2012 New York Mets season

The 2012 New York Mets season was the franchise's 51st season and its 4th in Citi Field. The team also celebrated its 50th anniversary since their inaugural season in 1962. Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in franchise history on June 1, 2012 against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets finished with a 74–88 record and 4th place in the National League East, missing the postseason for the sixth straight season.

2012 New York Mets
The Mets celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2012.
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Citi Field
City	New York, New York
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Fred Wilpon
General managers	Sandy Alderson
Managers	Terry Collins
Television	SportsNet New York WPIX (CW affiliate) (Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Ralph Kiner)
Radio	WFAN (English) New York Mets Radio Network (Howie Rose, Josh Lewin, Ed Coleman) WQBU-FM (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Max Perez Jiminez)
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Offseason

Shortly after the 2011 season ended, the Mets made changes to their coaching staff, keeping only pitching coach Dan Warthen and hitting coach Dave Hudgens. Third base coach Chip Hale went to the Oakland Athletics to join manager Bob Melvin.^[1] General Manager Sandy Alderson said that the "changes were necessary for us to move forward."^[2] Former A's manager Bob Geren was named to replace Hale.^[3]

The additions were intended to improve the depth of the bullpen, which was sub-par in the 2011 season.^[4] They added reliever Ramon Ramírez and center fielder Andrés Torres, in exchange for the starting center fielder Ángel Pagán. They also signed Frank Francisco to be their closer, and added Jon Rauch, who was the tallest current player in the major leagues, to be the set-up man for Francisco.

For 2012, the Mets made several construction changes to Citi Field's dimensions. In center field a new 8-foot wall was built in front of the 16-foot wall, coined by fans as "The Great Wall of Flushing."^[5] In right field, a new wall in front of the existing Mo's Zone was also built.

The Mets overhauled their uniforms for 2012. The cream colored pinstriped uniform became the primary home uniform, while the snow white uniforms served as the alternate home uniform. The black drop-shadows were removed from the pinstriped, snow white and road gray jerseys and the black two toned cap was retired. The black jersey and all black cap was worn on a limited basis on the road and was retired at the end of the season. The Mets wore two patches, one commemorating the team's 50th anniversary and another honoring Gary Carter, who died of a brain tumor on February 16, 2012.^[6]

Regular season

The Mets began their 2012 season with a surprising three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves. The Mets outscored the Braves 12–6 in the series. During that series, Frank Francisco became the third player in MLB history to record a save in every game of a season-opening series of at least three games, following Derrick Turnbow of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006 and Salomón Torres of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2007.^[7]

On June 1, Johan Santana made club history by becoming the first Mets pitcher to throw a no-hitter, in an 8–0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. This was also the first no-hitter to be pitched against a defending World Series champion since a former Met, Nolan Ryan, did it against the Oakland Athletics in their 1990 season while with the Texas Rangers.^[8][9]

On June 27 against the Chicago Cubs, the Mets became the first MLB team to hit a home run cycle. Daniel Murphy began with a two-run home run, his run in 352 at-bats, then in the top of the 5th, Ike Davis hit a three-run homer followed by Murphy's solo shot off of Casey Coleman, who had replaced starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija. In the 6th inning, Scott Hairston, who was typically a utility outfielder throughout the first half of the season, hit the cycle-ending grand slam off of Coleman. The Mets won the game, 17–1.^[10]

R. A. Dickey won the 2012 NL Cy Young Award, becoming the first knuckleball pitcher in MLB history to do so.

Season standings

NL East standings

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	98	64	.605	—	50‍–‍31	48‍–‍33
Atlanta Braves	94	68	.580	4	48‍–‍33	46‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	.500	17	40‍–‍41	41‍–‍40
New York Mets	74	88	.457	24	36‍–‍45	38‍–‍43
Miami Marlins	69	93	.426	29	38‍–‍43	31‍–‍50

NL Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	98	64	.605
Cincinnati Reds	97	65	.599
San Francisco Giants	94	68	.580

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Atlanta Braves	94	68	.580	+6
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	—
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	2
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	5
Philadelphia Phillies	81	81	.500	7
Arizona Diamondbacks	81	81	.500	7
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	.488	9
San Diego Padres	76	86	.469	12
New York Mets	74	88	.457	14
Miami Marlins	69	93	.426	19
Colorado Rockies	64	98	.395	24
Chicago Cubs	61	101	.377	27
Houston Astros	55	107	.340	33

