2003 New York Mets season explained
New York Mets |
Season: | 2003 |
League: | National League |
Division: | East |
Ballpark: | Shea Stadium |
City: | New York |
Record: | 66-95 (.410) |
Divisional Place: | 5th |
Owners: | Fred Wilpon |
General Managers: | Steve Phillips, Jim Duquette |
Managers: | Art Howe |
Television: | WPIX (Tom Seaver, Ted Robinson, Ralph Kiner, Dave O'Brien) Fox Sports New York/MSG/MetroTV (Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez) |
Radio: | WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ted Robinson) WADO (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa) |
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. They were managed by Art Howe. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
Offseason
- November 25, 2002: Jorge Velandia was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[1]
- December 5, 2002: Tom Glavine was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[2]
- December 19, 2002: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[3]
- January 11, 2003: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[4]
- February 11, 2003: Jay Bell signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[5]
- February 13, 2003: David Cone signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[6]
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
Detailed record
width=50%=valign="top" | Team | Home | Away | Total | Win % |
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NL East | | 5–4 | 3–7 | 8–11 | | | 3–6 | 4–6 | 7–12 | | | 4–6 | 1–8 | 5–14 | | | 3–7 | 4–5 | 7–12 | | Total | 15–23 | 12–26 | 27–49 | | NL Central | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | | 1–5 | 2–1 | 3–6 | | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | | Total | 8–13 | 9–9 | 17–22 | | NL West | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | | Total | 10–5 | 7–9 | 17–14 | | American League | | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–6 | | | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | | | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | | Total | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–10 | | |
| width=50% valign="top" | Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % |
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March | 1 | 0 | 1 | | April | 26 | 11 | 15 | | May | 28 | 14 | 14 | | June | 26 | 10 | 16 | | July | 27 | 9 | 18 | | August | 27 | 15 | 12 | | September | 26 | 7 | 19 | | Total | 161 | 66 | 95 | | |
| Games | Won | Lost | Win % |
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Home | 80 | 34 | 46 | | Away | 81 | 32 | 49 | | |
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Season standings
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.[8]
Game log
Regular season
|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 1 || March 31 ||
Cubs || 2–15 ||
Wood (1–0) ||
Glavine (0–1) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 53,586 || 0–1|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 2 || April 2 ||
Cubs || 4–1 ||
Leiter (1–0) ||
Clement (0–1) ||
Benitez (1) ||
Shea Stadium || 20,594 || 1–1|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 3 || April 3 ||
Cubs || 3–6 ||
Prior (1–0) ||
Trachsel (0–1) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 17,244 || 1–2|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 4 || April 4 ||
Expos || 4–0 ||
Cone (1–0) ||
Ohka (0–1) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 18,040 || 2–2|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 5 || April 5 ||
Expos || 3–1 ||
Glavine (1–1) ||
Armas (1–1) ||
Benitez (2) ||
Shea Stadium || 36,817 || 3–2|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 6 || April 6 ||
Expos || 5–8 ||
Stewart (1–0) ||
Benitez (0–1) ||
Biddle (2) ||
Shea Stadium || 35,093 || 3–3|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 7 || April 8 || @
Marlins || 4–2 ||
Leiter (2–0) ||
Redman (1–1) ||
Benitez (3) ||
Pro Player Stadium || 10,103 || 4–3|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 8 || April 9 || @
Marlins || 2–3 ||
Looper (1–0) ||
Stanton (0–1) || — ||
Pro Player Stadium || 10,052 || 4–4|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 9 || April 10 || @
Marlins || 3–4 ||
Spooneybarger (1–0) ||
Benitez (0–2) || — ||
Pro Player Stadium || 10,267 || 4–5|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 10 || April 11 || @
Expos* || 0–10 ||
Ohka (1–1) ||
Cone (1–1) || — ||
Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 17,906 || 4–6|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 11 || April 12 || @
Expos* || 4–5 ||
Hernandez (1–0) ||
Seo (0–1) ||
Biddle (3) ||
Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 18,264 || 4–7|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 12 || April 13 || @
Expos* || 1–2 ||
Biddle (1–0) ||
Stanton (0–2) || — ||
Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 16,332 || 4–8|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 13 || April 14 || @
Expos* || 3–5 ||
Smith (1–0) ||
Strickland (0–1) ||
Biddle (4) ||
Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 13,155 || 4–9|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 14 || April 15 || @
Pirates || 3–1 ||
Glavine (2–1) ||
Fogg (1–2) ||
Benitez (4) ||
PNC Park || 14,728 || 5–9|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 15 || April 16 || @
Pirates || 3–6 ||
Suppan (3–0) ||
Cone (1–2) || — ||
PNC Park || 12,609 || 5–10|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 16 || April 17 || @
Pirates || 7–2 ||
Seo (1–1) ||
D'Amico (1–2) || — ||
PNC Park || 11,299 || 6–10|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 17 || April 18 ||
Marlins || 6–3 ||
Weathers (1–0) ||
Nunez (0–2) ||
Benitez (5) ||
Shea Stadium || 18,525 || 7–10 |- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 18 || April 19 ||
Marlins || 5–6 ||
Looper (2–0) ||
Benitez (0–3) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 36,448 || 7–11|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 19 || April 20 ||
Marlins || 7–4 ||
Glavine (3–1) ||
Nunez (0–3) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 26,245 || 8–11|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 20 || April 22 ||
Astros || 2–6 ||
Redding (1–2) ||
Cone (1–3) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 31,733 || 8–12|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 21 || April 23 ||
Astros || 4–2 ||
Leiter (3–0) ||
Oswalt (2–2) ||
Benitez (6) ||
Shea Stadium || 20,322 || 9–12|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 22 || April 24 ||
Astros || 7–4 ||
Astacio (1–0) ||
Miller (0–2) ||
Benitez (7) ||
Shea Stadium || 31,656 || 10–12|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 23 || April 25 ||
Diamondbacks || 4–3 ||
Stanton (1–2) ||
Villarreal (1–1) ||
Benitez (8) ||
Shea Stadium || 24,725 || 11–12|- bgcolor="cccccc"| – || April 26 ||
Diamondbacks || colspan=8|
Postponed (rain); rescheduled for April 27|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 24 || April 27 ||
Diamondbacks || 1–6 ||
Webb (1–0) ||
Glavine (3–2) || — ||
Shea Stadium || N/A || 11–13|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 25 || April 27 ||
Diamondbacks || 3–7 ||
Johnson (1–2) ||
Seo (1–2) ||
Mantei (3) ||
Shea Stadium || 36,491 || 11–14|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 26 || April 29 || @
Cardinals || 3–13 ||
Morris (2–2) ||
Leiter (3–1) || — ||
Busch Stadium || 30,275 || 11–15|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 27 || April 30 || @
Cardinals || 4–13 ||
Williams (4–0) ||
Astacio (1–1) || — ||
Busch Stadium || 30,265 || 11–16|-|colspan="11"|*Games the Montreal Expos played at
Hiram Bithorn Stadium in
San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2003 season counted as Expos home games.|-|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 28 || May 1 || @
Cardinals || 5–6 ||
Eldred (2–0) ||
Strickland (0–2) || — ||
Busch Stadium || 35,283 || 11–17|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 29 || May 2 || @
Brewers || 9–3 ||
Glavine (4–2) ||
Rusch (1–5) || — ||
Miller Park || 16,315 || 12–17|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 30 || May 3 || @
Brewers || 2–3 ||
Foster (2–0) ||
Weathers (1–1) ||
DeJean (5) ||
Miller Park || 19,796 || 12–18|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 31 || May 4 || @
Brewers || 5–3 ||
Leiter (4–1) ||
Kinney (2–2) ||
Benitez (9) ||
Miller Park || 18,571 || 13–18|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 32 || May 6 ||
Dodgers || 3–2 ||
Astacio (2–1) ||
Perez (1–2) ||
Benitez (10) ||
Shea Stadium || 21,173 || 14–18|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 33 || May 7 ||
Dodgers || 1–2 ||
Nomo (4–4) ||
Trachsel (0–2) ||
Gagne (11) ||
Shea Stadium || 18,965 || 14–19|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 34 || May 8 ||
Dodgers || 1–6 ||
Ishii (3–1) ||
Glavine (4–3) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 18,729 || 14–20|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 35 || May 9 ||
Padres || 4–5 ||
Hackman (1–0) ||
Weathers (1–2) ||
Orosco (2) ||
Shea Stadium || 29,855 || 14–21|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 36 || May 10 ||
Padres || 4–2 ||
Stanton (2–2) ||
Wright (1–5) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 32,930 || 15–21|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 37 || May 11 ||
Padres || 3–2 ||
Lloyd (1–0) ||
Matthews (1–1) ||
Benitez (11) ||
Shea Stadium || 30,694 || 16–21|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 38 || May 12 || @
Rockies || 9–6 ||
Trachsel (1–2) ||
Young (0–1) ||
Benitez (12) ||
Coors Field || 25,433 || 17–21|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 39 || May 13 || @
Rockies || 8–9 ||
Reed (3–1) ||
Cerda (0–1) ||
Jimenez (9) ||
Coors Field || 25,043 || 17–22|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 40 || May 14 || @
Rockies || 5–6 ||
Reed (4–1) ||
Stanton (2–3) ||
Jimenez (10) ||
Coors Field || 26,755 || 17–23|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 41 || May 15 || @
Giants || 3–11 ||
Rueter (4–1) ||
Leiter (4–2) || — ||
Pacific Bell Park || 36,542 || 17–24|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 42 || May 16 || @
Giants || 5–7 ||
Nathan (5–1) ||
Weathers (1–3) ||
Worrell (12) ||
Pacific Bell Park || 39,160 || 17–25|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 43 || May 17 || @
Giants || 5–1 ||
Trachsel (2–2) ||
Moss (5–2) || — ||
Pacific Bell Park || 42,259 || 18–25|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 44 || May 18 || @
Giants || 5–1 ||
Glavine (5–3) ||
Ainsworth (3–4) || — ||
SBC Park || 42,590 || 19–25|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 45 || May 20 ||
Phillies || 7–11 ||
Myers (4–3) ||
Lloyd (1–1) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 25,281 || 19–26|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 46 || May 21 ||
Phillies || 5–4 ||
Benitez (1–3) ||
Adams (0–2) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 29,551 || 20–26|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 47 || May 22 ||
Phillies || 6–3 ||
Astacio (3–1) ||
Padilla (3–6) ||
Benitez (13) ||
Shea Stadium || 20,101 || 21–26|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 48 || May 23 || @
Braves || 6–5 ||
Trachsel (3–2) ||
Ortiz (6–3) ||
Benitez (14) ||
Turner Field || 33,270 || 22–26|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 49 || May 24 || @
Braves || 4–10 ||
Ramirez (4–2) ||
Glavine (5–4) || — ||
Turner Field || 40,912 || 22–27|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 50 || May 25 || @
Braves || 1–3 ||
Hernandez (4–1) ||
Weathers (1–4) ||
Smoltz (19) ||
Turner Field || 41,432 || 22–28|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 51 || May 27 || @
Phillies || 4–2 ||
Leiter (5–2) ||
Wolf (5–3) ||
Benitez (15) ||
Veterans Stadium || 18,081 || 23–28|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 52 || May 28 || @
Phillies || 3–11 ||
Padilla (4–6) ||
Astacio (3–2) || — ||
Veterans Stadium || 21,389 || 23–29|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 53 || May 29 || @
Phillies || 5–0 ||
Trachsel (4–2) ||
Millwood (7–2) || — ||
Veterans Stadium || 19,568 || 24–29|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 54 || May 30 ||
Braves || 2–5 ||
Maddux (4–5) ||
Glavine (5–5) ||
Smoltz (20) ||
Shea Stadium || 26,439 || 24–30|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 55 || May 31 ||
Braves || 4–2 ||
Seo (2–2) ||
Hampton (2–3) ||
Benitez (16) ||
Shea Stadium || 33,378 || 25–30|-|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 56 || June 1 ||
Braves || 10–4 ||
Leiter (6–2) ||
Gryboski (3–3) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 25,162 || 26–30|- bgcolor="#cccccc"| – || June 3 ||
Brewers || colspan=8|
Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 5|- bgcolor="#cccccc"| – || June 4 ||
Brewers || colspan=8|
Postponed (rain); rescheduled for July 28|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 57 || June 5 ||
