Mets and Coleman; he was placed on administrative leave following the incident and the team later announced that Coleman would not be with the team going forward.

After thirty-eight games, the Mets had decided enough was enough and relieved Jeff Torborg of his duties as manager. He became the third straight Mets skipper to be fired before the end of the season, following Davey Johnson and Bud Harrelson. The team then called upon Dallas Green, who had been out of baseball since he was fired by the New York Yankees as their manager during the 1989 season. With the team standing at 13-25, Green recorded only forty-six victories in his abbreviated first campaign and brought the Mets home with the worst record in baseball. The team's poor record also cost second year general manager Al Harazin his job, with the team hiring San Diego Padres general manager Joe McIlvaine to replace him.

Despite the poor record, some positives came from the Mets' lineup. Bonilla returned to the All-Star Game and hit a career high 34 home runs. Second baseman Jeff Kent, in his first full year as a starter, added 21 home runs with 80 RBI. Eddie Murray tallied 27 home runs, led the team with a .285 average, and recorded 100 RBI, the first time he had done that since he was with the Baltimore Orioles in 1985. 1993 also saw the debut of Bobby Jones, a rookie who would become a frontline starter for the Mets in the coming years.

Anthony Young

One of the stranger stories of the 1993 season was the losing streak recorded by pitcher Anthony Young. After winning his first two decisions of the 1992 season, Young would lose his final fourteen of the year. He picked up right where he left off in 1993, dropping thirteen straight games were he factored into the decision and breaking a record that was held by Boston Braves pitcher Cliff Curtis, who lost 23 straight decisions over the course of the 1910 and 1911 seasons.

Young's losing streak was snapped at 27 on July 28 against the expansion Florida Marlins. Young allowed an unearned run in the top of the ninth to give the Marlins a 4-3 lead. The Mets scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth against closer Bryan Harvey to win the game 5-4. The win was the only one Young recorded in 1993, and he went on to finish with a team high sixteen losses in thirty-nine appearances with ten starts.

Opening Day starters

• Bobby Bonilla
• Vince Coleman
• Tony Fernández
• Dwight Gooden
• Todd Hundley
• Howard Johnson
• Jeff Kent
• Eddie Murray
• Joe Orsulak

Notable transactions

• April 23, 1993: Jeff Kaiser was selected off waivers by the Mets from the Cincinnati Reds.
• May 14, 1993: Ced Landrum was signed as a free agent by the Mets.
• June 11, 1993: Tony Fernández was traded by the Mets to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darrin Jackson.
• June 12, 1993: Wayne Housie was traded by the Mets to the Milwaukee Brewers for Josías Manzanillo.

