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2002 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2001 / 2003

75-86, Finished 5th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Valentine (75-86)
Scored 690 runs, Allowed 703 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-82

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 2,804,838 (5th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96

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2001 / 2003 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
Edgardo Alfonzo 28 R R 5' 11" 210 Aug 11, 1973 8 135 131 135 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5.3 $6,200,000
Roberto Alomar HOF 34 B R 6' 0" 184 Feb 5, 1968 15 149 146 149 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.4 $7,939,664
Pedro Astacio 33 R R 6' 2" 174 Nov 28, 1968 11 31 31 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $4,000,000
Michael Bacsik 24 L L 6' 2" 225 Nov 11, 1977 2 11 9 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Armando Benitez 29 R R 6' 4" 180 Nov 3, 1972 9 62 0 59 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $5,812,500
Jeromy Burnitz 33 L R 6' 0" 190 Apr 15, 1969 10 154 132 154 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 140 1 18 2 0.1 $7,166,667
Roger Cedeno 27 B R 6' 1" 165 Aug 16, 1974 8 149 125 149 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 132 0 19 3 -0.2 $2,375,000
Jaime Cerda 23 L L 6' 0" 175 Oct 26, 1978 1st 32 0 29 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bruce Chen 25 L L 6' 2" 215 Jun 19, 1977 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $300,000
McKay Christensen 26 L L 5' 11" 180 Aug 14, 1975 4 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0.1 $
Brady Clark 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 18, 1973 3 10 1 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 0 6 1 0.3 $
Mark Corey 27 R R 6' 2" 220 Nov 16, 1974 2 13 0 13 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Jeff D'Amico 26 R R 6' 7" 250 Dec 27, 1975 6 29 22 27 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $1,840,000
Kane Davis 27 R R 6' 3" 194 Jun 25, 1975 3 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $235,000
Shawn Estes 29 R L 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1973 8 24 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.8 $6,200,000
Pedro Feliciano 25 L L 5' 10" 190 Aug 25, 1976 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Raul Gonzalez 28 R R 5' 8" 190 Dec 27, 1973 3 30 17 30 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 13 4 28 0 10 0 -0.1 $
Mark Guthrie 36 R L 6' 4" 192 Sep 22, 1965 14 68 0 65 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $1,800,000
Mark Johnson 34 L L 6' 4" 230 Oct 17, 1967 7 42 10 42 16 0 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 26 0 -0.6 $475,000
Bobby Jones 30 R L 6' 0" 185 Apr 11, 1972 5 13 0 10 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Satoru Komiyama 36 R R 6' 0" 183 Sep 15, 1965 1st 25 0 22 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $500,000
Al Leiter 36 L L 6' 2" 200 Oct 23, 1965 16 33 33 30 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $9,250,000
Mark Little 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 11, 1972 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Gary Matthews 27 B R 6' 3" 200 Aug 25, 1974 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $237,500
Joe McEwing 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 19, 1972 5 105 41 105 85 0 0 20 13 10 21 10 1 24 35 0 30 14 -0.5 $750,000
Jason Middlebrook 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Jun 26, 1975 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Rey Ordonez 31 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 11, 1971 7 144 134 144 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.5 $6,250,000
Jay Payton 29 R R 5' 10" 185 Nov 22, 1972 5 87 68 87 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 82 0 14 0 1.5 $362,500
Timo Perez 27 L L 5' 9" 180 Apr 8, 1975 3 136 107 136 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 93 17 134 0 20 3 2.7 $
Jason Phillips 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Sep 27, 1976 2 11 2 11 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.4 $
Mike Piazza 33 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 4, 1968 11 135 125 135 121 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 0 3.0 $10,571,429 All-Star
Steve Reed 37 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 11, 1965 11 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Grant Roberts 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1977 3 34 0 33 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $212,500
Marco Scutaro 26 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 30, 1975 1st 27 5 27 20 0 0 0 12 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 8 2 -0.1 $
Jae Weong Seo 25 R R 6' 1" 215 May 24, 1977 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Esix Snead 26 B R 5' 10" 175 Jun 7, 1976 1st 17 1 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 0 4 10 0.3 $
Pat Strange 21 R R 6' 5" 243 Aug 23, 1980 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Scott Strickland 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Apr 26, 1976 4 68 0 64 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Tony Tarasco 31 L R 6' 0" 185 Dec 9, 1970 8 60 14 60 34 0 0 7 0 0 0 18 2 13 33 2 32 1 0.7 $
John Thomson 28 R R 6' 3" 175 Oct 1, 1973 5 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Steve Trachsel 31 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 31, 1970 10 31 30 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 $4,300,000
John Valentin 35 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 18, 1967 11 114 40 114 63 0 0 22 3 18 24 0 0 0 0 2 63 0 0.4 $550,000
Mo Vaughn 34 L R 6' 1" 225 Dec 15, 1967 11 139 131 139 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.3 $12,166,667
Pete Walker 33 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 8, 1969 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Tyler Walker 26 R R 6' 3" 255 May 15, 1976 1st 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
David Weathers 32 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 25, 1969 12 71 0 68 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $1,833,333
Ty Wigginton 24 R R 6' 0" 230 Oct 11, 1977 1st 46 27 46 38 0 0 13 12 14 0 1 0 1 2 0 12 1 0.7 $
Vance Wilson 29 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 17, 1973 4 74 40 74 66 0 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0.9 $222,500
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

John Valentin

Mark Johnson

Timo Perez

Jason Phillips

Ty Wigginton

Rey Ordonez

Roberto Alomar

Edgardo Alfonzo

Brady Clark

Satoru Komiyama

Jeff D'Amico

Roger Cedeno

Jeromy Burnitz

Raul Gonzalez
Bobby Jones
Mark Little

Al Leiter

McKay Christensen
Esix Snead

Gary Matthews
Scott Strickland

Marco Scutaro

Mark Corey
Jason Middlebrook

Steve Trachsel

Mike Piazza

Bruce Chen

Michael Bacsik

Pedro Astacio

David Weathers

Grant Roberts

Jae Weong Seo
Pat Strange

Steve Reed

Tony Tarasco

Mo Vaughn

Jaime Cerda
Pete Walker

Jay Payton

Tyler Walker

Joe McEwing

Kane Davis

Armando Benitez

John Thomson

Mark Guthrie

Shawn Estes
Pedro Feliciano

2001 / 2003 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers