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Record: 88-74   .543.... 3rd in National League East
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,766,174
Payroll: $38,474,567
Top Draft Pick: Geoff Goetz (#6)   AA
Manager - 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 [30]
RBI: Olerud [102]
2B: Olerud [34]
SB: Everett [17]
W: Jones [15]
SV: Franco [36]
SO: Mlicki [157]

Oldest Player: John Franco [36]
Youngest Player: Carlos Mendoza [17]
Longest Tenure: John Franco, Todd Hundley [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Steve Bieser (Apr 1) Shawn Gilbert (Jun 2) Carlos Mendoza (Sep 3) Kevin Morgan (Jun 15)
Pitchers: Joe Crawford (Apr 7) Takashi Kashiwada (May 1) Cory Lidle (May 8)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Juan Acevedo	P	27	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Benny Agbayani	LF-RF	25	Norfolk	AAA
Manny Alexander	SS-2B	26	New York Mets	MLB
	SS-2B		St. Lucie	A+
Edgardo Alfonzo	3B-2B	23	New York Mets	MLB
Luis Arroyo	P	24	Binghamton	AA
Jesus Azuaje	SS	24	Norfolk	AAA
	SS		Binghamton	AA
Carlos Baerga	2B	28	New York Mets	MLB
Fletcher Bates	OF	23	Binghamton	AA
	OF		St. Lucie	A+
Ryan Bennett	C	23	St. Lucie	A+
	C		Columbia	A
Steve Bieser	CF-LF	30	New York Mets	MLB
	CF-LF		Norfolk	AAA
Tim Bishop	OF	21	Columbia	A
Brian Bohanon	P	29	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Toby Borland	P	28	New York Mets	MLB
Jason Bowring	P	20	Kingsport	Rk
Jason Brett	SS	20	Kingsport	Rk
Eddie Brooks	3B-2B	24	St. Lucie	A+
Mo Bruce	IF	22	Pittsfield	A-
	IF		Kingsport	Rk
Pat Burns	1B	20	Kingsport	Rk
Luis Cardona	C	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Brian Carpenter	P	26	Binghamton	AA
John Carter	P	25	Binghamton	AA
Alberto Castillo	C	27	New York Mets	MLB
	C		Norfolk	AAA
Wes Chamberlain	RF-LF	31	Norfolk	AAA
Bailey Chancey	OF	23	Columbia	A
Endy Chavez	CF	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
	CF		Kingsport	Rk
Mark Clark	P	29	New York Mets	MLB
Josh Cook	SS	19	Kingsport	Rk
Brandon Copeland	OF	20	Pittsfield	A-
	OF		Kingsport	Rk
Joe Crawford	P	27	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Angel Davila			Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Ruddi De la cruz	2B	17	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Alex Diaz	CF-RF	28	Norfolk	AAA
Octavio Dotel	P	21	Binghamton	AA
Jim Dougherty	P	29	Norfolk	AAA
Chad Durick	1B	20	Kingsport	Rk
	1B		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Brian Edmondson	P	24	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Tracy Edmondson	2B	22	Columbia	A
Beau Engle	C	22	St. Lucie	A+
	C		Columbia	A
Corey Erickson	IF	20	St. Lucie	A+
	IF		Columbia	A
Alex Escobar	RF-CF	19	Kingsport	Rk
	RF-CF		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Angel Espada	IF	22	Columbia	A
	IF		Pittsfield	A-
Ramon Espinosa	OF	25	Norfolk	AAA
	OF		Binghamton	AA
Carl Everett	CF-RF	26	New York Mets	MLB
Mathias Fafard	3B		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Sean Fesh	P	24	Binghamton	AA
Nelson Figueroa	P	23	Binghamton	AA
John Franco	P	37	New York Mets	MLB
Matt Franco	1B-3B	28	New York Mets	MLB
	1B-3B		Norfolk	AAA
Bryon Gainey	1B	21	St. Lucie	A+
Mike Gargiulo	C	22	St. Lucie	A+
Adam Garmon	P	20	Kingsport	Rk
Phil Geisler	OF	27	Norfolk	AAA
Shawn Gilbert	LF-2B	32	New York Mets	MLB
	LF-2B		Norfolk	AAA
Bernard Gilkey	LF	31	New York Mets	MLB
Arnie Gooch	P	20	Binghamton	AA
Charlie Greene	C	26	Norfolk	AAA
Pedro Grifol	C	27	Binghamton	AA
Mark Guerra	P	25	Binghamton	AA
Garrick Haltiwanger	OF	22	Columbia	A
Jason Hardtke	2B-3B	26	New York Mets	MLB
	2B-3B		Norfolk	AAA
	2B-3B		Binghamton	AA
Pete Harnisch	P	31	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Bobby Hill	2B	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Chris Howard	P	31	Binghamton	AA
B.J. Huff	OF	22	Columbia	A
Todd Hundley	C	28	New York Mets	MLB
Scott Hunter	OF	21	Binghamton	AA
Butch Huskey	RF-1B	25	New York Mets	MLB
Jason Isringhausen	P	25	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Angel Jaime	SS	24	Norfolk	AAA
	SS		St. Lucie	A+
Ryan Jaroncyk	SS	20	Columbia	A
Brian Jenkins	OF	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
A.J. Johnson	OF	24	Kingsport	Rk
Lance Johnson	CF	34	New York Mets	MLB
Tom Johnson	OF	21	Pittsfield	A-
Bobby Jones	P	27	New York Mets	MLB
Ricardo Jordan	P	27	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Takashi Kashiwada	P	26	New York Mets	MLB
Eric Knowles	SS	23	Binghamton	AA
	SS		St. Lucie	A+
Clark Lambert	C	22	St. Lucie	A+
	C		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Cory Lidle	P	25	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Terrence Long	CF-LF	21	St. Lucie	A+
Jose Lopez	3B	22	Norfolk	AAA
	3B		Binghamton	AA
	3B		St. Lucie	A+
Luis Lopez	SS-2B	27	New York Mets	MLB
	SS-2B		Norfolk	AAA
Pee Wee Lopez	C	20	St. Lucie	A+
Mark Maberry	P	23	Kingsport	Rk
John Mahalik	SS-2B	26	Binghamton	AA
Dwight Maness	OF	23	Binghamton	AA
	OF		St. Lucie	A+
Barry Manuel	P	32	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
James Martin	OF	26	Norfolk	AAA
	OF		Binghamton	AA
Andres Martinez	C		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Rafael Martinez	1B	22	St. Lucie	A+
	1B		Columbia	A
Kevin McCarthy	OF	21	Columbia	A
	OF		Pittsfield	A-
Tony McCladdie	3B	21	Pittsfield	A-
Scott McClain	1B-3B	25	Norfolk	AAA
Sean McGrath	3B	21	Kingsport	Rk
Greg McMichael	P	30	New York Mets	MLB
Brian McRae	CF	30	New York Mets	MLB
Mike Meadows	1B	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Carlos Mendoza	LF-CF	17	New York Mets	MLB
Carlos Mendoza			Norfolk	AAA
			Binghamton	AA
Kenny Miller	SS	21	Pittsfield	A-
Ryan Miller	SS-2B	24	St. Lucie	A+
Dave Mlicki	P	29	New York Mets	MLB
Mike Moore	OF	26	Norfolk	AAA
	OF		Binghamton	AA
Elvin Morales			Binghamton	AA
Eric Morales	C	24	St. Lucie	A+
Juan Moreno	OF	21	Pittsfield	A-
Kevin Morgan	3B	27	New York Mets	MLB
	3B		Norfolk	AAA
	3B		Binghamton	AA
Brandon Mulvehill	OF	19	St. Lucie	A+
	OF		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jimmy Myers	P	28	Norfolk	AAA
Bruce Nolte	SS		Pittsfield	A-
Jose Nunez	P	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
	P		Kingsport	Rk
Alex Ochoa	RF-LF	25	New York Mets	MLB
John Olerud	1B	29	New York Mets	MLB
Rey Ordonez	SS	24	New York Mets	MLB
Franklin Parra	SS	26	Binghamton	AA
	SS		St. Lucie	A+
Jeff Parsons	SS	23	St. Lucie	A+
	SS		Columbia	A
Cory Patton	OF	21	Pittsfield	A-
Juan Penalver	3B	22	Columbia	A
	3B		Kingsport	Rk
Jersen Perez	SS-2B	21	Columbia	A
	SS-2B		Kingsport	Rk
Yorkis Perez	P	30	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Binghamton	AA
Roberto Petagine	1B	26	New York Mets	MLB
	1B		Norfolk	AAA
Jason Phillips	C-1B	21	Pittsfield	A-
Enohel Polanco	SS	23	Binghamton	AA
	SS		St. Lucie	A+
Todd Pratt	C	30	New York Mets	MLB
	C		Norfolk	AAA
Mark Proctor	SS	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Gerard Prosper	OF	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Bill Pulsipher	P	23	Norfolk	AAA
Eddie Pye	SS-2B	30	Norfolk	AAA
Nick Rains	OF		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Matt Raleigh	3B	27	Binghamton	AA
Dan Ramirez	OF	23	Columbia	A
Kelly Ramos	C	20	Kingsport	Rk
Rick Reed	P	32	New York Mets	MLB
Armando Reynoso	P	31	New York Mets	MLB
Jose Rijo-Berger	OF		Columbia	A
	OF		Pittsfield	A-
Jason Roach	P	21	Pittsfield	A-
Chris Roberts	P-OF	26	Norfolk	AAA
	P-OF		Binghamton	AA
Mark Rodriguez			Kingsport	Rk
Sammy Rodriguez	C	22	Pittsfield	A-
Mel Rojas	P	30	New York Mets	MLB
Rafael Roque	P	23	Binghamton	AA
Jesus Sanchez	P	22	Binghamton	AA
David Sanderson	OF		St. Lucie	A+
Jorge Santiago	3B		Pittsfield	A-
Scott Sauerbeck	P	25	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Chris Saunders	3B	27	Norfolk	AAA
	3B		Binghamton	AA
Tate Seefried	1B	25	Norfolk	AAA
	1B		Binghamton	AA
Keith Shepherd	P	29	Norfolk	AAA
Barry Short	P	23	Binghamton	AA
Jason Shuck	SS	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jeramie Simpson	OF		Columbia	A
Shane Smith	P	22	Kingsport	Rk
Carlos Soriano	3B	22	Columbia	A
Tom Stanton	OF	21	Columbia	A
Rob Stratton	OF	19	Kingsport	Rk
Jeff Tam	P	27	Norfolk	AAA
John Tamargo	IF	22	Columbia	A
Tim Tessmar	1B	23	Columbia	A
Gary Thurman	RF-LF	32	New York Mets	MLB
	RF-LF		Norfolk	AAA
Kevin Tolar	P	26	Binghamton	AA
Andy Tomberlin	RF-LF	30	New York Mets	MLB
	RF-LF		St. Lucie	A+
	RF-LF		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Ricky Trlicek	P	28	New York Mets	MLB
Richard Turrentine	P	26	Binghamton	AA
Anthony Valentine	2B		Pittsfield	A-
	2B		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Yohanny Valera	C	21	Columbia	A
Randy Vickers	SS		Columbia	A
Turk Wendell	P	30	New York Mets	MLB
Preston Wilson	CF-OF	23	Binghamton	AA
	CF-OF		St. Lucie	A+
Vance Wilson	C	24	Binghamton	AA
Shannon Withem	P	25	Norfolk	AAA
Michael Yancy	OF	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Ed Yarnall	P	21	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Junior Zamora	3B	21	Columbia	A
Julio Zorrilla	2B	22	Binghamton	AA
	2B		St. Lucie	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Juan Acevedo	27	New York Mets	MLB
	27	Norfolk	AAA
Luis Arroyo	24	Binghamton	AA
	24	St. Lucie	A+
J.D. Arteaga	23	Columbia	A
	23	Pittsfield	A-
Shawn Barry	23	Pittsfield	A-
Hans Beebe	22	Columbia	A
	22	Pittsfield	A-
Brian Bohanon	29	New York Mets	MLB
	29	Norfolk	AAA
Robert Borkowski	20	Kingsport	Rk
Toby Borland	28	New York Mets	MLB
Jason Bowring	20	Kingsport	Rk
Corey Brittan	22	St. Lucie	A+
A.J. Burnett	20	Pittsfield	A-
	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Eric Cammack	22	Pittsfield	A-
Brian Carpenter	26	Binghamton	AA
John Carter	25	Binghamton	AA
Jason Chivers	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Mark Clark	29	New York Mets	MLB
Scott Comer	20	Pittsfield	A-
Tim Corcoran	19	Kingsport	Rk
	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Osvaldo Coronado	23	St. Lucie	A+
	23	Columbia	A
Robert Cox	21	Kingsport	Rk
Joe Crawford	27	New York Mets	MLB
	27	Norfolk	AAA
Todd Cutchins	22	Columbia	A
Mike Davis	22	Pittsfield	A-
Ynocencio De La Cruz	20	Kingsport	Rk
	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Octavio Dotel	21	Binghamton	AA
	21	St. Lucie	A+
	21	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jim Dougherty	29	Norfolk	AAA
	29	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Chad Durick	20	Kingsport	Rk
	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Brian Edmondson	24	Norfolk	AAA
	24	Binghamton	AA
Orlando Encarnacion	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Mark Enloe	20	Kingsport	Rk
Leo Estrella	22	Pittsfield	A-
Sean Fesh	24	Binghamton	AA
Nelson Figueroa	23	Binghamton	AA
John Franco	37	New York Mets	MLB
Adam Garmon	20	Kingsport	Rk
Derek Gaskill	23	Pittsfield	A-
Phil Geisler	27	Norfolk	AAA
Geoff Goetz	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Rafael Gomez		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Dicky Gonzalez	18	Columbia	A
	18	Kingsport	Rk
Arnie Gooch	20	Binghamton	AA
Pat Gorman	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Mark Guerra	25	Binghamton	AA
Lindsay Gulin	20	St. Lucie	A+
	20	Columbia	A
Jeff Hafer	22	Columbia	A
Randy Hamilton	19	Kingsport	Rk
Pete Harnisch	31	New York Mets	MLB
	31	Norfolk	AAA
	31	St. Lucie	A+
	31	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Brett Herbison	20	Columbia	A
Chris Howard	31	Binghamton	AA
	31	St. Lucie	A+
	31	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jeff Howatt	23	St. Lucie	A+
Jason Isringhausen	25	New York Mets	MLB
	25	Norfolk	AAA
	25	St. Lucie	A+
	25	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Bobby Jones	27	New York Mets	MLB
Ricardo Jordan	27	New York Mets	MLB
	27	Norfolk	AAA
Takashi Kashiwada	26	New York Mets	MLB
	26	Norfolk	AAA
Kyle Kessel	21	Columbia	A
Toby Larson	24	St. Lucie	A+
	24	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Cory Lidle	25	New York Mets	MLB
	25	Norfolk	AAA
Joe Lisio	24	St. Lucie	A+
Dave Lohrman	22	Pittsfield	A-
Jeromie Lovingood	19	Kingsport	Rk
Matt Lowe	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Mike Lyons	22	Columbia	A
Mark Maberry	23	Kingsport	Rk
John Mahalik	26	Binghamton	AA
Nick Maness	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
John Mangieri	21	Pittsfield	A-
	21	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Barry Manuel	32	New York Mets	MLB
	32	Norfolk	AAA
John Mattson	20	Kingsport	Rk
Scott McCrary	23	Columbia	A
	23	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Ethan McEntire	22	St. Lucie	A+
Greg McMichael	30	New York Mets	MLB
Shaun Mikkola	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Dave Mlicki	29	New York Mets	MLB
Joaquin Montada	20	Kingsport	Rk
Eric Morales	24	St. Lucie	A+
Dan Murray	23	St. Lucie	A+
Jimmy Myers	28	Norfolk	AAA
Erick Ojeda	21	Columbia	A
Phil Olson	23	St. Lucie	A+
William Payne	19	Kingsport	Rk
Yorkis Perez	30	New York Mets	MLB
	30	Norfolk	AAA
	30	Binghamton	AA
Jason Pierson	26	Binghamton	AA
	26	St. Lucie	A+
	26	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Melvin Poupart	22	Pittsfield	A-
Kirk Presley	22	Columbia	A
Bill Pulsipher	23	Norfolk	AAA
	23	Binghamton	AA
	23	St. Lucie	A+
	23	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Ken Pumphrey	21	Columbia	A
Joey Pyrtle	23	Pittsfield	A-
Mike Queen	19	Pittsfield	A-
Rick Reed	32	New York Mets	MLB
Armando Reynoso	31	New York Mets	MLB
	31	St. Lucie	A+
Chris Roberts	26	Norfolk	AAA
	26	Binghamton	AA
Grant Roberts	20	Columbia	A
Mel Rojas	30	New York Mets	MLB
Rafael Roque	23	Binghamton	AA
	23	St. Lucie	A+
Jesus Sanchez	22	Binghamton	AA
William Santamaria	19	Columbia	A
Humberto Santana	20	Kingsport	Rk
Scott Sauerbeck	25	Norfolk	AAA
	25	Binghamton	AA
Rudy Seanez	28	Norfolk	AAA
Keith Shepherd	29	Norfolk	AAA
Barry Short	23	Binghamton	AA
Shane Smith	22	Kingsport	Rk
Fernando Sordo	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Matt Splawn	24	Columbia	A
Scott Stewart	22	St. Lucie	A+
Willie Suggs	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jeff Tam	27	Norfolk	AAA
Kevin Tolar	26	Binghamton	AA
	26	St. Lucie	A+
Ricky Trlicek	28	New York Mets	MLB
Andrew Trumpour	23	St. Lucie	A+
Richard Turrentine	26	Binghamton	AA
Leo Vasquez	24	Binghamton	AA
	24	Columbia	A
Tyler Walker	21	Pittsfield	A-
	21	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Derek Wallace	26	Norfolk	AAA
	26	St. Lucie	A+
	26	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Mike Welch	25	Norfolk	AAA
Turk Wendell	30	New York Mets	MLB
Paul Wilson	24	St. Lucie	A+
	24	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Shannon Withem	25	Norfolk	AAA
Ed Yarnall	21	Norfolk	AAA
	21	Binghamton	AA
	21	St. Lucie	A+