Record vs. opponents

2012 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012 v t e
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–5	5–4	2–5	9–7	6–0	12–6	5–3	3–3	3–4	2–4	3–4	7–11	9–9	1–5	2–4	9–6
Atlanta	5–2	–	3–4	1–5	6–1	4–2	3–3	14–4	3–3	12–6	12–6	3–2	4–3	3–4	5–1	8–10	8–10
Chicago	4–5	4–3	–	4–12	2–4	8–5	2–4	2–4	4–13	4–2	2–4	8–8	3–3	1–6	7–10	1–6	5–10
Cincinnati	5–2	5–1	12–4	–	5–1	10–5	2–4	3–3	9–6	6–2	3–4	11–7	6–2	4–3	6–7	2–5	7–8
Colorado	7–9	1–6	4–2	1–5	–	5–2	8–10	3–4	5–1	5–2	2–7	2–4	8–10	4–14	2–5	4–3	2–13
Houston	0–6	2–4	5–8	5–10	2–5	–	2–4	2–4	8–9	4–2	3–3	5–12	3–5	1–8	4–11	1–7	6–9
Los Angeles	6–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–8	4–2	–	4–2	1–6	4–3	5–2	6–1	11–7	8-10	6–5	4–2	6–9
Miami	3–5	4–14	4–2	3–3	4–3	4–2	2–4	–	4–4	4–12	8–10	1–4	5–1	5–2	2–5	9–9	5–13
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	13–4	6–9	1–5	9–8	6–1	4–4	–	3–2	2–5	11–4	3–4	2–4	6–9	3–5	6–9
New York	4–3	6–12	2–4	2–6	2–5	2–4	3–4	12–4	2–3	–	10–8	5–2	4–3	4–4	4–3	4–14	8–7
Philadelphia	4–2	6–12	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–3	2–5	10–8	5–2	8–10	–	3–4	4–3	2–4	5–2	9-9	5–10
Pittsburgh	4–3	2–3	8–8	7–11	4–2	12–5	1–6	4–1	4–11	2–5	4–3	–	1–5	3–3	8–7	3–2	10–8
San Diego	11–7	3–4	3–3	2–6	10–8	5–3	7–11	1–5	4–3	3–4	3–4	5–1	–	6–12	3–3	2–3	8–7
San Francisco	9–9	4–3	6–1	3–4	14–4	8–1	10–8	2–5	4–2	4–4	4–2	3–3	12–6	–	3–3	1–5	7–8
St. Louis	5–1	1–5	10–7	7–6	5–2	11–4	5–6	5–2	9–6	3–4	3–4	7–8	3–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–7
Washington	4–2	10–8	6–1	5–2	3–4	7–1	2–4	9–9	5–3	14–4	9-9	2–3	3–2	5-1	4-3	–	10–8

Game log

Legend
	Mets win
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	Postponement
Bold	Mets team member

2012 Game Log
April (13–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 1 April 5 Braves 1–0 Ramírez (1–0) Hanson (0–1) Francisco (1) 42,080 1–0 W1 2 April 7 Braves 4–2 Dickey (1–0) Jurrjens (0–1) Francisco (2) 39,526 2–0 W2 3 April 8 Braves 7–5 Niese (1–0) Minor (0–1) Francisco (3) 27,855 3–0 W3 4 April 9 Nationals 4–3 Rauch (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) 23,970 4–0 W4 5 April 10 Nationals 2–6 Detwiler (1–0) Gee (0–1) 26,927 4–1 L1 6 April 11 Nationals 0–4 Strasburg (1–0) Santana (0–1) 34,614 4–2 L2 7 April 13 @ Phillies 5–2 Dickey (2–0) Lee (0–1) 45,429 5–2 W1 8 April 14 @ Phillies 5–0 Niese (2–0) Worley (0–1) 45,750 6–2 W2 9 April 15 @ Phillies 2–8 Hamels (1–1) Ramírez (1–1) 45,829 6–3 L1 10 April 16 @ Braves 6–1 Gee (1–1) Hanson (1–2) 16,161 7–3 W1 11 April 17 @ Braves 3–9 Delgado (2–0) Santana (0–2) 18,732 7–4 L1 12 April 18 @ Braves 6–14 Martínez (1–0) Dickey (2–1) 17,909 7–5 L2 13 April 20 Giants 3–4 (10) Romo (1–0) Francisco (0–1) Hensley (1) 30,544 7–6 L3 14 April 21 Giants 5–4 Rauch (2–0) Hensley (1–1) 33,844 8–6 W1 – April 22 Giants Game Postponed (rain) (to be made up as a doubleheader on 4/23) 15 April 23 Giants 1–6 Lincecum (1–2) Batista (0–1) 8–7 L1 16 April 23 Giants 2–7 Bumgarner (3–1) Gee (1–2) 23,866 8–8 L2 17 April 24 Marlins 2–1 Rauch (3–0) Mujica (0–2) Francisco (4) 20,192 9–8 W1 18 April 25 Marlins 5–1 Dickey (3–1) Buehrle (1–3) 20,623 10–8 W2 19 April 26 Marlins 3–2 Ramírez (2–1) Bell (0–3) 20,660 11–8 W3 20 April 27 @ Rockies 9–18 Reynolds (3–0) Acosta (0–1) 35,103 11–9 L1 21 April 28 @ Rockies 7–5 Gee (2–2) Moscoso (0–1) Francisco (5) 38,798 12–9 W1 22 April 29 @ Rockies 6–5 (11) Francisco (1–1) Belisle (1–2) Ramírez (1) 36,690 13–9 W2 23 April 30 @ Astros 3–4 Rodriguez (1–3) Acosta (0–2) Myers (5) 17,536 13–10 L1
May (15–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 24 May 1 @ Astros 3–6 Happ (2–1) Niese (2–1) Myers (6) 17,958 13–11 L2 25 May 2 @ Astros 1–8 Rodríguez (3–2) Schwinden (0–1) 19,442 13–12 L3 26 May 4 Diamondbacks 4–5 Ziegler (1–1) Rauch (3–1) Putz (6) 26,995 13–13 L4 27 May 5 Diamondbacks 4–3 Santana (1–2) Corbin (1–1) Francisco (6) 30,253 14–13 W1 28 May 6 Diamondbacks 3–1 Dickey (4–1) Cahill (2–3) Francisco (7) 29,107 15–13 W2 29 May 7 @ Phillies 5–2 Byrdak (1–0) Papelbon (0–1) Francisco (8) 44,365 16–13 W3 30 May 8 @ Phillies 7–4 Acosta (1–2) Qualls (1–1) Rauch (1) 43,821 17–13 W4 31 May 9 @ Phillies 10–6 Byrdak (2–0) Kendrick (0–3) 43,840 18–13 W5 32 May 11 @ Marlins 5–6 Bell (1–3) Francisco (1–2) 31,007 18–14 L1 33 May 12 @ Marlins 9–3 Dickey (5–1) Nolasco (4–1) 32,128 19–14 W1 34 May 13 @ Marlins 4–8 Bell (2–3) Francisco (1–3) 26,401 19–15 L1 35 May 14 Brewers 3–1 Batista (1–1) Gallardo (2–4) Francisco (9) 20,061 20–15 W1 36 May 15 Brewers 0–8 Greinke (4–1) Gee (2–3) 22,268 20–16 L1 37 May 16 Reds 3–6 Arredondo (3–1) Rauch (3–2) Marshall (7) 22,659 20–17 L2 38 May 17 Reds 9–4 Parnell (1–0) Ondrusek (3–1) 29,943 21–17 W1 39 May 18 @ Blue Jays 5–14 Romero (5–1) Niese (2–2) 26,712 21–18 L1 40 May 19 @ Blue Jays 0–2 Morrow (5–2) Hefner (0–1) 34,962 21–19 L2 41 May 20 @ Blue Jays 6–5 Gee (3–3) Álvarez (3–4) Francisco (10) 41,867 22–19 W1 42 May 21 @ Pirates 4–5 Hughes (1–0) Rauch (3–3) Hanrahan (10) 14,556 22–20 L1 43 May 22 @ Pirates 3–2 Dickey (6–1) Cruz (1–1) Francisco (11) 15,794 23–20 W1 44 May 23 @ Pirates 3–1 Niese (3–2) Morton (2–5) Francisco (12) 25,731 24–20 W2 45 May 24 Padres 5–11 Stults (1–0) Hefner (0–2) 24,109 24–21 L1 46 May 25 Padres 6–1 Gee (4–3) Bass (2–5) 24,498 25–21 W1 47 May 26 Padres 9–0 Santana (2–2) Richard (2–6) 28,745 26–21 W2 48 May 27 Padres 2–0 Dickey (7–1) Vólquez (2–5) Francisco (13) 28,361 27–21 W3 49 May 28 Phillies 4–8 Hamels (8–1) Parnell (1–1) 32,122 27–22 L1 50 May 29 Phillies 6–3 Hefner (1–2) Blanton (4–5) Francisco (14) 25,487 28–22 W1 51 May 30 Phillies 6–10 Bastardo (2–1) Rauch (3–4) 30,064 28–23 L1
June (15–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 52 June 1 Cardinals 8–0 Santana (3–2) Wainwright (4–6) 27,069 29–23 W1 53 June 2 Cardinals 5–0 Dickey (8–1) Lynn (8–2) 27,914 30–23 W2 54 June 3 Cardinals 6–1 Niese (4–2) Westbrook (4–5) 23,559 31–23 W3 55 June 4 Cardinals 4–5 Rzepczynski (1–3) Rauch (3–5) Motte (9) 25,830 31–24 L1 56 June 5 @ Nationals 6–7 (12) Detwiler (4–3) Ramírez (0–1) 26,256 31–25 L2 57 June 6 @ Nationals 3–5 Jackson (2–3) Hefner (1–3) Clippard (5) 27,335 31–26 L3 58 June 7 @ Nationals 3–1 Dickey (9–1) Wang (1–2) Francisco (15) 32,096 32–26 W1 59 June 8 @ Yankees 1–9 Kuroda (5–6) Santana (3–3) 48,566 32–27 L1 60 June 9 @ Yankees 2–4 Hughes (6–5) Gee (4–4) Soriano (9) 48,575 32–28 L2 61 June 10 @ Yankees 4–5 Logan (1–0) Rauch (3–6) 49,010 32–29 L3 62 June 12 @ Rays 11–2 Young (1–0) Cobb (2–3) 17,334 33–29 W1 63 June 13 @ Rays 9–1 Dickey (10–1) Price (8–4) 18,496 34–29 W2 64 June 14 @ Rays 9–6 Santana (4–3) Hellickson (4–3) Francisco (16) 21,947 35–29 W3 65 June 15 Reds 3–7 Arroyo (3–4) Gee (4–5) 34,716 35–30 L1 66 June 16 Reds 1–4 Bailey (5–4) Niese (4–3) Chapman (8) 27,988 35–31 L2 67 June 17 Reds 1–3 Cueto (8–3) Young (1–1) Marshall (9) 40,134 35–32 L3 68 June 18 Orioles 5–0 Dickey (11–1) Arrieta (3–9) 29,014 36–32 W1 69 June 19 Orioles 5–0 Santana (5–3) Hunter (3–4) 32,587 37–32 W2 70 June 20 Orioles 4–3 Gee (5–5) Matusz (5–8) Francisco (17) 29,855 38–32 W3 71 June 22 Yankees 6–4 Niese (5–3) Pettitte (3–3) Francisco (18) 40,191 39–32 W4 72 June 23 Yankees 3–4 Rapada (2–0) Rauch (3–7) Soriano (14) 42,122 39–33 L1 73 June 24 Yankees 5–6 Logan (2–0) Batista (1–2) Soriano (15) 42,364 39–34 L2 74 June 25 @ Cubs 1–6 Wood (2–3) Santana (5–4) 34,092 39–35 L3 75 June 26 @ Cubs 3–5 Maine (1–1) Gee (5–6) Mármol (5) 34,064 39–36 L4 76 June 27 @ Cubs 17–1 Niese (6–3) Samardzija (5–7) 35,837 40–36 W1 77 June 28 @ Dodgers 3–2 Young (2–1) Capuano (9–3) Parnell (1) 49,006 41–36 W2 78 June 29 @ Dodgers 9–0 Dickey (12–1) Harang (5–5) 49,763 42–36 W3 79 June 30 @ Dodgers 5–0 Santana (6–4) Eovaldi (0–5) 44,217 43–36 W4
