# 2009 New York Mets season

The 2009 New York Mets season was the franchise's 48th season and the team's first year at Citi Field, which opened on April 13 against the San Diego Padres. The Mets finished with a 70–92 record, as the season was plagued by many injuries.

## Offseason

Looking to improve the bullpen after the struggles of the 2008 season, the Mets signed closer Francisco Rodríguez to a three-year, $37 million contract on December 10, 2008. Immediately after, the team acquired reliever J. J. Putz from the Seattle Mariners in a three team trade involving the Mariners and the Cleveland Indians, giving the Mets a setup man for Rodriguez. New York shipped reliever Aaron Heilman, outfielder Endy Chávez, pitcher Jason Vargas and three minor leaguers to Seattle for Putz, center fielder Jeremy Reed and reliever Sean Green, while Mets reliever Joe Smith was acquired by Cleveland.
On December 12, the Mets traded Scott Schoeneweis to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Connor Robertson. On January 12, 2009, the Mets signed RHP Tim Redding to a one-year contract. The Mets signed Alex Cora to a one-year, $2 million contract. Garcia's contract, which was full of incentives, could have reached $8 million if he reached the major league roster. On April 3, the Mets signed outfielder Gary Sheffield after being released by the Detroit Tigers.

### Roster
## Regular season

The Mets opened up the season in Cincinnati against the Cincinnati Reds on April 6. The Mets collected the victory, improving their win–loss record on Opening Day. The first ever home game at Citi Field was on April 13 against the San Diego Padres, who spoiled the opener with a 6–5 win against the Mets. In that game, Jody Gerut of the Padres became the first player to open a new ballpark with a leadoff home run.
On April 17, Gary Sheffield hit his 500th home run against the Milwaukee Brewers. On May 10, José Reyes stole his 300th base against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite an injury depleted roster, the Mets finished May with a 19–9 record and trailed the Philadelphia Phillies by a half game for the NL East lead.
After finishing April and May with a combined record of 28–21, injuries hurt the Mets in June and they went 9–18, their worst month since September 2003, but lost only 2+1⁄2 games in the standings, as the Phillies were having their own struggles. Injuries continued to hurt them Mets in July, as they went 12–14, quickly falling to 4th place in the National League East.
On July 10, the Mets sent outfielder Ryan Church to the Atlanta Braves for outfielder Jeff Francoeur.
However, the Mets did set a team record during the 2009 season. They had a team-record 10 hits in the fourth inning on August 18 against the Atlanta Braves. They scored eight runs in that inning, on their way to a 9–4 victory.
On August 23, the Mets became the first team in National League history to fall victim to a game-ending unassisted triple play, turned by Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field in the bottom of the 9th inning.
The 2009 Mets season will be remembered as a season marred by injuries. On August 25, it was announced that ace Johan Santana would undergo season-ending elbow surgery on his pitching elbow, and was added to the long list of injured players. Including Santana, the Mets' had 20 players see time on the disabled list at some point during the 2009 season, including David Wright, John Maine, Jon Niese, Fernando Nieve, J. J. Putz, Billy Wagner, Brian Schneider, Carlos Delgado, Ángel Pagán, Gary Sheffield, Óliver Pérez, Ryan Church, Ramón Martínez, José Reyes, Alex Cora, Carlos Beltrán, and Fernando Martinez. Mets players spent more than 1,480 days in the DL in 2009, more than any other team in the majors. However, second-half turnarounds of Francoeur and Daniel Murphy helped the Mets finish the season with the best batting average in the National League, tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
