# 2003 New York Mets season

The 2003 New York Mets season was the 42nd regular season for the Mets. They went 66–95 and finished fifth in the National League East, thirty-four and a half games behind the first place Atlanta Braves. This was the first season under full ownership of Fred Wilpon, who decided in the offseason to replace Bobby Valentine with Art Howe as manager; previously, Howe had managed the Oakland Athletics for the past seven seasons. The Mets played home games at Shea Stadium.

## Offseason

* November 25, 2002: Jorge Velandia was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* December 5, 2002: Tom Glavine was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* December 19, 2002: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* January 11, 2003: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* February 11, 2003: Jay Bell signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* February 13, 2003: David Cone signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.

## Regular season

After their disappointing 2002 season the Mets entered 2003 hoping to contend for a playoff spot. But the season ended up being a massive disappointment as they were defeated by the Cubs at home 15-2 on opening day and finished just 66-95.

### Opening Day starters

* Roberto Alomar
* Jeromy Burnitz
* Roger Cedeño
* Cliff Floyd
* Tom Glavine
* Mike Piazza
* Rey Sánchez
* Mo Vaughn
* Ty Wigginton

### Detailed record

| Team | Home | Away | Total | Win % |
| NL East |||||
| Atlanta Braves | 5–4 | 3–7 | 8–11 | .421 |
| Florida Marlins | 3–6 | 4–6 | 7–12 | .368 |
| Montreal Expos | 4–6 | 1–8 | 5–14 | .263 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 3–7 | 4–5 | 7–12 | .368 |
| Total | 15–23 | 12–26 | 27–49 | .355 |
| NL Central |||||
| Chicago Cubs | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | .167 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | .667 |
| Houston Astros | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | .667 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 1–5 | 2–1 | 3–6 | .333 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | .667 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | .167 |
| Total | 8–13 | 9–9 | 17–22 | .436 |
| NL West |||||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | .333 |
| Colorado Rockies | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | .714 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | .500 |
| San Diego Padres | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | .500 |
| San Francisco Giants | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | .667 |
| Total | 10–5 | 7–9 | 17–14 | .548 |
| American League |||||
| Anaheim Angels | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | .667 |
| New York Yankees | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–6 | .000 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | .333 |
| Texas Rangers | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | .667 |
| Total | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–10 | .333 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % |
| March | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| April | 26 | 11 | 15 | .423 |
| May | 28 | 14 | 14 | .500 |
| June | 26 | 10 | 16 | .385 |
| July | 27 | 9 | 18 | .333 |
| August | 27 | 15 | 12 | .556 |
| September | 26 | 7 | 19 | .269 |
| Total | 161 | 66 | 95 | .410 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % |
| Home | 80 | 34 | 46 | .425 |
| Away | 81 | 32 | 49 | .395 |

## Season standings
### National League East

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Florida Marlins | 91 | 71 | .562 | 10 | 53‍–‍28 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 86 | 76 | .531 | 15 | 49‍–‍32 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Montreal Expos | 83 | 79 | .512 | 18 | 52‍–‍29 | 31‍–‍50 |
| New York Mets | 66 | 95 | .410 | 34½ | 34‍–‍46 | 32‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

2003 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
| Arizona | — | 2–5 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–14 | 3–3 | 11–4 |
| Atlanta | 5–2 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 7–2 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 10–5 |
| Chicago | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 10–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 10–6 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 10–8 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 8–9 | 9–9 |
| Cincinnati | 2–7 | 3–3 | 7–10 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 5–12 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 5–11 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–7 | 7–5 |
| Colorado | 9–10 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–6 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| Florida | 5–2 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 1–5 | 2–5 | 7–2 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 9–6 |
| Houston | 1–5 | 1–5 | 7–9 | 12–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | — | 4–2 | 9–8 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 10–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 11–7 |
| Los Angeles | 9–10 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 11–7 |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–10 | 10–8 | 1–5 | 2–7 | 8–9 | 2–4 | — | 0–6 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 10–7 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–13 | 5–7 |
| Montreal | 2–4 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | — | 14–5 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 1–5 | 9–9 |
| New York | 2–4 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 5–14 | — | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 5–10 |
| Philadelphia | 2–4 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 12–7 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–3 | 2–7 | 8–10 | 11–5 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 6–10 | 1–5 | 7–10 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 7–10 | 5–7 |
| San Diego | 10–9 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 5–14 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
| San Francisco | 14–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–7 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 5–1 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 14–5 | — | 5–1 | 10–8 |
| St. Louis | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–8 | 7–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 13–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 10–7 | 4–2 | 1–5 | — | 10–8 |

