# 2000 New York Mets season

The 2000 New York Mets season was the 39th regular season for the Mets. They entered the season as defending National League runner ups, losing to the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS. They went 94–68 and finished second in the National League 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.

## Offseason

* December 10, 1999: Jesse Orosco was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets for Chuck McElroy.
* December 23, 1999: Mike Hampton traded by the Houston Astros with Derek Bell to the New York Mets for Kyle Kessel (minors), Roger Cedeño and Octavio Dotel.
* January 19, 2000: Charlie Hayes signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* January 20, 2000: Curtis Pride was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* January 21, 2000: Bill Pulsipher was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the New York Mets for Luis Lopez.
* March 18, 2000: Jesse Orosco was traded by the New York Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe McEwing.
* March 20, 2000: Charlie Hayes was released by the New York Mets.

## 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.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍37 |
| New York Mets | 94 | 68 | .580 | 1 | 55‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Florida Marlins | 79 | 82 | .491 | 15½ | 43‍–‍38 | 36‍–‍44 |
| Montreal Expos | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 | 37‍–‍44 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 65 | 97 | .401 | 30 | 34‍–‍47 | 31‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

2000 National League recordvte Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Arizona | — | 3–6 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 8–1 | 7–2 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 5–4 | 6–9 |
| Atlanta | 6–3 | — | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–2 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
| Chicago | 4–5 | 5–4 | — | 4–8 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 5–7 | 3–6 | 6–7 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 3–10 | 8–7 |
| Cincinnati | 5–2 | 5–2 | 8–4 | — | 6–3 | 3–6 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 5–8–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 7–8 |
| Colorado | 6–7 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | — | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–3 | 6–6 |
| Florida | 5–4 | 6–6 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | — | 3–5 | 2–7 | 3–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 8–9 |
| Houston | 1–6 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–5 | 5–3 | — | 3–6 | 7–6 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 10–3 | 2–7 | 1–8 | 6–6 | 6–9 |
| Los Angeles | 6–7 | 2–7 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 7–2 | 6–3 | — | 3–4 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 6–9 |
| Milwaukee | 5–4 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 8–5–1 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 4–3 | — | 4–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 7–5 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 5–7 | 6–9 |
| Montreal | 5–4 | 7–6 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 6–7 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–4 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 7–11 |
| New York | 7–2 | 6–7 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 6–6 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 9–3 | — | 6–7 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 3–5 | 6–3 | 9–9 |
| Philadelphia | 1–8 | 5–8 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 3–6 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 7–5 | 7–6 | — | 3–6 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 9–9 |
| Pittsburgh | 2–7 | 2–5 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–10 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 4–3 | 2–7 | 6–3 | — | 7–2 | 2–6 | 4–8 | 6–9 |
| San Diego | 4–9 | 1–8 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 6–7 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 2–7 | — | 5–7 | 0–9 | 5–10 |
| San Francisco | 7–6 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 7–6 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–7 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 7–2 | 6–2 | 7–5 | — | 5–4 | 8–7 |
| St. Louis | 4–5 | 4–3 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 3–5 | 6–3 | 6–6 | 6–3 | 7–5 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 8–4 | 9–0 | 4–5 | — | 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.
* 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.
* July 26, 2000: Justin Huber was signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.
* 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).
* August 30, 2000: Jorge Velandia was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Mets for Nelson Cruz.

### Game log

2000 Game Log (94–68) Home: 55–26; Away: 39–42 :
March: (1–1) Home: 0–1; Away: 1–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1March 29Cubs3–5Lieber (1–0)Hampton (0–1)Aguilera (1)Tokyo Dome55,0000–1
2March 30@ Cubs5–1 (11)Cook (1–0)Young (0–1)—Tokyo Dome55,0001–1 :
April: (15–9) Home: 10–5; Away: 5–4
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
3April 3Padres2–1Leiter (1–0)Wall (0–1)Benitez (1)Shea Stadium52,3082–1
4April 5Padres0–4Williams (1–0)B. J. Jones (0–1)—Shea Stadium17,5852–2
5April 6Padres5–8Clement (1–0)Hampton (0–2)—Shea Stadium17,4822–3
6April 7Dodgers2–1Reed (1–0)Dreifort (0–1)Benitez (2)Shea Stadium27,7913–3
7April 8Dodgers5–6 (10)Fetters (1–0)Benitez (0–1)Shaw (1)Shea Stadium37,8143–4
–April 9DodgersPostponed (snow); rescheduled for April 24
8April 10@ Phillies7–9Telemaco (1–0)Rodriguez (0–1)Gomes (3)Veterans Stadium47,1153–5
9April 12@ Phillies5–8Person (1–0)Hampton (0–3)Gomes (4)Veterans Stadium15,2693–6
10April 13@ Phillies2–1Cook (2–0)Aldred (0–1)Benitez (3)Veterans Stadium14,5524–6
11April 14@ Pirates8–5 (12)Franco (1–0)Silva (2–1)—Three Rivers Stadium20,7255–6
12April 15@ Pirates0–2Anderson (1–0)Rusch (0–1)Williams (2)Three Rivers Stadium19,5925–7
13April 16@ Pirates12–9Mahomes (1–0)Peters (0–1)Benitez (4)Three Rivers Stadium20,7246–7
14April 18Brewers10–7Hampton (1–3)Navarro (0–3)Benitez (5)Shea Stadium17,9057–7
15April 19Brewers3–1Reed (2–0)Bere (2–1)Benitez (6)Shea Stadium18,0018–7
16April 20Brewers5–4 (10)Wendell (1–0)Leskanic (0–1)—Shea Stadium17,0029–7
–April 21CubsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for April 22
17April 22 (1)Cubs8–3Rusch (1–1)Lieber (1–2)—Shea StadiumN/A10–7
18April 22 (2)Cubs7–6Cook (3–0)Farnsworth (1–3)Benitez (7)Shea Stadium32,20411–7
19April 23Cubs15–8Hampton (2–3)Tapani (0–3)—Shea Stadium27,56012–7
20April 24Dodgers1–0Benitez (1–1)Adams (1–1)—Shea Stadium37,98713–7
21April 25Reds6–5Wendell (2–0)Sullivan (0–1)Benitez (8)Shea Stadium27,15314–7
22April 26Reds1–12Neagle (2–0)Springer (0–1)—Shea Stadium33,37114–8
23April 27Reds1–2 (12)Graves (3–0)Benitez (1–2)Sullivan (1)Shea Stadium50,97114–9
24April 28@ Rockies5–12Astacio (2–2)Hampton (2–4)—Coors Field45,36614–10
25April 29@ Rockies13–6Reed (3–0)Yoshii (1–2)—Coors Field41,22015–10
26April 30@ Rockies14–11Leiter (2–0)Bohanon (0–3)—Coors Field36,25216–10 :
May: (13–14) Home: 5–3; Away: 8–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ Giants3–10Estes (1–1)Pulsipher (0–1)—Pacific Bell Park40,93016–11
28May 2@ Giants1–7Hernandez (1–4)Rusch (1–2)—Pacific Bell Park40,93016–12
29May 3@ Giants5–8 (11)Rodriguez (1–0)Wendell (2–1)—Pacific Bell Park40,93016–13
30May 4@ Giants2–7Rodriguez (2–0)Reed (3–1)—Pacific Bell Park40,93016–14
31May 5@ Marlins4–1Leiter (3–0)Sanchez (3–1)Franco (1)Pro Player Stadium30,22917–14
32May 6@ Marlins1–9Fernandez (4–3)Pulsipher (0–2)—Pro Player Stadium33,40117–15
33May 7@ Marlins0–3Dempster (3–2)Rusch (1–3)—Pro Player Stadium25,14717–16
34May 9@ Pirates2–0Hampton (3–4)Benson (2–4)Benitez (9)Three Rivers Stadium14,01518–16
35May 10@ Pirates9–13Silva (3–1)Cook (3–1)—Three Rivers Stadium13,71118–17
36May 11@ Pirates3–2Leiter (4–0)Anderson (1–1)—Three Rivers Stadium16,26419–17
37May 12Marlins4–6Dempster (4–2)Rusch (1–4)Alfonseca (12)Shea Stadium30,82819–18
38May 13Marlins6–7Mahay (1–1)Cook (3–2)Alfonseca (13)Shea Stadium32,77219–19
39May 14Marlins5–1Hampton (4–4)Penny (3–5)—Shea Stadium36,16220–19
40May 16Rockies3–4 (11)Tavarez (2–2)Wendell (2–2) Jimenez (5)Shea Stadium25,69720–20
41May 17Rockies4–2Leiter (5–0)Arrojo (1–4)Franco (2)Shea Stadium23,66521–20
–May 18RockiesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for August 15
42May 19Diamondbacks4–3B. J. Jones (1–1)Stottlemyre (7–2)Benitez (10)Shea Stadium25,29222–20
43May 20Diamondbacks8–7Hampton (5–4)Daal (1–5)Benitez (11)Shea Stadium37,12123–20
44May 21Diamondbacks7–6Wendell (3–2)Kim (2–2)—Shea Stadium38,82624–20
45May 22@ Padres0–1Clement (5–3)Franco (1–1)Hoffman (8)Qualcomm Stadium17,96624–21
46May 23@ Padres5–3 (10)Wendell (4–2)Hoffman (0–1)Benitez (12)Qualcomm Stadium25,78325–21
47May 24@ Padres4–5Wall (1–2)Mahomes (1–1)Hoffman (9)Qualcomm Stadium19,40525–22
48May 26@ Cardinals5–2Hampton (6–4)Thompson (0–1)Benitez (13)Busch Stadium40,02826–22
49May 27@ Cardinals12–8Cook (4–2)Veres (0–2)—Busch Stadium48,69027–22
50May 28@ Cardinals6–2Rusch (2–4)Kile (7–3)—Busch Stadium46,34428–22
51May 29@ Dodgers1–4Park (5–4)Leiter (5–1)—Dodger Stadium43,08428–23
52May 30@ Dodgers10–5Franco (2–1)Shaw (2–3)—Dodger Stadium26,10229–23
53May 31@ Dodgers3–4Fetters (2–0)Wendell (4–3)—Dodger Stadium31,32329–24 :
June: (16–8) Home: 12–5; Away: 4–3
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
54June 2Devil Rays5–3Rusch (3–4)White (1–4)Benitez (14)Shea Stadium24,12330–24
55June 3Devil Rays1–0Leiter (6–1)Trachsel (3–6)Benitez (15)Shea Stadium33,69431–24
56June 4Devil Rays5–15Yan (3–3)B. J. Jones (1–2)—Shea Stadium43,61031–25
57June 5Orioles2–4Mussina (3–6)Hampton (6–5)Timlin (5)Shea Stadium25,19231–26
–June 6OriolesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for June 8
58June 7Orioles11–3Mahomes (2–1)Erickson (2–3)—Shea Stadium34,49232–26
59June 8Orioles8–7 (10)Cook (5–2)Mercedes (2–3)—Shea Stadium9,54033–26
60June 9@ Yankees12–2Leiter (7–1)Clemens (4–6)—Yankee Stadium55,82234–26
61June 10@ Yankees5–13Pettitte (6–2)B. J. Jones (1–3)—Yankee Stadium55,83934–27
–June 11@ YankeesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for July 8
62June 13@ Cubs3–4Heredia (3–1)Franco (2–2)Aguilera (13)Wrigley Field38,87934–28
63June 14@ Cubs10–8Rusch (4–4)Garibay (1–2)Benitez (16)Wrigley Field38,62535–28