July (7–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 80 July 1 @ Dodgers 3–8 Kershaw (6–4) Gee (5–7) 55,359 43–37 L1 81 July 3 Phillies 11–1 Niese (7–3) Worley (4–5) 42,516 44–37 W1 82 July 4 Phillies 2–9 Lee (1–5) Young (2–2) 28,687 44–38 L1 83 July 5 Phillies 6–5 Parnell (2–1) Papelbon (2–3) 28,409 45–38 W1 84 July 6 Cubs 7–8 Wood (4–3) Santana (6–5) 27,956 45–39 L1 85 July 7 Cubs 3–1 Gee (6–7) Samardzija (6–8) Parnell (2) 26,096 46–39 W1 86 July 8 Cubs 0–7 Dempster (4–3) Niese (7–4) 25,920 46–40 L1 – July 10 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Kansas City, Missouri 87 July 13 @ Braves 5–7 Martínez (4–1) Young (2–3) Kimbrel (26) 37,020 46–41 L2 88 July 14 @ Braves 7–8 Varvaro (1–0) Parnell (2–2) Kimbrel (27) 32,565 46–42 L3 89 July 15 @ Braves 1–6 Sheets (1–0) Santana (6–6) 23,382 46–43 L4 90 July 17 @ Nationals 4–5 (10) Mattheus (3–1) Byrdak (2–1) 26,342 46–44 L5 91 July 18 @ Nationals 3–4 Zimmermann (7–6) Young (2–4) Clippard (15) 31,660 46–45 L6 92 July 19 @ Nationals 9–5 Dickey (13–1) Gonzalez (12–5) 36,389 47–45 W1 93 July 20 Dodgers 6–7 Harang (7–5) Santana (6–7) Jansen (17) 30,806 47–46 L1 94 July 21 Dodgers 5–8 Capuano (10–5) Batista (1–3) Jansen (18) 33,503 47–47 L2 95 July 22 Dodgers 3–8 (12) Wall (1–0) Ramírez (2–2) 31,184 47–48 L3 96 July 23 Nationals 2–8 (10) Gorzelanny (3–2) Byrdak (2–2) 26,735 47–49 L4 97 July 24 Nationals 2–5 Gonzalez (13–5) Dickey (13–2) Clippard (17) 36,236 47–50 L5 98 July 25 Nationals 2–5 Strasburg (11–4) Hefner (1–4) Clippard (18) 35,517 47–51 L6 99 July 26 @ Diamondbacks 3–1 Harvey (1–0) Miley (11–6) Parnell (3) 22,010 48–51 W1 100 July 27 @ Diamondbacks 5–11 Collmenter (3–2) Niese (7–5) 23,150 48–52 L1 101 July 28 @ Diamondbacks 3–6 Kennedy (9–8) Young (2–5) Putz (19) 33,759 48–53 L2 102 July 29 @ Diamondbacks 5–1 Dickey (14–2) Saunders (5–7) 32,134 49–53 W1 103 July 30 @ Giants 8–7 (10) Edgin (1–0) Casilla (4–5) Acosta (1) 41,300 50–53 W2 104 July 31 @ Giants 1–4 Lincecum (5–11) Harvey (1–1) Affeldt (2) 41,774 50–54 L1
August (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 105 August 1 @ Giants 2–1 Niese (8–5) Cain (10–4) Parnell (4) 42,188 51–54 W1 106 August 2 @ Giants 9–1 Young (3–5) Zito (8–8) 41,843 52–54 W2 107 August 3 @ Padres 1–3 Richard (8–11) Dickey (14–3) Street (18) 34,573 52–55 L1 108 August 4 @ Padres 6–2 Hefner (2–4) Vólquez (7–8) Francisco (19) 36,826 53–55 W1 109 August 5 @ Padres 3–7 Marquis (7–10) Harvey (1–2) 24,635 53–56 L1 110 August 7 Marlins 2–4 Zambrano (7–9) Niese (8–6) Cishek (7) 28,968 53–57 L2 111 August 8 Marlins 0–13 Eovaldi (3–7) Young (3–6) 26,193 53–58 L3 112 August 9 Marlins 6–1 Dickey (15–3) Johnson (7–8) 28,985 54–58 W1 113 August 10 Braves 0–4 Maholm (10–7) Harvey (1–3) 25,101 54–59 L1 114 August 11 Braves 3–9 Medlen (3–1) Santana (6–8) 30,388 54–60 L2 115 August 12 Braves 6–5 Niese (9–6) Sheets (4–2) Rauch (2) 24,891 55–60 W1 116 August 14 @ Reds 0–3 Arredondo (5–2) Acosta (1–3) 26,113 55–61 L1 117 August 15 @ Reds 1–6 Leake (5–7) Dickey (15–4) 26,082 55–62 L2 118 August 16 @ Reds 8–4 Harvey (2–3) Bailey (10–8) Rauch (3) 23,137 56–62 W1 119 August 17 @ Nationals 4–6 Detwiler (7–5) Santana (6–9) Clippard (26) 34,827 56–63 L1 120 August 18 @ Nationals 2–0 Niese (10–6) Jackson (7–8) Francisco (20) 42,662 57–63 W1 121 August 19 @ Nationals 2–5 Gonzalez (16–6) Hefner (2–5) Clippard (27) 33,764 57–64 L1 122 August 20 Rockies 1–3 Brothers (7–2) Edgin (1–1) Betancourt (24) 23,833 57–65 L2 123 August 21 Rockies 2–6 Chacín (1–3) Young (3–7) 27,633 57–66 L3 124 August 22 Rockies 2–5 Torres (2–1) Ramírez (2–3) Betancourt (25) 22,204 57–67 L4 125 August 23 Rockies 