2005 New York Mets season

2005 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Fred Wilpon
Manager(s) Willie Randolph
Local television WPIX
(Tom Seaver, Dave O'Brien)
Fox Sports New York/MSG
(Fran Healy, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez)
Local radio WFAN
(Gary Cohen, Howie Rose, Ed Coleman)
WADO (spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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The New York Mets' 2005 season was the 44th regular season for the Mets. They went 83-79 and finished 3rd in the NL East. They were managed by Willie Randolph. They played home games at Shea Stadium. The 2005 season is also noteworthy for being Mike Piazza's last season as a New York Met. In the last game of the season, he was given a long standing ovation from the fans at Shea stadium.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 90 72 0.556 53–28 37–44
Philadelphia Phillies 88 74 0.543 2 46–35 42–39
Florida Marlins 83 79 0.512 7 45–36 38–43
New York Mets 83 79 0.512 7 48–33 35–46
Washington Nationals 81 81 0.500 9 41–40 40–41

Roster

2005 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers
  • 39 Roberto Hernández
  • 17 Dae-Sung Koo
  • 38 Victor Zambrano
Catchers
  • 11 Ramón Castro

Infielders

  •  1 Anderson Hernandez
  •  5 David Wright
Outfielders
  • 21 Gerald Williams
Manager

Coaches

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
SS José Reyes 161 696 190 .273 7 58
3B David Wright 160 575 176 .306 27 102
C Mike Piazza 113 398 100 .251 19 62
1B Doug Mientkiewicz 87 275 66 .240 11 29
CF Carlos Beltrán 151 582 155 .266 16 78
2B Miguel Cairo
LF Cliff Floyd 150 550 150 .273 34 98
RF Víctor Díaz 89 280 72 .257 12 38

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Kazuo Matsui 87 267 68 .255 3 24
Mike Cameron 76 308 84 .273 12 39

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Glavine 33 211⅓ 13 13 3.53 105
Pedro Martínez 31 217 15 8 2.82 208
Kris Benson 28 174⅓ 10 8 4.13 95
Victor Zambrano 31 166⅓ 7 12 4.17 112
Kazuhisa Ishii 19 91 3 9 5.14 53
Jae Weong Seo 14 90⅓ 8 2 2.59 59
Steve Trachsel 6 37 1 4 4.14 24

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Ken Oberkfell
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Jack Lind
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Tim Teufel
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Gene Richards
Short-Season A Brooklyn Cyclones New York-Penn League Mookie Wilson
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Jesse Levis
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Gary Carter

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References

  1. Kris Benson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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