Brewers || 7–8 ||
Kinney (4–4) ||
Trachsel (4–3) ||
DeJean (13) ||
Shea Stadium || N/A || 26–31|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 58 || June 5 ||
Brewers || 3–5 ||
Sheets (6–4) ||
Glavine (5–6) ||
DeJean (14) ||
Shea Stadium || 19,048 || 26–32|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 59 || June 6 ||
Mariners || 3–2 ||
Seo (3–2) ||
Franklyn (4–4) ||
Benitez (17) ||
Shea Stadium || 26,684 || 27–32|- bgcolor="#ccc"| – || June 7 ||
Mariners || colspan=8|
Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 8|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 60 || June 8 ||
Mariners || 1–13 ||
Garcia (6–6) ||
Leiter (6–3) || — ||
Shea Stadium || N/A || 27–33|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 61 || June 8 ||
Mariners || 0–7 ||
Moyer (10–2) ||
Bacsik (0–1) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 39,820 || 27–34|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 62 || June 10 || @
Rangers || 7–9 ||
Thomson (4–7) ||
Trachsel (4–4) ||
Urbina (18) ||
The Ballpark in Arlington || 20,581 || 27–35|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 63 || June 11 || @
Rangers || 8–2 ||
Seo (4–2) ||
Santos (0–1) || — ||
The Ballpark in Arlington || 19,087 || 28–35|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 64 || June 12 || @
Rangers || 11–0 ||
Leiter (7–3) ||
Lewis (4–5) || — ||
The Ballpark in Arlington || 19,044 || 29–35|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 65 || June 13 || @
Angels || 7–3 ||
Bacsik (1–1) ||
Sele (3–4) || — ||
Edison International Field of Anaheim || 38,294 || 30–35 |- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 66 || June 14 || @
Angels || 3–13 ||
Ortiz (7–5) ||
Roach (0–1) || — ||
Edison International Field of Anaheim || 43,449 || 30–36|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 67 || June 15 || @
Angels || 8–0 ||
Trachsel (5–4) ||
Washburn (6–7) || — ||
Edison International Field of Anaheim || 43,721 || 31–36|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 68 || June 16 || @
Marlins || 0–1 ||
Willis (6–1) ||
Glavine (5–7) || — ||
Pro Player Stadium || 10,624 || 31–37|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 69 || June 17 || @
Marlins || 5–0 ||
Seo (5–2) ||
Pavano (5–8) || — ||
Pro Player Stadium || 10,359 || 32–37|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 70 || June 18 || @
Marlins || 10–5 ||
Leiter (8–3) ||
Penny (5–5) ||
Wheeler (1) ||
Pro Player Stadium || 11,326 || 33–37|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 71 || June 19 || @
Marlins || 1–5 ||
Phelps (3–2) ||
Bacsik (1–2) || — ||
Pro Player Stadium || 10,400 || 33–38|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 72 || June 20 ||
Yankees || 0–5 ||
Pettitte (7–6) ||
Trachsel (5–5) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 55,386 || 33–39|- bgcolor="cccccc"| – || June 21 ||
Yankees || colspan=8|
Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 28|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 73 || June 22 ||
Yankees || 3–7 ||
Rivera (2–0) ||
Lloyd (1–2) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 55,031 || 33–40|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 74 || June 24 ||
Marlins || 4–8 ||
Penny (6–5) ||
Leiter (8–4) ||
Tejera (1) ||
Shea Stadium || 22,226 || 33–41 |- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 75 || June 25 ||
Marlins || 6–3 ||
Trachsel (6–5) ||
Redman (5–3) ||
Benitez (18) ||
Shea Stadium || 22,563 || 34–41 |- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 76 || June 26 ||
Marlins || 1–6 ||
Willis (8–1) ||
Heilman (0–1) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 30,378 || 34–42 |- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 77 || June 27 || @
Yankees || 4–6 ||
Wells (10–2) ||
Seo (5–3) ||
Miceli (1) ||
Yankee Stadium || 55,226 || 34–43|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 78 || June 28 || @
Yankees || 1–7 || Clemens (8–5) ||
Griffiths (0–1) || — ||
Yankee Stadium || 55,343 || 34–44|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 79 || June 28 ||
Yankees || 8–9 ||
Claussen (1–0) ||
Glavine (5–8) ||
Rivera (13) ||
Shea Stadium || 36,372 || 34–45|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 80 || June 29 || @
Yankees || 3–5 ||
Weaver (4–6) ||
Leiter (8–5) ||
Rivera (14) ||
Yankee Stadium || 55,444 || 34–46|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 81 || June 30 ||
Expos || 3–1 ||
Trachsel (7–5) ||
Vazquez (6–6) ||
Benitez (19) ||
Shea Stadium || 29,829 || 35–46|- |- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 82 || July 1 ||
Expos || 7–6 ||
Benitez (2–3) ||
Manon (0–2) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 30,084 || 36–46|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 83 || July 2 ||
Expos || 4–11 ||
Hernandez (7–6) ||
Seo (5–4) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 35,547 || 36–47|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 84 || July 4 || @
Reds || 7–2 ||
Glavine (6–8) ||
Haynes (1–8) ||
Benitez (20) ||
Great American Ball Park || 35,511 || 37–47|- bgcolor="ccffcc" | 85 || July 5 || @
Reds || 6–2 ||
Trachsel (8–5) ||
Graves (4–8) ||
Weathers (1) ||
Great American Ball Park || 41,020 || 38–47|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 86 || July 6 || @
Reds || 7–5 ||
Cerda (1–1) ||
Reith (1–1) ||
Benitez (21) ||
Great American Ball Park || 31,054 || 39–47|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 87 || July 7 ||
Braves || 3–7 ||
Ramirez (8–2) ||
Seo (5–5) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 32,399 || 39–48|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 88 || July 8 ||
Braves || 3–5 ||
Reynolds (6–4) ||
Roach (0–2) ||
Smoltz (33) ||
Shea Stadium || 29,096 || 39–49|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 89 || July 9 ||
Braves || 3–6 ||
Ortiz (12–4) ||
Glavine (6–9) ||
Smoltz (34) ||
Shea Stadium || 30,308 || 39–50|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 90 || July 10 ||
Phillies || 2–7 ||
Padilla (8–8) ||
Trachsel (8–6) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 25,913 || 39–51|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 91 || July 11 ||
Phillies || 3–10 ||
Wolf (10–4) ||
Heilman (0–2) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 35,884 || 39–52|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 92 || July 12 ||
Phillies || 2–4 ||
Mesa (4–5) ||
Franco (0–1) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 33,452 || 39–53|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 93 || July 13 ||
Phillies || 4–3 ||
Benitez (3–3) ||
Adams (1–3) || — ||
Shea Stadium || 31,630 || 40–53|- bgcolor="bbcaff" | colspan=10 |
74th All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 94 || July 17 || @ Braves || 2–3 || Maddux (8–8) || Franco (0–2) || — || Turner Field || 36,688 || 40–54|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 95 || July 18 || @ Braves || 4–11 || Hampton (6–5) || Seo (5–6) || — || Turner Field || 44,815 || 40–55|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 96 || July 19 || @ Braves || 4–7 || Ortiz (13–4) || Glavine (6–10) || Smoltz (35) || Turner Field || 45,759 || 40–56|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 97 || July 20 || @ Braves || 8–11 || King (3–0) || Stanton (2–4) || Smoltz (36) || Turner Field || 36,029 || 40–57|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 98 || July 21 || @ Phillies || 8–6 || Heilman (1–2) || Duckworth (3–4) || Franco (1) || Veterans Stadium || 33,208 || 41–57|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 99 || July 22 || @ Phillies || 7–5 || Trachsel (9–6) || Millwood (10–7) || Wheeler (2) || Veterans Stadium || 37,164 || 42–57|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 100 || July 23 || @ Expos || 2–5 || Vazquez (8–6) || Seo (5–7) || Biddle (23) || Olympic Stadium || 8,853 || 42–58|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 101 || July 24 || @ Expos || 1–5 || Hernandez (10–6) || Glavine (6–11) || Biddle (24) || Olympic Stadium || 9,337 || 42–59|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 102 || July 25 || Reds || 3–1 || Leiter (9–5) || Graves (4–11) || Stanton (1) || Shea Stadium || 34,021 || 43–59|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 103 || July 26 || Reds || 3–8 || Acevedo (2–0) || Heilman (1–3) || — || Shea Stadium || 29,305 || 43–60|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 104 || July 27 || Reds || 5–8 || Wilson (6–8) || Trachsel (9–7) || Williamson (21) || Shea Stadium || 30,173 || 43–61|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 105 || July 28 || Brewers || 2–4 || Estrella (3–2) || Weathers (1–5) || Kolb (3) || Shea Stadium || 6,056 || 43–62|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 106 || July 29 || Brewers || 3–6 || Sheets (10–7) || Wheeler (0–1) || DeJean (18) || Shea Stadium || 22,846 || 43–63|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 107 || July 30 || Brewers || 2–0 || Leiter (10–5) || Obermueller (0–2) || Weathers (2) || Shea Stadium || 22,389 || 44–63|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 108 || July 31 || Brewers || 3–4 || Kinney (7–8) || Heilman (1–4) || Kolb (4) || Shea Stadium || 27,590 || 44–64|-|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 109 || August 1 || Cardinals || 2–8 || Kline (4–4) || Wheeler (0–2) || — || Shea Stadium || 23,578 || 44–65|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 110 || August 2 || Cardinals || 9–10 || Tomko (7–7) || Seo (5–8) || Yan (1) || Shea Stadium || 30,898 || 44–66|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 111 || August 3 || Cardinals || 13–5 || Griffiths (1–1) || Stephenson (5–11) || — || Shea Stadium || 27,592 || 45–66|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 112 || August 5 || @ Astros || 10–1 || Leiter (11–5) || Villone (3–2) || — || Minute Maid Park || 31,582 || 46–66|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 113 || August 6 || @ Astros || 1–11 || Miller (8–10) || Heilman (1–5) || — || Minute Maid Park || 30,154 || 46–67|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 114 || August 7 || @ Astros || 5–4 || Trachsel (10–7) || Lidge (4–2) || Stanton (2) || Minute Maid Park || 31,250 || 47–67|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 115 || August 8 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–1 || Glavine (7–11) || Webb (7–5) || Stanton (3) || Bank One Ballpark || 36,335 || 48–67|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 116 || August 9 || @ Diamondbacks || 1–2 || Randolph (6–0) || Franco (0–3) || — || Bank One Ballpark || 41,934 || 48–68|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 117 || August 10 || @ Diamondbacks || 4–7 || Johnson (3–4) || Leiter (11–6) || Mantei (15) || Bank One Ballpark || 37,521 || 48–69|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 118 || August 12 || Giants || 5–4 || Heilman (2–5) || Ponson (14–8) || Weathers (3) || Shea Stadium || 37,461 || 49–69|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 119 || August 13 || Giants || 9–2 || Trachsel (11–7) || Williams (5–3) || — || Shea Stadium || 31,759 || 50–69|- bgcolor="cccccc"| – || August 14 || Giants || colspan=8|Cancelled (power outage)|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 120 || August 15 || Rockies || 5–0 || Glavine (8–11) || Oliver (10–8) || — || Shea Stadium || 28,081 || 51–69|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 121 || August 16 || Rockies || 13–4 || Seo (6–8) || Chacon (11–8) || — || Shea Stadium || 28,233 || 52–69|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 122 || August 17 || Rockies || 6–4 || Leiter (12–6) || Jennings (10–11) || Weathers (4) || Shea Stadium || 28,393 || 53–69|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 123 || August 18 || Rockies || 8–0 || Trachsel (12–7) || Tsao (2–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 23,865 || 54–69|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 124 || August 19 || @ Padres || 2–3 || Limebrink (2–2) || Stanton (2–5) || Beck (17) || Qualcomm Stadium || 21,794 || 54–70|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 125 || August 20 || @ Padres || 1–2 || Beck (3–1) || Roberts (0–1) || — || Qualcomm Stadium || 16,532 || 54–71|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 126 || August 21 || @ Padres || 5–1 || Seo (7–8) || Perez (4–7) || — || Qualcomm Stadium || 21,958 || 55–71|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 127 || August 22 || @ Dodgers || 1–2 || Nomo (15–9) || Leiter (12–7) || Gagne (43) || Dodger Stadium || 40,714 || 55–72|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 128 || August 23 || @ Dodgers || 4–0 || Trachsel (13–7) || Ashby (3–10) || — || Dodger Stadium || 44,449 || 56–72|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 129 || August 24 || @ Dodgers || 2–1 || Glavine (9–11) || Brown (12–7) || Franco (2) || Dodger Stadium || 45,496 || 57–72|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 130 || August 26 || @ Braves || 6–5 || Seo (8–8) || Reynolds (10–7) || Stanton (4) || Turner Field || 24,694 || 58–72|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 131 || August 27 || @ Braves || 1–4 || Maddux (13–10) || Heilman (2–6) || Mercker (1) || Turner Field || 23,755 || 58–73|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 132 || August 28 || @ Braves || 3–1 || Leiter (13–7) || Hampton (12–6) || Weathers (5) || Turner Field || 27,856 || 59–73|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 133 || August 29 || Phillies || 0–7 || Millwood (13–9) || Trachsel (13–8) || — || Shea Stadium || 33,208 || 59–74|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 134 || August 30 || Phillies || 2–4 || Wolf (13–9) || Glavine (9–12) || Mesa (23) || Shea Stadium || 26,769 || 59–75|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 135 || August 31 || Phillies || 1–4 || Padilla (12–9) || Seo (8–9) || Mesa (24) || Shea Stadium || 26,180 || 59–76|-|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 136 || September 1 || Braves || 3–2 || Wheeler (1–2) || Hodges (3–3) || Weathers (6) || Shea Stadium || 23,877 || 60–76|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 137 || September 2 || Braves || 3–1 || Leiter (14–7) || Hampton (12–7) || Weathers (7) || Shea Stadium || 24,390 || 61–76|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 138 || September 3 || Braves || 9–3 || Trachsel (14–8) || Ortiz (18–6) || — || Shea Stadium || 16,439 || 62–76|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 139 || September 4 || @ Phillies || 5–6 || de los Santos (4–3) || Stanton (2–6) || — || Veterans Stadium || 19,259 || 62–77|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 140 || September 5 || @ Phillies || 0–1 || Padilla (13–9) || Seo (8–10) || Cormier (1) || Veterans Stadium || 26,712 || 62–78|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 141 || September 6 || @ Phillies || 6–9 || Myers (13–7) || Griffiths (1–2) || Wendell (1) || Veterans Stadium || 38,671 || 62–79|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 142 || September 7 || @ Phillies || 4–5 || Cormier (6–0) || Wheeler (1–3) || — || Veterans Stadium || 29,159 || 62–80|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 143 || September 8 || Marlins || 0–5 || Beckett (8–7) || Trachsel (14–9) || — || Shea Stadium || 15,155 || 62–81|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 144 || September 9 || Marlins || 1–3 || Urbina (3–4) || Weathers (1–6) || Looper (28) || Shea Stadium || 29,410 || 62–82|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 145 || September 10 || Marlins || 3–7 || Redman (12–9) || Seo (8–11) || — || Shea Stadium || 16,699 || 62–83|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 146 || September 12 || @ Expos || 4–7 || Tucker (1–2) || Leiter (14–8) || Ayala (5) || Olympic Stadium || 10,701 || 62–84|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 147 || September 13 || @ Expos || 5–4 || Trachsel (15–9) || Vazquez (12–11) || Roberts (1) || Olympic Stadium || 15,086 || 63–84|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 148 || September 14 || @ Expos || 3–7 || Day (8–7) || Glavine (9–13) || — || Olympic Stadium || 21,417 || 63–85|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 149 || September 15 || @ Cubs || 1–4 || Clement (13–11) || Griffiths (1–3) || Borowski (29) || Wrigley Field || 38,698 || 63–86|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 150 || September 16 || @ Cubs || 2–3 || Prior (16–6) || Seo (8–12) || Borowski (30) || Wrigley Field || 39,534 || 63–87|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 151 || September 17 || @ Cubs || 0–2 || Wood (13–11) || Leiter (14–9) || — || Wrigley Field || 38,482 || 63–88|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 152 || September 18 || Expos || 0–1 || Vazquez (13–11) || Trachsel (15–10) || Cordero (1) || Shea Stadium || 18,914 || 63–89|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 153 || September 19 || Expos || 1–7 || Day (9–7) || Glavine (9–14) || — || Shea Stadium || 33,083 || 63–90|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 154 || September 20 || Expos || 3–4 || Cordero (1–0) || Stanton (2–7) || Biddle (32) || Shea Stadium || 37,294 || 63–91|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 