2004 New York Mets season

2004 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)	Jim Duquette
Manager(s)	Art Howe
Local television	WPIX; (Tom Seaver, Dave O'Brien); Fox Sports New York/MSG; (Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Matt Loughlin, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez)
Local radio	WFAN ; (Howie Rose, Gary Cohen); WADO (spanish); (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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The New York Mets' 2004 season was the 43rd regular season for the Mets. They went 71-91 and finished 4th in the NL East. They were managed by Art Howe. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets.^[1]
January 16, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[2]
January 29, 2004: Shane Spencer signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[3]
February 9, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[4]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 3, 2004: Kenny Kelly was released by the New York Mets.^[2]
April 7, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was released by the New York Mets.^[4]
April 16, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.^[4]
June 17, 2004: Dave Weathers was traded by the New York Mets with Jeremy Griffiths to the Houston Astros for Richard Hidalgo.^[5]
July 30, 2004: Justin Huber was traded by the New York Mets to the Kansas City Royals for José Bautista.^[6]
July 30, 2004: Scott Kazmir was traded by the New York Mets with Jose Diaz to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Bartolomé Fortunato and Víctor Zambrano.^[7]
July 30, 2004: Ty Wigginton, José Bautista and Matt Peterson were traded by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kris Benson and Jeff Keppinger.
August 6, 2004: Shane Spencer was released by the New York Mets.^[3]

Game Log

Green indicates a win, red indicates a loss, and gray indicates a postponement.

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	April 6	@ Atlanta	7-2	Glavine (1-0)	Ortiz (0-1)		49,460	1-0	W1
2	April 7	@ Atlanta	18-10	Gryboski (1-0)	Trachsel (0-1)		22,775	1-1	L1
3	April 8	@ Atlanta	10-8	Cunnane (1-0)	Franco (0-1)	Smoltz (1)	26,585	1-2	L2
4	April 9	@ Montreal	3-2	Weathers (1-0)	Ayala (0-2)	Moreno (1)	14,739	2-2	W1
5	April 10	@ Montreal	1-0	Patterson (1-0)	Seo (0-1)	Biddle (2)	11,957	2-3	L1
6	April 11	@ Montreal	4-1	Glavine (2-0)	Hernandez (0-1)	Looper (1)	10,623	3-3	W1
7	April 12	Atlanta	10-6	Trachsel (1-1)	Hampton (0-1)	Looper(2)	53,666	4-3	W2
8	April 14	Atlanta	6-1	Thompson (1-0)	Yates (0-1)		15,894	4-4	L1
9	April 15	Atlanta	4-0	Leiter (1-0)	Ramirez (0-1)		33,212	5-4	W1
10	April 16	Pittsburgh	7-6	Wells (2-1)	Moreno (0-1)	Mesa (4)	18,554	5-5	L1
11	April 17	Pittsburgh	2-1	Meadows (1-0)	Trachsel (1-2)	Mesa (5)	40,172	5-6	L2
12	April 18	Pittsburgh	8-1	Benson (2-0)	Seo (0-2)		44,345	5-7	L3
13	April 19	Montreal	4-1	Yates (1-1)	Ohka (0-3)	Looper (3)	14,002	6-7	W1
14	April 20	Montreal	2-1	Day (1-1)	Weathers (1-1)	Biddle (3)	14,513	6-8	L1
15	April 21	Montreal	2-1	Hernandez (1-2)	Glavine (2-1)	Biddle (4)	23,565	6-9	L2
16	April 22	Montreal	3-2	Trachsel (2-2)	Bentz (0-1)	Looper (4)	15,062	7-9	W1
17	April 23	Chicago	3-1	Maddux (1-2)	Seo (1-3)	Borowski (3)	38,862	7-10	L1
18	April 24	Chicago	3-0	Wood (3-1)	Yates (1-2)	Hawkins (1)	39,043	7-11	L2
19	April 25	Chicago	4-1	Clement (3-1)	Leiter (1-1)	Borowski (4)	38,635	7-12	L3
20	April 27	LA Dodgers	9-5	Glavine (3-1)	Nomo (3-2)		28,524	8-12	W1
21	April 28	LA Dodgers	3-2	Perez (2-1)	Trachsel (2-3)	Gagne (6)	29,319	8-13	L1
22	April 29	LA Dodgers	6-1	Seo (1-3)	Weaver (1-3)		32,067	9-13	W1
23	April 30	San Diego	7-6	Lawrence (3-2)	Yates (1-3)	Otsuka (1)	41,971	9-14	L1

May

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
24	May 1	@ San Diego	3-1	Peavy (2-1)	Franco (0-2)	Hoffman (7)	42,064	9-15	L2
25	May 2	@ San Diego	6-2	Glavine (4-1)	Valdez (3-1)		41,965	10-15	W1
26	May 4	San Francisco	6-2	Trachsel (3-3)	Tomko (1-2)		30,532	11-15	W2
27	May 5	San Francisco	8-2	Weathers (2-1)	Rodriguez (1-2)		19,974	12-15	W3
28	May 6	San Francisco	2-1	Weathers (3-1)	Brower (0-2)		23,314	13-15	W4
29	May 7	Milwaukee	7-5	Davis (2-2)	Glavine (4-2)		27,841	13-16	L1
30	May 8	Milwaukee	6-4	Kinney (1-2)	Yates (1-4)	Kolb (6)	29,212	13-17	L2
31	May 9	Milwaukee	6-5	Wheeler (1-0)	Ford (1-1)		29,686	14-17	W1
32	May 10	@ Arizona	12-8	Daigle (2-1)	Baldwin (0-1)		28,638	14-18	L1
33	May 11	@ Arizona	9-5	Bruney (1-0)	Leiter (1-2)		34,263	14-19	L2
34	May 12	@ Arizona	1-0	Glavine (5-2)	Johnson (3-4)	Looper (5)	27,750	15-19	W1
35	May 13	@ Arizona	7-4	Seo (2-3)	Webb (2-3)	Looper (6)	25,573	16-19	W2
36	May 14	@ Houston	8-3	Trachsel (4-3)	Oswalt (2-2)		35,849	17-19	W3
37	May 15	@ Houston	7-4	Pettitte (4-1)	Baldwin (0-2)	Dotel (7)	42,581	17-20	L1
38	May 16	@ Houston	3-2	Wheeler (2-0)	Backe (1-1)		43,247	18-20	W1
39	May 18	St. Louis	5-4	Bottalico (1-0)	Isringhausen (2-1)		28,880	19-20	W2
40	May 19	St. Louis	1-0	Eldred (1-0)	Stanton (0-1)	Kline (1)	20,229	19-21	L1
41	May 20	St. Louis	11-4	Marquis (3-3)	Seo (2-4)		21,874	19-22	L2
42	May 21	Colorado	9-7	Ginter (1-0)	Young (0-1)		20,148	20-22	W1
43	May 22	Colorado	5-4	Weathers (4-1)	Nunez (3-2)	Looper (7)	27,526	21-22	W2
44	May 23	Colorado	4-0	Glavine (6-2)	Estes (3-3)		37,486	22-22	W3
45	May 25	Philadelphia	5-0	Trachsel (5-3)	Milton (5-1)		29,385	23-22	W4
46	May 26	Philadelphia	7-4	Hernandez (1-1)	Franco (0-3)	Worrell (6)	20,349	23-23	L1
47	May 28	@ Florida	2-1	Willis (5-3)	Glavine (6-3)	Benitez (19)	25,299	23-24	L2
48	May 29	@ Florida	3-2	Wayne (3-1)	Looper (0-1)		31,325	23-25	L3
49	May 30	@ Florida	8-6	Borland (1-0)	Stanton (0-2)	Benitez (20)	30,896	23-26	L4
50	May 31	@ Philadelphia	5-3	Moreno (1-1)	Myers (3-3)	Looper (8)	43,620	24-26	W1

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
51	June 1	@ Philadelphia	4-1	Bottalico (2-0)	Worrell (1-2)	Looper (9)	34,436	25-26	W2
52	June 2	@ Philadelphia	5-3	Weathers (5-1)	Hernandez (1-2)	Looper (10)	37,625	26-26	W3
53	June 3	Florida	4-1	Seo (3-4)	Burnett (0-1)	Looper (11)	20,832	27-26	W4
54	June 4	Florida	5-1	Pavano (5-2)	Trachsel (5-4)	Benitez (21)	23,266	27-27	L1
55	June 5	Florida	7-6	Perisho (4-2)	Weathers (5-2)	Benitez (22)	24,803	27-28	L2
56	June 6	Florida	5-2	Leiter (2-2)	Penny (6-3)		25,835	28-28	W1
57	June 8	@ Minnesota	2-1	Rincon (7-3)	Stanton (0-3)		16,181	28-29	L1
58	June 9	@ Minnesota	5-3	Santana (3-4)	Trachsel (5-5)	Nathan (16)	17,507	28-30	L2
59	June 10	@ Minnesota	3-2	Balfour (1-0)	Bottalico (2-1)		16,706	28-31	L3
60	June 11	@ Kansas City	7-5	May (3-8)	Seo (3-5)	Affeldt (8)	23,243	28-32	L4
61	June 12	@ Kansas City	4-3	Affeldt (2-3)	Weathers (5-3)		23,890	28-33	L5
62	June 13	@ Kansas City	5-2	Glavine (7-3)	Greinke (1-2)	Looper (12)	24,632	29-33	W1
63	June 15	Cleveland	7-2	Trachsel (6-5)	Davis (1-5)		22,783	30-33	W2
64	June 16	Cleveland	9-1	Sabathia (4-3)	Ginter (1-1)		29,512	30-34	L1
65	June 17	Cleveland	6-2	Bottalico (3-1)	White (3-2)		17,675	31-34	W1
66	June 18	Detroit	3-2	Looper (1-1)	Patterson (0-4)		36,141	32-34	W2
67	June 19	Detroit	4-3	Looper (2-1)	Dingman (1-1)		36,925	33-34	W3
68	June 20	Detroit	6-1	Trachsel (7-5)	Bonderman (5-6)		39,446	34-34	W4
69	June 22	Cincinnati	7-4	Franco (1-3)	Wilson (7-1)	Looper (13)	19,301	35-34	W5
70	June 23	Cincinnati	6-4	Matthews (2-1)	Franco (1-4)	Graves (28)	32,423	35-35	L1
71	June 24	Cincinnati	6-2	Lidle (5-5)	Glavine (6-4)		23,827	35-36	L2
–	June 25	@ NY Yankees	POSTPONED
72	June 26	@ NY Yankees	9-3	Leiter (3-3)	Halsey (1-1)		55,303	36-36	W1
73	June 27	@ NY Yankees	8-1	Contreras (5-3)	Trachsel (7-6)	Gordon (2)	37,305	36-37	L1
74	June 27	@ NY Yankees	11-6	Mussina (9-4)	Ginter (1-2)		55,387	36-38	L2
75	June 29	@ Cincinnati	7-5	Seo (4-5)	Van Poppel (3-3)	Looper (14)	27,858	37-38	W1
76	June 30	@ Cincinnati	2-0	Lidle (6-5)	Glavine (7-5)	Graves (30)	42,076	37-39	L1

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
77	July 1	@ Cincinnati	7-6	Leiter (4-2)	Acevedo (4-7)	Looper (15)	31,633	38-39	W1
78	July 2	NY Yankees	11-2	Trachsel (8-6)	Mussina (9-5)		55,068	39-39	W2
79	July 3	NY Yankees	10-9	Franco (2-4)	Sturtze (3-1)		55,210	40-39	W3
80	July 4	NY Yankees	6-5	Moreno (2-1)	Gordon (2-3)	Looper (16)	55,437	41-39	W4
81	July 5	@ Philadelphia	6-5	Madson (6-2)	Glavine (7-6)	Wagner (13)	41,571	41-40	L1
82	July 6	@ Philadelphia	4-1	Leiter (5-2)	Wolf (3-4)	Looper (17)	36,230	42-40	W1
83	July 7	@ Philadelphia	10-1	Trachsel (9-6)	Myers (5-6)		37,687	43-40	W2
84	July 8	@ Philadelphia	5-4	Wagner (2-0)	Franco (2-5)		42,601	43-41	L1
85	July 9	@ Florida	6-3	Wheeler (3-0)	Manzanillo (1-2)	Looper (18)	25,117	44-41	W1
86	July 10	@ Florida	5-2	Penny (8-7)	Glavine (7-7)	Benitez (29)	41,212	44-42	L1
87	July 11	@ Florida	5-2	Willis (7-5)	Leiter (5-3)	Benitez (30)	25,735	44-43	L2
88	July 15	Philadelphia	3-2	Parra (1-0)	Hernandez (1-3)		36,803	45-43	W1
89	July 16	Philadelphia	5-1	Millwood (7-5)	Seo (4-6)	Wagner (14)	42,584	45-44	L1
90	July 17	Philadelphia	8-2	Wolf (4-5)	Glavine (7-8)		35,425	45-45	L2
91	July 18	Philadelphia	6-1	Leiter (6-3)	Myers (5-7)	Looper (19)	30,443	46-45	W1
92	July 19	Florida	6-5	Manzanillo (2-2)	Looper (2-2)	Benitez (31)	23,176	46-46	L1
93	July 20	Florida	9-7	Howard (1-1)	Franco (2-6)	Benitez (32)	25,295	46-47	L2
94	July 21	Montreal	5-4	Moreno (3-1)	Horgan (3-1)	Looper (20)	30,227	47-47	W1
95	July 22	Montreal	4-1	Ayala (2-6)	Franco (2-7)	Cordero (8)	27,637	47-48	L1
–	July 23	Atlanta	POSTPONED
96	July 24	Atlanta	5-2	Thompson (8-7)	Stanton (0-4)	Smoltz (19)	33,166	47-49	L2
97	July 25	Atlanta	4-3	Hampton (6-8)	Trachsel (9-7)	Smoltz (20)	32,542	47-50	L3
98	July 26	@ Montreal	19-10	Ayala (3-6)	Erickson (0-1)		6,643	47-51	L4
99	July 27	@ Montreal	4-2	Glavine (8-8)	Day (5-10)	Looper (21)	7,147	48-51	W1
100	July 28	@ Montreal	7-4	Tucker (1-1)	Seo (4-7)	Cordero (10)	6,852	48-52	L1
101	July 29	@ Montreal	10-1	Leiter (7-3)	Biddle (2-5)		20,042	49-52	W1
102	July 30	@ Atlanta	3-1	Hampton (7-8)	Trachsel (9-8)	Smoltz (24)	40,913	49-53	L1
103	July 31	@ Atlanta	8-0	Wright (9-5)	Benson (8-9)		51,125	49-54	L2

