2002 New York Mets

75-86 • .466 Win% • 5th in NL E

The 2002 New York Mets went 75-86 (.466) finishing 5th in the NL E division. The club scored 690 runs, allowed 703, and played home games at Shea Stadium. Team leaders included Mike Piazza (33 HR, 98 RBI) and Al Leiter (13-13, 3.48 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
86 Losses
.466 Win %
5th Rank
690 R 703 RA
Diff -13

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690 Runs Scored
703 Runs Allowed
-13 Run Diff
2,804K Attendance

📈 vs. 2002 NL Average

Batting Avg .256 1% below the 2002 league average (.259)
OBP .322 3% below the 2002 league average (.331)
SLG .395 4% below the 2002 league average (.410)
Team ERA 3.89 5% better than the 2002 league average (4.11)
Runs Scored 690 4% below the 2002 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShea Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,804,838
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Avg per Game 34,627

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2002

Batting Avg

1 Edgardo Alfonzo 0.308 2 Ty Wigginton 0.302 3 Timo Perez 0.295 4 Jay Payton 0.284 5 Mike Piazza 0.280

Home Runs

1 Mike Piazza 33 2 Mo Vaughn 26 3 Jeromy Burnitz 19 4 Edgardo Alfonzo 16 5 Roberto Alomar 11

RBI

1 Mike Piazza 98 2 Mo Vaughn 72 3 Edgardo Alfonzo 56 4 Jeromy Burnitz 54 5 Roberto Alomar 53
2002 New York Mets — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Roberto Alomar 149 590 73 157 24 4 11 53 57 83 16 0.266
Roger Cedeno 149 511 65 133 19 2 7 41 42 92 25 0.260
Edgardo Alfonzo 135 490 78 151 26 0 16 56 62 55 6 0.308
Mo Vaughn 139 487 67 126 18 0 26 72 59 145 0 0.259
Jeromy Burnitz 154 479 65 103 15 0 19 54 58 135 10 0.215
Mike Piazza 135 478 69 134 23 2 33 98 57 82 0 0.280
Rey Ordonez 144 460 53 117 25 2 1 42 24 46 2 0.254
Timo Perez 136 444 52 131 27 6 8 47 23 36 10 0.295
Jay Payton 87 275 33 78 6 3 8 31 21 34 4 0.284
John Valentin 114 208 18 50 15 0 3 30 22 37 0 0.240
Joe McEwing 105 196 22 39 8 1 3 26 9 50 4 0.199
Vance Wilson 74 163 19 40 7 0 5 26 5 32 0 0.245
Ty Wigginton 46 116 18 35 8 0 6 18 8 19 2 0.302
Tony Tarasco 60 96 15 24 5 0 6 15 8 13 2 0.250
Raul Gonzalez 30 81 9 21 2 0 3 11 4 17 2 0.259
Pedro Astacio 31 62 3 10 2 0 0 1 0 31 0 0.161
Al Leiter 33 53 3 8 1 0 0 2 8 28 0 0.151
Mark Johnson 42 51 5 7 4 0 1 4 9 18 0 0.137
Steve Trachsel 31 46 4 5 0 1 0 4 1 19 0 0.109
Jeff D'Amico 29 37 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 22 0 0.108
Marco Scutaro 27 36 2 8 0 1 1 6 0 11 0 0.222
Shawn Estes 24 35 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 14 0 0.086
Jason Phillips 11 19 4 7 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0.368
Mike Bacsik 11 18 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.111
John Thomson 9 18 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.278
Esix Snead 17 13 3 4 0 0 1 3 1 4 4 0.308
Brady Clark 10 12 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.417
Jason Middlebrook 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
McKay Christensen 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.333
Mark Little 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mark Guthrie 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tyler Walker 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jaime Cerda 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Corey 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Satoru Komiyama 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Gary Matthews 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Reed 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Grant Roberts 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
David Weathers 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Armando Benitez 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Chen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kane Davis 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pedro Feliciano 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Jones 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jae Weong Seo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Strange 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Strickland 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2002

