2009 New York Mets season

The 2009 New York Mets season was the franchise's 48th season, and the team's first year at Citi Field, which opened on April 13 against the San Diego Padres.^[1] The Mets finished with a 70–92 record, as the season was plagued by many injuries.

2009 New York Mets
The first regular season game ever played at Citi Field on April 13, 2009.
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Citi Field
City	New York, New York
Record	70–92 (.432)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Fred Wilpon
General managers	Omar Minaya
Managers	Jerry Manuel
Television	SportsNet New York WPIX (CW affiliate) Gary Cohen, Ralph Kiner, Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling, Bob Ojeda
Radio	WFAN (English) Howie Rose, Wayne Hagin, Ed Coleman
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Offseason

Looking to improve the bullpen after the struggles of the 2008 season, the Mets signed closer Francisco Rodríguez to a three-year, $37 million contract on December 10, 2008.^[2] Immediately after, the team acquired reliever J. J. Putz from the Seattle Mariners in a three team trade involving the Mariners and the Cleveland Indians, giving the Mets a setup man for Rodriguez. New York shipped reliever Aaron Heilman, outfielder Endy Chávez, pitcher Jason Vargas and three minor leaguers to Seattle for Putz, center fielder Jeremy Reed and reliever Sean Green, while Mets reliever Joe Smith was acquired by Cleveland.^[3]

Scott Schoeneweis

On December 12 the Mets traded Scott Schoeneweis to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Connor Robertson. On January 12, the Mets signed RHP Tim Redding to a one-year contract. The Mets signed Alex Cora to a one-year $2 million contract. The Mets signed Freddy García and Rob Mackowiak to minor league deals. Garcia's contract, which was full of incentives, could have reached $8 million if he reached the major league roster. On April 3, 2009, the Mets signed outfielder Gary Sheffield after being released by the Detroit Tigers.^[4]

Roster

2009 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 35 Lance Broadway 64 Elmer Dessens 25 Pedro Feliciano 27 Nelson Figueroa 47 Casey Fossum 50 Sean Green 61 Liván Hernández 33 John Maine 48 Patrick Misch 49 Jon Niese 38 Fernando Nieve 36 Darren O'Day 39 Bobby Parnell 34 Mike Pelfrey 46 Óliver Pérez 22 J. J. Putz 44 Tim Redding 75 Francisco Rodríguez 57 Johan Santana 43 Brian Stokes 29 Tobi Stoner 56 Jon Switzer 36 Ken Takahashi 13 Billy Wagner		Catchers 11 Ramón Castro  9 Omir Santos 23 Brian Schneider 30 Josh Thole 99 Robinson Cancel Infielders  4 Ángel Berroa  1 Luis Castillo  3 Alex Cora 21 Carlos Delgado 29 Andy Green 11 Anderson Hernández  6 Ramón Martínez 28 Daniel Murphy 11 Argenis Reyes  7 José Reyes  4 Wilson Valdéz  5 David Wright Outfielders 15 Carlos Beltrán 29 Emil Brown 19 Ryan Church  6 Nick Evans 12 Jeff Francoeur 26 Fernando Martínez 16 Ángel Pagán 18 Jeremy Reed 10 Gary Sheffield 19 Cory Sullivan Utility player  9 Marlon Anderson 17 Fernando Tatís		Manager 53 Jerry Manuel Coaches 51 Luis Alicea (first base) 58 Sandy Alomar Jr. (catching)  2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (bench) 20 Howard Johnson (hitting) 55 Randy Niemann (bullpen) 52 Razor Shines (third base) 59 Dan Warthen (pitching)

Regular season

Patch worn on the left sleeve during home games the 2009 season.

In its opening season, Citi Field drew over 3.1 million fans with a game average of 92.7% of seats filled, 4th best in baseball.

The Mets opened up the season in Cincinnati against the Reds on April 6. The Mets collected the victory, improving their win–loss record on opening day. The first home game at Citi Field was on April 13, 2009 against the San Diego Padres, who spoiled the opener with a 6–5 win against the Mets. In that game, Jody Gerut of the Padres became the first player to open a new ballpark with a leadoff home run.

On April 17, Gary Sheffield hit his 500th home run against the Milwaukee Brewers. On May 10, José Reyes stole his 300th base against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite an injury depleted roster, the Mets finished May with a 19–9 record and trailed the Philadelphia Phillies by a half game for the NL East lead.

After finishing April and May with a combined record of 28–21,^[5] injuries hurt the Mets in June and they went 9–18,^[5] their worst month since September 2003, but lost only 2+1⁄2 games in the standings, as the Phillies were having their own struggles. Injuries continued to hurt them Mets in July, as they went 12–14, quickly falling to 4th place in the National League East and out of playoff contention.^[5]

Citi Field, the Mets new stadium.

On July 10, the Mets sent outfielder Ryan Church to the Atlanta Braves for outfielder Jeff Francoeur.

However, the Mets did set a team record during the 2009 season. They had a team-record 10 hits in the fourth inning on August 18 against the Atlanta Braves. They scored eight runs in that inning, on their way to a 9–4 victory.^[6]

On August 23, the Mets became the first team in National League history to fall victim to a game-ending unassisted triple play, turned by Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field in the bottom of the 9th inning.^[7]

The 2009 Mets season will be remembered as a season marred by injuries. On August 25, it was announced that ace Johan Santana would undergo season-ending elbow surgery on his pitching elbow,^[8] and was added to the long list of injured players. Including Santana, the Mets' had 20 players see time on the Disabled list at some point during the 2009 season, including David Wright, John Maine, Jon Niese, Fernando Nieve, J. J. Putz, Billy Wagner, Brian Schneider, Carlos Delgado, Ángel Pagán, Gary Sheffield, Óliver Pérez, Ryan Church, Ramón Martínez, Jose Reyes, Alex Cora, Carlos Beltrán, and Fernando Martinez.^[9] Mets players spent more than 1,480 days in the Disabled list in 2009, more than any other team in the majors.^[5] However, second-half turnarounds of Francoeur and Daniel Murphy helped the Mets finish the season with the best batting average in the National League, tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[10]

On August 25 the Mets traded former all-star closer Billy Wagner to the Boston Red Sox for minor league outfielder Chris Carter and minor league first baseman Eddie Loria.^[11]

Pat Misch earned his 1st Major League Baseball win on September 3 in his 12th start.

Season standings

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	93	69	.574	—	45‍–‍36	48‍–‍33
Florida Marlins	87	75	.537	6	43‍–‍38	44‍–‍37
Atlanta Braves	86	76	.531	7	40‍–‍41	46‍–‍35
New York Mets	70	92	.432	23	41‍–‍40	29‍–‍52
Washington Nationals	59	103	.364	34	33‍–‍48	26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

2009 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–4	4-2	1–5	7-11	5–3	5–4	7-11	2–5	5–2	1–5	6–1	11-7	5-13	2–4	1–5	5–10
Atlanta	4–3	–	4–2	3–6	4–4	8-10	3-3	4–3	3–3	13–5	10-8	3–4	3–3	3–4	4–2	10-8	7–8
Chicago	2-4	2–4	–	10-5	2–4	4–3	11–6	3–5	10-7	3-3	1–5	10-4	4–5	4-2	6-10	5–2	6–9
Cincinnati	5-1	6-3	5-10	–	0-7	3-3	12-4	1-5	8-7	2-4	2-5	13-5	1-6	3-3	8-8	3-4	6-9
Colorado	11-7	4-4	4-2	7-0	–	2-4	2-5	4-14	6-0	3-4	2-4	6-3	10-8	8-10	6-1	6-0	11-4
Florida	3-5	10-8	3-4	3-3	4-2	–	4–3	3-3	3-4	11-7	9-9	2-4	4-2	3-4	3-3	12-6	10-8
Houston	4–5	3-3	6-11	4-12	5-2	3-4	–	4–3	5-10	1-5	6-2	10-5	6-1	2-4	6-9	3-3	6-9
Los Angeles	11-7	3-4	5-3	5-1	14-4	3-3	3-4	–	3–3	5-1	4-3	4-3	10-8	11-7	2-5	3-2	9-9
Milwaukee	5-2	3-3	7-10	7-8	0-6	4-3	10-5	3-3	–	3-3	4-3	9-5	2-4	4-5	9-9	5-3	5-10
New York	2-5	5-13	3-3	4-2	4-3	7-11	5-1	1-5	3-3	–	6-12	4-3	2-5	5-3	4-5	10-8	5–10
Philadelphia	5-1	8-10	5-1	5-2	4-2	9-9	2-6	3-4	3-4	12-6	–	4-2	5-2	3-4	4-1	15-3	6-12
Pittsburgh	1-6	4-3	4-10	5-13	3-6	4-2	5-10	3-4	5-9	3-4	2-4	–	3-4	2-4	5-10	5-3	8–7
San Diego	7-11	3-3	5-4	6-1	8-10	2-4	1-6	8-10	4-2	5-2	2-5	4-3	–	10-8	1-6	4-2	5–10
San Francisco	13-5	4–3	2–4	3–3	10-8	4–3	4–2	7-11	5-4	3–5	4–3	4–2	8-10	–	4–3	4–2	9–6
St. Louis	4-2	2-4	10-6	8-8	1-6	3-3	9-6	5-2	9-9	5-4	1-4	10-5	6-1	3-4	–	6–1	9–6
Washington	5-1	8-10	2-5	4-3	0-6	6-12	3-3	2-3	3-5	8-10	3-15	3-5	2-4	2-4	1-6	–	7–11

Game log

2009 Game Log
April (9–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 6 @ Reds 2–1 Santana (1–0) Harang (0–1) Rodríguez (1) 42,177 1–0 2 April 8 @ Reds 9–7 Pelfrey (1–0) Vólquez (0–1) Rodríguez (2) 13,568 2–0 3 April 9 @ Reds 8–6 Arroyo (1–0) Pérez (0–1) Cordero (1) 17,837 2–1 4 April 10 @ Marlins 5–4 Lindstrom (1–0) Feliciano (0–1) 24,070 2–2 5 April 11 @ Marlins 8–4 Hernández (1–0) Nolasco (1–1) 39,412 3–2 6 April 12 @ Marlins 2–1 Johnson (2–0) Santana (1–1) 18,109 3–3 7 April 13 Padres 6–5 Mujica (1–1) Stokes (0–1) Bell (4) 41,007 3–4 8 April 15 Padres 7–2 Pérez (1–1) Correia (0–1) 35,581 4–4 9 April 16 Padres 6–5 Peavy (2–1) Maine (0–1) Bell (5) 35,985 4–5 10 April 17 Brewers 5–4 Putz (1–0) McClung (0–1) 36,436 5–5 11 April 18 Brewers 1–0 Santana (2–1) Villanueva (1–2) Rodríguez (3) 36,312 6–5 12 April 19 Brewers 4–2 Suppan (1–2) Figueroa (0–1) Coffey (1) 36,124 6–6 13 April 21 @ Cardinals 6–4 Motte (1–1) Putz (1–1) Franklin (3) 35,506 6–7 14 April 22 @ Cardinals 5–2 Piñeiro (3–0) Maine (0–2) Franklin (4) 35,622 6–8 15 April 23 @ Cardinals 12–8 Lohse (3–0) Hernández (1–1) 38,522 6–9 16 April 24 Nationals 4–3 Santana (3–1) Olsen (0–3) Rodríguez (4) 40,522 7–9 17 April 25 Nationals 8–2 Pelfrey (2–0) Cabrera (0–2) 39,960 8–9 18 April 26 Nationals 8–1 Zimmermann (2–0) Pérez (1–2) 40,023 8–10 19 April 27 Marlins 7–1 Maine (1–2) Sánchez (1–2) 38,573 9–10 20 April 28 Marlins 7–4 Badenhop (1–0) Green (0–1) Lindstrom (4) 38,546 9–11 21 April 29 Marlins 4–3 Pinto (1–0) Putz (1–2) Lindstrom (5) 39,339 9–12
May (19–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 22 May 1 @ Phillies 7–4 Pelfrey (3–0) Park (0–1) Rodríguez (5) 44,773 10–12 23 May 2 @ Phillies 6–5 (10) Taschner (1–0) Green (0–2) 45,069 10–13 May 3 @ Phillies Postponed 24 May 4 @ Braves 6–4 Maine (2–2) Vázquez (2–3) Rodríguez (6) 19,132 11–13 25 May 5 @ Braves 4–3 Hernández (2–1) Kawakami (1–4) Rodríguez (7) 21,049 12–13 26 May 6 Phillies 1–0 Santana (4–1) Eyre (0–1) Rodríguez (8) 37,600 13–13 27 May 7 Phillies 7–5 Pelfrey (4–0) Moyer (3–2) Rodríguez (9) 37,295 14–13 28 May 8 Pirates 7–3 Parnell (1–0) Yates (0–2) 38,496 15–13 29 May 9 Pirates 10–1 Maine (3–2) Maholm (3–1) 39,769 16–13 30 May 10 Pirates 8–4 Hernández (3–1) Snell (1–5) 39,871 17–13 31 May 11 Braves 8–3 Lowe (5–1) Santana (4–2) 40,497 17–14 32 May 12 Braves 4–3 (10) Rodríguez (1–0) Bennett (0–1) 39,408 18–14 33 May 13 Braves 8–7 (12) Bennett (1–1) Takahashi (0–1) González (6) 40,555 18–15 34 May 14 @ Giants 7–4 Parnell (2–0) Wilson (2–1) Rodríguez (10) 30,154 19–15 35 May 15 @ Giants 8–6 Stokes (1–1) Wilson (2–2) Rodríguez (11) 41,684 20–15 36 May 16 @ Giants 9–6 Santana (5–2) Johnson (3–4) Putz (1) 41,336 21–15 37 May 17 @ Giants 2–0 Cain (4–1) Pelfrey (4–1) Wilson (9) 43,012 21–16 38 May 18 @ Dodgers 3–2 (11) Troncoso (1–0) Stokes (1–2) 37,136 21–17 39 May 19 @ Dodgers 5–3 Billingsley (6–1) Maine (3–3) Broxton (10) 37,857 21–18 40 May 20 @ Dodgers 2–1 Leach (1–0) Putz (1–3) Broxton (11) 50,761 21–19 41 May 22 @ Red Sox 5–3 Santana (6–2) Matsuzaka (0–2) Rodríguez (12) 38,092 22–19 42 May 23 @ Red Sox 3–2 Feliciano (1–1) Papelbon (0–1) Putz (2) 37,871 23–19 43 May 24 @ Red Sox 12–5 Wakefield (6–2) Redding (0–1) 37,446 23–20 44 May 25 Nationals 5–2 Maine (4–3) Lannan (2–4) Rodríguez (13) 41,103 24–20 45 May 26 Nationals 6–1 Hernández (4–1) Stammen (0–1) 39,376 25–20 46 May 27 Nationals 7–4 Santana (7–2) Zimmermann (2–2) 40,171 26–20 47 May 29 Marlins 2–1 (11) Feliciano (2–1) Sanches (1–1) 40,677 27–20 48 May 30 Marlins 7–3 Johnson (4–1) Redding (0–2) Núñez (1) 40,727 27–21 49 May 31 Marlins 3–2 Maine (5–3) Volstad (4–4) Rodríguez (14) 40,482 28–21
June (9–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 50 June 1 @ Pirates 8–5 Gorzelanny (3–1) Putz (1–4) Capps (11) 11,812 28–22 51 June 2 @ Pirates 3–1 Duke (6–4) Santana (7–3) Capps (12) 10,459 28–23 June 3 @ Pirates Postponed 52 June 4 @ Pirates 11–6 Jackson (1–0) Pelfrey (4–2) 20,684 28–24 53 June 5 @ Nationals 3–1 (10) Green (1–2) Hanrahan (0–3) Rodríguez (15) 20,353 29–24 54 June 6 @ Nationals 7–1 Lannan (3–5) Maine (5–4) 31,456 29–25 55 June 7 @ Nationals 7–0 Hernández (5–1) Stammen (0–2) 31,841 30–25 56 June 9 Phillies 6–5 Santana (8–3) Condrey (4–1) Rodríguez (16) 37,152 31–25 57 June 10 Phillies 5–4 (11) Park (2–1) Parnell (2–1) Madson (3) 38,723 31–26 58 June 11 Phillies 6–3 (10) Eyre (1–1) Parnell (2–2) Madson (4) 38,532 31–27 59 June 12 @ Yankees 9–8 Rivera (1–2) Rodríguez (1–1) 47,967 31–28 60 June 13 @ Yankees 6–2 Nieve (1–0) Pettitte (6–3) 48,056 32–28 61 June 14 @ Yankees 15–0 Burnett (5–3) Santana (8–4) 47,943 32–29 62 June 16 @ Orioles 6–4 Pelfrey (5–2) Guthrie (4–7) Rodríguez (17) 20,626 33–29 63 June 17 @ Orioles 6–4 Johnson (3–3) Feliciano (2–2) Sherrill (13) 31,906 33–30 64 June 18 @ Orioles 5–4 Albers (1–2) Rodríguez (1–2) 23,009 33–31 65 June 19 Rays 5–3 Nieve (2–0) Sonnanstine (5–7) Rodríguez (18) 38,493 34–31 66 June 20 Rays 3–1 Shields (6–5) Santana (8–5) Howel (4) 37,992 34–32 67 June 21 Rays 10–6 Nelson (2–0) Parnell (2–3) 38,791 34–33 68 June 22 Cardinals 6–4 Redding (1–2) Wellemeyer (6–7) Rodríguez (19) 38,488 35–33 69 June 23 Cardinals 3–0 Piñeiro (6–8) Hernández (5–2) 38,903 35–34 70 June 24 Cardinals 11–0 Nieve (3–0) Thompson (2–3) 39,689 36–34 71 June 25 Cardinals 3–2 Santana (9–5) Carpenter (5–2) Rodríguez (20) 41,221 37–34 72 June 26 Yankees 9–1 Sabathia (7–4) Pelfrey (5–3) 41,278 37–35 73 June 27 Yankees 5–0 Burnett (6–4) Redding (1–3) 41,302 37–36 74 June 28 Yankees 4–2 Wang (1–6) Hernández (5–3) Rivera (18) 41,315 37–37 75 June 29 @ Brewers 10–6 Looper (6–4) Nieve (3–1) Hoffman (18) 39,872 37–38 76 June 30 @ Brewers 6–3 Burns (1–1) Santana (9–6) 35,369 37–39
July (12–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 @ Brewers 1–0 Pelfrey (6–3) Gallardo (8–5) Rodríguez (21) 35,409 38–39 78 July 2 @ Pirates 9–8 (10) Rodríguez (2–2) Capps (1–4) 14,321 39–39 79 July 3 @ Phillies 7–2 López (1–0) Hernández (5–4) 45,231 39–40 80 July 4 @ Phillies 4–1 Moyer (7–6) Nieve (3–2) Lidge (15) 45,141 39–41 81 July 5 @ Phillies 2–0 Blanton (5–4) Santana (9–7) Lidge (16) 45,333 39–42 82 July 7 Dodgers 8–0 Kershaw (6–5) Pelfrey (6–4) 39,696 39–43 83 July 8 Dodgers 5–4 Pérez (2–2) Kuroda (3–5) Rodríguez (22) 40,027 40–43 84 July 9 Dodgers 11–2 Wolf (4–3) Hernández (5–5) 39,865 40–44 85 July 10 Reds 3–0 Arroyo (9–8) Nieve (3–3) 39,203 40–45 86 July 11 Reds 4–0 Santana (10–7) Cueto (8–6) 39,396 41–45 87 July 12 Reds 9–7 Pelfrey (7–4) Harang (5–9) Rodríguez (23) 40,014 42–45 88 July 16 @ Braves 5–3 Acosta (1–0) Feliciano (2–3) Soriano (13) 32,736 42–46 89 July 17 @ Braves 11–0 Jurrjens (8–7) Pelfrey (7–5) 50,704 42–47 90 July 18 @ Braves 5–1 Santana (11–7) Kawakami (5–7) 51,175 43–47 91 July 19 @ Braves 7–1 Vasquez (7–7) Redding (1–4) 34,923 43–48 92 July 20 @ Nationals 6–2 Hernández (6–5) Martin (0–1) 19,169 44–48 93 July 21 @ Nationals 4–0 Lannan (7–7) Pérez (2–2) 23,414 44–49 94 July 22 @ Nationals 3–1 Stammen (3–5) Pelfrey (7–6) MacDougal (6) 23,583 44–50 95 July 24 @ Astros 4–5 Hampton (6–7) Santana (11–8) Valverde (11) 42,967 44–51 96 July 25 @ Astros 10–3 Niese (1–0) Ortiz (3–5) 43,302 45–51 97 July 26 @ Astros 8–3 Hernández (7–5) Moehler (7–6) Green (1) 34,642 46–51 98 July 27 Rockies 7–3 Feliciano (3–3) Rincón (3–2) 38,936 47–51 99 July 28 Rockies 4–0 Pelfrey (8–6) Marquis (12–7) 39,126 48–51 July 29 Rockies Postponed 100 July 30 Rockies 7–0 Santana (12–8) Hammel (5–6) 40,024 49–51 101 July 30 Rockies 4–2 de la Rosa (9–7) Niese (1–1) Street (26) 38,962 49–52 102 July 31 Diamondbacks 3–2 Vásquez (2–2) Green (1–3) Qualls (19) 38,241 49–53
August (10–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 Diamondbacks 9–6 Feliciano (4–3) Zavada (2–3) Rodríguez (24) 39,574 50–53 104 August 2 Diamondbacks 5–2 Garland (6–10) Pelfrey (8–7) 38,374 50–54 105 August 3 Diamondbacks 6–5 Haren (11–6) Figueroa (0–2) Qualls (20) 39,320 50–55 106 August 4 Cardinals 12–7 (10) McClellan (3–2) Feliciano (4–4) 40,354 50–56 107 August 5 Cardinals 9–0 Figueroa (1–2) Lohse (4–7) Parnell (1) 39,781 51–56 108 August 6 @ Padres 8–3 Richard (5–3) Hernández (7–6) 18,880 51–57 109 August 7 @ Padres 6–2 Bell (4–1) Rodríguez (2–3) 23,038 51–58 110 August 8 @ Padres 3–1 Latos (4–1) Parnell (2–4) Bell (28) 35,184 51–59 111 August 9 @ Padres 5–1 Santana (13–8) Stauffer (1–4) 27,754 52–59 112 August 10 @ Diamondbacks 7–4 Davis (7–10) Pelfrey (8–8) 23,069 52–60 113 August 11 @ Diamondbacks 6–2 Scherzer (7–6) Hernández (7–7) 24,576 52–61 114 August 12 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Feliciano (5–4) Rauch (2–1) Rodríguez (25) 22,320 53–61 115 August 14 Giants 3–0 Parnell (3–4) Zito (8–11) Rodríguez (26) 38,997 54–61 116 August 15 Giants 5–4 (10) Wilson (5–5) Rodríguez (2–4) 39,652 54–62 117 August 16 Giants 3–2 Rodríguez (3–4) Romo (3–2) 38,793 55–62 118 August 17 Giants 10–1 Martinez (3–1) Hernández (7–8) 38,584 55–63 119 August 18 Braves 9–4 Pérez (3–3) Lowe (12–8) 38,613 56–63 120 August 19 Braves 14–2 Jurrjens (10–8) Parnell (3–5) 38,602 56–64 121 August 20 Braves 3–2 Kawakami (6–9) Santana (13–9) Soriano (18) 39,105 56–65 122 August 21 Phillies 2–4 Pelfrey (9–8) Hamels (7–8) Rodríguez (27) 38,243 57–65 123 August 22 Phillies 4–1 Happ (10–2) Misch (0–1) Lidge (24) 38,049 57–66 124 August 23 Phillies 9–7 Martínez (2–0) Pérez (3–4) Lidge (25) 39,038 57–67 125 August 24 Phillies 6–2 Lee (5–0) Parnell (3–6) 39,336 57–68 126 August 25 @ Marlins 2–1 West (5–5) Figueroa (1–3) Núñez (15) 14,278 57–69 127 August 26 @ Marlins 5–3 Johnson (13–3) Pelfrey (9–9) Núñez (16) 16,123 57–70 128 August 27 @ Marlins 10–3 Redding (2–4) Sánchez (2–5) 12,423 58–70 129 August 28 @ Cubs 5–2 Gregg (5–5) Stokes (1–3) Mármol (6) 39,381 58–71 130 August 29 @ Cubs 11–4 Dempster (8–7) Parnell (3–7) 40,857 58–72 131 August 30 @ Cubs 4–1 Figueroa (2–3) Zambrano (7–6) Rodríguez (28) 39,907 59–72
September (8–20) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 @ Rockies 8–3 de la Rosa (13–9) Pelfrey (9–10) 26,190 59–73 133 September 2 @ Rockies 5–2 Jiménez (13–10) Stokes (1–4) Morales (1) 26,276 59–74 134 September 3 @ Rockies 8–3 Misch (1–1) Marquis (14–10) 22,566 60–74 135 September 4 Cubs 6–2 Stokes (2–4) Gregg (5–6) Rodríguez (29) 37,953 61–74 136 September 5 Cubs 5–3 Harden (9–8) Figueroa (2–4) Mármol (9) 38,759 61–75 137 September 6 Cubs 4–2 Pelfrey (10–10) Wells (10–8) Rodríguez (30) 39,593 62–75 138 September 8 Marlins 4–2 Sanches (4–1) Redding (2–5) Núñez (19) 37,474 62–76 139 September 9 Marlins 6–3 Nolasco (11–8) Misch (1–2) Núñez (20) 37,312 62–77 140 September 10 Marlins 13–4 Badenhop (7–4) Parnell (3–8) 37,620 62–78 141 September 11 @ Phillies 4–2 Hamels (9–9) Figueroa (2–5) Madson (7) 44,377 62–79 142 September 12 @ Phillies 10–9 Feliciano (6–4) Madson (5–5) Rodríguez (31) 45,243 63–79 143 September 13 @ Phillies 5–4 Kendrick (1–1) Maine (5–5) Lidge (29) 45,024 63–80 144 September 13 @ Phillies 1–0 Martínez (5–0) Redding (2–6) Madson (8) 44,901 63–81 145 September 15 @ Braves 6–0 Hanson (10–3) Misch (1–3) 25,094 63–82 146 September 16 @ Braves 6–5 O'Flaherty (2–1) Rodríguez (3–5) 17,988 63–83 147 September 17 @ Braves 7–3 Jurrjens (12–10) Figueroa (2–6) 20,192 63–84 148 September 18 Nationals 6–5 Martin (5–4) Pelfrey (10–11) MacDougal (16) 38,063 63–85 149 September 19 Nationals 3–2 Redding (3–6) Lannan (9–12) Rodríguez (32) 37,906 64–85 150 September 20 Nationals 6–2 Maine (6–5) Mock (3–9) Rodríguez (33) 38,347 65–85 151 September 21 Braves 11–3 Lowe (15–9) Misch (1–4) Kawakami (1) 37,706 65–86 152 September 22 Braves 3–1 Jurrjens (13–10) Figueroa (2–7) Soriano (25) 37,823 65–87 153 September 23 Braves 5–2 Hudson (2–1) Pelfrey (10–12) Soriano (26) 38,266 65–88 154 September 25 @ Marlins 6–5 Parnell (4–8) Núñez (4–6) Rodríguez (34) 39,031 66–88 155 September 26 @ Marlins 9–6 West (8–6) Maine (6–6) Donnelly (1) 35,666 66–89 156 September 27 @ Marlins 4–0 Misch (2–4) Volstad (9–13) 31,167 67–89 157 September 28 @ Nationals 2–1 Detwiler (1–6) Figueroa (2–8) MacDougal (17) 18,600 67–90 158 September 29 @ Nationals 4–3 Clippard (3–2) Green (1–4) MacDougal (18) 19,614 67–91 159 September 30 @ Nationals 7–4 Villone (5–6) Rodríguez (3–6) 23,944 67–92
October (3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 2 Astros 7–1 Maine (7–6) Rodríguez (14–12) 37,576 68–92 161 October 3 Astros 5–1 Misch (3–4) Bazardo (1–3) Rodríguez (35) 37,578 69–92 162 October 4 Astros 4–0 Figueroa (3–8) López (0–2) 38,135 70–92

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Player stats

Batting

Legend: G = Games played; AB = At-bats; H = Hits; BA = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; R = Runs scored; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	H	BA	OBP	HR	RBI	R	SB
Marlon Anderson	4	4	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Carlos Beltrán	81	308	100	.325	.415	10	48	50	11
Ángel Berroa	14	27	4	.148	.233	0	2	4	0
Emil Brown	3	5	1	.200	.333	0	0	0	0
Robinson Cancel	1	1	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Luis Castillo	142	486	147	.302	.387	1	40	77	20
Ramón Castro*	26	79	20	.253	.322	3	13	5	0
Ryan Church*	67	232	65	.280	.332	2	22	26	6
Alex Cora	82	271	68	.251	.320	1	18	31	8
Carlos Delgado	26	94	28	.298	.393	4	23	15	0
Nick Evans	30	65	15	.231	.275	1	7	5	0
Pedro Feliciano	88	0	0	.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Nelson Figueroa	16	22	3	.136	.174	0	3	1	0
Jeff Francoeur*	75	289	90	.311	.338	10	41	40	1
Sean Green	1	1	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Anderson Hernández*	46	135	34	.252	.315	2	14	14	2
Liván Hernández*	24	40	5	.125	.146	0	0	0	0
John Maine	16	27	4	.148	.148	0	2	0	0
Fernando Martínez	29	91	16	.176	.242	1	8	11	2
Ramón Martínez	12	42	7	.167	.182	0	4	1	1
Pat Misch	22	13	0	.000	.133	0	0	0	0
Daniel Murphy	155	508	135	.266	.313	12	63	60	4
Jon Niese	5	8	1	.125	.125	0	0	0	0
Fernando Nieve	8	9	3	.333	.333	0	1	0	0
Ángel Pagán	88	343	105	.306	.350	6	32	54	14
Mike Pelfrey	31	52	5	.096	.143	0	4	4	0
Óliver Pérez	14	22	6	.273	.304	0	0	1	0
Tim Redding	30	29	2	.069	.069	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Reed	126	161	39	.242	.301	0	9	9	0
Argenis Reyes	9	17	2	.118	.167	0	0	0	1
José Reyes	36	147	41	.279	.355	2	15	18	11
Johan Santana	25	42	7	.167	.255	0	4	1	0
Omir Santos	96	281	73	.260	.296	7	40	28	0
Brian Schneider	59	170	37	.218	.292	3	24	11	0
Gary Sheffield	100	268	74	.276	.372	10	43	44	2
Cory Sullivan	64	136	34	.250	.338	2	15	17	7
Ken Takahashi	28	2	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Fernando Tatís	125	340	96	.282	.339	8	48	42	4
Josh Thole	17	53	17	.321	.356	0	9	2	1
Wilson Valdéz	41	86	22	.256	.326	0	7	11	0
David Wright	144	535	164	.307	.390	10	72	88	27
Team Totals	162	5453	1472	.270	.335	95	631	671	122

Pitching

Legend: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; H = Hits allowed; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks; bold = league leader

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	H	SO	BB
Lance Broadway	8	0	14 2⁄3	0	0	0	6.75	19	9	6
Elmer Dessens	28	0	32 2⁄3	0	0	0	3.31	24	14	10
Pedro Feliciano	88	0	59 1⁄3	6	4	0	3.03	51	59	18
Nelson Figueroa	16	10	70 1⁄3	3	8	0	4.09	80	59	24
Casey Fossum	3	0	4	0	0	0	2.25	4	3	4
Sean Green	79	0	69 2⁄3	1	4	1	4.52	64	54	36
Liván Hernández	23	23	135	7	8	0	5.47	164	75	51
John Maine	15	15	81 1⁄3	7	6	0	4.43	67	55	38
Pat Misch	22	7	59	3	4	0	4.12	62	23	19
Jon Niese	5	5	25 2⁄3	1	1	0	4.21	27	23	14
Fernando Nieve	8	7	36 2⁄3	3	3	0	2.95	36	23	19
Darren O'Day	4	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	1
Bobby Parnell	68	8	88 1⁄3	4	8	1	5.30	101	74	46
Mike Pelfrey	31	31	184 1⁄3	10	12	0	5.03	213	107	66
Óliver Pérez	14	14	66	3	4	0	6.82	69	62	58
J. J. Putz	29	0	29 1⁄3	1	4	2	5.22	29	19	19
Tim Redding	30	17	120	3	6	0	5.10	122	76	50
Francisco Rodríguez	70	0	68	3	6	35	3.71	51	73	38
Johan Santana	25	25	166 2⁄3	13	9	0	3.13	156	146	46
Brian Stokes	69	0	70 1⁄3	2	4	0	3.97	72	45	38
Tobi Stoner	4	0	9	0	0	0	4.00	9	5	3
Jon Switzer	4	0	3 1⁄3	0	0	0	8.10	4	3	2
Ken Takahashi	28	0	27 1⁄3	0	1	0	2.96	23	23	14
Billy Wagner	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	1
Team Totals	162	162	1426	70	92	39	4.45	1452	1031	616

All stats as of October 4, 2009

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Ken Oberkfell
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Mako Oliveras
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Tim Teufel
A	Savannah Sand Gnats	South Atlantic League	Edgar Alfonzo
Short-Season A	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	Pedro López
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Mike DiFelice
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	Julio Franco

References

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Preceded by 2008	New York Mets seasons 2009	Succeeded by 2010

External links

• 2009 New York Mets season Official Site Archived July 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
• 2009 New York Mets season at Baseball Reference