August

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
104	August 1	@ Atlanta	6-5	Byrd (3-3)	Glavine (8-9)	Smoltz (25)	34,203	49-55	L3
105	August 3	@ Milwaukee	12-3	Leiter (8-3)	Capuano (5-6)		22,306	50-55	W1
106	August 4	@ Milwaukee	6-5	Feliciano (1-0)	Adams (1-1)	Looper (22)	18,196	51-55	W2
107	August 5	@ Milwaukee	11-6	Zambrano (10-7)	Santos (9-7)		32,225	52-55	W3
108	August 6	@ St. Louis	6-4	Morris (12-7)	Glavine (8-10)	Isringhausen (29)	43,949	52-56	L1
109	August 7	@ St. Louis	2-1	Tavarez (4-3)	Stanton (0-5)		45,364	52-57	L2
110	August 8	@ St. Louis	6-2	Marquis (12-4)	Leiter (8-4)	Tavarez (3)	43,578	52-58	L3
111	August 10	Houston	7-3	Trachsel (10-8)	Munro (2-4)		28,472	53-58	W1
112	August 11	Houston	5-4	Lidge (3-5)	Looper (2-3)	Bullinger (1)	32,060	53-59	L1
113	August 12	Houston	2-1	Zambrano (11-7)	Weathers (6-7)	Looper (23)	26,419	54-59	W1
114	August 13	Arizona	10-6	Benson (9-9)	Fossum (2-12)		22,124	55-59	W2
115	August 14	Arizona	4-3	Leiter (9-4)	Gonzalez (0-6)	Looper (24)	37,599	56-59	W3
116	August 15	Arizona	2-0	Johnson (12-10)	Trachsel (10-9)	Aquino (4)	36,590	56-60	L1
117	August 17	@ Colorado	6-4	Jennings (11-10)	Wheeler (3-1)	Chacon (30)	34,387	56-61	L2
–	August 18	@ Colorado	POSTPONED
118	August 19	@ Colorado	10-3	Benson (10-9)	Estes (13-5)		30,827	57-61	W1
119	August 19	@ Colorado	4-2	Stanton (1-5)	Reed (3-3)		29,918	58-61	W2
120	August 20	@ San Francisco	7-3	Lowry (3-0)	Trachsel (10-10)		42,211	58-62	L1
121	August 21	@ San Francisco	11-9	Stanton (2-5)	Correia (0-1)	Fortunato (1)	42,418	59-62	W1
122	August 22	@ San Francisco	3-1	Reuter (7-9)	Ginter (1-3)	Hermanson (5)	42,359	59-63	L1
123	August 23	San Diego	9-4	Peavy (10-3)	Heilman (0-1)		25,475	59-64	L2
124	August 24	San Diego	3-1	Wells (8-7)	Benson (10-10)	Hoffman (32)	25,558	59-65	L3
125	August 25	San Diego	4-0	Lawrence (13-10)	Leiter (9-5)		28,067	59-66	L4
126	August 26	San Diego	10-3	Eaton (9-11)	Trachsel (10-11)		27,621	59-67	L5
127	August 27	LA Dodgers	9-2	Glavine (9-10)	Alvarez (7-5)		42,694	60-67	W1
128	August 28	LA Dodgers	4-2	Carrara (4-1)	Stanton (2-6)	Gagne (36)	40,660	60-68	L1
129	August 29	LA Dodgers	10-2	Ishii (13-6)	Benson (10-11)		33,582	60-69	L2
130	August 30	Florida	6-4	Seanez (2-2)	Bell (0-1)	Benitez (39)	16,468	60-70	L3
131	August 31	Florida	5-0	Beckett (6-8)	Trachsel (10-12)		17,770	60-71	L4

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
132	September 1	Florida	5-4	Valdez (12-7)	Glavine (9-11)	Benitez (40)	19,621	60-72	L5
133	September 2	Florida	9-6	Pavano (16-5)	Seo (4-8)		24,937	60-73	L6
134	September 3	@ Philadelphia	8-1	Floyd (1-0)	Bell (0-2)		37,267	60-74	L7
135	September 4	@ Philadelphia	7-0	Lidle (9-12)	Leiter (9-6)		43,089	60-75	L8
136	September 5	@ Philadelphia	4-2	Myers (8-9)	Trachsel (10-13)	Worrell (17)	43,628	60-76	L9
137	September 7	@ Florida	7-3	Burnett (6-6)	Glavine (9-12)		14,308	60-77	L10
138	September 8	@ Florida	3-0	Beckett (7-8)	Seo (4-9)	Benitez (41)	14,691	60-78	L11
139	September 9	@ Florida	4-0	Benson (11-11)	Valdez (12-8)		13,102	61-78	W1
140	September 10	Philadelphia	9-5	Jones (10-5)	Bottalico (3-2)		27,827	61-79	L1
141	September 11	Philadelphia	11-9	Hernandez (3-5)	Darensbourg (0-1)	Rodriguez (1)	21,718	61-80	L2
142	September 12	Philadelphia	4-2	Padilla (6-7)	Glavine (9-13)	Worrell (19)	23,391	61-81	L3
143	September 13	Atlanta	9-7	Heilman (1-1)	Wright (14-7)		<1,000	62-81	W1
144	September 13	Atlanta	7-1	Byrd (7-5)	Seo (4-10)		21,476	62-82	L1
145	September 14	Atlanta	7-0	Benson (12-11)	Ortiz (14-8)		21,545	63-82	W1
146	September 15	Atlanta	2-0	Thompson (12-8)	Leiter (9-7)	Smoltz (38)	29,704	63-83	L1
147	September 16	Atlanta	9-4	Trachsel (11-13)	Capellan (0-1)		19,885	64-83	W1
–	September 17	@ Pittsburgh	POSTPONED
148	September 18	@ Pittsburgh	8-7	Yates (2-4)	Torres (7-5)	Looper (25)	19,236	65-83	W2
149	September 19	@ Pittsburgh	1-0	Vogelsong (6-12)	Heilman (1-2)	Mesa (40)	N/A	65-84	L1
150	September 19	@ Pittsburgh	6-1	Williams (2-1)	Benson (12-12)		18,219	65-85	L2
151	September 21	@ Montreal	6-1	Hernandez (11-14)	Leiter (9-8)		3,839	65-86	L3
152	September 22	@ Montreal	3-2	Fortunato (1-0)	Ayala (6-12)	Looper (26)	3,664	66-86	W1
153	September 23	@ Montreal	4-2	Glavine (10-13)	Ohka (3-6)	Looper (27)	11,142	67-86	W2
154	September 24	Chicago	2-1	Remlinger (1-1)	Looper (2-4)	Hawkins (24)	28,196	67-87	L1
155	September 25	Chicago	4-3	Seo (5-10)	Mercker (3-1)		34,284	68-87	W1
156	September 26	Chicago	3-2	Leiter (10-8)	Wood (8-8)	Looper (28)	36,476	69-87	W2
–	September 27	@ Atlanta	POSTPONED
157	September 28	@ Atlanta	2-1	Trachsel (12-13)	Byrd (8-6)	Looper (29)	N/A	70-87	W3
158	September 28	@ Atlanta	5-2	Colon (2-1)	Glavine (10-14)	Smoltz (42)	35,729	70-88	L1
159	September 29	@ Atlanta	6-3	Ortiz (15-9)	Heilman (1-3)	Smoltz (43)	22,000	70-89	L2

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
160	October 1	Montreal	4-2	Rauch (4-1)	Feliciano (1-1)	Cordero (14)	29,273	70-90	L3
161	October 2	Montreal	6-3	Cordero (7-3)	Looper (2-5)	Majewski (1)	30,147	70-91	L4
162	October 3	Montreal	8-1	Glavine (11-14)	Patterson (4-7)		33,569	71-91	W1

Roster

2004 New York Mets

Roster

Pitchers

38 James Baldwin

19 Heath Bell

34 Kris Benson

34,20 Ricky Bottalico

39 Vic Darensbourg

35 Mike DeJean

19 Scott Erickson

55 Pedro Feliciano

43 Bartolomé Fortunato

45 John Franco

13 Matt Ginter

47 Tom Glavine

48 Aaron Heilman

22 Al Leiter

40 Braden Looper

49 Orber Moreno

46 José Parra

36 Grant Roberts

26 Jae Seo

32 Mike Stanton

29 Steve Trachsel

35 David Weathers

39 Dan Wheeler

33 Tyler Yates

38 Víctor Zambrano

Catchers

10 Joe Hietpas

23 Jason Phillips

6 Tom Wilson

3 Vance Wilson

Infielders

9 Craig Brazell

10 Brian Buchanan

17 Wilson Delgado

12 Danny Garcia

6 Ricky Gutiérrez

6 Jeff Keppinger

11 Joe McEwing

31 Mike Piazza

7 José Reyes

9 Ty Wigginton

5 David Wright

27 Todd Zeile

Outfielders

44 Mike Cameron

50 Víctor Díaz

10 Jeff Duncan

30 Cliff Floyd

20 Karim García

15 Richard Hidalgo

1 Esix Snead

43 Shane Spencer

57 Eric Valent

21 Gerald Williams

Manager

18 Art Howe

Coaches

52 Don Baylor (bench)

53 Bobby Floyd (third base)

4 Matt Galante (infield)

51 Rick Peterson (pitching)

2 Gary Pettis (first base)

54 Rick Waits (bullpen)

15 Denny Walling (hitting)

Season standings

National League East

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	96	66	0.593	—	49–32	47–34
Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	0.531	10	42–39	44–37
Florida Marlins	83	79	0.512	13	42–38	41–41
New York Mets	71	91	0.438	25	38–43	33–48
Montreal Expos	67	95	0.414	29	35–45	32–50