64June 16@ Brewers7–1Leiter (8–1)Haynes (7–5)—County Stadium18,97936–28
65June 17@ Brewers2–3Snyder (2–2)Rusch (4–5)Wickman (8)County Stadium26,12536–29
66June 18@ Brewers7–3Reed (4–1)Bere (4–6)—County Stadium20,13337–29
67June 20Phillies2–3 (10)Brock (3–4)Benitez (1–3)Brantley (9)Shea Stadium40,38637–30
68June 21Phillies5–10Gomes (4–4)Franco (2–3)—Shea Stadium22,52437–31
69June 22Phillies5–4Rusch (5–5)Politte (1–2)Cook (1)Shea Stadium21,00538–31
70June 23Pirates12–2B. J. Jones (2–3)Arroyo (0–1)—Shea Stadium39,84939–31
71June 24Pirates10–8Franco (3–3)Loiselle (0–3)Benitez (17)Shea Stadium34,89440–31
72June 25Pirates9–0Hampton (7–5)Benson (6–6)—Shea Stadium38,98441–31
73June 26Marlins10–5Leiter (9–1)Cornelius (2–2)—Shea Stadium19,65742–31
74June 27Marlins5–2Rusch (6–5)Sanchez (4–7)Benitez (18)Shea Stadium22,10343–31
75June 28Marlins6–5B. J. Jones (3–3)Penny (4–7)Franco (3)Shea Stadium37,25244–31
76June 29Braves4–6Burkett (6–3)Reed (4–2)Lightenberg (6)Shea Stadium46,99844–32
77June 30Braves11–8Benitez (2–3)Mulholland (8–7)—Shea Stadium52,83145–32 :
July: (14–13) Home: 8–4; Away: 6–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
78July 1Braves9–1Leiter (10–1)Maddux (9–3)—Shea Stadium44,59346–32
79July 2Braves2–10Glavine (8–5)Rusch (6–6)—Shea Stadium45,26146–33
80July 3@ Marlins0–2Almanza (2–0)Wendell (4–4)—Pro Player Stadium15,84446–34
81July 4@ Marlins8–9Darensbourg (4–0)B. M. Jones (0–1)Alfonseca (26)Pro Player Stadium24,93546–35
82July 5@ Marlins11–2Hampton (8–5)Smith (0–2)—Pro Player Stadium14,76547–35
83July 7Yankees1–2Hernandez (8–6)Leiter (10–2)Rivera (19)Shea Stadium54,13247–36
84July 8 (1)Yankees2–4Gooden (3–3)B. J. Jones (3–4)Rivera (20)Shea Stadium54,16547–37
85July 8 (2)@ Yankees2–4Clemens (6–6)Rusch (6–7)Rivera (21)Yankee Stadium55,82147–38
86July 9Yankees2–0Hampton (9–5)Pettitte (9–5)Benitez (19)Shea Stadium54,28648–38
71st All-Star Game in Atlanta, Georgia
87July 13@ Red Sox3–4Garces (4–0)Benitez (2–4)—Fenway Park33,89448–39
88July 14@ Red Sox6–4Mahomes (3–1)Lowe (2–4)Benitez (20)Fenway Park33,29349–39
89July 15@ Red Sox4–6Martinez (7–5)Hampton (9–6)Lowe (20)Fenway Park33,21349–40
90July 16@ Blue Jays3–7Halladay (4–5)Leiter (10–3)Koch (21)SkyDome30,13949–41
91July 17@ Blue Jays7–5 (11)Franco (4–3)Borbon (1–1)Benitez (21)SkyDome23,12950–41
92July 18@ Blue Jays11–7B. J. Jones (4–4)Carpenter (7–9)—SkyDome24,63351–41
93July 19@ Expos5–3Mahomes (4–1)Kline (1–3)Benitez (22)Olympic Stadium14,19852–41
94July 20@ Expos1–4Hermanson (8–7)Hampton (9–7)Strickland (1)Olympic Stadium13,64152–42
95July 21@ Braves3–6Burkett (7–4)Leiter (10–4)Remlinger (8)Turner Field49,31352–43
96July 22@ Braves4–0Reed (5–2)Maddux (12–4)—Turner Field48,14153–43
97July 23@ Braves0–1Ashby (6–7)B. J. Jones (4–5)—Turner Field46,87253–44
98July 25Expos5–0Rusch (7–7)Hermanson (8–8)—Shea Stadium41,02854–44
–July 26ExposPostponed (rain); rescheduled for July 27
99July 27 (1)Expos9–8Franco (5–3)Strickland (2–1)Benitez (23)Shea StadiumN/A55–44
100July 27 (2)Expos4–3Hampton (10–7)Irabu (2–5)—Shea Stadium35,08856–44
101July 28Cardinals3–2Leiter (11–4)Hentgen (9–8)Benitez (24)Shea Stadium42,39657–44
102July 29Cardinals4–3White (4–6)James (0–2)Benitez (25)Shea Stadium50,72658–44
103July 30Cardinals4–2B. J. Jones (5–5)Stephenson (11–7)—Shea Stadium45,73359–44
104July 31Reds0–6Williamson (4–7)Rusch (7–8)Luebbers (1)Shea Stadium42,77459–45 :
August: (20–9) Home: 12–4; Away: 8–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
105August 1Reds3–2Hampton (11–7)Parris (5–14)Benitez (26)Shea Stadium39,57260–45
106August 2Reds2–1Leiter (12–4)Dessens (5–1)Benitez (27)Shea Stadium42,11161–45
107August 4@ Diamondbacks6–1Reed (6–2)Johnson (15–4)Cook (2)Bank One Ballpark41,83262–45
108August 5@ Diamondbacks6–2B. J. Jones (6–5)Guzman (3–2)R. White (3)Bank One Ballpark41,65663–45
109August 6@ Diamondbacks5–9Reynoso (8–7)Rusch (7–9)Mantei (8)Bank One Ballpark39,64163–46
110August 7@ Astros6–5 (11)Benitez (3–4)Green (1–1)—Enron Field36,53664–46
111August 8@ Astros3–9Powell (1–0)Leiter (12–5)—Enron Field38,03164–47
112August 9@ Astros12–5Reed (7–2)Lima (4–14)—Enron Field35,43265–47
113August 10@ Astros10–3B. J. Jones (7–5)McKnight (0–1)—Enron Field37,87066–47
114August 11Giants4–1Rusch (8–9)Gardner (7–6)Benitez (28)Shea Stadium33,94467–47
115August 12Giants3–2Hampton (12–7)Rodriguez (4–2)Benitez (29)Shea Stadium50,06468–47
116August 13Giants2–0Leiter (13–5)Hernandez (11–9)Franco (4)Shea Stadium39,84169–47
117August 14Giants1–11Ortiz (8–10)Reed (7–3)—Shea Stadium35,29669–48
118August 15 (1)Rockies7–5Cook (6–2)House (1–1)Benitez (30)Shea StadiumN/A70–48
119August 15 (2)Rockies4–3B. J. Jones (8–5)Chouinard (1–2)Benitez (31)Shea Stadium29,74471–48
120August 16Rockies5–7Bohanon (7–8)Rusch (8–10)G. White (4)Shea Stadium29,83271–49
121August 17Rockies13–2Wendell (5–4)Yoshii (5–13)—Shea Stadium42,69772–49
122August 18@ Dodgers5–3R. White (5–6)Adams (5–5)Benitez (32)Dodger Stadium47,48673–49
123August 19@ Dodgers1–4Park (12–8)Reed (7–4)—Dodger Stadium53,05173–50
124August 20@ Dodgers9–6Wendell (6–4)Adams (5–6)Benitez (33)Dodger Stadium46,12274–50
125August 21@ Padres4–5 (10)Hoffman (4–4)Cook (6–3)—Qualcomm Stadium21,23474–51
126August 22@ Padres1–16Eaton (5–2)Mahomes (4–2)Erdos (2)Qualcomm Stadium24,91974–52
127August 23@ Padres4–1Leiter (14–5)Clement (11–12)Benitez (34)Qualcomm Stadium26,37675–52
128August 25Diamondbacks13–3Reed (8–4)Johnson (16–5)—Shea Stadium38,23776–52
129August 26Diamondbacks1–5 (10)Plesac (3–0)R. White (5–7)—Shea Stadium43,98576–53
130August 27Diamondbacks2–1Hampton (13–7)Reynoso (10–9)Benitez (35)Shea Stadium42,27777–53