0–1 Brothers (8–2) Parnell (2–3) Belisle (1) 22,544 57–68 L5 126 August 24 Astros 1–3 Lyles (3–10) Niese (10–7) López (2) 25,513 57–69 L6 127 August 25 Astros 3–1 Dickey (16–4) Abad (0–1) Francisco (21) 29,906 58–69 W1 128 August 26 Astros 2–1 Parnell (3–3) López (5–2) 25,071 59–69 W2 129 August 28 @ Phillies 9–5 (10) Parnell (4–3) Rosenberg (0–2) 41,227 60–69 W3 130 August 29 @ Phillies 3–2 Harvey (3–3) Cloyd (0–1) Francisco (22) 42,882 61–69 W4 131 August 30 @ Phillies 2–3 Kendrick (8–9) Niese (10–8) Papelbon (30) 43,141 61–70 L1 132 August 31 @ Marlins 3–0 Dickey (17–4) Eovaldi (4–10) 23,099 62–70 W1
September (11–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 133 September 1 @ Marlins 5–3 Ramírez (3–3) Cishek (4–2) Francisco (23) 26,402 63–70 W2 134 September 2 @ Marlins 5–1 Young (4–7) Buehrle (12–12) 25,333 64–70 W3 135 September 3 @ Cardinals 4–5 Kelly (5–6) McHugh (0–1) Motte (33) 40,952 64–71 L1 136 September 4 @ Cardinals 1–5 García (4–6) Harvey (3–4) 34,108 64–72 L2 137 September 5 @ Cardinals 6–2 Dickey (18–4) Wainwright (13–12) 30,090 65–72 W1 138 September 7 Braves 0–3 Maholm (12–9) Niese (10–9) Kimbrel (35) 24,071 65–73 L1 139 September 8 Braves 3–11 Medlen (8–1) Hefner (2–6) 25,603 65–74 L2 140 September 9 Braves 2–3 (10) Kimbrel (1–1) Parnell (4–4) Moylan (1) 23,161 65–75 L3 141 September 10 Nationals 1–5 Gonzalez (19–7) McHugh (0–2) 21,923 65–76 L4 142 September 11 Nationals 3–5 Gorzelanny (4–2) Dickey (18–5) Clippard (31) 22,596 65–77 L5 143 September 12 Nationals 0–2 Lannan (3–0) Harvey (3–5) Storen (2) 21,205 65–78 L6 144 September 14 @ Brewers 7–3 Niese (11–9) Fiers (9–8) 38,216 66–78 W1 145 September 15 @ Brewers 6–9 Kintzler (2–0) Mejía (0–1) 38,108 66–79 L1 146 September 16 @ Brewers 0–3 Peralta (2–0) Young (4–8) Axford (29) 38,677 66–80 L2 147 September 17 Phillies 1–3 Lee (6–7) Dickey (18–6) Papelbon (35) 20,527 66–81 L3 – September 18 Phillies Postponed (rain) (to be made up on 9/20) 148 September 19 Phillies 2–3 Horst (2–0) Edgin (1–2) Papelbon (36) 21,741 66–82 L4 149 September 20 Phillies 1–16 Cloyd (2–1) Hefner (2–7) 20,010 66–83 L5 150 September 21 Marlins 7–3 Niese (12–9) Turner (2–4) 25,446 67–83 W1 151 September 22 Marlins 4–3 Dickey (19–6) Buehrle (13–13) Rauch (4) 30,332 68–83 W2 152 September 23 Marlins 3–2 Parnell (5–4) Webb (4–3) 26,923 69–83 W3 153 September 24 Pirates 6–2 Mejía (1–1) McPherson (0–2) 22,072 70–83 W4 154 September 25 Pirates 6–10 Rodríguez (12–13) McHugh (0–3) 25,286 70–84 L1 155 September 26 Pirates 6–0 Hefner (3–7) Locke (0–3) 22,890 71–84 W1 156 September 27 Pirates 6–5 Dickey (20–6) Correia (11–11) Parnell (5) 31,506 72–84 W2 157 September 28 @ Braves 3–1 Niese (13–9) Hudson (16–7) Parnell (6) 51,910 73–84 W3 158 September 29 @ Braves 0–2 Minor (11–10) Young (4–9) Kimbrel (41) 48,310 73–85 L1 159 September 30 @ Braves 2–6 Medlen (10–1) Mejía (1–2) Kimbrel (42) 50,635 73–86 L2
October (1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 160 October 1 @ Marlins 2–3 Bell (4–5) Ramírez (3–4) Cishek (15) 24,543 73–87 L3 161 October 2 @ Marlins 3–4 Gaudin (4–2) McHugh (0–4) 29,709 73–88 L4 162 October 3 @ Marlins 4–2 Hefner (4–7) Koehler (0–1) Parnell (7) 27,418 74–88 W1