Record vs. opponents

2004 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	2–4	4–2	3–3	6–13	3–4	2–4	3–16	3–3	0–6	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–12	5–14	1–5	6–12
Atlanta	4–2	—	3–3	2–4	4–2	14–5	3–3	4–3	4–2	15–4	12–7	10–9	4–2	3–3	4–3	2–4	8–10
Chicago	2–4	3–3	—	9–8	5–1	3–3	10–9	2–4	10–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	13–5	4–2	2–4	8–11	8–4
Cincinnati	3–3	4–2	8–9	—	3–3	4–2	6–11	4–2	10–8	4–2	3–3	3–3	9–10	2–4	3–3	5–14	5-7
Colorado	13–6	2–4	1–5	3–3	—	1–5	1–5	8–11	2–4	2–4	1–5	5–3	2–4	10–9	8–11	1–5	8–10
Florida	4–3	5–14	3–3	2–4	5–1	—	3–3	3–3	4–2	11–8	15–4	12–7	1–5	4–2	2–5	2–4	7–11
Houston	4–2	3–3	9–10	11–6	5–1	3-3	—	1–5	13–6	2–4	2–4	6–0	12–5	2–4	2–4	10–8	7–5
Los Angeles	16–3	3–4	4–2	2–4	11–8	3–3	5–1	—	3–3	4–3	3–3	1–5	6–0	10–9	10–9	2–4	10–8
Milwaukee	3–3	2–4	7–10	8–10	4–2	2–4	6–13	3–3	—	5–1	2–4	0–6	6–12	2–4	1–5	8–9	8–4
Montreal	6–0	4–15	3–3	2–4	4–2	8-11	4–2	3–4	1–5	—	9–10	7–12	4–2	1–6	1–5	3–3	7–11
New York	4–3	7–12	2–4	3–3	5–1	4–15	4–2	3–3	4–2	10–9	—	8–11	1–5	1–6	4–2	1–5	10–8
Philadelphia	5-1	9–10	3–3	3–3	3–5	7–12	0–6	5–1	6–0	12–7	11–8	—	3–3	5–1	2–4	3–3	9–9
Pittsburgh	4–2	2–4	5–13	10–9	4–2	5–1	5–12	0–6	12–6	2–4	5–1	3–3	—	3–3	5–1	5–12	2–10
San Diego	12–7	3–3	2–4	4–2	9–10	2–4	4–2	9–10	4–2	6–1	6–1	1–5	3–3	—	12–7	2–4	8–10
San Francisco	14–5	3–4	4–2	3–3	11–8	5–2	4–2	9–10	5–1	5–1	2–4	4–2	1–5	7–12	—	3–3	11–7
St. Louis	5–1	4–2	11–8	14–5	5–1	4-2	8–10	4–2	9–8	3–3	5–1	3–3	12–5	4–2	3–3	—	11–1

The Final Montreal Expos Game

Back in 1969, the New York Mets played the Montreal Expos in their first ever game. The game was played in New York. The Montreal Expos final game was played in New York against the Mets as well.

Scorecard

October 3, Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Montreal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
New York	1	0	2	0	1	3	0	1	x	8	11	1
W: Tom Glavine (11-14) L: John Patterson (4-7) HRs: David Wright (14), Todd Zeile (9)
Attendance: 33,569 Time:3:10

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	John Stearns
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Ken Oberkfell
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Tim Teufel
A	Capital City Bombers	South Atlantic League	Jack Lind
A-Short Season	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	Tony Tijerina
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Mookie Wilson
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	Brett Butler

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References

↑ Marco Scutaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 Shane Spencer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 3 Ricky Bottalico Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml
↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huberju01.shtml
↑ Scott Kazmir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

2004 New York Mets
2004 New York Mets at Baseball Almanac

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[1] Marco Scutaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[autogenerated3-2] 1 2 Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[autogenerated1-3] 1 2 Shane Spencer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[autogenerated2-4] 1 2 3 Ricky Bottalico Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[5] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml

[6] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huberju01.shtml

[7] Scott Kazmir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[8] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

2004 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)	Jim Duquette
Manager(s)	Art Howe
Local television	WPIX (Tom Seaver, Dave O'Brien) Fox Sports New York/MSG (Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Matt Loughlin, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez)
Local radio	WFAN (Howie Rose, Gary Cohen) WADO (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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