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2000 NL Champions | |
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Record | 94-68 (.580) |
Divisional place | 2nd |
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Owner(s) | Fred Wilpon |
General manager(s) | Steve Phillips |
Manager(s) | Bobby Valentine |
Local television | WPIX-TV/Fox Sports New York (Ralph Kiner, Tom Seaver, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne) |
Local 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.
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Offseason[edit]
- 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[edit]
The Mets played in the first game held outside of North America on Opening Day. The Mets played the Chicago Cubs in front of over 55,000 at the Tokyodome in Japan. The Cubs won the game by a score of 5-3.[5]
Opening Day Roster[edit]
Season standings[edit]
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 51–30 | 44–37 |
New York Mets | 94 | 68 | 0.580 | 1 | 55–26 | 39–42 |
Florida Marlins | 79 | 82 | 0.491 | 15½ | 43–38 | 36–44 |
Montreal Expos | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 28 | 37–44 | 30–51 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 30 | 34–47 | 31–50 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
2000 National League Records
Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head |
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Team | ARI | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | MON | 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
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 | Mike Bordick | 56 | 192 | 50 | .260 | 4 | 21 |
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[edit]
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 |
Rey Ordóñez | 45 | 133 | 25 | .188 | 0 | 9 |
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[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
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 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Armando Benitez | 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 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Playoffs[edit]
NLDS[edit]
Main article: 2000 National League Division Series
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[edit]
Main article: 2000 National League Championship Series
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[edit]
Main article: 2000 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[edit]
- Mike Hampton, Pitcher, National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player
- Al Leiter, Pitcher, Roberto Clemente Award
Farm system[edit]
See also: Minor League Baseball
References[edit]
- ^ a b Jesse Orosco Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b Charlie Hayes Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pridecu01.shtml
- ^ 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
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huberju01.shtml
- ^ Mike Bordick Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velanjo01.shtml
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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