The 2003 New York Mets season was the 42nd regular season for the Mets. They went 66–95 and finished fifth in the National League East. They were managed by Art Howe. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
2003 New York Mets | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Shea Stadium | |
City | New York | |
Record | 66-95 (.410) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | Fred Wilpon | |
General managers | Steve Phillips, Jim Duquette | |
Managers | Art Howe | |
Television | WPIX (Tom Seaver, Ted Robinson, Ralph Kiner, Dave O'Brien) Fox Sports New York/MSG/MetroTV (Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Howie Rose, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez) | |
Radio | WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ted Robinson) WADO (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa) | |
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Offseason
edit- November 25, 2002: Jorge Velandia was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[1]
- December 5, 2002: Tom Glavine was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[2]
- December 19, 2002: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[3]
- January 11, 2003: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[4]
- February 11, 2003: Jay Bell signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[5]
- February 13, 2003: David Cone signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[6]
Regular season
editAfter their disappointing 2002 season the Mets entered 2003 hoping to contend for a playoff spot. But the season ended up being a massive disappointment as they were defeated by the Cubs at home 15-2 on opening day and finished just 66-95.
Opening Day starters
edit- Roberto Alomar
- Jeromy Burnitz
- Roger Cedeño
- Cliff Floyd
- Tom Glavine
- Mike Piazza
- Rey Sánchez
- Mo Vaughn
- Ty Wigginton[7]
Detailed record
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Season standings
editNational League East
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 55–26 | 46–35 |
Florida Marlins | 91 | 71 | .562 | 10 | 53–28 | 38–43 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 86 | 76 | .531 | 15 | 49–32 | 37–44 |
Montreal Expos | 83 | 79 | .512 | 18 | 52–29 | 31–50 |
New York Mets | 66 | 95 | .410 | 34½ | 34–46 | 32–49 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
Arizona | — | 2–5 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–14 | 3–3 | 11–4 |
Atlanta | 5–2 | — | 4–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 7–2 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 10–5 |
Chicago | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 10–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 9–7 | 2–4 | 10–6 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 10–8 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 8–9 | 9–9 |
Cincinnati | 2–7 | 3–3 | 7–10 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 5–12 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 5–11 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–7 | 7-5 |
Colorado | 9–10 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–6 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
Florida | 5–2 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 1–5 | 2–5 | 7–2 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 9–6 |
Houston | 1–5 | 1–5 | 7–9 | 12–5 | 4–2 | 5-1 | — | 4–2 | 9–8 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 10–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 11–7 |
Los Angeles | 9–10 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 11–7 |
Milwaukee | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–10 | 10–8 | 1–5 | 2–7 | 8–9 | 2–4 | — | 0–6 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 10–7 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–13 | 5–7 |
Montreal | 2–4 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 6-13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | — | 14–5 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 1–5 | 9–9 |
New York | 2–4 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 5–14 | — | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 5–10 |
Philadelphia | 2-4 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 12–7 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–7 |
Pittsburgh | 3–3 | 2–7 | 8–10 | 11–5 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 6–10 | 1–5 | 7–10 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 7–10 | 5–7 |
San Diego | 10–9 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 5–14 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
San Francisco | 14–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–7 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 5–1 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 14–5 | — | 5–1 | 10–8 |
St. Louis | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–8 | 7–9 | 2–4 | 3-3 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 13–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 10–7 | 4–2 | 1–5 | — | 10–8 |
Notable transactions
edit- July 1, 2003: Roberto Alomar was traded by the New York Mets with cash to the Chicago White Sox for Edwin Almonte, Royce Ring, and Andrew Salvo.
- July 16, 2003: Armando Benítez was traded by the New York Mets to the New York Yankees for Ryan Bicondoa, Jason Anderson and Anderson Garcia.
