# 2011 New York Mets season

The 2011 New York Mets season was the franchise's 50th season and its third at Citi Field. Following a poor 2010 season, the Mets sought their first postseason appearance since 2006. However, they failed to make the playoffs for the fifth straight season. The Mets finished with a record of 77–85 and fourth place in the National League East.

## Offseason

On October 4, 2010, one day after the conclusion of the 2010 season, the Mets fired Manager Jerry Manuel, along with general manager Omar Minaya. On October 29, the team hired former Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres and MLB executive Sandy Alderson to replace Minaya as general manager. On November 23, Terry Collins was hired as manager.
In December 2010, Mets owner Fred Wilpon was named in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme and on January 28, 2011 Wilpon issued a statement in which he intends to seek "one or more strategic partners" to buy a 20 to 25% interest in the Mets to offset pending losses due to litigation. As a result, the Mets were unable to sign any high priced free agents as they did during the Omar Minaya era.
In March 2011, the Mets released Luis Castillo and Óliver Pérez from the team. The two players became the target of the fans' wrath in the previous two seasons due to their poor performance on the field.

## Regular season

The team began the season with high-priced stars Johan Santana and Jason Bay on the disabled list. Santana never played for the Mets in 2011, while Bay returned on April 21.
After seeing limited action in spring training following a 2010 knee injury, Carlos Beltrán started on Opening Day and played the full game.
The initial five-man rotation consisted of, in order, Mike Pelfrey, Jon Niese, R. A. Dickey, Chris Young and Chris Capuano.
The Mets started 2011 with a 3-1 record but, after losing consecutive doubleheaders on April 14 and 16, their record was 4-11, tying for third-worst in Mets history. Only the 1962 and 1964 Mets were worse after 15 games. The seven-game losing streak was the longest since 2004 and the consecutive doubleheader losses were the first since 1982. However, the Mets went 7–5 to close out the month of April, with the return of Jason Bay and offensive power.
The Mets began the month of May with a memorable 2–1, 14-inning win over the division rival Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on May 1. The Mets' Daniel Murphy was batting as a pinch-hitter against Phillies' reliever Ryan Madson when the fans started chanting "U-S-A!" in response to the news that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, had been killed by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. After the Mets won the game, Terry Collins said that catcher Ronny Paulino's game-winning RBI double in his Mets debut delivered "a good win for us, and obviously a huge win for America tonight." This win also conjured up parallels to their 3–2 win over the Atlanta Braves on September 21, 2001 in the first major professional sporting event held in New York City since the attacks.
Justin Turner contributed to the Mets' success in the month of May, becoming the first Met to be named the NL Rookie of the Month since the award's creation in 2001. On May 26, the Mets agreed to sell a portion of the team to hedge fund manager David Einhorn for $200 million, making him a minority owner of the team. The deal with Einhorn ultimately fell through.
On June 28 against the Detroit Tigers, Jason Bay and Carlos Beltrán both hit grand slams in a 14-3 rout. It marked only the second time in Mets history that the team hit two grand slams in the same game (the other time coming in 2006 when Beltran and Cliff Floyd connected in the same inning against the Chicago Cubs). It also broke a drought in which the Mets had not hit a grand slam in 299 team games, during which the Mets were out-grand slammed 18-0.
On July 12, the Mets dealt closer Francisco Rodríguez to the Milwaukee Brewers for cash, Adrian Rosario and Danny Herrera. On July 27, the Mets agreed to trade Carlos Beltrán to the San Francisco Giants for minor league pitching prospect Zack Wheeler.
On September 1, the Mets announced that they will not sell minority ownership of the team to Einhorn.
Appropriately, the Mets hosted a Sunday night game on ESPN on September 11 to mark the tenth anniversary of the attacks. The pregame ceremonies on that night, fittingly, featured members of the 2001 team. Singer Marc Anthony sang the national anthem, like he did on September 21, 2001. Throwing out the ceremonial first pitch was John Franco, the closer on their 2001 team to Mike Piazza, the catcher on their 2001 team.
José Reyes became the first player in Mets history to win the National League batting title by hitting .337.

### Season standings
#### National League East

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 102 | 60 | .630 | — | 52‍–‍29 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Atlanta Braves | 89 | 73 | .549 | 13 | 47‍–‍34 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Washington Nationals | 80 | 81 | .497 | 21½ | 44‍–‍36 | 36‍–‍45 |
| New York Mets | 77 | 85 | .475 | 25 | 34‍–‍47 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Florida Marlins | 72 | 90 | .444 | 30 | 31‍–‍47 | 41‍–‍43 |

#### National League Wild Card

vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 102 | 60 | .630 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 94 | 68 | .580 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 90 | 72 | .556 | — |
| Atlanta Braves | 89 | 73 | .549 | 1 |
| San Francisco Giants | 86 | 76 | .531 | 4 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 82 | 79 | .509 | 7½ |
| Washington Nationals | 80 | 81 | .497 | 9½ |
| Cincinnati Reds | 79 | 83 | .488 | 11 |
| New York Mets | 77 | 85 | .475 | 13 |
| Colorado Rockies | 73 | 89 | .451 | 17 |
| Florida Marlins | 72 | 90 | .444 | 18 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 90 | .444 | 18 |
| Chicago Cubs | 71 | 91 | .438 | 19 |
| San Diego Padres | 71 | 91 | .438 | 19 |
| Houston Astros | 56 | 106 | .346 | 34 |

### Record vs. opponents

2011 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 2–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 13–5 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 10–8 |
| Atlanta | 3–2 | – | 4–3 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 12–6 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 1–5 | 9–9 | 10–5 |
| Chicago | 4–3 | 3–4 | – | 7–11 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 8–7 | 3–3 | 6–10 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 8–8 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 5–10 | 3–4 | 5–10 |
| Cincinnati | 2–4 | 3–3 | 11–7 | – | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 | 4–2 | 8–8 | 2–5 | 1–7 | 5–10 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 9–6 | 4–2 | 6–12 |
| Colorado | 5–13 | 2–6 | 4–2 | 4–3 | – | 3–3 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 3–6 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 8–7 |
| Florida | 2–5 | 6–12 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | – | 6–1 | 3–3 | 0–7 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–0 | 0–7 | 4–2 | 2–6 | 11–7 | 8–10 |
| Houston | 1–6 | 1–5 | 7–8 | 6–9 | 2–5 | 1–6 | – | 4–5 | 3–12 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 5–10 | 3–3 | 4–11 |
| Los Angeles | 8–10 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 5–4 | – | 2–4 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 6–2 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 6–9 |
| Milwaukee | 3–4 | 3–5 | 10–6 | 8–8 | 6–3 | 7–0 | 12–3 | 4–2 | – | 4–2 | 3–4 | 12–3 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 6–9 |
| New York | 3–3 | 9–9 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | – | 7–11 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 8–10 | 9–9 |
| Philadelphia | 3–3 | 12–6 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 12–6 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 11–7 | – | 4–2 | 7–1 | 4–3 | 3–6 | 8–10 | 9–6 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–8 | 10–5 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 11–7 | 2–6 | 3–12 | 4–4 | 2–4 | – | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–9 | 4–4 | 8–7 |
| San Diego | 7–11 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 7–0 | 5–3 | 5–13 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–7 | 4–2 | – | 6–12 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 6–9 |
| San Francisco | 9–9 | 1–6 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 13–5 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 12–6 | – | 5–2 | 3–4 | 10–5 |
| St. Louis | 4–3 | 5–1 | 10–5 | 6–9 | 4–2 | 6–2 | 10–5 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 9–7 | 3–3 | 2–5 | – | 2–4 | 8–7 |
| Washington | 3–5 | 9–9 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 7–11 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | – | 8–7 |

### Game log

Legend :
| Mets Win | Mets Loss | Game Postponed |
2011 Game Log :
April (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
1April 1@ Marlins2–6Johnson (1–0)Pelfrey (0–1)41,2370–1Boxscore
2April 2@ Marlins6–4 (10)Rodríguez (1–0)Webb (0–1)Boyer (1)32,4951–1Boxscore
3April 3@ Marlins9–2Dickey (1–0)Vázquez (0–1)18,9362–1Boxscore
4April 5@ Phillies7–1Young (1–0)Hamels (0–1)45,3653–1Boxscore
5April 6@ Phillies7–10Bastardo (1–0)Boyer (0–1)Contreras (1)45,0613–2Boxscore
6April 7@ Phillies0–11Halladay (1–0)Niese (0–1)45,4683–3Boxscore
7April 8Nationals2–6Zimmermann (1–1)Dickey (1–1)41,0753–4Boxscore
8April 9Nationals8–4Capuano (1–0)Gorzelanny (0–1)Rodríguez (1)31,6964–4Boxscore
9April 10Nationals3–7 (11)Storen (1–1)Boyer (0–2)35,1574–5Boxscore
10April 11Rockies6–7Belisle (2–0)Parnell (0–1)Street (5)24,8654–6Boxscore
--April 12RockiesGame Postponed (rain) (to be made up as a doubleheader on 4/14)
11April 13Rockies4–5Rogers (2–0)Niese (0–2)Street (6)25,8784–7Boxscore
12April 14Rockies5–6Reynolds (1–0)Dickey (1–2)Lindstrom (2)4–8Boxscore
13April 14Rockies4–9de la Rosa (2–0)Capuano (1–1)25,7584–9Boxscore
--April 15@ BravesGame Postponed (rain) (to be made up as a doubleheader on 4/16)
14April 16@ Braves2–4Lowe (2–2)Carrasco (0–1)Kimbrel (4)4–10Boxscore
15April 16@ Braves0–4Jurrjens (1–1)Pelfrey (0–2)31,3834–11Boxscore
16April 17@ Braves3–2Gee (1–0)Hanson (1–2)Rodríguez (2)29,6255–11Boxscore
17April 19Astros1–6Rodríguez (1–2)Niese (0–3)27,0325–12Boxscore
18April 20Astros3–4Melancon (2–1)Dickey (1–3)Lyon (4)27,3805–13Boxscore
19April 21Astros9–1Capuano (2–1)Happ (1–3)32,8196–13Boxscore
20April 22Diamondbacks4–1Pelfrey (1–2)Vásquez (0–1)Rodríguez (3)26,5467–13Boxscore
21April 23Diamondbacks6–4Gee (2–0)Enright (0–2)Rodríguez (4)25,5818–13Boxscore
22April 24Diamondbacks8–4Niese (1–3)Galarraga (3–1)22,2329–13Boxscore
23April 26@ Nationals6–4Igarashi (1–0)Zimmermann (1–4)Rodríguez (5)14,60310–13Boxscore
24April 27@ Nationals6–3Beato (1–0)Burnett (0–1)Rodríguez (6)13,56811–13Boxscore
25April 28@ Nationals3–4Hernández (3–2)Capuano (2–2)Storen (4)15,14211–14Boxscore
26April 29@ Phillies3–10Worley (1–0)Pelfrey (1–3)45,61311–15Boxscore
27April 30@ Phillies1–2Halladay (4–1)Niese (1–4)45,59811–16Boxscore :
