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2000 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1999 / 2001

94-68, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Valentine (94-68)
Scored 807 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Shea Stadium & Tokyo Dome · 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


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1999 / 2001 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Kurt Abbott 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Jun 2, 1969 8 79 35 79 61 0 0 0 23 2 39 0 2 0 2 0 17 9 -0.5 $500,000
Benny Agbayani 28 R R 6' 0" 225 Dec 28, 1971 3 119 94 119 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 3 12 117 1 20 0 1.9 $220,000
Edgardo Alfonzo 26 R R 5' 11" 210 Aug 11, 1973 6 150 147 150 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6.7 $4,225,000 All-Star
Derek Bell 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 11, 1968 10 144 140 144 144 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 142 147 0 1 0 1.1 $5,000,000
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 2.5 $3,437,500
Mike Bordick 34 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 21, 1965 11 56 55 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Eric Cammack 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 14, 1975 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 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 -0.3 $2,200,000
John Franco 39 L L 5' 10" 170 Sep 17, 1960 17 62 0 58 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $3,350,000
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 2 61 1 -0.5 $462,500
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 36 0 16 0 -0.2 $3,633,333
Mike Hampton 27 R L 5' 10" 195 Sep 9, 1972 8 35 33 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5.3 $5,750,000
Lenny Harris 35 L R 5' 10" 195 Oct 28, 1964 13 76 25 76 39 0 0 10 3 16 0 6 0 5 11 1 45 0 0.9 $
Rickey Henderson HOF 41 R L 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1958 22 31 29 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 1 -0.5 $2,000,000
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 -0.1 $
Bobby Jones 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Feb 10, 1970 8 27 27 24 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $5,366,667
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 0.2 $
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 -0.1 $
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 0.0 $
Al Leiter 34 L L 6' 2" 200 Oct 23, 1965 14 31 31 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $7,750,000 All-Star
Pat Mahomes 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 9, 1970 8 53 5 49 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.6 $750,000
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 -0.1 $
Joe McEwing 27 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 19, 1972 3 87 31 87 80 0 0 0 16 19 4 43 11 6 60 0 13 8 -0.1 $
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 0.1 $
Melvin Mora 28 R R 5' 11" 200 Feb 2, 1972 2 79 50 79 77 0 0 0 4 4 44 12 16 3 31 0 6 2 0.4 $210,000
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 40 0 26 3 0.2 $260,000
Rey Ordonez 29 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 11, 1971 5 45 41 45 44 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.9 $2,250,000
Jay Payton 27 R R 5' 10" 185 Nov 22, 1972 3 149 124 149 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 143 0 147 0 8 3 2.2 $215,000
Timo Perez 25 L L 5' 9" 180 Apr 8, 1975 1st 24 10 24 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 8 23 0 5 5 0.4 $
Mike Piazza 31 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 4, 1968 9 136 129 136 124 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 5.2 $12,071,429 All-Star
Todd Pratt 33 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 9, 1967 8 80 38 80 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 2 1.2 $500,000
Bill Pulsipher 26 L L 6' 3" 230 Oct 9, 1973 4 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Rick Reed 35 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1964 12 30 30 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $4,375,000
Jerrod Riggan 26 R R 6' 3" 197 May 16, 1974 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 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 -0.6 $
Rich Rodriguez 37 L L 5' 10" 185 Mar 1, 1963 10 32 0 28 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $600,000
Glendon Rusch 25 L L 6' 2" 170 Nov 7, 1974 4 31 30 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
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 -0.4 $
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 0.1 $
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 27 0 22 1 0.0 $
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 14 0 1 0 -0.3 $
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 -0.2 $
Robin Ventura 32 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 14, 1967 12 141 131 141 138 0 0 1 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.7 $8,000,000
Turk Wendell 33 B R 6' 2" 185 May 19, 1967 8 77 0 74 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $2,050,014
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 0.1 $
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 -0.1 $
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 2.2 $4,333,333
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Vance Wilson

Robin Ventura

Mark Johnson

Melvin Mora
Timo Perez

Todd Pratt

Todd Zeile

Rey Ordonez

Jason Tyner
Jorge Velandia

Edgardo Alfonzo

Matt Franco

Derek Bell

Mike Bordick

Darryl Hamilton

Lenny Harris

Kurt Abbott

Bobby Jones

Al Leiter

Pat Mahomes

Rickey Henderson

Bill Pulsipher

David Lamb
Jon Nunnally

Dennis Cook

Bobby Jones

Eric Cammack

Jorge Toca

Mike Piazza

Mike Hampton

Mike Kinkade
Bubba Trammell

Jerrod Riggan
Dennis Springer

Rick Reed

Grant Roberts

Jim Mann

Ryan McGuire

Jay Payton

John Franco

Rich Rodriguez

Joe McEwing

Glendon Rusch

Armando Benitez

Benny Agbayani

Rick White

Turk Wendell

1999 / 2001 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers