2007 New York Mets season

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2007  New York Mets
New York Mets Insignia.svg
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Shea Stadium
CityNew York
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Fred Wilpon
General managers Omar Minaya
Managers Willie Randolph
Television SportsNet New York
WPIX (CW 11)
Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Ralph Kiner, Matt Yallof, Lee Mazzilli
Radio WFAN
Howie Rose, Ed Coleman, Tom McCarthy
WADO (Spanish)
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The 2007 New York Mets season was the 46th regular season for the Mets. The Mets were defending their first divisional championship since 1988. While the Atlanta Braves were counted as possible competition, the Philadelphia Phillies were predicted as the front-runners, albeit by their own star shortstop, Jimmy Rollins. [1] Ultimately, Rollins' prediction rang true, as the Phillies won the National League East title on the last day of the regular season. With a seven-game division lead on September 12, the Mets suffered a historic collapse by losing 12 of their last 17 games and missing the postseason.

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2006 Offseason

The Mets' high hopes for the 2006 postseason were thwarted on September 29, 2006, when it was announced that ace Pedro Martínez was done for the remainder of the year due to a left calf muscle strain. [2] Later it was announced that Pedro would have to undergo rotator cuff surgery and would miss a sizable portion of the 2007 season. [3] On October 3, the day before his game 1 NLDS start, it was announced that Orlando Hernández tweaked his right calf muscle while jogging in the outfield at Shea. [4] He wouldn't be able to pitch again until the 2007 season.

Coming into the 2006 offseason, it was clear that the team's biggest need was pitching. Pedro would return, but in what condition? El-Duque was a question mark with his age and veteran Steve Trachsel guaranteed his departure with a Game 3 NLCS meltdown. Omar Minaya, the Mets' General Manager, made it clear that his first order of business concerned their in-house free agents including: Tom Glavine, Orlando Hernández, and Chad Bradford. [5] The Mets also went hard after Japanese SP Daisuke Matsuzaka. On November 14, the Boston Red Sox outbid the Mets $51.1 million to ~$39 million for negotiating rights to Matsuzaka. [6] Also on this day, the Mets tendered contracts to Orlando Hernández and 37-year-old José Valentín. [7] Two days later 37-year-old Damion Easley was acquired as a fourth outfielder and to occasionally spell Valentín at second base. 40-year-old slugger Moisés Alou was signed to replace Cliff Floyd in left field. On December 1, with the hopes of winning his 300th game, Tom Glavine signed a single year contract. The Mets also had their eyes on free agent SP Barry Zito who eventually ended up with the San Francisco Giants after signing the largest contract ever for a pitcher at the time in MLB history. Former All-Star pitcher Chan-ho Park was also signed but lasted only one poor start before being released.

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Scott Schoeneweis

The biggest changes took place in the bullpen. The Mets lost Chad Bradford, Roberto Hernández, and Darren Oliver to free agency. The Mets also initiated a series of questionable moves where young bullpen arms were traded away. Heath Bell and Royce Ring were packaged in a deal to San Diego for outfielder Ben Johnson and reliever Jon Adkins. Hard throwers Henry Owens and Matt Lindstrom were traded to the Florida Marlins for lefties Jason Vargas and Adam Bostick. Serviceable starter Brian Bannister was traded to the Kansas City Royals for the 23-year-old flame thrower Ambiorix Burgos. The worst news came with the loss of pitchers Duaner Sánchez and Juan Padilla. [8] Sánchez, who had recovered from a mid-2006 taxicab accident and signed a new contract, was sidelined after reinjuring his shoulder during Spring training. In addition, newly signed Guillermo Mota was suspended for the first 50 games of the regular season for steroid use. The Mets were forced to rely on mainstays Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, and Pedro Feliciano in addition to new acquisitions: veteran reliever Scott Schoeneweis and veteran starter-turned-reliever Aaron Sele. The remaining spots were populated by rookie Joe Smith and Ambiorix Burgos.

The 2007 Mets began the season much older and untested than the 2006 team. The starting pitching wasn't improved. Old veterans Tom Glavine and Orlando Hernández appeared at the top of the rotation followed by question marks: John Maine and Óliver Pérez. It was unknown how healthy Glavine and Hernandez would be by the end of the season. It was also unknown if Maine and Perez would continue to improve after their postseason successes and if they could handle the load of pitching a full season. The fifth spot was given to rookie Mike Pelfrey. The lineup also aged dramatically with the inclusion of Alou and Easley to a roster already containing Julio Franco, José Valentín, Carlos Delgado, and Paul Lo Duca. The bullpen lost valuable arms in Chad Bradford, Darren Oliver, and Duaner Sánchez. By the time it became apparent that Sanchez and Padilla would be unable to pitch, the Mets had already traded away Heath Bell and Henry Owens. Both had the experience and ability to step in and contribute on a major league level.

Regular season

The season started similarly to 2006 for the Mets as they swept the season-opening series against the defending world champion St. Louis Cardinals and winning their first four games by a combined score of 31–3; in doing so, the Mets joined the 1978 Brewers as the only teams in major league history to win their first four games by a margin of at least 28 runs. Unlike 2006, the Braves stayed close throughout April and even held sole possession of first place at the end of the month. Also unlike 2006, the Mets were led by an unlikely hero, John Maine, who was undefeated and named the National League Pitcher of the Month for April. David Wright hit only .244 with no home runs and six RBI in April but carried over a hitting streak from 2006 that reached a franchise record 26 games. [9]

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Shawn Green

New York followed their strong April with an even stronger May. Jorge Sosa replaced Pelfrey in the starting rotation and compiled a 4–1 record for the month. His 8–1 win on May 16 put the Mets in first place where they remained until the last week of the season. Wright led the offense in May with eight home runs and 22 RBI. The Mets went 19–9 in May and finished the month with a 4+1⁄2-game lead despite starting second baseman José Valentín out for the entire month with an injury and starting outfielders Moisés Alou and Shawn Green missing time as well.

As the calendar turned to June, the Mets began slumping, losing six straight series against teams with winning records, the last four series part of a stretch of 18 straight games against 2006 playoff teams, facing the Tigers, Dodgers, Yankees, Twins, Athletics, and Cardinals, [10] becoming the first team in MLB history to play six consecutive series against six different teams that made the playoffs the previous season. [11] This stretch started poorly for the Mets, as they lost 9 out of 12 to the Tigers, Dodgers, Yankees, and Twins. However, they turned it around and won 5 out of 6 against the Athletics and Cardinals to finish this stretch. The Mets entered the All-Star break with 48 wins and 39 losses, with a slim lead over the second-place Atlanta Braves. The Mets acquired Luis Castillo and Jeff Conine before the playoff roster deadline of September 1 to fill holes that were created due to injuries. On July 12, 2007, Julio Franco was released by the Mets. [12]

Shortstop José Reyes was mentioned at mid-season as a possible MVP. Pedro Martínez notched his 3,000th strikeout. Tom Glavine got his 300th win. The team went into Wrigley Field in August and took two of three from the NL Central's first place Cubs, then beat up on the NL West's first place Diamondbacks a week later. Despite being swept by the second place Phillies in a four-game series in Philadelphia on August 27–30 (during which the Mets saw their six-game lead evaporate to two), the Mets won nine out of their next ten games, and everything was seemingly going the Mets' way. On September 12, the Mets were 21 games over .500 with a record of 83–62. Over the last three weeks of the baseball season, they won only five games.

Pedro Martínez returned to the Mets starting rotation in time for the September playoff deadline. As of September 17, the Mets were in first place in the NL East with an 83–66 record and a 2+1⁄2-game lead over the charging Phillies. They had lost four in a row, including a three-game sweep by the Phillies. Moisés Alou, as of September 17 had a 21-game hitting streak.

Down the stretch, the Mets played poorly including losing five out of six games with the fourth-place Washington Nationals. They lost on September 28 to fall into second place for the first time in over four months but pulled back into a tie with Philadelphia on September 29. On September 30, the Mets faced the Florida Marlins with hopes of winning the NL East or at least forcing a one-game playoff. Tom Glavine surrendered 7 runs in the first inning as the Mets fell 8–1. The Phillies capped their miraculous comeback with a 6–1 victory over the Washington Nationals to win the National League East. The 2007 Mets collapse is one of the worst in baseball history, mirroring "the Phold" of 1964, where the Phillies lost a 6+1⁄2-game lead in the last twelve games. The Mets, who had come back in 1969 against improbable odds to beat out the Cubs, now found themselves on the other side of the equation, coincidentally, against a team in the Phillies that in 1964 had pulled a similar collapse.

The 2007 Mets finished the season with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. They placed second in the National League East, and third in the Wild Card standings.

Season standings

National League East

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 8973.549—47‍–‍3442‍–‍39
New York Mets 8874.543141‍–‍4047‍–‍34
Atlanta Braves 8478.519544‍–‍3740‍–‍41
Washington Nationals 7389.4511640‍–‍4133‍–‍48
Florida Marlins 7191.4381836‍–‍4535‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

2007 National League record

Source:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona —4–24–22–48–106–15–28–102–53–45–15–410–810–84–36–18–7
Atlanta 2–4—5–41–64–210–83–34–35–29–99–95–15–24–33–411–74–11
Chicago 2–44–5—9–95–20–68–72–59–62–53–48–73–55–211–56–18–4
Cincinnati 4–26–19–9—2–44–34–112–48–72–52–49–72–44–36–91–67-11
Colorado 10–82–42–54–2—3–33–412–64–24–24–34–311–810–83–44–310–8
Florida 1–68–106–03–43–3—2–34–32–57–119–93–43–41–62–48–109–9
Houston 2–53–37–811–44–33-2—4–35–132–53–35–104–32–47–92–59–9
Los Angeles 10–83–45–24–26–123–43–4—3–35–54–25–28–1010–83–35–15–10
Milwaukee 5–22–56–97–82–45–213–53–3—2–43–410–62–54–57–84–28–7
New York 4–39–95–25–22–411–75–25–54–2—6–124–22–44–25–29–98–7
Philadelphia 1-59–94–34–23–49–93–32–44–312–6—4–24–34–46–312–68–7
Pittsburgh 4–51–57–87–93–44–310–52–56–102–42–4—1–64–26–124–25–10
San Diego 8–102–55–34–28–114–33–410–85–24–23–46–1—14–43–44–26–9
San Francisco 8–103–42–53–48–106–14–28–105–42–44–42–44–14—4–13–45–10
St. Louis 3–44–35–119–64–34-29–73–38–72–53–612–64–31–4—1–56–9
Washington 1–67–111–66–13–410-85–21–52–49–96–122–42–44–35–1—9–9

Roster

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Game log

2007 Game Log
April (15–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Cardinals 6–1 Glavine (1–0) Carpenter (0–1)45,4291–0
2April 3@ Cardinals 4–1 Hernández (1–0) Wells (0–1) Wagner (1)45,4402–0
3April 4@ Cardinals 10–0 Maine (1–0) Looper (0–1)45,4233–0
4April 6@ Braves 11–1 Pérez (1–0) Redman (0–1)51,0144–0
5April 7@ Braves 5–3 Smoltz (1–0) Glavine (1–1) Wickman (2)43,1564–1
6April 8@ Braves 3–2 Soriano (1–0) Heilman (0–1) Wickman (3)24,8324–2
7April 9 Phillies 11–5 Feliciano (1–0) Geary (0–1)56,2275–2
8April 11 Phillies 5–2 Eaton (1–1) Pérez (1–1) Gordon (1)41,9275–3
9April 12 Phillies 5–3 Glavine (2–1) Moyer (1–1) Wagner (2)33,3556–3
10April 13 Nationals 3–2 Heilman (1–1) Wagner (0–1) Wagner (3)47,3117–3
11April 14 Nationals 6–2 Hill (1–1) Hernández (1–1)53,5607–4
–April 15 Nationals Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 287–4
–April 16@ Phillies Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 297–4
12April 17@ Phillies 8–1 Glavine (3–1) García (0–1)27,0588–4
13April 18@ Marlins 9–2 Maine (2–0) Willis (3–1)17,2199–4
14April 19@ Marlins 11–3 Hernández (2–1) VandenHurk (0–1)11,81510–4
15April 20 Braves 7–3 Hudson (3–0) Pelfrey (0–1)47,54710–5
16April 21 Braves 7–2 Pérez (2–1) James (2–2)55,14311–5
17April 22 Braves 9–6 Yates (1–0) Heilman (1–2) Wickman (6)55,67111–6
18April 23 Rockies 6–1 Maine (3–0) Buchholz (1–1)32,15412–6
19April 24 Rockies 2–1 (12) Smith (1–0) Speier (0–1)38,50013–6
20April 25 Rockies 11–5 Fogg (1–1) Pelfrey (0–2)33,52213–7
21April 27@ Nationals 4–3 Chico (2–2) Pérez (2–2) Cordero (3)21,66213–8
22April 28@ Nationals 6–2 (12) Sele (1–0) Rivera (0–1)29,29214–8
23April 29@ Nationals 1–0 Maine (4–0) Bergmann (0–2) Wagner (4)27,36115–8
24April 30 Marlins 9–6 Olsen (3–1) Park (0–1) Owens (2)39,38315–9
May (19–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1 Marlins 5–2 Nolasco (1–0) Pelfrey (0–3) Owens (3)48,45815–10
26May 2 Marlins 6–3 Pérez (3–2) Sánchez (2–1) Wagner (5)25,23616–10
27May 3@ D-backs 9–4 Heilman (2–2) Valverde (0–2)19,71017–10
28May 4@ D-backs 5–3 Maine (5–0) Johnson (0–2) Wagner (6)26,26818–10
29May 5@ D-backs 6–2 Sosa (1–0) Webb (2–2)30,33919–10
30May 6@ D-backs 3–1 Hernández (3–1) Pelfrey (0–4) Valverde (11)35,36319–11
31May 7@ Giants 9–4 Zito (3–3) Pérez (3–3)37,36519–12
32May 8@ Giants 4–1 Glavine (4–1) Cain (1–3) Wagner (7)39,45520–12
33May 9@ Giants 5–3 Heilman (3–2) Benítez (0–1) Wagner (8)41,83221–12
34May 11 Brewers 5–4 Sosa (2–0) Suppan (5–3) Wagner (9)40,12622–12
35May 12 Brewers 12–3 Sheets (3–2) Pelfrey (0–5)50,19322–13
36May 13 Brewers 9–1 Pérez (4–3) Capuano (5–1)51,42723–13
37May 14 Cubs 5–4 Heilman (4–2) Wuertz (0–2)34,03324–13
38May 15 Cubs 10–1 Zambrano (4–3) Maine (5–1)37,48724–14
39May 16 Cubs 8–1 Sosa (3–0) Hill (4–3)37,48325–14
40May 17 Cubs 6–5 Burgos (1–0) Dempster (1–2)42,66726–14
