2000 New York Mets season


The New York Mets' 2000 season was the 39th regular season for the Mets. They went 94-68 and finished 2nd in the NL East, but earned the NL Wild Card. They made it to the World Series where they were defeated by their crosstown rival the New York Yankees. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

The Mets played in the first game held outside of North America on Opening Day, March 29. The Mets played the Chicago Cubs in front of over 55,000 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The Cubs won the game by a score of 5-3.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

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
CMike Piazza136482156.32438113
1BTodd Zeile153544146.2682279
2BEdgardo Alfonzo150544176.3242594
SSRey Ordóñez4513325.18809
3BRobin Ventura141469109.2322484
LFBenny Agbayani119350101.2891560
CFJay Payton149488142.2911762
RFDerek Bell144546145.2661869

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Relief pitchers

Other pitchers

Playoffs

NLDS

GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord
1October 4New York1San Francisco50-1
2October 5New York5San Francisco41-1
3October 7San Francisco2New York32-1
4October 8San Francisco0New York43-1

NLCS

GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord
1October 11New York6St. Louis21-0
2October 12New York6St. Louis52-0
3October 14St. Louis8New York22-1
4October 15St. Louis6New York103-1
5October 16St. Louis0New York74-1

World series

GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord
1October 21New York Mets3New York Yankees41-0
2October 22New York Mets5New York Yankees62-0
3October 24New York Yankees2New York Mets42-1
4October 25New York Yankees3New York Mets23-1
5October 26New York Yankees4New York Mets24-1

Awards and honors