2008 New York Mets season

The 2008 New York Mets season was the franchise's 47th season. The Mets finished the season with an 89–73 record, second place in the National League East, three games behind the Philadelphia Phillies, and one game worse than the wild card winners, the Milwaukee Brewers. The Mets were eliminated from postseason play on their last day of the regular season by the Florida Marlins for the second straight year, which also left New York without a team in the postseason for the first time since 1993, as the crosstown rival Yankees were eliminated from contention just five days prior.

2008 New York Mets
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Shea Stadium
City	New York
Record	89–73 (.549)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Fred Wilpon
General managers	Omar Minaya
Managers	Willie Randolph Jerry Manuel
Television	SportsNet New York WPIX (CW 11)
Radio	WFAN WADO (Spanish)
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2008 was also the Mets' 45th and final year at Shea Stadium. They moved to Citi Field in 2009.

Offseason

After dropping 12 out of their final 17 games of the 2007 season to lose the National League East to the Philadelphia Phillies on their last day of the regular season, the Mets front office was expected to make big moves in the offseason to give hope for the next season.^[1]

Needing to make a decision within five days after the Mets' last game, Tom Glavine declined his $13 million player option. He eventually signed with his former team, the Atlanta Braves, agreeing to a one-year contract worth $8 million on November 18.^[2]

On October 31, the Mets took care of two of their own potential free agents. Left fielder Moisés Alou's option year on his contract was picked up for $7.5 million despite Alou only playing in 87 games due to a left quadriceps injury.^[1] He did, however, lead the Mets with a .341 batting average and seven outfield assists. Alou also set a franchise record with a 30-game hitting streak after he came off the disabled list. Utility player Damion Easley was re-signed for one year at $950,000. He was on the disabled list two separate times due to a left quadriceps strain on May 11 and a left ankle sprain which ended his season on August 18.^[3]

When the free agency period began, the Mets first looked to catcher Yorvit Torrealba to replace 2007 starter Paul Lo Duca. After agreeing to the structure of a three-year contract worth $14.4 million with Torrealba, the Mets suddenly changed their minds on November 17 and retracted the offer, seemingly because of Torrealba's sore shoulder, as the Mets only needed to see the results of his physical to officially complete the deal.^[4] Lo Duca never appeared to be the first choice for the Mets, so they continued their search for a starter from another team rather than re-sign Lo Duca,^[5] who went on to sign with the Washington Nationals.

After the Torrealba deal fell through, the Mets focused on one of their own free agents. On November 18, second baseman Luis Castillo agreed to a four-year, $25 million contract. The Mets explored the possibility of signing David Eckstein to start at second base, but determined his contract demands were too lofty.^[2]

On November 20, the Mets traded relief pitcher Guillermo Mota to the Milwaukee Brewers for catcher Johnny Estrada. This trade ended up just being a salary dump, as Estrada, who was arbitration-eligible, was not offered a new contract, therefore becoming a free agent.^[6] The Mets wanted to be rid of Mota and his $3.2 million salary because he pitched to a 5.72 ERA in 2007 after being suspended for 50 games for steroid use.^[7]

In response to the Mets' need for a starting catcher, General Manager Omar Minaya made his first significant trade of the offseason on December 1, acquiring catcher Brian Schneider and outfielder Ryan Church from the Nationals for outfielder Lastings Milledge. Once considered the Mets top prospect, Milledge had fallen out of favor with players and management due to his on and off-field antics. Minaya made the trade to acquire two players who, in his mind, would be starters for the Mets.^[8]

The Mets made a small move on January 5, 2008, to shore up their outfield depth, acquiring Ángel Pagán from the Chicago Cubs for two minor-league players, outfielder Corey Coles and pitcher Ryan Meyers. Pagán was a fourth-round draft pick by the Mets in 1999, and he was sent to the Cubs on January 25, 2006, for cash.^[9]

The Mets' biggest trade of the offseason would come on January 29, when they agreed to a trade for two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Johan Santana from the Minnesota Twins. Minaya agreed to trade outfielder Carlos Gómez and pitchers Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra to the Twins.^[10] Three days later, to complete the trade, Santana agreed to a six-year contract extension worth $137.5 million, with an option worth an extra $19.5 million for 2014, which can be triggered by performance. This contract was a record amount for an MLB pitcher.^[11]

Starting pitcher Óliver Pérez's arbitration case was settled on February 22 and scored a win for Pérez, as the Mets found out they would have to pay him $6.5 million for the 2008 season. This gave Pérez a raise of over $4 million and was $1.775 million more than the Mets offered to pay him.^[12]

Another player signed during the offseason was relief pitcher Duaner Sánchez. Sánchez missed all of 2007 due to a broken bone in his left shoulder suffered during a taxi accident in 2006, but the Mets hoped he could still return to be an important part of the bullpen, signing him to a one-year deal for $850,000.^[13]

Players who made it to the Mets in 2008 after being signed to minor-league contracts include pitcher Tony Armas Jr.,^[14] catcher Robinson Cancel,^[13] and utility player Fernando Tatís.^[13]

Spring training

The Mets entered spring training with questions about their pitching staff due to injury and age. Duaner Sánchez was still recovering from his shoulder injury, and older starters Pedro Martínez and Orlando Hernández were coming off of seasons when they missed significant time due to injury. Martínez made it to Opening Day healthy, but Sánchez and Hernández opened the regular season on the disabled list.

