2012 New York Mets season

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2012  New York Mets
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The Mets celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2012.
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Citi Field
City New York, New York
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
Owners Fred Wilpon
General managers Sandy Alderson
Managers Terry Collins
Television SportsNet New York
WPIX (CW affiliate)
(Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Ralph Kiner)
Radio WFAN (English)
New York Mets Radio Network
(Howie Rose, Josh Lewin, Ed Coleman)
WQBU-FM (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Max Perez Jiminez)
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The 2012 New York Mets season was the franchise's 51st season and its fourth in Citi Field. The team celebrated its 50th anniversary, as they became a team in 1962. Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in franchise history on June 1, 2012. The Mets missed the postseason for the sixth straight year.

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Offseason

Shortly after the 2011 season ended, the Mets made changes to their coaching staff, keeping only pitching coach Dan Warthen and hitting coach Dave Hudgens. Third base coach Chip Hale went to the Oakland Athletics to join manager Bob Melvin. [1] General Manager Sandy Alderson said that the "changes were necessary for us to move forward." [2] Former A's manager Bob Geren was named to replace Hale. [3]

The additions were intended to improve the depth of the bullpen, which was sub-par in the 2011 season. [4] They added reliever Ramon Ramírez and center fielder Andrés Torres, in exchange for the starting center fielder Ángel Pagán. They also signed Frank Francisco to be their closer, and added Jon Rauch, who was the tallest current player in the major leagues, to be the set-up man for Francisco.

For 2012, the Mets made several construction changes to Citi Field's dimensions. In center field a new 8 foot wall was built in front of the 16 foot wall, coined by fans as "The Great Wall of Flushing." [5] In right field, a new wall in front of the existing Mo's Zone was also built.

The Mets overhauled their uniforms for 2012. The cream colored pinstriped uniform became the primary home uniform, while the snow white uniforms served as the alternate home uniform. The black drop-shadows were removed from the pinstriped, snow white and road gray jerseys and the black two toned cap was retired. The black jersey and all black cap was worn on a limited basis on the road and was retired at the end of the season. The Mets wore two patches, one commemorating the team's 50th anniversary and another honoring Gary Carter, who died of brain cancer on February 16, 2012. [6]

Regular season

The Mets began their 2012 season with a surprising three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves. The Mets outscored the Braves 12 to 6 in the series. During that series, Frank Francisco became the third player in major league history to record a save in every game of a season-opening series of at least three games, following Derrick Turnbow of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006 and Salomón Torres of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2007. [7]

On June 1, Johan Santana made club history by becoming the first Mets pitcher to throw a no-hitter, in an 8–0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. This was also the first no-hitter to be pitched against a defending World Series champion since a former Met, Nolan Ryan, did it against the Oakland Athletics in their 1990 pennant season while with the Texas Rangers. [8] [9]

On June 27 against the Chicago Cubs, the Mets became the first major league team to hit a home run cycle. Daniel Murphy began with a two-run home run, his run in 352 at-bats, then in the top of the fifth, then Ike Davis hit a three-run home run followed by Murphy's solo home run off of Casey Coleman, who had replaced starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija. In the sixth inning, Scott Hairston, who was typically a utility outfielder throughout the first half of the season, hit the cycle ending grand slam off of Coleman. The Mets won the game, 17–1. [10]

R. A. Dickey won the 2012 Cy Young Award, becoming the first knuckleball pitcher to do so.

Season standings

NL East standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Nationals 9864.605—50‍–‍3148‍–‍33
Atlanta Braves 9468.580448‍–‍3346‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies 8181.5001740‍–‍4141‍–‍40
New York Mets 7488.4572436‍–‍4538‍–‍43
Miami Marlins 6993.4262938‍–‍4331‍–‍50

NL Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Washington Nationals 9864.605
Cincinnati Reds 9765.599
San Francisco Giants 9468.580
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Atlanta Braves 9468.580+6
St. Louis Cardinals 8874.543—
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676.5312
Milwaukee Brewers 8379.5125
Philadelphia Phillies 8181.5007
Arizona Diamondbacks 8181.5007
Pittsburgh Pirates 7983.4889
San Diego Padres 7686.46912
New York Mets 7488.45714
Miami Marlins 6993.42619
Colorado Rockies 6498.39524
Chicago Cubs 61101.37727
Houston Astros 55107.34033

Record vs. opponents

2012 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLHOULADMIAMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona –2–55–42–59–76–012–65–33–33–42–43–47–119–91–52–49–6
Atlanta 5–2–3–41–56–14–23–314–43–312–612–63–24–33–45–18–108–10
Chicago 4–54–3–4–122–48–52–42–44–134–22–48–83–31–67–101–65–10
Cincinnati 5–25–112–4–5–110–52–43–39–66–23–411–76–24–36–72–57–8
Colorado 7–91–64–21–5–5–28–103–45–15–22–72–48–104–142–54–32–13
Houston 0–62–45–85–102–5–2–42–48–94–23–35–123–51–84–111–76–9
Los Angeles 6–123–34–24–210–84–2–4–21–64–35–26–111–78-106–54–26–9
Miami 3–54–144–23–34–34–22–4–4–44–128–101–45–15–22–59–95–13
Milwaukee 3–33–313–46–91–59–86–14–4–3–22–511–43–42–46–93–56–9
New York 4–36–122–42–62–52–43–412–42–3–10–85–24–34–44–34–148–7
Philadelphia 4–26–124–24–37–23–32–510–85–28–10–3–44–32–45–29-95–10
Pittsburgh 4–32–38–87–114–212–51–64–14–112–54–3–1–53–38–73–210–8
San Diego 11–73–43–32–610–85–37–111–54–33–43–45–1–6–123–32–38–7
San Francisco 9–94–36–13–414–48–110–82–54–24–44–23–312–6–3–31–57–8
St. Louis 5–11–510–77–65–211–45–65–29–63–43–47–83–33–3–3–48–7
Washington 4–210–86–15–23–47–12–49–95–314–49-92–33–25-14-3–10–8

Game log

Legend
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 Mets loss
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2012 Game Log
April (13–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
1April 5 Braves 1–0 Ramírez (1–0) Hanson (0–1) Francisco (1)42,0801–0 W1
2April 7 Braves 4–2 Dickey (1–0) Jurrjens (0–1) Francisco (2)39,5262–0 W2
3April 8 Braves 7–5 Niese (1–0) Minor (0–1) Francisco (3)27,8553–0 W3
4April 9 Nationals 4–3 Rauch (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1)23,9704–0 W4
5April 10 Nationals 2–6 Detwiler (1–0) Gee (0–1)26,9274–1 L1
6April 11 Nationals 0–4 Strasburg (1–0) Santana (0–1)34,6144–2 L2
7April 13@ Phillies 5–2 Dickey (2–0) Lee (0–1)45,4295–2 W1
8April 14@ Phillies 5–0 Niese (2–0) Worley (0–1)45,7506–2 W2
9April 15@ Phillies 2–8 Hamels (1–1) Ramírez (1–1)45,8296–3 L1
10April 16@ Braves 6–1 Gee (1–1) Hanson (1–2)16,1617–3 W1
11April 17@ Braves 3–9 Delgado (2–0) Santana (0–2)18,7327–4 L1
12April 18@ Braves 6–14 Martínez (1–0) Dickey (2–1)17,9097–5 L2
13April 20 Giants 3–4 (10) Romo (1–0) Francisco (0–1) Hensley (1)30,5447–6 L3
14April 21 Giants 5–4 Rauch (2–0) Hensley (1–1)33,8448–6 W1
–April 22 Giants Game Postponed (rain) (to be made up as a doubleheader on 4/23)
15April 23 Giants 1–6 Lincecum (1–2) Batista (0–1)8–7 L1
16April 23 Giants 2–7 Bumgarner (3–1) Gee (1–2)23,8668–8 L2
17April 24 Marlins 2–1 Rauch (3–0) Mujica (0–2) Francisco (4)20,1929–8 W1
18April 25 Marlins 5–1 Dickey (3–1) Buehrle (1–3)20,62310–8 W2
19April 26 Marlins 3–2 Ramírez (2–1) Bell (0–3)20,66011–8 W3
20April 27@ Rockies 9–18 Reynolds (3–0) Acosta (0–1)35,10311–9 L1
21April 28@ Rockies 7–5 Gee (2–2) Moscoso (0–1) Francisco (5)38,79812–9 W1
22April 29@ Rockies 6–5 (11) Francisco (1–1) Belisle (1–2) Ramírez (1)36,69013–9 W2
23April 30@ Astros 3–4 Rodriguez (1–3) Acosta (0–2) Myers (5)17,53613–10 L1
May (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
24May 1@ Astros 3–6 Happ (2–1) Niese (2–1) Myers (6)17,95813–11 L2
25May 2@ Astros 1–8 Rodríguez (3–2) Schwinden (0–1)19,44213–12 L3
26May 4 Diamondbacks 4–5 Ziegler (1–1) Rauch (3–1) Putz (6)26,99513–13 L4
27May 5 Diamondbacks 4–3 Santana (1–2) Corbin (1–1) Francisco (6)30,25314–13 W1
28May 6 Diamondbacks 3–1 Dickey (4–1) Cahill (2–3) Francisco (7)29,10715–13 W2
29May 7@ Phillies 5–2 Byrdak (1–0) Papelbon (0–1) Francisco (8)44,36516–13 W3
30May 8@ Phillies 7–4 Acosta (1–2) Qualls (1–1) Rauch (1)43,82117–13 W4
31May 9@ Phillies 10–6 Byrdak (2–0) Kendrick (0–3)43,84018–13 W5
32May 11@ Marlins 5–6 Bell (1–3) Francisco (1–2)31,00718–14 L1
33May 12@ Marlins 9–3 Dickey (5–1) Nolasco (4–1)32,12819–14 W1
34May 13@ Marlins 4–8 Bell (2–3) Francisco (1–3)26,40119–15 L1
35May 14 Brewers 3–1 Batista (1–1) Gallardo (2–4) Francisco (9)20,06120–15 W1
36May 15 Brewers 0–8 Greinke (4–1) Gee (2–3)22,26820–16 L1
37May 16 Reds 3–6 Arredondo (3–1) Rauch (3–2) Marshall (7)22,65920–17 L2
38May 17 Reds 9–4 Parnell (1–0) Ondrusek (3–1)29,94321–17 W1
39May 18@ Blue Jays 5–14 Romero (5–1) Niese (2–2)26,71221–18 L1
40May 19@ Blue Jays 0–2 Morrow (5–2) Hefner (0–1)34,96221–19 L2
41May 20@ Blue Jays 6–5 Gee (3–3) Álvarez (3–4) Francisco (10)41,86722–19 W1
42May 21@ Pirates 4–5 Hughes (1–0) Rauch (3–3) Hanrahan (10)14,55622–20 L1
43May 22@ Pirates 3–2 Dickey (6–1) Cruz (1–1) Francisco (11)15,79423–20 W1
44May 23@ Pirates 3–1 Niese (3–2) Morton (2–5) Francisco (12)25,73124–20 W2
45May 24 Padres 5–11 Stults (1–0) Hefner (0–2)24,10924–21 L1
46May 25 Padres 6–1 Gee (4–3) Bass (2–5)24,49825–21 W1
47May 26 Padres 9–0 Santana (2–2) Richard (2–6)28,74526–21 W2
48May 27 Padres 2–0 Dickey (7–1) Vólquez (2–5) Francisco (13)28,36127–21 W3
49May 28 Phillies 4–8 Hamels (8–1) Parnell (1–1)32,12227–22 L1
50May 29 Phillies 6–3 Hefner (1–2) Blanton (4–5) Francisco (14)25,48728–22 W1
51May 30 Phillies 6–10 Bastardo (2–1) Rauch (3–4)30,06428–23 L1
June (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
52June 1 Cardinals 8–0 Santana (3–2) Wainwright (4–6)27,06929–23 W1
53June 2 Cardinals 5–0 Dickey (8–1) Lynn (8–2)27,91430–23 W2
54June 3 Cardinals 6–1 Niese (4–2) Westbrook (4–5)23,55931–23 W3
55June 4 Cardinals 4–5 Rzepczynski (1–3) Rauch (3–5) Motte (9)25,83031–24 L1
56June 5@ Nationals 6–7 (12) Detwiler (4–3) Ramírez (0–1)26,25631–25 L2
57June 6@ Nationals 3–5 Jackson (2–3) Hefner (1–3) Clippard (5)27,33531–26 L3
58June 7@ Nationals 3–1 Dickey (9–1) Wang (1–2) Francisco (15)32,09632–26 W1
59June 8@ Yankees 1–9 Kuroda (5–6) Santana (3–3)48,56632–27 L1
60June 9@ Yankees 2–4 Hughes (6–5) Gee (4–4) Soriano (9)48,57532–28 L2
61June 10@ Yankees 4–5 Logan (1–0) Rauch (3–6)49,01032–29 L3
62June 12@ Rays 11–2 Young (1–0) Cobb (2–3)17,33433–29 W1
63June 13@ Rays 9–1 Dickey (10–1) Price (8–4)18,49634–29 W2
64June 14@ Rays 9–6 Santana (4–3) Hellickson (4–3) Francisco (16)21,94735–29 W3
65June 15 Reds 3–7 Arroyo (3–4) Gee (4–5)34,71635–30 L1
66June 16 Reds 1–4 Bailey (5–4) Niese (4–3) Chapman (8)27,98835–31 L2
67June 17 Reds 1–3 Cueto (8–3) Young (1–1) Marshall (9)40,13435–32 L3
68June 18 Orioles 5–0 Dickey (11–1) Arrieta (3–9)29,01436–32 W1
69June 19 Orioles 5–0 Santana (5–3) Hunter (3–4)32,58737–32 W2
70June 20 Orioles 4–3 Gee (5–5) Matusz (5–8) Francisco (17)29,85538–32 W3
71June 22 Yankees 6–4 Niese (5–3) Pettitte (3–3) Francisco (18)40,19139–32 W4
72June 23 Yankees 3–4 Rapada (2–0) Rauch (3–7) Soriano (14)42,12239–33 L1
73June 24 Yankees 5–6 Logan (2–0) Batista (1–2) Soriano (15)42,36439–34 L2
74June 25@ Cubs 1–6 Wood (2–3) Santana (5–4)34,09239–35 L3
75June 26@ Cubs 3–5 Maine (1–1) Gee (5–6) Mármol (5)34,06439–36 L4
76June 27@ Cubs 17–1 Niese (6–3) Samardzija (5–7)35,83740–36 W1
77June 28@ Dodgers 3–2 Young (2–1) Capuano (9–3) Parnell (1)49,00641–36 W2
78June 29@ Dodgers 9–0 Dickey (12–1) Harang (5–5)49,76342–36 W3
79June 30@ Dodgers 5–0 Santana (6–4) Eovaldi (0–5)44,21743–36 W4
July (7–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
80July 1@ Dodgers 3–8 Kershaw (6–4) Gee (5–7)55,35943–37 L1
81July 3 Phillies 11–1 Niese (7–3) Worley (4–5)42,51644–37 W1 [ permanent dead link ]
82July 4 Phillies 2–9 Lee (1–5) Young (2–2)28,68744–38 L1 [ permanent dead link ]
83July 5 Phillies 6–5 Parnell (2–1) Papelbon (2–3)28,40945–38 W1 [ permanent dead link ]
84July 6 Cubs 7–8 Wood (4–3) Santana (6–5)27,95645–39 L1
85July 7 Cubs 3–1 Gee (6–7) Samardzija (6–8) Parnell (2)26,09646–39 W1
86July 8 Cubs 0–7 Dempster (4–3) Niese (7–4)25,92046–40 L1
–July 10 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Kansas City, Missouri
87July 13@ Braves 5–7 Martínez (4–1) Young (2–3) Kimbrel (26)37,02046–41 L2
88July 14@ Braves 7–8 Varvaro (1–0) Parnell (2–2) Kimbrel (27)32,56546–42 L3
89July 15@ Braves 1–6 Sheets (1–0) Santana (6–6)23,38246–43 L4
90July 17@ Nationals 4–5 (10) Mattheus (3–1) Byrdak (2–1)26,34246–44 L5
91July 18@ Nationals 3–4 Zimmermann (7–6) Young (2–4) Clippard (15)31,66046–45 L6
92July 19@ Nationals 9–5 Dickey (13–1) Gonzalez (12–5)36,38947–45 W1
93July 20 Dodgers 6–7 Harang (7–5) Santana (6–7) Jansen (17)30,80647–46 L1
94July 21 Dodgers 5–8 Capuano (10–5) Batista (1–3) Jansen (18)33,50347–47 L2
95July 22 Dodgers 3–8 (12) Wall (1–0) Ramírez (2–2)31,18447–48 L3
96July 23 Nationals 2–8 (10) Gorzelanny (3–2) Byrdak (2–2)26,73547–49 L4
97July 24 Nationals 2–5 Gonzalez (13–5) Dickey (13–2) Clippard (17)36,23647–50 L5
98July 25 Nationals 2–5 Strasburg (11–4) Hefner (1–4) Clippard (18)35,51747–51 L6
99July 26@ Diamondbacks 3–1 Harvey (1–0) Miley (11–6) Parnell (3)22,01048–51 W1
100July 27@ Diamondbacks 5–11 Collmenter (3–2) Niese (7–5)23,15048–52 L1
101July 28@ Diamondbacks 3–6 Kennedy (9–8) Young (2–5) Putz (19)33,75948–53 L2
102July 29@ Diamondbacks 5–1 Dickey (14–2) Saunders (5–7)32,13449–53 W1
103July 30@ Giants 8–7 (10) Edgin (1–0) Casilla (4–5) Acosta (1)41,30050–53 W2
104July 31@ Giants 1–4 Lincecum (5–11) Harvey (1–1) Affeldt (2)41,77450–54 L1
August (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordReport
105August 1@ Giants 2–1 Niese (8–5) Cain (10–4) Parnell (4)42,18851–54 W1
106August 2@ Giants 9–1 Young (3–5) Zito (8–8)41,84352–54 W2
107August 3@ Padres 1–3 Richard (8–11) Dickey (14–3) Street (18)34,57352–55 L1
108August 4@ Padres 6–2 Hefner (2–4) Vólquez (7–8) Francisco (19)36,82653–55 W1
109August 5@ Padres 3–7 Marquis (7–10) Harvey (1–2)24,63553–56 L1
110August 7 Marlins 2–4 Zambrano (7–9) Niese (8–6) Cishek (7)28,96853–57 L2
111August 8 Marlins 0–13 Eovaldi (3–7) Young (3–6)26,19353–58 L3
112August 9 Marlins 6–1 Dickey (15–3) Johnson (7–8)28,98554–58 W1
113August 10 Braves 0–4 Maholm (10–7) Harvey (1–3)25,10154–59 L1
114August 11 Braves 3–9 Medlen (3–1) Santana (6–8)30,38854–60 L2
115August 12 Braves 6–5 Niese (9–6) Sheets (4–2) Rauch (2)24,89155–60 W1
116August 14@ Reds 0–3 Arredondo (5–2) Acosta (1–3)26,11355–61 L1
117August 15@ Reds 1–6 Leake (5–7) Dickey (15–4)26,08255–62 L2
118August 16@ Reds 8–4 Harvey (2–3) Bailey (10–8) Rauch (3)23,13756–62 W1
119August 17@ Nationals 4–6 Detwiler (7–5) Santana (6–9) Clippard (26)34,82756–63 L1
120August 18@ Nationals 2–0 Niese (10–6) Jackson (7–8) Francisco (20)42,66257–63 W1
121August 19@ Nationals 2–5 Gonzalez (16–6) Hefner (2–5) Clippard (27)33,76457–64 L1
122August 20 Rockies 1–3 Brothers (7–2) Edgin (1–1) Betancourt (24)23,83357–65 L2
123August 21 Rockies 2–6 Chacín (1–3) Young (3–7)27,63357–66 L3
124August 22 Rockies 2–5 Torres (2–1) Ramírez (2–3) Betancourt (25)22,20457–67 L4
125August 23 Rockies 0–1 Brothers (8–2) Parnell (2–3) Belisle (1)22,54457–68 L5
126August 24 Astros 1–3 Lyles (3–10) Niese (10–7) López (2)25,51357–69 L6
127August 25 Astros 3–1 Dickey (16–4) Abad (0–1) Francisco (21)29,90658–69 W1
128August 26 Astros 2–1 Parnell (3–3) López (5–2)25,07159–69 W2
129August 28@ Phillies 9–5 (10) Parnell (4–3) Rosenberg (0–2)41,22760–69 W3
130August 29@ Phillies 3–2 Harvey (3–3) Cloyd (0–1) Francisco (22)42,88261–69 W4
131August 30@ Phillies 2–3 Kendrick (8–9) Niese (10–8) Papelbon (30)43,14161–70 L1
132August 31@ Marlins 3–0 Dickey (17–4) Eovaldi (4–10)23,09962–70 W1
September (11–16)
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133September 1@ Marlins 5–3 Ramírez (3–3) Cishek (4–2) Francisco (23)26,40263–70 W2
134September 2@ Marlins 5–1 Young (4–7) Buehrle (12–12)25,33364–70 W3
135September 3@ Cardinals 4–5 Kelly (5–6) McHugh (0–1) Motte (33)40,95264–71 L1
136September 4@ Cardinals 1–5 García (4–6) Harvey (3–4)34,10864–72 L2
137September 5@ Cardinals 6–2 Dickey (18–4) Wainwright (13–12)30,09065–72 W1
138September 7 Braves 0–3 Maholm (12–9) Niese (10–9) Kimbrel (35)24,07165–73 L1
139September 8 Braves 3–11 Medlen (8–1) Hefner (2–6)25,60365–74 L2
140September 9 Braves 2–3 (10) Kimbrel (1–1) Parnell (4–4) Moylan (1)23,16165–75 L3
141September 10 Nationals 1–5 Gonzalez (19–7) McHugh (0–2)21,92365–76 L4
142September 11 Nationals 3–5 Gorzelanny (4–2) Dickey (18–5) Clippard (31)22,59665–77 L5
143September 12 Nationals 0–2 Lannan (3–0) Harvey (3–5) Storen (2)21,20565–78 L6
144September 14@ Brewers 7–3 Niese (11–9) Fiers (9–8)38,21666–78 W1
145September 15@ Brewers 6–9 Kintzler (2–0) Mejía (0–1)38,10866–79 L1
146September 16@ Brewers 0–3 Peralta (2–0) Young (4–8) Axford (29)38,67766–80 L2
147September 17 Phillies 1–3 Lee (6–7) Dickey (18–6) Papelbon (35)20,52766–81 L3
–September 18 Phillies Postponed (rain) (to be made up on 9/20)
148September 19 Phillies 2–3 Horst (2–0) Edgin (1–2) Papelbon (36)21,74166–82 L4
149September 20 Phillies 1–16 Cloyd (2–1) Hefner (2–7)20,01066–83 L5
150September 21 Marlins 7–3 Niese (12–9) Turner (2–4)25,44667–83 W1
151September 22 Marlins 4–3 Dickey (19–6) Buehrle (13–13) Rauch (4)30,33268–83 W2
152September 23 Marlins 3–2 Parnell (5–4) Webb (4–3)26,92369–83 W3
153September 24 Pirates 6–2 Mejía (1–1) McPherson (0–2)22,07270–83 W4
154September 25 Pirates 6–10 Rodríguez (12–13) McHugh (0–3)25,28670–84 L1
155September 26 Pirates 6–0 Hefner (3–7) Locke (0–3)22,89071–84 W1
156September 27 Pirates 6–5 Dickey (20–6) Correia (11–11) Parnell (5)31,50672–84 W2
157September 28@ Braves 3–1 Niese (13–9) Hudson (16–7) Parnell (6)51,91073–84 W3
158September 29@ Braves 0–2 Minor (11–10) Young (4–9) Kimbrel (41)48,31073–85 L1
159September 30@ Braves 2–6 Medlen (10–1) Mejía (1–2) Kimbrel (42)50,63573–86 L2
October (1–2)
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160October 1@ Marlins 2–3 Bell (4–5) Ramírez (3–4) Cishek (15)24,54373–87 L3
161October 2@ Marlins 3–4 Gaudin (4–2) McHugh (0–4)29,70973–88 L4
162October 3@ Marlins 4–2 Hefner (4–7) Koehler (0–1) Parnell (7)27,41874–88 W1

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Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Base on balls; AVG = Batting average;

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVG
Mike Baxter 891792647142317525.263
Jason Bay 70194213220820519.165
Ronny Cedeño 781661843111422017.259
Ike Davis 156519661182603290061.227
Lucas Duda 12140143961501557151.239
Scott Hairston 13437752992532057819.263
Rob Johnson 1752313200404.250
Fred Lewis 182023000004.150
Zach Lutz 71111000000.091
Daniel Murphy 156571621664036651036.291
Mike Nickeas 471098193011308.174
Kirk Nieuwenhuis 912824071121728425.252
Omar Quintanilla 29701318501408.257
Vinny Rottino 183386102536.182
Josh Satin 1100000000.000
Kelly Shoppach 28797162031005.203
Ruben Tejada 11446453134260125427.289
Josh Thole 1043212475150121027.234
Andrés Torres 13237447861773351352.230
Justin Turner 94171204613121919.269
Jordany Valdespin 941912846918261010.241
David Wright 1565819117841221931581.306
Pitcher Totals16228417447011409.155
Team Totals162545065013572862113962579503.249

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average;

PlayerGGSWLSVIPHRERBBKERA
Manny Acosta 45013147.148383425466.46
Miguel Batista 30513046.253282531944.82
Pedro Beato 700004.15552510.38
Tim Byrdak 56022030.218161518344.40
D.J. Carrasco 400003.2633037.36
Robert Carson 17000013.11377454.73
R.A. Dickey 34332060233.21927871542302.73
Josh Edgin 34012025.219141310304.56
Jack Egbert 100000.2000000.00
Jeurys Familia 8100012.110889105.84
Frank Francisco 480132342.147272621474.13
Dillon Gee 1717670109.2108565029974.10
Justin Hampson 13000010.0642541.80
Matt Harvey 101035059.142191826702.73
Jeremy Hefner 261347093.2110555318625.09
Rob Johnson 100001.0000010.00
Collin McHugh 8404021.12721188177.59
Jenrry Mejía 5312016.0201010985.63
Jon Niese 30301390190.11747772491553.40
Garrett Olson 100000.134410108.00
Bobby Parnell 74054768.265241920612.49
Mike Pelfrey 3300019.224554132.29
Elvin Ramírez 20001021.124131320225.48
Ramón Ramírez 58034163.258333035524.24
Jon Rauch 73037457.245282312423.59
Johan Santana 2121690117.01176563391114.85
Chris Schwinden 320108.21513123112.46
Chris Young 2020490115.0119585336804.15
Team Totals1621627488361434.0136870965148812404.09

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Wally Backman
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Pedro López
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Ryan Ellis
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Luis Rojas
A-Short Season Brooklyn Cyclones New York–Penn League Rich Donnelly
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League José Leger

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