155 || September 21 || Expos || 2–4 || Ayala (10–3) || Roberts (0–2) || Biddle (33) || Shea Stadium || 28,702 || 63–92|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 156 || September 23 || Pirates || 1–0 || Leiter (15–9) || Wells (9–9) || — || Shea Stadium || 17,830 || 64–92|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 157 || September 24 || Pirates || 5–3 || Trachsel (16–10) || D'Amico (9–16) || Stanton (5) || Shea Stadium || 22,134 || 65–92|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 158 || September 25 || Pirates || 1–3 || Torres (7–5) || Roberts (0–3) || Tavarez (10) || Shea Stadium || 25,081 || 65–93|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 159 || September 26 || @ Marlins || 3–4 || Pavano (12–13) || Heilman (2–7) || Urbina (32) || Pro Player Stadium || 33,215 || 65–94|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 160 || September 27 || @ Marlins || 9–3 || Seo (9–11) || Tejera (3–4) || — || Pro Player Stadium || 30,204 || 66–94|- bgcolor="ffcccc"| 161 || September 28 || @ Marlins || 0–4 || Willis (14–6) || Griffiths (1–4) || — || Pro Player Stadium || 27,529 || 66–95|-Roster
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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 |
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C | | 96 | 268 | 65 | .243 | 8 | 39 |
1B | | 119 | 403 | 120 | .298 | 11 | 58 |
2B | | 73 | 263 | 69 | .262 | 2 | 22 |
SS | | 69 | 274 | 84 | .307 | 5 | 32 |
3B | | 156 | 573 | 146 | .255 | 11 | 71 |
LF | | 108 | 365 | 106 | .290 | 18 | 68 |
CF | | 56 | 139 | 27 | .194 | 1 | 10 |
RF | | 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 |
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| 127 | 346 | 93 | .269 | 4 | 42 |
| 119 | 278 | 67 | .241 | 1 | 16 |
| 125 | 254 | 59 | .232 | 16 | 43 |
| 68 | 234 | 67 | .286 | 11 | 34 |
| 65 | 234 | 64 | .274 | 18 | 45 |
| 107 | 217 | 50 | .230 | 2 | 21 |
| 56 | 174 | 36 | .207 | 0 | 12 |
| 72 | 116 | 21 | .181 | 0 | 3 |
| 62 | 114 | 22 | .193 | 1 | 7 |
| 27 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 3 | 15 |
| 48 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
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| 33 | 204.2 | 16 | 10 | 3.78 | 111 |
| 32 | 188.1 | 9 | 12 | 3.82 | 110 |
| 32 | 183.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.52 | 82 |
| 30 | 180.2 | 15 | 9 | 3.99 | 139 |
| 14 | 65.1 | 2 | 7 | 6.75 | 51 |
| 7 | 36.2 | 3 | 2 | 7.36 | 20 |
| 5 | 18.0 | 1 | 3 | 6.50 | 13 |
| 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 |
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| 9 | 41.0 | 1 | 4 | 7.02 | 25 |
| 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 |
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| 45 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 3.10 | 50 |
| 77 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3.08 | 75 |
| 50 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4.57 | 34 |
| 38 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.62 | 16 |
| 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.31 | 17 |
| 35 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.71 | 35 |
| 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.85 | 19 |
| 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.35 | 43 |
| 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 | 16 |
| 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.79 | 10 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.12 | 7 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 5 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 7 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 3 | |
Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie[9]
References
- Web site: Jorge Velandia Stats.
- Web site: Tom Glavine Stats.
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi02.shtml Mike Stanton Statistics
- Web site: Tsuyoshi Shinjo Stats.
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellja01.shtml Jay Bell Statistics
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coneda01.shtml David Cone Statistics
- Web site: 2003 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac.
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellyke01.shtml Kenny Kelly Statistics
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links