# 2008 New York Mets season

The 2008 New York Mets season was the franchise's 47th season. The Mets finished the season with an 89–73 record, second place in the National League East, three games behind the Philadelphia Phillies, and one game worse than the wild card winners, the Milwaukee Brewers. The Mets were eliminated from postseason play on their last day of the regular season by the Florida Marlins for the second straight year, which also left New York without a team in the postseason for the first time since 1993, as the crosstown rival Yankees were eliminated from contention just five days prior.
2008 was also the Mets' 45th and final year at Shea Stadium. They moved to Citi Field in 2009.

## Offseason

After dropping 12 out of their final 17 games of the 2007 season to lose the National League East to the Philadelphia Phillies on their last day of the regular season, the Mets front office was expected to make big moves in the offseason to give hope for the next season.
Needing to make a decision within five days after the Mets' last game, Tom Glavine declined his $13 million player option. He eventually signed with his former team, the Atlanta Braves, agreeing to a one-year contract worth $8 million on November 18.
On October 31, the Mets took care of two of their own potential free agents. Left fielder Moisés Alou's option year on his contract was picked up for $7.5 million despite Alou only playing in 87 games due to a left quadriceps injury. He did, however, lead the Mets with a .341 batting average and seven outfield assists. Alou also set a franchise record with a 30-game hitting streak after he came off the disabled list. Utility player Damion Easley was re-signed for one year at $950,000. He was on the disabled list two separate times due to a left quadriceps strain on May 11 and a left ankle sprain which ended his season on August 18.
When the free agency period began, the Mets first looked to catcher Yorvit Torrealba to replace 2007 starter Paul Lo Duca. After agreeing to the structure of a three-year contract worth $14.4 million with Torrealba, the Mets suddenly changed their minds on November 17 and retracted the offer, seemingly because of Torrealba's sore shoulder, as the Mets only needed to see the results of his physical to officially complete the deal. Lo Duca never appeared to be the first choice for the Mets, so they continued their search for a starter from another team rather than re-sign Lo Duca, who went on to sign with the Washington Nationals.
After the Torrealba deal fell through, the Mets focused on one of their own free agents. On November 18, second baseman Luis Castillo agreed to a four-year, $25 million contract. The Mets explored the possibility of signing David Eckstein to start at second base, but determined his contract demands were too lofty.
On November 20, the Mets traded relief pitcher Guillermo Mota to the Milwaukee Brewers for catcher Johnny Estrada. This trade ended up just being a salary dump, as Estrada, who was arbitration-eligible, was not offered a new contract, therefore becoming a free agent. The Mets wanted to be rid of Mota and his $3.2 million salary because he pitched to a 5.72 ERA in 2007 after being suspended for 50 games for steroid use.
In response to the Mets' need for a starting catcher, General Manager Omar Minaya made his first significant trade of the offseason on December 1, acquiring catcher Brian Schneider and outfielder Ryan Church from the Nationals for outfielder Lastings Milledge. Once considered the Mets top prospect, Milledge had fallen out of favor with players and management due to his on and off-field antics. Minaya made the trade to acquire two players who, in his mind, would be starters for the Mets.
The Mets made a small move on January 5, 2008, to shore up their outfield depth, acquiring Ángel Pagán from the Chicago Cubs for two minor-league players, outfielder Corey Coles and pitcher Ryan Meyers. Pagán was a fourth-round draft pick by the Mets in 1999, and he was sent to the Cubs on January 25, 2006, for cash.
The Mets' biggest trade of the offseason would come on January 29, when they agreed to a trade for two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Johan Santana from the Minnesota Twins. Minaya agreed to trade outfielder Carlos Gómez and pitchers Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra to the Twins. Three days later, to complete the trade, Santana agreed to a six-year contract extension worth $137.5 million, with an option worth an extra $19.5 million for 2014, which can be triggered by performance. This contract was a record amount for an MLB pitcher.
Starting pitcher Óliver Pérez's arbitration case was settled on February 22 and scored a win for Pérez, as the Mets found out they would have to pay him $6.5 million for the 2008 season. This gave Pérez a raise of over $4 million and was $1.775 million more than the Mets offered to pay him.
Another player signed during the offseason was relief pitcher Duaner Sánchez. Sánchez missed all of 2007 due to a broken bone in his left shoulder suffered during a taxi accident in 2006, but the Mets hoped he could still return to be an important part of the bullpen, signing him to a one-year deal for $850,000.
Players who made it to the Mets in 2008 after being signed to minor-league contracts include pitcher Tony Armas Jr., catcher Robinson Cancel, and utility player Fernando Tatís.

## Spring training

The Mets entered spring training with questions about their pitching staff due to injury and age. Duaner Sánchez was still recovering from his shoulder injury, and older starters Pedro Martínez and Orlando Hernández were coming off of seasons when they missed significant time due to injury. Martínez made it to Opening Day healthy, but Sánchez and Hernández opened the regular season on the disabled list.
During spring training, the team suffered several injuries to players that they had pegged to play with the Mets when the season opened on March 31. On March 1, Ryan Church collided with Marlon Anderson while trying to catch a fly ball, leaving Church with a concussion and Anderson with a bruised sternum. Ramón Castro aggravated his right hamstring on March 16, ending up with a sprain. It was more severe than first thought, keeping Castro out of play through the beginning of the season. Carlos Beltrán and Luis Castillo were late to start playing because they were both still recovering from offseason knee surgery, while Moisés Alou was held out of action because of hernia surgery. Other players suffered minor injuries that held them out of many exhibition games, but they returned before the first game that counted.
John Maine had the strongest spring training performance from the pitching staff, leading all National League pitchers with a 1.53 ERA. Maine went 3–1 over 29+1⁄3 innings, with 33 strikeouts and five walks. Ángel Pagán was a surprising force on offense, batting .329 to win the starting left field competition that was open due to Alou's injury.
Coming out of spring training, the Mets set their starting rotation with Johan Santana, Pedro Martínez, John Maine, Óliver Pérez, and Mike Pelfrey in place of Orlando Hernández. The bullpen consisted of Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, Pedro Feliciano, Scott Schoeneweis, Matt Wise, and Joe Smith, who beat Brian Stokes for a spot on the roster. Brian Schneider, Carlos Delgado, Luis Castillo, José Reyes, David Wright, Ángel Pagán, Carlos Beltrán, and Ryan Church started in the field.
Marlon Anderson, Damion Easley, and Endy Chávez were set as the bench players, joined by Brady Clark and Raúl Casanova. These decisions caused Rubén Gotay to lose his spot on the roster after playing in 98 games in 2007, so the Mets placed him on waivers, where he was claimed by the Atlanta Braves on March 28.

## Regular season
### Bullpen problems

The weakest part of the Mets team was their bullpen, which struggled throughout the season. If all the games played by the Mets ended after the 8th inning the team would have won the NL East by 12 games.

### Roster changes

* On June 13, 2008, the Mets acquired Trot Nixon via trade from the Arizona Diamondbacks. The move was deemed necessary due to multiple injuries in the Mets outfield.
* The Mets fired manager Willie Randolph as well as pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto just two hours after the team's 9–6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on June 16, 2008. They were replaced by interim manager Jerry Manuel and coaches Ken Oberkfell, Dan Warthen, and Luis Aguayo.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍37 |
| New York Mets | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3 | 48‍–‍33 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Florida Marlins | 84 | 77 | .522 | 7½ | 45‍–‍36 | 39‍–‍41 |
| Atlanta Braves | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20 | 43‍–‍38 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Washington Nationals | 59 | 102 | .366 | 32½ | 34‍–‍46 | 25‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

2008 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 3–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 15–3 | 2–7 | 4–2 | 8–10 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–9 |
| Atlanta | 5–3 | – | 0–6 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 6–12 | 8–7 |
| Chicago | 4–2 | 6–0 | – | 8–7 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 8–9 | 5–2 | 9–7 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 14–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 9–6 | 3–3 | 6–9 |
| Cincinnati | 4–2 | 3–3 | 7–8 | – | 1–5 | 6–2 | 3–12 | 1–7 | 10–8 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 6–9 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 9–6 |
| Colorado | 3–15 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | – | 5–3 | 3–3 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 3–6 | 0–5 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 7–8 |
| Florida | 7–2 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 2–6 | 3–5 | – | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 14–3 | 5–10 |
| Houston | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 12–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | – | 4–3 | 7–8 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 8–8 | 3–3 | 7–1 | 7–8 | 4–2 | 7–11 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 7–1 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–4 | – | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–10 |
| Milwaukee | 5–2 | 6–3 | 7–9 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 8–7 | 2–4 | – | 2–4 | 1–5 | 14–1 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 10–5 | 6–2 | 7–8 |
| New York | 3–3 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 10–8 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | – | 11–7 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 12–6 | 9–6 |
| Philadelphia | 4–3 | 14–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 5–1 | 7–11 | – | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 12–6 | 4–11 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–14 | 9–6 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 8–8 | 2–5 | 1–14 | 3–4 | 2–4 | – | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10–7 | 3–4 | 6–9 |
| San Diego | 8–10 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | – | 5–13 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 3–15 |
| San Francisco | 7–11 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 7–11 | 3–3 | 1–7 | 9–9 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 13–5 | – | 4–3 | 7–0 | 6–12 |
| St. Louis | 4–3 | 5–2 | 6–9 | 10–5 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–7 | 4–2 | 5–10 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 7–10 | 6–1 | 3–4 | – | 5–1 | 7–8 |
| Washington | 2–4 | 12–6 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–14 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–6 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 1–5 | – | 8–10 |

### Game log

Legend :
| Mets Win | Mets Loss | Game Postponed |
2008 Game Log :
March: 1-0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ Marlins7–2Santana (1–0)Hendrickson (0–1)38,3081–0 :
April: 13-12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 1@ Marlins5–4 (10)J. Miller (1–0)Wise (0–1)15,1171–1
3April 2@ Marlins13–0Pérez (1–0)A. Miller (0–1)13,7202–1
—April 4@ BravesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 20
4April 5@ Braves11–5Hudson (1–0)Maine (0–1)36,1302–2
5April 6@ Braves3–1Smoltz (1–0)Santana (1–1)Soriano (1)39,4142–3
6April 8Phillies5–2Moyer (1–0)Schoeneweis (0–1)Gordon (1)56,3502–4
7April 9Phillies8–2Pelfrey (1–0)Kendrick (1–1)47,1273–4
8April 10Phillies4–3 (12)Sosa (1–0)Gordon (0–2)49,0494–4
9April 11Brewers4–2Figueroa (1–0)Parra (1–1)Wagner (1)46,2145–4
10April 12Brewers5–3Sheets (2–0)Santana (1–2)Gagné (2)54,7015–5
11April 13Brewers9–7Torres (2–0)Sosa (1–1)Gagné (3)52,7945–6
12April 15Nationals6–0Pelfrey (2–0)Pérez (0–3)46,5676–6
13April 16Nationals5–2Maine (1–1)Chico (0–3)Wagner (2)46,1067–6
14April 17Nationals3–2 (14)Sosa (2–1)Hanrahan (0–1)47,7858–6
15April 18@ Phillies6–4Santana (2–2)Hamels (2–2)Wagner (3)45,1569–6
16April 19@ Phillies4–2Pérez (2–0)Moyer (1–1)Wagner (4)45,14910–6
17April 20@ Phillies5–4Romero (1–0)Feliciano (0–1)Lidge (3)45,17310–7
18April 21@ Cubs7–1Zambrano (3–1)Maine (1–2)40,58210–8
19April 22@ Cubs8–1Lilly (1–3)Figueroa (1–1)40,50310–9
20April 23@ Nationals7–2Santana (3–2)Redding (3–2)32,78011–9
21April 24@ Nationals10–5O'Connor (1–0)Pérez (2–1)29,75011–10
22April 25Braves6–3Jurrjens (3–2)Pelfrey (2–1)52,49511–11
23April 26Braves4–3Maine (2–2)Hudson (3–2)Wagner (5)51,33912–11
24April 27Braves6–3Figueroa (2–1)Smoltz (3–2)Wagner (6)53,48713–11
—April 28PiratesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 11
25April 29Pirates5–4 (11)Sosa (3–1)Van Benschoten (0–1)46,98214–11
26April 30Pirates13–1Gorzelanny (2–3)Pérez (2–2)46,78814–12 :
May: 13-15
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 2@ Diamondbacks7–2Maine (3–2)Owings (4–1)35,68215–12
28May 3@ Diamondbacks10–4Webb (7–0)Pelfrey (2–2)34,74415–13
29May 4@ Diamondbacks5–2Sosa (4–1)Qualls (0–2)Wagner (7)37,59316–13
30May 5@ Dodgers5–1Billingsley (2–4)Pérez (3–2)44,18116–14
31May 6@ Dodgers5–4Kuo (2–1)Figueroa (2–2)Saito (5)43,92716–15
32May 7@ Dodgers12–1Maine (4–2)Penny (5–3)40,69617–15
—May 9RedsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 10
33May 10Reds12–6Santana (4–2)Belisle (1–3)55,18618–15
34May 10Reds7–1Arroyo (2–4)Pelfrey (2–3)47,67318–16
35May 11Reds8–3Pérez (3–3)Cueto (2–4)49,26419–16
36May 12Nationals10–4Pérez (1–3)Figueroa (2–3)45,32119–17
37May 13Nationals6–3Maine (5–2)Lannan (3–4)Wagner (8)46,61820–17
38May 14Nationals5–3Redding (5–3)Vargas (0–1)Rauch (8)48,52920–18
39May 15Nationals1–0Bergmann (1–1)Pelfrey (2–4)Rauch (9)51,76920–19
—May 16@ YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 27
40May 17@ Yankees7–4Santana (5–2)Pettitte (3–5)Wagner (9)55,09321–19
41May 18@ Yankees11–2Pérez (4–3)Wang (6–2)55,01222–19
42May 20@ Braves6–1Glavine (2–1)Maine (5–3)26,87322–20
43May 20@ Braves6–2Campillo (1–0)Vargas (0–2)Acosta (3)25,59022–21
44May 21@ Braves11–4Jurrjens (5–3)Pelfrey (2–5)30,33522–22
45May 22@ Braves4–2Hudson (7–3)Santana (5–3)Ohman (1)30,34822–23
46May 23@ Rockies6–5 (13)Buchholz (2–2)Heilman (0–1)33,34122–24
47May 24@ Rockies9–2Vargas (1–2)Francis (1–5)38,14223–24
48May 25@ Rockies4–1Cook (7–3)Maine (5–4)42,12323–25
49May 26Marlins7–3Nolasco (4–3)Pelfrey (2–6)51,48923–26
50May 27Marlins5–3Santana (6–3)A. Miller (4–4)Wagner (10)47,09324–26
51May 28Marlins7–6 (12)Sánchez (1–0)J. Miller (1–2)47,76925–26
52May 29Dodgers8–4Vargas (2–2)Penny (5–6)52,88626–26
53May 30Dodgers9–5Park (2–1)Heilman (0–2)52,17626–27
54May 31Dodgers3–2Sánchez (2–0)Broxton (2–2)Wagner (11)53,52827–27 :
June: 13-15
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1Dodgers6–1Santana (7–3)Kuroda (2–5)50,26328–27
56June 2@ Giants10–2Sánchez (4–3)Pérez (4–4)36,12628–28
57June 3@ Giants9–6P. Martínez (1–0)Zito (1–9)Wagner (12)35,22829–28
58June 4@ Giants5–3Maine (6–4)Cain (2–4)Wagner (13)35,64630–28
59June 5@ Padres2–1Hoffman (1–4)Schoeneweis (0–2)28,86730–29
60June 6@ Padres2–1Wolf (4–4)Santana (7–4)Hoffman (13)27,74930–30
61June 7@ Padres2–1 (10)Adams (1–0)Feliciano (0–2)38,97230–31
62June 8@ Padres8–6Guevara (1–0)Wagner (0–1)Hoffman (14)31,99230–32
63June 10Diamondbacks9–5Qualls (1–5)Smith (0–1)45,80830–33
64June 11Diamondbacks5–3 (13)Vargas (3–2)González (1–3)46,50331–33
65June 12Diamondbacks5–4 (10)Lyon (2–1)Heilman (0–3)47,04231–34
66June 13Rangers7–1Pérez (5–4)Feldman (1–3)49,88032–34
—June 14RangersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 15
67June 15Rangers8–7Millwood (5–3)Maine (6–5)Wilson (13)55,43832–35
68June 15Rangers4–2P. Martínez (2–0)Gabbard (1–3)Wagner (14)55,43833–35
69June 16@ Angels9–6Pelfrey (3–6)Weaver (6–7)Wagner (15)39,22934–35
70June 17@ Angels6–1Lackey (4–1)Santana (7–5)Shields (2)40,12234–36
71June 18@ Angels5–4 (10)Sánchez (3–0)Speier (0–4)Wagner (16)43,13835–36
72June 20@ Rockies7–2Maine (7–5)Cook (10–4)30,41136–36
73June 21@ Rockies7–1Jiménez (2–7)P. Martínez (2–1)35,63736–37
74June 22@ Rockies3–1Pelfrey (4–6)Reynolds (2–5)Wagner (17)45,01937–37
75June 23Mariners5–2Rowland-Smith (2–1)Santana (7–6)Rhodes (1)49,78937–38
76June 24Mariners11–0Dickey (2–3)Pérez (5–5)49,38637–39
77June 25Mariners8–2Maine (8–5)Batista (3–10)52,15438–39
78June 27@ Yankees15–6Pelfrey (5–6)Giese (1–3)54,97839–39
79June 27Yankees9–0Ponson (5–1)P. Martínez (2–2)56,30839–40
80June 28Yankees3–2Pettitte (9–5)Santana (7–7)Rivera (22)56,17239–41
81June 29Yankees3–1Pérez (6–5)Rasner (4–6)Wagner (18)56,27740–41
82June 30@ Cardinals7–1Lohse (10–2)Maine (8–6)42,20640–42 :
July: 18-8
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1@ Cardinals7–4Armas (1–0)Wellemeyer (7–3)Wagner (19)42,42541–42
84July 2@ Cardinals8–7Franklin (3–2)Muñiz (0–1)40,99541–43
85July 3@ Cardinals11–1Pelfrey (6–6)Boggs (3–1)43,09942–43
86July 4@ Phillies3–2Lidge (2–0)Sánchez (3–1)44,92242–44
87July 5@ Phillies9–4Feliciano (1–2)Romero (4–2)45,19043–44
88July 6@ Phillies4–2 (12)Smith (1–1)Durbin (2–2)45,20344–44
89July 7@ Phillies10–9P. Martínez (3–2)Eaton (3–7)Wagner (20)44,65545–44
90July 8Giants7–0Pelfrey (7–6)Lincecum (10–2)48,88746–44
91July 9Giants5–0Santana (8–7)Sánchez (8–5)48,89647–44
92July 10Giants7–3Schoeneweis (1–2)Romo (0–1)48,75548–44
93July 11Rockies2–1Feliciano (2–2)Buchholz (3–3)Wagner (21)49,01649–44
94July 12Rockies3–0Muñiz (1–1)Jiménez (4–9)Wagner (22)54,13750–44
95July 13Rockies7–0Pelfrey (8–6)Redman (2–5)51,29351–44
96July 17@ Reds10–8Sánchez (4–1)Cordero (4–2)Wagner (23)23,68152–44
97July 18@ Reds5–2Arroyo (8–7)Maine (8–7)Cordero (20)31,92252–45
98July 19@ Reds7–2Fogg (2–2)Pérez (6–6)41,95952–46
99July 20@ Reds7–5 (10)Sánchez (5–1)Bray (2–1)Wagner (24)31,19553–46
100July 22Phillies8–6Durbin (3–2)Smith (1–2)Lidge (22)55,08153–47
101July 23Phillies6–3Maine (9–7)Madson (2–1)Wagner (25)53,44454–47
102July 24Phillies3–1Heilman (1–3)Romero (4–3)Wagner (26)50,96255–47
103July 25Cardinals7–2Pelfrey (9–6)Boggs (3–2)55,37256–47
104July 26Cardinals10–8 (14)Thompson (3–2)Heilman (1–4)53,79956–48
105July 27Cardinals9–1Santana (9–7)Lohse (12–3)53,69157–48
106July 28@ Marlins7–3Waechter (3–2)Smith (1–3)23,16557–49
107July 29@ Marlins4–1Pérez (7–6)Olsen (6–6)Wagner (27)25,03258–49
108July 30@ Marlins7–5Johnson (1–0)Pelfrey (9–7)Gregg (23)25,90258–50 :
August: 18-11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1@ Astros7–3Brocail (5–5)Heilman (1–5)41,08358–51
110August 2@ Astros5–4Valverde (5–3)Heilman (1–6)39,15258–52
111August 3@ Astros4–0Wolf (7–10)Pérez (7–7)38,60258–53
112August 5Padres6–5Pelfrey (10–7)Adams (1–1)Schoeneweis (1)52,13059–53
113August 6Padres4–2Baek (4–6)P. Martínez (3–3)Hoffman (24)48,01859–54
114August 7Padres5–3Heilman (2–6)Bell (6–5)49,35260–54
115August 8Marlins3–0Pérez (8–7)Nolasco (11–7)Heilman (1)50,30761–54
116August 9Marlins8–6Schoeneweis (2–2)Olsen (6–7)Heilman (2)52,48462–54
117August 10Marlins8–2Johnson (3–0)Pelfrey (10–8)54,24262–55
118August 11Pirates7–5D. Bautista (4–2)Heilman (2–7)Grabow (2)53,53462–56
119August 12@ Nationals4–3Santana (10–7)Rivera (3–5)Feliciano (1)32,18663–56
120August 13@ Nationals12–0Maine (10–7)Bergmann (2–9)Stokes (1)30,81464–56
121August 14@ Nationals9–3Pérez (9–7)Balester (2–5)31,05865–56
122August 15@ Pirates2–1Pelfrey (11–8)Davis (1–2)Heilman (3)36,41866–56
123August 16@ Pirates7–4P. Martínez (4–3)Duke (4–11)Feliciano (2)37,50667–56
124August 17@ Pirates4–0Santana (11–7)Karstens (2–2)36,48368–56
125August 18@ Pirates5–2Burnett (1–1)Feliciano (2–3)Grabow (4)19,06668–57
126August 19Braves7–3Heilman (3–7)Bennett (2–5)50,58969–57
127August 20Braves6–3Pelfrey (12–8)Jurrjens (11–9)50,17870–57
128August 21Braves5–4Ayala (2–8)Núñez (0–1)51,95271–57
129August 22Astros3–0Santana (12–7)Oswalt (11–9)Ayala (1)52,00872–57
130August 23Astros8–3Backe (8–12)Maine (10–8)51,76672–58
131August 24Astros6–4 (10)Hawkins (3–1)Feliciano (2–4)Valverde (33)49,75872–59
132August 25Astros9–1Pelfrey (13–8)Moehler (9–5)49,79173–59
133August 26@ Phillies8–7 (13)Seánez (5–3)Schoeneweis (2–3)45,20473–60
134August 27@ Phillies6–3Stokes (1–0)Seánez (5–4)Ayala (2)45,13874–60
135August 29@ Marlins5–4Smith (2–3)Gregg (6–8)Ayala (3)20,04375–60
136August 30@ Marlins4–3Lindstrom (2–2)Heilman (3–8)28,83075–61
137August 31@ Marlins6–2P. Martínez (5–3)Olsen (6–9)16,12376–61 :
September: 13-12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ Brewers4–2Figueroa (3–3)Gagné (4–3)Ayala (4)41,47677–61
139September 2@ Brewers6–5 (10)Smith (3–3)Torres (6–4)Ayala (5)36,58778–61
140September 3@ Brewers9–2Pérez (10–7)Bush (9–10)26,23679–61
141September 5Phillies3–0Myers (9–10)Pelfrey (13–9)Lidge (34)48,30279–62
—September 6PhilliesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 7
142September 7Phillies6–2Moyer (13–7)P. Martínez (5–4)
55,79779–63
143September 7Phillies6–3Santana (13–7)Hamels (12–9)54,98080–63
144September 9Nationals10–8Smith (4–3)Manning (1–3)Ayala (6)50,38281–63
145September 10Nationals13–10Smith (5–3)Rivera (5–6)Ayala (7)52,43182–63
—September 12BravesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 13
146September 13Braves3–2Ridgway (1–0)Schoeneweis (2–4)González (10)54,70582–64
147September 13Braves5–0Niese (1–0)Reyes (3–11)54,70583–64
148September 14Braves7–4Julio (2–0)Ayala (2–9)González (11)56,04183–65
149September 15@ Nationals7–2Lannan (9–13)P. Martínez (5–5)21,75983–66
150September 16@ Nationals1–0Pérez (7–10)Pelfrey (13–10)Hanrahan (9)24,99783–67
151September 17@ Nationals9–7Knight (1–0)Martis (0–3)Ayala (8)25,01984–67
152September 18@ Nationals7–2Santana (14–7)Redding (10–10)25,42685–67
153September 19@ Braves9–5Feliciano (3–4)Tavárez (1–4)42,80386–67
154September 20@ Braves4–2Campillo (8–7)P. Martínez (5–6)González (12)50,12486–68
155September 21@ Braves7–6Julio (3–0)Schoeneweis (2–5)González (13)49,22286–69
156September 22Cubs9–5Marquis (11–9)Niese (1–1)Wood (33)51,13786–70
157September 23Cubs6–2Santana (15–7)Gaudin (4–2)Ayala (9)50,61587–70
158September 24Cubs9–6Howry (7–4)Ayala (2–10)Wood (34)54,41687–71
159September 25Cubs7–6Smith (6–3)Hart (2–2)51,17488–71
160September 26Marlins6–1Volstad (6–4)Pelfrey (13–11)49,54588–72
161September 27Marlins2–0Santana (16–7)Nolasco (15–8)54,92089–72
162September 28Marlins4–2Nelson (3–1)Schoeneweis (2–6)Lindstrom (5)56,05989–73 :

## Player stats
### Batting

Legend: G = Games played; AB = At-bats; H = Hits; BA = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; R = Runs scored; SB = Stolen bases; bold = league leader
| Player | G | AB | H | BA | OBP | HR | RBI | R | SB |
| Chris Aguila | 8 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moisés Alou | 15 | 49 | 17 | .347 | .389 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Marlon Anderson | 87 | 138 | 29 | .210 | .255 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 2 |
| Tony Armas Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Beltrán | 161 | 606 | 172 | .284 | .376 | 27 | 112 | 116 | 25 |
| Robinson Cancel | 27 | 49 | 12 | .245 | .288 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Raul Casanova | 20 | 55 | 15 | .273 | .344 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | 87 | 298 | 73 | .245 | .355 | 3 | 28 | 46 | 17 |
| Ramón Castro | 52 | 143 | 35 | .245 | .312 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 0 |
| Endy Chávez | 133 | 270 | 72 | .267 | .308 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 6 |
| Ryan Church | 90 | 319 | 88 | .276 | .346 | 12 | 49 | 54 | 2 |
| Brady Clark | 7 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Delgado | 159 | 598 | 162 | .271 | .353 | 38 | 115 | 96 | 1 |
| Damion Easley | 113 | 316 | 85 | .269 | .322 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 0 |
| Nick Evans | 50 | 109 | 28 | .257 | .303 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 0 |
| Nelson Figueroa | 16 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Heilman | 75 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Knight | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Maine | 26 | 46 | 5 | .109 | .212 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Pedro Martínez | 20 | 39 | 6 | .154 | .154 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Ramón Martínez | 7 | 16 | 4 | .250 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gustavo Molina | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Murphy | 49 | 131 | 41 | .313 | .397 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 0 |
| Jon Niese | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trot Nixon | 11 | 35 | 6 | .171 | .293 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Abraham Núñez | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ángel Pagán | 31 | 91 | 25 | .275 | .346 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 4 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 30 | 59 | 5 | .085 | .156 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Óliver Pérez | 32 | 56 | 6 | .107 | .167 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Andy Phillips | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Argenis Reyes | 49 | 110 | 24 | .218 | .259 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| José Reyes | 159 | 688 | 204 | .297 | .358 | 16 | 68 | 113 | 56 |
| Johan Santana | 32 | 78 | 11 | .141 | .173 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Brian Schneider | 110 | 335 | 86 | .257 | .339 | 9 | 38 | 30 | 0 |
| Scott Schoeneweis | 71 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Smith | 82 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge Sosa | 20 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Stokes | 24 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Tatís | 92 | 273 | 81 | .297 | .369 | 11 | 47 | 33 | 3 |
| Claudio Vargas | 10 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| David Wright | 160 | 626 | 189 | .302 | .390 | 33 | 124 | 115 | 15 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5606 | 1491 | .266 | .340 | 172 | 751 | 799 | 138 |

### Pitching

Legend: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; H = Hits allowed; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks; S = Saves; bold = league leader
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | H | SO | BB |
| Luis Ayala | 19 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5.50 | 23 | 14 | 2 |
| Tony Armas Jr. | 3 | 1 | 8+1⁄3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| Pedro Feliciano | 86 | 0 | 53+1⁄3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4.05 | 57 | 50 | 26 |
| Nelson Figueroa | 16 | 6 | 45+1⁄3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.57 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Aaron Heilman | 78 | 0 | 76 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5.21 | 75 | 80 | 46 |
| Brandon Knight | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Eddie Kunz | 4 | 0 | 2+2⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| John Maine | 25 | 25 | 140 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4.18 | 122 | 122 | 67 |
| Pedro Martínez | 20 | 20 | 109 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5.61 | 127 | 87 | 44 |
| Carlos Muñiz | 18 | 0 | 23+1⁄3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 24 | 16 | 7 |
| Jon Niese | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.07 | 20 | 11 | 8 |
| Bobby Parnell | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 32 | 32 | 200+2⁄3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3.72 | 209 | 110 | 64 |
| Óliver Pérez | 34 | 34 | 194 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4.22 | 167 | 180 | 105 |
| Ricardo Rincón | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Duaner Sánchez | 66 | 0 | 58+1⁄3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4.32 | 54 | 44 | 23 |
| Johan Santana | 34 | 34 | 234+1⁄3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2.53 | 206 | 206 | 53 |
| Scott Schoeneweis | 73 | 0 | 56+2⁄3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3.34 | 55 | 34 | 23 |
| Joe Smith | 82 | 0 | 63+1⁄3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3.55 | 51 | 52 | 31 |
| Jorge Sosa | 20 | 0 | 21+2⁄3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7.06 | 30 | 12 | 11 |
| Brian Stokes | 24 | 1 | 33+1⁄3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.51 | 35 | 26 | 8 |
| Claudio Vargas | 11 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.62 | 33 | 20 | 11 |
| Billy Wagner | 45 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2.30 | 32 | 52 | 10 |
| Matt Wise | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.43 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 162 | 1464.1 | 89 | 73 | 43 | 4.07 | 1415 | 1181 | 590 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | New Orleans Zephyrs | Pacific Coast League | Ken Oberkfell and Marty Scott |
| AA | Binghamton Mets | Eastern League | Mako Oliveras |
| A | St. Lucie Mets | Florida State League | Tim Teufel |
| A | Savannah Sand Gnats | South Atlantic League | Donovan Mitchell |
| A-Short Season | Brooklyn Cyclones | New York–Penn League | Edgar Alfonzo |
| Rookie | Kingsport Mets | Appalachian League | Nick Leyva and Pedro López |
| Rookie | GCL Mets | Gulf Coast League | Juan López |