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Record: 71-91   .438.... 4th in National League East
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,588,323
Payroll: $23,456,500
Top Draft Pick: Rob Stratton (#13)   AAA
Manager - Dallas Green, Bobby Valentine

Affiliates - AAA Norfolk Tides AA Binghamton Mets A+ St. Lucie Mets A Columbia Bombers A- Pittsfield Mets Rk Kingsport Mets Rk Gulf Coast Mets

Team Leaders

HR: Hundley [41]
RBI: Gilkey [117]
2B: Gilkey [44]
SB: Johnson [50]
W: Clark [14]
SV: Franco [28]
SO: Clark [142]

Oldest Player: John Franco [35]
Youngest Player: Edgardo Alfonzo [22]
Longest Tenure: John Franco, Todd Hundley [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Charlie Greene (Sep 15) Jason Hardtke (Sep 8) Rey Ordonez (Apr 1)
Pitchers: Mike Fyhrie (Sep 14) Derek Wallace (Aug 13) Paul Wilson (Apr 4)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Juan Acevedo	P	26	Norfolk	AAA
Benny Agbayani	LF-RF	24	Norfolk	AAA
	LF-RF		Binghamton	AA
Pat Ahearne	P	26	Norfolk	AAA
Edgardo Alfonzo	3B-2B	22	New York Mets	MLB
Tom Arvelo			Columbia	A
Joe Ausanio	P	30	Norfolk	AAA
Joe Aversa	SS	28	Binghamton	AA
Jesus Azuaje	SS	23	Binghamton	AA
	SS		Columbia	A
Carlos Baerga	2B	27	New York Mets	MLB
Brian Bark	P	28	Norfolk	AAA
Fletcher Bates	OF	22	Columbia	A
Ryan Bennett	C	22	Pittsfield	A-
Tim Bishop	OF	20	Pittsfield	A-
	OF		Kingsport	Rk
Brandon Black	OF	21	Columbia	A
	OF		Kingsport	Rk
Tim Bogar	SS-3B	29	New York Mets	MLB
Quincy Boyd			Columbia	A
Rico Brogna	1B	26	New York Mets	MLB
Mo Bruce	IF	21	Kingsport	Rk
	IF		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Pat Burns	1B	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Paul Byrd	P	25	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
John Carter	P	24	Binghamton	AA
Alberto Castillo	C	26	New York Mets	MLB
	C		Norfolk	AAA
Bailey Chancey	OF	22	Kingsport	Rk
Robert Chancey	OF	24	Kingsport	Rk
Joel Chimelis	SS	29	Norfolk	AAA
Mark Clark	P	28	New York Mets	MLB
Ariel Colon	1B	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Brandon Copeland	OF	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Robert Cox	P	20	Pittsfield	A-
Joe Crawford	P	26	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Bob Daly			St. Lucie	A+
			Columbia	A
Brian Daubach	1B	24	Norfolk	AAA
	1B		Binghamton	AA
Angel Davila			Kingsport	Rk
			Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Cesar Diaz	C	22	St. Lucie	A+
Jerry Dipoto	P	28	New York Mets	MLB
Chad Durick	1B	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Brian Edmondson	P	23	Binghamton	AA
Tracy Edmondson	2B	21	Columbia	A
Beau Engle	C	21	Columbia	A
	C		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Corey Erickson	IF	19	Columbia	A
	IF		Pittsfield	A-
Alex Escobar	RF-CF	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Alvaro Espinoza	SS-3B	34	New York Mets	MLB
Carl Everett	CF-RF	25	New York Mets	MLB
Jon Farrell	C-OF		St. Lucie	A+
Kevin Flora	CF-LF	27	Norfolk	AAA
	CF-LF		St. Lucie	A+
John Franco	P	36	New York Mets	MLB
Matt Franco	1B-3B	27	New York Mets	MLB
	1B-3B		Norfolk	AAA
Robert Frost	C		Kingsport	Rk
Mark Fuller	P	26	Binghamton	AA
Mike Fyhrie	P	26	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Bryon Gainey	1B	20	Columbia	A
Mike Gardiner	P	30	Norfolk	AAA
Phil Geisler	OF	26	Binghamton	AA
Shawn Gilbert	LF-2B	31	Norfolk	AAA
Bernard Gilkey	LF	30	New York Mets	MLB
Paul Gomez	C	23	St. Lucie	A+
	C		Columbia	A
Charlie Greene	C	25	New York Mets	MLB
	C		Binghamton	AA
Pedro Grifol	C	26	Binghamton	AA
Mark Guerra	P	24	Binghamton	AA
Hamlet Guerrero			Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
			Kingsport	Rk
Rafael Guerrero	OF	21	St. Lucie	A+
Garrick Haltiwanger	OF	21	Pittsfield	A-
Jason Hardtke	2B-3B	25	New York Mets	MLB
	2B-3B		Norfolk	AAA
	2B-3B		Binghamton	AA
Pete Harnisch	P	30	New York Mets	MLB
Doug Henry	P	32	New York Mets	MLB
Tyrone Horne	OF	25	Binghamton	AA
Chris Howard	C	30	Norfolk	AAA
B.J. Huff	OF	21	Pittsfield	A-
Todd Hundley	C	27	New York Mets	MLB
Scott Hunter	OF	20	St. Lucie	A+
Butch Huskey	RF-1B	24	New York Mets	MLB
Jason Isringhausen	P	24	New York Mets	MLB
Angel Jaime	SS	23	St. Lucie	A+
Ryan Jaroncyk	SS	19	Kingsport	Rk
Craig Jelsovsky	P	20	Kingsport	Rk
Anthony Johnson			Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Lance Johnson	CF	33	New York Mets	MLB
Tom Johnson	OF	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Bobby Jones	P	26	New York Mets	MLB
Chris Jones	RF-LF	30	New York Mets	MLB
Jeff Kent	2B	28	New York Mets	MLB
Glenn Kushma	IF	23	Kingsport	Rk
Toby Larson	P	23	Binghamton	AA
Tim Leiper	OF	30	Binghamton	AA
Cory Lidle	P	24	Binghamton	AA
Terrence Long	CF-LF	20	Columbia	A
Jose Lopez	3B	21	St. Lucie	A+
Pee Wee Lopez	C	19	Pittsfield	A-
	C		Kingsport	Rk
Terrell Lowery	CF-LF	25	Norfolk	AAA
	CF-LF		Binghamton	AA
Bob MacDonald	P	31	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
John Mahalik	SS-2B	25	Norfolk	AAA
	SS-2B		Binghamton	AA
Dwight Maness	OF	22	Binghamton	AA
Pedro Martinez	P	27	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Roger Martinez			Pittsfield	A-
Brent Mayne	C	28	New York Mets	MLB
Kevin McCarthy	OF	20	Kingsport	Rk
Trey McCoy	OF-1B	29	Norfolk	AAA
James McCready	P	26	Norfolk	AAA
Mike Meadows	1B	17	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Carlos Mendoza			Columbia	A
Ryan Miller	SS-2B	23	St. Lucie	A+
Blas Minor	P	30	New York Mets	MLB
Dave Mlicki	P	28	New York Mets	MLB
Eric Morales	C	23	Columbia	A
Juan Moreno	OF	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Kevin Morgan	3B	26	Norfolk	AAA
	3B		Binghamton	AA
Ryan Morrison	OF	21	Pittsfield	A-
Guillermo Mota	P	23	St. Lucie	A+
Brandon Mulvehill	OF	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Brandon Naples	OF	23	St. Lucie	A+
	OF		Pittsfield	A-
Bruce Nolte	SS		Columbia	A
	SS		Pittsfield	A-
Jose Nunez			Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Alex Ochoa	RF-LF	24	New York Mets	MLB
	RF-LF		Norfolk	AAA
Erick Ojeda	P	20	Columbia	A
Rey Ordonez	SS	23	New York Mets	MLB
Scott Pagano	OF	25	Binghamton	AA
Jeff Parsons	SS	22	Columbia	A
	SS		Pittsfield	A-
Jarrod Patterson	3B	23	St. Lucie	A+
	3B		Columbia	A
Cory Patton	OF	20	Kingsport	Rk
Jay Payton	CF-LF	23	Norfolk	AAA
	CF-LF		Binghamton	AA
	CF-LF		St. Lucie	A+
	CF-LF		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Juan Penalver	3B	21	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
	3B		Kingsport	Rk
Jersen Perez	SS-2B	20	Pittsfield	A-
	SS-2B		Kingsport	Rk
	SS-2B		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Robert Person	P	26	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Roberto Petagine	1B	25	New York Mets	MLB
	1B		Norfolk	AAA
Jason Pierson	P	25	Binghamton	AA
Enohel Polanco	SS	22	Columbia	A
Dan Ramirez	OF	22	Columbia	A
	OF		Pittsfield	A-
Hector Ramirez	P	24	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Kelly Ramos	C	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Rick Reed	P	31	Norfolk	AAA
Luis Rivera	SS	32	Norfolk	AAA
Kevin Roberson	RF-LF	28	New York Mets	MLB
	RF-LF		Norfolk	AAA
Chris Roberts	P-OF	25	Binghamton	AA
Mark Rodriguez			Kingsport	Rk
Sammy Rodriguez	C	21	Pittsfield	A-
Bryan Rogers	P	28	Norfolk	AAA
Rafael Roque	P	22	Binghamton	AA
David Sanderson	OF		St. Lucie	A+
	OF		Columbia	A
Scott Sauerbeck	P	24	Binghamton	AA
Chris Saunders	3B	26	Binghamton	AA
Jeramie Simpson	OF		St. Lucie	A+
	OF		Columbia	A
Carlos Soriano	3B	21	Columbia	A
Tom Stanton	OF	20	Columbia	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Rob Stratton	OF	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jeff Tam	P	26	Binghamton	AA
John Tamargo	IF	21	Pittsfield	A-
Tim Tessmar	1B	22	Kingsport	Rk
Gary Thurman	RF-LF	31	Norfolk	AAA
Tony Tijerina	OF	26	St. Lucie	A+
Andy Tomberlin	RF-LF	29	New York Mets	MLB
	RF-LF		Norfolk	AAA
Ricky Trlicek	P	27	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Brian Turner	OF	25	Binghamton	AA
	OF		St. Lucie	A+
Yohanny Valera	C	20	Columbia	A
Randy Vickers	SS		Columbia	A
	SS		Pittsfield	A-
Jose Vizcaino	SS-2B	28	New York Mets	MLB
Derek Wallace	P	25	New York Mets	MLB
Randy Warner	OF	23	St. Lucie	A+
Mike Welch	P	24	Binghamton	AA
Donald White	OF	24	Binghamton	AA
Paul Wilson	P	23	New York Mets	MLB
Preston Wilson	CF-OF	22	St. Lucie	A+
Vance Wilson	C	23	St. Lucie	A+
Shannon Withem	P	24	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Paul Yoder	OF		Pittsfield	A-
Junior Zamora	3B	20	Columbia	A
	3B		Kingsport	Rk
Julio Zorrilla	2B	21	St. Lucie	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Juan Acevedo	26	Norfolk	AAA
Pat Ahearne	26	Norfolk	AAA
Steve Arffa	23	St. Lucie	A+
Luis Arroyo	23	St. Lucie	A+
Joe Atwater	21	St. Lucie	A+
Joe Ausanio	30	Norfolk	AAA
Preston Ballew	19	Kingsport	Rk
Brian Bark	28	Norfolk	AAA
Hans Beebe	21	Pittsfield	A-
Jason Bohannon	22	Kingsport	Rk
Robert Borkowski	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Corey Brittan	21	Pittsfield	A-
Jason Bullard	27	Norfolk	AAA
	27	Binghamton	AA
Craig Bullock	24	St. Lucie	A+
Ethan Burke	21	Kingsport	Rk
A.J. Burnett	19	Kingsport	Rk
Paul Byrd	25	New York Mets	MLB
	25	Norfolk	AAA
Tim Carr	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
John Carter	24	Binghamton	AA
	24	St. Lucie	A+
Mark Clark	28	New York Mets	MLB
Scott Comer	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Chadwick Cooper	21	Kingsport	Rk
Craig Cope	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Osvaldo Coronado	22	Columbia	A
Jeff Cosman	25	St. Lucie	A+
	25	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Robert Cox	20	St. Lucie	A+
	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Joe Crawford	26	Norfolk	AAA
	26	Binghamton	AA
Todd Cutchins	21	Pittsfield	A-
Mike Davis	21	Kingsport	Rk
Chris Dewitt	22	Columbia	A
Jerry Dipoto	28	New York Mets	MLB
Steve Dixon	27	Binghamton	AA
Octavio Dotel	20	Columbia	A
Chad Durick	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Brian Edmondson	23	Binghamton	AA
Leo Estrella	21	Kingsport	Rk
Matt Ferullo	23	Pittsfield	A-
	23	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
	23	Kingsport	Rk
Nelson Figueroa	22	Columbia	A
John Franco	36	New York Mets	MLB
Mark Fuller	26	Binghamton	AA
Mike Fyhrie	26	New York Mets	MLB
	26	Norfolk	AAA
Mike Gardiner	30	Norfolk	AAA
Adam Garmon	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Dicky Gonzalez	17	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
	17	Kingsport	Rk
Arnie Gooch	19	St. Lucie	A+
Mark Guerra	24	Binghamton	AA
Lindsay Gulin	19	Columbia	A
Jeff Hafer	21	Kingsport	Rk
Pete Harnisch	30	New York Mets	MLB
	30	St. Lucie	A+
Doug Henry	32	New York Mets	MLB
Brett Herbison	19	Pittsfield	A-
	19	Kingsport	Rk
Jeff Howatt	22	Columbia	A
Jason Isringhausen	24	New York Mets	MLB
Craig Jelsovsky	20	Kingsport	Rk
Bobby Jones	26	New York Mets	MLB
John Kelly	23	St. Lucie	A+
Kyle Kessel	20	Pittsfield	A-
Toby Larson	23	Norfolk	AAA
	23	Binghamton	AA
	23	St. Lucie	A+
	23	Columbia	A
Mark Lee	32	Norfolk	AAA
Cory Lidle	24	Binghamton	AA
Joe Lisio	23	Columbia	A
Jeromie Lovingood	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
	18	Kingsport	Rk
Mike Lyons	21	Kingsport	Rk
Bob MacDonald	31	New York Mets	MLB
	31	Norfolk	AAA
Kevin Manley	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Scott Marquardt	24	St. Lucie	A+
	24	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Pedro Martinez	27	New York Mets	MLB
	27	Norfolk	AAA
James McCready	26	Norfolk	AAA
	26	Binghamton	AA
	26	St. Lucie	A+
	26	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Ethan McEntire	21	Columbia	A
Blas Minor	30	New York Mets	MLB
Dave Mlicki	28	New York Mets	MLB
Brandon Mulvehill	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Dan Murray	22	St. Lucie	A+
Erick Ojeda	20	Columbia	A
Phil Olson	22	St. Lucie	A+
	22	Columbia	A
Steven Pack	23	St. Lucie	A+
	23	Columbia	A
Casey Patterson	23	Pittsfield	A-
William Payne	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Robert Person	26	New York Mets	MLB
	26	Norfolk	AAA
Jason Pierson	25	Binghamton	AA
Melvin Poupart	21	Columbia	A
	21	Pittsfield	A-
Kirk Presley	21	Pittsfield	A-
Ken Pumphrey	20	Pittsfield	A-
Joey Pyrtle	22	Pittsfield	A-
	22	Kingsport	Rk
	22	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Mike Queen	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Hector Ramirez	24	Norfolk	AAA
	24	Binghamton	AA
Rick Reed	31	Norfolk	AAA
Chris Roberts	25	Binghamton	AA
	25	St. Lucie	A+
	25	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Grant Roberts	19	Kingsport	Rk
Bryan Rogers	28	Norfolk	AAA
	28	St. Lucie	A+
Rafael Roque	22	Binghamton	AA
	22	St. Lucie	A+
Jim Rosenbohm	23	Pittsfield	A-
Jesus Sanchez	21	St. Lucie	A+
William Santamaria	18	Columbia	A
Humberto Santana	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Scott Sauerbeck	24	Binghamton	AA
	24	St. Lucie	A+
Barry Short	22	St. Lucie	A+
Matt Splawn	23	Pittsfield	A-
Willie Suggs	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jeff Tam	26	Binghamton	AA
Ramon Tatis	23	St. Lucie	A+
Eric Torres	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Ricky Trlicek	27	New York Mets	MLB
	27	Norfolk	AAA
Andrew Trumpour	22	Columbia	A
Bill Tull	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
	20	Kingsport	Rk
Richard Turrentine	25	Binghamton	AA
	25	St. Lucie	A+
Brandon Villafuerte	20	Pittsfield	A-
Derek Wallace	25	New York Mets	MLB
	25	Norfolk	AAA
Mike Welch	24	Norfolk	AAA
	24	Binghamton	AA
Paul Wilson	23	New York Mets	MLB
	23	Binghamton	AA
	23	St. Lucie	A+
Shannon Withem	24	Norfolk	AAA
	24	Binghamton	AA
	24	St. Lucie	A+
Andrew Zwirchitz	20	Kingsport	Rk