131August 28Astros4–2Rusch (9–10)Powell (1–1)Wendell (1)Shea Stadium28,47278–53
132August 29Astros1–11Miller (3–5)Leiter (14–6)—Shea Stadium39,96778–54
133August 30Astros1–0Reed (9–4)Holt (6–13)Benitez (36)Shea Stadium42,50779–54 :
September: (14–14) Home: 7–4; Away: 7–10
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
134September 1@ Cardinals5–6Veres (2–3)Mahomes (4–3)—Busch Stadium39,05679–55
135September 2@ Cardinals1–2Kile (16–9)Hampton (13–8)—Busch Stadium41,48379–56
136September 3@ Cardinals3–4 (11)Morris (3–3)White (5–8)—Busch Stadium42,13379–57
137September 4@ Reds2–6Dessens (7–5)Leiter (14–7)—Cinergy Field26,57179–58
138September 5@ Reds3–2 (10)Wendell (7–4)Sullivan (2–6)Benitez (37)Cinergy Field22,66480–58
139September 6@ Reds8–11Riedling (2–0)Franco (5–4)Graves (25)Cinergy Field24,68180–59
140September 8Phillies0–2Padilla (4–5)Hampton (13–9)Brantley (22)Shea Stadium38,80880–60
141September 9Phillies3–6Person (8–5)Wendell (7–5)—Shea Stadium42,32480–61
142September 10Phillies3–0Leiter (15–7)Daal (3–18)—Shea Stadium53,77581–61
143September 11Brewers2–8Rigdon (4–4)Reed (9–5)—Shea Stadium21,79781–62
144September 12Brewers10–2B. J. Jones (9–5)Snyder (3–9)—Shea Stadium22,57082–62
145September 13Brewers4–1 (10)Benitez (4–4)Acevedo (3–7)—Shea Stadium22,51083–62
146September 14@ Expos10–4Rusch (10–10)Thurman (4–6)—Olympic Stadium6,21984–62
147September 15@ Expos3–4Vazquez (10–7)Wendell (7–6)Strickland (7)Olympic Stadium6,97984–63
148September 16@ Expos10–4Reed (10–5)Hermanson (11–14)—Olympic Stadium9,04585–63
149September 17@ Expos0–5Armas (6–8)B. J. Jones (9–6)—Olympic Stadium9,34985–64
150September 18@ Braves3–6Maddux (18–8)Hampton (13–10)Rocker (23)Turner Field41,93785–65
151September 19@ Braves4–12Ashby (11–12)Rusch (10–11)—Turner Field46,58485–66
152September 20@ Braves6–3Leiter (16–7)Glavine (19–9)Benitez (38)Turner Field48,27886–66
153September 21@ Phillies5–6Brantley (2–7)White (5–9)—Veterans Stadium17,76986–67
154September 22@ Phillies9–6B. J. Jones (10–6)Wolf (11–8)Benitez (39)Veterans Stadium21,12887–67
155September 23@ Phillies7–3Hampton (14–10)Politte (3–3)—Veterans Stadium22,57088–67
156September 24@ Phillies3–2Rusch (11–11)Chen (7–3)Benitez (40)Veterans Stadium31,39189–67
157September 26Braves1–7Burkett (10–6)Leiter (16–8)—Shea Stadium48,27089–68
158September 27Braves6–2Reed (11–5)Millwood (10–13)—Shea Stadium48,85890–68
159September 28Braves8–2B. J. Jones (11–6)Maddux (19–9)—Shea Stadium52,13491–68
160September 29Expos11–2Hampton (15–10)Thurman (4–9)—Shea Stadium28,78892–68
161September 30Expos4–2Wendell (8–6)Vazquez (11–9)Benitez (41)Shea Stadium39,46893–68 :
October: (1–0) Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
162October 1Expos3–2 (13)Mahomes (5–3)Powell (0–3)—Shea Stadium44,86994–68 :

