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2004 New York Mets season


FieldValue
nameNew York Mets
season2004
imageNew York Mets Insignia.svg
leagueNational League
divisionEast
ballparkShea Stadium
cityNew York
record
divisional_place4th
ownersFred Wilpon
general_managerJim Duquette
managerArt Howe
televisionWPIX
(Tom Seaver, Dave O'Brien)
Fox Sports New York/MSG/MetroTV
(Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Matt Loughlin, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez)
radioWFAN
(Howie Rose, Gary Cohen)
WADO (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)

(Tom Seaver, Dave O'Brien) Fox Sports New York/MSG/MetroTV (Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Matt Loughlin, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez) (Howie Rose, Gary Cohen) WADO (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)

The 2004 New York Mets season was the 43rd regular season for the Mets. They went 71–91 and finished fourth in the National League East, twenty-four games behind the first place Atlanta Braves. The Mets were managed by Art Howe. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

  • October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets.
  • January 16, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
  • January 29, 2004: Shane Spencer signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
  • February 9, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

  • Mike Cameron
  • Ricky Gutiérrez
  • Cliff Floyd
  • Mike Piazza
  • Jason Phillips
  • Karim García
  • Tom Glavine
  • Ty Wigginton
  • Kaz Matsui

Notable transactions

  • April 3, 2004: Kenny Kelly was released by the New York Mets.
  • April 7, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was released by the New York Mets.
  • April 16, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
  • June 17, 2004: Dave Weathers was traded by the New York Mets with Jeremy Griffiths to the Houston Astros for Richard Hidalgo.
  • July 30, 2004: Justin Huber was traded by the New York Mets to the Kansas City Royals for José Bautista.
  • July 30, 2004: Scott Kazmir was traded by the New York Mets with Jose Diaz to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Bartolomé Fortunato and Víctor Zambrano.
  • July 30, 2004: Ty Wigginton, José Bautista and Matt Peterson were traded by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kris Benson and Jeff Keppinger.
  • August 6, 2004: Shane Spencer was released by the New York Mets.

Game log

Green indicates a win, pink indicates a loss, and gray indicates a postponement.

|- bgcolor="#bfb" | 1 || April 6 || @ Braves || 7–2 || Glavine (1–0) || Ortiz (0–1) || — || Turner Field || 49,460 || 1–0 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2 || April 7 || @ Braves || 10–18 || Gryboski (1–0) || Trachsel (0–1) || — || Turner Field || 22,775 || 1–1 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 3 || April 8 || @ Braves || 8–10 || Cunnane (1–0) || Franco (0–1) || Smoltz (1) || Turner Field || 26,585 || 1–2 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 4 || April 9 || @ Expos* || 3–2 (11) || Weathers (1–0) || Ayala (0–2) || Moreno (1) || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 14,739 || 2–2 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 5 || April 10 || @ Expos* || 0–1 || Patterson (1–0) || Seo (0–1) || Biddle (2) || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 11,957 || 2–3 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 6 || April 11 || @ Expos* || 4–1 || Glavine (2–0) || Hernandez (0–1) || Looper (1) || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 10,623 || 3–3 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 7 || April 12 || Braves || 10–6 || Trachsel (1–1) || Hampton (0–1) || Looper (2) || Shea Stadium || 53,666 || 4–3 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 8 || April 14 || Braves || 1–6 || Thomson (1–0) || Yates (0–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 15,894 || 4–4 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 9 || April 15 || Braves || 4–0 || Leiter (1–0) || Ramirez (0–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 33,212 || 5–4 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 10 || April 16 || Pirates || 6–7 || Wells (2–1) || Moreno (0–1) || Mesa (4) || Shea Stadium || 18,554 || 5–5 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 11 || April 17 || Pirates || 1–2 || Meadows (1–0) || Trachsel (1–2) || Mesa (5) || Shea Stadium || 40,172 || 5–6 || L2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 12 || April 18 || Pirates || 1–8 || Benson (2–0) || Seo (0–2) || — || Shea Stadium || 44,345 || 5–7 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 13 || April 19 || Expos || 4–1 || Yates (1–1) || Ohka (0–3) || Looper (3) || Shea Stadium || 14,002 || 6–7 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 14 || April 20 || Expos || 1–2 || Day (1–1) || Weathers (1–1) || Biddle (3) || Shea Stadium || 14,513 || 6–8 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 15 || April 21 || Expos || 1–2 || Hernandez (1–2) || Glavine (2–1) || Biddle (4) || Shea Stadium || 23,565 || 6–9 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 16 || April 22 || Expos || 3–2 || Trachsel (2–2) || Bentz (2–2) || Looper (4) || Shea Stadium || 15,062 || 7–9 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 17 || April 23 || @ Cubs || 1–3 || Maddux (1–2) || Seo (0–3) || Borowski (3) || Wrigley Field || 38,862 || 7–10 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 18 || April 24 || @ Cubs || 0–3 || Wood (3–1) || Yates (1–2) || Hawkins (1) || Wrigley Field || 39,043 || 7–11 || L2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 19 || April 25 || @ Cubs || 1–4 || Clement (3–1) || Leiter (1–1) || Borowski (4) || Wrigley Field || 38,635 || 7–12 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 20 || April 27 || @ Dodgers || 9–5 || Glavine (3–1) || Nomo (3–2) || — || Dodger Stadium || 28,524 || 8–12 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 21 || April 28 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 || Perez (2–1) || Trachsel (2–3) || Gagne (6) || Dodger Stadium || 29,319 || 8–13 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 22 || April 29 || @ Dodgers || 6–1 || Seo (1–3) || Weaver (1–3) || — || Dodger Stadium || 32,067 || 9–13 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 23 || April 30 || @ Padres || 6–7 || Lawrence (3–2) || Yates (1–3) || Otsuka (1) || Petco Park || 41,971 || 9–14 || L1