### Notable transactions

* July 1, 2003: Roberto Alomar was traded by the New York Mets with cash to the Chicago White Sox for Edwin Almonte, Royce Ring, and Andrew Salvo.
* July 16, 2003: Armando Benítez was traded by the New York Mets to the New York Yankees for Ryan Bicondoa, Jason Anderson and Anderson Garcia.
* July 29, 2003: Kenny Kelly was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Mets for Rey Sánchez and cash.

## Game log
### Regular season

Legend :
| Mets Win | Mets Loss | Game Postponed |
| Bold = Mets team member |||
2003 Game Log (66–95) Home: 34–46; Away: 32–49 :
March/April: (11–16) Home: 8–7; Away: 3–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1March 31Cubs2–15Wood (1–0)Glavine (0–1)—Shea Stadium53,5860–1
2April 2Cubs4–1Leiter (1–0)Clement (0–1)Benitez (1)Shea Stadium20,5941–1
3April 3Cubs3–6Prior (1–0)Trachsel (0–1)—Shea Stadium17,2441–2
4April 4Expos4–0Cone (1–0)Ohka (0–1)—Shea Stadium18,0402–2
5April 5Expos3–1Glavine (1–1)Armas (1–1)Benitez (2)Shea Stadium36,8173–2
6April 6Expos5–8Stewart (1–0)Benitez (0–1)Biddle (2)Shea Stadium35,0933–3
7April 8@ Marlins4–2Leiter (2–0)Redman (1–1)Benitez (3)Pro Player Stadium10,1034–3
8April 9@ Marlins2–3Looper (1–0)Stanton (0–1)—Pro Player Stadium10,0524–4
9April 10@ Marlins3–4Spooneybarger (1–0)Benitez (0–2)—Pro Player Stadium10,2674–5
10April 11@ Expos*0–10Ohka (1–1)Cone (1–1)—Hiram Bithorn Stadium17,9064–6
11April 12@ Expos*4–5Hernandez (1–0)Seo (0–1)Biddle (3)Hiram Bithorn Stadium18,2644–7
12April 13@ Expos*1–2 (10)Biddle (1–0)Stanton (0–2)—Hiram Bithorn Stadium16,3324–8
13April 14@ Expos*3–5Smith (1–0)Strickland (0–1)Biddle (4)Hiram Bithorn Stadium13,1554–9
14April 15@ Pirates3–1Glavine (2–1)Fogg (1–2)Benitez (4)PNC Park14,7285–9
15April 16@ Pirates3–6Suppan (3–0)Cone (1–2)—PNC Park12,6095–10
16April 17@ Pirates7–2Seo (1–1)D'Amico (1–2)—PNC Park11,2996–10
17April 18Marlins6–3Weathers (1–0)Nunez (0–2)Benitez (5)Shea Stadium18,5257–10
18April 19Marlins5–6Looper (2–0)Benitez (0–3)—Shea Stadium36,4487–11
19April 20Marlins7–4Glavine (3–1)Nunez (0–3)—Shea Stadium26,2458–11
20April 22Astros2–6Redding (1–2)Cone (1–3)—Shea Stadium31,7338–12
21April 23Astros4–2Leiter (3–0)Oswalt (2–2)Benitez (6)Shea Stadium20,3229–12
22April 24Astros7–4Astacio (1–0)Miller (0–2)Benitez (7)Shea Stadium31,65610–12
23April 25Diamondbacks4–3Stanton (1–2)Villarreal (1–1)Benitez (8)Shea Stadium24,72511–12
–April 26DiamondbacksPostponed (rain); rescheduled for April 27
24April 27 (1)Diamondbacks1–6Webb (1–0)Glavine (3–2)—Shea StadiumN/A11–13
25April 27 (2)Diamondbacks3–7Johnson (1–2)Seo (1–2)Mantei (3)Shea Stadium36,49111–14
26April 29@ Cardinals3–13Morris (2–2)Leiter (3–1)—Busch Stadium30,27511–15
27April 30@ Cardinals4–13Williams (4–0)Astacio (1–1)—Busch Stadium30,26511–16
*Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2003 season counted as Expos home games. :
May: (14–14) Home: 6–5; Away: 8–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Cardinals5–6 (10)Eldred (2–0)Strickland (0–2)—Busch Stadium35,28311–17
29May 2@ Brewers9–3Glavine (4–2)Rusch (1–5)—Miller Park16,31512–17
30May 3@ Brewers2–3Foster (2–0)Weathers (1–1)DeJean (5)Miller Park19,79612–18
31May 4@ Brewers5–3Leiter (4–1)Kinney (2–2)Benitez (9)Miller Park18,57113–18
32May 6Dodgers3–2Astacio (2–1)Perez (1–2)Benitez (10)Shea Stadium21,17314–18
33May 7Dodgers1–2Nomo (4–4)Trachsel (0–2)Gagne (11)Shea Stadium18,96514–19
34May 8Dodgers1–6Ishii (3–1)Glavine (4–3)—Shea Stadium18,72914–20
35May 9Padres4–5Hackman (1–0)Weathers (1–2)Orosco (2)Shea Stadium29,85514–21
36May 10Padres4–2 (10)Stanton (2–2)Wright (1–5)—Shea Stadium32,93015–21
37May 11Padres3–2Lloyd (1–0)Matthews (1–1)Benitez (11)Shea Stadium30,69416–21
38May 12@ Rockies9–6Trachsel (1–2)Young (0–1)Benitez (12)Coors Field25,43317–21
39May 13@ Rockies8–9Reed (3–1)Cerda (0–1) Jimenez (9)Coors Field25,04317–22
40May 14@ Rockies5–6Reed (4–1)Stanton (2–3) Jimenez (10)Coors Field26,75517–23
41May 15@ Giants3–11Rueter (4–1)Leiter (4–2)—Pacific Bell Park36,54217–24
42May 16@ Giants5–7Nathan (5–1)Weathers (1–3)Worrell (12)Pacific Bell Park39,16017–25
43May 17@ Giants5–1Trachsel (2–2)Moss (5–2)—Pacific Bell Park42,25918–25
44May 18@ Giants5–1Glavine (5–3)Ainsworth (3–4)—SBC Park42,59019–25
45May 20Phillies7–11Myers (4–3)Lloyd (1–1)—Shea Stadium25,28119–26
46May 21Phillies5–4Benitez (1–3)Adams (0–2)—Shea Stadium29,55120–26
47May 22Phillies6–3Astacio (3–1)Padilla (3–6)Benitez (13)Shea Stadium20,10121–26
48May 23@ Braves6–5Trachsel (3–2)Ortiz (6–3)Benitez (14)Turner Field33,27022–26
49May 24@ Braves4–10Ramirez (4–2)Glavine (5–4)—Turner Field40,91222–27
50May 25@ Braves1–3Hernandez (4–1)Weathers (1–4)Smoltz (19)Turner Field41,43222–28
51May 27@ Phillies4–2Leiter (5–2)Wolf (5–3)Benitez (15)Veterans Stadium18,08123–28
52May 28@ Phillies3–11Padilla (4–6)Astacio (3–2)—Veterans Stadium21,38923–29
53May 29@ Phillies5–0Trachsel (4–2)Millwood (7–2)—Veterans Stadium19,56824–29
54May 30Braves2–5Maddux (4–5)Glavine (5–5)Smoltz (20)Shea Stadium26,43924–30
55May 31Braves4–2Seo (2–2)Hampton (2–3)Benitez (16)Shea Stadium33,37825–30 :
June: (10–16) Home: 4–9; Away: 6–7
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
56June 1Braves10–4Leiter (6–2)Gryboski (3–3)—Shea Stadium25,16226–30
–June 3BrewersPostponed (rain); rescheduled for June 5
–June 4BrewersPostponed (rain); rescheduled for July 28
57June 5 (1)Brewers7–8Kinney (4–4)Trachsel (4–3)DeJean (13)Shea StadiumN/A26–31
58June 5 (2)Brewers3–5Sheets (6–4)Glavine (5–6)DeJean (14)Shea Stadium19,04826–32
59June 6Mariners3–2Seo (3–2)Franklyn (4–4)Benitez (17)Shea Stadium26,68427–32
–June 7MarinersPostponed (rain); rescheduled for June 8
60June 8 (1)Mariners1–13Garcia (6–6)Leiter (6–3)—Shea StadiumN/A27–33
61June 8 (2)Mariners0–7Moyer (10–2)Bacsik (0–1)—Shea Stadium39,82027–34
62June 10@ Rangers7–9Thomson (4–7)Trachsel (4–4)Urbina (18)The Ballpark in Arlington20,58127–35
63June 11@ Rangers8–2Seo (4–2)Santos (0–1)—The Ballpark in Arlington19,08728–35
64June 12@ Rangers11–0Leiter (7–3)Lewis (4–5)—The Ballpark in Arlington19,04429–35
65June 13@ Angels7–3Bacsik (1–1)Sele (3–4)—Edison International Field of Anaheim38,29430–35
66June 14@ Angels3–13Ortiz (7–5)Roach (0–1)—Edison International Field of Anaheim43,44930–36
67June 15@ Angels8–0Trachsel (5–4)Washburn (6–7)—Edison International Field of Anaheim43,72131–36
68June 16@ Marlins0–1Willis (6–1)Glavine (5–7)—Pro Player Stadium10,62431–37
69June 17@ Marlins5–0Seo (5–2)Pavano (5–8)—Pro Player Stadium10,35932–37
70June 18@ Marlins10–5Leiter (8–3)Penny (5–5)Wheeler (1)Pro Player Stadium11,32633–37
71June 19@ Marlins1–5Phelps (3–2)Bacsik (1–2)—Pro Player Stadium10,40033–38
72June 20Yankees0–5Pettitte (7–6)Trachsel (5–5)—Shea Stadium55,38633–39
–June 21YankeesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for June 28
73June 22Yankees3–7 (11)Rivera (2–0)Lloyd (1–2)—Shea Stadium55,03133–40
74June 24Marlins4–8Penny (6–5)Leiter (8–4)Tejera (1)Shea Stadium22,22633–41
75June 25Marlins6–3Trachsel (6–5)Redman (5–3)Benitez (18)Shea Stadium22,56334–41
76June 26Marlins1–6Willis (8–1)Heilman (0–1)—Shea Stadium30,37834–42
77June 27@ Yankees4–6Wells (10–2)Seo (5–3)Miceli (1)Yankee Stadium55,22634–43
78June 28 (1)@ Yankees1–7Clemens (8–5)Griffiths (0–1)—Yankee Stadium55,34334–44
79June 28 (2)Yankees8–9Claussen (1–0)Glavine (5–8)Rivera (13)Shea Stadium36,37234–45
80June 29@ Yankees3–5Weaver (4–6)Leiter (8–5)Rivera (14)Yankee Stadium55,44434–46
81June 30Expos3–1Trachsel (7–5)Vazquez (6–6)Benitez (19)Shea Stadium29,82935–46 :
July: (9–18) Home: 4–12; Away: 5–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
82July 1Expos7–6Benitez (2–3)Manon (0–2)—Shea Stadium30,08436–46
83July 2Expos4–11Hernandez (7–6)Seo (5–4)—Shea Stadium35,54736–47
84July 4@ Reds7–2Glavine (6–8)Haynes (1–8)Benitez (20)Great American Ball Park35,51137–47
85July 5@ Reds6–2Trachsel (8–5)Graves (4–8)Weathers (1)Great American Ball Park41,02038–47
86July 6@ Reds7–5Cerda (1–1)Reith (1–1)Benitez (21)Great American Ball Park31,05439–47
87July 7Braves3–7Ramirez (8–2)Seo (5–5)—Shea Stadium32,39939–48
88July 8Braves3–5Reynolds (6–4)Roach (0–2)Smoltz (33)Shea Stadium29,09639–49
89July 9Braves3–6Ortiz (12–4)Glavine (6–9)Smoltz (34)Shea Stadium30,30839–50
90July 10Phillies2–7Padilla (8–8)Trachsel (8–6)—Shea Stadium25,91339–51
91July 11Phillies3–10Wolf (10–4)Heilman (0–2)—Shea Stadium35,88439–52
92July 12Phillies2–4 (11)Mesa (4–5)Franco (0–1)—Shea Stadium33,45239–53
93July 13Phillies4–3Benitez (3–3)Adams (1–3)—Shea Stadium31,63040–53
74th All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois
94July 17@ Braves2–3Maddux (8–8)Franco (0–2)—Turner Field36,68840–54
95July 18@ Braves4–11Hampton (6–5)Seo (5–6)—Turner Field44,81540–55
96July 19@ Braves4–7Ortiz (13–4)Glavine (6–10)Smoltz (35)Turner Field45,75940–56
97July 20@ Braves8–11King (3–0)Stanton (2–4)Smoltz (36)Turner Field36,02940–57
98July 21@ Phillies8–6Heilman (1–2)Duckworth (3–4)Franco (1)Veterans Stadium33,20841–57
99July 22@ Phillies7–5Trachsel (9–6)Millwood (10–7)Wheeler (2)Veterans Stadium37,16442–57
100July 23@ Expos2–5Vazquez (8–6)Seo (5–7)Biddle (23)Olympic Stadium8,85342–58
101July 24@ Expos1–5Hernandez (10–6)Glavine (6–11)Biddle (24)Olympic Stadium9,33742–59
102July 25Reds3–1Leiter (9–5)Graves (4–11)Stanton (1)Shea Stadium34,02143–59
103July 26Reds3–8Acevedo (2–0)Heilman (1–3)—Shea Stadium29,30543–60
104July 27Reds5–8Wilson (6–8)Trachsel (9–7)Williamson (21)Shea Stadium30,17343–61
105July 28Brewers2–4Estrella (3–2)Weathers (1–5)Kolb (3)Shea Stadium6,05643–62
106July 29Brewers3–6Sheets (10–7)Wheeler (0–1)DeJean (18)Shea Stadium22,84643–63
107July 30Brewers2–0Leiter (10–5)Obermueller (0–2)Weathers (2)Shea Stadium22,38944–63
108July 31Brewers3–4Kinney (7–8)Heilman (1–4)Kolb (4)Shea Stadium27,59044–64 :
August: (15–12) Home: 7–5; Away: 8–7
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
109August 1Cardinals2–8Kline (4–4)Wheeler (0–2)—Shea Stadium23,57844–65
110August 2Cardinals9–10Tomko (7–7)Seo (5–8)Yan (1)Shea Stadium30,89844–66
111August 3Cardinals13–5Griffiths (1–1)Stephenson (5–11)—Shea Stadium27,59245–66
112August 5@ Astros10–1Leiter (11–5)Villone (3–2)—Minute Maid Park31,58246–66
113August 6@ Astros1–11Miller (8–10)Heilman (1–5)—Minute Maid Park30,15446–67
114August 7@ Astros5–4Trachsel (10–7)Lidge (4–2)Stanton (2)Minute Maid Park31,25047–67
115August 8@ Diamondbacks3–1Glavine (7–11)Webb (7–5)Stanton (3)Bank One Ballpark36,33548–67
116August 9@ Diamondbacks1–2Randolph (6–0)Franco (0–3)—Bank One Ballpark41,93448–68
117August 10@ Diamondbacks4–7Johnson (3–4)Leiter (11–6)Mantei (15)Bank One Ballpark37,52148–69
118August 12Giants5–4Heilman (2–5)Ponson (14–8)Weathers (3)Shea Stadium37,46149–69
119August 13Giants9–2Trachsel (11–7)Williams (5–3)—Shea Stadium31,75950–69
–August 14GiantsCancelled (power outage)
120August 15Rockies5–0Glavine (8–11)Oliver (10–8)—Shea Stadium28,08151–69
121August 16Rockies13–4Seo (6–8)Chacon (11–8)—Shea Stadium28,23352–69
122August 17Rockies6–4Leiter (12–6)Jennings (10–11)Weathers (4)Shea Stadium28,39353–69
123August 18Rockies8–0Trachsel (12–7)Tsao (2–1)—Shea Stadium23,86554–69
124August 19@ Padres2–3Limebrink (2–2)Stanton (2–5)Beck (17)Qualcomm Stadium21,79454–70
125August 20@ Padres1–2Beck (3–1)Roberts (0–1)—Qualcomm Stadium16,53254–71
126August 21@ Padres5–1Seo (7–8)Perez (4–7)—Qualcomm Stadium21,95855–71
127August 22@ Dodgers1–2Nomo (15–9)Leiter (12–7)Gagne (43)Dodger Stadium40,71455–72
128August 23@ Dodgers4–0Trachsel (13–7)Ashby (3–10)—Dodger Stadium44,44956–72
129August 24@ Dodgers2–1Glavine (9–11)Brown (12–7)Franco (2)Dodger Stadium45,49657–72
130August 26@ Braves6–5Seo (8–8)Reynolds (10–7)Stanton (4)Turner Field24,69458–72
131August 27@ Braves1–4Maddux (13–10)Heilman (2–6)Mercker (1)Turner Field23,75558–73
132August 28@ Braves3–1Leiter (13–7)Hampton (12–6)Weathers (5)Turner Field27,85659–73
133August 29Phillies0–7Millwood (13–9)Trachsel (13–8)—Shea Stadium33,20859–74
134August 30Phillies2–4Wolf (13–9)Glavine (9–12)Mesa (23)Shea Stadium26,76959–75
135August 31Phillies1–4Padilla (12–9)Seo (8–9)Mesa (24)Shea Stadium26,18059–76 :
September: (7–19) Home: 5–8; Away: 2–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
136September 1Braves3–2Wheeler (1–2)Hodges (3–3)Weathers (6)Shea Stadium23,87760–76
137September 2Braves3–1Leiter (14–7)Hampton (12–7)Weathers (7)Shea Stadium24,39061–76
138September 3Braves9–3Trachsel (14–8)Ortiz (18–6)—Shea Stadium16,43962–76
139September 4@ Phillies5–6de los Santos (4–3)Stanton (2–6)—Veterans Stadium19,25962–77
140September 5@ Phillies0–1Padilla (13–9)Seo (8–10)Cormier (1)Veterans Stadium26,71262–78
141September 6@ Phillies6–9Myers (13–7)Griffiths (1–2)Wendell (1)Veterans Stadium38,67162–79
142September 7@ Phillies4–5 (11)Cormier (6–0)Wheeler (1–3)—Veterans Stadium29,15962–80
143September 8Marlins0–5Beckett (8–7)Trachsel (14–9)—Shea Stadium15,15562–81
144September 9Marlins1–3Urbina (3–4)Weathers (1–6)Looper (28)Shea Stadium29,41062–82
145September 10Marlins3–7Redman (12–9)Seo (8–11)—Shea Stadium16,69962–83
146September 12@ Expos4–7Tucker (1–2)Leiter (14–8)Ayala (5)Olympic Stadium10,70162–84
147September 13@ Expos5–4Trachsel (15–9)Vazquez (12–11)Roberts (1)Olympic Stadium15,08663–84
148September 14@ Expos3–7Day (8–7)Glavine (9–13)—Olympic Stadium21,41763–85
149September 15@ Cubs1–4Clement (13–11)Griffiths (1–3)Borowski (29)Wrigley Field38,69863–86
150September 16@ Cubs2–3Prior (16–6)Seo (8–12)Borowski (30)Wrigley Field39,53463–87
151September 17@ Cubs0–2Wood (13–11)Leiter (14–9)—Wrigley Field38,48263–88
152September 18Expos0–1Vazquez (13–11)Trachsel (15–10)Cordero (1)Shea Stadium18,91463–89
153September 19Expos1–7Day (9–7)Glavine (9–14)—Shea Stadium33,08363–90
154September 20Expos3–4 (10)Cordero (1–0)Stanton (2–7)Biddle (32)Shea Stadium37,29463–91
155September 21Expos2–4Ayala (10–3)Roberts (0–2)Biddle (33)Shea Stadium28,70263–92
156September 23Pirates1–0Leiter (15–9)Wells (9–9)—Shea Stadium17,83064–92
157September 24Pirates5–3Trachsel (16–10)D'Amico (9–16)Stanton (5)Shea Stadium22,13465–92
158September 25Pirates1–3Torres (7–5)Roberts (0–3)Tavarez (10)Shea Stadium25,08165–93
159September 26@ Marlins3–4Pavano (12–13)Heilman (2–7)Urbina (32)Pro Player Stadium33,21565–94
160September 27@ Marlins9–3Seo (9–11)Tejera (3–4)—Pro Player Stadium30,20466–94
161September 28@ Marlins0–4Willis (14–6)Griffiths (1–4)—Pro Player Stadium27,52966–95 :

## 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 | Vance Wilson | 96 | 268 | 65 | .243 | 8 | 39 |
| 1B | Jason Phillips | 119 | 403 | 120 | .298 | 11 | 58 |
| 2B | Roberto Alomar | 73 | 263 | 69 | .262 | 2 | 22 |
| SS | José Reyes | 69 | 274 | 84 | .307 | 5 | 32 |
| 3B | Ty Wigginton | 156 | 573 | 146 | .255 | 11 | 71 |
| LF | Cliff Floyd | 108 | 365 | 106 | .290 | 18 | 68 |
| CF | Jeff Duncan | 56 | 139 | 27 | .194 | 1 | 10 |
| RF | Roger Cedeño | 148 | 484 | 129 | .267 | 7 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Timo Pérez | 127 | 346 | 93 | .269 | 4 | 42 |
| Joe McEwing | 119 | 278 | 67 | .241 | 1 | 16 |
| Tony Clark | 125 | 254 | 59 | .232 | 16 | 43 |
| Mike Piazza | 68 | 234 | 67 | .286 | 11 | 34 |
| Jeromy Burnitz | 65 | 234 | 64 | .274 | 18 | 45 |
| Raúl González | 107 | 217 | 50 | .230 | 2 | 21 |
| Rey Sánchez | 56 | 174 | 36 | .207 | 0 | 12 |
| Jay Bell | 72 | 116 | 21 | .181 | 0 | 3 |
| Tsuyoshi Shinjo | 62 | 114 | 22 | .193 | 1 | 7 |
| Mo Vaughn | 27 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 3 | 15 |
| Marco Scutaro | 48 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 2 | 6 |
| Jorge Velandia | 23 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 0 | 8 |
| Daniel Garcia | 19 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 2 | 6 |
| Prentice Redman | 15 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Watson | 15 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Glavine | 6 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe DePastino | 2 | 2 | 0 | .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 |
| Steve Trachsel | 33 | 204.2 | 16 | 10 | 3.78 | 111 |
| Jae Weong Seo | 32 | 188.1 | 9 | 12 | 3.82 | 110 |
| Tom Glavine | 32 | 183.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.52 | 82 |
| Al Leiter | 30 | 180.2 | 15 | 9 | 3.99 | 139 |
| Aaron Heilman | 14 | 65.1 | 2 | 7 | 6.75 | 51 |
| Pedro Astacio | 7 | 36.2 | 3 | 2 | 7.36 | 20 |
| David Cone | 5 | 18.0 | 1 | 3 | 6.50 | 13 |
| Jason Roach | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 12.00 | 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 |
| Jeremy Griffiths | 9 | 41.0 | 1 | 4 | 7.02 | 25 |
| Mike Bacsik | 5 | 17.2 | 1 | 2 | 10.19 | 12 |

#### 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 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 3.10 | 50 |
| David Weathers | 77 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3.08 | 75 |
| Mike Stanton | 50 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4.57 | 34 |
| John Franco | 38 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.62 | 16 |
| Graeme Lloyd | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.31 | 17 |
| Dan Wheeler | 35 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.71 | 35 |
| Jaime Cerda | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.85 | 19 |
| Pedro Feliciano | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.35 | 43 |
| Scott Strickland | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 | 16 |
| Grant Roberts | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.79 | 10 |
| Edwin Almonte | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.12 | 7 |
| Orber Moreno | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 5 |
| Jason Anderson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 7 |
| Pat Strange | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 5 |
| Jason Middlebrook | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Norfolk Tides | International League | Bobby Floyd |
| AA | Binghamton Mets | Eastern League | John Stearns |
| A | St. Lucie Mets | Florida State League | Ken Oberkfell |
| A | Capital City Bombers | South Atlantic League | Tony Tijerina |
| A-Short Season | Brooklyn Cyclones | New York–Penn League | Tim Teufel |
| Rookie | Kingsport Mets | Appalachian League | Mookie Wilson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie