2002 New York Mets season

2002 New York Mets
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Shea Stadium
City	New York
Record	75–86 (.466)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Nelson Doubleday Jr. (50% before August 14), Fred Wilpon (50% before August 14, 100% after buying out Doubleday)
General managers	Steve Phillips
Managers	Bobby Valentine
Television	WPIX (Tom Seaver, Gary Thorne) Fox Sports New York/MSG (Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne)
Radio	WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ed Coleman, Ted Robinson) WADO (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
Seasons

The 2002 New York Mets season was the 41st regular season for the Mets. Hoping to improve on their third place finish in the National League East the previous year, a 6–21 August sunk the team into below .500 for good and ultimately they finished 75–86 and finished fifth in the National League East. They were managed by Bobby Valentine in his seventh and ultimately final season. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

• October 22, 2001: Jorge Velandia was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
• December 7, 2001: David Justice was traded by the New York Yankees to the New York Mets for Robin Ventura.
• December 11, 2001: Roberto Alomar was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Danny Peoples (minors) and Mike Bacsik to the New York Mets for players to be named later, Matt Lawton, Alex Escobar, and Jerrod Riggan. The New York Mets sent Earl Snyder (December 13, 2001) and Billy Traber (December 13, 2001) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
• December 13, 2001: Dave Weathers was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
• December 14, 2001: David Justice was traded by the New York Mets to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Guthrie and Tyler Yates.
• December 16, 2001: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was traded by the New York Mets with Desi Relaford to the San Francisco Giants for Shawn Estes.
• January 21, 2002: Alex Ochoa was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Colorado Rockies to the Milwaukee Brewers. The New York Mets sent Lenny Harris and Glendon Rusch to the Milwaukee Brewers. The New York Mets sent Benny Agbayani, Todd Zeile, and cash to the Colorado Rockies. The Colorado Rockies sent Craig House and Ross Gload to the New York Mets. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jeff D'Amico, Jeromy Burnitz, Lou Collier, Mark Sweeney, and cash to the New York Mets.
• March 13, 2002: Mark Sweeney was released by the New York Mets.
• March 24, 2002: Jason Bay was traded by the Montreal Expos with Jimmy Serrano to the New York Mets for Lou Collier.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Edgardo Alfonzo
• Roberto Alomar
• Jeromy Burnitz
• Roger Cedeño
• Al Leiter
• Rey Ordóñez
• Jay Payton
• Mike Piazza
• Mo Vaughn

Season standings

National League East

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	101	59	.631	—	52‍–‍28	49‍–‍31
Montreal Expos	83	79	.512	19	49‍–‍32	34‍–‍47
Philadelphia Phillies	80	81	.497	21½	40‍–‍40	40‍–‍41
Florida Marlins	79	83	.488	23	46‍–‍35	33‍–‍48
New York Mets	75	86	.466	26½	38‍–‍43	37‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	3–3	4–2	6–0	14–5	5–1	3–3	9–10	4–2	4–2	5–2	4–3	4–2	12–7	8–11	2–4	11–7
Atlanta	3–3	—	4–2	4–2	4–3	11–8	3–3	2–4	5–1	13–6	12–7	11–7	3–3	3–3	3–3	5–1	15–3
Chicago	2–4	2–4	—	5–12	4–2	4–2	8–11	2–4	7–10	3–3	1–5	2–4	10–9	2–4	3–3	6–12	6–6
Cincinnati	0–6	2–4	12–5	—	3–3	5–1	6–11	4–2	13–6	1–5	2–4	2–4	11–7	5–1	2–4	8–11	2–10
Colorado	5–14	3–4	2–4	3–3	—	5–2	3–3	7–12	3–3	4–2	3–3	3–3	4–2	11–8	8–12	2–4	7–11
Florida	1–5	8–11	2–4	1–5	2–5	—	3–3	3–3	4–2	10–9	8–11	10–9	4–2	5–1	4–3	4–2	10–8
Houston	3–3	3–3	11–8	11–6	3–3	3–3	—	3–3	10–8	3–3	4–2	3–3	11–6	4–2	1–5	6–13	5–7
Los Angeles	10–9	4–2	4–2	2–4	12–7	3–3	3–3	—	5–1	5–2	4–2	4–3	4–2	10–9	8–11	2–4	12–6
Milwaukee	2–4	1–5	10–7	6–13	3–3	2–4	8–10	1–5	—	2–4	1–5	1–5	4–15	5–1	1–5	7–10	2–10
Montreal	2–4	6–13	3–3	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–3	2–5	4–2	—	11–8	11–8	3–3	3–4	4–2	3–3	12–6
New York	2–5	7–12	5–1	4–2	3–3	11–8	2–4	2–4	5–1	8–11	—	9–10	1–4	3–4	0–6	3–3	10–8
Philadelphia	3–4	7–11	4–2	4–2	3–3	9–10	3–3	3–4	5–1	8–11	10–9	—	2–4	2–4	3–3	4–2	10–8
Pittsburgh	2–4	3–3	9–10	7–11	2–4	2–4	6–11	2–4	15–4	3–3	4–1	4–2	—	2–4	2–4	6–11	3–9
San Diego	7–12	3–3	4–2	1–5	8–11	1–5	2–4	9–10	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	4–2	—	5–14	1–5	8–10
San Francisco	11–8	3–3	3–3	4–2	11–8	3–4	5–1	11–8	5–1	2–4	6–0	3–3	4–2	14–5	—	2–4	8–10
St. Louis	4–2	1–5	12–6	11–8	4–2	2–4	13–6	4–2	10–7	3–3	3–3	2–4	11–6	5–1	4–2	—	8–4

Notable transactions

• April 5, 2002: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers.
• June 4, 2002: Scott Kazmir was drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 2, 2002.
• July 31, 2002: Jason Bay was traded by the New York Mets with Josh Reynolds (minors) and Bobby Jones to the San Diego Padres for Steve Reed and Jason Middlebrook.

Game log

Legend
Mets Win	Mets Loss	Game Postponed
Bold = Mets team member

2002 Game Log (75–86) Home: 38–43; Away: 37–43
April: (16–10) Home: 10–5; Away: 6–5 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 April 1 Pirates 6–2 Leiter (1–0) Villone (0–1) — Shea Stadium 53,734 1–0 2 April 3 Pirates 3–5 Wells (1–0) Trachsel (0–1) Williams (1) Shea Stadium 25,952 1–1 3 April 4 Pirates 2–3 Anderson (1–0) Estes (0–1) Williams (2) Shea Stadium 33,785 1–2 4 April 5 @ Braves 9–3 Astacio (1–0) Lopez (0–1) — Turner Field 35,347 2–2 5 April 6 @ Braves 11–2 Weathers (1–0) Smoltz (0–1) — Turner Field 41,124 3–2 6 April 7 @ Braves 2–5 (14) Lopez (1–1) Komiyama (0–1) — Turner Field 34,210 3–3 7 April 9 @ Cubs 0–2 Lieber (1–0) Trachsel (0–2) Alfonseca (1) Wrigley Field 18,151 3–4 8 April 10 @ Cubs 3–2 Weathers (2–0) Fassero (0–2) Benitez (1) Wrigley Field 22,471 4–4 9 April 11 @ Cubs 3–2 Astacio (2–0) Cruz (0–2) Benitez (2) Wrigley Field 29,496 5–4 10 April 12 Expos 2–1 D'Amico (1–0) Ohka (1–1) Benitez (3) Shea Stadium 32,624 6–4 11 April 13 Expos 8–9 (11) Herges (2–0) Strickland (0–1) — Shea Stadium 46,991 6–5 12 April 14 Expos 6–4 Trachsel (1–2) Armas (1–2) Benitez (4) Shea Stadium 45,646 7–5 13 April 15 Braves 7–6 (12) Strickland (1–1) Hammond (0–1) — Shea Stadium 28,843 8–5 14 April 16 Braves 3–1 Astacio (3–0) Glavine (2–1) — Shea Stadium 31,472 9–5 15 April 17 Braves 1–2 Millwood (2–1) D'Amico (1–1) Smoltz (3) Shea Stadium 30,702 9–6 16 April 18 @ Expos 1–0 Leiter (2–0) Vazquez (0–1) — Olympic Stadium 4,512 10–6 17 April 19 @ Expos 3–5 Armas (2–2) Trachsel (1–3) Herges (1) Olympic Stadium 8,281 10–7 18 April 20 @ Expos 5–7 Pavano (2–2) Estes (0–2) Herges (2) Olympic Stadium 11,464 10–8 19 April 21 @ Expos 3–6 Chen (2–0) Astacio (3–1) Lloyd (3) Olympic Stadium 11,672 10–9 20 April 23 Cardinals 4–3 D'Amico (2–1) Morris (4–1) Benitez (5) Shea Stadium 33,333 11–9 21 April 24 Cardinals 2–4 Kile (1–0) Leiter (2–1) Isringhausen (3) Shea Stadium 22,938 11–10 22 April 25 Cardinals 7–6 Strickland (2–1) Veres (2–2) Benitez (6) Shea Stadium 24,637 12–10 23 April 26 Brewers 1–0 Estes (1–2) Rusch (1–2) — Shea Stadium 37,957 13–10 24 April 27 Brewers 2–1 Astacio (4–1) Neugebauer (1–3) Benitez (7) Shea Stadium 35,105 14–10 25 April 28 Brewers 9–6 Davis (1–0) King (0–1) — Shea Stadium 43,169 15–10 26 April 30 @ Diamondbacks 10–1 Leiter (3–1) Helling (3–3) — Bank One Ballpark 36,743 16–10