During spring training, the team suffered several injuries to players that they had pegged to play with the Mets when the season opened on March 31. On March 1, Ryan Church collided with Marlon Anderson while trying to catch a fly ball, leaving Church with a concussion and Anderson with a bruised sternum.^[15] Ramón Castro aggravated his right hamstring on March 16, ending up with a sprain. It was more severe than first thought, keeping Castro out of play through the beginning of the season.^[16][17] Carlos Beltrán and Luis Castillo were late to start playing because they were both still recovering from offseason knee surgery, while Moisés Alou was held out of action because of hernia surgery.^[18] Other players suffered minor injuries that held them out of many exhibition games, but they returned before the first game that counted.

John Maine had the strongest spring training performance from the pitching staff, leading all National League pitchers with a 1.53 ERA.^[19] Maine went 3–1 over 29+1⁄3 innings, with 33 strikeouts and five walks.^[20] Ángel Pagán was a surprising force on offense, batting .329 to win the starting left field competition that was open due to Alou's injury.^[21]

Coming out of spring training, the Mets set their starting rotation with Johan Santana, Pedro Martínez, John Maine, Óliver Pérez, and Mike Pelfrey in place of Orlando Hernández. The bullpen consisted of Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, Pedro Feliciano, Scott Schoeneweis, Matt Wise, and Joe Smith, who beat Brian Stokes for a spot on the roster. Brian Schneider, Carlos Delgado, Luis Castillo, José Reyes, David Wright, Ángel Pagán, Carlos Beltrán, and Ryan Church started in the field.^[22]

Marlon Anderson, Damion Easley, and Endy Chávez were set as the bench players, joined by Brady Clark and Raúl Casanova.^[23] These decisions caused Rubén Gotay to lose his spot on the roster after playing in 98 games in 2007, so the Mets placed him on waivers, where he was claimed by the Atlanta Braves on March 28.^[24]

Regular season

September 27: Fans staying after conclusion of the second-to-last game ever at Shea Stadium (and last Mets win), taking pictures and one last look.

Bullpen problems

The weakest part of the Mets team was their bullpen, which struggled throughout the season.^[25] If all the games played by the Mets ended after the 8th inning the team would have won the NL East by 12 games.

Roster changes

• On June 13, 2008, the Mets acquired Trot Nixon via trade from the Arizona Diamondbacks. The move was deemed necessary due to multiple injuries in the Mets outfield.
• The Mets fired manager Willie Randolph as well as pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto just two hours after the team's 9–6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on June 16, 2008. They were replaced by interim manager Jerry Manuel and coaches Ken Oberkfell, Dan Warthen, and Luis Aguayo.^[26]

Season standings

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	92	70	.568	—	48‍–‍33	44‍–‍37
New York Mets	89	73	.549	3	48‍–‍33	41‍–‍40
Florida Marlins	84	77	.522	7½	45‍–‍36	39‍–‍41
Atlanta Braves	72	90	.444	20	43‍–‍38	29‍–‍52
Washington Nationals	59	102	.366	32½	34‍–‍46	25‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

2008 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2008
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WAS	AL
Arizona	–	3–5	2–4	2–4	15–3	2–7	4–2	8–10	2–5	3–3	3–4	4–3	10–8	11–7	3–4	4–2	6–9
Atlanta	5–3	–	0–6	3–3	4–3	10–8	3–3	4–2	3–6	11–7	4–14	2–5	5–1	2–5	2–5	6–12	8–7
Chicago	4–2	6–0	–	8–7	5–1	4–3	8–9	5–2	9–7	4–2	3–4	14–4	5–2	4–3	9–6	3–3	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–3	7–8	–	1–5	6–2	3–12	1–7	10–8	3–4	3–5	6–9	4–3	5–1	5–10	4–3	9–6
Colorado	3–15	3–4	1–5	5–1	–	5–3	3–3	8–10	4–3	3–6	0–5	5–2	9–9	11–7	3–4	4–3	7–8
Florida	7–2	8–10	3–4	2–6	3–5	–	4–2	3–4	5–1	8–10	10–8	3–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	14–3	5–10
Houston	2–4	3–3	9–8	12–3	3–3	2–4	–	4–3	7–8	5–2	3–4	8–8	3–3	7–1	7–8	4–2	7–11
Los Angeles	10–8	2–4	2–5	7–1	10–8	4–3	3–4	–	4–2	3–4	4–4	5–2	11–7	9–9	2–4	3–3	5–10
Milwaukee	5–2	6–3	7–9	8–10	3–4	1–5	8–7	2–4	–	2–4	1–5	14–1	4–3	6–0	10–5	6–2	7–8
New York	3–3	7–11	2–4	4–3	6–3	10–8	2–5	4–3	4–2	–	11–7	4–3	2–5	5–1	4–3	12–6	9–6
Philadelphia	4–3	14–4	4–3	5–3	5–0	8–10	4–3	4–4	5–1	7–11	–	4–2	4–2	3–3	5–4	12–6	4–11
Pittsburgh	3–4	5–2	4–14	9–6	2–5	2–3	8–8	2–5	1–14	3–4	2–4	–	3–4	4–2	10–7	3–4	6–9
San Diego	8–10	1–5	2–5	3–4	9–9	2–4	3–3	7–11	3–4	5–2	2–4	4–3	–	5–13	1–6	5–1	3–15
San Francisco	7–11	5–2	3–4	1–5	7–11	3–3	1–7	9–9	0–6	1–5	3–3	2–4	13–5	–	4–3	7–0	6–12
St. Louis	4–3	5–2	6–9	10–5	4–3	5–2	8–7	4–2	5–10	3–4	4–5	7–10	6–1	3–4	–	5–1	7–8
Washington	2–4	12–6	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–14	2–4	3–3	2–6	6–12	6–12	4–3	1–5	0–7	1–5	–	8–10

Roster

2008 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 44 Tony Armas Jr. 56 Luis Ayala 25 Pedro Feliciano 27 Nelson Figueroa 48 Aaron Heilman 28,44 Brandon Knight 44 Eddie Kunz 33 John Maine 45 Pedro Martínez 32 Carlos Muñiz 49 Jonathan Niese 39 Bobby Parnell 34 Mike Pelfrey 46 Óliver Pérez 73 Ricardo Rincón 50 Duaner Sánchez 57 Johan Santana 60 Scott Schoeneweis 35 Joe Smith 29 Jorge Sosa 43 Brian Stokes 39 Claudio Vargas 13 Billy Wagner 38 Matt Wise		Catchers 4,40 Robinson Cancel 30 Raul Casanova 11 Ramón Castro 6,29 Gustavo Molina 23 Brian Schneider Infielders  1 Luis Castillo 21 Carlos Delgado  3 Damion Easley 22 Ramón Martínez  4 Argenis Reyes  7 José Reyes  5 David Wright		Outfielders 29 Chris Aguila 18 Moisés Alou  9 Marlon Anderson 15 Carlos Beltrán 10 Endy Chávez 19 Ryan Church 44 Brady Clark  6 Nick Evans 28 Daniel Murphy  6 Trot Nixon 16 Ángel Pagán 29 Andy Phillips 17 Fernando Tatís Other batters  6 Abraham Núñez		Manager 53 Jerry Manuel 12 Willie Randolph Coaches 51 Luis Aguayo (third base) 90 Sandy Alomar Jr. (catching)  2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (third base/bench) 52 Guy Conti (bullpen) 20 Howard Johnson (hitting) 53 Jerry Manuel (bench) 55 Tom Nieto (first base) 55 Ken Oberkfell (first base) 51 Rick Peterson (pitching) 59 Dan Warthen (pitching)

Game log

Legend
Mets Win	Mets Loss	Game Postponed

2008 Game Log
March: 1–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 @ Marlins 7–2 Santana (1–0) Hendrickson (0–1) 38,308 1–0
April: 13–12 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 1 @ Marlins 5–4 (10) J. Miller (1–0) Wise (0–1) 15,117 1–1 3 April 2 @ Marlins 13–0 Pérez (1–0) A. Miller (0–1) 13,720 2–1 — April 4 @ Braves Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 20 4 April 5 @ Braves 11–5 Hudson (1–0) Maine (0–1) 36,130 2–2 5 April 6 @ Braves 3–1 Smoltz (1–0) Santana (1–1) Soriano (1) 39,414 2–3 6 April 8 Phillies 5–2 Moyer (1–0) Schoeneweis (0–1) Gordon (1) 56,350 2–4 7 April 9 Phillies 8–2 Pelfrey (1–0) Kendrick (1–1) 47,127 3–4 8 April 10 Phillies 4–3 (12) Sosa (1–0) Gordon (0–2) 49,049 4–4 9 April 11 Brewers 4–2 Figueroa (1–0) Parra (1–1) Wagner (1) 46,214 5–4 10 April 12 Brewers 5–3 Sheets (2–0) Santana (1–2) Gagné (2) 54,701 5–5 11 April 13 Brewers 9–7 Torres (2–0) Sosa (1–1) Gagné (3) 52,794 5–6 12 April 15 Nationals 6–0 Pelfrey (2–0) Pérez (0–3) 46,567 6–6 13 April 16 Nationals 5–2 Maine (1–1) Chico (0–3) Wagner (2) 46,106 7–6 14 April 17 Nationals 3–2 (14) Sosa (2–1) Hanrahan (0–1) 47,785 8–6 15 April 18 @ Phillies 6–4 Santana (2–2) Hamels (2–2) Wagner (3) 45,156 9–6 16 April 19 @ Phillies 4–2 Pérez (2–0) Moyer (1–1) Wagner (4) 45,149 10–6 17 April 20 @ Phillies 5–4 Romero (1–0) Feliciano (0–1) Lidge (3) 45,173 10–7 18 April 21 @ Cubs 7–1 Zambrano (3–1) Maine (1–2) 40,582 10–8 19 April 22 @ Cubs 8–1 Lilly (1–3) Figueroa (1–1) 40,503 10–9 20 April 23 @ Nationals 7–2 Santana (3–2) Redding (3–2) 32,780 11–9 21 April 24 @ Nationals 10–5 O'Connor (1–0) Pérez (2–1) 29,750 11–10 22 April 25 Braves 6–3 Jurrjens (3–2) Pelfrey (2–1) 52,495 11–11 23 April 26 Braves 4–3 Maine (2–2) Hudson (3–2) Wagner (5) 51,339 12–11 24 April 27 Braves 6–3 Figueroa (2–1) Smoltz (3–2) Wagner (6) 53,487 13–11 — April 28 Pirates Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 11 25 April 29 Pirates 5–4 (11) Sosa (3–1) Van Benschoten (0–1) 46,982 14–11 26 April 30 Pirates 13–1 Gorzelanny (2–3) Pérez (2–2) 46,788 14–12
May: 13–15 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 2 @ Diamondbacks 7–2 Maine (3–2) Owings (4–1) 35,682 15–12 28 May 3 @ Diamondbacks 10–4 Webb (7–0) Pelfrey (2–2) 34,744 15–13 29 May 4 @ Diamondbacks 5–2 Sosa (4–1) Qualls (0–2) Wagner (7) 37,593 16–13 30 May 5 @ Dodgers 5–1 Billingsley (2–4) Pérez (3–2) 44,181 16–14 31 May 6 @ Dodgers 5–4 Kuo (2–1) Figueroa (2–2) Saito (5) 43,927 16–15 32 May 7 @ Dodgers 12–1 Maine (4–2) Penny (5–3) 40,696 17–15 — May 9 Reds Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 10 33 May 10 Reds 12–6 Santana (4–2) Belisle (1–3) 55,186 18–15 34 May 10 Reds 7–1 Arroyo (2–4) Pelfrey (2–3) 47,673 18–16 35 May 11 Reds 8–3 Pérez (3–3) Cueto (2–4) 49,264 19–16 36 May 12 Nationals 10–4 Pérez (1–3) Figueroa (2–3) 45,321 19–17 37 May 13 Nationals 6–3 Maine (5–2) Lannan (3–4) Wagner (8) 46,618 20–17 38 May 14 Nationals 5–3 Redding (5–3) Vargas (0–1) Rauch (8) 48,529 20–18 39 May 15 Nationals 1–0 Bergmann (1–1) Pelfrey (2–4) Rauch (9) 51,769 20–19 — May 16 @ Yankees Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 27 40 May 17 @ Yankees 7–4 Santana (5–2) Pettitte (3–5) Wagner (9) 55,093 21–19 41 May 18 @ Yankees 11–2 Pérez (4–3) Wang (6–2) 55,012 22–19 42 May 20 @ Braves 6–1 Glavine (2–1) Maine (5–3) 26,873 22–20 43 May 20 @ Braves 6–2 Campillo (1–0) Vargas (0–2) Acosta (3) 25,590 22–21 44 May 21 @ Braves 11–4 Jurrjens (5–3) Pelfrey (2–5) 30,335 22–22 45 May 22 @ Braves 4–2 Hudson (7–3) Santana (5–3) Ohman (1) 30,348 22–23 46 May 23 @ Rockies 6–5 (13) Buchholz (2–2) Heilman (0–1) 33,341 22–24 47 May 24 @ Rockies 9–2 Vargas (1–2) Francis (1–5) 38,142 23–24 48 May 25 @ Rockies 4–1 Cook (7–3) Maine (5–4) 42,123 23–25 49 May 26 Marlins 7–3 Nolasco (4–3) Pelfrey (2–6) 51,489 23–26 50 May 27 Marlins 5–3 Santana (6–3) A. Miller (4–4) Wagner (10) 47,093 24–26 51 May 28 Marlins 7–6 (12) Sánchez (1–0) J. Miller (1–2) 47,769 25–26 52 May 29 Dodgers 8–4 Vargas (2–2) Penny (5–6) 52,886 26–26 53 May 30 Dodgers 9–5 Park (2–1) Heilman (0–2) 52,176 26–27 54 May 31 Dodgers 3–2 Sánchez (2–0) Broxton (2–2) Wagner (11) 53,528 27–27
June: 13–15 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 Dodgers 6–1 Santana (7–3) Kuroda (2–5) 50,263 28–27 56 June 2 @ Giants 10–2 Sánchez (4–3) Pérez (4–4) 36,126 28–28 57 June 3 @ Giants 9–6 P. Martínez (1–0) Zito (1–9) Wagner (12) 35,228 29–28 58 June 4 @ Giants 5–3 Maine (6–4) Cain (2–4) Wagner (13) 35,646 30–28 59 June 5 @ Padres 2–1 Hoffman (1–4) Schoeneweis (0–2) 28,867 30–29 60 June 6 @ Padres 2–1 Wolf (4–4) Santana (7–4) Hoffman (13) 27,749 30–30 61 June 7 @ Padres 2–1 (10) Adams (1–0) Feliciano (0–2) 38,972 30–31 62 June 8 @ Padres 8–6 Guevara (1–0) Wagner (0–1) Hoffman (14) 31,992 30–32 63 June 10 Diamondbacks 9–5 Qualls (1–5) Smith (0–1) 45,808 30–33 64 June 11 Diamondbacks 5–3 (13) Vargas (3–2) González (1–3) 46,503 31–33 65 June 12 Diamondbacks 5–4 (10) Lyon (2–1) Heilman (0–3) 47,042 31–34 66 June 13 Rangers 7–1 Pérez (5–4) Feldman (1–3) 49,880 32–34 — June 14 Rangers Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 15 67 June 15 Rangers 8–7 Millwood (5–3) Maine (6–5) Wilson (13) 55,438 32–35 68 June 15 Rangers 4–2 P. Martínez (2–0) Gabbard (1–3) Wagner (14) 55,438 33–35 69 June 16 @ Angels 9–6 Pelfrey (3–6) Weaver (6–7) Wagner (15) 39,229 34–35 70 June 17 @ Angels 6–1 Lackey (4–1) Santana (7–5) Shields (2) 40,122 34–36 71 June 18 @ Angels 5–4 (10) Sánchez (3–0) Speier (0–4) Wagner (16) 43,138 35–36 72 June 20 @ Rockies 7–2 Maine (7–5) Cook (10–4) 30,411 36–36 73 June 21 @ Rockies 7–1 Jiménez (2–7) P. Martínez (2–1) 35,637 36–37 74 June 22 @ Rockies 3–1 Pelfrey (4–6) Reynolds (2–5) Wagner (17) 45,019 37–37 75 June 23 Mariners 5–2 Rowland-Smith (2–1) Santana (7–6) Rhodes (1) 49,789 37–38 76 June 24 Mariners 11–0 Dickey (2–3) Pérez (5–5) 49,386 37–39 77 June 25 Mariners 8–2 Maine (8–5) Batista (3–10) 52,154 38–39 78 June 27 @ Yankees 15–6 Pelfrey (5–6) Giese (1–3) 54,978 39–39 79 June 27 Yankees 9–0 Ponson (5–1) P. Martínez (2–2) 56,308 39–40 80 June 28 Yankees 3–2 Pettitte (9–5) Santana (7–7) Rivera (22) 56,172 39–41 81 June 29 Yankees 3–1 Pérez (6–5) Rasner (4–6) Wagner (18) 56,277 40–41 82 June 30 @ Cardinals 7–1 Lohse (10–2) Maine (8–6) 42,206 40–42
July: 18–8 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 83 July 1 @ Cardinals 7–4 Armas (1–0) Wellemeyer (7–3) Wagner (19) 42,425 41–42 84 July 2 @ Cardinals 8–7 Franklin (3–2) Muñiz (0–1) 40,995 41–43 85 July 3 @ Cardinals 11–1 Pelfrey (6–6) Boggs (3–1) 43,099 42–43 86 July 4 @ Phillies 3–2 Lidge (2–0) Sánchez (3–1) 44,922 42–44 87 July 5 @ Phillies 9–4 Feliciano (1–2) Romero (4–2) 45,190 43–44 88 July 6 @ Phillies 4–2 (12) Smith (1–1) Durbin (2–2) 45,203 44–44 89 July 7 @ Phillies 10–9 P. Martínez (3–2) Eaton (3–7) Wagner (20) 44,655 45–44 90 July 8 Giants 7–0 Pelfrey (7–6) Lincecum (10–2) 48,887 46–44 91 July 9 Giants 5–0 Santana (8–7) Sánchez (8–5) 48,896 47–44 92 July 10 Giants 7–3 Schoeneweis (1–2) Romo (0–1) 48,755 48–44 93 July 11 Rockies 2–1 Feliciano (2–2) Buchholz (3–3) Wagner (21) 49,016 49–44 94 July 12 Rockies 3–0 Muñiz (1–1) Jiménez (4–9) Wagner (22) 54,137 50–44 95 July 13 Rockies 7–0 Pelfrey (8–6) Redman (2–5) 51,293 51–44 96 July 17 @ Reds 10–8 Sánchez (4–1) Cordero (4–2) Wagner (23) 23,681 52–44 97 July 18 @ Reds 5–2 Arroyo (8–7) Maine (8–7) Cordero (20) 31,922 52–45 98 July 19 @ Reds 7–2 Fogg (2–2) Pérez (6–6) 41,959 52–46 99 July 20 @ Reds 7–5 (10) Sánchez (5–1) Bray (2–1) Wagner (24) 31,195 53–46 100 July 22 Phillies 8–6 Durbin (3–2) Smith (1–2) Lidge (22) 55,081 53–47 101 July 23 Phillies 6–3 Maine (9–7) Madson (2–1) Wagner (25) 53,444 54–47 102 July 24 Phillies 3–1 Heilman (1–3) Romero (4–3) Wagner (26) 50,962 55–47 103 July 25 Cardinals 7–2 Pelfrey (9–6) Boggs (3–2) 55,372 56–47 104 July 26 Cardinals 10–8 (14) Thompson (3–2) Heilman (1–4) 53,799 56–48 105 July 27 Cardinals 9–1 Santana (9–7) Lohse (12–3) 53,691 57–48 106 July 28 @ Marlins 7–3 Waechter (3–2) Smith (1–3) 23,165 57–49 107 July 29 @ Marlins 4–1 Pérez (7–6) Olsen (6–6) Wagner (27) 25,032 58–49 108 July 30 @ Marlins 7–5 Johnson (1–0) Pelfrey (9–7) Gregg (23) 25,902 58–50
August: 18–11 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 109 August 1 @ Astros 7–3 Brocail (5–5) Heilman (1–5) 41,083 58–51 110 August 2 @ Astros 5–4 Valverde (5–3) Heilman (1–6) 39,152 58–52 111 August 3 @ Astros 4–0 Wolf (7–10) Pérez (7–7) 38,602 58–53 112 August 5 Padres 6–5 Pelfrey (10–7) Adams (1–1) Schoeneweis (1) 52,130 59–53 113 August 6 Padres 4–2 Baek (4–6) P. Martínez (3–3) Hoffman (24) 48,018 59–54 114 August 7 Padres 5–3 Heilman (2–6) Bell (6–5) 49,352 60–54 115 August 8 Marlins 3–0 Pérez (8–7) Nolasco (11–7) Heilman (1) 50,307 61–54 116 August 9 Marlins 8–6 Schoeneweis (2–2) Olsen (6–7) Heilman (2) 52,484 62–54 117 August 10 Marlins 8–2 Johnson (3–0) Pelfrey (10–8) 54,242 62–55 118 August 11 Pirates 7–5 D. Bautista (4–2) Heilman (2–7) Grabow (2) 53,534 62–56 119 August 12 @ Nationals 4–3 Santana (10–7) Rivera (3–5) Feliciano (1) 32,186 63–56 120 August 13 @ Nationals 12–0 Maine (10–7) Bergmann (2–9) Stokes (1) 30,814 64–56 121 August 14 @ Nationals 9–3 Pérez (9–7) Balester (2–5) 31,058 65–56 122 August 15 @ Pirates 2–1 Pelfrey (11–8) Davis (1–2) Heilman (3) 36,418 66–56 123 August 16 @ Pirates 7–4 P. Martínez (4–3) Duke (4–11) Feliciano (2) 37,506 67–56 124 August 17 @ Pirates 4–0 Santana (11–7) Karstens (2–2) 36,483 68–56 125 August 18 @ Pirates 5–2 Burnett (1–1) Feliciano (2–3) Grabow (4) 19,066 68–57 126 August 19 Braves 7–3 Heilman (3–7) Bennett (2–5) 50,589 69–57 127 August 20 Braves 6–3 Pelfrey (12–8) Jurrjens (11–9) 50,178 70–57 128 August 21 Braves 5–4 Ayala (2–8) Núñez (0–1) 51,952 71–57 129 August 22 Astros 3–0 Santana (12–7) Oswalt (11–9) Ayala (1) 52,008 72–57 130 August 23 Astros 8–3 Backe (8–12) Maine (10–8) 51,766 72–58 131 August 24 Astros 6–4 (10) Hawkins (3–1) Feliciano (2–4) Valverde (33) 49,758 72–59 132 August 25 Astros 9–1 Pelfrey (13–8) Moehler (9–5) 49,791 73–59 133 August 26 @ Phillies 8–7 (13) Seánez (5–3) Schoeneweis (2–3) 45,204 73–60 134 August 27 @ Phillies 6–3 Stokes (1–0) Seánez (5–4) Ayala (2) 45,138 74–60 135 August 29 @ Marlins 5–4 Smith (2–3) Gregg (6–8) Ayala (3) 20,043 75–60 136 August 30 @ Marlins 4–3 Lindstrom (2–2) Heilman (3–8) 28,830 75–61 137 August 31 @ Marlins 6–2 P. Martínez (5–3) Olsen (6–9) 16,123 76–61
September: 13–12 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 138 September 1 @ Brewers 4–2 Figueroa (3–3) Gagné (4–3) Ayala (4) 41,476 77–61 139 September 2 @ Brewers 6–5 (10) Smith (3–3) Torres (6–4) Ayala (5) 36,587 78–61 140 September 3 @ Brewers 9–2 Pérez (10–7) Bush (9–10) 26,236 79–61 141 September 5 Phillies 3–0 Myers (9–10) Pelfrey (13–9) Lidge (34) 48,302 79–62 — September 6 Phillies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 7 142 September 7 Phillies 6–2 Moyer (13–7) P. Martínez (5–4) 55,797 79–63 143 September 7 Phillies 6–3 Santana (13–7) Hamels (12–9) 54,980 80–63 144 September 9 Nationals 10–8 Smith (4–3) Manning (1–3) Ayala (6) 50,382 81–63 145 September 10 Nationals 13–10 Smith (5–3) Rivera (5–6) Ayala (7) 52,431 82–63 — September 12 Braves Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 13 146 September 13 Braves 3–2 Ridgway (1–0) Schoeneweis (2–4) González (10) 54,705 82–64 147 September 13 Braves 5–0 Niese (1–0) Reyes (3–11) 54,705 83–64 148 September 14 Braves 7–4 Julio (2–0) Ayala (2–9) González (11) 56,041 83–65 149 September 15 @ Nationals 7–2 Lannan (9–13) P. Martínez (5–5) 21,759 83–66 150 September 16 @ Nationals 1–0 Pérez (7–10) Pelfrey (13–10) Hanrahan (9) 24,997 83–67 151 September 17 @ Nationals 9–7 Knight (1–0) Martis (0–3) Ayala (8) 25,019 84–67 152 September 18 @ Nationals 7–2 Santana (14–7) Redding (10–10) 25,426 85–67 153 September 19 @ Braves 9–5 Feliciano (3–4) Tavárez (1–4) 42,803 86–67 154 September 20 @ Braves 4–2 Campillo (8–7) P. Martínez (5–6) González (12) 50,124 86–68 155 September 21 @ Braves 7–6 Julio (3–0) Schoeneweis (2–5) González (13) 49,222 86–69 156 September 22 Cubs 9–5 Marquis (11–9) Niese (1–1) Wood (33) 51,137 86–70 157 September 23 Cubs 6–2 Santana (15–7) Gaudin (4–2) Ayala (9) 50,615 87–70 158 September 24 Cubs 9–6 Howry (7–4) Ayala (2–10) Wood (34) 54,416 87–71 159 September 25 Cubs 7–6 Smith (6–3) Hart (2–2) 51,174 88–71 160 September 26 Marlins 6–1 Volstad (6–4) Pelfrey (13–11) 49,545 88–72 161 September 27 Marlins 2–0 Santana (16–7) Nolasco (15–8) 54,920 89–72 162 September 28 Marlins 4–2 Nelson (3–1) Schoeneweis (2–6) Lindstrom (5) 56,059 89–73