Roster

2012 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 46 Manny Acosta 47 Miguel Batista 27 Pedro Beato 40 Tim Byrdak 77 D. J. Carrasco 73 Robert Carson 43 R. A. Dickey 66 Josh Edgin 61 Jack Egbert 27 Jeurys Familia 48 Frank Francisco 35 Dillon Gee 45 Justin Hampson 33 Matt Harvey 53 Jeremy Hefner 36 Collin McHugh 32 Jenrry Mejía 49 Jon Niese 38 Garrett Olson 39 Bobby Parnell 34 Mike Pelfrey 62 Elvin Ramírez 52 Ramón Ramírez 60 Jon Rauch 57 Johan Santana 63 Chris Schwinden 55 Chris Young		Catchers 16 Rob Johnson  4 Mike Nickeas  6 Kelly Shoppach 30 Josh Thole Infielders 13 Ronny Cedeño 29 Ike Davis 19 Zach Lutz 28 Daniel Murphy  6 Omar Quintanilla 33 Vinny Rottino 11 Rubén Tejada  2 Justin Turner  5 David Wright Outfielders 23 Mike Baxter 44 Jason Bay 21 Lucas Duda 12 Scott Hairston 15 Fred Lewis  9 Kirk Nieuwenhuis 56 Andrés Torres  1 Jordany Valdespin Other batters  3 Josh Satin		Manager 10 Terry Collins Coaches 25 Ricky Bones (bullpen)  7 Bob Geren (bench) 26 Tom Goodwin (first base) 51 Dave Hudgens (hitting) 78 Eric Langill (bullpen catcher) 79,54 Dave Racaniello (bullpen catcher) 18 Tim Teufel (third base) 59 Dan Warthen (pitching)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Base on balls; AVG = Batting average;

