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

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	101	59	0.631	—	52–28	49–31
Montreal Expos	83	79	0.512	19	49–32	34–47
Philadelphia Phillies	80	81	0.497	21½	40–40	40–41
Florida Marlins	79	83	0.488	23	46–35	33–48
New York Mets	75	86	0.466	26½	38–43	37–43

Record vs. opponents

2002 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	3–3	4–2	6–0	14–5	5–1	3–3	9–10	4–2	4–2	5–2	4–3	4–2	12–7	8–11	2–4	11–7
Atlanta	3–3	—	4–2	4–2	4–3	11–8	3–3	2–4	5–1	13–6	12–7	11–7	3–3	3–3	3–3	5–1	15–3
Chicago	2–4	2–4	—	5–12	4–2	4–2	8–11	2–4	7–10	3–3	1–5	2–4	10–9	2–4	3–3	6–12	6–6
Cincinnati	0–6	2–4	12–5	—	3–3	5–1	6–11	4–2	13–6	1–5	2–4	2–4	11–7	5–1	2–4	8–11	2–10
Colorado	5–14	3–4	2–4	3–3	—	5–2	3–3	7–12	3–3	4–2	3–3	3–3	4–2	11–8	8–12	2–4	7–11
Florida	1–5	8–11	2–4	1–5	2–5	—	3–3	3–3	4–2	10–9	8–11	10–9	4–2	5–1	4–3	4–2	10–8
Houston	3–3	3–3	11–8	11–6	3–3	3–3	—	3–3	10–8	3–3	4–2	3–3	11–6	4–2	1–5	6–13	5–7
Los Angeles	10–9	4–2	4–2	2–4	12–7	3–3	3–3	—	5–1	5–2	4–2	4–3	4–2	10–9	8–11	2–4	12–6
Milwaukee	2–4	1–5	10–7	6–13	3–3	2–4	8–10	1–5	—	2–4	1–5	1–5	4–15	5–1	1–5	7–10	2–10
Montreal	2–4	6–13	3–3	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–3	2–5	4–2	—	11–8	11–8	3–3	3–4	4–2	3–3	12–6
New York	2–5	7–12	5–1	4–2	3–3	11–8	2–4	2–4	5–1	8–11	—	9–10	1–4	3–4	0–6	3–3	10–8
Philadelphia	3–4	7–11	4–2	4–2	3–3	9–10	3–3	3–4	5–1	8–11	10–9	—	2–4	2–4	3–3	4–2	10–8
Pittsburgh	2–4	3–3	9–10	7–11	2–4	2–4	6–11	2–4	15–4	3–3	4–1	4–2	—	2–4	2–4	6–11	3–9
San Diego	7–12	3–3	4–2	1–5	8–11	1–5	2–4	9–10	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	4–2	—	5–14	1–5	8–10
San Francisco	11–8	3–3	3–3	4–2	11–8	3–4	5–1	11–8	5–1	2–4	6–0	3–3	4–2	14–5	—	2–4	8–10
St. Louis	4–2	1–5	12–6	11–8	4–2	2–4	13–6	4–2	10–7	3–3	3–3	2–4	11–6	5–1	4–2	—	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

2 Bobby Valentine

Coaches

51 Chris Chambliss (hitting)
53 Dave Engle (hitting)
8 Matt Galante (third base)
54 Charlie Hough (pitching)
60 Juan Lopez
52 Randy Niemann (bullpen)
57 Tom Robson (bench)
1 Mookie Wilson (first base)

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	Mike Piazza	135	478	134	.280	33	98
1B	Mo Vaughn	139	487	126	.259	26	72
2B	Roberto Alomar	149	590	157	.266	11	53
SS	Rey Ordóñez	144	460	117	.254	1	42
3B	Edgardo Alfonzo	135	490	151	.308	16	56
LF	Roger Cedeño	149	511	133	.260	7	41
CF	Timo Pérez	136	444	131	.295	8	47
RF	Jeromy Burnitz	154	479	103	.215	19	54

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 Payton	87	275	78	.284	8	31
John Valentin	114	208	50	.240	3	30
Joe McEwing	105	196	39	.199	3	26
Vance Wilson	74	163	40	.245	5	26
Ty Wigginton	46	116	35	.302	6	18
Tony Tarasco	60	96	24	.250	6	15
Raúl González	30	81	21	.259	3	11
Mark Johnson	42	51	7	.137	1	4
Marco Scutaro	27	36	8	.222	1	6
Jason Phillips	11	19	7	.368	1	3
Esix Snead	17	13	4	.308	1	3
Brady Clark	10	12	5	.417	0	1
McKay Christensen	4	3	1	.333	0	0
Mark Little	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Gary Matthews Jr.	2	1	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
Al Leiter	33	204.1	13	13	3.48	172
Pedro Astacio	31	191.2	12	11	4.79	152
Steve Trachsel	30	173.2	11	11	3.37	105
Jeff D'Amico	29	145.2	6	10	4.94	101
Shawn Estes	23	132.2	4	9	4.55	92
Mike Bacsik	11	55.2	3	2	4.37	30
John Thomson	9	54.1	2	6	4.31	31
Jason Middlebrook	3	16.0	1	0	3.94	14

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 Walker	5	10.2	1	0	5.91	7

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	62	1	0	33	2.27	79
David Weathers	71	6	3	0	2.91	61
Scott Strickland	68	6	9	2	3.59	67
Mark Guthrie	68	5	3	1	2.44	44
Grant Roberts	34	3	1	0	2.20	31
Jaime Cerda	32	0	0	0	2.45	21
Satoru Komiyama	25	0	3	0	5.61	33
Steve Reed	24	0	1	0	2.08	14
Kane Davis	16	1	1	0	7.07	24
Bobby Jones	12	0	0	0	5.29	11
Mark Corey	12	0	3	0	4.50	9
Pedro Feliciano	6	0	0	0	7.50	4
Pat Strange	5	0	0	0	1.13	4
Jae Weong Seo	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Pete Walker	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Bruce Chen	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

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

References

External links

2002 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto
AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota
AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida New York Philadelphia Montréal
NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

New York Mets

Established in 1962
Based in Queens, New York

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Al Lang Stadium; Clover Park

Culture and lore

Notable people	Alex Anthony Jane Jarvis George Kalinsky Michael Sergio Sign Man Cowbell Man

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Steve Cohen
President of Baseball Operations: David Stearns
General manager: Vacant
Manager: Carlos Mendoza

World Series
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Division titles (6)

Wild Card (4)

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