# 2007 New York Mets season

The 2007 New York Mets season was the 46th regular season for the Mets. The Mets were defending their first divisional championship since 1988. While the Atlanta Braves were counted as possible competition, the Philadelphia Phillies were predicted as the front-runners, albeit by their own star shortstop, Jimmy Rollins. Ultimately, Rollins' prediction rang true, as the Phillies won the National League East title on the last day of the regular season. With a seven-game division lead on September 12, the Mets suffered a historic collapse by losing 12 of their last 17 games and missing the postseason.

## 2006 offseason

The Mets' high hopes for the 2006 postseason were thwarted on September 29, 2006, when it was announced that ace Pedro Martínez was done for the remainder of the year due to a left calf muscle strain. Later it was announced that Pedro would have to undergo rotator cuff surgery and would miss a sizable portion of the 2007 season. On October 3, the day before his game 1 NLDS start, it was announced that Orlando Hernández tweaked his right calf muscle while jogging in the outfield at Shea. He wouldn't be able to pitch again until the 2007 season.
Coming into the 2006 offseason, it was clear that the team's biggest need was pitching. Pedro would return, but in what condition? El-Duque was a question mark with his age and veteran Steve Trachsel guaranteed his departure with a Game 3 NLCS meltdown. Omar Minaya, the Mets' General Manager, made it clear that his first order of business concerned their in-house free agents including: Tom Glavine, Orlando Hernández, and Chad Bradford. The Mets also went hard after Japanese SP Daisuke Matsuzaka. On November 14, the Boston Red Sox outbid the Mets $51.1 million to $39 million for negotiating rights to Matsuzaka. Also on this day, the Mets tendered contracts to Orlando Hernández and 37-year-old José Valentín. Two days later 37-year-old Damion Easley was acquired as a fourth outfielder and to occasionally spell Valentín at second base. 40-year-old slugger Moisés Alou was signed to replace Cliff Floyd in left field. On December 1, with the hopes of winning his 300th game, Tom Glavine signed a single year contract. The Mets also had their eyes on free agent SP Barry Zito who eventually ended up with the San Francisco Giants after signing the largest contract ever for a pitcher at the time in MLB history. Former All-Star pitcher Chan Ho Park was also signed but lasted only one poor start before being released.
The biggest changes took place in the bullpen. The Mets lost Chad Bradford, Roberto Hernández, and Darren Oliver to free agency. The Mets also initiated a series of questionable moves where young bullpen arms were traded away.Heath Bell and Royce Ring were packaged in a deal to the San Diego Padres for outfielder Ben Johnson and reliever Jon Adkins. Hard throwers Henry Owens and Matt Lindstrom were traded to the Florida Marlins for lefties Jason Vargas and Adam Bostick. Serviceable starter Brian Bannister was traded to the Kansas City Royals for the 23-year-old flame thrower Ambiorix Burgos. The worst news came with the loss of pitchers Duaner Sánchez and Juan Padilla. Sánchez, who had recovered from a mid-2006 taxicab accident and signed a new contract, was sidelined after reinjuring his shoulder during spring training. In addition, newly signed Guillermo Mota was suspended for the first 50 games of the regular season for steroid use. The Mets were forced to rely on mainstays Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, and Pedro Feliciano in addition to new acquisitions: veteran reliever Scott Schoeneweis and veteran starter-turned-reliever Aaron Sele. The remaining spots were populated by rookie Joe Smith and Ambiorix Burgos.
The 2007 Mets began the season much older and untested than the 2006 team. The starting pitching wasn't improved. Old veterans Tom Glavine and Orlando Hernández appeared at the top of the rotation followed by question marks: John Maine and Óliver Pérez. It was unknown how healthy Glavine and Hernández would be by the end of the season. It was also unknown if Maine and Pérez would continue to improve after their postseason successes and if they could handle the load of pitching a full season. The fifth spot was given to rookie Mike Pelfrey. The lineup also aged dramatically with the inclusion of Alou and Easley to a roster already containing Julio Franco, José Valentín, Carlos Delgado, and Paul Lo Duca. The bullpen lost valuable arms in Chad Bradford, Darren Oliver, and Duaner Sánchez. By the time it became apparent that Sánchez and Padilla would be unable to pitch, the Mets had already traded away Heath Bell and Henry Owens. Both had the experience and ability to step in and contribute on a major league level.

## Regular season

The season started similarly to 2006 for the Mets as they swept the season-opening series against the defending world champion St. Louis Cardinals and winning their first four games by a combined score of 31–3; in doing so, the Mets joined the 1978 Brewers as the only teams in major league history to win their first four games by a margin of at least 28 runs. Unlike 2006, the Atlanta Braves stayed close throughout April and even held sole possession of first place at the end of the month. Also unlike 2006, the Mets were led by an unlikely hero, John Maine, who was undefeated and named the National League Pitcher of the Month for April. David Wright hit only .244 with no home runs and six RBI in April but carried over a hitting streak from 2006 that reached a franchise record 26 games.
New York followed their strong April with an even stronger May. Jorge Sosa replaced Pelfrey in the starting rotation and compiled a 4–1 record for the month. His 8–1 win on May 16 put the Mets in first place where they remained until the last week of the season. Wright led the offense in May with eight home runs and 22 RBI. The Mets went 19–9 in May and finished the month with a 4+1⁄2-game lead despite starting second baseman José Valentín out for the entire month with an injury and starting outfielders Moisés Alou and Shawn Green missing time as well.
As the calendar turned to June, the Mets began slumping, losing six straight series against teams with winning records, the last four series part of a stretch of 18 straight games against 2006 playoff teams, facing the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals, becoming the first team in MLB history to play six consecutive series against six different teams that made the playoffs the previous season. This stretch started poorly for the Mets, as they lost 9 out of 12 to the Tigers, Dodgers, Yankees, and Twins. However, they turned it around and won 5 out of 6 against the Athletics and Cardinals to finish this stretch. The Mets entered the All-Star break with 48 wins and 39 losses, with a slim lead over the second-place Atlanta Braves. The Mets acquired Luis Castillo and Jeff Conine before the playoff roster deadline of September 1 to fill holes that were created due to injuries. On July 12, 2007, Julio Franco was released by the Mets.
Shortstop José Reyes was mentioned at mid-season as a possible MVP. Pedro Martínez notched his 3,000th strikeout, and Tom Glavine got his 300th win. The team went into Wrigley Field in August and took two of three from the NL Central's first place Chicago Cubs, then beat up on the NL West's first place Arizona Diamondbacks a week later. Despite being swept by the second place Philadelphia Phillies in a four-game series in Philadelphia on August 27–30 (during which the Mets saw their six-game lead evaporate to two), the Mets won nine out of their next ten games, and everything was seemingly going the Mets' way. On September 12, the Mets were 21 games over .500 with a record of 83–62. Over the last three weeks of the baseball season, they won only five games.
Pedro Martínez returned to the Mets starting rotation in time for the September playoff deadline. As of September 17, the Mets were in first place in the NL East with an 83–66 record and a 2+1⁄2-game lead over the charging Phillies. They had lost four in a row, including a three-game sweep by the Phillies. Moisés Alou, as of September 17 had a 21-game hitting streak.
Down the stretch, the Mets played poorly including losing five out of six games with the fourth-place Washington Nationals. They lost on September 28 to fall into second place for the first time in over four months but pulled back into a tie with the Phillies the next day. On September 30, the Mets faced the Florida Marlins with hopes of winning the National League East or at least forcing a one-game playoff. Tom Glavine surrendered 7 runs in the first inning as the Mets fell 8–1. The Phillies capped their miraculous comeback with a 6–1 victory over the Nationals to win the NL East. The 2007 Mets collapse is one of the worst in baseball history, mirroring "the Phold" of 1964, where the Phillies lost a 6+1⁄2-game lead in the last twelve games. The Mets, who had come back in 1969 against improbable odds to beat out the Cubs, now found themselves on the other side of the equation, coincidentally, against a team in the Phillies that in 1964 had pulled a similar collapse.
The 2007 Mets finished the season with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. They placed second in the NL East, and third in the Wild Card standings.

