# 2012 New York Mets season

The 2012 New York Mets season was the franchise's 51st season and its 4th in Citi Field. The team also celebrated its 50th anniversary since their inaugural season in 1962. Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in franchise history on June 1, 2012 against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets finished with a 74–88 record and 4th place in the National League East, missing the postseason for the sixth straight year.

## Offseason

Shortly after the 2011 season ended, the Mets made changes to their coaching staff, keeping only pitching coach Dan Warthen and hitting coach Dave Hudgens. Third base coach Chip Hale went to the Oakland Athletics to join manager Bob Melvin. General Manager Sandy Alderson said that the "changes were necessary for us to move forward." Former A's manager Bob Geren was named to replace Hale.
The additions were intended to improve the depth of the bullpen, which was sub-par in the 2011 season. They added reliever Ramon Ramírez and center fielder Andrés Torres, in exchange for the starting center fielder Ángel Pagán. They also signed Frank Francisco to be their closer, and added Jon Rauch, who was the tallest current player in the major leagues, to be the set-up man for Francisco.
For 2012, the Mets made several construction changes to Citi Field's dimensions. In center field a new 8-foot wall was built in front of the 16-foot wall, coined by fans as "The Great Wall of Flushing." In right field, a new wall in front of the existing Mo's Zone was also built.
The Mets overhauled their uniforms for 2012. The cream colored pinstriped uniform became the primary home uniform, while the snow white uniforms served as the alternate home uniform. The black drop-shadows were removed from the pinstriped, snow white and road gray jerseys and the black two toned cap was retired. The black jersey and all black cap was worn on a limited basis on the road and was retired at the end of the season. The Mets wore two patches, one commemorating the team's 50th anniversary and another honoring Gary Carter, who died of a brain tumor on February 16, 2012.

## Regular season

The Mets began their 2012 season with a surprising three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves. The Mets outscored the Braves 12–6 in the series. During that series, Frank Francisco became the third player in MLB history to record a save in every game of a season-opening series of at least three games, following Derrick Turnbow of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006 and Salomón Torres of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2007.
On June 1, Johan Santana made club history by becoming the first Mets pitcher to throw a no-hitter, in an 8–0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. This was also the first no-hitter to be pitched against a defending World Series champion since a former Met, Nolan Ryan, did it against the Oakland Athletics in their 1990 season while with the Texas Rangers.
On June 27 against the Chicago Cubs, the Mets became the first MLB team to hit a home run cycle. Daniel Murphy began with a two-run home run, his run in 352 at-bats, then in the top of the 5th, Ike Davis hit a three-run homer followed by Murphy's solo shot off of Casey Coleman, who had replaced starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija. In the 6th inning, Scott Hairston, who was typically a utility outfielder throughout the first half of the season, hit the cycle-ending grand slam off of Coleman. The Mets won the game, 17–1.
R. A. Dickey won the 2012 NL Cy Young Award, becoming the first knuckleball pitcher in MLB history to do so.

### Season standings
#### NL East standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Washington Nationals | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 48‍–‍33 |
| Atlanta Braves | 94 | 68 | .580 | 4 | 48‍–‍33 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 81 | .500 | 17 | 40‍–‍41 | 41‍–‍40 |
| New York Mets | 74 | 88 | .457 | 24 | 36‍–‍45 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Miami Marlins | 69 | 93 | .426 | 29 | 38‍–‍43 | 31‍–‍50 |

#### NL Wild Card

vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Washington Nationals | 98 | 64 | .605 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| San Francisco Giants | 94 | 68 | .580 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Atlanta Braves | 94 | 68 | .580 | +6 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 74 | .543 | — |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 83 | .488 | 9 |
| San Diego Padres | 76 | 86 | .469 | 12 |
| New York Mets | 74 | 88 | .457 | 14 |
| Miami Marlins | 69 | 93 | .426 | 19 |
| Colorado Rockies | 64 | 98 | .395 | 24 |
| Chicago Cubs | 61 | 101 | .377 | 27 |
| Houston Astros | 55 | 107 | .340 | 33 |

### Record vs. opponents

2012 National League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012 :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | HOU | LAD | MIA | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 2–5 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 9–7 | 6–0 | 12–6 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 9–6 |
| Atlanta | 5–2 | – | 3–4 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 14–4 | 3–3 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 8–10 | 8–10 |
| Chicago | 4–5 | 4–3 | – | 4–12 | 2–4 | 8–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–13 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–8 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 7–10 | 1–6 | 5–10 |
| Cincinnati | 5–2 | 5–1 | 12–4 | – | 5–1 | 10–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 | 6–2 | 3–4 | 11–7 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 2–5 | 7–8 |
| Colorado | 7–9 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 1–5 | – | 5–2 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 2–7 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 4–14 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 2–13 |
| Houston | 0–6 | 2–4 | 5–8 | 5–10 | 2–5 | – | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–9 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–12 | 3–5 | 1–8 | 4–11 | 1–7 | 6–9 |
| Los Angeles | 6–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 4–2 | – | 4–2 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 11–7 | 8-10 | 6–5 | 4–2 | 6–9 |
| Miami | 3–5 | 4–14 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–4 | – | 4–4 | 4–12 | 8–10 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 5–13 |
| Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 13–4 | 6–9 | 1–5 | 9–8 | 6–1 | 4–4 | – | 3–2 | 2–5 | 11–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–9 | 3–5 | 6–9 |
| New York | 4–3 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 2–6 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–4 | 2–3 | – | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 4–14 | 8–7 |
| Philadelphia | 4–2 | 6–12 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 8–10 | – | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 9-9 | 5–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–3 | 2–3 | 8–8 | 7–11 | 4–2 | 12–5 | 1–6 | 4–1 | 4–11 | 2–5 | 4–3 | – | 1–5 | 3–3 | 8–7 | 3–2 | 10–8 |
| San Diego | 11–7 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–6 | 10–8 | 5–3 | 7–11 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 5–1 | – | 6–12 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 8–7 |
| San Francisco | 9–9 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 14–4 | 8–1 | 10–8 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 12–6 | – | 3–3 | 1–5 | 7–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–1 | 1–5 | 10–7 | 7–6 | 5–2 | 11–4 | 5–6 | 5–2 | 9–6 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 7–8 | 3–3 | 3–3 | – | 3–4 | 8–7 |
| Washington | 4–2 | 10–8 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 7–1 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 5–3 | 14–4 | 9-9 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5-1 | 4-3 | – | 10–8 |

### Game log

Legend :
| | Mets win |
| | Mets loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Mets team member |
2012 Game Log :
April (13–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
1April 5Braves1–0Ramírez (1–0)Hanson (0–1)Francisco (1)42,0801–0W1
2April 7Braves4–2Dickey (1–0)Jurrjens (0–1)Francisco (2)39,5262–0W2
3April 8Braves7–5Niese (1–0)Minor (0–1)Francisco (3)27,8553–0W3
4April 9Nationals4–3Rauch (1–0)Rodríguez (0–1)23,9704–0W4
5April 10Nationals2–6Detwiler (1–0)Gee (0–1)26,9274–1L1
6April 11Nationals0–4Strasburg (1–0)Santana (0–1)34,6144–2L2
7April 13@ Phillies5–2Dickey (2–0)Lee (0–1)45,4295–2W1
8April 14@ Phillies5–0Niese (2–0)Worley (0–1)45,7506–2W2
9April 15@ Phillies2–8Hamels (1–1)Ramírez (1–1)45,8296–3L1
10April 16@ Braves6–1Gee (1–1)Hanson (1–2)16,1617–3W1
11April 17@ Braves3–9Delgado (2–0)Santana (0–2)18,7327–4L1
12April 18@ Braves6–14Martínez (1–0)Dickey (2–1)17,9097–5L2
13April 20Giants3–4 (10)Romo (1–0)Francisco (0–1)Hensley (1)30,5447–6L3
14April 21Giants5–4Rauch (2–0)Hensley (1–1)33,8448–6W1
–April 22GiantsGame Postponed (rain) (to be made up as a doubleheader on 4/23)
15April 23Giants1–6Lincecum (1–2)Batista (0–1)8–7L1
16April 23Giants2–7Bumgarner (3–1)Gee (1–2)23,8668–8L2
17April 24Marlins2–1Rauch (3–0)Mujica (0–2)Francisco (4)20,1929–8W1
18April 25Marlins5–1Dickey (3–1)Buehrle (1–3)20,62310–8W2
19April 26Marlins3–2Ramírez (2–1)Bell (0–3)20,66011–8W3
20April 27@ Rockies9–18Reynolds (3–0)Acosta (0–1)35,10311–9L1
21April 28@ Rockies7–5Gee (2–2)Moscoso (0–1)Francisco (5)38,79812–9W1
22April 29@ Rockies6–5 (11)Francisco (1–1)Belisle (1–2)Ramírez (1)36,69013–9W2
23April 30@ Astros3–4Rodriguez (1–3)Acosta (0–2)Myers (5)17,53613–10L1 :
May (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
24May 1@ Astros3–6Happ (2–1)Niese (2–1)Myers (6)17,95813–11L2
25May 2@ Astros1–8Rodríguez (3–2)Schwinden (0–1)19,44213–12L3
26May 4Diamondbacks4–5Ziegler (1–1)Rauch (3–1)Putz (6)26,99513–13L4
27May 5Diamondbacks4–3Santana (1–2)Corbin (1–1)Francisco (6)30,25314–13W1
28May 6Diamondbacks3–1Dickey (4–1)Cahill (2–3)Francisco (7)29,10715–13W2
29May 7@ Phillies5–2Byrdak (1–0)Papelbon (0–1)Francisco (8)44,36516–13W3
30May 8@ Phillies7–4Acosta (1–2)Qualls (1–1)Rauch (1)43,82117–13W4
31May 9@ Phillies10–6Byrdak (2–0)Kendrick (0–3)43,84018–13W5
32May 11@ Marlins5–6Bell (1–3)Francisco (1–2)31,00718–14L1
33May 12@ Marlins9–3Dickey (5–1)Nolasco (4–1)32,12819–14W1
34May 13@ Marlins4–8Bell (2–3)Francisco (1–3)26,40119–15L1
35May 14Brewers3–1Batista (1–1)Gallardo (2–4)Francisco (9)20,06120–15W1
36May 15Brewers0–8Greinke (4–1)Gee (2–3)22,26820–16L1
37May 16Reds3–6Arredondo (3–1)Rauch (3–2)Marshall (7)22,65920–17L2
38May 17Reds9–4Parnell (1–0)Ondrusek (3–1)29,94321–17W1
39May 18@ Blue Jays5–14Romero (5–1)Niese (2–2)26,71221–18L1
40May 19@ Blue Jays0–2Morrow (5–2)Hefner (0–1)34,96221–19L2
