1993
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The 1993 season was one of the worst in the history of the Mets. The team reached triple digits in defeats for the first time in 26 years and had a major league lowest .364 winning percentage. With the team struggling badly, manager Jeff Torborg was fired and replaced by Dallas Green.
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April
The Mets got off to a slow start in ’93. They had eight wins and 13 losses in April to begin the season. Against the Colorado Rockies at Shea Stadium, the Mets recorded 3-0 and 6-1 wins over the new National League team on April 5 and April 7, respectively. The team lost three games to the Astros and won four of six on a road trip to Colorado and Cincinnati. They ended the month with six consecutive losses. The Mets were already at the bottom of the National League Eastern Division, eight and one-half games behind the front-running Phillies.
May
Things only got worse for the Mets in May. A .333 winning percentage (9-18) sank the team to further depths. After losing three of their first four games of the month, the Mets chalked up a 4-0 win on May 7 at Shea in their first game ever against the Florida Marlins. They stopped a five-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory over the Pirates in 10 innings at Shea on May 19. The Mets lost two of three games in consecutive series at home against the Braves, at Philadelphia and at Shea against the Reds between May 21 and May 30. The team closed May with a 9-5 Memorial Day win at Chicago on May 31. The Mets remained in the division cellar and fell to sixteen and one-half games behind Philadelphia.
June
The Mets season got even worse in June. They won only six times while suffering 21 losses during the month. The team started June with four losses in five games at Chicago and Houston. At Atlanta on June 14, the Mets ended a six-game skid by defeating the Braves, 7-4. They stopped another six-game slide with an 8-3 victory over the Expos at Shea on June 21. In their first regular season game ever in Florida, the Mets came away with a 10-9 win over the Marlins in 12 innings on June 29. The team closed out the month with a 7-1 victory at Miami one day later. At 23-52 for the season, the Mets were eleven and one-half games behind the sixth-place Florida team and 28 games in back of the division-leading Phils.
July
For the first time during the season, the Mets reached double digits in wins for a calendar month. They posted a 12-16 record for a .429 winning percentage. Following a 7-5 defeat at Florida on July 1, the Mets went 4-7 on a home stand against the west coast teams. They defeated the West-leading Giants twice in a four-game series at San Francisco from July 15 to July 18. At San Diego on July 19, the Mets won their third straight game with a 2-1 triumph over the Padres in 10 innings. They ended the west coast trip with a 4-0 victory at Los Angeles on May 25. At Shea on May 28, the Mets came from behind for a 5-4 win over the Marlins that ended pitcher Anthony Young’s record-setting 27-game losing streak. At the end of the month, the team was eight games behind the Marlins and 30 games behind Philadelphia.
August
In August, the Mets won 11 games and lost 18. They began the month with three wins in five games at St. Louis and Montreal. The team dropped five of six on an ensuing home stand against the Pirates and Braves between August 7 and August 12. At Philadelphia on August 14, rookie pitcher Bobby Jones got his first major league win in a 9-5 Mets victory over the Phils. The Mets concluded their road trip with three losses at Colorado on August 21 (doubleheader) and August 22. They concluded August with four wins in nine games at Shea. The team held a major-league worst 46-86 season record at month’s end.
September/October
The Mets compiled 13 wins in their final 30 games of the season. On September 2, they started a road trip with an 8-3 win at Chicago and followed up with losses in their next eight games. The team ended its skid with a 5-0 win over the Cubs on September 12 at Shea. At Pittsburgh on September 20, the Mets suffered a 6-2 defeat to the Pirates for their 100th loss of the season. They followed up with a pair of wins over the Bucs to conclude a road trip, but then dropped three of their next four games at Shea. From September 28 to October 3, the Mets went on a six-game winning streak to close out the season with a 59-103 won-lost record. The team ended up last in the N. L. East, 38 games behind the division-champion Phillies.
Award Winners
- Tug McGraw was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame