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

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 89 | 73 | .549 | — | 47‍–‍34 | 42‍–‍39 |
| New York Mets | 88 | 74 | .543 | 1 | 41‍–‍40 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Atlanta Braves | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 | 44‍–‍37 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Washington Nationals | 73 | 89 | .451 | 16 | 40‍–‍41 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Florida Marlins | 71 | 91 | .438 | 18 | 36‍–‍45 | 35‍–‍46 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2007 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 8–7 |
| Atlanta | 2–4 | — | 5–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 11–7 | 4–11 |
| Chicago | 2–4 | 4–5 | — | 9–9 | 5–2 | 0–6 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–7 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 11–5 | 6–1 | 8–4 |
| Cincinnati | 4–2 | 6–1 | 9–9 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–11 | 2–4 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 6–9 | 1–6 | 7-11 |
| Colorado | 10–8 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 10–8 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–8 |
| Florida | 1–6 | 8–10 | 6–0 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 9–9 |
| Houston | 2–5 | 3–3 | 7–8 | 11–4 | 4–3 | 3-2 | — | 4–3 | 5–13 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 7–9 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 3–4 | 3–4 | — | 3–3 | 5–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–10 |
| Milwaukee | 5–2 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 7–8 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 13–5 | 3–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–4 | 10–6 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 7–8 | 4–2 | 8–7 |
| New York | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–2 | 5–5 | 4–2 | — | 6–12 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 8–7 |
| Philadelphia | 1-5 | 9–9 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 12–6 | — | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 6–3 | 12–6 | 8–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–5 | 1–5 | 7–8 | 7–9 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–5 | 2–5 | 6–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 1–6 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 4–2 | 5–10 |
| San Diego | 8–10 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 14–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–9 |
| San Francisco | 8–10 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 8–10 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 8–10 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 4–14 | — | 4–1 | 3–4 | 5–10 |
| St. Louis | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–11 | 9–6 | 4–3 | 4-2 | 9–7 | 3–3 | 8–7 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 1–4 | — | 1–5 | 6–9 |
| Washington | 1–6 | 7–11 | 1–6 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 10-8 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 9–9 |

### Game log

2007 Game Log :
April (15–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Cardinals6–1Glavine (1–0)Carpenter (0–1)45,4291–0
2April 3@ Cardinals4–1Hernández (1–0)Wells (0–1)Wagner (1)45,4402–0
3April 4@ Cardinals10–0Maine (1–0)Looper (0–1)45,4233–0
4April 6@ Braves11–1Pérez (1–0)Redman (0–1)51,0144–0
5April 7@ Braves5–3Smoltz (1–0)Glavine (1–1)Wickman (2)43,1564–1
6April 8@ Braves3–2Soriano (1–0)Heilman (0–1)Wickman (3)24,8324–2
7April 9Phillies11–5Feliciano (1–0)Geary (0–1)56,2275–2
8April 11Phillies5–2Eaton (1–1)Pérez (1–1)Gordon (1)41,9275–3
9April 12Phillies5–3Glavine (2–1)Moyer (1–1)Wagner (2)33,3556–3
10April 13Nationals3–2Heilman (1–1)Wagner (0–1)Wagner (3)47,3117–3
11April 14Nationals6–2Hill (1–1)Hernández (1–1)53,5607–4
–April 15NationalsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 287–4
–April 16@ PhilliesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 297–4
12April 17@ Phillies8–1Glavine (3–1)García (0–1)27,0588–4
13April 18@ Marlins9–2Maine (2–0)Willis (3–1)17,2199–4
14April 19@ Marlins11–3Hernández (2–1)VandenHurk (0–1)11,81510–4
15April 20Braves7–3Hudson (3–0)Pelfrey (0–1)47,54710–5
16April 21Braves7–2Pérez (2–1)James (2–2)55,14311–5
17April 22Braves9–6Yates (1–0)Heilman (1–2)Wickman (6)55,67111–6
18April 23Rockies6–1Maine (3–0)Buchholz (1–1)32,15412–6
19April 24Rockies2–1 (12)Smith (1–0)Speier (0–1)38,50013–6
20April 25Rockies11–5Fogg (1–1)Pelfrey (0–2)33,52213–7
21April 27@ Nationals4–3Chico (2–2)Pérez (2–2)Cordero (3)21,66213–8
22April 28@ Nationals6–2 (12)Sele (1–0)Rivera (0–1)29,29214–8
23April 29@ Nationals1–0Maine (4–0)Bergmann (0–2)Wagner (4)27,36115–8
24April 30Marlins9–6Olsen (3–1)Park (0–1)Owens (2)39,38315–9 :
May (19–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Marlins5–2Nolasco (1–0)Pelfrey (0–3)Owens (3)48,45815–10
26May 2Marlins6–3Pérez (3–2)Sánchez (2–1)Wagner (5)25,23616–10
27May 3@ D-backs9–4Heilman (2–2)Valverde (0–2)19,71017–10
28May 4@ D-backs5–3Maine (5–0)Johnson (0–2)Wagner (6)26,26818–10
29May 5@ D-backs6–2Sosa (1–0)Webb (2–2)30,33919–10
30May 6@ D-backs3–1Hernández (3–1)Pelfrey (0–4)Valverde (11)35,36319–11
31May 7@ Giants9–4Zito (3–3)Pérez (3–3)37,36519–12
32May 8@ Giants4–1Glavine (4–1)Cain (1–3)Wagner (7)39,45520–12
33May 9@ Giants5–3Heilman (3–2)Benítez (0–1)Wagner (8)41,83221–12
34May 11Brewers5–4Sosa (2–0)Suppan (5–3)Wagner (9)40,12622–12
35May 12Brewers12–3Sheets (3–2)Pelfrey (0–5)50,19322–13
36May 13Brewers9–1Pérez (4–3)Capuano (5–1)51,42723–13
37May 14Cubs5–4Heilman (4–2)Wuertz (0–2)34,03324–13
38May 15Cubs10–1Zambrano (4–3)Maine (5–1)37,48724–14
39May 16Cubs8–1Sosa (3–0)Hill (4–3)37,48325–14
40May 17Cubs6–5Burgos (1–0)Dempster (1–2)42,66726–14
41May 18Yankees3–2Pérez (5–3)Pettitte (2–3)Wagner (10)56,33727–14
42May 19Yankees10–7Glavine (5–1)Rasner (1–3)56,13728–14
43May 20Yankees6–2Clippard (1–0)Maine (5–2)56,43828–15
44May 22@ Braves8–1Davies (2–2)Sosa (3–1)32,58728–16
45May 23@ Braves3–0Pérez (6–3)James (4–4)Wagner (11)30,48929–16
46May 24@ Braves2–1Smoltz (7–2)Glavine (5–2)Wickman (7)36,66029–17
47May 25@ Marlins6–2Heilman (5–2)Pinto (0–2)24,27830–17
48May 26@ Marlins7–2Maine (6–2)Obermueller (1–3)34,50531–17
49May 27@ Marlins6–4Sosa (4–1)Olsen (4–4)Wagner (12)23,62232–17
50May 29Giants5–4 (12)Smith (2–0)Benítez (0–3)47,94033–17
51May 30Giants3–0Zito (5–5)Glavine (5–3)Hennessey (2)41,39533–18
52May 31Giants4–2Hernández (3–1)Cain (2–5)Wagner (13)44,22834–18 :
June (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1D-backs5–1Webb (5–3)Maine (6–3)40,23034–19
54June 2D-backs7–1Sosa (5–1)Hernández (5–3)45,21935–19
55June 3D-backs4–1Davis (4–6)Pérez (6–4)Valverde (20)53,01235–20
56June 5Phillies4–2 (11)Geary (1–1)Felicinano (1–1)Alfonseca (2)43,07835–21
57June 6Phillies4–2Eaton (6–4)Heilman (5–3)Alfonseca (3)42,69635–22
58June 7Phillies6–3 (10)Zagurski (1–0)Schoeneweis (0–1)Alfonseca (4)43,39835–23
