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2000 New York Mets Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1999 / 2001)
94-68, Finished 2nd in NL East
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Scored 807 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Manager: Bobby Valentine (94-68)
Ballpark: Shea Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,820,530 (8th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to New York Yankees
Won NL Championship Series (4-1) over St. Louis Cardinals
Won NL Division Series (3-1) over San Francisco Giants
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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Kurt Abbott 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 2, 1969 8 79 35 79 61 0 0 0 23 2 39 0 2 0 2 0 17 9 $500,000.00
Benny Agbayani 28 R R 6' 0" 225 Dec 28, 1971 3 119 94 119 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 3 12 110 0 20 0 $220,000.00
Edgardo Alfonzo 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 8, 1973 6 150 147 150 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 $4,225,000.00 All-Star
Derek Bell 31 R R 6' 2" 215 Dec 11, 1968 10 144 140 144 144 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 142 143 0 1 0 $5,000,000.00
Armando Benitez 27 R R 6' 4" 180 Nov 3, 1972 7 76 0 71 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,437,500.00
Mike Bordick 34 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 21, 1965 11 56 55 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Cammack 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 14, 1975 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Cook 37 L L 6' 3" 185 Oct 4, 1962 13 68 0 63 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,200,000.00
John Franco 39 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 17, 1960 17 62 0 58 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,350,000.00
Matt Franco 30 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 19, 1969 6 101 16 101 52 0 0 28 1 22 0 3 0 0 3 0 61 1 $462,500.00
Darryl Hamilton 35 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1964 12 43 26 43 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 11 8 33 0 16 0 $3,633,333.00
Mike Hampton 27 R L 5' 10" 180 Sep 9, 1972 8 35 32 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $5,750,000.00
Lenny Harris 35 L R 5' 10" 205 Oct 28, 1964 13 76 25 76 39 0 0 10 3 16 0 6 0 5 11 1 45 0
Rickey Henderson HOF 41 R L 5' 10" 195 Dec 25, 1958 22 31 29 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 1 $2,000,000.00
Mark Johnson 32 L L 6' 4" 230 Oct 17, 1967 5 21 3 21 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 16 0
Bobby Jones 28 R L 6' 0" 185 Apr 11, 1972 4 11 1 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Jones 30 R R 6' 4" 225 Feb 10, 1970 8 27 24 24 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,366,667.00
Mike Kinkade 27 R R 6' 1" 210 May 6, 1973 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
David Lamb 25 B R 6' 2" 165 Jun 6, 1975 2 7 1 7 7 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Al Leiter 34 L L 6' 3" 215 Oct 23, 1965 14 31 29 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $7,750,000.00 All-Star
Pat Mahomes 29 R R 6' 4" 210 Aug 9, 1970 8 53 5 49 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $750,000.00
Jim Mann 25 R R 6' 3" 225 Nov 17, 1974 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe McEwing 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 19, 1972 3 87 31 87 80 0 0 0 16 19 4 43 11 6 52 0 13 8
Ryan McGuire 28 L L 6' 2" 210 Nov 23, 1971 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Melvin Mora 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Feb 2, 1972 2 79 50 79 77 0 0 0 4 4 44 12 16 3 28 0 6 2 $210,000.00
Jon Nunnally 28 L R 5' 10" 190 Nov 9, 1971 6 48 13 48 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 10 4 34 0 26 3 $260,000.00
Rey Ordonez 28 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 11, 1971 5 45 41 45 44 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $2,250,000.00
Jay Payton 27 R R 5' 10" 185 Nov 22, 1972 3 149 124 149 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 143 0 146 0 8 3 $215,000.00
Timo Perez 25 L L 5' 9" 167 Apr 8, 1975 1st 24 10 24 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 8 19 0 5 5
Mike Piazza 31 R R 6' 3" 197 Sep 4, 1968 9 136 129 136 124 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 $12,071,429.00 All-Star
Todd Pratt 33 R R 6' 3" 225 Feb 9, 1967 8 80 38 80 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 $500,000.00
Bill Pulsipher 26 L L 6' 3" 210 Oct 9, 1973 4 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Reed 35 R R 6' 0" 205 Aug 16, 1964 12 30 29 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,375,000.00
Jerrod Riggan 26 R R 6' 4" 185 May 16, 1974 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grant Roberts 22 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1977 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Rodriguez 37 L L 6' 0" 200 Mar 1, 1963 10 32 0 28 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Glendon Rusch 25 L L 6' 2" 170 Nov 7, 1974 4 31 28 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Springer 35 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 12, 1965 6 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jorge Toca 25 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 7, 1975 2 8 0 8 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
Bubba Trammell 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Nov 6, 1971 4 36 8 36 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 16 25 0 22 1
Jason Tyner 23 L L 6' 1" 170 Apr 23, 1977 1st 13 10 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 12 0 1 0
Jorge Velandia 25 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 12, 1975 4 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 7 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Robin Ventura 32 L R 6' 1" 198 Jul 14, 1967 12 141 131 141 138 0 0 1 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $8,000,000.00
Turk Wendell 33 B R 6' 2" 190 May 19, 1967 8 77 0 74 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,050,014.00
Rick White 31 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 23, 1968 5 24 0 24 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Vance Wilson 27 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 17, 1973 2 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Todd Zeile 34 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 9, 1965 12 153 148 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $4,333,333.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1999 / 2001 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played