2002 New York Mets season

2002 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1962)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Shea Stadium (since 1964)
New York (since 1962)
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Wilpon
General manager(s)	Steve Phillips
Manager(s)	Bobby Valentine
Local television	WPIX (Tom Seaver, Gary Thorne) Fox Sports New York/MSG (Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne)
Local radio	WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ed Coleman, Ted Robinson) WADO (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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The New York Mets' 2002 season was the 41st regular season for the Mets. They went 75-86 and finished 5th in the NL 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

• Edgardo Alfonzo
• Roberto Alomar
• Jeromy Burnitz
• Roger Cedeño
• Al Leiter
• Rey Ordóñez
• Jay Payton
• Mike Piazza
• Mo Vaughn^[7]

Season standings

National League East

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 Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	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 34 Pedro Astacio 33 Mike Bacsik 49 Armando Benítez 43 Jaime Cerda 32 Bruce Chen 27 Mark Corey 18 Jeff D'Amico 48 Kane Davis 55 Shawn Estes 55 Pedro Feliciano 53 Mark Guthrie 21 Bobby Jones 17 Satoru Komiyama 22 Al Leiter 27 Jason Middlebrook 39 Steve Reed 36 Grant Roberts 38 Jae Seo 38 Pat Strange 25 Scott Strickland 50 John Thomson 29 Steve Trachsel 43 Pete Walker 46 Tyler Walker 35 David Weathers		Catchers  7 Jason Phillips 31 Mike Piazza  3 Vance Wilson Infielders 13 Edgardo Alfonzo 12 Roberto Alomar  5 Mark Johnson 10 Rey Ordóñez 26 Marco Scutaro  4 John Valentin 42 Mo Vaughn  9 Ty Wigginton		Outfielders 20 Jeromy Burnitz 19 Roger Cedeño 23 McKay Christensen 15 Brady Clark 21 Raul González 21 Mark Little 25 Gary Matthews, Jr. 47 Joe McEwing 44 Jay Payton  6 Timo Pérez 23 Esix Snead 40 Tony Tarasco		Manager  2 Bobby Valentine Coaches -- 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

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

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

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. http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velanjo01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shinjts01.shtml
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml
5. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweenma01.shtml
6. Jason Bay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
7. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2002&t=NYN
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

External links

• 2002 New York Mets
• 2002 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com