41May 18 Yankees 3–2 Pérez (5–3) Pettitte (2–3) Wagner (10)56,33727–14
42May 19 Yankees 10–7 Glavine (5–1) Rasner (1–3)56,13728–14
43May 20 Yankees 6–2 Clippard (1–0) Maine (5–2)56,43828–15
44May 22@ Braves 8–1 Davies (2–2) Sosa (3–1)32,58728–16
45May 23@ Braves 3–0 Pérez (6–3) James (4–4) Wagner (11)30,48929–16
46May 24@ Braves 2–1 Smoltz (7–2) Glavine (5–2) Wickman (7)36,66029–17
47May 25@ Marlins 6–2 Heilman (5–2) Pinto (0–2)24,27830–17
48May 26@ Marlins 7–2 Maine (6–2) Obermueller (1–3)34,50531–17
49May 27@ Marlins 6–4 Sosa (4–1) Olsen (4–4) Wagner (12)23,62232–17
50May 29 Giants 5–4 (12) Smith (2–0) Benítez (0–3)47,94033–17
51May 30 Giants 3–0 Zito (5–5) Glavine (5–3) Hennessey (2)41,39533–18
52May 31 Giants 4–2 Hernández (3–1) Cain (2–5) Wagner (13)44,22834–18
June (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1 D-backs 5–1 Webb (5–3) Maine (6–3)40,23034–19
54June 2 D-backs 7–1 Sosa (5–1) Hernández (5–3)45,21935–19
55June 3 D-backs 4–1 Davis (4–6) Pérez (6–4) Valverde (20)53,01235–20
56June 5 Phillies 4–2 (11) Geary (1–1) Felicinano (1–1) Alfonseca (2)43,07835–21
57June 6 Phillies 4–2 Eaton (6–4) Heilman (5–3) Alfonseca (3)42,69635–22
58June 7 Phillies 6–3 (10) Zagurski (1–0) Schoeneweis (0–1) Alfonseca (4)43,39835–23
59June 8@ Tigers 3–0 Sosa (6–1) Durbin (5–2) Wagner (14)42,00736–23
60June 9@ Tigers 8–7 Bonderman (6–0) Pérez (6–5) Jones (16)42,36436–24
61June 10@ Tigers 15–7 Miller (2–0) Glavine (5–4)40,91436–25
62June 11@ Dodgers 5–3 Wolf (8–4) Hernández (3–2) Saito (17)40,46736–26
63June 12@ Dodgers 4–1 Kuo (1–1) Maine (6–4) Saito (18)42,43836–27
64June 13@ Dodgers 9–1 Penny (8–1) Sosa (6–2)46,89436–28
65June 15@ Yankees 2–0 Pérez (7–5) Clemens (1–1) Wagner (15)55,15937–28
66June 16@ Yankees 11–7 Vizcaíno (3–1) Glavine (5–5)55,06437–29
67June 17@ Yankees 8–2 Wang (5–4) Hernández (3–3)55,06037–30
68June 18 Twins 8–1 Maine (7–4) Silva (4–8)37,31938–30
69June 19 Twins 9–0 Santana (7–6) Sosa (6–3)40,93538–31
70June 20 Twins 6–2 Baker (2–2) Pérez (7–6)44,51738–32
71June 22 Athletics 9–1 Glavine (6–5) DiNardo (2–4)43,02939–32
72June 23 Athletics 1–0 Wagner (1–0) Casilla (2–1)52,92040–32
73June 24 Athletics 10–2 Maine (8–4) Kennedy (2–5)50,14341–32
74June 25 Cardinals 2–1 (11) Heilman (6–3) Springer (3–1)40,07542–32
75June 26 Cardinals 5–3 (11) Thompson (6–3) Schoeneweis (0–2) Flores (1)40,05342–33
76June 27 Cardinals 2–0 (6) Glavine (7–5) Reyes (0–10)40,94843–33
–June 28 Cardinals Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 2743–33
77June 29@ Phillies 6–5 Hernández (4–3) Durbin (0–1) Wagner (16)35,84944–33
78June 29@ Phillies 5–2 Maine (9–4) Hamels (9–4)45,16545–33
79June 30@ Phillies 8–3 Sosa (7–3) Happ (0–1) Feliciano (1)45,00346–33
July (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Phillies 5–3 Kendrick (2–0) Pelfrey (0–6) Alfonseca (6)45,28946–34
81July 2@ Rockies 6–2 Hirsh (4–7) Glavine (7–6)27,25246–35
82July 3@ Rockies 11–3 Cook (5–5) Vargas (0–1)48,04046–36
83July 4@ Rockies 17–7 Fogg (4–6) Hernández (4–4)48,12346–37
84July 5@ Astros 6–2 Maine (10–4) Jennings (1–4)35,43047–37
85July 6@ Astros 4–0 Rodríguez (6–7) Pelfrey (0–7)38,81247–38
86July 7@ Astros 5–3 (17) Sele (2–0) Moehler (1–3) Wagner (17)41,59648–38
87July 8@ Astros 8–3 Oswalt (8–5) Williams (0–1)40,70848–39
88July 12 Reds 3–2 Hernández (5–4) Arroyo (3–10) Wagner (18)48,28249–39
89July 13 Reds 8–4 Harang (10–2) Maine (10–5)51,30549–40
90July 14 Reds 2–1 Glavine (8–6) Stanton (1–3) Wagner (19)51,74250–40
91July 15 Reds 5–2 Pérez (8–6) Lohse (5–11) Wagner (20)52,18651–40
92July 16@ Padres 5–1 Wells (5–5) Sosa (7–4)35,80251–41
93July 17@ Padres 7–0 Hernández (6–4) Peavy (9–4)31,66052–41
94July 18@ Padres 5–4 Linebrink (3–2) Smith (2–1) Hoffman (26)32,52452–42
95July 19@ Dodgers 13–9 Sele (3–0) Lowe (8–9)51,65153–42
96July 20@ Dodgers 4–1 Pérez (9–6) Hernández (3–2) Wagner (21)52,10354–42
97July 21@ Dodgers 8–6 Penny (12–1) Sosa (7–5) Broxton (2)49,12454–43
98July 22@ Dodgers 5–4 (10) Feliciano (2–1) Houlton (0–1) Wagner (22)49,09255–43
99July 24 Pirates 8–4 Maine (11–5) Snell (7–8)49,12256–43
100July 25 Pirates 6–3 Glavine (9–6) Gorzelanny (9–6) Wagner (23)44,90657–43
101July 26 Pirates 8–4 Maholm (7–12) Pérez (9–7)52,15057–44
102July 27 Nationals 6–2 Bacsik (4–6) Sosa (7–6)51,17957–45
103July 28 Nationals 3–1 Hernández (7–4) Rivera (4–3) Wagner (24)51,94758–45
104July 28 Nationals 6–5 Rauch (7–2) Feliciano (2–2) Cordero (21)46,26558–46
105July 29 Nationals 5–0 (5) Maine (12–5) Traber (2–2)47,26459–46
106July 31@ Brewers 4–2 (13) Bush (9–8) Sele (3–1)41,79059–47
August (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Brewers 8–5 Pérez (10–7) Vargas (9–3) Wagner (25)42,05860–47
108August 2@ Brewers 12–4 Lawrence (1–0) Capuano (5–8)41,70461–47
109August 3@ Cubs 6–2 Mota (1–0) Dempster (2–4)41,51262–47
110August 4@ Cubs 6–2 Lilly (12–5) Maine (12–6)41,41262–48
111August 5@ Cubs 8–3 Glavine (10–6) Marquis (8–7)41,59963–48
112August 7 Braves 7–3 Carlyle (7–3) Pérez (10–8)52,17763–49
113August 8 Braves 4–3 Heilman (7–3) Soriano (2–3) Wagner (26)51,74964–49
114August 9 Braves 7–6 Hudson (13–5) Maine (12–7) Villarreal (1)52,42564–50
115August 10 Marlins 4–3 Lindstrom (2–3) Wagner (1–1) Gregg (25)48,51664–51
116August 11 Marlins 7–5 Miller (4–0) Heilman (7–4) Gregg (26)50,77364–52
117August 12 Marlins 10–4 Sosa (8–6) Gardner (3–3)51,02365–52
118August 14@ Pirates 5–4 Sosa (9–6) Torres (1–4) Wagner (27)25,27766–52
119August 15@ Pirates 10–8 Maine (13–7) Morris (7–8) Wagner (28)18,24167–52
120August 16@ Pirates 10–7 Marte (1–0) Heilman (7–5) Capps (11)36,44767–53
121August 17@ Nationals 6–2 Glavine (11–6) Chico (5–7)23,63668–53
122August 18@ Nationals 7–4 Pérez (11–8) Lannan (1–2) Wagner (29)35,15769–53
123August 19@ Nationals 8–2 Hernández (8–4) Rauch (8–4)29,09270–53
124August 21 Padres 7–6 Wagner (2–1) Hoffman (2–4)48,59271–53
125August 22 Padres 7–5 Peavy (14–5) Lawrence (1–1) Hoffman (32)50,06071–54
126August 23 Padres 9–8 (10) Hoffman (3–4) Heilman (7–6) Bell (1)50,07871–55
127August 24 Dodgers 5–2 Pérez (12–8) Penny (14–4)53,25072–55
128August 25 Dodgers 4–3 Hernández (9–4) Stults (1–2) Heilman (1)52,65573–55
129August 26 Dodgers 6–2 Wells (6–8) Maine (13–8)49,23473–56
130August 27@ Phillies 9–2 Durbin (6–3) Lawrence (1–2)38,16573–57
131August 28@ Phillies 4–2 (10) Myers (3–5) Mota (1–1)40,50873–58
132August 29@ Phillies 3–2 Moyer (12–10) Pérez (12–9) Myers (13)43,15073–59
133August 30@ Phillies 11–10 Gordon (2–2) Wagner (2–2)42,55273–60
134August 31@ Braves 7–1 Maine (14–8) Hudson (15–7)45,24574–60
September (14–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Braves 5–1 Pelfrey (1–7) James (9–10) Feliciano (2)45,61175–60
136September 2@ Braves 3–2 Glavine (12–6) Smoltz (12–7) Wagner (30)46,24276–60
137September 3@ Reds 10–4 Martínez (1–0) Harang (14–4)29,29077–60
138September 4@ Reds 11–7 Pérez (13–9) Bray (3–2)20,65578–60
139September 5@ Reds 7–0 Shearn (2–0) Maine (14–9)15,70478–61
140September 7 Astros 11–3 Pelfrey (2–7) Rodríguez (8–13)51,11379–61
141September 8 Astros 3–1 Glavine (13–6) Williams (8–14) Wagner (31)53,06180–61
142September 9 Astros 4–1 Martínez (2–0) Oswalt (14–7) Wagner (32)51,84781–61
143September 10 Braves 3–2 Pérez (14–9) Hudson (15–8) Wagner (33)48,55782–61
144September 11 Braves 13–5 Moylan (5–3) Hernández (9–5)48,73282–62
145September 12 Braves 4–3 Mota (2–1) Acosta (0–1) Wagner (34)51,64883–62
146September 14 Phillies 3–2 (10) Gordon (3–2) Heilman (7–7) Myers (16)53,73083–63
147September 15 Phillies 5–3 Alfonseca (5–1) Sosa (9–7) Myers (17)55,47783–64
148September 16 Phillies 10–6 Geary (3–2) Mota (2–2)52,77983–65
149September 17@ Nationals 12–4 Albaladejo (1–0) Sele (3–2)18,67883–66
150September 18@ Nationals 9–8 Colomé (5–1) Maine (14–10) Cordero (35)19,96683–67
151September 19@ Nationals 8–4 Pelfrey (3–7) Chico (5–9)20,55884–67
152September 20@ Marlins 8–7 (10) Tankersley (6–1) Sosa (9–8)15,13284–68
153September 21@ Marlins 9–6 Martínez (3–0) Olsen (9–15) Schoeneweis (1)25,66685–68
154September 22@ Marlins 7–2 Pérez (15–9) Kim (9–8)22,51786–68
155September 23@ Marlins 7–6 (11) Smith (3–1) García (0–1) Schoeneweis (2)17,13087–68
156September 24 Nationals 13–4 Chico (6–9) Pelfrey (3–8)49,16487–69
157September 25 Nationals 10–9 Bergmann (6–5) Glavine (13–7) Rauch (4)49,24487–70
158September 26 Nationals 9–6 Hanrahan (5–3) Smith (3–2) Ayala (1)51,94087–71
159September 27 Cardinals 3–0 Piñeiro (7–5) Martínez (3–1) Isringhausen (31)48,90087–72
160September 28 Marlins 7–4 Kim (10–8) Pérez (15–10) Gregg (32)55,29887–73
161September 29 Marlins 13–0 Maine (15–10) Seddon (0–2)54,67588–73
162September 30 Marlins 8–1 Kensing (3–0) Glavine (13–8)54,45388–74
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  •   Mets loss

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Paul Lo Duca 119445121.272954
1B Carlos Delgado 139538139.2582487
2B Luis Castillo 5019959.296120
SS José Reyes 160681191.2801257
3B David Wright 160604196.32530107
LF Moisés Alou 87328112.3411349
CF Carlos Beltrán 144554153.27633112
RF Shawn Green 130446130.2911046

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Damion Easley 7619354.2801026
Rubén Gotay 9819056.295424
Lastings Milledge 5918450.272729
José Valentín 5116640.241318
Endy Chávez 7115043.287117
Ramón Castro 5214441.2851131
Carlos Gómez 5812529.232212
David Newhan 567415.20316
Marlon Anderson 436922.319325
Julio Franco 405010.20018
Jeff Conine 21418.19505
Mike DiFelice 164010.25005
Ricky Ledée 17368.22216
Ben Johnson 9275.18501
Sandy Alomar Jr. 8223.13600
Anderson Hernández 431.33300
Chip Ambres 331.33301

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Glavine 34200.11384.4589
John Maine 32191.015103.91180
Óliver Pérez 29177.015103.56174
Orlando Hernández 27147.2953.72128
Mike Pelfrey 1572.2385.5745
Brian Lawrence 629.0126.8318
Pedro Martínez 528.0312.5732
Jason Vargas 210.10112.194
Chan Ho Park 14.00115.754

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jorge Sosa 42112.2984.4769
Philip Humber 37.0007.712
Dave Williams 24.10122.852

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Billy Wagner 6622342.6380
Aaron Heilman 817713.0363
Pedro Feliciano 782223.0961
Scott Schoenweis 700225.0341
Joe Smith 543203.4545
Guillermo Mota 522205.7647
Aaron Sele 343205.3729
Ambiorix Burgos 171003.4219
Willie Collazo 60006.350
Carlos Muñiz 20007.712
Lino Urdaneta 20009.000
Jon Adkins 10000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA New Orleans Zephyrs Pacific Coast League Ken Oberkfell
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Mako Oliveras
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Frank Cacciatore
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Tim Teufel
A-Short Season Brooklyn Cyclones New York–Penn League Edgar Alfonzo
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Donovan Mitchell
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Juan López

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References

  1. ↑ Rollins, Phillies confident about chances in '07
  2. ↑ Pedro finished for season Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine from MLB.com.
  3. ↑ Mets' Martinez needs surgery on torn rotator cuff from ESPN.
  4. ↑ Hernandez questionable for Game 1 Archived October 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine from MLB.com.
  5. ↑ Pitching remains Mets' main target Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine from MLB.com.
  6. ↑ Red Sox's winning bid for Matsuzaka: $51.1 million Archived December 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine from ESPN.
  7. ↑ El Duque, Valentin re-sign with Mets Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine from MLB.com.
  8. ↑ Elbow woes shelve Padilla from MLB.com.
  9. ↑ Wright's hitting streak ends at 26 Archived September 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine from MLB.com.
  10. ↑ "New York Mets 2007 Schedule". New York Mets. Archived from the original on January 23, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
  11. ↑ Stated by SportsNet New York announcer Gary Cohen during the June 8 Mets/Tigers game.
  12. ↑ "Julio Franco Stats".

Game Logs

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