On August 25, the Mets traded former all-star closer Billy Wagner to the Boston Red Sox for minor league outfielder Chris Carter and minor league first baseman Eddie Loria. The Mets finished with a 70–92 record and 4th place in the NL East, missing the playoffs for the third straight year.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 45‍–‍36 | 48‍–‍33 |
| Florida Marlins | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 43‍–‍38 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Atlanta Braves | 86 | 76 | .531 | 7 | 40‍–‍41 | 46‍–‍35 |
| New York Mets | 70 | 92 | .432 | 23 | 41‍–‍40 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Washington Nationals | 59 | 103 | .364 | 34 | 33‍–‍48 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

2009 National League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009 :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 3–4 | 4-2 | 1–5 | 7-11 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 7-11 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 11-7 | 5-13 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 5–10 |
| Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 8-10 | 3-3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 10-8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10-8 | 7–8 |
| Chicago | 2-4 | 2–4 | – | 10-5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–6 | 3–5 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 1–5 | 10-4 | 4–5 | 4-2 | 6-10 | 5–2 | 6–9 |
| Cincinnati | 5-1 | 6-3 | 5-10 | – | 0-7 | 3-3 | 12-4 | 1-5 | 8-7 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 13-5 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 8-8 | 3-4 | 6-9 |
| Colorado | 11-7 | 4-4 | 4-2 | 7-0 | – | 2-4 | 2-5 | 4-14 | 6-0 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 10-8 | 8-10 | 6-1 | 6-0 | 11-4 |
| Florida | 3-5 | 10-8 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 4-2 | – | 4–3 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 11-7 | 9-9 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 12-6 | 10-8 |
| Houston | 4–5 | 3-3 | 6-11 | 4-12 | 5-2 | 3-4 | – | 4–3 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 2-4 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 6-9 |
| Los Angeles | 11-7 | 3-4 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 14-4 | 3-3 | 3-4 | – | 3–3 | 5-1 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 10-8 | 11-7 | 2-5 | 3-2 | 9-9 |
| Milwaukee | 5-2 | 3-3 | 7-10 | 7-8 | 0-6 | 4-3 | 10-5 | 3-3 | – | 3-3 | 4-3 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 9-9 | 5-3 | 5-10 |
| New York | 2-5 | 5-13 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 7-11 | 5-1 | 1-5 | 3-3 | – | 6-12 | 4-3 | 2-5 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 10-8 | 5–10 |
| Philadelphia | 5-1 | 8-10 | 5-1 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 9-9 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 12-6 | – | 4-2 | 5-2 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 15-3 | 6-12 |
| Pittsburgh | 1-6 | 4-3 | 4-10 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 4-2 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 2-4 | – | 3-4 | 2-4 | 5-10 | 5-3 | 8–7 |
| San Diego | 7-11 | 3-3 | 5-4 | 6-1 | 8-10 | 2-4 | 1-6 | 8-10 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 2-5 | 4-3 | – | 10-8 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 5–10 |
| San Francisco | 13-5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 10-8 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 7-11 | 5-4 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 8-10 | – | 4–3 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| St. Louis | 4-2 | 2-4 | 10-6 | 8-8 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 9-9 | 5-4 | 1-4 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 3-4 | – | 6–1 | 9–6 |
| Washington | 5-1 | 8-10 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 0-6 | 6-12 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 8-10 | 3-15 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-6 | – | 7–11 |

### Game log

2009 Game Log :
April (9–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Reds2–1Santana (1–0)Harang (0–1)Rodríguez (1)42,1771–0
2April 8@ Reds9–7Pelfrey (1–0)Vólquez (0–1)Rodríguez (2)13,5682–0
3April 9@ Reds8–6Arroyo (1–0)Pérez (0–1)Cordero (1)17,8372–1
4April 10@ Marlins5–4Lindstrom (1–0)Feliciano (0–1)24,0702–2
5April 11@ Marlins8–4Hernández (1–0)Nolasco (1–1)39,4123–2
6April 12@ Marlins2–1Johnson (2–0)Santana (1–1)18,1093–3
7April 13Padres6–5Mujica (1–1)Stokes (0–1)Bell (4)41,0073–4
8April 15Padres7–2Pérez (1–1)Correia (0–1)35,5814–4
9April 16Padres6–5Peavy (2–1)Maine (0–1)Bell (5)35,9854–5
10April 17Brewers5–4Putz (1–0)McClung (0–1)36,4365–5
11April 18Brewers1–0Santana (2–1)Villanueva (1–2)Rodríguez (3)36,3126–5
12April 19Brewers4–2Suppan (1–2)Figueroa (0–1)Coffey (1)36,1246–6
13April 21@ Cardinals6–4Motte (1–1)Putz (1–1)Franklin (3)35,5066–7
14April 22@ Cardinals5–2Piñeiro (3–0)Maine (0–2)Franklin (4)35,6226–8
15April 23@ Cardinals12–8Lohse (3–0)Hernández (1–1)38,5226–9
16April 24Nationals4–3Santana (3–1)Olsen (0–3)Rodríguez (4)40,5227–9
17April 25Nationals8–2Pelfrey (2–0)Cabrera (0–2)39,9608–9
18April 26Nationals8–1Zimmermann (2–0)Pérez (1–2)40,0238–10
19April 27Marlins7–1Maine (1–2)Sánchez (1–2)38,5739–10
20April 28Marlins7–4Badenhop (1–0)Green (0–1)Lindstrom (4)38,5469–11
21April 29Marlins4–3Pinto (1–0)Putz (1–2)Lindstrom (5)39,3399–12 :
May (19–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1@ Phillies7–4Pelfrey (3–0)Park (0–1)Rodríguez (5)44,77310–12
23May 2@ Phillies6–5 (10)Taschner (1–0)Green (0–2)45,06910–13
May 3@ PhilliesPostponed
24May 4@ Braves6–4Maine (2–2)Vázquez (2–3)Rodríguez (6)19,13211–13
25May 5@ Braves4–3Hernández (2–1)Kawakami (1–4)Rodríguez (7)21,04912–13
26May 6Phillies1–0Santana (4–1)Eyre (0–1)Rodríguez (8)37,60013–13
27May 7Phillies7–5Pelfrey (4–0)Moyer (3–2)Rodríguez (9)37,29514–13
28May 8Pirates7–3Parnell (1–0)Yates (0–2)38,49615–13
29May 9Pirates10–1Maine (3–2)Maholm (3–1)39,76916–13
30May 10Pirates8–4Hernández (3–1)Snell (1–5)39,87117–13
31May 11Braves8–3Lowe (5–1)Santana (4–2)40,49717–14
32May 12Braves4–3 (10)Rodríguez (1–0)Bennett (0–1)39,40818–14
33May 13Braves8–7 (12)Bennett (1–1)Takahashi (0–1)González (6)40,55518–15
34May 14@ Giants7–4Parnell (2–0)Wilson (2–1)Rodríguez (10)30,15419–15
35May 15@ Giants8–6Stokes (1–1)Wilson (2–2)Rodríguez (11)41,68420–15
36May 16@ Giants9–6Santana (5–2)Johnson (3–4)Putz (1)41,33621–15
37May 17@ Giants2–0Cain (4–1)Pelfrey (4–1)Wilson (9)43,01221–16
38May 18@ Dodgers3–2 (11)Troncoso (1–0)Stokes (1–2)37,13621–17
39May 19@ Dodgers5–3Billingsley (6–1)Maine (3–3)Broxton (10)37,85721–18
40May 20@ Dodgers2–1Leach (1–0)Putz (1–3)Broxton (11)50,76121–19
41May 22@ Red Sox5–3Santana (6–2)Matsuzaka (0–2)Rodríguez (12)38,09222–19
42May 23@ Red Sox3–2Feliciano (1–1)Papelbon (0–1)Putz (2)37,87123–19
43May 24@ Red Sox12–5Wakefield (6–2)Redding (0–1)37,44623–20
44May 25Nationals5–2Maine (4–3)Lannan (2–4)Rodríguez (13)41,10324–20
45May 26Nationals6–1Hernández (4–1)Stammen (0–1)39,37625–20
46May 27Nationals7–4Santana (7–2)Zimmermann (2–2)40,17126–20