May: (13–15) Home: 4–8; Away: 9–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 27 May 1 @ Diamondbacks 7–1 Trachsel (2–3) Stottlemyre (0–2) — Bank One Ballpark 34,210 17–10 28 May 2 @ Diamondbacks 3–7 Batista (2–1) Estes (1–3) Kim (6) Bank One Ballpark 31,466 17–11 29 May 3 @ Astros 11–3 Astacio (5–1) Mlicki (3–3) — Astros Field 31,329 18–11 30 May 4 @ Astros 1–3 Hernandez (3–0) D'Amico (2–2) Wagner (4) Astros Field 34,807 18–12 31 May 5 @ Astros 1–12 Oswalt (4–1) Leiter (3–2) — Astros Field 36,083 18–13 32 May 7 Giants 1–5 Ortiz (3–1) Trachsel (2–4) — Shea Stadium 40,016 18–14 33 May 8 Giants 2–8 Rueter (5–1) Estes (1–4) — Shea Stadium 29,267 18–15 34 May 9 Giants 3–4 Jensen (3–2) Astacio (5–2) Nen (10) Shea Stadium 28,757 18–16 35 May 10 Rockies 5–9 Jennings (3–2) D'Amico (2–3) — Shea Stadium 37,484 18–17 36 May 11 Rockies 4–3 Leiter (4–2) Hampton (1–5) Strickland (1) Shea Stadium 41,605 19–17 37 May 12 Rockies 3–4 (13) White (1–4) Davis (1–1) Jimenez (9) Shea Stadium 33,578 19–18 38 May 13 @ Dodgers 2–3 (13) Carrara (3–1) Corey (0–1) — Dodger Stadium 27,659 19–19 39 May 14 @ Dodgers 3–0 Astacio (6–2) Ashby (2–4) — Dodger Stadium 28,610 20–19 40 May 15 @ Dodgers 2–0 D'Amico (3–3) Ishii (6–1) — Dodger Stadium 31,995 21–19 41 May 16 @ Padres 3–1 Leiter (5–2) Lawrence (4–3) Guthrie (1) Qualcomm Stadium 15,931 22–19 42 May 17 @ Padres 13–4 Trachsel (3–4) Middlebrook (0–1) — Qualcomm Stadium 28,162 23–19 43 May 18 @ Padres 5–2 Estes (2–4) Tomko (3–3) Benitez (8) Qualcomm Stadium 43,282 24–19 44 May 19 @ Padres 3–4 Reed (1–1) Strickland (2–2) — Qualcomm Stadium 26,254 24–20 45 May 21 @ Phillies 0–4 Padilla (6–3) D'Amico (3–4) — Veterans Stadium 21,090 24–21 46 May 22 @ Phillies 2–5 Adams (2–3) Leiter (5–3) Mesa (14) Veterans Stadium 22,640 24–22 47 May 23 @ Phillies 1–0 Strickland (3–2) Mesa (1–4) Benitez (9) Veterans Stadium 26,405 25–22 48 May 24 Marlins 5–4 (10) Strickland (4–2) Darensbourg (1–1) — Shea Stadium 37,699 26–22 49 May 25 Marlins 5–6 Almanza (1–0) Weathers (2–1) Nunez (11) Shea Stadium 35,724 26–23 50 May 26 Marlins 3–0 D'Amico (4–4) Burnett (5–5) Strickland (2) Shea Stadium 38,781 27–23 51 May 27 Marlins 3–5 Dempster (3–5) Leiter (5–4) Nunez (12) Shea Stadium 24,319 27–24 52 May 28 Phillies 3–5 Cormier (2–4) Trachsel (3–5) Mesa (15) Shea Stadium 25,939 27–25 53 May 29 Phillies 4–3 Strickland (5–2) Santiago (1–3) Benitez (10) Shea Stadium 37,417 28–25 54 May 31 @ Marlins 6–5 (10) Roberts (1–0) Nunez (4–2) Benitez (11) Pro Player Stadium 18,177 29–25
June: (11–15) Home: 7–5; Away: 4–10 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 55 June 1 @ Marlins 7–9 Mairena (2–0) Komiyama (0–2) Nunez (13) Pro Player Stadium 33,291 29–26 56 June 2 @ Marlins 3–7 Tavarez (3–3) Leiter (5–5) Nunez (14) Pro Player Stadium 19,405 29–27 57 June 3 @ Braves 4–5 Hammond (2–2) Trachsel (3–6) Smoltz (15) Turner Field 31,704 29–28 – June 4 @ Braves Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 11 58 June 5 @ Braves 4–6 Hammond (3–2) Strickland (5–3) Smoltz (16) Turner Field 30,986 29–29 59 June 6 @ Braves 2–3 Glavine (10–2) Weathers (2–2) Smoltz (17) Turner Field 41,286 29–30 60 June 7 @ Indians 4–3 Leiter (6–5) Baez (5–5) Benitez (12) Jacobs Field 39,986 30–30 61 June 8 @ Indians 8–6 Trachsel (4–6) Finley (4–7) Benitez (13) Jacobs Field 41,474 31–30 62 June 9 @ Indians 3–8 Drese (6–4) Estes (2–5) — Jacobs Field 39,436 31–31 63 June 10 @ White Sox 3–1 Astacio (7–2) Glover (2–2) Benitez (14) Comiskey Park 27,679 32–31 64 June 11 @ White Sox 8–10 Ritchie (4–8) D'Amico (4–5) Osuna (1) Comiskey Park 20,156 32–32 65 June 12 @ White Sox 1–2 Biddle (1–0) Leiter (6–6) Osuna (2) Comiskey Park 16,314 32–33 66 June 14 Yankees 2–4 (10) Karsay (3–2) Komiyama (0–3) — Shea Stadium 54,069 32–34 67 June 15 Yankees 8–0 Estes (3–5) Clemens (8–3) — Shea Stadium 54,347 33–34 68 June 16 Yankees 3–2 Guthrie (1–0) Wells (7–4) Benitez (15) Shea Stadium 55,141 34–34 69 June 18 Twins 1–6 Santana (2–1) D'Amico (4–6) — Shea Stadium 35,947 34–35 70 June 19 Twins 4–2 Leiter (7–6) Kinney (2–6) Benitez (16) Shea Stadium 26,967 35–35 71 June 20 Twins 3–2 Trachsel (5–6) Fiore (5–2) Benitez (17) Shea Stadium 23,217 36–35 72 June 21 Royals 4–3 Guthrie (2–0) Voyles (0–1) — Shea Stadium 37,547 37–35 73 June 22 Royals 1–5 Byrd (9–5) Astacio (7–3) — Shea Stadium 44,790 37–36 74 June 23 Royals 5–4 Strickland (6–3) Grimsley (2–3) Benitez (18) Shea Stadium 41,406 38–36 75 June 24 Braves 2–3 Gryboski (2–1) Strickland (6–4) Smoltz (24) Shea Stadium 34,708 38–37 76 June 25 Braves 7–4 Trachsel (6–6) Lopez (1–4) Benitez (19) Shea Stadium 31,607 39–37 77 June 26 Braves 3–6 Hammond (6–2) Weathers (2–3) Smoltz (25) Shea Stadium 30,974 39–38 – June 27 Braves Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 27 78 June 28 @ Yankees 5–11 Mussina (11–3) D'Amico (4–7) Hernandez (1) Yankee Stadium 55,739 39–39 79 June 29 @ Yankees 11–2 Leiter (8–6) Lilly (3–6) — Yankee Stadium 55,615 40–39 80 June 30 @ Yankees 0–8 Pettitte (2–2) Trachsel (6–7) — Yankee Stadium 55,700 40–40
July: (15–11) Home: 9–5; Away: 6–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 81 July 1 @ Phillies 3–6 Duckworth (5–5) Estes (3–6) Mesa (21) Veterans Stadium 18,422 40–41 82 July 2 @ Phillies 12–6 Astacio (8–3) Adams (4–6) — Veterans Stadium 20,826 41–41 83 July 3 @ Phillies 7–8 Plesac (3–3) Strickland (6–5) Mesa (22) Veterans Stadium 50,396 41–42 84 July 4 @ Marlins 7–9 Tavarez (7–4) Leiter (8–7) — Pro Player Stadium 15,765 41–43 85 July 5 @ Marlins 5–3 Bacsik (1–0) Burnett (8–6) Benitez (20) Pro Player Stadium 11,498 42–43 86 July 6 @ Marlins 2–5 Tejera (5–1) Estes (3–7) Almanza (1) Pro Player Stadium 21,038 42–44 87 July 7 @ Marlins 9–3 Roberts (2–0) Mairena (2–2) — Pro Player Stadium 12,063 43–44 73rd All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 88 July 11 Phillies 9–1 Guthrie (3–0) Cormier (4–5) — Shea Stadium 32,026 44–44 89 July 12 Phillies 8–9 Person (4–5) D'Amico (4–8) — Shea Stadium 49,424 44–45 90 July 13 Phillies 6–7 (12) Mercado (2–1) Strickland (6–6) Silva (1) Shea Stadium 51,470 44–46 91 July 14 Phillies 4–2 Astacio (9–3) Duckworth (5–7) Benitez (21) Shea Stadium 40,463 45–46 92 July 15 Marlins 8–3 Bacsik (2–0) Penny (3–4) — Shea Stadium 39,706 46–46 93 July 16 Marlins 10–5 Leiter (9–7) Beckett (2–4) — Shea Stadium 38,665 47–46 94 July 17 @ Expos 9–6 Guthrie (4–0) Stewart (3–2) — Olympic Stadium 13,402 48–46 95 July 18 @ Expos 1–2 Colon (13–4) Corey (0–2) — Olympic Stadium 13,797 48–47 96 July 19 @ Reds 4–2 Astacio (10–3) Fernandez (1–1) Benitez (22) Cinergy Field 28,213 49–47 97 July 20 @ Reds 8–7 Weathers (3–3) Reitsma (4–8) Benitez (23) Cinergy Field 40,168 50–47 98 July 21 @ Reds 1–9 Dessens (7–5) Leiter (9–8) — Cinergy Field 27,309 50–48 99 July 22 Expos 5–2 Weathers (4–3) Ohka (8–5) Benitez (24) Shea Stadium 23,655 51–48 100 July 23 Expos 4–3 D'Amico (5–8) Colon (13–5) Benitez (25) Shea Stadium 36,289 52–48 101 July 24 Expos 1–2 Vazquez (8–6) Estes (3–8) Stewart (13) Shea Stadium 28,526 52–49 102 July 26 Reds 3–2 Guthrie (5–0) Riedling (0–1) — Shea Stadium 46,466 53–49 103 July 27 Reds 1–2 (11) Graves (4–3) Corey (0–3) — Shea Stadium 46,998 53–50 104 July 28 Reds 6–5 Trachsel (7–7) Williamson (2–3) Benitez (26) Shea Stadium 37,391 54–50 105 July 30 Astros 3–16 Saarloos (3–2) D'Amico (5–9) — Shea Stadium 33,492 54–51 106 July 31 Astros 10–0 Estes (4–8) Mlicki (3–7) — Shea Stadium 39,423 55–51
August: (6–21) Home: 0–13; Away: 6–8 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 107 August 1 Astros 1–3 Oswalt (12–6) Astacio (10–4) Wagner (21) Shea Stadium 29,865 55–52 – August 2 Diamondbacks Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 3 108 August 3 (1) Diamondbacks 5–8 (10) Kim (5–2) Strickland (6–7) — Shea Stadium N/A 55–53 109 August 3 (2) Diamondbacks 2–9 Batista (6–7) Thomson (7–9) — Shea Stadium 49,384 55–54 110 August 4 Diamondbacks 7–12 Koplove (3–0) Guthrie (5–1) Kim (27) Shea Stadium 40,515 55–55 111 August 5 Diamondbacks 0–2 Johnson (16–4) Estes (4–9) — Shea Stadium 47,190 55–56 112 August 6 @ Brewers 5–1 Astacio (11–4) Sheets (5–14) — Miller Park 26,995 56–56 113 August 7 @ Brewers 2–6 Rusch (6–11) D'Amico (5–10) — Miller Park 30,095 56–57 114 August 8 @ Brewers 9–0 Trachsel (8–7) Wright (4–11) — Miller Park 35,042 57–57 115 August 9 @ Cardinals 2–1 Leiter (10–8) Matthews (2–1) Benitez (27) Busch Stadium 44,299 58–57 116 August 10 @ Cardinals 4–5 Veres (5–7) Reed (2–5) Isringhausen (26) Busch Stadium 44,934 58–58 117 August 11 @ Cardinals 0–9 Finley (7–13) Astacio (11–5) — Busch Stadium 36,896 58–59 118 August 13 Padres 2–7 Peavy (4–4) Trachsel (8–8) Hoffman (29) Shea Stadium 31,672 58–60 119 August 14 Padres 2–6 Lawrence (11–6) Leiter (10–9) Hoffman (30) Shea Stadium 26,210 58–61 120 August 15 Padres 3–5 Tomko (6–8) Thomson (7–10) Hoffman (31) Shea Stadium 27,182 58–62 121 August 16 Dodgers 2–3 Brown (3–3) Guthrie (5–2) Gagne (42) Shea Stadium 35,089 58–63 122 August 17 Dodgers 4–10 Perez (11–8) Astacio (11–6) — Shea Stadium 50,763 58–64 123 August 18 Dodgers 1–2 Ashby (9–9) Trachsel (8–9) Gagne (43) Shea Stadium 42,386 58–65 124 August 20 @ Giants 0–1 Schmidt (8–6) Leiter (10–10) — Pacific Bell Park 41,283 58–66 125 August 21 @ Giants 1–3 Rueter (11–7) Thomson (7–11) Nen (30) Pacific Bell Park 41,021 58–67 126 August 22 @ Giants 1–3 Jensen (11–8) Bacsik (2–1) Nen (31) Pacific Bell Park 41,207 58–68 127 August 23 @ Rockies 4–10 Jennings (15–5) Astacio (11–7) — Coors Field 29,110 58–69 128 August 24 @ Rockies 5–2 Weathers (5–3) Jimenez (2–9) Benitez (28) Coors Field 35,178 59–69 129 August 25 @ Rockies 7–4 Leiter (11–10) Neagle (7–8) Benitez (29) Coors Field 27,386 60–69 130 August 27 @ Marlins 10–5 Thomson (8–11) Tejera (8–6) — Pro Player Stadium 6,448 61–69 131 August 28 @ Marlins 3–7 Almanza (3–2) Strickland (6–8) — Pro Player Stadium 6,909 61–70 132 August 30 Phillies 5–7 Padilla (14–8) Astacio (11–8) Mesa (39) Shea Stadium 30,976 61–71 133 August 31 Phillies 0–1 Wolf (10–7) Trachsel (8–10) — Shea Stadium 30,733 61–72
