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David Cone
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 19 of 1252 players

David Brian Cone
Born: January 2, 1963 at Kansas City, Mo.
Throws: Right Bats: Left
Height: 6.01 Weight: 180

David Cone has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 98 times, most recently on May 10, 2024.

First Mets game: April 11, 1987
Last Mets game: May 28, 2003

Winner of National League Pitcher of the Month award, May 1988. (New York Mets)
Winner of National League Player of the Week award, October 6, 1991, May 3, 1992. (New York Mets)
Winner of American League Cy Young award, 1994. (Kansas City Royals)

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
44	April 11, 1987	May 9, 1991
17	May 10, 1991	August 27, 1992
16	March 31, 2003	May 30, 2003

David Cone also played for the following teams:

Kansas City Royals 1986; Toronto Blue Jays 1992; Kansas City Royals 1993, 1994; Toronto Blue Jays 1995; New York Yankees 1995 - 2000; Boston Red Sox 2001

Traded with Chris Jelic by the Kansas City Royals to the New York Mets in exchange for Ed Hearn, Rick Anderson and Mauro Gozzo on March 27, 1987.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson on August 27, 1992.

Signed with New York Mets as a free agent on February 13, 2003.

Announced retirement from the New York Mets on May 30, 2003.

On disabled list:

from May 29, 1987 to August 13, 1987 (broken little finger, left hand)

Pitching Record with New York Mets

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1987 21 99.1 5 6 0.455 87 46 41 11 68 44 13 1 0 1 3.71

1988 35 231.1 20 3 0.870 178 67 57 10 213 80 28 8 4 0 2.22

1989 34 219.2 14 8 0.636 183 92 86 20 190 74 33 7 2 0 3.52

1990 31 211.2 14 10 0.583 177 84 76 21 233 65 30 6 2 0 3.23

1991 34 232.2 14 14 0.500 204 95 85 13 241 73 34 5 2 0 3.29

1992 27 196.2 13 7 0.650 162 75 63 12 214 82 27 7 5 0 2.88

2003 5 18.0 1 3 0.250 20 13 13 4 13 13 4 0 0 0 6.50

7 years 187 1209.1 81 51 0.614 1011 472 421 91 1172 431 169 34 15 1 3.13

League Championship Series Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1988 3 12.0 1 1 0.500 10 6 6 0 9 5 2 1 0 0 4.50

1 year 3 12.0 1 1 0.500 10 6 6 0 9 5 2 1 0 0 4.50

All-Star Game Record

Year G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1988 1 1.0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

1992 1 1.0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

2 years 2 2.0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Led National League in walks with 82 in 1992.
Led National League in strikeouts with 233 in 1990 and with 241 in 1991.
Tied for National League lead in shutouts with 5 in 1992.

Led Mets in innings pitched with 219.2 in 1989 and with 232.2 in 1991.
Led Mets in wins with 20 in 1988 and with 14 in 1991. Tied for Mets lead in wins with 14 in 1989.
Led Mets in earned run average with 2.22 in 1988 and with 3.29 in 1991.
Led Mets in earned runs allowed with 86 in 1989.
Led Mets in walks with 80 in 1988, with 73 in 1991 and with 82 in 1992.
Led Mets in strikeouts with 213 in 1988, with 233 in 1990, with 241 in 1991 and with 214 in 1992.
Led Mets in home runs allowed with 21 in 1990. Tied for Mets lead in home runs allowed with 12 in 1992.
Tied for Mets lead in games started with 33 in 1989.
Led Mets in complete games with 7 in 1989, with 5 in 1991 and with 7 in 1992.
Led Mets in shutouts with 2 in 1991 and with 5 in 1992. Tied for Mets lead in shutouts with 2 in 1989.

Games where David Cone had 10 or more Strikeouts
At San Diego (NL) 05/17/88. vs. Chicago (NL) 06/02/88. vs. Montreal (NL) 08/12/88. At San Francisco (NL) 08/17/88.
At Montreal (NL) 09/10/88. vs. Chicago (NL) 09/15/88. At St. Louis (NL) 09/25/88. vs. Atlanta (NL) 04/25/89.
vs. San Francisco (NL) 05/19/89. vs. Chicago (NL) 09/04/89. At Pittsburgh (NL) 09/29/89. vs. Montreal (NL) 06/04/90.
vs. Cincinnati (NL) 06/30/90. At Atlanta (NL) 07/06/90. At Cincinnati (NL) 07/14/90. vs. Atlanta (NL) 07/19/90.
vs. St. Louis (NL) 07/28/90. At San Francisco (NL) 08/18/90. At Philadelphia (NL) 09/07/90. At Pittsburgh (NL) 10/01/90.
vs. St. Louis (NL) 05/24/91. At Cincinnati (NL) 06/04/91. vs. San Diego (NL) 07/13/91. vs. St. Louis (NL) 09/20/91.
At Philadelphia (NL) 10/06/91. vs. Montreal (NL) 04/11/92. vs. Houston (NL) 04/28/92. At San Francisco (NL) 05/24/92.
vs. St. Louis (NL) 06/21/92. At St. Louis (NL) 06/26/92. At Chicago (NL) 07/01/92. vs. San Francisco (NL) 07/17/92.
vs. Los Angeles (NL) 07/22/92.

Mets record in games started by David Cone
1987: (6-7) 1988: (22-6) 1989: (19-14) 1990: (19-11) 1991: (15-19) 1992: (17-10) 2003: (1-3)