41May 20@ Blue Jays6–5Gee (3–3)Álvarez (3–4)Francisco (10)41,86722–19W1
42May 21@ Pirates4–5Hughes (1–0)Rauch (3–3)Hanrahan (10)14,55622–20L1
43May 22@ Pirates3–2Dickey (6–1)Cruz (1–1)Francisco (11)15,79423–20W1
44May 23@ Pirates3–1Niese (3–2)Morton (2–5)Francisco (12)25,73124–20W2
45May 24Padres5–11Stults (1–0)Hefner (0–2)24,10924–21L1
46May 25Padres6–1Gee (4–3)Bass (2–5)24,49825–21W1
47May 26Padres9–0Santana (2–2)Richard (2–6)28,74526–21W2
48May 27Padres2–0Dickey (7–1)Vólquez (2–5)Francisco (13)28,36127–21W3
49May 28Phillies4–8Hamels (8–1)Parnell (1–1)32,12227–22L1
50May 29Phillies6–3Hefner (1–2)Blanton (4–5)Francisco (14)25,48728–22W1
51May 30Phillies6–10Bastardo (2–1)Rauch (3–4)30,06428–23L1 :
June (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
52June 1Cardinals8–0Santana (3–2)Wainwright (4–6)27,06929–23W1
53June 2Cardinals5–0Dickey (8–1)Lynn (8–2)27,91430–23W2
54June 3Cardinals6–1Niese (4–2)Westbrook (4–5)23,55931–23W3
55June 4Cardinals4–5Rzepczynski (1–3)Rauch (3–5)Motte (9)25,83031–24L1
56June 5@ Nationals6–7 (12)Detwiler (4–3)Ramírez (0–1)26,25631–25L2
57June 6@ Nationals3–5Jackson (2–3)Hefner (1–3)Clippard (5)27,33531–26L3
58June 7@ Nationals3–1Dickey (9–1)Wang (1–2)Francisco (15)32,09632–26W1
59June 8@ Yankees1–9Kuroda (5–6)Santana (3–3)48,56632–27L1
60June 9@ Yankees2–4Hughes (6–5)Gee (4–4)Soriano (9)48,57532–28L2
61June 10@ Yankees4–5Logan (1–0)Rauch (3–6)49,01032–29L3
62June 12@ Rays11–2Young (1–0)Cobb (2–3)17,33433–29W1
63June 13@ Rays9–1Dickey (10–1)Price (8–4)18,49634–29W2
64June 14@ Rays9–6Santana (4–3)Hellickson (4–3)Francisco (16)21,94735–29W3
65June 15Reds3–7Arroyo (3–4)Gee (4–5)34,71635–30L1
66June 16Reds1–4Bailey (5–4)Niese (4–3)Chapman (8)27,98835–31L2
67June 17Reds1–3Cueto (8–3)Young (1–1)Marshall (9)40,13435–32L3
68June 18Orioles5–0Dickey (11–1)Arrieta (3–9)29,01436–32W1
69June 19Orioles5–0Santana (5–3)Hunter (3–4)32,58737–32W2
70June 20Orioles4–3Gee (5–5)Matusz (5–8)Francisco (17)29,85538–32W3
71June 22Yankees6–4Niese (5–3)Pettitte (3–3)Francisco (18)40,19139–32W4
72June 23Yankees3–4Rapada (2–0)Rauch (3–7)Soriano (14)42,12239–33L1
73June 24Yankees5–6Logan (2–0)Batista (1–2)Soriano (15)42,36439–34L2
74June 25@ Cubs1–6Wood (2–3)Santana (5–4)34,09239–35L3
75June 26@ Cubs3–5Maine (1–1)Gee (5–6)Mármol (5)34,06439–36L4
76June 27@ Cubs17–1Niese (6–3)Samardzija (5–7)35,83740–36W1
77June 28@ Dodgers3–2Young (2–1)Capuano (9–3)Parnell (1)49,00641–36W2
78June 29@ Dodgers9–0Dickey (12–1)Harang (5–5)49,76342–36W3
79June 30@ Dodgers5–0Santana (6–4)Eovaldi (0–5)44,21743–36W4 :
July (7–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
80July 1@ Dodgers3–8Kershaw (6–4)Gee (5–7)55,35943–37L1
81July 3Phillies11–1Niese (7–3)Worley (4–5)42,51644–37W1
82July 4Phillies2–9Lee (1–5)Young (2–2)28,68744–38L1
83July 5Phillies6–5Parnell (2–1)Papelbon (2–3)28,40945–38W1
84July 6Cubs7–8Wood (4–3)Santana (6–5)27,95645–39L1
85July 7Cubs3–1Gee (6–7)Samardzija (6–8)Parnell (2)26,09646–39W1
86July 8Cubs0–7Dempster (4–3)Niese (7–4)25,92046–40L1
–July 102012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Kansas City, Missouri
87July 13@ Braves5–7Martínez (4–1)Young (2–3)Kimbrel (26)37,02046–41L2
88July 14@ Braves7–8Varvaro (1–0)Parnell (2–2)Kimbrel (27)32,56546–42L3
89July 15@ Braves1–6Sheets (1–0)Santana (6–6)23,38246–43L4
90July 17@ Nationals4–5 (10)Mattheus (3–1)Byrdak (2–1)26,34246–44L5
91July 18@ Nationals3–4Zimmermann (7–6)Young (2–4)Clippard (15)31,66046–45L6
92July 19@ Nationals9–5Dickey (13–1)Gonzalez (12–5)36,38947–45W1
93July 20Dodgers6–7Harang (7–5)Santana (6–7)Jansen (17)30,80647–46L1
94July 21Dodgers5–8Capuano (10–5)Batista (1–3)Jansen (18)33,50347–47L2
95July 22Dodgers3–8 (12)Wall (1–0)Ramírez (2–2)31,18447–48L3
96July 23Nationals2–8 (10)Gorzelanny (3–2)Byrdak (2–2)26,73547–49L4
97July 24Nationals2–5Gonzalez (13–5)Dickey (13–2)Clippard (17)36,23647–50L5
98July 25Nationals2–5Strasburg (11–4)Hefner (1–4)Clippard (18)35,51747–51L6
99July 26@ Diamondbacks3–1Harvey (1–0)Miley (11–6)Parnell (3)22,01048–51W1
100July 27@ Diamondbacks5–11Collmenter (3–2)Niese (7–5)23,15048–52L1
101July 28@ Diamondbacks3–6Kennedy (9–8)Young (2–5)Putz (19)33,75948–53L2
102July 29@ Diamondbacks5–1Dickey (14–2)Saunders (5–7)32,13449–53W1
103July 30@ Giants8–7 (10)Edgin (1–0)Casilla (4–5)Acosta (1)41,30050–53W2
104July 31@ Giants1–4Lincecum (5–11)Harvey (1–1)Affeldt (2)41,77450–54L1 :
August (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
105August 1@ Giants2–1Niese (8–5)Cain (10–4)Parnell (4)42,18851–54W1
106August 2@ Giants9–1Young (3–5)Zito (8–8)41,84352–54W2
107August 3@ Padres1–3Richard (8–11)Dickey (14–3)Street (18)34,57352–55L1
108August 4@ Padres6–2Hefner (2–4)Vólquez (7–8)Francisco (19)36,82653–55W1
109August 5@ Padres3–7Marquis (7–10)Harvey (1–2)24,63553–56L1
110August 7Marlins2–4Zambrano (7–9)Niese (8–6)Cishek (7)28,96853–57L2
111August 8Marlins0–13Eovaldi (3–7)Young (3–6)26,19353–58L3
112August 9Marlins6–1Dickey (15–3)Johnson (7–8)28,98554–58W1
113August 10Braves0–4Maholm (10–7)Harvey (1–3)25,10154–59L1
114August 11Braves3–9Medlen (3–1)Santana (6–8)30,38854–60L2
115August 12Braves6–5Niese (9–6)Sheets (4–2)Rauch (2)24,89155–60W1
116August 14@ Reds0–3Arredondo (5–2)Acosta (1–3)26,11355–61L1
117August 15@ Reds1–6Leake (5–7)Dickey (15–4)26,08255–62L2
118August 16@ Reds8–4Harvey (2–3)Bailey (10–8)Rauch (3)23,13756–62W1
119August 17@ Nationals4–6Detwiler (7–5)Santana (6–9)Clippard (26)34,82756–63L1
120August 18@ Nationals2–0Niese (10–6)Jackson (7–8)Francisco (20)42,66257–63W1
121August 19@ Nationals2–5Gonzalez (16–6)Hefner (2–5)Clippard (27)33,76457–64L1
122August 20Rockies1–3Brothers (7–2)Edgin (1–1)Betancourt (24)23,83357–65L2
123August 21Rockies2–6Chacín (1–3)Young (3–7)27,63357–66L3
124August 22Rockies2–5Torres (2–1)Ramírez (2–3)Betancourt (25)22,20457–67L4
