1990 New York Mets season
The 1990 New York Mets season was the 29th regular season for the Mets. They went 91-71 and finished second in the National League East. They were managed by Davey Johnson and Bud Harrelson. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
during a 1990 away game at Jack Murphy Stadium.Offseason
.Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
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
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg | HR | RBI |
| C | Mackey Sasser | 100 | 270 | 83 | .307 | 6 | 41 |
| 1B | Dave Magadan | 144 | 451 | 148 | .328 | 6 | 72 |
| 2B | Greg Jefferies | 153 | 604 | 171 | .283 | 15 | 68 |
| SS | Kevin Elster | 92 | 314 | 65 | .207 | 9 | 45 |
| 3B | Howard Johnson | 154 | 590 | 144 | .244 | 23 | 90 |
| LF | Kevin McReynolds | 147 | 521 | 140 | .269 | 24 | 82 |
| CF | Daryl Boston | 115 | 366 | 100 | .273 | 12 | 45 |
| RF | Darryl Strawberry | 152 | 542 | 150 | .277 | 37 | 108 |
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 |
| Keith Miller | 88 | 233 | 60 | .258 | 1 | 12 |
| Mark Carreon | 82 | 188 | 47 | .250 | 10 | 26 |
| Tim Teufel | 80 | 175 | 43 | .246 | 10 | 24 |
| Mike Marshall | 53 | 163 | 39 | .239 | 6 | 27 |
| Tom O'Malley | 82 | 121 | 27 | .223 | 3 | 14 |
| Tom Herr | 27 | 100 | 25 | .250 | 1 | 10 |
| Orlando Mercado | 42 | 90 | 19 | .211 | 3 | 7 |
| Barry Lyons | 24 | 80 | 19 | .238 | 2 | 7 |
| Charlie O'Brien | 28 | 68 | 11 | .162 | 0 | 9 |
| Todd Hundley | 36 | 67 | 14 | .209 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Tabler | 17 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 1 | 10 |
| Darren Reed | 26 | 39 | 8 | .205 | 1 | 2 |
| Kelvin Torve | 20 | 38 | 11 | .289 | 0 | 2 |
| Mario Díaz | 16 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Baez | 5 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Jelic | 4 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Treviño | 9 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Keith Hughes | 8 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Carr | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Liddell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Thornton | 3 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
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 |
| Frank Viola | 35 | 249.2 | 20 | 12 | 2.67 | 182 |
| Dwight Gooden | 34 | 232.2 | 19 | 7 | 3.83 | 223 |
| David Cone | 31 | 211.2 | 14 | 10 | 3.23 | 233 |
| Sid Fernandez | 30 | 179.2 | 9 | 14 | 3.46 | 181 |
| Julio Valera | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6.92 | 4 |
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 |
| Ron Darling | 33 | 126 | 7 | 9 | 4.50 | 99 |
| Bob Ojeda | 38 | 118 | 7 | 6 | 3.66 | 62 |
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 | 55 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 2.53 | 56 |
| Alejandro Peña | 52 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3.20 | 76 |
| Wally Whitehurst | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.29 | 46 |
| Jeff Musselman | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.63 | 14 |
| Julio Machado | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.15 | 27 |
| Jeff Innis | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.39 | 12 |
| Dan Schatzeder | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Kevin Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
