2001 New York Mets season

The 2001 New York Mets season was the 40th regular season for the Mets. The 2001 Mets entered the season as defending National League champions, aiming to win the National League East from the Braves and return to a second consecutive World Series and win it. They went 82–80 and finished third in the National League East. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

2001 New York Mets
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Shea Stadium
City	New York
Record	82–80 (.506)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Nelson Doubleday Jr., Fred Wilpon
General managers	Steve Phillips
Managers	Bobby Valentine
Television	WPIX (Tom Seaver, Gary Thorne) Fox Sports New York (Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Howie Rose)
Radio	WFAN (Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Ed Coleman) WADO (spanish) (Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
Seasons

The Mets playing against the Cincinnati Reds during an April 2001 away game at Cinergy Field.

Offseason

• December 6, 2000: Turk Wendell was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
• December 11, 2000: Tsuyoshi Shinjo was purchased by the New York Mets from the Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central).
• January 5, 2001: Jorge Velandia was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.

Regular season

The Mets played the first game in New York after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11. The game was played on September 21 and it was a 3–2 victory over the Atlanta Braves, thanks to a go-ahead two-run home run from Mike Piazza in the eighth inning which is still largely relevant.

Opening Day starters

• Edgardo Alfonzo
• Kevin Appier
• Darryl Hamilton
• Rey Ordóñez
• Jay Payton
• Mike Piazza
• Tsuyoshi Shinjo
• Robin Ventura
• Todd Zeile

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	88	74	.543	—	40‍–‍41	48‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	.531	2	47‍–‍34	39‍–‍42
New York Mets	82	80	.506	6	44‍–‍37	38‍–‍43
Florida Marlins	76	86	.469	12	46‍–‍34	30‍–‍52
Montreal Expos	68	94	.420	20	34‍–‍47	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

2001 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	5–2	6–3	5–1	13–6	4–2	2–4	10–9	3–3	3–3	3–3	3–4	4–2	12–7	10–9	2–4	7–8
Atlanta	2–5	—	4–2	4–2	4–2	9–10	3–3	2–5	3–3	13–6	10–9	10–9	5–1	3–3	4–2	3–3	9–9
Chicago	3–6	2–4	—	13–4	3–3	3–3	8–9	4–2	8–9	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–6	2–4	3–3	9–8	9–6
Cincinnati	1–5	2–4	4–13	—	3–6	4–2	6–11	4–2	6–10	4–2	4–2	2–4	9–8	2–4	4–2	7–10	4–11
Colorado	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–3	—	4–2	2–4	8–11	5–1	3–4	4–3	2–4	2–4	9–10	9–10	6–3	2–10
Florida	2–4	10–9	3–3	2–4	2–4	—	3–3	2–5	4–2	12–7	7–12	5–14	4–2	3–4	2–4	3–3	12–6
Houston	4–2	3–3	9–8	11–6	4–2	3–3	—	2–4	12–5	6–0	3–3	3–3	9–8	3–6	3–3	9–7	9–6
Los Angeles	9–10	5–2	2–4	2–4	11–8	5–2	4–2	—	5–1	2–4	2–4	3–3	7–2	9–10	11–8	3–3	6–9
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	9–8	10–6	1–5	2–4	5–12	1–5	—	4–2	3–3	3–3	6–11	1–5	5–4	7–10	5–10
Montreal	3–3	6–13	3–3	2–4	4–3	7–12	0–6	4–2	2–4	—	8–11	9–10	5–1	3–3	2–5	2–4	8–10
New York	3–3	9–10	2–4	2–4	3–4	12–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	11–8	—	11–8	4–2	1–5	3–4	1–5	10–8
Philadelphia	4–3	9–10	2–4	4–2	4–2	14–5	3–3	3–3	3–3	10–9	8–11	—	5–1	5–2	3–3	2–4	7–11
Pittsburgh	2–4	1–5	6–10	8–9	4–2	2–4	8–9	2–7	11–6	1–5	2–4	1–5	—	2–4	1–5	3–14	8–7
San Diego	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	10–9	4–3	6–3	10–9	5–1	3–3	5–1	2–5	4–2	—	5–14	1–5	6–9
San Francisco	9–10	2–4	3–3	2–4	10–9	4–2	3–3	8–11	4–5	5–2	4–3	3–3	5–1	14–5	—	4–2	10–5
St. Louis	4–2	3–3	8–9	10–7	3–6	3–3	7–9	3–3	10–7	4–2	5–1	4–2	14–3	5–1	2–4	—	8–7

Notable transactions

• May 9, 2001: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
• June 5, 2001: David Wright was drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (38th pick) of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 12, 2001.
• July 23, 2001: Todd Pratt was traded by the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gary Bennett.
• July 25, 2001: Doug Linton was purchased by the LG Twins of Korea from the New York Mets.
• July 27, 2001: Turk Wendell was traded by the New York Mets with Dennis Cook to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bruce Chen and Adam Walker (minors).
• July 30, 2001: Rick Reed was traded by the New York Mets to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Lawton.

Game log

2001 Game Log (82–80) Home: 44–37; Away: 38–43
April: (10–15) Home: 5–5; Away: 5–10 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 April 3 @ Braves 6–4 (10) Cook (1–0) Lightenberg (0–1) Benitez (1) Turner Field 42,117 1–0 2 April 4 @ Braves 2–3 Rocker (1–0) Wall (0–1) — Turner Field 27,924 1–1 3 April 5 @ Braves 7–1 Reed (1–0) Perez (0–1) — Turner Field 34,219 2–1 4 April 6 @ Expos 6–10 Thurman (1–0) Rose (0–1) — Olympic Stadium 45,183 2–2 5 April 7 @ Expos 0–10 Vazquez (1–0) Trachsel (0–1) Olympic Stadium 15,317 2–3 6 April 8 @ Expos 2–5 Peters (1–0) Leiter (0–1) Urbina (3) Olympic Stadium 11,321 2–4 7 April 9 Braves 9–4 Appier (1–0) Millwood (0–1) — Shea Stadium 53,640 3–4 8 April 11 Braves 0–2 Maddux (2–0) Reed (1–1) Rocker (2) Shea Stadium 36,048 3–5 9 April 12 Braves 1–0 (10) Benitez (1–0) Lightenberg (0–2) — Shea Stadium 27,694 4–5 10 April 13 Reds 2–3 Fernandez (2–1) Trachsel (0–2) Graves (2) Shea Stadium 38,243 4–6 11 April 14 Reds 0–1 Reitsma (2–0) Leiter (0–2) Graves (3) Shea Stadium 55,067 4–7 12 April 15 Reds 1–3 Brower (1–0) Appier (1–1) Graves (4) Shea Stadium 39,643 4–8 13 April 16 Expos 4–3 Reed (2–1) Thurman (1–2) Benitez (2) Shea Stadium 18,241 5–8 14 April 17 Expos 4–0 Rusch (1–0) Peters (1–1) — Shea Stadium 20,177 6–8 15 April 18 Expos 1–7 Vazquez (2–1) Trachsel (0–3) — Shea Stadium 20,721 6–9 16 April 20 @ Reds 5–9 Fernandez (3–1) Leiter (0–3) Brower (1) Cinergy Field 26,557 6–10 17 April 21 @ Reds 5–2 Appier (2–1) Reitsma (2–1) Benitez (3) Cinergy Field 28,135 7–10 18 April 22 @ Reds 5–1 Reed (3–1) Dessens (1–1) — Cinergy Field 30,682 8–10 19 April 24 @ Brewers 4–6 DeJean (2–0) Wall (0–2) Leskanic (2) Miller Park 27,404 8–11 20 April 25 @ Brewers 2–7 Haynes (2–2) Trachsel (0–4) Weathers (3) Miller Park 30,353 8–12 21 April 26 @ Brewers 8–12 Fox (1–0) Hinchliffe (0–1) — Miller Park 25,233 8–13 22 April 27 @ Cardinals 0–9 Morris (3–2) Appier (2–2) — Busch Stadium 40,674 8–14 23 April 28 @ Cardinals 6–5 (11) Benitez (2–0) James (1–2) — Busch Stadium 43,843 9–14 24 April 29 @ Cardinals 1–12 Kile (4–2) Rusch (1–1) — Busch Stadium 38,401 9–15 25 April 30 Astros 8–2 Trachsel (1–4) Elarton (3–3) — Shea Stadium 19,083 10–15
May: (12–17) Home: 9–9; Away: 3–8 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 26 May 1 Astros 7–5 Martin (1–0) Cruz (0–1) Benitez (4) Shea Stadium 25,619 11–15 27 May 2 Astros 5–6 (10) Wagner (1–1) Benitez (2–1) — Shea Stadium 23,262 11–16 28 May 4 Diamondbacks 4–2 Reed (4–1) Batista (0–1) Franco (1) Shea Stadium 36,945 12–16 29 May 5 Diamondbacks 8–1 Rusch (2–1) Ellis (3–1) — Shea Stadium 35,630 13–16 30 May 6 Diamondbacks 2–8 Schilling (5–0) Trachsel (1–5) — Shea Stadium 37,673 13–17 31 May 7 @ Rockies 10–9 Gonzalez (1–0) Bohanon (1–4) — Coors Field 34,644 14–17 32 May 8 @ Rockies 4–12 Astacio (4–2) Appier (2–3) — Coors Field 36,602 14–18 33 May 9 @ Rockies 0–6 Hampton (5–0) Reed (4–2) — Coors Field 35,952 14–19 34 May 10 @ Rockies 2–8 Chacon (1–1) Rusch (2–2) — Coors Field 40,603 14–20 35 May 11 @ Giants 2–3 (10) Nen (2–0) Wall (0–3) — Pacific Bell Park 41,059 14–21 36 May 12 @ Giants 3–10 Ortiz (6–1) Gonzalez (1–1) — Pacific Bell Park 41,059 14–22 37 May 13 @ Giants 3–6 Zerbe (1–0) Appier (2–4) — Pacific Bell Park 41,059 14–23 38 May 15 Padres 1–0 Reed (5–2) Jones (1–5) Benitez (5) Shea Stadium 21,490 15–23 39 May 16 Padres 2–5 Eaton (5–2) Rusch (2–3) Hoffman (6) Shea Stadium 20,134 15–24 40 May 17 Padres 3–15 Williams (4–3) Trachsel (1–6) — Shea Stadium 18,476 15–25 41 May 18 Dodgers 8–0 Leiter (1–3) Brown (5–2) Wendell (1) Shea Stadium 37,502 16–25 42 May 19 Dodgers 2–10 Prokopec (5–1) Appier (2–5) — Shea Stadium 46,346 16–26 43 May 20 Dodgers 6–5 Benitez (3–1) Adams (2–2) — Shea Stadium 43,404 17–26 44 May 21 @ Expos 6–3 Rusch (3–3) Reames (2–6) Benitez (6) Olympic Stadium 5,449 18–26 45 May 22 @ Expos 0–3 Armas (4–5) Gonzalez (1–2) Urbina (7) Olympic Stadium 4,186 18–27 46 May 23 @ Expos 4–2 Leiter (2–3) Peters (2–4) Benitez (7) Olympic Stadium 5,292 19–27 47 May 24 Marlins 11–3 Appier (3–5) Burnett (2–2) — Shea Stadium 22,877 20–27 48 May 25 Marlins 4–3 (10) Franco (1–0) Miceli (0–3) — Shea Stadium 40,456 21–27 49 May 26 Marlins 3–7 Dempster (4–6) Rusch (3–4) — Shea Stadium 29,839 21–28 50 May 27 Marlins 5–4 Wendell (1–0) Miceli (0–4) Benitez (8) Shea Stadium 41,991 22–28 51 May 28 Phillies 3–5 (10) Mesa (1–0) Benitez (3–2) Cormier (1) Shea Stadium 33,791 22–29 52 May 29 Phillies 3–7 Gomes (4–1) Cook (1–1) — Shea Stadium 26,579 22–30 53 May 30 Phillies 3–6 Padilla (2–1) Franco (1–1) Mesa (15) Shea Stadium 24,077 22–31 54 May 31 @ Marlins 3–5 Dempster (5–6) Wendell (1–1) Alfonseca (11) Pro Player Stadium 13,295 22–32
June: (13–15) Home: 4–6; Away: 9–9 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 55 June 1 @ Marlins 11–5 Gonzalez (2–2) Clement (2–5) — Pro Player Stadium 23,252 23–32 56 June 2 @ Marlins 7–1 Leiter (3–3) Smith (3–1) — Pro Player Stadium 33,061 24–32 57 June 3 @ Marlins 0–1 Alfonseca (3–2) Wendell (1–2) — Pro Player Stadium 22,483 24–33 58 June 5 @ Phillies 9–0 R. Reed (6–2) Person (4–5) — Veterans Stadium 22,060 25–33 59 June 6 @ Phillies 1–6 Telemaco (5–1) Rusch (3–5) — Veterans Stadium 32,703 25–34 60 June 7 @ Phillies 6–5 Franco (2–1) Mesa (1–1) Benitez (9) Veterans Stadium 20,636 26–34 61 June 8 @ Devil Rays 5–7 Rupe (3–5) Trachsel (1–7) Yan (6) Tropicana Field 15,547 26–35 62 June 9 @ Devil Rays 2–5 Sturtze (3–5) Leiter (3–4) Phelps (2) Tropicana Field 19,235 26–36 63 June 10 @ Devil Rays 10–0 Appier (4–5) Lopez (3–8) — Tropicana Field 19,994 27–36 64 June 12 @ Orioles 10–3 R. Reed (7–2) Mercedes (1–8) White (1) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 34,812 28–36 65 June 13 @ Orioles 7–6 (10) Franco (3–1) Groom (1–2) Benitez (10) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 34,881 29–36 66 June 14 @ Orioles 2–5 Towers (4–1) Trachsel (1–8) Groom (3) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 37,853 29–37 67 June 15 Yankees 4–5 Mendoza (4–2) Leiter (3–5) Rivera (20) Shea Stadium 54,110 29–38 68 June 16 Yankees 1–2 Mussina (6–7) Appier (4–6) Rivera (21) Shea Stadium 54,195 29–39 69 June 17 Yankees 8–7 Wendell (2–2) Almanzar (0–1) Benitez (11) Shea Stadium 54,399 30–39 70 June 18 Expos 2–1 Wendell (3–2) Yoshii (2–4) Benitez (12) Shea Stadium 32,569 31–39 71 June 19 Expos 4–1 White (1–0) Mota (1–1) Franco (2) Shea Stadium 27,578 32–39 72 June 20 Expos 4–3 Leiter (4–5) Vazquez (5–9) Benitez (13) Shea Stadium 28,617 33–39 73 June 21 Expos 3–10 Blank (2–2) Appier (4–7) — Shea Stadium 32,668 33–40 74 June 22 Braves 1–10 Perez (5–5) R. Reed (7–3) — Shea Stadium 40,129 33–41 75 June 23 Braves 3–9 (11) S. Reed (2–1) White (1–1) — Shea Stadium 42,736 33–42 76 June 24 Braves 4–8 Marquis (2–1) Trachsel (1–9) — Shea Stadium 47,181 33–43 77 June 25 @ Cubs 1–2 Tavarez (6–4) Leiter (4–6) Gordon (12) Wrigley Field 40,229 33–44 78 June 26 @ Cubs 2–4 Lieber (9–4) Appier (4–8) Gordon (13) Wrigley Field 37,854 33–45 79 June 27 @ Cubs 5–4 White (2–1) Farnsworth (0–3) Benitez (14) Wrigley Field 39,404 34–45 80 June 28 @ Braves 2–6 (10) S. Reed (3–1) Benitez (3–3) — Turner Field 40,055 34–46 81 June 29 @ Braves 3–1 Trachsel (2–9) Marquis (2–2) Benitez (15) Turner Field 48,168 35–46 82 June 30 @ Braves 2–5 Maddux (9–5) Leiter (4–7) Karsay (2) Turner Field 49,568 35–47
July: (14–11) Home: 10–5; Away: 4–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 83 July 1 @ Braves 2–1 Appier (5–8) Burkett (6–6) Benitez (16) Turner Field 37,516 36–47 84 July 3 Cubs 0–3 Wood (8–5) Reed (7–4) Gordon (15) Shea Stadium 52,471 36–48 85 July 4 Cubs 2–1 Rusch (4–5) Tapani (8–6) Benitez (17) Shea Stadium 37,936 37–48 86 July 5 Cubs 4–13 Bere (6–4) Trachsel (2–10) — Shea Stadium 30,737 37–49 87 July 6 @ Yankees 3–8 Pettitte (9–4) Leiter (4–8) Mendoza (3) Yankee Stadium 55,534 37–50 88 July 7 @ Yankees 3–0 (10) Franco (4–1) Rivera (2–4) Benitez (18) Yankee Stadium 55,589 38–50 89 July 8 @ Yankees 1–4 Mendoza (6–2) Wendell (3–3) Rivera (29) Yankee Stadium 55,528 38–51 72nd All-Star Game in Seattle, Washington 90 July 12 Red Sox 4–2 Leiter (5–8) Wakefield (6–3) Benitez (19) Shea Stadium 37,698 39–51 91 July 13 Red Sox 1–3 Cone (5–1) Appier (5–9) Lowe (16) Shea Stadium 42,219 39–52 92 July 14 Red Sox 2–0 Rusch (5–5) Arrojo (2–3) Benitez (20) Shea Stadium 52,006 40–52 93 July 15 Blue Jays 6–2 Reed (8–4) Michalak (6–7) — Shea Stadium 32,138 41–52 94 July 16 Blue Jays 3–0 Trachsel (3–10) Halladay (0–1) Benitez (21) Shea Stadium 34,203 42–52 95 July 17 Blue Jays 1–0 Leiter (6–8) Carpenter (7–6) Benitez (22) Shea Stadium 26,630 43–52 96 July 18 Marlins 4–3 (11) Wendell (4–3) Nunez (2–3) — Shea Stadium 24,545 44–52 97 July 19 Marlins 3–8 Dempster (11–8) Rusch (5–6) — Shea Stadium 33,129 44–53 98 July 20 @ Phillies 1–10 Person (8–5) Reed (8–5) — Veterans Stadium 22,886 44–54 99 July 21 @ Phillies 6–3 Trachsel (4–10) Wolf (5–10) Benitez (23) Veterans Stadium 33,181 45–54 100 July 22 @ Phillies 2–3 Santiago (3–4) Franco (4–2) Mesa (26) Veterans Stadium 30,812 45–55 – July 23 @ Marlins Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 6 101 July 24 @ Marlins 3–4 Bones (3–3) Appier (5–10) Alfonseca (19) Pro Player Stadium 16,270 45–56 102 July 25 @ Marlins 5–2 Rusch (6–6) Dempster (11–9) Benitez (24) Pro Player Stadium 18,272 46–56 103 July 26 Phillies 2–3 Santiago (4–4) Reed (8–6) Mesa (27) Shea Stadium 38,468 46–57 104 July 27 Phillies 6–1 Trachsel (5–10) Coggin (1–1) — Shea Stadium 31,263 47–57 105 July 28 Phillies 4–3 Benitez (4–3) Wendell (4–4) — Shea Stadium 38,972 48–57 106 July 29 Phillies 6–5 Benitez (5–3) Cormier (5–4) — Shea Stadium 38,536 49–57 107 July 31 @ Astros 2–3 (10) Cruz (2–1) Riggan (0–1) — Enron Field 33,006 49–58
August: (15–13) Home: 11–6; Away: 4–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ Astros 8–2 (10) White (3–1) Jackson (2–2) — Enron Field 33,124 50–58 109 August 2 @ Astros 3–4 (10) Williams (3–4) Riggan (0–2) — Enron Field 34,257 50–59 110 August 3 @ Diamondbacks 0–7 Johnson (14–5) Leiter (6–9) — Bank One Ballpark 43,806 50–60 111 August 4 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Appier (6–10) Batista (6–7) Benitez (25) Bank One Ballpark 36,750 51–60 112 August 5 @ Diamondbacks 1–2 Schilling (16–5) White (3–2) Kim (9) Bank One Ballpark 36,870 51–61 113 August 7 Brewers 3–0 Chen (5–5) Haynes (7–14) Benitez (26) Shea Stadium 27,240 52–61 114 August 8 Brewers 5–4 Trachsel (6–10) Levrault (5–7) Benitez (27) Shea Stadium 34,619 53–61 115 August 9 Brewers 4–3 Leiter (7–9) DeJean (3–2) White (2) Shea Stadium 27,989 54–61 116 August 10 Cardinals 6–7 (10) Veres (2–2) White (3–3) Karsay (7) Shea Stadium 32,844 54–62 117 August 11 Cardinals 3–6 Hermanson (10–9) Rusch (6–7) Veres (12) Shea Stadium 38,837 54–63 118 August 12 Cardinals 1–4 Kile (13–7) Chen (5–6) Veres (13) Shea Stadium 38,939 54–64 119 August 14 @ Padres 0–6 Herdon (1–1) Trachsel (6–11) — Qualcomm Stadium 24,803 54–65 120 August 15 @ Padres 1–2 Jarvis (10–9) Leiter (7–10) Hoffman (29) Qualcomm Stadium 20,838 54–66 121 August 16 @ Padres 5–6 Fikac (1–0) White (3–4) Hoffman (30) Qualcomm Stadium 22,614 54–67 122 August 17 @ Dodgers 3–8 Adams (9–5) Rusch (6–8) — Dodger Stadium 41,801 54–68 123 August 18 @ Dodgers 5–4 Riggan (1–2) Trombley (3–6) Benitez (28) Dodger Stadium 54,092 55–68 124 August 19 @ Dodgers 6–5 Trachsel (7–11) Park (11–9) Benitez (29) Dodger Stadium 49,395 56–68 125 August 21 Rockies 5–2 Leiter (8–10) Hampton (12–10) Benitez (30) Shea Stadium 28,510 57–68 126 August 22 Rockies 2–1 Appier (7–10) Chacon (6–8) Benitez (31) Shea Stadium 34,415 58–68 127 August 23 Rockies 0–10 Jennings (1–0) Rusch (6–9) — Shea Stadium 27,430 58–69 128 August 24 Giants 4–3 Chen (6–6) Rueter (12–9) Benitez (32) Shea Stadium 35,973 59–69 129 August 25 Giants 3–2 (11) Riggan (2–2) Nen (3–3) — Shea Stadium 48,298 60–69 130 August 26 Giants 6–5 Leiter (9–10) Ortiz (14–7) Benitez (33) Shea Stadium 36,061 61–69 131 August 27 Giants 5–6 Rodriguez (8–1) White (3–5) Nen (37) Shea Stadium 27,084 61–70 132 August 28 Phillies 6–9 (11) Politte (1–2) Wall (0–4) Bottalico (3) Shea Stadium 21,745 61–71 133 August 29 Phillies 7–5 Chen (7–6) Daal (12–5) Benitez (34) Shea Stadium 24,144 62–71 134 August 30 Phillies 6–2 Trachsel (8–11) Coggin (4–4) — Shea Stadium 33,734 63–71 135 August 31 Marlins 6–1 Leiter (10–10) Penny (7–8) — Shea Stadium 23,020 64–71
September: (16–5) Home: 3–2; Away: 13–3 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 136 September 1 Marlins 3–2 (11) Roberts (1–0) Acevedo (0–3) — Shea Stadium 39,486 65–71 137 September 2 Marlins 1–5 Dempster (15–11) Rusch (6–10) — Shea Stadium 32,702 65–72 138 September 3 @ Phillies 10–7 Nitkowski (1–3) Mesa (1–3) Benitez (35) Veterans Stadium 26,891 66–72 139 September 4 @ Phillies 5–3 Trachsel (9–11) Daal (12–6) Benitez (36) Veterans Stadium 14,020 67–72 140 September 5 @ Phillies 7–4 Leiter (11–10) Coggin (4–5) — Veterans Stadium 16,089 68–72 141 September 6 @ Marlins 5–2 Appier (8–10) Penny (7–9) Benitez (37) Pro Player Stadium 10,188 69–72 142 September 7 @ Marlins 6–1 Rusch (7–10) Burnett (9–11) — Pro Player Stadium 13,285 70–72 143 September 8 @ Marlins 9–7 Franco (5–2) Alfonseca (3–4) Benitez (38) Pro Player Stadium 20,217 71–72 144 September 9 @ Marlins 2–4 Acevedo (1–3) Trachsel (9–12) Alfonseca (25) Pro Player Stadium 14,821 71–73 – September 11 @ Pirates Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 1 in New York – September 12 @ Pirates Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 2 in New York – September 13 @ Pirates Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 3 in New York – September 14 Expos Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 5 – September 15 Expos Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 6 – September 16 Expos Postponed (9/11 attacks); rescheduled for October 7 145 September 17 @ Pirates 4–1 Franco (6–2) Fetters (3–2) Benitez (39) PNC Park 25,902 72–73 146 September 18 @ Pirates 7–5 Riggan (3–2) Olivares (6–8) Benitez (40) PNC Park 19,285 73–73 147 September 19 @ Pirates 9–2 Gonzalez (3–2) McKnight (3–4) — PNC Park 20,371 74–73 148 September 21 Braves 3–2 Benitez (6–3) Karsay (3–5) — Shea Stadium 41,235 75–73 149 September 22 Braves 7–3 Trachsel (10–12) Perez (6–8) Benitez (41) Shea Stadium 41,230 76–73 150 September 23 Braves 4–5 (10) Smoltz (3–3) Riggan (3–3) — Shea Stadium 41,168 76–74 151 September 25 @ Expos 2–0 Appier (9–10) Pavano (1–5) — Olympic Stadium 4,166 77–74 152 September 26 @ Expos 5–2 Rusch (8–10) Armas (9–13) Benitez (42) Olympic Stadium 5,314 78–74 153 September 27 @ Expos 12–6 White (4–5) Strickland (2–6) — Olympic Stadium 6,968 79–74 154 September 28 @ Braves 3–5 Glavine (15–7) Trachsel (10–13) Smoltz (10) Turner Field 43,664 79–75 155 September 29 @ Braves 5–8 Perez (7–8) Benitez (6–4) — Turner Field 46,180 79–76 156 September 30 @ Braves 9–6 Appier (10–10) Millwood (6–7) Benitez (43) Turner Field 42,667 80–76
October: (2–4) Home: 2–4; Away: 0–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 157 October 1 Pirates 1–5 Anderson (9–17) Rusch (8–11) Sauerbeck (2) Shea Stadium 6,315 80–77 158 October 2 Pirates 1–10 Arroyo (5–7) Chen (7–7) — Shea Stadium 8,058 80–78 159 October 3 Pirates 3–0 Trachsel (11–13) Richie (11–15) — Shea Stadium 6,627 81–78 160 October 5 Expos 6–8 Thurman (9–11) Leiter (11–11) Strickland (9) Shea Stadium 10,281 81–79 161 October 6 Expos 4–0 Appier (11–10) Pavano (1–6) — Shea Stadium 15,025 82–79 162 October 7 Expos 0–5 Reames (4–8) Rusch (8–12) — Shea Stadium 15,540 82–80

Roster

2001 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 17 Kevin Appier 49 Armando Benítez 32 Bruce Chen 27 Dennis Cook 27 Mark Corey 45 John Franco 39 Dicky Gonzalez 32 Brett Hinchliffe 22 Al Leiter 34 Tom Martin 40 C. J. Nitkowski 35 Rick Reed 38 Jerrod Riggan 36 Grant Roberts 23 Brian Rose 48 Glendon Rusch 29 Steve Trachsel 43 Pete Walker 33 Donne Wall 99 Turk Wendell 51 Rick White		Catchers 26 Jason Phillips 31 Mike Piazza  7 Todd Pratt  3 Vance Wilson Infielders 13 Edgardo Alfonzo 19 Lenny Harris 20 Mark Johnson 10 Rey Ordóñez  8 Desi Relaford 30 Jorge Toca 11 Jorge Velandia  4 Robin Ventura  9 Todd Zeile		Outfielders 50 Benny Agbayani 56 Darren Bragg 25 Alex Escobar 18 Darryl Hamilton 23 Matt Lawton 47 Joe McEwing 44 Jay Payton  6 Timo Pérez  5 Tsuyoshi Shinjo Other batters  7 Gary Bennett		Manager  2 Bobby Valentine Coaches 53 Dave Engle (hitting) 55 Bobby Floyd (bench) 54 Charlie Hough (pitching) 52 Randy Niemann (bullpen) 12 John Stearns (third base)  1 Mookie Wilson (first base)

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mike Piazza	141	503	151	.300	36	94
1B	Todd Zeile	151	531	141	.266	10	62
2B	Edgardo Alfonzo	124	457	111	.243	17	49
SS	Rey Ordóñez	149	461	114	.247	3	44
3B	Robin Ventura	142	456	108	.237	21	61
LF	Benny Agbayani	91	296	82	.277	6	27
CF	Jay Payton	104	361	92	.255	8	34
RF	Timo Pérez	85	239	59	.247	5	22

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tsuyoshi Shinjo	123	400	107	.268	10	56
Desi Relaford	120	301	91	.302	8	36
Joe McEwing	116	283	80	.283	8	30
Matt Lawton	48	183	45	.246	3	13
Lenny Harris	110	135	30	.222	0	9
Darryl Hamilton	52	126	27	.214	1	5
Mark Johnson	71	118	30	.254	6	23
Todd Pratt	45	80	13	.163	2	4
Darren Bragg	18	57	15	.263	0	5
Vance Wilson	32	57	17	.298	0	6
Alex Escobar	18	50	10	.200	3	8
Jorge Toca	13	17	3	.176	0	1
Jorge Velandia	9	9	0	.000	0	0
Jason Phillips	6	7	1	.143	0	0
Gary Bennett	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Kevin Appier	33	206.2	11	10	3.57	172
Al Leiter	29	187.1	11	11	3.31	142
Glendon Rusch	33	179.0	8	12	4.63	156
Steve Trachsel	28	173.2	11	13	4.46	144
Rick Reed	20	134.2	8	6	3.48	99
Bruce Chen	11	59.2	3	2	4.68	47
Brett Hinchliffe	1	2.0	0	1	36.00	2

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dicky Gonzalez	16	59.0	3	2	4.88	31

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Armando Benítez	73	6	4	43	3.77	93
John Franco	58	6	2	2	4.05	50
Rick White	55	4	5	2	3.88	51
Turk Wendell	49	4	3	1	3.51	41
Dennis Cook	43	1	1	0	4.25	34
Jerrod Riggan	35	3	3	0	3.40	41
Donne Wall	32	0	4	0	4.85	31
Grant Roberts	16	1	0	0	3.81	29
Tom Martin	14	1	0	0	10.06	12
C.J. Nitkowski	5	1	0	0	0.00	4
Brian Rose	3	0	1	0	4.15	4
Pete Walker	2	0	0	0	2.70	4
Mark Corey	2	0	0	0	16.20	3
Desi Relaford	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Awards and honors

• John Franco, Lou Gehrig Award

2001 MLB All Star Game

• Mike Piazza, catcher
• Rick Reed, reserve pitcher

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League	John Gibbons
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Howie Freiling
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Tony Tijerina
A	Capital City Bombers	South Atlantic League	Ken Oberkfell
A-Short Season	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	Edgar Alfonzo
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Joey Cora

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Brooklyn

External links

• 2001 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
• 2001 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com