59June 8@ Tigers3–0Sosa (6–1)Durbin (5–2)Wagner (14)42,00736–23
60June 9@ Tigers8–7Bonderman (6–0)Pérez (6–5)Jones (16)42,36436–24
61June 10@ Tigers15–7Miller (2–0)Glavine (5–4)40,91436–25
62June 11@ Dodgers5–3Wolf (8–4)Hernández (3–2)Saito (17)40,46736–26
63June 12@ Dodgers4–1Kuo (1–1)Maine (6–4)Saito (18)42,43836–27
64June 13@ Dodgers9–1Penny (8–1)Sosa (6–2)46,89436–28
65June 15@ Yankees2–0Pérez (7–5)Clemens (1–1)Wagner (15)55,15937–28
66June 16@ Yankees11–7Vizcaíno (3–1)Glavine (5–5)55,06437–29
67June 17@ Yankees8–2Wang (5–4)Hernández (3–3)55,06037–30
68June 18Twins8–1Maine (7–4)Silva (4–8)37,31938–30
69June 19Twins9–0Santana (7–6)Sosa (6–3)40,93538–31
70June 20Twins6–2Baker (2–2)Pérez (7–6)44,51738–32
71June 22Athletics9–1Glavine (6–5)DiNardo (2–4)43,02939–32
72June 23Athletics1–0Wagner (1–0)Casilla (2–1)52,92040–32
73June 24Athletics10–2Maine (8–4)Kennedy (2–5)50,14341–32
74June 25Cardinals2–1 (11)Heilman (6–3)Springer (3–1)40,07542–32
75June 26Cardinals5–3 (11)Thompson (6–3)Schoeneweis (0–2)Flores (1)40,05342–33
76June 27Cardinals2–0 (6)Glavine (7–5)Reyes (0–10)40,94843–33
–June 28CardinalsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 2743–33
77June 29@ Phillies6–5Hernández (4–3)Durbin (0–1)Wagner (16)35,84944–33
78June 29@ Phillies5–2Maine (9–4)Hamels (9–4)45,16545–33
79June 30@ Phillies8–3Sosa (7–3)Happ (0–1)Feliciano (1)45,00346–33 :
July (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Phillies5–3Kendrick (2–0)Pelfrey (0–6)Alfonseca (6)45,28946–34
81July 2@ Rockies6–2Hirsh (4–7)Glavine (7–6)27,25246–35
82July 3@ Rockies11–3Cook (5–5)Vargas (0–1)48,04046–36
83July 4@ Rockies17–7Fogg (4–6)Hernández (4–4)48,12346–37
84July 5@ Astros6–2Maine (10–4)Jennings (1–4)35,43047–37
85July 6@ Astros4–0Rodríguez (6–7)Pelfrey (0–7)38,81247–38
86July 7@ Astros5–3 (17)Sele (2–0)Moehler (1–3)Wagner (17)41,59648–38
87July 8@ Astros8–3Oswalt (8–5)Williams (0–1)40,70848–39
88July 12Reds3–2Hernández (5–4)Arroyo (3–10)Wagner (18)48,28249–39
89July 13Reds8–4Harang (10–2)Maine (10–5)51,30549–40
90July 14Reds2–1Glavine (8–6)Stanton (1–3)Wagner (19)51,74250–40
91July 15Reds5–2Pérez (8–6)Lohse (5–11)Wagner (20)52,18651–40
92July 16@ Padres5–1Wells (5–5)Sosa (7–4)35,80251–41
93July 17@ Padres7–0Hernández (6–4)Peavy (9–4)31,66052–41
94July 18@ Padres5–4Linebrink (3–2)Smith (2–1)Hoffman (26)32,52452–42
95July 19@ Dodgers13–9Sele (3–0)Lowe (8–9)51,65153–42
96July 20@ Dodgers4–1Pérez (9–6)Hernández (3–2)Wagner (21)52,10354–42
97July 21@ Dodgers8–6Penny (12–1)Sosa (7–5)Broxton (2)49,12454–43
98July 22@ Dodgers5–4 (10)Feliciano (2–1)Houlton (0–1)Wagner (22)49,09255–43
99July 24Pirates8–4Maine (11–5)Snell (7–8)49,12256–43
100July 25Pirates6–3Glavine (9–6)Gorzelanny (9–6)Wagner (23)44,90657–43
101July 26Pirates8–4Maholm (7–12)Pérez (9–7)52,15057–44
102July 27Nationals6–2Bacsik (4–6)Sosa (7–6)51,17957–45
103July 28Nationals3–1Hernández (7–4)Rivera (4–3)Wagner (24)51,94758–45
104July 28Nationals6–5Rauch (7–2)Feliciano (2–2)Cordero (21)46,26558–46
105July 29Nationals5–0 (5)Maine (12–5)Traber (2–2)47,26459–46
106July 31@ Brewers4–2 (13)Bush (9–8)Sele (3–1)41,79059–47 :
August (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Brewers8–5Pérez (10–7)Vargas (9–3)Wagner (25)42,05860–47
108August 2@ Brewers12–4Lawrence (1–0)Capuano (5–8)41,70461–47
109August 3@ Cubs6–2Mota (1–0)Dempster (2–4)41,51262–47
110August 4@ Cubs6–2Lilly (12–5)Maine (12–6)41,41262–48
111August 5@ Cubs8–3Glavine (10–6)Marquis (8–7)41,59963–48
112August 7Braves7–3Carlyle (7–3)Pérez (10–8)52,17763–49
113August 8Braves4–3Heilman (7–3)Soriano (2–3)Wagner (26)51,74964–49
114August 9Braves7–6Hudson (13–5)Maine (12–7)Villarreal (1)52,42564–50
115August 10Marlins4–3Lindstrom (2–3)Wagner (1–1)Gregg (25)48,51664–51
116August 11Marlins7–5Miller (4–0)Heilman (7–4)Gregg (26)50,77364–52
117August 12Marlins10–4Sosa (8–6)Gardner (3–3)51,02365–52
118August 14@ Pirates5–4Sosa (9–6)Torres (1–4)Wagner (27)25,27766–52
119August 15@ Pirates10–8Maine (13–7)Morris (7–8)Wagner (28)18,24167–52
120August 16@ Pirates10–7Marte (1–0)Heilman (7–5)Capps (11)36,44767–53
121August 17@ Nationals6–2Glavine (11–6)Chico (5–7)23,63668–53
122August 18@ Nationals7–4Pérez (11–8)Lannan (1–2)Wagner (29)35,15769–53
123August 19@ Nationals8–2Hernández (8–4)Rauch (8–4)29,09270–53
124August 21Padres7–6Wagner (2–1)Hoffman (2–4)48,59271–53
125August 22Padres7–5Peavy (14–5)Lawrence (1–1)Hoffman (32)50,06071–54
126August 23Padres9–8 (10)Hoffman (3–4)Heilman (7–6)Bell (1)50,07871–55
127August 24Dodgers5–2Pérez (12–8)Penny (14–4)53,25072–55
128August 25Dodgers4–3Hernández (9–4)Stults (1–2)Heilman (1)52,65573–55
129August 26Dodgers6–2Wells (6–8)Maine (13–8)49,23473–56
130August 27@ Phillies9–2Durbin (6–3)Lawrence (1–2)38,16573–57
131August 28@ Phillies4–2 (10)Myers (3–5)Mota (1–1)40,50873–58
132August 29@ Phillies3–2Moyer (12–10)Pérez (12–9)Myers (13)43,15073–59
133August 30@ Phillies11–10Gordon (2–2)Wagner (2–2)42,55273–60
134August 31@ Braves7–1Maine (14–8)Hudson (15–7)45,24574–60 :
September (14–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Braves5–1Pelfrey (1–7)James (9–10)Feliciano (2)45,61175–60
136September 2@ Braves3–2Glavine (12–6)Smoltz (12–7)Wagner (30)46,24276–60
137September 3@ Reds10–4Martínez (1–0)Harang (14–4)29,29077–60
138September 4@ Reds11–7Pérez (13–9)Bray (3–2)20,65578–60
139September 5@ Reds7–0Shearn (2–0)Maine (14–9)15,70478–61
140September 7Astros11–3Pelfrey (2–7)Rodríguez (8–13)51,11379–61
141September 8Astros3–1Glavine (13–6)Williams (8–14)Wagner (31)53,06180–61
142September 9Astros4–1Martínez (2–0)Oswalt (14–7)Wagner (32)51,84781–61
143September 10Braves3–2Pérez (14–9)Hudson (15–8)Wagner (33)48,55782–61
144September 11Braves13–5Moylan (5–3)Hernández (9–5)48,73282–62
145September 12Braves4–3Mota (2–1)Acosta (0–1)Wagner (34)51,64883–62
146September 14Phillies3–2 (10)Gordon (3–2)Heilman (7–7)Myers (16)53,73083–63
147September 15Phillies5–3Alfonseca (5–1)Sosa (9–7)Myers (17)55,47783–64
148September 16Phillies10–6Geary (3–2)Mota (2–2)52,77983–65
149September 17@ Nationals12–4Albaladejo (1–0)Sele (3–2)18,67883–66
150September 18@ Nationals9–8Colomé (5–1)Maine (14–10)Cordero (35)19,96683–67
151September 19@ Nationals8–4Pelfrey (3–7)Chico (5–9)20,55884–67
152September 20@ Marlins8–7 (10)Tankersley (6–1)Sosa (9–8)15,13284–68
153September 21@ Marlins9–6Martínez (3–0)Olsen (9–15)Schoeneweis (1)25,66685–68
154September 22@ Marlins7–2Pérez (15–9)Kim (9–8)22,51786–68
155September 23@ Marlins7–6 (11)Smith (3–1)García (0–1)Schoeneweis (2)17,13087–68
156September 24Nationals13–4Chico (6–9)Pelfrey (3–8)49,16487–69
157September 25Nationals10–9Bergmann (6–5)Glavine (13–7)Rauch (4)49,24487–70
158September 26Nationals9–6Hanrahan (5–3)Smith (3–2)Ayala (1)51,94087–71
159September 27Cardinals3–0Piñeiro (7–5)Martínez (3–1)Isringhausen (31)48,90087–72
160September 28Marlins7–4Kim (10–8)Pérez (15–10)Gregg (32)55,29887–73
161September 29Marlins13–0Maine (15–10)Seddon (0–2)54,67588–73
162September 30Marlins8–1Kensing (3–0)Glavine (13–8)54,45388–74 :
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## 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 | Paul Lo Duca | 119 | 445 | 121 | .272 | 9 | 54 |
| 1B | Carlos Delgado | 139 | 538 | 139 | .258 | 24 | 87 |
| 2B | Luis Castillo | 50 | 199 | 59 | .296 | 1 | 20 |
| SS | José Reyes | 160 | 681 | 191 | .280 | 12 | 57 |
| 3B | David Wright | 160 | 604 | 196 | .325 | 30 | 107 |
| LF | Moisés Alou | 87 | 328 | 112 | .341 | 13 | 49 |
| CF | Carlos Beltrán | 144 | 554 | 153 | .276 | 33 | 112 |
| RF | Shawn Green | 130 | 446 | 130 | .291 | 10 | 46 |

#### 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 |
| Damion Easley | 76 | 193 | 54 | .280 | 10 | 26 |
| Rubén Gotay | 98 | 190 | 56 | .295 | 4 | 24 |
| Lastings Milledge | 59 | 184 | 50 | .272 | 7 | 29 |
| José Valentín | 51 | 166 | 40 | .241 | 3 | 18 |
| Endy Chávez | 71 | 150 | 43 | .287 | 1 | 17 |
| Ramón Castro | 52 | 144 | 41 | .285 | 11 | 31 |
| Carlos Gómez | 58 | 125 | 29 | .232 | 2 | 12 |
| David Newhan | 56 | 74 | 15 | .203 | 1 | 6 |
| Marlon Anderson | 43 | 69 | 22 | .319 | 3 | 25 |
| Julio Franco | 40 | 50 | 10 | .200 | 1 | 8 |
| Jeff Conine | 21 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike DiFelice | 16 | 40 | 10 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
| Ricky Ledée | 17 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 1 | 6 |
| Ben Johnson | 9 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 1 |
| Sandy Alomar Jr. | 8 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson Hernández | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Chip Ambres | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Tom Glavine | 34 | 200.1 | 13 | 8 | 4.45 | 89 |
| John Maine | 32 | 191.0 | 15 | 10 | 3.91 | 180 |
| Óliver Pérez | 29 | 177.0 | 15 | 10 | 3.56 | 174 |
| Orlando Hernández | 27 | 147.2 | 9 | 5 | 3.72 | 128 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 15 | 72.2 | 3 | 8 | 5.57 | 45 |
| Brian Lawrence | 6 | 29.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.83 | 18 |
| Pedro Martínez | 5 | 28.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.57 | 32 |
| Jason Vargas | 2 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 12.19 | 4 |
| Chan Ho Park | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 15.75 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Jorge Sosa | 42 | 112.2 | 9 | 8 | 4.47 | 69 |
| Philip Humber | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 |
| Dave Williams | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 22.85 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Wagner | 66 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 2.63 | 80 |
| Aaron Heilman | 81 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3.03 | 63 |
| Pedro Feliciano | 78 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.09 | 61 |
| Scott Schoenweis | 70 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.03 | 41 |
| Joe Smith | 54 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.45 | 45 |
| Guillermo Mota | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.76 | 47 |
| Aaron Sele | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.37 | 29 |
| Ambiorix Burgos | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.42 | 19 |
| Willie Collazo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 0 |
| Carlos Muñiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 |
| Lino Urdaneta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Jon Adkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

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