## 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 | 136 | 482 | 156 | .324 | 38 | 113 |
| 1B | Todd Zeile | 153 | 544 | 146 | .268 | 22 | 79 |
| 2B | Edgardo Alfonzo | 150 | 544 | 176 | .324 | 25 | 94 |
| SS | Mike Bordick | 56 | 192 | 50 | .260 | 4 | 21 |
| 3B | Robin Ventura | 141 | 469 | 109 | .232 | 24 | 84 |
| LF | Benny Agbayani | 119 | 350 | 101 | .289 | 15 | 60 |
| CF | Jay Payton | 149 | 488 | 142 | .291 | 17 | 62 |
| RF | Derek Bell | 144 | 546 | 145 | .266 | 18 | 69 |

#### 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 |
| Melvin Mora | 79 | 215 | 56 | .260 | 6 | 30 |
| Todd Pratt | 80 | 160 | 44 | .275 | 8 | 25 |
| Kurt Abbott | 79 | 157 | 34 | .217 | 6 | 12 |
| Joe McEwing | 87 | 153 | 34 | .222 | 2 | 19 |
| Lenny Harris | 76 | 138 | 42 | .304 | 3 | 13 |
| Matt Franco | 101 | 134 | 32 | .239 | 2 | 14 |
| Rey Ordóñez | 45 | 133 | 25 | .188 | 0 | 9 |
| Darryl Hamilton | 43 | 105 | 29 | .276 | 1 | 6 |
| Rickey Henderson | 31 | 96 | 21 | .219 | 0 | 2 |
| Jon Nunnally | 48 | 74 | 14 | .189 | 2 | 6 |
| Bubba Trammell | 36 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 3 | 12 |
| Timo Pérez | 24 | 49 | 14 | .286 | 1 | 3 |
| Jason Tyner | 13 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 5 |
| Mark Johnson | 21 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 1 | 6 |
| Jorge Toca | 8 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 4 |
| Jorge Velandia | 15 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| David Lamb | 7 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Vance Wilson | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kinkade | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McGuire | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Mike Hampton | 33 | 217.2 | 15 | 10 | 3.14 | 151 |
| Al Leiter | 31 | 208.0 | 16 | 8 | 3.20 | 200 |
| Glendon Rusch | 31 | 190.2 | 11 | 11 | 4.01 | 157 |
| Rick Reed | 30 | 184.0 | 11 | 5 | 4.11 | 121 |
| Bobby J. Jones | 27 | 154.2 | 11 | 6 | 5.06 | 85 |
| Dennis Springer | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.74 | 5 |
| Bill Pulsipher | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 2 | 12.15 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Grant Roberts | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 6 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Armando Benítez | 76 | 76.0 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 2.61 | 106 |
| Pat Mahomes | 53 | 94.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5.46 | 76 |
| Turk Wendell | 77 | 82.2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3.59 | 73 |
| Dennis Cook | 68 | 59.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5.34 | 53 |
| John Franco | 62 | 55.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3.40 | 56 |
| Rich Rodriguez | 32 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.78 | 18 |
| Rick White | 22 | 28.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.81 | 20 |
| Bobby Jones | 11 | 21.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 20 |
| Eric Cammack | 8 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 9 |
| Jim Mann | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |
| Jerrod Riggan | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Derek Bell | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 0 |

