2000 New York Mets season
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2000 New York Mets | ||
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Division | Eastern Division | |
Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |
City | New York | |
Record | 94–68 (.580) | |
Owners | Nelson Doubleday Jr., Fred Wilpon | |
Managers | Bobby Valentine | |
Television | WPIX-TV/Fox Sports New York (Ralph Kiner, Tom Seaver, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne) | |
Radio | WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ed Coleman) WADO (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa) | |
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The New York Mets' 2000 season was the 39th regular season for the Mets. They went 94-68 and finished 2nd in the NL East, but earned the NL Wild Card. They made it to the World Series where they were defeated by their crosstown rival the New York Yankees. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
Offseason
- December 10, 1999: Jesse Orosco was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Chuck McElroy.[1]
- January 19, 2000: Charlie Hayes signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.[2]
- January 20, 2000: Curtis Pride was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.[3]
- January 21, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the New York Mets for Luis Lopez.[4]
- March 18, 2000: Jesse Orosco was traded by the New York Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe McEwing.[1]
- March 20, 2000: Charlie Hayes was released by the New York Mets.[2]
Regular season
The Mets played in the first game held outside of North America on Opening Day, March 29. The Mets played the Chicago Cubs in front of over 55,000 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The Cubs won the game by a score of 5-3.[5]
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51–30 | 44–37 |
New York Mets | 94 | 68 | .580 | 1 | 55–26 | 39–42 |
Florida Marlins | 79 | 82 | .491 | 15½ | 43–38 | 36–44 |
Montreal Expos | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 | 37–44 | 30–51 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 65 | 97 | .401 | 30 | 34–47 | 31–50 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
Arizona | — | 3–6 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 8–1 | 7–2 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 5–4 | 6–9 |
Atlanta | 6–3 | — | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–2 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
Chicago | 4–5 | 5–4 | — | 4–8 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 5–7 | 3–6 | 6–7 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 3–10 | 8–7 |
Cincinnati | 5–2 | 5–2 | 8–4 | — | 6–3 | 3–6 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 5–8–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 7–8 |
Colorado | 6–7 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | — | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–3 | 6–6 |
Florida | 5–4 | 6–6 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | — | 3–5 | 2–7 | 3–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 8–9 |
Houston | 1–6 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–5 | 5–3 | — | 3–6 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 10–3 | 2–7 | 1–8 | 6–6 | 6–9 |
Los Angeles | 6–7 | 2–7 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 7–2 | 6–3 | — | 3–4 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 6–9 |
Milwaukee | 5–4 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 8–5–1 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 4–3 | — | 4–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 7–5 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 5–7 | 6–9 |
Montreal | 5–4 | 7–6 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 6–7 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–4 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 7–11 |
New York | 7–2 | 6–7 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 6–6 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 9–3 | — | 6–7 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 3–5 | 6–3 | 9–9 |
Philadelphia | 1–8 | 5–8 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 3–6 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 7–5 | 7–6 | — | 3–6 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 9–9 |
Pittsburgh | 2–7 | 2–5 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–10 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 4–3 | 2–7 | 6–3 | — | 7–2 | 2–6 | 4–8 | 6–9 |
San Diego | 4–9 | 1–8 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 6–7 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 2–7 | — | 5–7 | 0–9 | 5–10 |
San Francisco | 7–6 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 7–6 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–7 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 7–2 | 6–2 | 7–5 | — | 5–4 | 8–7 |
St. Louis | 4–5 | 4–3 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 3–5 | 6–3 | 6–6 | 6–3 | 7–5 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 8–4 | 9–0 | 4–5 | — | 7–8 |
Transactions
- April 26, 2000: Curtis Pride was sent to the Boston Red Sox by the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.[3]
- May 13, 2000: Rickey Henderson was released by the New York Mets.