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Roster

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**Pitchers**

Season standings

National League East

Record vs. opponents

The final Montreal Expos game

Back in 1969, the New York Mets played the Montreal Expos in their first ever game. The game was played in New York. The Montreal Expos final game was played in New York against the Mets as well.

Scorecard

October 3, Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team123456789RHE
Montreal100000000**1****5****2**
**New York**10201301x**8****11****1**
**W**: Tom Glavine (11-14) **L**: John Patterson (4-7) **HRs**: David Wright (14), Todd Zeile (9)
**Attendance**: 33,569 **Time**:3:10

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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CJason Phillips12836279.218734
1BMike Piazza129455121.2662054
2BJosé Reyes5322056.255214
SSKazuo Matsui114460125.272744
3BDavid Wright6926377.2931440
LFCliff Floyd113396103.2601863
CFMike Cameron140493114.2313076
RFRichard Hidalgo8632474.2282152

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Todd Zeile13734881.233935
Ty Wigginton8631289.2851242
Eric Valent13027072.2671334
Karim Garcia6219245.234722
Shane Spencer7418552.281426
Vance Wilson7915743.274421
Danny Garcia5813832.232317
Joe McEwing7513835.254116
Wilson Delgado4213038.292213
Gerald Williams5712930.233411
Jeff Keppinger3311633.28439
Ricky Gutiérrez246311.17505
Víctor Díaz155115.29438
Craig Brazell24349.26513
Jeff Duncan13151.06701
Tom Wilson441.25000
Brian Buchanan230.00000
Joe Hietpas100----00
Esix Snead100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Tom Glavine33212.111143.60109
Steve Trachsel33202.212134.00117
Al Leiter30173.21083.21117
Jae Weong Seo24117.25104.9054
Matt Ginter1569.1134.5438
Kris Benson1168.0444.5051
Aaron Heilman528.0135.4622
Victor Zambrano314.0203.8614
Scott Erickson28.0017.883
James Baldwin26.00215.001

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Tyler Yates2146.2246.3635

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Braden Looper7125292.7060
Mike Stanton832603.1658
Ricky Bottalico603203.3861
John Franco522705.2836
Orber Moreno333113.3829
Dan Wheeler323104.8046
David Weathers325304.2825
Pedro Feliciano221105.4014
Heath Bell170203.3327
Mike DeJean170001.6924
Bartolomé Fortunato151013.8620
José Parra131003.2114
Vic Darensbourg50107.941
Grant Roberts400017.361
Todd Zeile100045.000

Farm system

References

References

  1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scutama01.shtml Marco Scutaro Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
  2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellyke01.shtml Kenny Kelly Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
  3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spencsh01.shtml Shane Spencer Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
  4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bottari01.shtml Ricky Bottalico Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "David Weathers Stats".
  6. "Justin Huber Stats".
  7. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kazmisc01.shtml Scott Kazmir Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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