125August 23Rockies0–1Brothers (8–2)Parnell (2–3)Belisle (1)22,54457–68L5
126August 24Astros1–3Lyles (3–10)Niese (10–7)López (2)25,51357–69L6
127August 25Astros3–1Dickey (16–4)Abad (0–1)Francisco (21)29,90658–69W1
128August 26Astros2–1Parnell (3–3)López (5–2)25,07159–69W2
129August 28@ Phillies9–5 (10)Parnell (4–3)Rosenberg (0–2)41,22760–69W3
130August 29@ Phillies3–2Harvey (3–3)Cloyd (0–1)Francisco (22)42,88261–69W4
131August 30@ Phillies2–3Kendrick (8–9)Niese (10–8)Papelbon (30)43,14161–70L1
132August 31@ Marlins3–0Dickey (17–4)Eovaldi (4–10)23,09962–70W1 :
September (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
133September 1@ Marlins5–3Ramírez (3–3)Cishek (4–2)Francisco (23)26,40263–70W2
134September 2@ Marlins5–1Young (4–7)Buehrle (12–12)25,33364–70W3
135September 3@ Cardinals4–5Kelly (5–6)McHugh (0–1)Motte (33)40,95264–71L1
136September 4@ Cardinals1–5García (4–6)Harvey (3–4)34,10864–72L2
137September 5@ Cardinals6–2Dickey (18–4)Wainwright (13–12)30,09065–72W1
138September 7Braves0–3Maholm (12–9)Niese (10–9)Kimbrel (35)24,07165–73L1
139September 8Braves3–11Medlen (8–1)Hefner (2–6)25,60365–74L2
140September 9Braves2–3 (10)Kimbrel (1–1)Parnell (4–4)Moylan (1)23,16165–75L3
141September 10Nationals1–5Gonzalez (19–7)McHugh (0–2)21,92365–76L4
142September 11Nationals3–5Gorzelanny (4–2)Dickey (18–5)Clippard (31)22,59665–77L5
143September 12Nationals0–2Lannan (3–0)Harvey (3–5)Storen (2)21,20565–78L6
144September 14@ Brewers7–3Niese (11–9)Fiers (9–8)38,21666–78W1
145September 15@ Brewers6–9Kintzler (2–0)Mejía (0–1)38,10866–79L1
146September 16@ Brewers0–3Peralta (2–0)Young (4–8)Axford (29)38,67766–80L2
147September 17Phillies1–3Lee (6–7)Dickey (18–6)Papelbon (35)20,52766–81L3
–September 18PhilliesPostponed (rain) (to be made up on 9/20)
148September 19Phillies2–3Horst (2–0)Edgin (1–2)Papelbon (36)21,74166–82L4
149September 20Phillies1–16Cloyd (2–1)Hefner (2–7)20,01066–83L5
150September 21Marlins7–3Niese (12–9)Turner (2–4)25,44667–83W1
151September 22Marlins4–3Dickey (19–6)Buehrle (13–13)Rauch (4)30,33268–83W2
152September 23Marlins3–2Parnell (5–4)Webb (4–3)26,92369–83W3
153September 24Pirates6–2Mejía (1–1)McPherson (0–2)22,07270–83W4
154September 25Pirates6–10Rodríguez (12–13)McHugh (0–3)25,28670–84L1
155September 26Pirates6–0Hefner (3–7)Locke (0–3)22,89071–84W1
156September 27Pirates6–5Dickey (20–6)Correia (11–11)Parnell (5)31,50672–84W2
157September 28@ Braves3–1Niese (13–9)Hudson (16–7)Parnell (6)51,91073–84W3
158September 29@ Braves0–2Minor (11–10)Young (4–9)Kimbrel (41)48,31073–85L1
159September 30@ Braves2–6Medlen (10–1)Mejía (1–2)Kimbrel (42)50,63573–86L2 :
October (1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
160October 1@ Marlins2–3Bell (4–5)Ramírez (3–4)Cishek (15)24,54373–87L3
161October 2@ Marlins3–4Gaudin (4–2)McHugh (0–4)29,70973–88L4
162October 3@ Marlins4–2Hefner (4–7)Koehler (0–1)Parnell (7)27,41874–88W1 :

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Base on balls; AVG = Batting average;
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG |
| Mike Baxter | 89 | 179 | 26 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 25 | .263 |
| Jason Bay | 70 | 194 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 19 | .165 |
| Ronny Cedeño | 78 | 166 | 18 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 17 | .259 |
| Ike Davis | 156 | 519 | 66 | 118 | 26 | 0 | 32 | 90 | 0 | 61 | .227 |
| Lucas Duda | 121 | 401 | 43 | 96 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 57 | 1 | 51 | .239 |
| Scott Hairston | 134 | 377 | 52 | 99 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 57 | 8 | 19 | .263 |
| Rob Johnson | 17 | 52 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .250 |
| Fred Lewis | 18 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .150 |
| Zach Lutz | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 |
| Daniel Murphy | 156 | 571 | 62 | 166 | 40 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 10 | 36 | .291 |
| Mike Nickeas | 47 | 109 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 8 | .174 |
| Kirk Nieuwenhuis | 91 | 282 | 40 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 25 | .252 |
| Omar Quintanilla | 29 | 70 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | .257 |
| Vinny Rottino | 18 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .182 |
| Josh Satin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kelly Shoppach | 28 | 79 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | .203 |
| Ruben Tejada | 114 | 464 | 53 | 134 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 27 | .289 |
| Josh Thole | 104 | 321 | 24 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 27 | .234 |
| Andrés Torres | 132 | 374 | 47 | 86 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 52 | .230 |
| Justin Turner | 94 | 171 | 20 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 9 | .269 |
| Jordany Valdespin | 94 | 191 | 28 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 10 | .241 |
| David Wright | 156 | 581 | 91 | 178 | 41 | 2 | 21 | 93 | 15 | 81 | .306 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 284 | 17 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 9 | .155 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5450 | 650 | 1357 | 286 | 21 | 139 | 625 | 79 | 503 | .249 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average;
| Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA |
| Manny Acosta | 45 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 47.1 | 48 | 38 | 34 | 25 | 46 | 6.46 |
| Miguel Batista | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 46.2 | 53 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 94 | 4.82 |
| Pedro Beato | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10.38 |
| Tim Byrdak | 56 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30.2 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 34 | 4.40 |
| D.J. Carrasco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.36 |
| Robert Carson | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4.73 |
| R.A. Dickey | 34 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 233.2 | 192 | 78 | 71 | 54 | 230 | 2.73 |
| Josh Edgin | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25.2 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 4.56 |
| Jack Egbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jeurys Familia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5.84 |
| Frank Francisco | 48 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 42.1 | 47 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 4.13 |
| Dillon Gee | 17 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 109.2 | 108 | 56 | 50 | 29 | 97 | 4.10 |
| Justin Hampson | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1.80 |
| Matt Harvey | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 59.1 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 26 | 70 | 2.73 |
| Jeremy Hefner | 26 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 93.2 | 110 | 55 | 53 | 18 | 62 | 5.09 |
| Rob Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Collin McHugh | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21.1 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 7.59 |
| Jenrry Mejía | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5.63 |
| Jon Niese | 30 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 190.1 | 174 | 77 | 72 | 49 | 155 | 3.40 |
| Garrett Olson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 108.00 |
| Bobby Parnell | 74 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 68.2 | 65 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 61 | 2.49 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 2.29 |
| Elvin Ramírez | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21.1 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 5.48 |
| Ramón Ramírez | 58 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 63.2 | 58 | 33 | 30 | 35 | 52 | 4.24 |
| Jon Rauch | 73 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 57.2 | 45 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 42 | 3.59 |
| Johan Santana | 21 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 117.0 | 117 | 65 | 63 | 39 | 111 | 4.85 |
| Chris Schwinden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 12.46 |
| Chris Young | 20 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 115.0 | 119 | 58 | 53 | 36 | 80 | 4.15 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 162 | 74 | 88 | 36 | 1434.0 | 1368 | 709 | 651 | 488 | 1240 | 4.09 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Wally Backman |
| AA | Binghamton Mets | Eastern League | Pedro López |
| A | St. Lucie Mets | Florida State League | Ryan Ellis |
| A | Savannah Sand Gnats | South Atlantic League | Luis Rojas |
| A-Short Season | Brooklyn Cyclones | New York–Penn League | Rich Donnelly |
| Rookie | Kingsport Mets | Appalachian League | José Leger |