## Playoffs
### Game log

2000 Postseason Game Log (8–6) :
NLDS vs Giants (3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1October 4@ Giants1–5Hernandez (1–0)Hampton (0–1)—Pacific Bell Park40,4300–1
2October 5@ Giants5–4 (10)Benitez (1–0)Rodriguez (0–1)Franco (1)Pacific Bell Park40,4301–1
3October 7Giants3–2 (13)White (1–0)Fultz (0–1)—Shea Stadium56,2702–1
4October 8Giants4–0B. J. Jones (1–0)Gardner (0–1)—Shea Stadium56,2453–1 :
NLCS vs Cardinals (4–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1October 11@ Cardinals6–2Hampton (1–0)Kile (0–1)—Busch Stadium52,2551–0
2October 12@ Cardinals6–5Wendell (1–0)Timlin (0–1)Benitez (1)Busch Stadium52,2502–0
3October 14Cardinals2–8Benes (1–0)Reed (0–1)—Shea Stadium55,6932–1
4October 15Cardinals10–6Rusch (1–0)Kile (0–2)—Shea Stadium55,6653–1
5October 16Cardinals7–0Hampton (2–0)Hentgen (0–1)—Shea Stadium55,6954–1 :
World Series vs Yankees (1–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1October 21@ Yankees3–4 (12)Stanton (1–0)Wendell (0–1)—Yankee Stadium55,9130–1
2October 22@ Yankees5–6Clemens (1–0)Hampton (0–1)—Yankee Stadium56,0590–2
3October 24Yankees4–2Franco (1–0)Hernandez (0–1)Benitez (1)Shea Stadium55,2992–1
4October 25Yankees2–3Nelson (1–0)B. J. Jones (0–1)Rivera (1)Shea Stadium55,2903–1
5October 26Yankees2–4Stanton (2–0)Leiter (0–1)Rivera (2)Shea Stadium55,2924–1 :

### Playoff rosters

Playoff rosters :
National League Division Series
Pitchers: 49 Armando Benítez 27 Dennis Cook 45 John Franco 32 Mike Hampton 28 Bobby Jones 22 Al Leiter 35 Rick Reed 48 Glendon Rusch 99 Turk Wendell 51 Rick White
Catchers: 31 Mike Piazza 7 Todd Pratt
Infielders: 20 Kurt Abbott 13 Edgardo Alfonzo 17 Mike Bordick 19 Lenny Harris 4 Robin Ventura 9 Todd Zeile
Outfielders: 50 Benny Agbayani 16 Derek Bell 18 Darryl Hamilton 47 Joe McEwing 44 Jay Payton 6 Timo Pérez :
National League Championship Series
Pitchers: 49 Armando Benítez 27 Dennis Cook 45 John Franco 32 Mike Hampton 28 Bobby Jones 22 Al Leiter 35 Rick Reed 48 Glendon Rusch 99 Turk Wendell 51 Rick White
Catchers: 31 Mike Piazza
Infielders: 20 Kurt Abbott 13 Edgardo Alfonzo 17 Mike Bordick 15 Matt Franco 19 Lenny Harris 4 Robin Ventura 9 Todd Zeile
Outfielders: 50 Benny Agbayani 18 Darryl Hamilton 47 Joe McEwing 44 Jay Payton 6 Timo Pérez 33 Bubba Trammell :
World Series
Pitchers: 49 Armando Benítez 27 Dennis Cook 45 John Franco 32 Mike Hampton 28 Bobby Jones 22 Al Leiter 35 Rick Reed 48 Glendon Rusch 99 Turk Wendell 51 Rick White
Catchers: 31 Mike Piazza 7 Todd Pratt
Infielders: 20 Kurt Abbott 13 Edgardo Alfonzo 17 Mike Bordick 15 Matt Franco 19 Lenny Harris 4 Robin Ventura 9 Todd Zeile
Outfielders: 50 Benny Agbayani 18 Darryl Hamilton 47 Joe McEwing 44 Jay Payton 6 Timo Pérez 33 Bubba Trammell :

## Awards and honors

* Mike Hampton, Pitcher, National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player
* Al Leiter, Pitcher, Roberto Clemente Award

## Farm system

| 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 |