2002 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
OwnersNelson Doubleday Jr. (50% before August 14), Fred Wilpon (50% before August 14, 100% after buying out Doubleday)
General managersSteve Phillips
ManagersBobby Valentine
TelevisionWPIX
(Tom Seaver, Gary Thorne)
Fox Sports New York/MSG
(Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne)
RadioWFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ed Coleman, Ted Robinson)
WADO (spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
Seasons

The 2002 New York Mets season was the 41st regular season for the Mets. They went 75–86 and finished fifth in the National League East. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

  • October 22, 2001: Jorge Velandia was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[1]
  • December 7, 2001: David Justice was traded by the New York Yankees to the New York Mets for Robin Ventura.
  • December 11, 2001: Roberto Alomar was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Danny Peoples (minors) and Mike Bacsik to the New York Mets for players to be named later, Matt Lawton, Alex Escobar, and Jerrod Riggan. The New York Mets sent Earl Snyder (December 13, 2001) and Billy Traber (December 13, 2001) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
  • December 13, 2001: Dave Weathers was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[2]
  • December 14, 2001: David Justice was traded by the New York Mets to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Guthrie and Tyler Yates.
  • December 16, 2001: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was traded by the New York Mets with Desi Relaford to the San Francisco Giants for Shawn Estes.[3]
  • January 21, 2002: Alex Ochoa was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Colorado Rockies to the Milwaukee Brewers. The New York Mets sent Lenny Harris and Glendon Rusch to the Milwaukee Brewers. The New York Mets sent Benny Agbayani, Todd Zeile, and cash to the Colorado Rockies. The Colorado Rockies sent Craig House and Ross Gload to the New York Mets. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jeff D'Amico, Jeromy Burnitz, Lou Collier, Mark Sweeney, and cash to the New York Mets.[4]
  • March 13, 2002: Mark Sweeney was released by the New York Mets.[5]
  • March 24, 2002: Jason Bay was traded by the Montreal Expos with Jimmy Serrano to the New York Mets for Lou Collier.[6]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

National League East

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10159 0.631 — 52–28 49–31
Montreal Expos 8379 0.512 19 49–32 34–47
Philadelphia Phillies 8081 0.497 21½ 40–40 40–41
Florida Marlins 7983 0.488 23 46–35 33–48
New York Mets 7586 0.466 26½ 38–43 37–43

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—3–34–26–014–55–13–39–104–24–25–24–34–212–78–112–411–7
Atlanta3–3—4–24–24–311–83–32–45–113–612–711–73–33–33–35–115–3
Chicago2–42–4—5–124–24–28–112–47–103–31–52–410–92–43–36–126–6
Cincinnati0–62–412–5—3–35–16–114–213–61–52–42–411–75–12–48–112–10
Colorado 5–143–42–43–3—5–23–37–123–34–23–33–34–211–88–122–47–11
Florida1–58–112–41–52–5—3–33–34–210–98–1110–94–25–14–34–210–8
Houston3–33–311–811–63–33–3—3–310–83–34–23–311–64–21–56–135–7
Los Angeles 10–94–24–22–412–73–33–3—5–15–24–24–34–210–98–112–412–6
Milwaukee2–41–510–76–133–32–48–101–5—2–41–51–54–155–11–57–102–10
Montreal2–46–133–35–12–49–103–32–54–2—11–811–83–33–44–23–312–6
New York2–57–125–14–23–311–82–42–45–18–11—9–101–43–40–63–310–8
Philadelphia3–47–114–24–23–39–103–33–45–18–1110–9—2–42–43–34–210–8
Pittsburgh2–43–39–107–112–42–46–112–415–43–34–14–2—2–42–46–113–9
San Diego7–123–34–21–58–111–52–49–101–54–34–34–24–2—5–141–58–10
San Francisco11–83–33–34–211–83–45–111–85–12–46–03–34–214–5—2–48–10
St. Louis4–21–512–611–84–22–413–64–210–73–33–32–411–65–14–2—8–4

Notable transactions

  • April 5, 2002: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the New York Mets from the Milwaukee Brewers.[8]
  • June 4, 2002: Scott Kazmir was drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed August 2, 2002.[9]
  • July 31, 2002: Jason Bay was traded by the New York Mets with Josh Reynolds (minors) and Bobby Jones to the San Diego Padres for Steve Reed and Jason Middlebrook.[6]

Roster

2002 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CMike Piazza135478134.2803398
1BMo Vaughn139487126.2592672
2BRoberto Alomar149590157.2661153
SSRey Ordóñez144460117.254142
3BEdgardo Alfonzo135490151.3081656
LFRoger Cedeño149511133.260741
CFTimo Pérez136444131.295847
RFJeromy Burnitz154479103.2151954

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
Jay Payton8727578.284831
John Valentin11420850.240330
Joe McEwing10519639.199326
Vance Wilson7416340.245526
Ty Wigginton4611635.302618
Tony Tarasco609624.250615
Raúl González308121.259311
Mark Johnson42517.13714
Marco Scutaro27368.22216
Jason Phillips11197.36813
Esix Snead17134.30813
Brady Clark10125.41701
McKay Christensen431.33300
Mark Little330.00000
Gary Matthews Jr.210.00000

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
Al Leiter33204.113133.48172
Pedro Astacio31191.212114.79152
Steve Trachsel30173.211113.37105
Jeff D'Amico29145.26104.94101
Shawn Estes23132.2494.5592
Mike Bacsik1155.2324.3730
John Thomson954.1264.3131
Jason Middlebrook316.0103.9414

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
Tyler Walker510.2105.917

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 Benítez6210332.2779
David Weathers716302.9161
Scott Strickland686923.5967
Mark Guthrie685312.4444
Grant Roberts343102.2031
Jaime Cerda320002.4521
Satoru Komiyama250305.6133
Steve Reed240102.0814
Kane Davis161107.0724
Bobby Jones120005.2911
Mark Corey120304.509
Pedro Feliciano60007.504
Pat Strange50001.134
Jae Weong Seo10000.001
Pete Walker10009.000
Bruce Chen10000.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Bobby Floyd
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Howie Freiling
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 Howard Johnson
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Joey Cora

[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Jorge Velandia Stats".
  2. ↑ "David Weathers Stats".
  3. ↑ "Tsuyoshi Shinjo Stats".
  4. ↑ "Alex Ochoa Stats".
  5. ↑ "Mark Sweeney Stats".
  6. 1 2 Jason Bay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ "2002 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  8. ↑ Marco Scutaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Scott Kazmir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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