2008 New York Mets

89-73 • .549 Win% • 2nd in NL E

The 2008 New York Mets went 89-73 (.549) finishing 2nd in the NL E division. The club scored 799 runs, allowed 715, and played home games at Shea Stadium. Team leaders included Carlos Delgado (38 HR, 115 RBI) and Johan Santana (16-7, 2.53 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

89 Wins
73 Losses
.549 Win %
2nd Rank
799 R 715 RA
Diff +84

📁 Franchise Info

New York Mets Active
→

⚡ Quick Stats

799 Runs Scored
715 Runs Allowed
+84 Run Diff
4,042K Attendance

📈 vs. 2008 NL Average

Batting Avg .265 2% above the 2008 league average (.260)
OBP .340 3% above the 2008 league average (.330)
SLG .420 2% above the 2008 league average (.412)
Team ERA 4.07 5% better than the 2008 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 799 9% above the 2008 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

🏟️
StadiumShea Stadium
📅
Home Games 81
👥
Total Attendance 4,042,047
📊
Avg per Game 49,901

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2008

Batting Avg

1 Daniel Murphy 0.313 2 David Wright 0.302 3 Fernando Tatis 0.297 4 Jose Reyes 0.297 5 Carlos Beltran 0.284

Home Runs

1 Carlos Delgado 38 2 David Wright 33 3 Carlos Beltran 27 4 Jose Reyes 16 5 Ryan Church 12

RBI

1 David Wright 124 2 Carlos Delgado 115 3 Carlos Beltran 112 4 Jose Reyes 68 5 Ryan Church 49
2008 New York Mets — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jose Reyes 159 688 113 204 37 19 16 68 66 82 56 0.297
David Wright 160 626 115 189 42 2 33 124 94 118 15 0.302
Carlos Beltran 161 606 116 172 40 5 27 112 92 96 25 0.284
Carlos Delgado 159 598 96 162 32 1 38 115 72 124 1 0.271
Brian Schneider 110 335 30 86 10 0 9 38 42 53 0 0.257
Ryan Church 90 319 54 88 14 1 12 49 33 83 2 0.276
Damion Easley 113 316 33 85 10 2 6 44 19 38 0 0.269
Luis Castillo 87 298 46 73 7 1 3 28 50 35 17 0.245
Fernando Tatis 92 273 33 81 16 1 11 47 29 59 3 0.297
Endy Chavez 133 270 30 72 10 2 1 12 17 22 6 0.267
Ramon Castro 52 143 15 35 7 0 7 24 13 34 0 0.245
Marlon Anderson 87 138 16 29 6 0 1 10 9 27 2 0.210
Daniel Murphy 49 131 24 41 9 3 2 17 18 28 0 0.313
Argenis Reyes 49 110 13 24 0 0 1 3 4 20 2 0.218
Nick Evans 50 109 18 28 10 0 2 9 7 24 0 0.257
Angel Pagan 31 91 12 25 7 1 0 13 11 18 4 0.275
Johan Santana 34 78 5 11 5 0 0 1 3 24 0 0.141
Mike Pelfrey 32 59 4 5 0 0 0 2 4 18 0 0.085
Oliver Perez 34 56 2 6 1 0 0 3 4 23 1 0.107
Raul Casanova 20 55 5 15 2 0 1 6 6 10 0 0.273
Moises Alou 15 49 4 17 2 0 0 9 2 4 1 0.347
Robinson Cancel 27 49 5 12 2 0 1 5 3 6 1 0.245
John Maine 26 46 3 5 0 0 0 3 6 23 0 0.109
Pedro Martinez 20 39 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 15 0 0.154
Trot Nixon 11 35 2 6 1 0 1 1 6 9 1 0.171
Ramon Martinez 7 16 0 4 3 0 0 3 2 3 0 0.250
Chris Aguila 8 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.167
Nelson Figueroa 16 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.083
Brady Clark 7 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0.250
Claudio Vargas 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Gustavo Molina 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.143
Jonathon Niese 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.167
Andy Phillips 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Tony Armas 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brandon Knight 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Brian Stokes 24 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.667
Abraham Nunez 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aaron Heilman 78 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Schoeneweis 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Smith 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jorge Sosa 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Luis Ayala 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pedro Feliciano 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eddie Kunz 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Muniz 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Parnell 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ricardo Rincon 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Duaner Sanchez 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Wagner 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Wise 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2008

ERA

1 Billy Wagner 2.30 2 Johan Santana 2.53 3 Scott Schoeneweis 3.34 4 Brian Stokes 3.51 5 Joe Smith 3.55

Wins

1 Johan Santana 16 2 Mike Pelfrey 13 3 John Maine 10 4 Oliver Perez 10 5 Joe Smith 6

Strikeouts

1 Johan Santana 206 2 Oliver Perez 180 3 John Maine 122 4 Mike Pelfrey 110 5 Pedro Martinez 87
2008 New York Mets — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johan Santana 16 7 2.53 34 34 0 234.1 206 66 63 206
Mike Pelfrey 13 11 3.72 32 32 0 200.2 209 83 64 110
Oliver Perez 10 7 4.22 34 34 0 194.0 167 91 105 180
John Maine 10 8 4.18 25 25 0 140.0 122 65 67 122
Pedro Martinez 5 6 5.61 20 20 0 109.0 127 68 44 87
Aaron Heilman 3 8 5.21 78 0 3 76.0 75 44 46 80
Joe Smith 6 3 3.55 82 0 0 63.1 51 25 31 52
Duaner Sanchez 5 1 4.32 66 0 0 58.1 54 28 23 44
Scott Schoeneweis 2 6 3.34 73 0 1 56.2 55 21 23 34
Pedro Feliciano 3 4 4.05 86 0 2 53.1 57 24 26 50
Billy Wagner 0 1 2.30 45 0 27 47.0 32 12 10 52
Nelson Figueroa 3 3 4.57 16 6 0 45.1 48 23 26 36
Claudio Vargas 3 2 4.62 11 4 0 37.0 33 19 11 20
Brian Stokes 1 0 3.51 24 1 1 33.1 35 13 8 26
Carlos Muniz 1 1 5.40 18 0 0 23.1 24 14 7 16
Jorge Sosa 4 1 7.06 20 0 0 21.2 30 17 11 12
Luis Ayala 1 2 5.50 19 0 9 18.0 23 11 2 14
Jonathon Niese 1 1 7.07 3 3 0 14.0 20 11 8 11
Brandon Knight 1 0 5.25 4 2 0 12.0 14 7 7 10
Tony Armas 1 0 7.56 3 1 0 8.1 11 7 1 6
Matt Wise 0 1 6.43 8 0 0 7.0 10 5 3 6
Bobby Parnell 0 0 5.40 6 0 0 5.0 3 3 2 3
Ricardo Rincon 0 0 4.50 8 0 0 4.0 4 2 1 3
Eddie Kunz 0 0 13.50 4 0 0 2.2 5 4 1 1

👥 Roster (50)

Chris Aguila Moises Alou Marlon Anderson Tony Armas Luis Ayala Carlos Beltran Robinson Cancel Raul Casanova Luis Castillo Ramon Castro Endy Chavez Ryan Church +38 more

50 players

📂 Quick Links

📅 2008 Season 🏠 All NYN Seasons

⏳ Browse Seasons

The 2008 New York Mets in brief

A 89-73 record (.549) put the 2008 New York Mets 2nd in the NL East. The run column shows 799 for and 715 against. Against a league average of .260, the 2008 New York Mets batted .265. The New York Mets staff finished with a 4.07 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.29. The 799 runs scored compare with a league average of 734 per club, 9% more. Shea Stadium was home in 2008, drawing a total attendance of 4,042,047.

Carlos Delgado led the club in home runs with 38. David Wright led in RBI with 124. The hits leader was Jose Reyes with 204. Johan Santana was the top winner, with 16 victories. Billy Wagner closed out 27 saves. The 2008 roster runs to 50 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2008 New York Mets

What was the 2008 New York Mets record?
The 2008 New York Mets finished 89-73 (.549 win pct).
Who led the 2008 New York Mets in home runs?
Carlos Delgado led the 2008 New York Mets with 38 home runs.
What was the 2008 New York Mets team ERA?
The 2008 New York Mets posted a team ERA of 4.07.
Did the 2008 New York Mets win the World Series?
No. The 2008 New York Mets did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2008 New York Mets play?
The 2008 New York Mets played home games at Shea Stadium.
Who led the 2008 New York Mets in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Carlos Delgado (38 HR, 115 RBI) and Johan Santana (16-7, 2.53 ERA).
All Seasons