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2001 New York Mets

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2000 / 2002

82-80, Finished 3rd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Valentine (82-80)
Scored 642 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 2,658,330 (10th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96

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2000 / 2002 Roster (40-man)

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
Benny Agbayani 29 R R 6' 0" 225 Dec 28, 1971 4 91 82 91 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 84 0 8 0 -0.9 $260,000
Edgardo Alfonzo 27 R R 5' 11" 210 Aug 11, 1973 7 124 119 124 122 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.5 $5,750,000
Kevin Appier 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 6, 1967 13 33 33 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $8,500,000
Armando Benitez 28 R R 6' 4" 180 Nov 3, 1972 8 73 0 71 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $5,812,500
Gary Bennett 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 17, 1972 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1
Darren Bragg 31 L R 5' 9" 180 Sep 7, 1969 8 18 13 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 10 20 0 4 0 0.0
Bruce Chen 24 L L 6' 2" 215 Jun 19, 1977 4 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Dennis Cook 38 L L 6' 3" 185 Oct 4, 1962 14 43 0 40 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $2,400,000
Mark Corey 26 R R 6' 2" 220 Nov 16, 1974 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Alex Escobar 22 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 6, 1978 1st 18 13 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 16 0 2 3 -0.4
John Franco 40 L L 5' 10" 170 Sep 17, 1960 18 58 0 56 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $3,583,333
Dicky Gonzalez 22 R R 5' 10" 200 Dec 21, 1978 1st 16 7 15 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Darryl Hamilton 36 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1964 13 52 32 52 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 11 3 38 0 18 0 -0.4 $3,333,333
Lenny Harris 36 L R 5' 10" 195 Oct 28, 1964 14 110 11 110 27 0 0 7 1 11 0 5 0 3 8 2 95 0 -0.9 $1,100,000
Brett Hinchliffe 26 R R 6' 5" 190 Jul 21, 1974 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Mark Johnson 33 L L 6' 4" 230 Oct 17, 1967 6 71 26 71 37 0 0 21 0 0 0 12 0 7 19 3 36 0 0.3
Matt Lawton 29 L R 5' 10" 180 Nov 30, 1971 7 48 46 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 48 0 0 0 0.3
Al Leiter 35 L L 6' 2" 200 Oct 23, 1965 15 29 29 27 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $9,750,000
Tom Martin 31 L L 6' 1" 200 May 21, 1970 5 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Joe McEwing 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 19, 1972 4 116 66 116 95 0 0 3 5 25 12 48 2 25 75 1 27 9 1.3 $252,500
C.J. Nitkowski 28 L L 6' 2" 185 Mar 9, 1973 6 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Rey Ordonez 30 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 11, 1971 6 149 140 149 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $4,000,000
Jay Payton 28 R R 5' 10" 185 Nov 22, 1972 4 104 90 104 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 103 0 3 1 0.1 $290,000
Timo Perez 26 L L 5' 9" 180 Apr 8, 1975 2 85 54 85 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 62 76 0 13 5 -0.0 $205,000
Jason Phillips 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 27, 1976 1st 6 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.0
Mike Piazza 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 4, 1968 10 141 133 141 130 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 4.4 $13,571,429 All-Star
Todd Pratt 34 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 9, 1967 9 45 20 45 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.6 $600,000
Rick Reed 36 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1964 13 20 20 19 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $6,750,000 All-Star
Desi Relaford 27 B R 5' 8" 155 Sep 16, 1973 6 120 69 120 94 1 0 0 54 20 25 0 0 0 0 0 31 9 2.2 $475,000
Jerrod Riggan 27 R R 6' 3" 197 May 16, 1974 2 35 0 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Grant Roberts 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1977 2 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Brian Rose 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Feb 13, 1976 5 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $278,000
Glendon Rusch 26 L L 6' 2" 170 Nov 7, 1974 5 33 33 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $1,800,000
Tsuyoshi Shinjo 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 28, 1972 1st 123 99 123 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 53 39 138 0 9 3 1.7 $500,000
Jorge Toca 26 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 7, 1975 3 13 1 13 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 1 -0.2
Steve Trachsel 30 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 31, 1970 9 28 28 26 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $3,000,000
Jorge Velandia 26 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 12, 1975 5 9 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Robin Ventura 33 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 14, 1967 13 142 130 142 139 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.5 $8,000,000
Pete Walker 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 8, 1969 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Donne Wall 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 11, 1967 7 33 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $1,150,000
Turk Wendell 34 B R 6' 2" 185 May 19, 1967 9 49 0 46 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $3,100,000
Rick White 32 R R 6' 4" 215 Dec 23, 1968 6 55 0 52 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $1,150,000
Vance Wilson 28 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 17, 1973 3 32 14 32 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.4
Todd Zeile 35 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 9, 1965 13 151 145 151 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.7 $6,833,333
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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

2000 / 2002 Roster (40-man)