2012 New York Mets season

The New York Mets' 2012 season was the franchise's 51st season and its fourth in Citi Field. The team celebrated its 50th anniversary, as they became a team in 1962. Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in franchise history on June 1, 2012. The Mets missed the post season for a 6th straight year.

2012 New York Mets
The Mets celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2012.
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Wilpon
General manager(s)Sandy Alderson
Manager(s)Terry Collins
Local televisionSportsNet New York
WPIX (CW affiliate)
(Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Ralph Kiner)
Local radioWFAN (English)
New York Mets Radio Network
(Howie Rose, Josh Lewin, Ed Coleman)
WQBU-FM (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Max Perez Jiminez)
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Offseason

Shortly after the 2011 season ended, the Mets made changes to their coaching staff, keeping only pitching coach Dan Warthen and hitting coach Dave Hudgens. 3rd base coach Chip Hale went to the Oakland Athletics to join manager Bob Melvin.[1] General Manager Sandy Alderson said that the "changes were necessary for us to move forward."[2] Former A's manager Bob Geren was named to replace Hale.[3]

The additions were intended to improve the depth of the bullpen, which was sub-par in the 2011 season.[4] They added reliever Ramon Ramírez and center fielder Andrés Torres, in exchange for the starting center fielder Ángel Pagán. They also signed Frank Francisco to be their closer, and added Jon Rauch, who is the tallest current player in the major leagues, to be the set-up man for Francisco.

For 2012, the Mets made several construction changes to Citi Field's dimensions. In center field a new 8 foot wall was built in front of the 16 foot wall, coined by fans as "The Great Wall of Flushing."[5] In right field, a new wall in front of the existing Mo's Zone was also built.

The Mets overhauled their uniforms for 2012. The cream colored pinstriped uniform became the primary home uniform, while the snow white uniforms served as the alternate home uniform. The black drop-shadows were removed from the pinstriped, snow white and road gray jerseys and the black two toned cap was retired. The black jersey and all black cap was worn on a limited basis on the road and was retired at the end of the season. The Mets wore two patches, one commemorating the team's 50th anniversary and another honoring Gary Carter, who died of brain cancer on February 16, 2012.[6]

Regular season

The Mets began their 2012 season with a surprising three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves. The Mets outscored the Braves 12 to 6 in the series. During that series, Frank Francisco became the third player in major league history to record a save in every game of a season-opening series of at least three games, following Derrick Turnbow of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006 and Salomón Torres of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2007.[7]

On June 1, Johan Santana made club history by becoming the first Mets pitcher to throw a no-hitter, in an 8–0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. This was also the first no-hitter to be pitched against a defending World Series champion since a former Met, Nolan Ryan, did it against the Oakland Athletics in their 1990 pennant season while with the Texas Rangers.[8][9]

On June 27 against the Chicago Cubs, the Mets became the first major league team to hit a home run cycle. Daniel Murphy began with a two-run home run, his run in 352 at-bats, then in the fourth, then Ike Davis hit a three-run home run followed by Murphy's solo home run off of Casey Coleman, who had replaced starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija. In the sixth inning, Scott Hairston, who was typically a utility outfielder throughout the first half of the season, hit the cycle ending grand slam off of Coleman. The Mets won the game, 17–1.[10]

R.A. Dickey won the 2012 Cy Young Award, becoming the first knuckleball pitcher to do so.

Season standings

NL East standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Nationals 9864 0.605 — 50–31 48–33
Atlanta Braves 9468 0.580 4 48–33 46–35
Philadelphia Phillies 8181 0.500 17 40–41 41–40
New York Mets 7488 0.457 24 36–45 38–43
Miami Marlins 6993 0.426 29 38–43 31–50

NL Wild Card
Division leaders W L Pct.
Washington Nationals 9864 0.605
Cincinnati Reds 9765 0.599
San Francisco Giants 9468 0.580
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)		 W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves 9468 0.580 +6
St. Louis Cardinals 8874 0.543 —
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676 0.531 2
Milwaukee Brewers 8379 0.512 5
Arizona Diamondbacks 8181 0.500 7
Philadelphia Phillies 8181 0.500 7
Pittsburgh Pirates 7983 0.488 9
San Diego Padres 7686 0.469 12
New York Mets 7488 0.457 14
Miami Marlins 6993 0.426 19
Colorado Rockies 6498 0.395 24
Chicago Cubs 61101 0.377 27
Houston Astros 55107 0.340 33

Record vs. opponents
2012 National League Records

Source: MLB Standings Grid
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL HOU LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona–2–55–42–59–76–012–65–33–33–42–43–47–119–91–52–49–6
Atlanta5–2–3–41–56–14–23–314–43–312–612–63–24–33–45–18–108–10
Chicago4–54–3–4–122–48–52–42–44–134–22–48–83–31–67–101–65–10
Cincinnati5–25–112–4–5–110–52–43–39–66–23–411–76–24–36–72–57–8
Colorado7–91–64–21–5–5–28–103–45–15–22–72–48–104–142–54–32–13
Houston0–62–45–85–102–5–2–42–48–94–23–35–123–51–84–111–76–9
Los Angeles6–123–34–24–210–84–2–4–21–64–35–26–111–78-106–54–26–9
Miami3–54–144–23–34–34–22–4–4–44–128–101–45–15–22–59–95–13
Milwaukee3–33–313–46–91–59–86–14–4–3–22–511–43–42–46–93–56–9
New York4–36–122–42–62–52–43–412–42–3–10–85–24–34–44–34–148–7
Philadelphia4–26–124–24–37–23–32–510–85–28–10–3–44–32–45–29-95–10
Pittsburgh4–32–38–87–114–212–51–64–14–112–54–3–1–53–38–73–210–8
San Diego11–73–43–32–610–85–37–111–54–33–43–45–1–6–123–32–38–7
San Francisco9–94–36–13–414–48–110–82–54–24–44–23–312–6–3–31–57–8
St. Louis5–11–510–77–65–211–45–65–29–63–43–47–83–33–3–3–48–7
Washington4–210–86–15–23–47–12–49–95–314–49-92–33–25-14-3–10–8

Game log
Legend
 Mets win
 Mets loss
 Postponement
BoldMets team member
2012 Game Log

Roster
2012 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 79,54 Dave Racaniello (bullpen catcher)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Base on balls; K = Strike outs AVG = Batting average;

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits; R = Runs; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average;

Player G GS W L SV IP H R ER BB K ERA

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Wally Backman
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Pedro López
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Ryan Ellis
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Luis Rojas
A-Short Season Brooklyn Cyclones New York–Penn League Rich Donnelly
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League José Leger

References
  1. Rubin, Adam (October 5, 2011). "Mets make changes to coaching staff". ESPNNewYork.com. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  2. Dicomo, Anthony (October 5, 2011). "Mets shake up coaching staff for 2012 season". MLB.com. Mets.MLB.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  3. DiComo, Anthony (October 14, 2011). "Mets name Geren as bench coach". MLB.com. Mets.MLB.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  4. "Mets trade Angel Pagan, add Jon Rauch, Frank Francisco, Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez". Newsday.com. December 6, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  5. Belson, Ken; Sandomir, Richard (April 3, 2012). "Mets Hope New Design at Citi Field Increases Home Runs". The New York Times.
  6. Rubin, Adam (February 25, 2012). "Mets will wear Gary Carter patch". ESPNNewYork.com.
  7. "ESPN - Elias Says: Sports Statistics - Stats from the Elias Sports Bureau - ESPN". espn.go.com. April 9, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  8. Prewitt, Eric (June 12, 1990). "Ryan Express: 6th No-Hitter; At 43, Extends Record, Beats A's". The Washington Post. p. C1. Nolan Ryan ... extended his major league record by pitching a sixth no-hitter...leading the Texas Rangers to a 5–0 triumph over the World Series champion Oakland Athletics
  9. McCarron, Anthony (June 2, 2012). "Finally! After 50 seasons, Johan Amazes Mets by delivering franchise's first no-hitter". New York Daily News. p. 32.
  10. June 27 Box Score, MLB.com
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