ERA

1 Grant Roberts 2.20 2 Armando Benitez 2.27 3 Mark Guthrie 2.44 4 David Weathers 2.91 5 Steve Trachsel 3.37

Wins

1 Al Leiter 13 2 Pedro Astacio 12 3 Steve Trachsel 11 4 Jeff D'Amico 6 5 Scott Strickland 6

Strikeouts

1 Al Leiter 172 2 Pedro Astacio 152 3 Steve Trachsel 105 4 Jeff D'Amico 101 5 Shawn Estes 92
2002 New York Mets — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Al Leiter 13 13 3.48 33 33 0 204.1 194 79 69 172
Pedro Astacio 12 11 4.79 31 31 0 191.2 192 102 63 152
Steve Trachsel 11 11 3.37 30 30 0 173.2 170 65 69 105
Jeff D'Amico 6 10 4.94 29 22 0 145.2 152 80 37 101
Shawn Estes 4 9 4.55 23 23 0 132.2 133 67 66 92
David Weathers 6 3 2.91 71 0 0 77.1 69 25 36 61
Scott Strickland 6 9 3.59 68 0 2 67.2 61 27 33 67
Armando Benitez 1 0 2.27 62 0 33 67.1 46 17 25 79
Mike Bacsik 3 2 4.37 11 9 0 55.2 63 27 19 30
John Thomson 2 6 4.31 9 9 0 54.1 65 26 17 31
Mark Guthrie 5 3 2.44 68 0 1 48.0 35 13 19 44
Grant Roberts 3 1 2.20 34 0 0 45.0 43 11 16 31
Satoru Komiyama 0 3 5.61 25 0 0 43.1 53 27 12 33
Steve Reed 0 1 2.08 24 0 0 26.0 23 6 4 14
Jaime Cerda 0 0 2.45 32 0 0 25.2 22 7 14 21
Bobby Jones 0 0 5.29 12 0 0 17.0 20 10 11 11
Jason Middlebrook 1 0 3.94 3 3 0 16.0 13 7 7 14
Kane Davis 1 1 7.07 16 0 0 14.0 15 11 11 24
Tyler Walker 1 0 5.91 5 1 0 10.2 11 7 5 7
Mark Corey 0 3 4.50 12 0 0 10.0 10 5 8 9
Pat Strange 0 0 1.13 5 0 0 8.0 6 1 1 4
Pedro Feliciano 0 0 7.50 6 0 0 6.0 9 5 1 4
Jae Weong Seo 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1
Pete Walker 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0
Bruce Chen 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0

👥 Roster (48)

Edgardo Alfonzo Roberto Alomar Pedro Astacio Mike Bacsik Armando Benitez Jeromy Burnitz Roger Cedeno Jaime Cerda Bruce Chen McKay Christensen Brady Clark Mark Corey +36 more

48 players

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The 2002 New York Mets in brief

The 2002 New York Mets won 75 games and lost 86, ending up 5th in the NL East. Runs came in at 690 scored against 703 allowed (-13). The team batting average of .256 was 1% below the 2002 league mark of .259. The staff ERA of 3.89 was 5% better than the league average of 4.11. Measured against the 720-run league average, the offense was 4% behind.

Home games were played at Shea Stadium, where 2,804,838 fans came through the gates. Mike Piazza led the club in home runs with 33. Roberto Alomar collected the most hits, 157. The pitching staff's wins leader was Al Leiter (13). Armando Benitez saved 33 games. The 2002 roster runs to 48 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2002 New York Mets

What was the 2002 New York Mets record?
The 2002 New York Mets finished 75-86 (.466 win pct).
Who led the 2002 New York Mets in home runs?
Mike Piazza led the 2002 New York Mets with 33 home runs.
What was the 2002 New York Mets team ERA?
The 2002 New York Mets posted a team ERA of 3.89.
Did the 2002 New York Mets win the World Series?
No. The 2002 New York Mets did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2002 New York Mets play?
The 2002 New York Mets played home games at Shea Stadium.
Who led the 2002 New York Mets in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Mike Piazza (33 HR, 98 RBI) and Al Leiter (13-13, 3.48 ERA).
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