September: (14–14) Home: 8–7; Away: 6–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 134 September 1 Phillies 5–9 Myers (3–3) Leiter (11–11) — Shea Stadium 28,781 61–73 – September 2 Marlins Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 3 135 September 3 (1) Marlins 2–3 (12) Looper (1–5) Strickland (6–9) — Shea Stadium N/A 61–74 136 September 3 (2) Marlins 11–5 Bacsik (3–1) Wayne (0–1) — Shea Stadium 21,007 62–74 137 September 4 Marlins 11–3 Astacio (12–8) Tavarez (10–11) — Shea Stadium 28,473 63–74 138 September 5 Marlins 4–1 Trachsel (9–10) Penny (6–5) Benitez (30) Shea Stadium 31,211 64–74 139 September 6 @ Phillies 7–2 Leiter (12–11) Myers (3–4) — Veterans Stadium 16,335 65–74 140 September 7 @ Phillies 5–4 Walker (1–0) Roa (3–3) Benitez (31) Veterans Stadium 21,747 66–74 141 September 8 @ Phillies 11–3 Thomson (9–11) Duckworth (6–9) — Veterans Stadium 20,047 67–74 142 September 9 @ Phillies 6–4 D'Amico (6–10) Timlin (4–5) Benitez (32) Veterans Stadium 13,514 68–74 143 September 10 @ Braves 6–12 Hodges (1–0) Astacio (12–9) — Turner Field 28,214 68–75 144 September 11 (1) @ Braves 5–8 Millwood (17–6) Trachsel (9–11) Smoltz (50) Turner Field 19,802 68–76 145 September 11 (2) @ Braves 5–0 Leiter (13–11) Marquis (8–9) — Turner Field 26,734 69–76 146 September 12 @ Expos 8–2 Middlebrook (2–3) Ohka (13–8) — Olympic Stadium 4,147 70–76 147 September 13 @ Expos 8–11 Colon (19–7) Thomson (9–12) Smith (1) Olympic Stadium 7,219 70–77 148 September 14 @ Expos 4–5 Armas (10–12) Bacsik (3–2) Smith (2) Olympic Stadium 17,278 70–78 149 September 15 @ Expos 1–10 Vazquez (10–13) Astacio (12–10) — Olympic Stadium 16,608 70–79 150 September 17 Cubs 3–1 Weathers (6–3) Cruz (2–11) — Shea Stadium 36,772 71–79 151 September 18 Cubs 2–1 Trachsel (10–11) Wood (11–10) Benitez (33) Shea Stadium 28,190 72–79 152 September 19 Cubs 3–2 (12) Roberts (3–0) Cunnane (1–1) — Shea Stadium 34,664 73–79 153 September 20 Expos 1–6 Armas (11–12) Thomson (9–13) — Shea Stadium 23,675 73–80 154 September 21 Expos 6–3 (11) Benitez (1–0) Smith (1–1) — Shea Stadium 30,946 74–80 155 September 22 Expos 1–5 Day (4–1) Leiter (13–12) — Shea Stadium 36,730 74–81 156 September 24 @ Pirates 3–6 Sauerbeck (5–4) Guthrie (5–3) Williams (45) PNC Park 13,249 74–82 157 September 25 @ Pirates 3–4 Villone (4–6) Roberts (3–1) Williams (46) PNC Park 11,641 74–83 – September 26 @ Pirates Cancelled (rain) 158 September 27 (1) Braves 1–3 Maddux (16–6) Thomson (9–14) Smoltz (54) Shea Stadium N/A 74–84 159 September 27 (2) Braves 4–7 Millwood (18–8) Astacio (12–11) — Shea Stadium 33,527 74–85 160 September 28 Braves 2–5 Hodges (2–0) Leiter (13–13) Smoltz (55) Shea Stadium 38,988 74–86 161 September 29 Braves 6–1 Trachsel (11–11) Remlinger (7–3) — Shea Stadium 37,721 75–86

Roster

2002 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 34 Pedro Astacio 33 Mike Bacsik 49 Armando Benítez 43 Jaime Cerda 32 Bruce Chen 27 Mark Corey 18 Jeff D'Amico 48 Kane Davis 55 Shawn Estes 55 Pedro Feliciano 53 Mark Guthrie 21 Bobby Jones 17 Satoru Komiyama 22 Al Leiter 27 Jason Middlebrook 39 Steve Reed 36 Grant Roberts 38 Jae Seo 38 Pat Strange 25 Scott Strickland 50 John Thomson 29 Steve Trachsel 43 Pete Walker 46 Tyler Walker 35 David Weathers		Catchers  7 Jason Phillips 31 Mike Piazza  3 Vance Wilson Infielders 13 Edgardo Alfonzo 12 Roberto Alomar  5 Mark Johnson 10 Rey Ordóñez 26 Marco Scutaro  4 John Valentin 42 Mo Vaughn  9 Ty Wigginton		Outfielders 20 Jeromy Burnitz 19 Roger Cedeño 23 McKay Christensen 15 Brady Clark 21 Raul González 21 Mark Little 25 Gary Matthews, Jr. 47 Joe McEwing 44 Jay Payton  6 Timo Pérez 23 Esix Snead 40 Tony Tarasco		Manager  2 Bobby Valentine Coaches 51 Chris Chambliss (hitting) 53 Dave Engle (hitting)  8 Matt Galante (third base) 54 Charlie Hough (pitching) 60 Juan Lopez 52 Randy Niemann (bullpen) 57 Tom Robson (bench)  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	135	478	134	.280	33	98
1B	Mo Vaughn	139	487	126	.259	26	72
2B	Roberto Alomar	149	590	157	.266	11	53
SS	Rey Ordóñez	144	460	117	.254	1	42
3B	Edgardo Alfonzo	135	490	151	.308	16	56
LF	Roger Cedeño	149	511	133	.260	7	41
CF	Timo Pérez	136	444	131	.295	8	47
RF	Jeromy Burnitz	154	479	103	.215	19	54

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
Jay Payton	87	275	78	.284	8	31
John Valentin	114	208	50	.240	3	30
Joe McEwing	105	196	39	.199	3	26
Vance Wilson	74	163	40	.245	5	26
Ty Wigginton	46	116	35	.302	6	18
Tony Tarasco	60	96	24	.250	6	15
Raúl González	30	81	21	.259	3	11
Mark Johnson	42	51	7	.137	1	4
Marco Scutaro	27	36	8	.222	1	6
Jason Phillips	11	19	7	.368	1	3
Esix Snead	17	13	4	.308	1	3
Brady Clark	10	12	5	.417	0	1
McKay Christensen	4	3	1	.333	0	0
Mark Little	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Gary Matthews Jr.	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Leiter	33	204.1	13	13	3.48	172
Pedro Astacio	31	191.2	12	11	4.79	152
Steve Trachsel	30	173.2	11	11	3.37	105
Jeff D'Amico	29	145.2	6	10	4.94	101
Shawn Estes	23	132.2	4	9	4.55	92
Mike Bacsik	11	55.2	3	2	4.37	30
John Thomson	9	54.1	2	6	4.31	31
Jason Middlebrook	3	16.0	1	0	3.94	14

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tyler Walker	5	10.2	1	0	5.91	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Armando Benítez	62	1	0	33	2.27	79
David Weathers	71	6	3	0	2.91	61
Scott Strickland	68	6	9	2	3.59	67
Mark Guthrie	68	5	3	1	2.44	44
Grant Roberts	34	3	1	0	2.20	31
Jaime Cerda	32	0	0	0	2.45	21
Satoru Komiyama	25	0	3	0	5.61	33
Steve Reed	24	0	1	0	2.08	14
Kane Davis	16	1	1	0	7.07	24
Bobby Jones	12	0	0	0	5.29	11
Mark Corey	12	0	3	0	4.50	9
Pedro Feliciano	6	0	0	0	7.50	4
Pat Strange	5	0	0	0	1.13	4
Jae Weong Seo	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Pete Walker	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Bruce Chen	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League	Bobby Floyd
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Howie Freiling
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	Howard Johnson
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Joey Cora

External links

• 2002 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
• 2002 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com