May (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
28May 1@ Phillies2–1 (14)Buchholz (1–0)Kendrick (1–2)45,71312–16Boxscore
29May 3Giants6–7 (10)Lopez (1–0)Buchholz (1–1)Wilson (9)32,28812–17Boxscore
30May 4Giants0–2Lincecum (3–3)Capuano (2–3)Wilson (10)29,33312–18Boxscore
31May 5Giants5–2Pelfrey (2–3)Sánchez (2–2)Rodríguez (7)23,43313–18Boxscore
32May 6Dodgers6–3Igarashi (2–0)Kuroda (3–3)Rodríguez (8)35,94814–18Boxscore
33May 7Dodgers4–2Byrdak (1–0)MacDougal (0–1)Rodríguez (9)31,46415–18Boxscore
34May 8Dodgers2–4Kershaw (4–3)Dickey (1–4)Padilla (2)26,31215–19Boxscore
35May 9@ Rockies1–2Belisle (3–2)Capuano (2–4)Street (12)31,88515–20Boxscore
36May 10@ Rockies4–3Pelfrey (3–3)Hammel (3–2)Rodríguez (10)31,00716–20Boxscore
–May 11@ RockiesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 12
37May 12@ Rockies9–5Niese (2–4)Jiménez (0–3)21,42217–20Boxscore
38May 13@ Astros6–4Misch (1–0)Fulchino (0–1)Rodríguez (11)28,79118–20Boxscore
39May 14@ Astros3–7Happ (3–4)Dickey (1–5)31,14018–21Boxscore
40May 15@ Astros7–4Capuano (3–4)Rodríguez (0–2)Rodríguez (12)28,40619–21Boxscore
41May 16Marlins1–2 (11)Badenhop(1–0)Igarashi(2–1)Núñez (15)23,72119–22Boxscore
–May 17MarlinsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 18
42May 18Nationals3–0Niese (3–4)Gorzelanny(2–3)Rodríguez (13)24,52720–22Boxscore
43May 19Nationals1–0Gee (3–0)Hernández (3–6)Rodríguez (14)26,83521–22Boxscore
44May 20@ Yankees2–1Dickey (2–5)García (2–4)Rodríguez (15)47,87422–22Boxscore
45May 21@ Yankees3–7Burnett (5–3)Capuano (3–5)48,28622–23Boxscore
46May 22@ Yankees3–9Ayala (1–0)Pelfrey (3–4)48,29322–24Boxscore
47May 24@ Cubs1–11Dempster (3–4)Niese (3–5)35,70722–25Boxscore
48May 25@ Cubs7–4 (7)Gee (4–0)Coleman (2–4)36,66623–25Boxscore
49May 26@ Cubs3–9Zambrano (5–2)Beato (1–1)33,37823–26Boxscore
50May 27Phillies4–6Bastardo (3–0)Rodríguez (1–1)Madson (10)33,88223–27Boxscore
51May 28Phillies2–5Hamels (7–2)O'Connor (0–1)Madson (11)29,33723–28Boxscore
52May 29Phillies9–5Niese (4–5)Worley (2–1)30,79124–28Boxscore
53May 30Pirates7–3Gee (5–0)McCutchen (1–1)
24,49025–28Boxscore
54May 31Pirates1–5Meek (1–1)Dickey (2–6)26,19825–29Boxscore :
June (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
55June 1Pirates3–9Correia (8–4)Capuano (3–6)25,23425–30Boxscore
56June 2Pirates9–8Isringhausen (1–0)Veras (1–2)Rodríguez (16)30,07426–30Boxscore
57June 3Braves3–6Venters (4–0)Rodríguez (1–2)Kimbrel (17)28,30126–31Boxscore
58June 4Braves5–0Gee (6–0)Jurrjens (7–2)28,11427–31Boxscore
59June 5Braves6–4Dickey (3–6)Hudson (4–5)21,01528–31Boxscore
60June 7@ Brewers2–1Capuano (4–6)Estrada (1–2)Rodríguez (17)27,06429–31Boxscore
61June 8@ Brewers6–7Axford (2–1)Thayer (0–1)26,14429–32Boxscore
62June 9@ Brewers4–1Niese (5–5)Gallardo (8–3)Rodríguez (18)30,63230–32Boxscore
63June 10@ Pirates8–1Gee (7–0)Morton (6–3)24,65331–32Boxscore
64June 11@ Pirates2–3McDonald (4–4)Dickey (3–7)Hanrahan (16)
39,27331–33Boxscore
65June 12@ Pirates7–0Capuano (5–6)Correia (8–5)26,45232–33Boxscore
66June 13@ Pirates1–3Malholm (3–7)Pelfrey (3–5)Hanrahan (17)15,55532–34Boxscore
67June 14@ Braves4–3Niese (6–5)Jurrjens (8–3)Rodríguez (19)32,16133–34Boxscore
68June 15@ Braves4–0Parnell (1–1)Hudson (5–6)31,16134–34Boxscore
69June 16@ Braves8–9 (10)Linebrink (3–1)Carrasco (0–2)26,07734–35Boxscore
70June 17Angels3–4Piñeiro (3–3)
Capuano (5–7)Walden (16)29,51334–36Boxscore
71June 18Angels6–1Pelfrey (4–5)Haren (6–5)31,53835–36Boxscore
72June 19Angels3–7Chatwood (4–4)Niese (6–6)36,21335–37Boxscore
73June 21Athletics3–7Outman (3–1)Gee (7–1)Balfour (2)37,01935–38Boxscore
74June 22Athletics3–2 (13)Parnell (2–1)Ziegler (2–1)38,81336–38Boxscore
75June 23Athletics4–1Capuano (6–7)Godfrey (1–1)Rodríguez (20)30,16837–38Boxscore
76June 24@ Rangers1–8Harrison (6–6)Pelfrey (4–6)46,09237–39Boxscore
77June 25@ Rangers14–5Niese (7–6)Ogando (7–3)37,29238–39Boxscore
78June 26@ Rangers8–5Gee (8–1)Holland (6–3)37,87939–39Boxscore
79June 28@ Tigers14–3Dickey (4–7)Porcello (6–6)28,48040–39Boxscore
80June 29@ Tigers16–9Capuano (7–7)Coke (1–8)26,33841–39Boxscore
81June 30@ Tigers2–5Verlander (11–3)Pelfrey (4–7)Valverde (19)31,86141–40Boxscore :
July (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
82July 1Yankees1–5Nova (8–4)Niese (7–7)42,02041–41Boxscore
83July 2Yankees2–5Colón (6–3)Gee (8–2)42,04241–42Boxscore
84July 3Yankees3–2 (10)Rodríguez (2–2)Ayala (1–2)41,51342–42Boxscore
85July 4@ Dodgers5–2Capuano (8–7)De La Rosa (3–4)Rodríguez (21)56,00043–42Boxscore
86July 5@ Dodgers6–0Pelfrey (5–7)Lilly (5–9)32,32944–42Boxscore
87July 6@ Dodgers5–3Niese (8–7)Kuroda (6–10)Rodríguez (22)31,00545–42Boxscore
88July 7@ Dodgers0–6Kershaw (9–4)Gee (8–3)56,00045–43Boxscore
89July 8@ Giants5–2Beato (2–1)Wilson (6–2)Rodríguez (23)41,02846–43Boxscore
90July 9@ Giants1–3Lincecum (7–7)Capuano (8–8)Romo (1)42,11746–44Boxscore
91July 10@ Giants2–4Cain (8–5)Pelfrey (5–8)Wilson (26)42,12346–45Boxscore
92July 15Phillies2–7Worley (5–1)Dickey (4–8)37,30446–46Boxscore
93July 16Phillies11–2Niese (9–7)Hamels (11–5)41,16647–46Boxscore
94July 17Phillies5–8Kendrick (5–4)Pelfrey (5–9)Bastardo (6)34,69547–47Boxscore
95July 18Marlins1–4Hensley (1–2)Capuano (8–9)Núñez (27)32,41147–48Boxscore
96July 19Cardinals4–2Gee (9–3)Lohse (8–7)Isringhausen (1)35,44848–48Boxscore
97July 20Cardinals6–5 (10)Isringhausen (2–0)Salas(5–4)30,77049–48Boxscore
98July 21Cardinals2–6Westbrook (8–4)Niese (9–8)37,41649–49Boxscore
99July 22@ Marlins7–6Parnell (3–1)Mujica (8–3)Isringhausen (2)21,30450–49Boxscore
100July 23@ Marlins5–8Badenhop (2–1)Capuano (8–10)26,34550–50Boxscore
101July 24@ Marlins2–5Choate (1–1)Parnell (3–2)Núñez (28)20,41650–51Boxscore
102July 25@ Reds4–2Dickey (5–8)Leake (8–6)Isringhausen (3)25,48051–51Boxscore
103July 26@ Reds8–6Niese (9–8)Cueto (6–4)Byrdak (1)27,55252–51Boxscore
104July 27@ Reds8–2Pelfrey (6–9)Arroyo (7–9)23,61653–51Boxscore
105July 28@ Reds10–9Capuano (9–10)Bailey (5–5)Isringhausen (4)25,40054–51Boxscore
106July 29@ Nationals8–5Gee (10–3)Wang (0–1)Isringhausen (5)30,11455–51Boxscore
107July 30@ Nationals0–3Maya (1–1)Dickey (5–8)Storen (26)35,41455–52Boxscore
108July 31@ Nationals2–3Storen (6–2)Parnell (3–3)25,30755–53Boxscore :
August (10–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
109August 1Marlins3–7 (10)Núñez (1–2)Isringhausen (2–1)28,86255–54Boxscore
110August 2Marlins3–4Cishek (2–1)Isringhausen (2–2)Núñez (31)33,29755–55Boxscore
—August 3MarlinsGame Postponed (rain) (to be made up on August 29 as part of a doubleheader)
111August 5Braves1–4Hudson (11–7)Dickey (5–10)Kimbrel (33)30,60755–56Boxscore
112August 6Braves11–7Niese (11–8)Hanson (11–7)33,55656–56Boxscore
