# 2001 New York Mets season

The 2001 New York Mets season was the 40th regular season for the Mets. The 2001 Mets entered the season as defending National League champions, aiming to win the National League East from the Braves and return to a second consecutive World Series and win it. The Mets went 82–80 and finished third in the National League East, six games behind the first place Atlanta Braves. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

## Offseason

* December 6, 2000: Turk Wendell was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* December 11, 2000: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was purchased by the New York Mets from the Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central).
* January 5, 2001: Jorge Velandia was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.

## Regular season

The Mets played the first game in New York after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11. The game was played on September 21 and it was a 3–2 victory over the Atlanta Braves, thanks to a go-ahead two-run home run from Mike Piazza in the eighth inning which is still largely relevant.

### Opening Day starters

* Edgardo Alfonzo
* Kevin Appier
* Darryl Hamilton
* Rey Ordóñez
* Jay Payton
* Mike Piazza
* Tsuyoshi Shinjo
* Robin Ventura
* Todd Zeile

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | 40‍–‍41 | 48‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 86 | 76 | .531 | 2 | 47‍–‍34 | 39‍–‍42 |
| New York Mets | 82 | 80 | .506 | 6 | 44‍–‍37 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Florida Marlins | 76 | 86 | .469 | 12 | 46‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍52 |
| Montreal Expos | 68 | 94 | .420 | 20 | 34‍–‍47 | 34‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

2001 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Arizona | — | 5–2 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 7–8 |
| Atlanta | 2–5 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 13–6 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–9 |
| Chicago | 3–6 | 2–4 | — | 13–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 8–9 | 4–2 | 8–9 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 9–6 |
| Cincinnati | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–13 | — | 3–6 | 4–2 | 6–11 | 4–2 | 6–10 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 9–8 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 7–10 | 4–11 |
| Colorado | 6–13 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 2–10 |
| Florida | 2–4 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–6 |
| Houston | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 11–6 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 2–4 | 12–5 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 9–7 | 9–6 |
| Los Angeles | 9–10 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | — | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–2 | 9–10 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–9 |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 10–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 5–12 | 1–5 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–11 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 7–10 | 5–10 |
| Montreal | 3–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 8–11 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
| New York | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 11–8 | — | 11–8 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 10–8 |
| Philadelphia | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 8–11 | — | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
| Pittsburgh | 2–4 | 1–5 | 6–10 | 8–9 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–9 | 2–7 | 11–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–5 | — | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–14 | 8–7 |
| San Diego | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 5–14 | 1–5 | 6–9 |
| San Francisco | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 14–5 | — | 4–2 | 10–5 |
| St. Louis | 4–2 | 3–3 | 8–9 | 10–7 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 7–9 | 3–3 | 10–7 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 14–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | — | 8–7 |

### Notable transactions

* May 9, 2001: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* June 5, 2001: David Wright was drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (38th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 12, 2001.
* July 23, 2001: Todd Pratt was traded by the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gary Bennett.
* July 25, 2001: Doug Linton was purchased by the LG Twins of Korea from the New York Mets.
* July 27, 2001: Turk Wendell was traded by the New York Mets with Dennis Cook to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bruce Chen and Adam Walker (minors).
* July 30, 2001: Rick Reed was traded by the New York Mets to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Lawton.

### Game log

2001 Game Log (82–80) Home: 44–37; Away: 38–43 :
April: (10–15) Home: 5–5; Away: 5–10
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Braves6–4 (10)Cook (1–0)Lightenberg (0–1)Benitez (1)Turner Field42,1171–0
2April 4@ Braves2–3Rocker (1–0)Wall (0–1)—Turner Field27,9241–1
3April 5@ Braves7–1Reed (1–0)Perez (0–1)—Turner Field34,2192–1
4April 6@ Expos6–10Thurman (1–0)Rose (0–1)—Olympic Stadium45,1832–2
5April 7@ Expos0–10Vazquez (1–0)Trachsel (0–1)Olympic Stadium15,3172–3
6April 8@ Expos2–5Peters (1–0)Leiter (0–1)Urbina (3)Olympic Stadium11,3212–4
7April 9Braves9–4Appier (1–0)Millwood (0–1)—Shea Stadium53,6403–4
8April 11Braves0–2Maddux (2–0)Reed (1–1)Rocker (2)Shea Stadium36,0483–5
9April 12Braves1–0 (10)Benitez (1–0)Lightenberg (0–2)—Shea Stadium27,6944–5
10April 13Reds2–3Fernandez (2–1)Trachsel (0–2)Graves (2)Shea Stadium38,2434–6
11April 14Reds0–1Reitsma (2–0)Leiter (0–2)Graves (3)Shea Stadium55,0674–7
12April 15Reds1–3Brower (1–0)Appier (1–1)Graves (4)Shea Stadium39,6434–8
13April 16Expos4–3Reed (2–1)Thurman (1–2)Benitez (2)Shea Stadium18,2415–8
14April 17Expos4–0Rusch (1–0)Peters (1–1)—Shea Stadium20,1776–8
15April 18Expos1–7Vazquez (2–1)Trachsel (0–3)—Shea Stadium20,7216–9
16April 20@ Reds5–9Fernandez (3–1)Leiter (0–3)Brower (1)Cinergy Field26,5576–10
17April 21@ Reds5–2Appier (2–1)Reitsma (2–1)Benitez (3)Cinergy Field28,1357–10
18April 22@ Reds5–1Reed (3–1)Dessens (1–1)—Cinergy Field30,6828–10
19April 24@ Brewers4–6DeJean (2–0)Wall (0–2)Leskanic (2)Miller Park27,4048–11
20April 25@ Brewers2–7Haynes (2–2)Trachsel (0–4)Weathers (3)Miller Park30,3538–12
21April 26@ Brewers8–12Fox (1–0)Hinchliffe (0–1)—Miller Park25,2338–13
22April 27@ Cardinals0–9Morris (3–2)Appier (2–2)—Busch Stadium40,6748–14
23April 28@ Cardinals6–5 (11)Benitez (2–0)James (1–2)—Busch Stadium43,8439–14
24April 29@ Cardinals1–12Kile (4–2)Rusch (1–1)—Busch Stadium38,4019–15
25April 30Astros8–2Trachsel (1–4)Elarton (3–3)—Shea Stadium19,08310–15 :
May: (12–17) Home: 9–9; Away: 3–8
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
26May 1Astros7–5Martin (1–0)Cruz (0–1)Benitez (4)Shea Stadium25,61911–15
27May 2Astros5–6 (10)Wagner (1–1)Benitez (2–1)—Shea Stadium23,26211–16
28May 4Diamondbacks4–2Reed (4–1)Batista (0–1)Franco (1)Shea Stadium36,94512–16
29May 5Diamondbacks8–1Rusch (2–1)Ellis (3–1)—Shea Stadium35,63013–16
30May 6Diamondbacks2–8Schilling (5–0)Trachsel (1–5)—Shea Stadium37,67313–17
31May 7@ Rockies10–9Gonzalez (1–0)Bohanon (1–4)—Coors Field34,64414–17
32May 8@ Rockies4–12Astacio (4–2)Appier (2–3)—Coors Field36,60214–18
33May 9@ Rockies0–6Hampton (5–0)Reed (4–2)—Coors Field35,95214–19
34May 10@ Rockies2–8Chacon (1–1)Rusch (2–2)—Coors Field40,60314–20
35May 11@ Giants2–3 (10)Nen (2–0)Wall (0–3)—Pacific Bell Park41,05914–21
36May 12@ Giants3–10Ortiz (6–1)Gonzalez (1–1)—Pacific Bell Park41,05914–22
37May 13@ Giants3–6Zerbe (1–0)Appier (2–4)—Pacific Bell Park41,05914–23
38May 15Padres1–0Reed (5–2)Jones (1–5)Benitez (5)Shea Stadium21,49015–23
39May 16Padres2–5Eaton (5–2)Rusch (2–3)Hoffman (6)Shea Stadium20,13415–24
40May 17Padres3–15Williams (4–3)Trachsel (1–6)—Shea Stadium18,47615–25
41May 18Dodgers8–0Leiter (1–3)Brown (5–2)Wendell (1)Shea Stadium37,50216–25
42May 19Dodgers2–10Prokopec (5–1)Appier (2–5)—Shea Stadium46,34616–26
43May 20Dodgers6–5Benitez (3–1)Adams (2–2)—Shea Stadium43,40417–26
44May 21@ Expos6–3Rusch (3–3)Reames (2–6)Benitez (6)Olympic Stadium5,44918–26
45May 22@ Expos0–3Armas (4–5)Gonzalez (1–2)Urbina (7)Olympic Stadium4,18618–27
46May 23@ Expos4–2Leiter (2–3)Peters (2–4)Benitez (7)Olympic Stadium5,29219–27
47May 24Marlins11–3Appier (3–5)Burnett (2–2)—Shea Stadium22,87720–27
48May 25Marlins4–3 (10)Franco (1–0)Miceli (0–3)—Shea Stadium40,45621–27
49May 26Marlins3–7Dempster (4–6)Rusch (3–4)—Shea Stadium29,83921–28
50May 27Marlins5–4Wendell (1–0)Miceli (0–4)Benitez (8)Shea Stadium41,99122–28
51May 28Phillies3–5 (10)Mesa (1–0)Benitez (3–2)Cormier (1)Shea Stadium33,79122–29
52May 29Phillies3–7Gomes (4–1)Cook (1–1)—Shea Stadium26,57922–30
53May 30Phillies3–6Padilla (2–1)Franco (1–1)Mesa (15)Shea Stadium24,07722–31
54May 31@ Marlins3–5Dempster (5–6)Wendell (1–1)Alfonseca (11)Pro Player Stadium13,29522–32 :
June: (13–15) Home: 4–6; Away: 9–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Marlins11–5Gonzalez (2–2)Clement (2–5)—Pro Player Stadium23,25223–32
56June 2@ Marlins7–1Leiter (3–3)Smith (3–1)—Pro Player Stadium33,06124–32
57June 3@ Marlins0–1Alfonseca (3–2)Wendell (1–2)—Pro Player Stadium22,48324–33
58June 5@ Phillies9–0R. Reed (6–2)Person (4–5)—Veterans Stadium22,06025–33
59June 6@ Phillies1–6Telemaco (5–1)Rusch (3–5)—Veterans Stadium32,70325–34
60June 7@ Phillies6–5Franco (2–1)Mesa (1–1)Benitez (9)Veterans Stadium20,63626–34
61June 8@ Devil Rays5–7Rupe (3–5)Trachsel (1–7)Yan (6)Tropicana Field15,54726–35
62June 9@ Devil Rays2–5Sturtze (3–5)Leiter (3–4)Phelps (2)Tropicana Field19,23526–36
63June 10@ Devil Rays10–0Appier (4–5)Lopez (3–8)—Tropicana Field19,99427–36
64June 12@ Orioles10–3R. Reed (7–2)Mercedes (1–8)White (1)Oriole Park at Camden Yards34,81228–36
65June 13@ Orioles7–6 (10)Franco (3–1)Groom (1–2)Benitez (10)Oriole Park at Camden Yards34,88129–36
66June 14@ Orioles2–5Towers (4–1)Trachsel (1–8)Groom (3)Oriole Park at Camden Yards37,85329–37
67June 15Yankees4–5Mendoza (4–2)Leiter (3–5)Rivera (20)Shea Stadium54,11029–38
68June 16Yankees1–2Mussina (6–7)Appier (4–6)Rivera (21)Shea Stadium54,19529–39
69June 17Yankees8–7Wendell (2–2)Almanzar (0–1)Benitez (11)Shea Stadium54,39930–39
70June 18Expos2–1Wendell (3–2)Yoshii (2–4)Benitez (12)Shea Stadium32,56931–39
71June 19Expos4–1White (1–0)Mota (1–1)Franco (2)Shea Stadium27,57832–39
72June 20Expos4–3Leiter (4–5)Vazquez (5–9)Benitez (13)Shea Stadium28,61733–39
73June 21Expos3–10Blank (2–2)Appier (4–7)—Shea Stadium32,66833–40
74June 22Braves1–10Perez (5–5)R. Reed (7–3)—Shea Stadium40,12933–41
75June 23Braves3–9 (11)S. Reed (2–1)White (1–1)—Shea Stadium42,73633–42
76June 24Braves4–8Marquis (2–1)Trachsel (1–9)—Shea Stadium47,18133–43
77June 25@ Cubs1–2Tavarez (6–4)Leiter (4–6)Gordon (12)Wrigley Field40,22933–44
78June 26@ Cubs2–4Lieber (9–4)Appier (4–8)Gordon (13)Wrigley Field37,85433–45
79June 27@ Cubs5–4White (2–1)Farnsworth (0–3)Benitez (14)Wrigley Field39,40434–45
80June 28@ Braves2–6 (10)S. Reed (3–1)Benitez (3–3)—Turner Field40,05534–46
81June 29@ Braves3–1Trachsel (2–9)Marquis (2–2)Benitez (15)Turner Field48,16835–46
82June 30@ Braves2–5Maddux (9–5)Leiter (4–7)Karsay (2)Turner Field49,56835–47 :
July: (14–11) Home: 10–5; Away: 4–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
83July 1@ Braves2–1Appier (5–8)Burkett (6–6)Benitez (16)Turner Field37,51636–47
84July 3Cubs0–3Wood (8–5)Reed (7–4)Gordon (15)Shea Stadium52,47136–48
85July 4Cubs2–1Rusch (4–5)Tapani (8–6)Benitez (17)Shea Stadium37,93637–48
86July 5Cubs4–13Bere (6–4)Trachsel (2–10)—Shea Stadium30,73737–49
87July 6@ Yankees3–8Pettitte (9–4)Leiter (4–8)Mendoza (3)Yankee Stadium55,53437–50
88July 7@ Yankees3–0 (10)Franco (4–1)Rivera (2–4)Benitez (18)Yankee Stadium55,58938–50
89July 8@ Yankees1–4Mendoza (6–2)Wendell (3–3)Rivera (29)Yankee Stadium55,52838–51
72nd All-Star Game in Seattle, Washington
90July 12Red Sox4–2Leiter (5–8)Wakefield (6–3)Benitez (19)Shea Stadium37,69839–51
91July 13Red Sox1–3Cone (5–1)Appier (5–9)Lowe (16)Shea Stadium42,21939–52
92July 14Red Sox2–0Rusch (5–5)Arrojo (2–3)Benitez (20)Shea Stadium52,00640–52
93July 15Blue Jays6–2Reed (8–4)Michalak (6–7)—Shea Stadium32,13841–52
94July 16Blue Jays3–0Trachsel (3–10)Halladay (0–1)Benitez (21)Shea Stadium34,20342–52
95July 17Blue Jays1–0Leiter (6–8)Carpenter (7–6)Benitez (22)Shea Stadium26,63043–52
96July 18Marlins4–3 (11)Wendell (4–3)Nunez (2–3)—Shea Stadium24,54544–52
97July 19Marlins3–8Dempster (11–8)Rusch (5–6)—Shea Stadium33,12944–53
98July 20@ Phillies1–10Person (8–5)Reed (8–5)—Veterans Stadium22,88644–54
99July 21@ Phillies6–3Trachsel (4–10)Wolf (5–10)Benitez (23)Veterans Stadium33,18145–54
100July 22@ Phillies2–3Santiago (3–4)Franco (4–2)Mesa (26)Veterans Stadium30,81245–55
–July 23@ MarlinsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 6
101July 24@ Marlins3–4Bones (3–3)Appier (5–10)Alfonseca (19)Pro Player Stadium16,27045–56
102July 25@ Marlins5–2Rusch (6–6)Dempster (11–9)Benitez (24)Pro Player Stadium18,27246–56
103July 26Phillies2–3Santiago (4–4)Reed (8–6)Mesa (27)Shea Stadium38,46846–57
104July 27Phillies6–1Trachsel (5–10)Coggin (1–1)—Shea Stadium31,26347–57
105July 28Phillies4–3Benitez (4–3)Wendell (4–4)—Shea Stadium38,97248–57
106July 29Phillies6–5Benitez (5–3)Cormier (5–4)—Shea Stadium38,53649–57
107July 31@ Astros2–3 (10)Cruz (2–1)Riggan (0–1)—Enron Field33,00649–58 :
August: (15–13) Home: 11–6; Away: 4–7
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Astros8–2 (10)White (3–1)Jackson (2–2)—Enron Field33,12450–58
109August 2@ Astros3–4 (10)Williams (3–4)Riggan (0–2)—Enron Field34,25750–59
110August 3@ Diamondbacks0–7Johnson (14–5)Leiter (6–9)—Bank One Ballpark43,80650–60
111August 4@ Diamondbacks4–2Appier (6–10)Batista (6–7)Benitez (25)Bank One Ballpark36,75051–60
112August 5@ Diamondbacks1–2Schilling (16–5)White (3–2)Kim (9)Bank One Ballpark36,87051–61
113August 7Brewers3–0Chen (5–5)Haynes (7–14)Benitez (26)Shea Stadium27,24052–61
114August 8Brewers5–4Trachsel (6–10)Levrault (5–7)Benitez (27)Shea Stadium34,61953–61
115August 9Brewers4–3Leiter (7–9)DeJean (3–2)White (2)Shea Stadium27,98954–61
116August 10Cardinals6–7 (10)Veres (2–2)White (3–3)Karsay (7)Shea Stadium32,84454–62
117August 11Cardinals3–6Hermanson (10–9)Rusch (6–7)Veres (12)Shea Stadium38,83754–63
118August 12Cardinals1–4Kile (13–7)Chen (5–6)Veres (13)Shea Stadium38,93954–64
119August 14@ Padres0–6Herdon (1–1)Trachsel (6–11)—Qualcomm Stadium24,80354–65
120August 15@ Padres1–2Jarvis (10–9)Leiter (7–10)Hoffman (29)Qualcomm Stadium20,83854–66
121August 16@ Padres5–6Fikac (1–0)White (3–4)Hoffman (30)Qualcomm Stadium22,61454–67
122August 17@ Dodgers3–8Adams (9–5)Rusch (6–8)—Dodger Stadium41,80154–68
123August 18@ Dodgers5–4Riggan (1–2)Trombley (3–6)Benitez (28)Dodger Stadium54,09255–68
124August 19@ Dodgers6–5Trachsel (7–11)Park (11–9)Benitez (29)Dodger Stadium49,39556–68
125August 21Rockies5–2Leiter (8–10)Hampton (12–10)Benitez (30)Shea Stadium28,51057–68
126August 22Rockies2–1Appier (7–10)Chacon (6–8)Benitez (31)Shea Stadium34,41558–68
127August 23Rockies0–10Jennings (1–0)Rusch (6–9)—Shea Stadium27,43058–69
128August 24Giants4–3Chen (6–6)Rueter (12–9)Benitez (32)Shea Stadium35,97359–69
129August 25Giants3–2 (11)Riggan (2–2)Nen (3–3)—Shea Stadium48,29860–69
130August 26Giants6–5Leiter (9–10)Ortiz (14–7)Benitez (33)Shea Stadium36,06161–69
131August 27Giants5–6Rodriguez (8–1)White (3–5)Nen (37)Shea Stadium27,08461–70
132August 28Phillies6–9 (11)Politte (1–2)Wall (0–4)Bottalico (3)Shea Stadium21,74561–71
133August 29Phillies7–5Chen (7–6)Daal (12–5)Benitez (34)Shea Stadium24,14462–71
134August 30Phillies6–2Trachsel (8–11)Coggin (4–4)—Shea Stadium33,73463–71
135August 31Marlins6–1Leiter (10–10)Penny (7–8)—Shea Stadium23,02064–71 :
September: (16–5) Home: 3–2; Away: 13–3
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
136September 1Marlins3–2 (11)Roberts (1–0)Acevedo (0–3)—Shea Stadium39,48665–71
137September 2Marlins1–5Dempster (15–11)Rusch (6–10)—Shea Stadium32,70265–72
138September 3@ Phillies10–7Nitkowski (1–3)Mesa (1–3)Benitez (35)Veterans Stadium26,89166–72
139September 4@ Phillies5–3Trachsel (9–11)Daal (12–6)Benitez (36)Veterans Stadium14,02067–72
140September 5@ Phillies7–4Leiter (11–10)Coggin (4–5)—Veterans Stadium16,08968–72
141September 6@ Marlins5–2Appier (8–10)Penny (7–9)Benitez (37)Pro Player Stadium10,18869–72
142September 7@ Marlins6–1Rusch (7–10)Burnett (9–11)—Pro Player Stadium13,28570–72
143September 8@ Marlins9–7Franco (5–2)Alfonseca (3–4)Benitez (38)Pro Player Stadium20,21771–72
144September 9@ Marlins2–4Acevedo (1–3)Trachsel (9–12)Alfonseca (25)Pro Player Stadium14,82171–73
–September 11@ PiratesPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 1 in New York
–September 12@ PiratesPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 2 in New York
–September 13@ PiratesPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 3 in New York
–September 14ExposPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 5
–September 15ExposPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 6
–September 16ExposPostponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 7
145September 17@ Pirates4–1Franco (6–2)Fetters (3–2)Benitez (39)PNC Park25,90272–73
146September 18@ Pirates7–5Riggan (3–2)Olivares (6–8)Benitez (40)PNC Park19,28573–73
147September 19@ Pirates9–2Gonzalez (3–2)McKnight (3–4)—PNC Park20,37174–73
148September 21Braves3–2Benitez (6–3)Karsay (3–5)—Shea Stadium41,23575–73
149September 22Braves7–3Trachsel (10–12)Perez (6–8)Benitez (41)Shea Stadium41,23076–73
150September 23Braves4–5 (10)Smoltz (3–3)Riggan (3–3)—Shea Stadium41,16876–74
151September 25@ Expos2–0Appier (9–10)Pavano (1–5)—Olympic Stadium4,16677–74
152September 26@ Expos5–2Rusch (8–10)Armas (9–13)Benitez (42)Olympic Stadium5,31478–74
153September 27@ Expos12–6White (4–5)Strickland (2–6)—Olympic Stadium6,96879–74
154September 28@ Braves3–5Glavine (15–7)Trachsel (10–13)Smoltz (10)Turner Field43,66479–75
155September 29@ Braves5–8Perez (7–8)Benitez (6–4)—Turner Field46,18079–76
156September 30@ Braves9–6Appier (10–10)Millwood (6–7)Benitez (43)Turner Field42,66780–76 :
October: (2–4) Home: 2–4; Away: 0–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
157October 1Pirates1–5Anderson (9–17)Rusch (8–11)Sauerbeck (2)Shea Stadium6,31580–77
158October 2Pirates1–10Arroyo (5–7)Chen (7–7)—Shea Stadium8,05880–78
159October 3Pirates3–0Trachsel (11–13)Richie (11–15)—Shea Stadium6,62781–78
160October 5Expos6–8Thurman (9–11)Leiter (11–11)Strickland (9)Shea Stadium10,28181–79
161October 6Expos4–0Appier (11–10)Pavano (1–6)—Shea Stadium15,02582–79
162October 7Expos0–5Reames (4–8)Rusch (8–12)—Shea Stadium15,54082–80 :
* 1 2 3 This three-game series was originally scheduled in New York, but Shea Stadium is used as a staging area for recovery efforts during the 9/11 attacks.

## 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 | 141 | 503 | 151 | .300 | 36 | 94 |
| 1B | Todd Zeile | 151 | 531 | 141 | .266 | 10 | 62 |
| 2B | Edgardo Alfonzo | 124 | 457 | 111 | .243 | 17 | 49 |
| SS | Rey Ordóñez | 149 | 461 | 114 | .247 | 3 | 44 |
| 3B | Robin Ventura | 142 | 456 | 108 | .237 | 21 | 61 |
| LF | Benny Agbayani | 91 | 296 | 82 | .277 | 6 | 27 |
| CF | Jay Payton | 104 | 361 | 92 | .255 | 8 | 34 |
| RF | Timo Pérez | 85 | 239 | 59 | .247 | 5 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| Tsuyoshi Shinjo | 123 | 400 | 107 | .268 | 10 | 56 |
| Desi Relaford | 120 | 301 | 91 | .302 | 8 | 36 |
| Joe McEwing | 116 | 283 | 80 | .283 | 8 | 30 |
| Matt Lawton | 48 | 183 | 45 | .246 | 3 | 13 |
| Lenny Harris | 110 | 135 | 30 | .222 | 0 | 9 |
| Darryl Hamilton | 52 | 126 | 27 | .214 | 1 | 5 |
| Mark Johnson | 71 | 118 | 30 | .254 | 6 | 23 |
| Todd Pratt | 45 | 80 | 13 | .163 | 2 | 4 |
| Darren Bragg | 18 | 57 | 15 | .263 | 0 | 5 |
| Vance Wilson | 32 | 57 | 17 | .298 | 0 | 6 |
| Alex Escobar | 18 | 50 | 10 | .200 | 3 | 8 |
| Jorge Toca | 13 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 1 |
| Jorge Velandia | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Phillips | 6 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Bennett | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Kevin Appier | 33 | 206.2 | 11 | 10 | 3.57 | 172 |
| Al Leiter | 29 | 187.1 | 11 | 11 | 3.31 | 142 |
| Glendon Rusch | 33 | 179.0 | 8 | 12 | 4.63 | 156 |
| Steve Trachsel | 28 | 173.2 | 11 | 13 | 4.46 | 144 |
| Rick Reed | 20 | 134.2 | 8 | 6 | 3.48 | 99 |
| Bruce Chen | 11 | 59.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.68 | 47 |
| Brett Hinchliffe | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Dicky Gonzalez | 16 | 59.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.88 | 31 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Armando Benítez | 73 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 3.77 | 93 |
| John Franco | 58 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4.05 | 50 |
| Rick White | 55 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3.88 | 51 |
| Turk Wendell | 49 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.51 | 41 |
| Dennis Cook | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.25 | 34 |
| Jerrod Riggan | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.40 | 41 |
| Donne Wall | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.85 | 31 |
| Grant Roberts | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.81 | 29 |
| Tom Martin | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.06 | 12 |
| C.J. Nitkowski | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |
| Brian Rose | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 4 |
| Pete Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 4 |
| Mark Corey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 3 |
| Desi Relaford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

* John Franco, Lou Gehrig Award
2001 MLB All Star Game
* Mike Piazza, catcher
* Rick Reed, reserve pitcher

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Norfolk Tides | International League | John Gibbons |
| AA | Binghamton Mets | Eastern League | Howie Freiling |
| A | St. Lucie Mets | Florida State League | Tony Tijerina |
| A | Capital City Bombers | South Atlantic League | Ken Oberkfell |
| A-Short Season | Brooklyn Cyclones | New York–Penn League | Edgar Alfonzo |
| Rookie | Kingsport Mets | Appalachian League | Joey Cora |
LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Brooklyn