2005 New York Mets season
The 2005 New York Mets season was the 44th regular season for the Mets. They went 83-79 and finished 3rd in the NL East. They were managed by Willie Randolph. They played home games at Shea Stadium. The 2005 season is also noteworthy for being Mike Piazza's last season as a Met. In the last game of the season, he was given a long standing ovation from the fans at Shea Stadium.
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Mike Piazza's final season with the Mets | |
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Record | 83–79 (.512) |
Divisional place | 4th |
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Owners | Fred Wilpon |
General managers | Omar Minaya |
Managers | Willie Randolph |
Local television | WPIX (Tom Seaver, Dave O'Brien) Fox Sports New York/MSG (Fran Healy, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez) |
Local radio | WFAN (Gary Cohen, Howie Rose, Ed Coleman) WADO (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa) |
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Offseason
- November 30, 2004: Kris Benson was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[1]
Regular season
National League East
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | — | 53–28 | 37–44 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 2 | 46–35 | 42–39 |
Florida Marlins | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 7 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
New York Mets | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 7 | 48–33 | 35–46 |
Washington Nationals | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 9 | 41–40 | 40–41 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ARI | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
Arizona | — | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 7–11 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
Atlanta | 3–3 | — | 6–1 | 7–3 | 2–4 | 10–8 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 7–8 |
Chicago | 2–5 | 1–6 | — | 6–9 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 9–7 | 4–2 | 7–9 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 11–5 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 10–6 | 1–5 | 6–9 |
Cincinnati | 4–2 | 3–7 | 9–6 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–12 | 3–4 | 6–10 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 9–7 | 4–2 | 3–5 | 5–11 | 5–1 | 7-8 |
Colorado | 7–11 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 1–5 | 11–8 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–7 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 6–9 |
Florida | 4–2 | 8–10 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 4–3 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 8–10 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 10–5 |
Houston | 3–3 | 1–5 | 7–9 | 12–4 | 5–1 | 3-4 | — | 4–2 | 10–5 | 5–5 | 6–0 | 9–7 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 5–11 | 5–2 | 7–8 |
Los Angeles | 5–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 2–4 | — | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 11–7 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 5–13 |
Milwaukee | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–7 | 10–6 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 5–10 | 1–5 | — | 3–3 | 4–5 | 9–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–11 | 4–4 | 8–7 |
New York | 6–1 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 10–8 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 11–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 5–10 |
Philadelphia | 4-3 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 7–11 | — | 4–3 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 7–8 |
Pittsburgh | 4–3 | 3–4 | 5–11 | 7–9 | 7–3 | 4–3 | 7–9 | 2–5 | 7–9 | 3–3 | 3–4 | — | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–12 | 1–5 | 5–7 |
San Diego | 9–10 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 7–11 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 4–3 | — | 12–6 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 7–11 |
San Francisco | 11–7 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 11–7 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 6–12 | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–12 |
St. Louis | 5–2 | 3–3 | 6–10 | 11–5 | 4–4 | 4-3 | 11–5 | 5–2 | 11–5 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 12–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | — | 4–2 | 10–5 |
Washington | 4–2 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 9-9 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 8–11 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 12–6 |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player stats
Starters by position
Note: 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 | Mike Piazza | 113 | 398 | 100 | .251 | 19 | 62 |
1B | Doug Mientkiewicz | 87 | 275 | 66 | .240 | 11 | 29 |
2B | Miguel Cairo | 100 | 327 | 82 | .251 | 2 | 19 |
SS | José Reyes | 161 | 696 | 190 | .273 | 7 | 58 |
3B | David Wright | 160 | 575 | 176 | .306 | 27 | 102 |
LF | Cliff Floyd | 150 | 550 | 150 | .273 | 34 | 98 |
CF | Carlos Beltrán | 151 | 582 | 155 | .266 | 16 | 78 |
RF | Víctor Díaz | 89 | 280 | 72 | .257 | 12 | 38 |
Other batters
Note: 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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Mike Cameron | 76 | 308 | 84 | .273 | 12 | 39 |
Kazuo Matsui | 87 | 267 | 68 | .255 | 3 | 24 |
Marlon Anderson | 123 | 235 | 62 | .264 | 7 | 19 |
Ramón Castro | 99 | 209 | 51 | .244 | 8 | 41 |
Chris Woodward | 81 | 173 | 49 | .283 | 3 | 18 |
Mike Jacobs | 30 | 100 | 31 | .310 | 11 | 23 |
José Offerman | 53 | 72 | 18 | .250 | 1 | 10 |
Eric Valent | 28 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 0 | 1 |
Gerald Williams | 39 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 1 | 3 |
Brian Daubach | 15 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 1 | 3 |
Anderson Hernández | 6 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Difelice | 11 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
Starting pitchers
Note: 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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Pedro Martínez | 31 | 217 | 15 | 8 | 2.82 | 208 |
Tom Glavine | 33 | 211+1⁄3 | 13 | 13 | 3.53 | 105 |
Kris Benson | 28 | 174+1⁄3 | 10 | 8 | 4.13 | 95 |
Víctor Zambrano | 31 | 166+1⁄3 | 7 | 12 | 4.17 | 112 |
Kazuhisa Ishii | 19 | 91 | 3 | 9 | 5.14 | 53 |
Jae Weong Seo | 14 | 90+1⁄3 | 8 | 2 | 2.59 | 59 |
Steve Trachsel | 6 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 4.14 | 24 |
Other pitchers
Note: 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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Aaron Heilman | 53 | 108 | 5 | 3 | 3.17 | 106 |
Relief pitchers
Note: 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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Braden Looper | 60 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 3.94 | 27 |
Roberto Hernández | 67 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2.58 | 61 |
Heath Bell | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.59 | 43 |
Dae-Sung Koo | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.91 | 23 |
Mike DeJean | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.31 | 17 |
Juan Padilla | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.49 | 17 |
Manny Aybar | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.04 | 27 |
Danny Graves | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 | 12 |
Royce Ring | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.06 | 8 |
Shingo Takatsu | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 6 |
Mike Matthews | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 |
Tim Hamulack | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 2 |
José Santiago | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 3 |
Félix Heredia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Game log
2005 Game Log (83–79) Home: 48–33; Away: 35–46 | ||||||||||
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April: (11–13)
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May: (15-13)
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June: (13–13)
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July: (14–13)
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August: (16-11)
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September: (13-15)
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October: (1-1)
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Farm system
References
- Kris Benson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007