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG
Mike Baxter	89	179	26	47	14	2	3	17	5	25	.263
Jason Bay	70	194	21	32	2	0	8	20	5	19	.165
Ronny Cedeño	78	166	18	43	11	1	4	22	0	17	.259
Ike Davis	156	519	66	118	26	0	32	90	0	61	.227
Lucas Duda	121	401	43	96	15	0	15	57	1	51	.239
Scott Hairston	134	377	52	99	25	3	20	57	8	19	.263
Rob Johnson	17	52	3	13	2	0	0	4	0	4	.250
Fred Lewis	18	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	.150
Zach Lutz	7	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091
Daniel Murphy	156	571	62	166	40	3	6	65	10	36	.291
Mike Nickeas	47	109	8	19	3	0	1	13	0	8	.174
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	91	282	40	71	12	1	7	28	4	25	.252
Omar Quintanilla	29	70	13	18	5	0	1	4	0	8	.257
Vinny Rottino	18	33	8	6	1	0	2	5	3	6	.182
Josh Satin	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Kelly Shoppach	28	79	7	16	2	0	3	10	0	5	.203
Ruben Tejada	114	464	53	134	26	0	1	25	4	27	.289
Josh Thole	104	321	24	75	15	0	1	21	0	27	.234
Andrés Torres	132	374	47	86	17	7	3	35	13	52	.230
Justin Turner	94	171	20	46	13	1	2	19	1	9	.269
Jordany Valdespin	94	191	28	46	9	1	8	26	10	10	.241
David Wright	156	581	91	178	41	2	21	93	15	81	.306
Pitcher Totals	162	284	17	44	7	0	1	14	0	9	.155
Team Totals	162	5450	650	1357	286	21	139	625	79	503	.249

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average;

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA
Manny Acosta	45	0	1	3	1	47.1	48	38	34	25	46	6.46
Miguel Batista	30	5	1	3	0	46.2	53	28	25	31	94	4.82
Pedro Beato	7	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	5	5	2	5	10.38
Tim Byrdak	56	0	2	2	0	30.2	18	16	15	18	34	4.40
D.J. Carrasco	4	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	3	3	0	3	7.36
Robert Carson	17	0	0	0	0	13.1	13	7	7	4	5	4.73
R.A. Dickey	34	33	20	6	0	233.2	192	78	71	54	230	2.73
Josh Edgin	34	0	1	2	0	25.2	19	14	13	10	30	4.56
Jack Egbert	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jeurys Familia	8	1	0	0	0	12.1	10	8	8	9	10	5.84
Frank Francisco	48	0	1	3	23	42.1	47	27	26	21	47	4.13
Dillon Gee	17	17	6	7	0	109.2	108	56	50	29	97	4.10
Justin Hampson	13	0	0	0	0	10.0	6	4	2	5	4	1.80
Matt Harvey	10	10	3	5	0	59.1	42	19	18	26	70	2.73
Jeremy Hefner	26	13	4	7	0	93.2	110	55	53	18	62	5.09
Rob Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Collin McHugh	8	4	0	4	0	21.1	27	21	18	8	17	7.59
Jenrry Mejía	5	3	1	2	0	16.0	20	10	10	9	8	5.63
Jon Niese	30	30	13	9	0	190.1	174	77	72	49	155	3.40
Garrett Olson	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	108.00
Bobby Parnell	74	0	5	4	7	68.2	65	24	19	20	61	2.49
Mike Pelfrey	3	3	0	0	0	19.2	24	5	5	4	13	2.29
Elvin Ramírez	20	0	0	1	0	21.1	24	13	13	20	22	5.48
Ramón Ramírez	58	0	3	4	1	63.2	58	33	30	35	52	4.24
Jon Rauch	73	0	3	7	4	57.2	45	28	23	12	42	3.59
Johan Santana	21	21	6	9	0	117.0	117	65	63	39	111	4.85
Chris Schwinden	3	2	0	1	0	8.2	15	13	12	3	1	12.46
Chris Young	20	20	4	9	0	115.0	119	58	53	36	80	4.15
Team Totals	162	162	74	88	36	1434.0	1368	709	651	488	1240	4.09

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Wally Backman
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Pedro López
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Ryan Ellis
A	Savannah Sand Gnats	South Atlantic League	Luis Rojas
A-Short Season	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	Rich Donnelly
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	José Leger