47May 29Marlins2–1 (11)Feliciano (2–1)Sanches (1–1)40,67727–20
48May 30Marlins7–3Johnson (4–1)Redding (0–2)Núñez (1)40,72727–21
49May 31Marlins3–2Maine (5–3)Volstad (4–4)Rodríguez (14)40,48228–21 :
June (9–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 1@ Pirates8–5Gorzelanny (3–1)Putz (1–4)Capps (11)11,81228–22
51June 2@ Pirates3–1Duke (6–4)Santana (7–3)Capps (12)10,45928–23
June 3@ PiratesPostponed
52June 4@ Pirates11–6Jackson (1–0)Pelfrey (4–2)20,68428–24
53June 5@ Nationals3–1 (10)Green (1–2)Hanrahan (0–3)Rodríguez (15)20,35329–24
54June 6@ Nationals7–1Lannan (3–5)Maine (5–4)31,45629–25
55June 7@ Nationals7–0Hernández (5–1)Stammen (0–2)31,84130–25
56June 9Phillies6–5Santana (8–3)Condrey (4–1)Rodríguez (16)37,15231–25
57June 10Phillies5–4 (11)Park (2–1)Parnell (2–1)Madson (3)38,72331–26
58June 11Phillies6–3 (10)Eyre (1–1)Parnell (2–2)Madson (4)38,53231–27
59June 12@ Yankees9–8Rivera (1–2)Rodríguez (1–1)47,96731–28
60June 13@ Yankees6–2Nieve (1–0)Pettitte (6–3)48,05632–28
61June 14@ Yankees15–0Burnett (5–3)Santana (8–4)47,94332–29
62June 16@ Orioles6–4Pelfrey (5–2)Guthrie (4–7)Rodríguez (17)20,62633–29
63June 17@ Orioles6–4Johnson (3–3)Feliciano (2–2)Sherrill (13)31,90633–30
64June 18@ Orioles5–4Albers (1–2)Rodríguez (1–2)23,00933–31
65June 19Rays5–3Nieve (2–0)Sonnanstine (5–7)Rodríguez (18)38,49334–31
66June 20Rays3–1Shields (6–5)Santana (8–5)Howel (4)37,99234–32
67June 21Rays10–6Nelson (2–0)Parnell (2–3)38,79134–33
68June 22Cardinals6–4Redding (1–2)Wellemeyer (6–7)Rodríguez (19)38,48835–33
69June 23Cardinals3–0Piñeiro (6–8)Hernández (5–2)38,90335–34
70June 24Cardinals11–0Nieve (3–0)Thompson (2–3)39,68936–34
71June 25Cardinals3–2Santana (9–5)Carpenter (5–2)Rodríguez (20)41,22137–34
72June 26Yankees9–1Sabathia (7–4)Pelfrey (5–3)41,27837–35
73June 27Yankees5–0Burnett (6–4)Redding (1–3)41,30237–36
74June 28Yankees4–2Wang (1–6)Hernández (5–3)Rivera (18)41,31537–37
75June 29@ Brewers10–6Looper (6–4)Nieve (3–1)Hoffman (18)39,87237–38
76June 30@ Brewers6–3Burns (1–1)Santana (9–6)35,36937–39 :
July (12–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1@ Brewers1–0Pelfrey (6–3)Gallardo (8–5)Rodríguez (21)35,40938–39
78July 2@ Pirates9–8 (10)Rodríguez (2–2)Capps (1–4)14,32139–39
79July 3@ Phillies7–2López (1–0)Hernández (5–4)45,23139–40
80July 4@ Phillies4–1Moyer (7–6)Nieve (3–2)Lidge (15)45,14139–41
81July 5@ Phillies2–0Blanton (5–4)Santana (9–7)Lidge (16)45,33339–42
82July 7Dodgers8–0Kershaw (6–5)Pelfrey (6–4)39,69639–43
83July 8Dodgers5–4Pérez (2–2)Kuroda (3–5)Rodríguez (22)40,02740–43
84July 9Dodgers11–2Wolf (4–3)Hernández (5–5)39,86540–44
85July 10Reds3–0Arroyo (9–8)Nieve (3–3)39,20340–45
86July 11Reds4–0Santana (10–7)Cueto (8–6)39,39641–45
87July 12Reds9–7Pelfrey (7–4)Harang (5–9)Rodríguez (23)40,01442–45
88July 16@ Braves5–3Acosta (1–0)Feliciano (2–3)Soriano (13)32,73642–46
89July 17@ Braves11–0Jurrjens (8–7)Pelfrey (7–5)50,70442–47
90July 18@ Braves5–1Santana (11–7)Kawakami (5–7)51,17543–47
91July 19@ Braves7–1Vasquez (7–7)Redding (1–4)34,92343–48
92July 20@ Nationals6–2Hernández (6–5)Martin (0–1)19,16944–48
93July 21@ Nationals4–0Lannan (7–7)Pérez (2–2)23,41444–49
94July 22@ Nationals3–1Stammen (3–5)Pelfrey (7–6)MacDougal (6)23,58344–50
95July 24@ Astros4–5Hampton (6–7)Santana (11–8)Valverde (11)42,96744–51
96July 25@ Astros10–3Niese (1–0)Ortiz (3–5)43,30245–51
97July 26@ Astros8–3Hernández (7–5)Moehler (7–6)Green (1)34,64246–51
98July 27Rockies7–3Feliciano (3–3)Rincón (3–2)38,93647–51
99July 28Rockies4–0Pelfrey (8–6)Marquis (12–7)39,12648–51
July 29RockiesPostponed
100July 30Rockies7–0Santana (12–8)Hammel (5–6)40,02449–51
101July 30Rockies4–2de la Rosa (9–7)Niese (1–1)Street (26)38,96249–52
102July 31Diamondbacks3–2Vásquez (2–2)Green (1–3)Qualls (19)38,24149–53 :
August (10–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1Diamondbacks9–6Feliciano (4–3)Zavada (2–3)Rodríguez (24)39,57450–53
104August 2Diamondbacks5–2Garland (6–10)Pelfrey (8–7)38,37450–54
105August 3Diamondbacks6–5Haren (11–6)Figueroa (0–2)Qualls (20)39,32050–55
106August 4Cardinals12–7 (10)McClellan (3–2)Feliciano (4–4)40,35450–56
107August 5Cardinals9–0Figueroa (1–2)Lohse (4–7)Parnell (1)39,78151–56
108August 6@ Padres8–3Richard (5–3)Hernández (7–6)18,88051–57
109August 7@ Padres6–2Bell (4–1)Rodríguez (2–3)23,03851–58
110August 8@ Padres3–1Latos (4–1)Parnell (2–4)Bell (28)35,18451–59
111August 9@ Padres5–1Santana (13–8)Stauffer (1–4)27,75452–59
112August 10@ Diamondbacks7–4Davis (7–10)Pelfrey (8–8)23,06952–60
113August 11@ Diamondbacks6–2Scherzer (7–6)Hernández (7–7)24,57652–61
114August 12@ Diamondbacks6–4Feliciano (5–4)Rauch (2–1)Rodríguez (25)22,32053–61
115August 14Giants3–0Parnell (3–4)Zito (8–11)Rodríguez (26)38,99754–61
116August 15Giants5–4 (10)Wilson (5–5)Rodríguez (2–4)39,65254–62
117August 16Giants3–2Rodríguez (3–4)Romo (3–2)38,79355–62
118August 17Giants10–1Martinez (3–1)Hernández (7–8)38,58455–63
119August 18Braves9–4Pérez (3–3)Lowe (12–8)38,61356–63
120August 19Braves14–2Jurrjens (10–8)Parnell (3–5)38,60256–64
121August 20Braves3–2Kawakami (6–9)Santana (13–9)Soriano (18)39,10556–65
122August 21Phillies2–4Pelfrey (9–8)Hamels (7–8)Rodríguez (27)38,24357–65
123August 22Phillies4–1Happ (10–2)Misch (0–1)Lidge (24)38,04957–66
124August 23Phillies9–7Martínez (2–0)Pérez (3–4)Lidge (25)39,03857–67
125August 24Phillies6–2Lee (5–0)Parnell (3–6)39,33657–68
126August 25@ Marlins2–1West (5–5)Figueroa (1–3)Núñez (15)14,27857–69
127August 26@ Marlins5–3Johnson (13–3)Pelfrey (9–9)Núñez (16)16,12357–70
128August 27@ Marlins10–3Redding (2–4)Sánchez (2–5)12,42358–70
129August 28@ Cubs5–2Gregg (5–5)Stokes (1–3)Mármol (6)39,38158–71
130August 29@ Cubs11–4Dempster (8–7)Parnell (3–7)40,85758–72
131August 30@ Cubs4–1Figueroa (2–3)Zambrano (7–6)Rodríguez (28)39,90759–72 :
September (8–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Rockies8–3de la Rosa (13–9)Pelfrey (9–10)26,19059–73
133September 2@ Rockies5–2Jiménez (13–10)Stokes (1–4)Morales (1)26,27659–74
134September 3@ Rockies8–3Misch (1–1)Marquis (14–10)22,56660–74
135September 4Cubs6–2Stokes (2–4)Gregg (5–6)Rodríguez (29)37,95361–74
136September 5Cubs5–3Harden (9–8)Figueroa (2–4)Mármol (9)38,75961–75
137September 6Cubs4–2Pelfrey (10–10)Wells (10–8)Rodríguez (30)39,59362–75
138September 8Marlins4–2Sanches (4–1)Redding (2–5)Núñez (19)37,47462–76
139September 9Marlins6–3Nolasco (11–8)Misch (1–2)Núñez (20)37,31262–77
140September 10Marlins13–4Badenhop (7–4)Parnell (3–8)37,62062–78
141September 11@ Phillies4–2Hamels (9–9)Figueroa (2–5)Madson (7)44,37762–79
142September 12@ Phillies10–9Feliciano (6–4)Madson (5–5)Rodríguez (31)45,24363–79
143September 13@ Phillies5–4Kendrick (1–1)Maine (5–5)Lidge (29)45,02463–80
144September 13@ Phillies1–0Martínez (5–0)Redding (2–6)Madson (8)44,90163–81
145September 15@ Braves6–0Hanson (10–3)Misch (1–3)25,09463–82
146September 16@ Braves6–5O'Flaherty (2–1)Rodríguez (3–5)17,98863–83
147September 17@ Braves7–3Jurrjens (12–10)Figueroa (2–6)20,19263–84
148September 18Nationals6–5Martin (5–4)Pelfrey (10–11)MacDougal (16)38,06363–85
149September 19Nationals3–2Redding (3–6)Lannan (9–12)Rodríguez (32)37,90664–85
150September 20Nationals6–2Maine (6–5)Mock (3–9)Rodríguez (33)38,34765–85
151September 21Braves11–3Lowe (15–9)Misch (1–4)Kawakami (1)37,70665–86
152September 22Braves3–1Jurrjens (13–10)Figueroa (2–7)Soriano (25)37,82365–87
153September 23Braves5–2Hudson (2–1)Pelfrey (10–12)Soriano (26)38,26665–88
154September 25@ Marlins6–5Parnell (4–8)Núñez (4–6)Rodríguez (34)39,03166–88
155September 26@ Marlins9–6West (8–6)Maine (6–6)Donnelly (1)35,66666–89
156September 27@ Marlins4–0Misch (2–4)Volstad (9–13)31,16767–89
157September 28@ Nationals2–1Detwiler (1–6)Figueroa (2–8)MacDougal (17)18,60067–90
158September 29@ Nationals4–3Clippard (3–2)Green (1–4)MacDougal (18)19,61467–91
159September 30@ Nationals7–4Villone (5–6)Rodríguez (3–6)23,94467–92 :
October (3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 2Astros7–1Maine (7–6)Rodríguez (14–12)37,57668–92
161October 3Astros5–1Misch (3–4)Bazardo (1–3)Rodríguez (35)37,57869–92
162October 4Astros4–0Figueroa (3–8)López (0–2)38,13570–92 :
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## 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
| Player | G | AB | H | BA | OBP | HR | RBI | R | SB |
| Marlon Anderson | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Beltrán | 81 | 308 | 100 | .325 | .415 | 10 | 48 | 50 | 11 |
| Ángel Berroa | 14 | 27 | 4 | .148 | .233 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Emil Brown | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robinson Cancel | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | 142 | 486 | 147 | .302 | .387 | 1 | 40 | 77 | 20 |
| Ramón Castro* | 26 | 79 | 20 | .253 | .322 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan Church* | 67 | 232 | 65 | .280 | .332 | 2 | 22 | 26 | 6 |
| Alex Cora | 82 | 271 | 68 | .251 | .320 | 1 | 18 | 31 | 8 |
| Carlos Delgado | 26 | 94 | 28 | .298 | .393 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 0 |
| Nick Evans | 30 | 65 | 15 | .231 | .275 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Pedro Feliciano | 88 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Figueroa | 16 | 22 | 3 | .136 | .174 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Francoeur* | 75 | 289 | 90 | .311 | .338 | 10 | 41 | 40 | 1 |
| Sean Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson Hernández* | 46 | 135 | 34 | .252 | .315 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| Liván Hernández* | 24 | 40 | 5 | .125 | .146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Maine | 16 | 27 | 4 | .148 | .148 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Martínez | 29 | 91 | 16 | .176 | .242 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Ramón Martínez | 12 | 42 | 7 | .167 | .182 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Misch | 22 | 13 | 0 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Murphy | 155 | 508 | 135 | .266 | .313 | 12 | 63 | 60 | 4 |
| Jon Niese | 5 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Nieve | 8 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ángel Pagán | 88 | 343 | 105 | .306 | .350 | 6 | 32 | 54 | 14 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 31 | 52 | 5 | .096 | .143 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Óliver Pérez | 14 | 22 | 6 | .273 | .304 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Redding | 30 | 29 | 2 | .069 | .069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Reed | 126 | 161 | 39 | .242 | .301 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Argenis Reyes | 9 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| José Reyes | 36 | 147 | 41 | .279 | .355 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 11 |
| Johan Santana | 25 | 42 | 7 | .167 | .255 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Omir Santos | 96 | 281 | 73 | .260 | .296 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 0 |
| Brian Schneider | 59 | 170 | 37 | .218 | .292 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Sheffield | 100 | 268 | 74 | .276 | .372 | 10 | 43 | 44 | 2 |
| Cory Sullivan | 64 | 136 | 34 | .250 | .338 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 7 |
| Ken Takahashi | 28 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Tatís | 125 | 340 | 96 | .282 | .339 | 8 | 48 | 42 | 4 |
| Josh Thole | 17 | 53 | 17 | .321 | .356 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Wilson Valdéz | 41 | 86 | 22 | .256 | .326 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| David Wright | 144 | 535 | 164 | .307 | .390 | 10 | 72 | 88 | 27 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5453 | 1472 | .270 | .335 | 95 | 631 | 671 | 122 |

### 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; bold = league leader
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | H | SO | BB |
| Lance Broadway | 8 | 0 | 14 2⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 19 | 9 | 6 |
| Elmer Dessens | 28 | 0 | 32 2⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 | 24 | 14 | 10 |
| Pedro Feliciano | 88 | 0 | 59 1⁄3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3.03 | 51 | 59 | 18 |
| Nelson Figueroa | 16 | 10 | 70 1⁄3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4.09 | 80 | 59 | 24 |
| Casey Fossum | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Sean Green | 79 | 0 | 69 2⁄3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4.52 | 64 | 54 | 36 |
| Liván Hernández | 23 | 23 | 135 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5.47 | 164 | 75 | 51 |
| John Maine | 15 | 15 | 81 1⁄3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4.43 | 67 | 55 | 38 |
| Pat Misch | 22 | 7 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.12 | 62 | 23 | 19 |
| Jon Niese | 5 | 5 | 25 2⁄3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.21 | 27 | 23 | 14 |
| Fernando Nieve | 8 | 7 | 36 2⁄3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.95 | 36 | 23 | 19 |
| Darren O'Day | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Bobby Parnell | 68 | 8 | 88 1⁄3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5.30 | 101 | 74 | 46 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 31 | 31 | 184 1⁄3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 5.03 | 213 | 107 | 66 |
| Óliver Pérez | 14 | 14 | 66 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6.82 | 69 | 62 | 58 |
| J. J. Putz | 29 | 0 | 29 1⁄3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5.22 | 29 | 19 | 19 |
| Tim Redding | 30 | 17 | 120 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5.10 | 122 | 76 | 50 |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 70 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 3.71 | 51 | 73 | 38 |
| Johan Santana | 25 | 25 | 166 2⁄3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3.13 | 156 | 146 | 46 |
| Brian Stokes | 69 | 0 | 70 1⁄3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.97 | 72 | 45 | 38 |
| Tobi Stoner | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Jon Switzer | 4 | 0 | 3 1⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Ken Takahashi | 28 | 0 | 27 1⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.96 | 23 | 23 | 14 |
| Billy Wagner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 162 | 1426 | 70 | 92 | 39 | 4.45 | 1452 | 1031 | 616 |
All stats as of October 4, 2009

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Ken Oberkfell |
| AA | Binghamton Mets | Eastern League | Mako Oliveras |
| A | St. Lucie Mets | Florida State League | Tim Teufel |
| A | Savannah Sand Gnats | South Atlantic League | Edgar Alfonzo |
| Short-Season A | Brooklyn Cyclones | New York–Penn League | Pedro López |
| Rookie | Kingsport Mets | Appalachian League | Mike DiFelice |
| Rookie | GCL Mets | Gulf Coast League | Julio Franco |