- June 2, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was Traded by the New York Mets to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Lenny Harris.[4]
- July 26, 2000: Justin Huber was signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.[6]
- July 28, 2000: Mike Bordick was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Lesli Brea, Mike Kinkade, Melvin Mora, and Pat Gorman (minors).[7]
- August 30, 2000: Jorge Velandia was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Mets for Nelson Cruz.[8]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Mike Piazza | 136 | 482 | 156 | .324 | 38 | 113 |
1B | Todd Zeile | 153 | 544 | 146 | .268 | 22 | 79 |
2B | Edgardo Alfonzo | 150 | 544 | 176 | .324 | 25 | 94 |
SS | Rey Ordóñez | 45 | 133 | 25 | .188 | 0 | 9 |
3B | Robin Ventura | 141 | 469 | 109 | .232 | 24 | 84 |
LF | Benny Agbayani | 119 | 350 | 101 | .289 | 15 | 60 |
CF | Jay Payton | 149 | 488 | 142 | .291 | 17 | 62 |
RF | Derek Bell | 144 | 546 | 145 | .266 | 18 | 69 |
Other batters
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Melvin Mora | 79 | 215 | 56 | .260 | 6 | 30 |
Todd Pratt | 80 | 160 | 44 | .275 | 8 | 25 |
Kurt Abbott | 79 | 157 | 34 | .217 | 6 | 12 |
Joe McEwing | 87 | 153 | 34 | .222 | 2 | 19 |
Lenny Harris | 76 | 138 | 42 | .304 | 3 | 13 |
Matt Franco | 101 | 134 | 32 | .239 | 2 | 14 |
Mike Bordick | 56 | 192 | 50 | .260 | 4 | 21 |
Darryl Hamilton | 43 | 105 | 29 | .276 | 1 | 6 |
Rickey Henderson | 31 | 96 | 21 | .219 | 0 | 2 |
Jon Nunnally | 48 | 74 | 14 | .189 | 2 | 6 |
Bubba Trammell | 36 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 3 | 12 |
Timo Pérez | 24 | 49 | 14 | .286 | 1 | 3 |
Jason Tyner | 13 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 5 |
Mark Johnson | 21 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 1 | 6 |
Jorge Toca | 8 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 4 |
Jorge Velandia | 15 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
David Lamb | 7 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Vance Wilson | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Kinkade | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan McGuire | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Hampton | 33 | 217.2 | 15 | 10 | 3.14 | 151 |
Al Leiter | 31 | 208.0 | 16 | 8 | 3.20 | 200 |
Rick Reed | 30 | 184.0 | 11 | 5 | 4.11 | 121 |
Glendon Rusch | 31 | 190.2 | 11 | 11 | 4.01 | 157 |
Bobby J. Jones | 27 | 154.2 | 11 | 6 | 5.06 | 85 |
Dennis Springer | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.74 | 5 |
Bill Pulsipher | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 2 | 12.15 | 7 |
Relief pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Armando Benítez | 76 | 76.0 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 2.61 | 106 |
Pat Mahomes | 53 | 94.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5.46 | 76 |
Turk Wendell | 77 | 82.2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3.59 | 73 |
Dennis Cook | 68 | 59.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5.34 | 53 |
John Franco | 62 | 55.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3.40 | 56 |
Rich Rodriguez | 32 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.78 | 18 |
Rick White | 22 | 28.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.81 | 20 |
Bobby Jones | 11 | 21.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 20 |
Eric Cammack | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 9 |
Jim Mann | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |
Jerrod Riggan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Derek Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 0 |
Other pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Grant Roberts | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 6 |
Playoffs
NLDS
Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record
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1 | October 4 | New York | 1 | San Francisco | 5 | 0-1 |
2 | October 5 | New York | 5 | San Francisco | 4 | 1-1 |
3 | October 7 | San Francisco | 2 | New York | 3 | 2-1 |
4 | October 8 | San Francisco | 0 | New York | 4 | 3-1 |
NLCS
Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record
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1 | October 11 | New York | 6 | St. Louis | 2 | 1-0 |
2 | October 12 | New York | 6 | St. Louis | 5 | 2-0 |
3 | October 14 | St. Louis | 8 | New York | 2 | 2-1 |
4 | October 15 | St. Louis | 6 | New York | 10 | 3-1 |
5 | October 16 | St. Louis | 0 | New York | 7 | 4-1 |
World Series
Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record
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1 | October 21 | New York Mets | 3 | New York Yankees | 4 | 1-0 |
2 | October 22 | New York Mets | 5 | New York Yankees | 6 | 2-0 |
3 | October 24 | New York Yankees | 2 | New York Mets | 4 | 2-1 |
4 | October 25 | New York Yankees | 3 | New York Mets | 2 | 3-1 |
5 | October 26 | New York Yankees | 4 | New York Mets | 2 | 4-1 |
Awards and honors
- Mike Hampton, Pitcher, National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player
- Al Leiter, Pitcher, Roberto Clemente Award
Farm system
References
- ^ a b Jesse Orosco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b Charlie Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b "Curtis Pride Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ a b Bill Pulsipher Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ "Justin Huber Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ Mike Bordick Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Jorge Velandia Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007