2000 New York Mets season

2000 New York Mets
2000 NL Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964)
New York (since 1962)
Results
Record	94-68 (.580)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
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.

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. 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]

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

2000 National League Records Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
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

• 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

2000 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 49 Armando Benítez 29 Eric Cammack 27 Dennis Cook 45 John Franco 32 Mike Hampton 28 Bobby Jones 21 Bobby Jones 22 Al Leiter 23 Pat Mahomes 39 Jim Mann 25 Bill Pulsipher 35 Rick Reed 34 Jerrod Riggan 36 Grant Roberts 46 Rich Rodriguez 48 Glendon Rusch 34 Dennis Springer 99 Turk Wendell 51 Rick White		Catchers 31 Mike Piazza  7 Todd Pratt  3 Vance Wilson Infielders 20 Kurt Abbott 13 Edgardo Alfonzo 17 Mike Bordick 15 Matt Franco 19 Lenny Harris  5 Mark Johnson 26 David Lamb  6 Melvin Mora 10 Rey Ordóñez 30 Jorge Toca 11 Jorge Velandia  4 Robin Ventura  9 Todd Zeile		Outfielders 50 Benny Agbayani 16 Derek Bell 18 Darryl Hamilton 24 Rickey Henderson 33 Mike Kinkade 47 Joe McEwing 40 Ryan McGuire 26 Jon Nunnally 44 Jay Payton  6 Timo Pérez 33 Bubba Trammell 11 Jason Tyner		Manager  2 Bobby Valentine Coaches 54 Al Jackson (bullpen) 53 Tom Robson (hitting)  8 Cookie Rojas (third base) 12 John Stearns (bench) 52 Dave Wallace (pitching)  1 Mookie Wilson (first base)

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
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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Playoffs

NLDS

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYM-SF)
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 (NYM-STL)
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 (NYY-NYM)
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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League	John Gibbons
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Doug Davis
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Dave Engle
A	Capital City Bombers	South Atlantic League	John Stephenson
A-Short Season	Pittsfield Mets	New York–Penn League	Tony Tijerina
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Edgar Alfonzo

^[9]

References

1. Jesse Orosco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. Charlie Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pridecu01.shtml
4. Bill Pulsipher Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. 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
6. http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huberju01.shtml
7. Mike Bordick Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
8. http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velanjo01.shtml
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2000 New York Mets
• 2000 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com