2000 New York Mets season

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.

2000 New York Mets
National League Champions
National League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record94–68 (.580)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Nelson Doubleday Jr., Fred Wilpon
General manager(s)Steve Phillips
Manager(s)Bobby Valentine
Local televisionWPIX-TV/Fox Sports New York
(Ralph Kiner, Tom Seaver, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne)
Local radioWFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ed Coleman)
WADO (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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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, March 29. The Mets played the Chicago Cubs in front of over 55,000 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, 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 9567 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
New York Mets 9468 0.580 1 55–26 39–42
Florida Marlins 7982 0.491 15½ 43–38 36–44
Montreal Expos 6795 0.414 28 37–44 30–51
Philadelphia Phillies 6597 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 —3–65–42–57–64–56–17–64–54–52–78–17–29–46–75–46–9
Atlanta 6–3—4–52–55–46–65–47–26–36–77–68–55–28–16–33–411–7
Chicago 4–55–4—4–84–51–65–73–66–74–52–56–33–93–54–53–108–7
Cincinnati 5–25–28–4—6–33–67–54–55–8–16–35–43–47–64–53–67–67–8
Colorado 6–74–55–43–6—4–55–44–94–57–23–66–37–27–66–75–36–6
Florida 5–46–66–16–35–4—3–52–73–47–66–69–45–42–73–63–68–9
Houston 1–64–57–55–74–55–3—3–67–64–52–55–410–32–71–86–66–9
Los Angeles 6–72–76–35–49–47–26–3—3–45–34–55–44–58–57–53–66–9
Milwaukee 5–43–67–68–5–15–44–36–74–3—4–52–72–57–52–73–65–76–9
Montreal 5–47–65–43–62–76–75–43–55–4—3–95–73–43–63–62–57–11
New York 7–26–75–24–56–36–65–25–47–29–3—6–77–23–63–56–39–9
Philadelphia 1–85–83–64–33–64–94–54–55–27–57–6—3–62–52–72–79–9
Pittsburgh 2–72–59–36–72–74–53–105–45–74–32–76–3—7–22–64–86–9
San Diego 4–91–85–35–46–77–27–25–87–26–36–35–22–7—5–70–95–10
San Francisco 7–63–65–46–37–66–38–15–76–36–35–37–26–27–5—5–48–7
St. Louis 4–54–310–36–73–56–36–66–37–55–23–67–28–49–04–5—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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CMike Piazza136482156.32438113
1BTodd Zeile153544146.2682279
2BEdgardo Alfonzo150544176.3242594
SSRey Ordóñez4513325.18809
3BRobin Ventura141469109.2322484
LFBenny Agbayani119350101.2891560
CFJay Payton149488142.2911762
RFDerek Bell144546145.2661869

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Melvin Mora7921556.260630
Todd Pratt8016044.275825
Kurt Abbott7915734.217612
Joe McEwing8715334.222219
Lenny Harris7613842.304313
Matt Franco10113432.239214
Mike Bordick5619250.260421
Darryl Hamilton4310529.27616
Rickey Henderson319621.21902
Jon Nunnally487414.18926
Bubba Trammell365613.232312
Timo Pérez244914.28613
Jason Tyner13418.19505
Mark Johnson21224.18216
Jorge Toca873.42904
Jorge Velandia1570.00000
David Lamb751.20000
Vance Wilson440.00000
Mike Kinkade220.00000
Ryan McGuire120.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Hampton33217.215103.14151
Al Leiter31208.01683.20200
Rick Reed30184.01154.11121
Glendon Rusch31190.211114.01157
Bobby J. Jones27154.21165.0685
Dennis Springer211.1018.745
Bill Pulsipher26.20212.157

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Armando Benítez7676.044412.61106
Pat Mahomes5394.05305.4676
Turk Wendell7782.28613.5973
Dennis Cook6859.06325.3453
John Franco6255.25443.4056
Rich Rodriguez32370107.7818
Rick White2228.12313.8120
Bobby Jones1121.20104.1520
Eric Cammack8100006.309
Jim Mann22.200010.130
Jerrod Riggan120000.001
Derek Bell1100036.000

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Grant Roberts470011.576

Playoffs

NLDS
Main article: 2000 National League Division Series
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
Main article: 2000 National League Championship Series
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
Main article: 2000 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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

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References
  1. Jesse Orosco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Charlie Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. "Curtis Pride Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  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. "Justin Huber Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. Mike Bordick Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. "Jorge Velandia Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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