- July 29, 2003: Kenny Kelly was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the New York Mets for Rey Sánchez and cash.[8]
Game log
editRegular season
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March/April: (11–16) Home: 8–7; Away: 3–9
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May: (14–14) Home: 6–5; Away: 8–9
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June: (10–16) Home: 4–9; Away: 6–7
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July: (9–18) Home: 4–12; Away: 5–6
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August: (15–12) Home: 7–5; Away: 8–7
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September: (7–19) Home: 5–8; Away: 2–11
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Roster
editPlayer stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Vance Wilson | 96 | 268 | 65 | .243 | 8 | 39 |
1B | Jason Phillips | 119 | 403 | 120 | .298 | 11 | 58 |
2B | Roberto Alomar | 73 | 263 | 69 | .262 | 2 | 22 |
SS | José Reyes | 69 | 274 | 84 | .307 | 5 | 32 |
3B | Ty Wigginton | 156 | 573 | 146 | .255 | 11 | 71 |
LF | Cliff Floyd | 108 | 365 | 106 | .290 | 18 | 68 |
CF | Jeff Duncan | 56 | 139 | 27 | .194 | 1 | 10 |
RF | Roger Cedeño | 148 | 484 | 129 | .267 | 7 | 37 |
Other batters
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Timo Pérez | 127 | 346 | 93 | .269 | 4 | 42 |
Joe McEwing | 119 | 278 | 67 | .241 | 1 | 16 |
Tony Clark | 125 | 254 | 59 | .232 | 16 | 43 |
Mike Piazza | 68 | 234 | 67 | .286 | 11 | 34 |
Jeromy Burnitz | 65 | 234 | 64 | .274 | 18 | 45 |
Raúl González | 107 | 217 | 50 | .230 | 2 | 21 |
Rey Sánchez | 56 | 174 | 36 | .207 | 0 | 12 |
Jay Bell | 72 | 116 | 21 | .181 | 0 | 3 |
Tsuyoshi Shinjo | 62 | 114 | 22 | .193 | 1 | 7 |
Mo Vaughn | 27 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 3 | 15 |
Marco Scutaro | 48 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 2 | 6 |
Jorge Velandia | 23 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 0 | 8 |
Daniel Garcia | 19 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 2 | 6 |
Prentice Redman | 15 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 1 | 2 |
Matt Watson | 15 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Glavine | 6 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Joe DePastino | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Steve Trachsel | 33 | 204.2 | 16 | 10 | 3.78 | 111 |
Jae Weong Seo | 32 | 188.1 | 9 | 12 | 3.82 | 110 |
Tom Glavine | 32 | 183.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.52 | 82 |
Al Leiter | 30 | 180.2 | 15 | 9 | 3.99 | 139 |
Aaron Heilman | 14 | 65.1 | 2 | 7 | 6.75 | 51 |
Pedro Astacio | 7 | 36.2 | 3 | 2 | 7.36 | 20 |
David Cone | 5 | 18.0 | 1 | 3 | 6.50 | 13 |
Jason Roach | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 12.00 | 2 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jeremy Griffiths | 9 | 41.0 | 1 | 4 | 7.02 | 25 |
Mike Bacsik | 5 | 17.2 | 1 | 2 | 10.19 | 12 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Armando Benítez | 45 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 3.10 | 50 |
David Weathers | 77 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3.08 | 75 |
Mike Stanton | 50 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4.57 | 34 |
John Franco | 38 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.62 | 16 |
Graeme Lloyd | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.31 | 17 |
Dan Wheeler | 35 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.71 | 35 |
Jaime Cerda | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.85 | 19 |
Pedro Feliciano | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.35 | 43 |
Scott Strickland | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 | 16 |
Grant Roberts | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.79 | 10 |
Edwin Almonte | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.12 | 7 |
Orber Moreno | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 5 |
Jason Anderson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 7 |
Pat Strange | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 5 |
Jason Middlebrook | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 3 |
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Lucie[9]
References
edit- ^ "Jorge Velandia Stats".
- ^ "Tom Glavine Stats".
- ^ Mike Stanton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Tsuyoshi Shinjo Stats".
- ^ Jay Bell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ David Cone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "2003 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac".
- ^ Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007