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The 1988 New York Mets season was the 27th regular season for the Mets. They went 100–60 and finished first in the National League East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
The Mets cruised to the best record in the National League in 1988, with a 100–60 record (.625), easily winning the NL East crown by a full 15 games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Mets were heavy favorites when the series began; they had beaten the Dodgers ten of 11 times in the regular season, outscoring them, 49–18.
In Los Angeles, the first two games were split by both teams – the Mets overcame a 2–0 Dodgers lead in the top of the ninth to win by a 3–2 score in Game 1, and in Game 2, the Dodgers drove Mets' starting pitcher David Cone from the mound after scoring the game's first five runs, winning 6–3 to even the series. When the series moved to ...
New York Mets all-time win–loss records Statistic Wins Losses Win% New York Mets regular season record (1962–2024) 4,816 5,148 .483 New York Mets postseason record (1962–2024) 59 46 .562 All-time regular and postseason record: 4,875: 5,194.484
The Mets started the 1999 season well, going 17–9, but after an eight-game losing streak, including the last two to the New York Yankees, the Mets fired their entire coaching staff except for manager Bobby Valentine.The Mets, in front of a national audience on Sunday Night Baseball, beat the New York Yankees 7–2 in the turning point of the ...
Grimace is in his baseball era!. Amid the New York baseball team's winning record — which began on the night the beloved McDonald's mascot threw out the first pitch at Citi Field on June 12 ...
In a chaotic, exhilarating, heartbreaking first game of the doubleheader, the Mets rode a six-run eighth inning and a comeback ninth to top the Braves 8-7 and clinch a spot in the 2024 National ...
October 15 – In Game One of the 1988 World Series at Dodger Stadium, the Los Angeles Dodgers trailed the Oakland Athletics 4–3 in the bottom of the ninth inning when the Dodgers' Kirk Gibson, badly injured in the NLCS against the New York Mets, hobbles to the plate to pinch-hit against Oakland's lethal closer, Dennis Eckersley.