2002 New York Mets season

2002 New York Mets
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)

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.

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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

2002 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	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	3–3–1	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	3–3–1	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

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

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

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

2002 New York Mets season

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

National League East

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Game log

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

Farm system

References

External links

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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

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