The 1988 roster for the Mets included Dwight Gooden at pitcher, Gary Carter at catcher, Keith Hernandez at first baseman, Wally Backman at second baseman and Howard Johnson at third baseman.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Rick Aguilera R. Aguilera	P	6'5"	205	12/31/1961	26	San Gabriel, CA
2	Wally Backman W. Backman	2B	5'9"	160	9/22/1959	28	Hillsboro, OR
3	Mark Carreon M. Carreon	OF	6'0"	195	7/19/1963	24	Chicago, IL
4	Gary Carter G. Carter	C	6'2"	215	4/8/1954	34	Culver City, CA
5	David Cone D. Cone	P	6'1"	200	1/2/1963	25	Kansas City, MO
6	Ron Darling R. Darling	P	6'3"	195	8/19/1960	27	Honolulu, HI
7	Lenny Dykstra L. Dykstra	OF	5'10"	167	2/10/1963	25	Santa Ana, CA
8	Kevin Elster K. Elster	SS	6'2"	200	8/3/1964	23	San Pedro, CA
9	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	P	6'1"	230	10/12/1962	25	Honolulu, HI
10	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	P	6'3"	210	11/16/1964	23	Tampa, FL
11	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	1B	6'0"	195	10/20/1953	34	San Francisco, CA
12	Jeff Innis J. Innis	P	6'0"	170	7/5/1962	25	Decatur, IL
13	Gregg Jefferies G. Jefferies	3B	5'10"	185	8/1/1967	20	Burlingame, CA
14	Howard Johnson H. Johnson	3B	5'11"	178	11/29/1960	27	Clearwater, FL
15	Terry Leach T. Leach	P	6'0"	215	3/13/1954	34	Selma, AL
16	Barry Lyons B. Lyons	C	6'1"	205	6/3/1960	28	Biloxi, MS
17	Dave Magadan D. Magadan	1B	6'4"	215	9/30/1962	25	Tampa, FL
18	Lee Mazzilli L. Mazzilli	OF	6'1"	185	3/25/1955	33	New York, NY
19	Bob McClure B. McClure	P	5'11"	170	4/29/1952	36	Oakland, CA
20	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	P	6'1"	180	12/21/1960	27	Cincinnati, OH
21	Kevin McReynolds K. McReynolds	OF	6'1"	210	10/16/1959	28	Little Rock, AR
22	Keith Miller K. Miller	2B	5'11"	185	6/12/1963	25	Midland, MI
23	John Mitchell J. Mitchell	P	6'2"	195	8/11/1965	22	Dickson, TN
24	Randy Myers R. Myers	P	6'1"	215	9/19/1962	25	Vancouver, WA
25	Ed Nunez E. Nunez	P	6'5"	235	5/27/1963	25	Humacao, Puerto Rico