2005 New York Mets season

2005 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)	Omar Minaya
Manager(s)	Willie Randolph
Local television	WPIX (Tom Seaver, Dave O'Brien) Fox Sports New York/MSG (Fran Healy, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez)
Local radio	WFAN (Gary Cohen, Howie Rose, Ed Coleman) WADO (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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The New York Mets' 2005 season was the 44th regular season for the Mets. They went 83-79 and finished 3rd in the NL East. They were managed by Willie Randolph. They played home games at Shea Stadium. The 2005 season is also noteworthy for being Mike Piazza's last season as a New York Met. In the last game of the season, he was given a long standing ovation from the fans at Shea stadium.

Offseason

• November 30, 2004: Kris Benson was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	90	72	0.556	—	53–28	37–44
Philadelphia Phillies	88	74	0.543	2	46–35	42–39
Florida Marlins	83	79	0.512	7	45–36	38–43
New York Mets	83	79	0.512	7	48–33	35–46
Washington Nationals	81	81	0.500	9	41–40	40–41

Record vs. opponents

2005 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–3	5–2	2–4	11–7	2–4	3–3	13–5	2–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	10–9	7–11	2–5	2–4	8–10
Atlanta	3–3	—	6–1	7–3	2–4	10–8	5–1	3–3	3–3	13–6	9–10	4–3	1–5	4–2	3–3	10–9	7–8
Chicago	2–5	1–6	—	6–9	4–3	5–4	9–7	4–2	7–9	2–4	2–4	11–5	4–3	5–2	10–6	1–5	6–9
Cincinnati	4–2	3–7	9–6	—	3–3	2–4	4–12	3–4	6–10	3–3	3–4	9–7	4–2	3–5	5–11	5–1	7-8
Colorado	7–11	4–2	3–4	3–3	—	3–3	1–5	11–8	1–5	3–4	2–4	3–7	7–11	7–11	4–4	2–4	6–9
Florida	4–2	8–10	4–5	4–2	3–3	—	4–3	5–2	3–4	8–10	9–10	3–4	2–4	4–2	3–4	9–9	10–5
Houston	3–3	1–5	7–9	12–4	5–1	3-4	—	4–2	10–5	5–5	6–0	9–7	4–3	3–4	5–11	5–2	7–8
Los Angeles	5–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–2	11–7	9–10	2–5	2–4	5–13
Milwaukee	4–2	3–3	9–7	10–6	5–1	4–3	5–10	1–5	—	3–3	4–5	9–7	3–4	4–3	5–11	4–4	8–7
New York	6–1	6–13	4–2	3–3	4–3	10–8	5–5	3–3	3–3	—	11–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	11–8	5–10
Philadelphia	4-3	10–9	4–2	4–3	4–2	10–9	0–6	3–3	5–4	7–11	—	4–3	6–0	5–1	4–2	11–8	7–8
Pittsburgh	4–3	3–4	5–11	7–9	7–3	4–3	7–9	2–5	7–9	3–3	3–4	—	3–4	2–4	4–12	1–5	5–7
San Diego	9–10	5–1	3–4	2–4	11–7	4–2	3–4	7–11	4–3	2–4	0–6	4–3	—	12–6	4–3	5–1	7–11
San Francisco	11–7	2–4	2–5	5–3	11–7	2–4	4–3	10–9	3–4	3–3	1–5	4–2	6–12	—	2–4	3–3	6–12
St. Louis	5–2	3–3	6–10	11–5	4–4	4-3	11–5	5–2	11–5	5–2	2–4	12–4	3–4	4–2	—	4–2	10–5
Washington	4–2	9–10	5–1	1–5	4–2	9-9	2–5	4–2	4–4	8–11	8–11	5–1	1–5	3–3	2–4	—	12–6

Roster

2005 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 36 Manny Aybar 19 Heath Bell 34 Kris Benson 35 Mike DeJean 47 Tom Glavine 32 Danny Graves 46 Tim Hamulack 48 Aaron Heilman 49 Félix Heredia 39 Roberto Hernández 23 Kazuhisa Ishii 17 Dae-Sung Koo 40 Braden Looper 45 Pedro Martínez 27 Mike Matthews 28 Juan Padilla 22 Royce Ring 33 José Santiago 26 Jae Weong Seo 10 Shingo Takatsu 29 Steve Trachsel 38 Víctor Zambrano		Catchers 11 Ramón Castro 33 Mike DiFelice 31 Mike Piazza Infielders 18 Marlon Anderson  3 Miguel Cairo 13 Brian Daubach  1 Anderson Hernández 27 Mike Jacobs 25 Kazuo Matsui 16 Doug Mientkiewicz 35 José Offerman  7 José Reyes  4 Chris Woodward  5 David Wright		Outfielders 15 Carlos Beltrán 44 Mike Cameron 20 Víctor Díaz 30 Cliff Floyd 57 Eric Valent 21 Gerald Williams		Manager 12 Willie Randolph Coaches 50 Manny Acta (third base)  2 Sandy Alomar, Sr. (bench) 52 Guy Conti (bullpen pitching) 54 Rick Down (hitting) 53 Jerry Manuel (first base) 55 Tom Nieto (catching) 51 Rick Peterson (pitching)

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
SS	José Reyes	161	696	190	.273	7	58
3B	David Wright	160	575	176	.306	27	102
C	Mike Piazza	113	398	100	.251	19	62
1B	Doug Mientkiewicz	87	275	66	.240	11	29
CF	Carlos Beltrán	151	582	155	.266	16	78
2B	Miguel Cairo
LF	Cliff Floyd	150	550	150	.273	34	98
RF	Víctor Díaz	89	280	72	.257	12	38

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Kazuo Matsui	87	267	68	.255	3	24
Mike Cameron	76	308	84	.273	12	39

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tom Glavine	33	211⅓	13	13	3.53	105
Pedro Martínez	31	217	15	8	2.82	208
Kris Benson	28	174⅓	10	8	4.13	95
Víctor Zambrano	31	166⅓	7	12	4.17	112
Kazuhisa Ishii	19	91	3	9	5.14	53
Jae Weong Seo	14	90⅓	8	2	2.59	59
Steve Trachsel	6	37	1	4	4.14	24

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	Ken Oberkfell
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Jack Lind
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Tim Teufel
A	Hagerstown Suns	South Atlantic League	Gene Richards
A-Short Season	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	Mookie Wilson
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Jesse Levis
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	Gary Carter

^[2]

References

1. Kris Benson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2005 New York Mets
• 2005 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com