| 2009 New York Mets | ||||
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The first regular season game ever played atCiti Field on April 13, 2009. | ||||
| League | National League | |||
| Division | East | |||
| Ballpark | Citi Field | |||
| City | New York,New York | |||
| Record | 70–92 (.432) | |||
| Divisional place | 4th | |||
| Owners | Fred Wilpon | |||
| General manager | Omar Minaya | |||
| Manager | Jerry Manuel | |||
| Television | SportsNet New York WPIX (CW affiliate) Gary Cohen,Ralph Kiner,Keith Hernandez,Ron Darling,Bob Ojeda | |||
| Radio | WFAN (English) Howie Rose,Wayne Hagin,Ed Coleman | |||
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The2009New York Mets season was the franchise's 48th season and the team's first year atCiti Field, which opened on April 13 against theSan Diego Padres.[1] The Mets finished with a 70–92 record, as the season was plagued by many injuries. This was the Mets' first losing season since2004.
Looking to improve the bullpen after the struggles of the 2008 season, the Mets signed closerFrancisco Rodríguez to a three-year, $37 million contract on December 10, 2008.[2] Immediately after, the team acquired relieverJ. J. Putz from theSeattle Mariners in a three team trade involving the Mariners and theCleveland Indians, giving the Mets a setup man for Rodriguez. New York shipped relieverAaron Heilman, outfielderEndy Chávez, pitcherJason Vargas and three minor leaguers to Seattle for Putz, center fielderJeremy Reed and relieverSean Green, while Mets relieverJoe Smith was acquired by Cleveland.[3]
On December 12, the Mets tradedScott Schoeneweis to theArizona Diamondbacks forConnor Robertson. On January 12, 2009, the Mets signed RHPTim Redding to a one-year contract. The Mets signedAlex Cora to a one-year, $2 million contract. Garcia's contract, which was full of incentives, could have reached $8 million if he reached the major league roster. On April 3, the Mets signed outfielderGary Sheffield after being released by theDetroit Tigers.[4]
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The Mets opened up the season inCincinnati against theCincinnati Reds on April 6. The Mets collected the victory, improving their win–loss record onOpening Day. The first ever home game atCiti Field was on April 13 against theSan Diego Padres, who spoiled the opener with a 6–5 win against the Mets. In that game,Jody Gerut of the Padres became the first player to open a new ballpark with a leadoff home run.
On April 17,Gary Sheffield hit his500th home run against theMilwaukee Brewers. On May 10,José Reyes stole his 300th base against thePittsburgh Pirates. Despite an injury depleted roster, the Mets finished May with a 19–9 record and trailed thePhiladelphia Phillies by a half game for the NL East lead.
After finishing April and May with a combined record of 28–21,[5] injuries hurt the Mets in June and they went 9–18,[5] their worst month since September 2003, but lost only2+1⁄2 games in the standings, as the Phillies were having their own struggles. Injuries continued to hurt them Mets in July, as they went 12–14, quickly falling to 4th place in theNational League East.[5]

On July 10, the Mets sent outfielderRyan Church to theAtlanta Braves for outfielderJeff Francoeur.
