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2004 New York Mets season

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2004 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
Record71-91 (.438)
Divisional place4th
OwnersFred Wilpon
General managersJim Duquette
ManagersArt Howe
TelevisionWPIX
(Tom Seaver, Dave O'Brien)
Fox Sports New York/MSG/MetroTV
(Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Matt Loughlin, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez)
RadioWFAN
(Howie Rose, Gary Cohen)
WADO (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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The 2004 New York Mets season was the 43rd regular season for the Mets. They went 71–91 and finished fourth in the National League East. They were managed by Art Howe. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

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  • October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets.[1]
  • January 16, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[2]
  • January 29, 2004: Shane Spencer signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[3]
  • February 9, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[4]

Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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Notable transactions

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Game log

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Green indicates a win, pink indicates a loss, and gray indicates a postponement.

2004 Game Log (71–91) Home: 38–43; Away: 33–48
April: (9–14) Home: 4–6; Away: 5–8
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record Streak
1 April 6 @ Braves 7–2 Glavine (1–0) Ortiz (0–1) — Turner Field 49,460 1–0 W1
2 April 7 @ Braves 10–18 Gryboski (1–0) Trachsel (0–1) — Turner Field 22,775 1–1 L1
3 April 8 @ Braves 8–10 Cunnane (1–0) Franco (0–1) Smoltz (1) Turner Field 26,585 1–2 L2
4 April 9 @ Expos* 3–2 (11) Weathers (1–0) Ayala (0–2) Moreno (1) Hiram Bithorn Stadium 14,739 2–2 W1
5 April 10 @ Expos* 0–1 Patterson (1–0) Seo (0–1) Biddle (2) Hiram Bithorn Stadium 11,957 2–3 L1
6 April 11 @ Expos* 4–1 Glavine (2–0) Hernandez (0–1) Looper (1) Hiram Bithorn Stadium 10,623 3–3 W1
7 April 12 Braves 10–6 Trachsel (1–1) Hampton (0–1) Looper (2) Shea Stadium 53,666 4–3 W2
8 April 14 Braves 1–6 Thomson (1–0) Yates (0–1) — Shea Stadium 15,894 4–4 L1
9 April 15 Braves 4–0 Leiter (1–0) Ramirez (0–1) — Shea Stadium 33,212 5–4 W1
10 April 16 Pirates 6–7 Wells (2–1) Moreno (0–1) Mesa (4) Shea Stadium 18,554 5–5 L1
11 April 17 Pirates 1–2 Meadows (1–0) Trachsel (1–2) Mesa (5) Shea Stadium 40,172 5–6 L2
12 April 18 Pirates 1–8 Benson (2–0) Seo (0–2) — Shea Stadium 44,345 5–7 L3
13 April 19 Expos 4–1 Yates (1–1) Ohka (0–3) Looper (3) Shea Stadium 14,002 6–7 W1
14 April 20 Expos 1–2 Day (1–1) Weathers (1–1) Biddle (3) Shea Stadium 14,513 6–8 L1
15 April 21 Expos 1–2 Hernandez (1–2) Glavine (2–1) Biddle (4) Shea Stadium 23,565 6–9 L2
16 April 22 Expos 3–2 Trachsel (2–2) Bentz (2–2) Looper (4) Shea Stadium 15,062 7–9 W1
17 April 23 @ Cubs 1–3 Maddux (1–2) Seo (0–3) Borowski (3) Wrigley Field 38,862 7–10 L1
18 April 24 @ Cubs 0–3 Wood (3–1) Yates (1–2) Hawkins (1) Wrigley Field 39,043 7–11 L2
19 April 25 @ Cubs 1–4 Clement (3–1) Leiter (1–1) Borowski (4) Wrigley Field 38,635 7–12 L3
20 April 27 @ Dodgers 9–5 Glavine (3–1) Nomo (3–2) — Dodger Stadium 28,524 8–12 W1
21 April 28 @ Dodgers 2–3 Perez (2–1) Trachsel (2–3) Gagne (6) Dodger Stadium 29,319 8–13 L1
22 April 29 @ Dodgers 6–1 Seo (1–3) Weaver (1–3) — Dodger Stadium 32,067 9–13 W1
23 April 30 @ Padres 6–7 Lawrence (3–2) Yates (1–3) Otsuka (1) Petco Park 41,971 9–14 L1
*Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2004 season counted as Expos home games.
May: (15–12) Home: 9–5; Away: 6–7
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record Streak
24 May 1 @ Padres 1–3 Peavy (2–1) Franco (0–2) Hoffman (7) Petco Park 42,064 9–15 L2
25 May 2 @ Padres 6–2 Glavine (4–1) Valdez (3–1) — Petco Park 41,965 10–15 W1
26 May 4 Giants 6–2 Trachsel (3–3) Tomko (1–2) — Shea Stadium 30,532 11–15 W2
27 May 5 Giants 8–2 Weathers (2–1) Rodriguez (1–2) — Shea Stadium 19,974 12–15 W3
28 May 6 Giants 2–1 (11) Weathers (3–1) Brower (0–2) — Shea Stadium 23,314 13–15 W4
29 May 7 Brewers 5–7 Davis (2–2) Glavine (4–2) — Shea Stadium 27,841 13–16 L1
30 May 8 Brewers 4–6 Kinney (1–2) Yates (1–4) Kolb (6) Shea Stadium 29,212 13–17 L2
31 May 9 Brewers 6–5 (11) Wheeler (1–0) Ford (1–1) — Shea Stadium 29,686 14–17 W1
32 May 10 @ Diamondbacks 8–12 Daigle (2–1) Baldwin (0–1) — Bank One Ballpark 28,638 14–18 L1
33 May 11 @ Diamondbacks 5–9 Bruney (1–0) Leiter (1–2) — Bank One Ballpark 34,263 14–19 L2
34 May 12 @ Diamondbacks 1–0 Glavine (5–2) Johnson (3–4) Looper (5) Bank One Ballpark 27,750 15–19 W1
35 May 13 @ Diamondbacks 7–4 Seo (2–3) Webb (2–3) Looper (6) Bank One Ballpark 25,573 16–19 W2
36 May 14 @ Astros 8–3 Trachsel (4–3) Oswalt (2–2) — Minute Maid Park 35,849 17–19 W3
37 May 15 @ Astros 4–7 Pettitte (4–1) Baldwin (0–2) Dotel (7) Minute Maid Park 42,581 17–20 L1
38 May 16 @ Astros 3–2 (13) Wheeler (2–0) Backe (1–1) — Minute Maid Park 43,247 18–20 W1
39 May 18 Cardinals 5–4 Bottalico (1–0) Isringhausen (2–1) — Shea Stadium 28,880 19–20 W2
40 May 19 Cardinals 0–1 Eldred (1–0) Stanton (0–1) Kline (1) Shea Stadium 20,229 19–21 L1
41 May 20 Cardinals 4–11 Marquis (3–3) Seo (2–4) — Shea Stadium 21,874 19–22 L2
42 May 21 Rockies 9–7 Ginter (1–0) Young (0–1) — Shea Stadium 20,148 20–22 W1
43 May 22 Rockies 5–4 Weathers (4–1) Nunez (3–2) Looper (7) Shea Stadium 27,526 21–22 W2
44 May 23 Rockies 4–0 Glavine (6–2) Estes (6–3) — Shea Stadium 37,486 22–22 W3
45 May 25 Phillies 5–0 Trachsel (5–3) Milton (5–1) — Shea Stadium 29,385 23–22 W4
46 May 26 Phillies 4–7 Hernandez (1–1) Franco (0–3) Worrell (6) Shea Stadium 20,349 23–23 L1
47 May 28 @ Marlins 1–2 Willis (5–3) Glavine (6–3) Benitez (19) Pro Player Stadium 25,299 23–24 L2
48 May 29 @ Marlins 2–3 (10) Wayne (3–1) Looper (0–1) — Pro Player Stadium 31,325 23–25 L3
49 May 30 @ Marlins 6–8 Borland (1–0) Stanton (0–2) Benitez (20) Pro Player Stadium 30,896 23–26 L4
50 May 31 @ Phillies 5–3 Moreno (1–1) Myers (3–3) Looper (8) Citizens Bank Park 43,620 24–26 W1
June: (13–13) Home: 8–5; Away: 5–8
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record Streak
51 June 1 @ Phillies 4–1 Bottalico (2–0) Worrell (1–2) Looper (9) Citizens Bank Park 34,436 25–26 W2
52 June 2 @ Phillies 5–3 Weathers (5–1) Hernandez (1–2) Looper (10) Citizens Bank Park 37,625 26–26 W3
53 June 3 Marlins 4–1 Seo (3–4) Burnett (0–1) Looper (11) Shea Stadium 20,832 27–26 W4
54 June 4 Marlins 1–5 Pavano (5–2) Trachsel (5–4) Benitez (21) Shea Stadium 23,266 27–27 L1
55 June 5 Marlins 6–7 Perisho (4–2) Weathers (5–2) Benitez (22) Shea Stadium 24,803 27–28 L2
56 June 6 Marlins 5–2 Leiter (2–2) Penny (6–3) — Shea Stadium 25,835 28–28 W1
57 June 8 @ Twins 1–2 Rincon (7–3) Stanton (0–3) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 16,181 28–29 L1
58 June 9 @ Twins 3–5 Santana (3–4) Trachsel (5–5) Nathan (16) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 17,507 28–30 L2
59 June 10 @ Twins 2–3 (15) Balfour (1–0) Bottalico (2–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 16,706 28–31 L3
60 June 11 @ Royals 5–7 May (3–8) Seo (3–5) Affeldt (8) Kauffman Stadium 23,243 28–32 L4
61 June 12 @ Royals 3–4 Affeldt (2–3) Weathers (5–3) — Kauffman Stadium 23,890 28–33 L5
62 June 13 @ Royals 5–2 Glavine (7–3) Greinke (1–2) Looper (12) Kauffman Stadium 24,632 29–33 W1
63 June 15 Indians 7–2 Trachsel (6–5) Davis (1–5) — Shea Stadium 22,783 30–33 W2
64 June 16 Indians 1–9 Sabathia (4–3) Ginter (1–1) — Shea Stadium 29,512 30–34 L1
65 June 17 Indians 6–2 Bottalico (3–1) White (3–2) — Shea Stadium 17,675 31–34 W1
66 June 18 Tigers 3–2 Looper (1–1) Patterson (0–4) — Shea Stadium 36,141 32–34 W2
67 June 19 Tigers 4–3 (10) Looper (2–1) Dingman (1–1) — Shea Stadium 36,925 33–34 W3
68 June 20 Tigers 6–1 Trachsel (7–5) Bonderman (5–6) — Shea Stadium 39,446 34–34 W4
69 June 22 Reds 7–4 Franco (1–3) Wilson (7–1) Looper (13) Shea Stadium 19,301 35–34 W5
70 June 23 Reds 4–6 (12) Matthews (2–1) Franco (1–4) Graves (28) Shea Stadium 32,423 35–35 L1
71 June 24 Reds 2–6 Lidle (5–5) Glavine (7–4) — Shea Stadium 23,827 35–36 L2
– June 25 @ Yankees Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 27
72 June 26 @ Yankees 9–3 Leiter (3–2) Halsey (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 55,303 36–36 W1
73 June 27 (1) @ Yankees 1–8 Contreras (5–3) Trachsel (7–6) Gordon (2) Yankee Stadium 37,305 36–37 L1
74 June 27 (2) @ Yankees 6–11 Mussina (9–4) Ginter (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 55,387 36–38 L2
75 June 29 @ Reds 7–5 Seo (4–5) Van Poppel (3–3) Looper (14) Great American Ball Park 27,858 37–38 W1