Game log

Regular season

Шаблон:Game log start Шаблон:Game log section start |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || April 5 || Rockies || 3–0 || || || – || Shea Stadium || 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || April 7 || Rockies || 6–1 || || || – || Shea Stadium || 2–0 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || April 9 || Astros || 3–7 Шаблон:Small || || || – || Shea Stadium || 2–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 10 || Astros || 3–6 || || || – || Shea Stadium || 2–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 11 || Astros || 4–5 || || || || Shea Stadium || 2–3 |- style="background:#bbb;" | — || April 12 || @ Rockies || colspan=7 | Postponed (rain) Makeup: Apr 12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || April 13 || @ Rockies || 8–4 || || || – || Mile High Stadium || 3–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 || April 14 || @ Rockies || 6–3 || || || || Mile High Stadium || 4–3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 8 || April 15 || @ Rockies || 3–5 || || || – || Mile High Stadium || 4–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || April 16 || @ Reds || 3–1 || || || || Riverfront Stadium || 5–4 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || April 17 || @ Reds || 4–1 || || || || Riverfront Stadium || 6–4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 18 || @ Reds || 2–3 || || || || Riverfront Stadium || 6–5 |- Шаблон:Game log section end Шаблон:Game log section start |- style="background:#fbb;" | 45 || May 28 || Reds || 2–5 Шаблон:Small || || || || Shea Stadium || 15–30 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 46 || May 29 || Reds || 4–3 || || || || Shea Stadium || 16–30 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 47 || May 30 || Reds || 4–8 || || || – || Shea Stadium || 16–31 |- Шаблон:Game log section end Шаблон:Game log section start |- style="background:#fbb;" | 51 || June 4 || @ Astros || 2–7 || || || – || Astrodome || 18–33 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 52 || June 5 || @ Astros || 5–7 || || || || Astrodome || 18–34 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 53 || June 6 || @ Astros || 4–5 || || || || Astrodome || 18–35 |- Шаблон:Game log section end Шаблон:Game log section start |- Шаблон:Game log section end Шаблон:Game log section start |- style="background:#cfc;" | 118 || August 16 || @ Reds || 6–2 || || || || Riverfront Stadium || 41–77 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 119 || August 17 || @ Reds || 0–6 || || || – || Riverfront Stadium || 41–78 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 120 || August 18 || @ Reds || 12–2 || || || – || Riverfront Stadium || 42–78 |- style="background:#bbb;" | — || August 20 || @ Rockies || colspan=7 | Postponed (rain) Makeup: Aug 21 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 121 || August 21 || @ Rockies || 3–4 || || || || Mile High Stadium || 42–79 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 21 || @ Rockies || 6–8 || || || || Mile High Stadium || 42–80 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 123 || August 22 || @ Rockies || 3–4 || || || || Mile High Stadium || 42–81 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 124 || August 23 || Reds || 2–6 || || || – || Shea Stadium || 42–82 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 125 || August 24 || Reds || 5–4 || || || – || Shea Stadium || 43–82 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 126 || August 25 || Reds || 1–4 || || || – || Shea Stadium || 43–83 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 127 || August 26 || Rockies || 7–1 || || || – || Shea Stadium || 44–83 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 128 || August 27 || Rockies || 3–2 || || || || Shea Stadium || 45–83 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 129 || August 28 || Rockies || 5–7 || || || || Shea Stadium || 45–84 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 130 || August 29 || Rockies || 1–6 || || || – || Shea Stadium || 45–85 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 131 || August 30 || Astros || 5–4 || || || || Shea Stadium || 46–85 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 132 || August 31 || Astros || 2–10 || || || – || Shea Stadium || 46–86 |- Шаблон:Game log section end Шаблон:Game log section start |- style="background:#fbb;" | 133 || September 1 || Astros || 2–3 || || || || Shea Stadium || 46–87 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 138 || September 6 || @ Astros || 2–7 || || || || Astrodome || 47–91 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 139 || September 7 || @ Astros || 3–4 Шаблон:Small || || || – || Astrodome || 47–92 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 8 || @ Astros || 1–7 || || || – || Astrodome || 47–93 |- Шаблон:Game log section end Шаблон:Game log section start |- Шаблон:Game log section end |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      Шаблон:Color box = Win      Шаблон:Color box = Loss      Шаблон:Color box = Postponement
Bold = Mets team member Шаблон:Game log end

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; OPS = OBP + SLG (On base + slugging percentage)

Player	Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	OPS
Шаблон:Sortname	C	130	417	95	.228	11	53	.626
Шаблон:Sortname	1B	154	610	174	.285	27	100	.792
Шаблон:Sortname	2B	140	496	134	.270	21	80	.765
Шаблон:Sortname	SS	78	205	50	.244	3	25	.652
Шаблон:Sortname	3B	72	235	56	.238	7	26	.732
Шаблон:Sortname	LF	92	373	104	.279	2	25	.691
Шаблон:Sortname	CF	80	288	72	.250	11	26	.747
Шаблон:Sortname	RF	139	502	133	.265	34	87	.874

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
Joe Orsulak	134	409	116	.284	8	35
Jeromy Burnitz	86	263	64	.243	13	38
Chico Walker	115	213	48	.225	5	19
Dave Gallagher	99	201	55	.274	6	28
Charlie O'Brien	67	188	48	.255	4	23
Шаблон:Sortname	48	173	39	.225	1	14
Jeff McKnight	105	164	42	.256	2	13
Kevin Baez	52	126	23	.183	0	7
Darrin Jackson	31	87	17	.195	1	7
Doug Saunders	28	67	14	.209	0	0
Butch Huskey	13	41	6	.146	0	3
Шаблон:Sortname	22	19	5	.263	0	1
Tito Navarro	12	17	1	.059	0	1
Wayne Housie	18	16	3	.188	0	1

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
Dwight Gooden	29	208.2	12	15	3.45	149
Frank Tanana	29	183.0	7	15	4.48	104
Eric Hillman	27	145.0	2	9	3.97	60
Bret Saberhagen	19	139.1	7	7	3.29	93
Sid Fernandez	18	119.2	5	6	2.93	81
Bobby Jones	9	61.2	2	4	3.65	35

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
Pete Schourek	41	128.1	5	12	5.96	72
Anthony Young	39	100.1	1	16	3.77	62
Dave Telgheder	24	75.2	6	2	4.76	35

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 Franco	35	4	3	10	5.20	29
Jeff Innis	67	2	3	3	4.11	36
Mike Maddux	58	3	8	5	3.60	57
Mike Draper	29	1	1	0	4.25	16
Mauro Gozzo	10	0	1	1	2.57	6
Paul Gibson	8	1	1	0	5.19	12
Josías Manzanillo	6	0	0	0	3.00	11
Шаблон:Sortname	6	0	0	0	11.57	5
Mickey Weston	4	0	0	0	7.94	2
Kenny Greer	1	1	0	0	0.00	2

External links

• 1993 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
• 1993 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com