However, the Mets did set a team record during the 2009 season. They had a team-record 10 hits in the fourth inning on August 18 against theAtlanta Braves. They scored eight runs in that inning, on their way to a 9–4 victory.[6]
On August 23, the Mets became the first team inNational League history to fall victim to a game-endingunassisted triple play, turned byEric Bruntlett of thePhiladelphia Phillies atCiti Field in the bottom of the 9th inning.[7]
The 2009 Mets season will be remembered as a season marred by injuries. On August 25, it was announced that aceJohan Santana would undergo season-ending elbow surgery on his pitching elbow,[8] and was added to the long list of injured players. Including Santana, the Mets' had 20 players see time on thedisabled list at some point during the 2009 season, includingDavid Wright,John Maine,Jon Niese,Fernando Nieve,J. J. Putz,Billy Wagner,Brian Schneider,Carlos Delgado,Ángel Pagán,Gary Sheffield,Óliver Pérez,Ryan Church,Ramón Martínez,José Reyes,Alex Cora,Carlos Beltrán, andFernando Martinez.[9] Mets players spent more than 1,480 days in the DL in 2009, more than any other team in the majors.[5] However, second-half turnarounds of Francoeur andDaniel Murphy helped the Mets finish the season with the best batting average in the National League, tied with theLos Angeles Dodgers.[10]
On August 25, the Mets traded former all-star closerBilly Wagner to theBoston Red Sox for minor league outfielderChris Carter and minor league first baseman Eddie Loria.[11] The Mets finished with a 70–92 record and 4th place in the NL East, missing the playoffs for the third straight year.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Philadelphia Phillies | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 45–36 | 48–33 |
| Florida Marlins | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 43–38 | 44–37 |
| Atlanta Braves | 86 | 76 | .531 | 7 | 40–41 | 46–35 |
| New York Mets | 70 | 92 | .432 | 23 | 41–40 | 29–52 |
| Washington Nationals | 59 | 103 | .364 | 34 | 33–48 | 26–55 |
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| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WAS | AL |
| Arizona | – | 3–4 | 4-2 | 1–5 | 7-11 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 7-11 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 11-7 | 5-13 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 5–10 |
| Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 8-10 | 3-3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 10-8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10-8 | 7–8 |
| Chicago | 2-4 | 2–4 | – | 10-5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–6 | 3–5 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 1–5 | 10-4 | 4–5 | 4-2 | 6-10 | 5–2 | 6–9 |
| Cincinnati | 5-1 | 6-3 | 5-10 | – | 0-7 | 3-3 | 12-4 | 1-5 | 8-7 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 13-5 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 8-8 | 3-4 | 6-9 |
| Colorado | 11-7 | 4-4 | 4-2 | 7-0 | – | 2-4 | 2-5 | 4-14 | 6-0 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 10-8 | 8-10 | 6-1 | 6-0 | 11-4 |
| Florida | 3-5 | 10-8 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 4-2 | – | 4–3 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 11-7 | 9-9 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 12-6 | 10-8 |
| Houston | 4–5 | 3-3 | 6-11 | 4-12 | 5-2 | 3-4 | – | 4–3 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 2-4 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 6-9 |
| Los Angeles | 11-7 | 3-4 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 14-4 | 3-3 | 3-4 | – | 3–3 | 5-1 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 10-8 | 11-7 | 2-5 | 3-2 | 9-9 |
| Milwaukee | 5-2 | 3-3 | 7-10 | 7-8 | 0-6 | 4-3 | 10-5 | 3-3 | – | 3-3 | 4-3 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 9-9 | 5-3 | 5-10 |
| New York | 2-5 | 5-13 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 7-11 | 5-1 | 1-5 | 3-3 | – | 6-12 | 4-3 | 2-5 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 10-8 | 5–10 |
| Philadelphia | 5-1 | 8-10 | 5-1 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 9-9 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 12-6 | – | 4-2 | 5-2 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 15-3 | 6-12 |
| Pittsburgh | 1-6 | 4-3 | 4-10 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 4-2 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 2-4 | – | 3-4 | 2-4 | 5-10 | 5-3 | 8–7 |
| San Diego | 7-11 | 3-3 | 5-4 | 6-1 | 8-10 | 2-4 | 1-6 | 8-10 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 2-5 | 4-3 | – | 10-8 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 5–10 |
| San Francisco | 13-5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 10-8 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 7-11 | 5-4 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 8-10 | – | 4–3 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| St. Louis | 4-2 | 2-4 | 10-6 | 8-8 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 9-9 | 5-4 | 1-4 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 3-4 | – | 6–1 | 9–6 |
| Washington | 5-1 | 8-10 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 0-6 | 6-12 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 8-10 | 3-15 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-6 | – | 7–11 |
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Legend: G = Games played; AB =At-bats; H = Hits; BA =Batting average; OBP =On-base percentage; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; R = Runs scored; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | H | BA | OBP | HR | RBI | R | SB |
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| Marlon Anderson | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Beltrán | 81 | 308 | 100 | .325 | .415 | 10 | 48 | 50 | 11 |
| Ángel Berroa | 14 | 27 | 4 | .148 | .233 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Emil Brown | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robinson Cancel | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Castillo | 142 | 486 | 147 | .302 | .387 | 1 | 40 | 77 | 20 |
| Ramón Castro* | 26 | 79 | 20 | .253 | .322 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan Church* | 67 | 232 | 65 | .280 | .332 | 2 | 22 | 26 | 6 |
| Alex Cora | 82 | 271 | 68 | .251 | .320 | 1 | 18 | 31 | 8 |
| Carlos Delgado | 26 | 94 | 28 | .298 | .393 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 0 |
| Nick Evans | 30 | 65 | 15 | .231 | .275 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Pedro Feliciano | 88 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Figueroa | 16 | 22 | 3 | .136 | .174 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Francoeur* | 75 | 289 | 90 | .311 | .338 | 10 | 41 | 40 | 1 |
| Sean Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson Hernández* | 46 | 135 | 34 | .252 | .315 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| Liván Hernández* | 24 | 40 | 5 | .125 | .146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Maine | 16 | 27 | 4 | .148 | .148 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Martínez | 29 | 91 | 16 | .176 | .242 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Ramón Martínez | 12 | 42 | 7 | .167 | .182 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Misch | 22 | 13 | 0 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Murphy | 155 | 508 | 135 | .266 | .313 | 12 | 63 | 60 | 4 |
| Jon Niese | 5 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Nieve | 8 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ángel Pagán | 88 | 343 | 105 | .306 | .350 | 6 | 32 | 54 | 14 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 31 | 52 | 5 | .096 | .143 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Óliver Pérez | 14 | 22 | 6 | .273 | .304 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Redding | 30 | 29 | 2 | .069 | .069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Reed | 126 | 161 | 39 | .242 | .301 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Argenis Reyes | 9 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| José Reyes | 36 | 147 | 41 | .279 | .355 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 11 |
| Johan Santana | 25 | 42 | 7 | .167 | .255 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Omir Santos | 96 | 281 | 73 | .260 | .296 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 0 |
| Brian Schneider | 59 | 170 | 37 | .218 | .292 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Sheffield | 100 | 268 | 74 | .276 | .372 | 10 | 43 | 44 | 2 |
| Cory Sullivan | 64 | 136 | 34 | .250 | .338 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 7 |
| Ken Takahashi | 28 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Tatís | 125 | 340 | 96 | .282 | .339 | 8 | 48 | 42 | 4 |
| Josh Thole | 17 | 53 | 17 | .321 | .356 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Wilson Valdéz | 41 | 86 | 22 | .256 | .326 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| David Wright | 144 | 535 | 164 | .307 | .390 | 10 | 72 | 88 | 27 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5453 | 1472 | .270 | .335 | 95 | 631 | 671 | 122 |
Legend: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV =Saves; ERA =Earned run average; H = Hits allowed; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks;bold = league leader
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | H | SO | BB |
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| Lance Broadway | 8 | 0 | 142⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 19 | 9 | 6 |
| Elmer Dessens | 28 | 0 | 322⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 | 24 | 14 | 10 |
| Pedro Feliciano | 88 | 0 | 591⁄3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3.03 | 51 | 59 | 18 |
| Nelson Figueroa | 16 | 10 | 701⁄3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4.09 | 80 | 59 | 24 |
| Casey Fossum | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Sean Green | 79 | 0 | 692⁄3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4.52 | 64 | 54 | 36 |
| Liván Hernández | 23 | 23 | 135 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5.47 | 164 | 75 | 51 |
| John Maine | 15 | 15 | 811⁄3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4.43 | 67 | 55 | 38 |
| Pat Misch | 22 | 7 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.12 | 62 | 23 | 19 |
| Jon Niese | 5 | 5 | 252⁄3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.21 | 27 | 23 | 14 |
| Fernando Nieve | 8 | 7 | 362⁄3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.95 | 36 | 23 | 19 |
| Darren O'Day | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Bobby Parnell | 68 | 8 | 881⁄3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5.30 | 101 | 74 | 46 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 31 | 31 | 1841⁄3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 5.03 | 213 | 107 | 66 |
| Óliver Pérez | 14 | 14 | 66 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6.82 | 69 | 62 | 58 |
| J. J. Putz | 29 | 0 | 291⁄3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5.22 | 29 | 19 | 19 |
| Tim Redding | 30 | 17 | 120 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5.10 | 122 | 76 | 50 |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 70 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 3.71 | 51 | 73 | 38 |
| Johan Santana | 25 | 25 | 1662⁄3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3.13 | 156 | 146 | 46 |
| Brian Stokes | 69 | 0 | 701⁄3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.97 | 72 | 45 | 38 |
| Tobi Stoner | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Jon Switzer | 4 | 0 | 31⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Ken Takahashi | 28 | 0 | 271⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.96 | 23 | 23 | 14 |
| Billy Wagner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 162 | 1426 | 70 | 92 | 39 | 4.45 | 1452 | 1031 | 616 |
All stats as of October 4, 2009
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