76 June 30 @ Reds 0–2 Lidle (6–5) Glavine (7–5) Graves (30) Great American Ball Park 42,076 37–39 L1
July: (12–15) Home: 6–7; Away: 6–8
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record Streak
77 July 1 @ Reds 7–6 Leiter (4–2) Acevedo (4–7) Looper (15) Great American Ball Park 31,633 38–39 W1
78 July 2 Yankees 11–2 Trachsel (8–6) Mussina (9–5) — Shea Stadium 55,068 39–39 W2
79 July 3 Yankees 10–9 Franco (2–4) Sturtze (3–1) — Shea Stadium 55,120 40–39 W3
80 July 4 Yankees 6–5 Moreno (2–1) Gordon (2–3) Looper (16) Shea Stadium 55,437 41–39 W4
81 July 5 @ Phillies 5–6 Madson (6–2) Glavine (7–6) Wagner (13) Citizens Bank Park 41,571 41–40 L1
82 July 6 @ Phillies 4–1 Leiter (5–2) Wolf (3–4) Looper (17) Citizens Bank Park 36,230 42–40 W1
83 July 7 @ Phillies 10–1 Trachsel (9–6) Myers (5–6) — Citizens Bank Park 37,687 43–40 W2
84 July 8 @ Phillies 4–5 Wagner (2–0) Franco (2–5) — Citizens Bank Park 42,601 43–41 L1
85 July 9 @ Marlins 6–3 Wheeler (3–0) Manzanillo (1–2) Looper (18) Pro Player Stadium 25,117 44–41 W1
86 July 10 @ Marlins 2–5 Penny (8–7) Glavine (7–7) Benitez (29) Pro Player Stadium 41,212 44–42 L1
87 July 11 @ Marlins 2–5 Willis (7–5) Leiter (5–3) Benitez (30) Pro Player Stadium 25,735 44–43 L2
75th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas
88 July 15 Phillies 3–2 (11) Parra (1–0) Hernandez (1–3) — Shea Stadium 36,803 45–43 W1
89 July 16 Phillies 1–5 Millwood (7–5) Seo (4–6) Wagner (14) Shea Stadium 42,584 45–44 L1
90 July 17 Phillies 2–8 Wolf (4–5) Glavine (7–8) — Shea Stadium 35,425 45–45 L2
91 July 18 Phillies 6–1 Leiter (6–3) Myers (5–7) Looper (19) Shea Stadium 30,443 46–45 W1
92 July 19 Marlins 5–6 Manzanillo (2–2) Looper (2–2) Benitez (31) Shea Stadium 23,176 46–46 L1
93 July 20 Marlins 7–9 Howard (1–1) Franco (2–6) Benitez (32) Shea Stadium 25,295 46–47 L2
94 July 21 Expos 5–4 Moreno (3–1) Horgan (3–1) Looper (20) Shea Stadium 30,227 47–47 W1
95 July 22 Expos 1–4 Ayala (2–6) Franco (2–7) Cordero (8) Shea Stadium 27,637 47–48 L1
– July 23 Braves Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 13
96 July 24 Braves 2–5 Thomson (8–7) Stanton (0–4) Smoltz (19) Shea Stadium 33,166 47–49 L2
97 July 25 Braves 3–4 Hampton (6–8) Trachsel (9–7) Smoltz (20) Shea Stadium 32,542 47–50 L3
98 July 26 @ Expos 10–19 Ayala (3–6) Erickson (0–1) — Olympic Stadium 6,643 47–51 L4
99 July 27 @ Expos 4–2 Glavine (8–8) Day (5–10) Looper (21) Olympic Stadium 7,147 48–51 W1
100 July 28 @ Expos 4–7 Tucker (1–1) Seo (4–7) Cordero (10) Olympic Stadium 6,852 48–52 L1
101 July 29 @ Expos 10–1 Leiter (7–3) Biddle (2–5) — Olympic Stadium 20,042 49–52 W1
102 July 30 @ Braves 1–3 Hampton (7–8) Trachsel (9–8) Smoltz (24) Turner Field 40,913 49–53 L1
103 July 31 @ Braves 0–8 Wright (9–5) Benson (8–9) — Turner Field 51,125 49–54 L2
August: (11–17) Home: 5–10; Away: 6–7
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record Streak
104 August 1 @ Braves 5–6 Byrd (3–3) Glavine (8–9) Smoltz (25) Turner Field 34,203 49–55 L3
105 August 3 @ Brewers 12–3 Leiter (8–3) Capuano (5–6) — Miller Park 22,306 50–55 W1
106 August 4 @ Brewers 6–5 Feliciano (1–0) Adams (1–1) Looper (22) Miller Park 18,196 51–55 W2
107 August 5 @ Brewers 11–6 Zambrano (10–7) Santos (9–7) — Miller Park 32,225 52–55 W3
108 August 6 @ Cardinals 4–6 Morris (12–7) Glavine (8–10) Isringhausen (29) Busch Stadium 43,949 52–56 L1
109 August 7 @ Cardinals 1–2 Tavarez (4–3) Stanton (0–5) — Busch Stadium 45,364 52–57 L2
110 August 8 @ Cardinals 2–6 Marquis (12–4) Leiter (8–4) Tavarez (3) Busch Stadium 43,578 52–58 L3
111 August 10 Astros 7–3 Trachsel (10–8) Munro (2–4) — Shea Stadium 28,472 53–58 W1
112 August 11 Astros 4–5 (10) Lidge (3–5) Looper (2–3) Bullinger (1) Shea Stadium 32,060 53–59 L1
113 August 12 Astros 2–1 Zambrano (11–7) Weathers (6–7) Looper (23) Shea Stadium 26,419 54–59 W1
114 August 13 Diamondbacks 10–6 Benson (9–9) Fossum (2–12) — Shea Stadium 22,124 55–59 W2
115 August 14 Diamondbacks 4–3 Leiter (9–4) Gonzalez (0–6) Looper (24) Shea Stadium 37,599 56–59 W3
116 August 15 Diamondbacks 0–2 Johnson (12–10) Trachsel (10–9) Aquino (4) Shea Stadium 36,590 56–60 L1
117 August 17 @ Rockies 4–6 Jennings (11–10) Wheeler (3–1) Chacon (30) Coors Field 34,387 56–61 L2
– August 18 @ Rockies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 19
118 August 19 (1) @ Rockies 10–3 Benson (10–9) Estes (13–5) — Coors Field 30,827 57–61 W1
119 August 19 (2) @ Rockies 4–2 Stanton (1–5) Reed (3–3) — Coors Field 29,918 58–61 W2
120 August 20 @ Giants 3–7 Lowry (3–0) Trachsel (10–10) — SBC Park 42,211 58–62 L1
121 August 21 @ Giants 11–9 (12) Stanton (2–5) Correia (0–1) Fortunato (1) SBC Park 42,418 59–62 W1
122 August 22 @ Giants 1–3 Rueter (7–9) Ginter (1–3) Hermanson (5) SBC Park 42,359 59–63 L1
123 August 23 Padres 4–9 Peavy (10–3) Heilman (0–1) — Shea Stadium 25,475 59–64 L2
124 August 24 Padres 1–3 Wells (8–7) Benson (10–10) Hoffman (32) Shea Stadium 25,558 59–65 L3
125 August 25 Padres 0–4 Lawrence (13–10) Leiter (9–5) — Shea Stadium 28,067 59–66 L4
126 August 26 Padres 3–10 Eaton (9–11) Trachsel (10–11) — Shea Stadium 27,621 59–67 L5
127 August 27 Dodgers 9–2 Glavine (9–10) Alvarez (7–5) — Shea Stadium 42,694 60–67 W1
128 August 28 Dodgers 2–4 Carrara (4–1) Stanton (2–6) Gagne (36) Shea Stadium 40,660 60–68 L1
129 August 29 Dodgers 2–10 Ishii (13–6) Benson (10–11) — Shea Stadium 33,582 60–69 L2
130 August 30 Marlins 4–6 Seanez (2–2) Bell (0–1) Benitez (39) Shea Stadium 16,468 60–70 L3
131 August 31 Marlins 0–5 Beckett (6–8) Trachsel (10–12) — Shea Stadium 17,770 60–71 L4
September: (10–18) Home: 5–8; Away: 5–10
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record Streak
132 September 1 Marlins 4–5 Valdez (12–7) Glavine (9–11) Benitez (40) Shea Stadium 19,621 60–72 L5
133 September 2 Marlins 6–9 Pavano (16–5) Seo (4–8) — Shea Stadium 24,937 60–73 L6
134 September 3 @ Phillies 1–8 Floyd (1–0) Bell (0–2) — Citizens Bank Park 37,267 60–74 L7
135 September 4 @ Phillies 0–7 Lidle (9–12) Leiter (9–6) — Citizens Bank Park 43,089 60–75 L8
136 September 5 @ Phillies 2–4 Myers (8–9) Trachsel (10–13) Worrell (17) Citizens Bank Park 43,628 60–76 L9
137 September 7 @ Marlins 3–7 Burnett (6–6) Glavine (9–12) — Pro Player Stadium 14,308 60–77 L10
138 September 8 @ Marlins 0–3 Beckett (7–8) Seo (4–9) Benitez (41) Pro Player Stadium 14,691 60–78 L11
139 September 9 @ Marlins 4–0 Benson (11–11) Valdez (12–8) — Pro Player Stadium 13,102 61–78 W1
140 September 10 Phillies 5–9 Jones (10–5) Bottalico (3–2) — Shea Stadium 27,827 61–79 L1
141 September 11 Phillies 9–11 (13) Hernandez (3–5) Darensbourg (0–1) Rodriguez (1) Shea Stadium 21,718 61–80 L2
142 September 12 Phillies 2–4 Padilla (6–7) Glavine (9–13) Worrell (19) Shea Stadium 23,391 61–81 L3
143 September 13 (1) Braves 9–7 Heilman (1–1) Wright (14–7) — Shea Stadium N/A 62–81 W1
144 September 13 (2) Braves 1–7 Byrd (7–5) Seo (4–10) — Shea Stadium 21,476 62–82 L1
145 September 14 Braves 7–0 Benson (12–11) Ortiz (14–8) — Shea Stadium 21,545 63–82 W1
146 September 15 Braves 0–2 Thomson (12–8) Leiter (9–7) Smoltz (38) Shea Stadium 29,704 63–83 L1
147 September 16 Braves 9–4 Trachsel (11–13) Capellan (0–1) — Shea Stadium 19,885 64–83 W1
– September 17 @ Pirates Postponed (Hurricane Ivan); rescheduled for September 19
148 September 18 @ Pirates 8–7 (10) Yates (2–4) Torres (7–5) Looper (25) PNC Park 19,236 65–83 W2
149 September 19 (1) @ Pirates 0–1 Vogelsong (6–12) Heilman (1–2) Mesa (40) PNC Park N/A 65–84 L1
150 September 19 (2) @ Pirates 1–6 Williams (2–1) Benson (12–12) — PNC Park 18,219 65–85 L2
151 September 21 @ Expos 1–6 Hernandez (11–14) Leiter (9–8) — Olympic Stadium 3,839 65–86 L3
152 September 22 @ Expos 3–2 Fortunato (1–0) Ayala (6–12) Looper (26) Olympic Stadium 3,664 66–86 W1
153 September 23 @ Expos 4–2 Glavine (10–13) Ohka (3–6) Looper (27) Olympic Stadium 11,142 67–86 W2
154 September 24 Cubs 1–2 (10 Remlinger (1–1) Looper (2–4) Hawkins (24) Shea Stadium 28,196 67–87 L1
155 September 25 Cubs 4–3 (11 Seo (5–10) Mercker (3–1) — Shea Stadium 34,284 68–87 W1
156 September 26 Cubs 3–2 Leiter (10–8) Wood (8–8) Looper (28) Shea Stadium 36,476 69–87 W2
– September 27 @ Braves Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 28
157 September 28 (1) @ Braves 2–1 Trachsel (12–13) Byrd (8–6) Looper (29) Turner Field N/A 70–87 W3
158 September 28 (2) @ Braves 2–5 Colon (2–1) Glavine (10–14) Smoltz (42) Turner Field 35,729 70–88 L1
159 September 29 @ Braves 3–6 Ortiz (15–9) Heilman (1–3) Smoltz (43) Turner Field 22,000 70–89 L2
October: (1–2) Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record Streak
160 October 1 Expos 2–4 Rauch (4–1) Feliciano (1–1) Cordero (14) Shea Stadium 29,273 70–90 L3
161 October 2 Expos 3–6 Cordero (7–3) Looper (2–5) Majewski (1) Shea Stadium 30,147 70–91 L4
162 October 3 Expos 8–1 Glavine (11–14) Patterson (4–7) — Shea Stadium 33,569 71–91 W1

Roster

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2004 New York Mets
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Season standings

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National League East

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 96 66 .593 — 49‍–‍32 47‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies 86 76 .531 10 42‍–‍39 44‍–‍37
Florida Marlins 83 79 .512 13 42‍–‍38 41‍–‍41
New York Mets 71 91 .438 25 38‍–‍43 33‍–‍48
Montreal Expos 67 95 .414 29 35‍–‍45 32‍–‍50


Record vs. opponents

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2004 National League record

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


The final Montreal Expos game

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Back in 1969, the New York Mets played the Montreal Expos in their first ever game. The game was played in New York. The Montreal Expos final game was played in New York against the Mets as well.

Scorecard

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October 3, Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
New York 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 x 8 11 1
W: Tom Glavine (11-14)  L: John Patterson (4-7)   HRs: David Wright (14), Todd Zeile (9)
Attendance: 33,569 Time:3:10

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Jason Phillips 128 362 79 .218 7 34
1B Mike Piazza 129 455 121 .266 20 54
2B José Reyes 53 220 56 .255 2 14
SS Kazuo Matsui 114 460 125 .272 7 44
3B David Wright 69 263 77 .293 14 40
LF Cliff Floyd 113 396 103 .260 18 63
CF Mike Cameron 140 493 114 .231 30 76
RF Richard Hidalgo 86 324 74 .228 21 52

Other batters

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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
Todd Zeile 137 348 81 .233 9 35
Ty Wigginton 86 312 89 .285 12 42
Eric Valent 130 270 72 .267 13 34
Karim Garcia 62 192 45 .234 7 22
Shane Spencer 74 185 52 .281 4 26
Vance Wilson 79 157 43 .274 4 21
Danny Garcia 58 138 32 .232 3 17
Joe McEwing 75 138 35 .254 1 16
Wilson Delgado 42 130 38 .292 2 13
Gerald Williams 57 129 30 .233 4 11
Jeff Keppinger 33 116 33 .284 3 9
Ricky Gutiérrez 24 63 11 .175 0 5
Víctor Díaz 15 51 15 .294 3 8
Craig Brazell 24 34 9 .265 1 3
Jeff Duncan 13 15 1 .067 0 1
Tom Wilson 4 4 1 .250 0 0
Brian Buchanan 2 3 0 .000 0 0
Joe Hietpas 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
Esix Snead 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Glavine 33 212.1 11 14 3.60 109
Steve Trachsel 33 202.2 12 13 4.00 117
Al Leiter 30 173.2 10 8 3.21 117
Jae Weong Seo 24 117.2 5 10 4.90 54
Matt Ginter 15 69.1 1 3 4.54 38
Kris Benson 11 68.0 4 4 4.50 51
Aaron Heilman 5 28.0 1 3 5.46 22
Victor Zambrano 3 14.0 2 0 3.86 14
Scott Erickson 2 8.0 0 1 7.88 3
James Baldwin 2 6.0 0 2 15.00 1

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tyler Yates 21 46.2 2 4 6.36 35

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Braden Looper 71 2 5 29 2.70 60
Mike Stanton 83 2 6 0 3.16 58
Ricky Bottalico 60 3 2 0 3.38 61
John Franco 52 2 7 0 5.28 36
Orber Moreno 33 3 1 1 3.38 29
Dan Wheeler 32 3 1 0 4.80 46
David Weathers 32 5 3 0 4.28 25
Pedro Feliciano 22 1 1 0 5.40 14
Heath Bell 17 0 2 0 3.33 27
Mike DeJean 17 0 0 0 1.69 24
Bartolomé Fortunato 15 1 0 1 3.86 20
José Parra 13 1 0 0 3.21 14
Vic Darensbourg 5 0 1 0 7.94 1
Grant Roberts 4 0 0 0 17.36 1
Todd Zeile 1 0 0 0 45.00 0

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League John Stearns
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Ken Oberkfell
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Tim Teufel
A Capital City Bombers South Atlantic League Jack Lind
A-Short Season Brooklyn Cyclones New York–Penn League Tony Tijerina
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Mookie Wilson
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Brett Butler

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References

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  1. ^ Marco Scutaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ a b Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ a b Shane Spencer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ a b c Ricky Bottalico Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "David Weathers Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ^ "Justin Huber Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ^ Scott Kazmir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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