Player stats

Batting

Legend: G = Games played; AB = At-bats; H = Hits; BA = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; R = Runs scored; SB = Stolen bases; bold = league leader

Player	G	AB	H	BA	OBP	HR	RBI	R	SB
Chris Aguila	8	12	2	.167	.286	0	0	0	0
Moisés Alou	15	49	17	.347	.389	0	9	4	1
Marlon Anderson	87	138	29	.210	.255	1	10	16	2
Tony Armas Jr.	3	3	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Carlos Beltrán	161	606	172	.284	.376	27	112	116	25
Robinson Cancel	27	49	12	.245	.288	1	5	5	1
Raul Casanova	20	55	15	.273	.344	1	6	5	0
Luis Castillo	87	298	73	.245	.355	3	28	46	17
Ramón Castro	52	143	35	.245	.312	7	24	15	0
Endy Chávez	133	270	72	.267	.308	1	12	30	6
Ryan Church	90	319	88	.276	.346	12	49	54	2
Brady Clark	7	8	2	.250	.400	0	1	0	1
Carlos Delgado	159	598	162	.271	.353	38	115	96	1
Damion Easley	113	316	85	.269	.322	6	44	33	0
Nick Evans	50	109	28	.257	.303	2	9	18	0
Nelson Figueroa	16	12	1	.083	.214	0	0	0	0
Aaron Heilman	75	1	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Brandon Knight	4	3	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
John Maine	26	46	5	.109	.212	0	3	3	0
Pedro Martínez	20	39	6	.154	.154	0	4	3	0
Ramón Martínez	7	16	4	.250	.333	0	0	3	0
Gustavo Molina	2	7	1	.143	.250	0	0	0	0
Daniel Murphy	49	131	41	.313	.397	2	17	24	0
Jon Niese	3	6	1	.167	.167	0	0	0	0
Trot Nixon	11	35	6	.171	.293	1	1	2	1
Abraham Núñez	2	2	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ángel Pagán	31	91	25	.275	.346	0	13	12	4
Mike Pelfrey	30	59	5	.085	.156	0	2	4	0
Óliver Pérez	32	56	6	.107	.167	0	3	2	1
Andy Phillips	4	5	1	.200	.200	0	0	1	0
Argenis Reyes	49	110	24	.218	.259	1	3	13	2
José Reyes	159	688	204	.297	.358	16	68	113	56
Johan Santana	32	78	11	.141	.173	0	1	5	0
Brian Schneider	110	335	86	.257	.339	9	38	30	0
Scott Schoeneweis	71	1	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Smith	82	1	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jorge Sosa	20	1	0	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Brian Stokes	24	3	2	.667	.667	0	0	0	0
Fernando Tatís	92	273	81	.297	.369	11	47	33	3
Claudio Vargas	10	8	0	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
David Wright	160	626	189	.302	.390	33	124	115	15
Team Totals	162	5606	1491	.266	.340	172	751	799	138

Pitching

Legend: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; H = Hits allowed; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks; S = Saves; bold = league leader

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	H	SO	BB
Luis Ayala	19	0	18	1	2	9	5.50	23	14	2
Tony Armas Jr.	3	1	8+1⁄3	1	0	0	7.56	11	6	1
Pedro Feliciano	86	0	53+1⁄3	3	4	2	4.05	57	50	26
Nelson Figueroa	16	6	45+1⁄3	3	3	0	4.57	48	36	26
Aaron Heilman	78	0	76	3	8	3	5.21	75	80	46
Brandon Knight	4	2	12	1	0	0	5.25	14	10	7
Eddie Kunz	4	0	2+2⁄3	0	0	0	13.50	5	1	1
John Maine	25	25	140	10	8	0	4.18	122	122	67
Pedro Martínez	20	20	109	5	6	0	5.61	127	87	44
Carlos Muñiz	18	0	23+1⁄3	1	1	0	5.40	24	16	7
Jon Niese	3	3	14	1	1	0	7.07	20	11	8
Bobby Parnell	6	0	5	0	0	0	5.40	3	3	2
Mike Pelfrey	32	32	200+2⁄3	13	11	0	3.72	209	110	64
Óliver Pérez	34	34	194	10	7	0	4.22	167	180	105
Ricardo Rincón	8	0	4	0	0	0	4.50	4	3	1
Duaner Sánchez	66	0	58+1⁄3	5	1	0	4.32	54	44	23
Johan Santana	34	34	234+1⁄3	16	7	0	2.53	206	206	53
Scott Schoeneweis	73	0	56+2⁄3	2	6	1	3.34	55	34	23
Joe Smith	82	0	63+1⁄3	6	3	0	3.55	51	52	31
Jorge Sosa	20	0	21+2⁄3	4	1	0	7.06	30	12	11
Brian Stokes	24	1	33+1⁄3	1	0	1	3.51	35	26	8
Claudio Vargas	11	4	37	3	2	0	4.62	33	20	11
Billy Wagner	45	0	47	0	1	27	2.30	32	52	10
Matt Wise	8	0	7	0	1	0	6.43	10	6	3
Team Totals	162	162	1464.1	89	73	43	4.07	1415	1181	590

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	New Orleans Zephyrs	Pacific Coast League	Ken Oberkfell and Marty Scott
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Mako Oliveras
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Tim Teufel
A	Savannah Sand Gnats	South Atlantic League	Donovan Mitchell
A-Short Season	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	Edgar Alfonzo
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Nick Leyva and Pedro López
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	Juan López