113August 7Braves5–6Venters (6–1)Parnell (3–4)Kimbrel (34)29,85356–57Boxscore
114August 8Padres9–8Isringhausen (3–2)Bell (2–4)21,81457–57Boxscore
115August 9Padres5–4Carrasco (1–2)Qualls (5–6)Isringhausen (6)24,61958–57Boxscore
116August 10Padres5–9Harang (11–3)Dickey (5–11)39,58958–58Boxscore
117August 11Padres2–3Qualls (6–6)Niese (11–9)Bell (32)32,34858–59Boxscore
118August 12@ Diamondbacks3–4Kennedy (15–3)Gee (10–4)Putz (28)25,70158–60Boxscore
119August 13@ Diamondbacks4–6Hudson (12–8)Carrasco (1–3)Putz (29)33,55258–61Boxscore
120August 14@ Diamondbacks3–5Duke (3–4)Capuano (9–11)Hernandez (11)30,14858–62Boxscore
121August 15@ Padres5–4 (10)Acosta (1–0)Spence (0–2)Isringhausen (7)30,09459–62Boxscore
122August 16@ Padres1–6Luebke (5–6)Niese (11–10)24,21259–63Boxscore
123August 17@ Padres7–3Gee (11–4)Latos (6–12)22,08960–63Boxscore
124August 19Brewers1–6Marcum (11–3)Pelfrey (6–10)24,47060–64Boxscore
125August 20Brewers9–11Rodríguez (5–2)Isringhausen (3–3)Axford (37)28,23460–65Boxscore
126August 21Brewers2–6Gallardo (14–8)Acosta (1–1)25,94960–66Boxscore
127August 22@ Phillies0–10Lee (14–7)Gee (11–5)45,78360–67Boxscore
128August 23@ Phillies4–9Worley (9–1)Niese (11–11)45,77060–68Boxscore
129August 24@ Phillies7–4Pelfrey (7–10)Kendrick (7–6)Parnell (1)45,68961–68Boxscore
130August 26Braves6–0Capuano (10–11)Hudson (13–8)22,73662–68Boxscore
—August 27BravesGames Postponed (Hurricane Irene) (to be made up on September 8 as a doubleheader)
—August 28Braves
131August 29Marlins2–1Dickey (6–11)Sánchez (7–7)Parnell (2)63–68Boxscore
132August 29Marlins5–1Gee (12–5)Nolasco (9–10)29,33564–68Boxscore
133August 30Marlins0–6Vázquez (8–11)Pelfrey (7–11)30,80664–69Boxscore
134August 31Marlins3–2Acosta (2–1)Volstad (5–12)Parnell (3)27,90565–69Boxscore :
September (9–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
135September 1Marlins7–5Batista (4–2)Hensley (2–6)Parnell (4)27,56266–69Boxscore
136September 2@ Nationals7–3Dickey (7–11)Detwiler (2–5)27,90767–69Boxscore
137September 3@ Nationals7–8Burnett (5–5)Parnell (3–5)34,82167–70Boxscore
138September 4@ Nationals6–3Igarashi (3–1)Hernández (8–13)Parnell (5)29,67968–70Boxscore
139September 5@ Marlins3–9Vázquez (9–11)Capuano (10–12)21,11268–71Boxscore
140September 6@ Marlins7–4 (12)Igarashi (4–1)Ceda (0–1)Stinson (1)22,31869–71Boxscore
141September 7@ Marlins1–0Dickey (8–11)Hand (1–6)Acosta (1)21,30370–71Boxscore
142September 8Braves5–6Minor (5–2)Schwinden(0–1)Kimbrel (43)25,95370–72Boxscore
143September 8Braves1–5Teherán (1–1)Gee (12–6)25,95370–73Boxscore
144September 9Cubs5–4Acosta (3–1)Marshall (6–6)27,63971–73Boxscore
145September 10Cubs4–5Wood (3–5)Parnell (3–6)Mármol (34)30,44371–74Boxscore
146September 11Cubs6–10Ortiz (1–2)Stinson (0–1)33,50271–75Boxscore
147September 12Nationals2–3Coffey (5–1)Dickey (8–12)Storen (35)27,01571–76Boxscore
148September 13Nationals2–3Stammen (1–1)Thayer (0–2)Storen (36)25,35971–77Boxscore
149September 14Nationals0–2PeacockPelfrey (7–12)Storen (37)26,88571–78Boxscore
150September 15Nationals1–10Milone (1–0)Schwinden (0–2)22,20571–79Boxscore
151September 16@ Braves12–2Capuano (11–12)Lowe (9–15)43,90172–79Boxscore
152September 17@ Braves0–1Hudson (15–10)Dickey (8–13)Kimbrel (45)46,76372–80Boxscore
153September 18@ Braves7–5Byrdak (2–0)Venters (6–2)Acosta (2)39,86273–80Boxscore
154September 20@ Cardinals6–11Dotel (4–3)Stinson (0–2)37,74673–81Boxscore
155September 21@ Cardinals5–6Garcia (13–7)Herrera (0–1)Motte (8)40,65873–82Boxscore
156September 22@ Cardinals8–6Acosta (4–1)Rzepczynski (2–6)Parnell (6)35,99274–82Boxscore
157September 23PhilliesGame Postponed (rain) rescheduled for September 24
157September 24Phillies6–3Gee (13–6)Herndon (1–4)Acosta (4)32,43775–82
158September 24Phillies2–1Parnell (4–6)Lidge (0–2)Acosta (5)33,96176–82
159September 25Phillies4–9Halladay (19–6)Pelfrey (7–13)32,79676–83
160September 26Reds5–6Ondrusek (5–5)Byrdak (2–1)Cordero (36)28,65176–84
161September 27Reds4–5LeCure (2–1)Thayer (0–3)Cordero (37)30,02776–85
162September 28Reds3–0Batista (5–2)Volquez (5–7)28,81677–85 :

### Roster
## 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; AVG = Batting average;
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG |
| Mike Baxter | 22 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | .235 |
| Jason Bay | 123 | 444 | 59 | 109 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 57 | 11 | 56 | .245 |
| Carlos Beltrán | 98 | 353 | 61 | 102 | 30 | 2 | 15 | 66 | 3 | 60 | .289 |
| Lucas Duda | 100 | 301 | 38 | 88 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 1 | 33 | .292 |
| Ike Davis | 36 | 129 | 20 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 17 | .302 |
| Brad Emaus | 14 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .162 |
| Nick Evans | 59 | 176 | 26 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 15 | .256 |
| Scott Hairston | 79 | 132 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 11 | .235 |
| Willie Harris | 126 | 240 | 36 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 36 | .246 |
| Chin-lung Hu | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .050 |
| Fernando Martinez | 11 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| Daniel Murphy | 109 | 391 | 49 | 125 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 24 | .320 |
| Mike Nickeas | 21 | 53 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .189 |
| Ángel Pagán | 123 | 478 | 68 | 125 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 32 | 44 | .262 |
| Valentino Pascucci | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Ronny Paulino | 78 | 228 | 19 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 15 | .268 |
| Jason Pridie | 101 | 208 | 28 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 24 | .231 |
| José Reyes | 126 | 537 | 101 | 181 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 44 | 39 | 43 | .337 |
| Josh Satin | 15 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Rubén Tejada | 96 | 328 | 31 | 93 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 35 | .284 |
| Josh Thole | 114 | 340 | 22 | 91 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 38 | .268 |
| Justin Turner | 117 | 435 | 49 | 113 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 7 | 39 | .260 |
| David Wright | 102 | 389 | 60 | 99 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 61 | 13 | 52 | .254 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 289 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 | .104 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5600 | 718 | 1477 | 309 | 39 | 108 | 676 | 130 | 571 | .264 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Manny Acosta | 4 | 1 | 3.45 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 47.0 | 50 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 46 |
| Miguel Batista | 2 | 0 | 2.64 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 30.2 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 15 |
| Pedro Beato | 2 | 1 | 4.30 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 59 | 41 | 32 | 27 | 39 |
| Blaine Boyer | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor Buchholz | 1 | 1 | 3.12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| Tim Byrdak | 2 | 1 | 3.82 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 37.2 | 34 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 47 |
| Chris Capuano | 11 | 12 | 4.55 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 186.0 | 195 | 99 | 94 | 53 | 168 |
| D.J. Carrasco | 1 | 3 | 6.02 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 49.1 | 67 | 35 | 33 | 16 | 27 |
| R.A. Dickey | 8 | 13 | 3.28 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 208.2 | 202 | 85 | 76 | 54 | 134 |
| Dillon Gee | 13 | 6 | 4.43 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 160.2 | 150 | 85 | 79 | 71 | 114 |
| Danny Herrera | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ryota Igarashi | 4 | 1 | 4.66 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 | 43 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 42 |
| Jason Isringhausen | 3 | 3 | 4.05 | 53 | 0 | 7 | 46.2 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 44 |
| Patrick Misch | 1 | 0 | 10.29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Jon Niese | 11 | 11 | 4.40 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 157.1 | 178 | 88 | 77 | 44 | 138 |
| Michael O'Connor | 0 | 1 | 2.70 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Bobby Parnell | 4 | 6 | 3.64 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 59.1 | 60 | 29 | 24 | 27 | 64 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 7 | 13 | 4.74 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 193.2 | 220 | 111 | 102 | 65 | 105 |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 2 | 2 | 3.16 | 42 | 0 | 23 | 42.2 | 44 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 46 |
| Chris Schwinden | 0 | 2 | 4.71 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21.0 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Josh Stinson | 0 | 2 | 6.92 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| Dale Thayer | 0 | 3 | 3.48 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Chris Young | 1 | 0 | 1.88 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 24.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| Team Totals | 77 | 85 | 4.19 | 162 | 162 | 43 | 1448.0 | 1482 | 742 | 674 | 514 | 1126 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Tim Teufel |
| AA | Binghamton Mets | Eastern League | Wally Backman |
| A | St. Lucie Mets | Florida State League | Pedro López |
| A | Savannah Sand Gnats | South Atlantic League | Ryan Ellis |
| A-Short Season | Brooklyn Cyclones | New York–Penn League | Rich Donnelly |
| Rookie | Kingsport Mets | Appalachian League | Frank Fultz |
| Rookie | GCL Mets | Gulf Coast League | Luis Rojas |