2003 New York Mets season

2003 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964)
New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Wilpon
General manager(s)	Steve Phillips, Jim Duquette
Manager(s)	Art Howe
Local television	WPIX (Tom Seaver, Ted Robinson, Ralph Kiner, Dave O'Brien) Fox Sports New York/MSG (Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez)
Local radio	WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ted Robinson) WADO (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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The New York Mets' 2003 season was the 42nd regular season for the Mets. They went 66-95 and finished 5th in the NL East. They were managed by Art Howe. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

• November 25, 2002: Jorge Velandia was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[1]
• December 5, 2002: Tom Glavine was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[2]
• December 19, 2002: Mike Stanton was Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[3]
• January 11, 2003: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[4]
• February 11, 2003: Jay Bell signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[5]
• February 13, 2003: David Cone signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[6]

Regular season

After their disappointing 2002 season the Mets entered 2003 hoping to contend for a playoff spot. But the season ended up being a massive disappointment as they were defeated by the Cubs at home 15-2 on opening day and finished just 66-95.

Opening Day starters

• Roberto Alomar
• Jeromy Burnitz
• Roger Cedeño
• Cliff Floyd
• Tom Glavine
• Mike Piazza
• Rey Sanchez
• Mo Vaughn
• Ty Wigginton^[7]

Detailed record

Team Home Away Total Win % NL East NL Central NL West American League Anaheim Angels N/A 2–1 2–1 .667 2–1 2–1 .667

Month Games Won Lost Win % March 1 0 1 .000 April 26 11 15 .423 May 28 14 14 .500 June 26 10 16 .385 July 27 9 18 .333 August 27 15 12 .556 September 26 7 19 .269 Overall: 161 66 95 .410 Games Won Lost Win % Home 80 34 46 .425 Away 81 32 49 .395

Season standings

National League East

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	101	61	0.623	—	55–26	46–35
Florida Marlins	91	71	0.562	10	53–28	38–43
Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	0.531	15	49–32	37–44
Montreal Expos	83	79	0.512	18	52–29	31–50
New York Mets	66	95	0.410	34½	34–46	32–49

Record vs. opponents

2003 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	2–5	2–4	7–2	10–9	2–5	5–1	10–9	3–3	4–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	9–10	5–14	3–3	11–4
Atlanta	5–2	—	4–2	3–3	6–0	9–10	5–1	4–2	4–2	12–7	11–8	9–10	7–2	6–1	2–4	4–2	10–5
Chicago	4–2	2–4	—	10–7	3–3	4–2	9–7	2–4	10–6	3–3	5–1	1–5	10–8	4–2	4–2	8–9	9–9
Cincinnati	2–7	3–3	7–10	—	4–2	2–4	5–12	2–4	8–10	2–4	2–4	5–4	5–11	3–3	3–3	9–7	7-5
Colorado	9–10	0–6	3–3	2–4	—	4–2	2–4	7–12	5–1	3–4	2–5	2–4	3–6	12–7	7–12	4–2	9–6
Florida	5–2	10–9	2–4	4–2	2–4	—	1–5	2–5	7–2	13–6	12–7	13–6	2–4	5–1	1–5	3–3	9–6
Houston	1–5	1–5	7–9	12–5	4–2	5-1	—	4–2	9–8	3–3	2–4	2–4	10–6	3–3	2–4	11–7	11–7
Los Angeles	9–10	2–4	4–2	4–2	12–7	5–2	2–4	—	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–5	5–1	8–11	6–13	4–2	11–7
Milwaukee	3–3	2–4	6–10	10–8	1–5	2–7	8–9	2–4	—	0–6	6–3	4–2	10–7	5–1	1–5	3–13	5–7
Montreal	2–4	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–3	6-13	3–3	2–4	6–0	—	14–5	8–11	3–3	4–2	7–0	1–5	9–9
New York	2–4	8–11	1–5	4–2	5–2	7–12	4–2	3–3	3–6	5–14	—	7–12	4–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	5–10
Philadelphia	2-4	10–9	5–1	4–5	4–2	6–13	4–2	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	—	2–4	4–3	3–3	4–2	8–7
Pittsburgh	3–3	2–7	8–10	11–5	6–3	4–2	6–10	1–5	7–10	3–3	2–4	4–2	—	4–2	2–4	7–10	5–7
San Diego	10–9	1–6	2–4	3–3	7–12	1–5	3–3	11–8	1–5	2–4	3–3	3–4	2–4	—	5–14	2–4	8–10
San Francisco	14–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	12–7	5–1	4–2	13–6	5–1	0–7	2–4	3–3	4–2	14–5	—	5–1	10–8
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	9–8	7–9	2–4	3-3	7–11	2–4	13–3	5–1	5–1	2–4	10–7	4–2	1–5	—	10–8

Notable transactions

• July 1, 2003: Roberto Alomar was traded by the New York Mets with cash to the Chicago White Sox for Edwin Almonte, Royce Ring, and Andrew Salvo.
• July 16, 2003: Armando Benítez was traded by the New York Mets to the New York Yankees for Ryan Bicondoa, Jason Anderson and Anderson Garcia.
• July 29, 2003: Kenny Kelly was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Mets for Rey Sanchez and cash.^[8]

Game Log

Regular season

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2003 Game Log (66–95) Home: 34–46; Away: 32–49
March: (0–1) Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record March 31
April: (11–15) Home: 8–6; Away: 3–9 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record April 2 April 3 April 4 April 5 April 6 April 8 April 9 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 16 April 17 April 18 April 19 April 20 April 22 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 27 April 27 April 29 April 30
May: (14–14) Home: 6–5; Away: 8–9 # Date Opponent Box Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 6 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31
June: (10–16) Home: 4–9; Away: 6–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record June 1 June 5 June 5 June 6 June 8 June 8 June 10 June 11 June 12 65 June 13 @ Angels 7–3 Bacsik (1–1) Sele (3–4) Edison International Field of Anaheim 38,294 30–35 66 June 14 @ Angels 3–13 Ortiz (7–5) Roach (0–1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,449 30–36 67 June 15 @ Angels 8–0 Trachsel (5–4) Washburn (6–7) Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,721 31–36 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 22 June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 June 28 June 28 June 29 June 30
July: (9–18) Home: 4–12; Away: 5–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record July 1 July 2 July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13 July 17 July 18 July 19 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31
August: (15–12) Home: 7–5; Away: 8–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record August 1 August 2 August 3 August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 12 August 13 August 15 August 16 August 17 August 18 August 19 August 20 August 21 August 22 August 23 August 24 August 26 August 27 August 28 August 29 August 30 August 31
September: (7–19) Home: 5–8; Away: 2–11 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record September 1 September 2 September 3 September 4 September 5 September 6 September 7 September 8 September 9 September 10 September 12 September 13 September 14 September 15 September 16 September 17 September 18 September 19 September 20 September 21 September 23 September 24 September 25 September 26 September 27 September 28

Roster

2003 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 56 Edwin Almonte 17 Jason Anderson 34 Pedro Astacio 33 Mike Bacsik 49 Armando Benítez 43 Jaime Cerda 16 David Cone 55 Pedro Feliciano 45 John Franco 47 Tom Glavine 46 Jeremy Griffiths 48 Aaron Heilman 22 Al Leiter 17 Graeme Lloyd 27 Jason Middlebrook 49 Orber Moreno 57 Jason Roach 36 Grant Roberts 40 Jae Seo 32 Mike Stanton 38 Pat Strange 28 Scott Strickland 29 Steve Trachsel 39 David Weathers 39 Dan Wheeler		Catchers 31 Mike Piazza  3 Vance Wilson Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar 44 Jay Bell 00,52 Tony Clark 12 Danny Garcia 11 Joe McEwing 23 Jason Phillips  7 José Reyes 10 Rey Sánchez 26 Marco Scutaro 42 Mo Vaughn 13 Jorge Velandia  9 Ty Wigginton		Outfielders 20 Jeromy Burnitz 19 Roger Cedeño 61 Jeff Duncan 30 Cliff Floyd 21 Raul González  6 Timo Pérez 20 Prentice Redman  5 Tsuyoshi Shinjo Other batters 10 Joe DePastino 27 Mike Glavine 50 Matt Watson		Manager 18 Art Howe Coaches 25 Don Baylor (bench)  4 Matt Galante (third base)  2 Gary Pettis (first base) 53 Vern Ruhle (pitching) 52 Rick Waits (bullpen) 15 Denny Walling (hitting)

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League	Bobby Floyd
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	John Stearns
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Ken Oberkfell
A	Capital City Bombers	South Atlantic League	Tony Tijerina
A-Short Season	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	Tim Teufel
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Mookie Wilson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie^[9]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velanjo01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/glavito02.shtml
3. Mike Stanton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shinjts01.shtml
5. Jay Bell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
6. David Cone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
7. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2003&t=NYN
8. Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2003 New York Mets
• 2003 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com