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2008 New York Mets

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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89-73, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Willie Randolph (34-35) and Jerry Manuel (55-38)
Scored 799 runs, Allowed 715 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 4,042,045 (1st of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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2007 / 2009 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
Chris Aguila 29 R R 5' 11" 200 Feb 23, 1979 4 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 5 0 -0.2 $
Moises Alou 41 R R 6' 3" 185 Jul 3, 1966 17 15 14 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 13 1 1 0 0.0 $7,500,000
Marlon Anderson 34 L R 5' 10" 190 Jan 6, 1974 11 87 23 87 31 0 0 6 1 0 0 25 0 0 25 1 60 0 0.4 $1,050,000
Tony Armas 30 R R 6' 4" 205 Apr 29, 1978 10 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Luis Ayala 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 12, 1978 5 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Carlos Beltran 31 B R 6' 1" 215 Apr 24, 1977 11 161 159 161 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 158 1 2 0 6.8 $18,622,809
Robinson Cancel 32 R R 6' 0" 240 May 4, 1976 2 27 9 27 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.0 $
Raul Casanova 35 B R 6' 0" 200 Aug 23, 1972 9 20 13 20 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.2 $
Luis Castillo 32 B R 5' 11" 190 Sep 12, 1975 13 87 78 87 81 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.4 $6,250,000
Ramon Castro 32 R R 6' 3" 240 Mar 1, 1976 10 52 40 52 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.4 $1,975,000
Endy Chavez 30 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 7, 1978 8 133 56 133 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 10 60 124 0 19 4 1.1 $1,800,000
Ryan Church 29 L L 6' 1" 190 Oct 14, 1978 5 90 81 90 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 83 0 9 0 1.0 $2,000,000
Brady Clark 35 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 18, 1973 9 7 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 3 0 0.0 $
Carlos Delgado 36 L R 6' 3" 215 Jun 25, 1972 16 159 156 159 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2.6 $16,000,000
Damion Easley 38 R R 5' 11" 155 Nov 11, 1969 17 113 70 113 83 0 0 4 64 1 8 7 0 0 7 1 35 1 -0.6 $950,000
Nick Evans 22 R R 6' 2" 220 Jan 30, 1986 1st 50 26 50 31 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 0 0 28 0 20 2 0.2 $
Pedro Feliciano 31 L L 5' 10" 190 Aug 25, 1976 6 86 0 84 86 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $1,025,000
Nelson Figueroa 34 B R 6' 1" 185 May 18, 1974 6 16 6 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Aaron Heilman 29 R R 6' 5" 230 Nov 12, 1978 6 78 0 75 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $1,200,000
Brandon Knight 32 L R 6' 0" 175 Oct 1, 1975 3 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Eddie Kunz 22 R R 6' 6" 260 Apr 8, 1986 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
John Maine 27 R R 6' 4" 200 May 8, 1981 5 26 25 26 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 $450,000
Pedro Martinez 36 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 25, 1971 17 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $11,813,351
Ramon Martinez 35 R R 6' 1" 170 Oct 10, 1972 11 7 4 7 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Gustavo Molina 26 R R 6' 1" 245 Feb 24, 1982 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Carlos Muniz 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 12, 1981 2 18 0 17 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Daniel Murphy 23 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 1, 1985 1st 49 30 49 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 19 0 1.3 $
Jonathon Niese 21 L L 6' 4" 215 Oct 27, 1986 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Trot Nixon 34 L L 6' 1" 195 Apr 11, 1974 12 11 10 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 11 0 1 0 0.1 $
Abraham Nunez 32 B R 5' 11" 200 Mar 16, 1976 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Angel Pagan 26 B R 6' 2" 200 Jul 2, 1981 3 31 23 31 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 1 24 0 8 0 0.5 $401,500
Bobby Parnell 23 R R 6' 4" 200 Sep 8, 1984 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Pelfrey 24 R R 6' 7" 250 Jan 14, 1984 3 32 32 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $1,987,500
Oliver Perez 26 L L 6' 3" 210 Aug 15, 1981 7 34 34 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $6,500,000
Andy Phillips 31 R R 6' 0" 205 Apr 6, 1977 5 4 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Argenis Reyes 25 B R 5' 10" 180 Sep 25, 1982 1st 49 20 49 27 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 -0.3 $
Jose Reyes 25 B R 6' 1" 200 Jun 11, 1983 6 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 $4,375,000
Ricardo Rincon 38 L L 5' 10" 190 Apr 13, 1970 11 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Duaner Sanchez 28 R R 6' 2" 210 Oct 14, 1979 6 66 0 64 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $850,000
Johan Santana 29 L L 6' 0" 210 Mar 13, 1979 9 34 34 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.4 $16,984,216
Brian Schneider 31 L R 6' 1" 210 Nov 26, 1976 9 110 98 110 109 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1.1 $4,900,000
Scott Schoeneweis 34 L L 6' 0" 186 Oct 2, 1973 10 73 0 71 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $3,600,000
Joe Smith 24 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 22, 1984 2 82 0 80 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $398,000
Jorge Sosa 30 R R 6' 2" 220 Apr 28, 1978 7 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $2,000,000
Brian Stokes 28 R R 6' 1" 210 Sep 7, 1979 3 24 1 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $402,000
Fernando Tatis 33 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 1, 1975 9 92 66 92 79 0 0 6 0 4 0 51 0 39 90 0 20 0 1.7 $
Claudio Vargas 30 R R 6' 4" 235 Jun 19, 1978 6 11 4 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Billy Wagner 36 L L 5' 10" 180 Jul 25, 1971 14 45 0 42 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $10,500,000 All-Star
Matt Wise 32 R R 6' 4" 190 Nov 18, 1975 8 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $1,200,000
David Wright 25 R R 6' 0" 210 Dec 20, 1982 5 160 160 160 159 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.1 $5,250,000 All-Star
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.

Luis Castillo

Damion Easley

Robinson Cancel
Argenis Reyes

David Wright

Nick Evans
Gustavo Molina
Trot Nixon
Abraham Nunez

Jose Reyes

Marlon Anderson

Endy Chavez

Ramon Castro

Billy Wagner

Carlos Beltran

Angel Pagan

Fernando Tatis

Moises Alou

Ryan Church

Carlos Delgado

Ramon Martinez

Brian Schneider

Pedro Feliciano

Nelson Figueroa

Brandon Knight
Daniel Murphy

Chris Aguila
Gustavo Molina
Andy Phillips
Jorge Sosa

Raul Casanova

Carlos Muniz

John Maine

Mike Pelfrey

Joe Smith

Matt Wise

Bobby Parnell
Claudio Vargas

Robinson Cancel

Brian Stokes

Tony Armas
Brady Clark
Brandon Knight
Eddie Kunz

Pedro Martinez

Oliver Perez

Aaron Heilman

Jonathon Niese

Duaner Sanchez

Luis Ayala

Johan Santana

Scott Schoeneweis

Jonathon Niese

Ricardo Rincon

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers