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Record: 88-74   .543.... 2nd in National League East
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,287,948
Payroll: $49,559,665
Top Draft Pick: Jason Tyner (#21)   MLB
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: Piazza [23]
RBI: Olerud [93]
2B: Olerud, McRae [36]
SB: McRae [20]
W: Leiter [17]
SV: Franco [38]
SO: Leiter [174]

Oldest Player: Tony Phillips [39]
Youngest Player: Preston Wilson [23]
Longest Tenure: John Franco, Todd Hundley [9]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Benny Agbayani (Jun 17) Mike Kinkade (Sep 8) Jay Payton (Sep 1) Preston Wilson (May 7)
Pitchers: Jeff Tam (Jun 30) Masato Yoshii (Apr 5)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Benny Agbayani	LF-RF	26	New York Mets	MLB
	LF-RF		Norfolk	AAA
Edgardo Alfonzo	3B-2B	24	New York Mets	MLB
Jermaine Allensworth	CF	26	New York Mets	MLB
Nelson Alvarez	1B	20	Kingsport	Rk
	1B		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Luis Arroyo	P	25	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
J.D. Arteaga	P	24	Binghamton	AA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Derek Aucoin	P	28	Norfolk	AAA
Jesus Azuaje	SS	25	Norfolk	AAA
	SS		Binghamton	AA
Carlos Baerga	2B	29	New York Mets	MLB
Rich Becker	CF-RF	26	New York Mets	MLB
Mike Bell	3B	23	Norfolk	AAA
	3B		Binghamton	AA
	3B		St. Lucie	A+
Rigo Beltran	P	28	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Ryan Bennett	C	24	Columbia	A
Willie Blair	P	32	New York Mets	MLB
Brian Bohanon	P	30	New York Mets	MLB
Brent Bowers	LF	27	Norfolk	AAA
Jason Bowring	P	21	Pittsfield	A-
Craig Brazell	1B	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jason Brett	SS	21	St. Lucie	A+
	SS		Pittsfield	A-
Mo Bruce	IF	23	Columbia	A
Pat Burns	1B	21	Columbia	A
Todd Carey	SS		Norfolk	AAA
Alberto Castillo	C	28	New York Mets	MLB
	C		Norfolk	AAA
Andre Champagne	OF-3B	22	Pittsfield	A-
	OF-3B		Kingsport	Rk
Bailey Chancey	OF	24	Norfolk	AAA
	OF		Binghamton	AA
	OF		St. Lucie	A+
Endy Chavez	CF	20	Kingsport	Rk
Eric Christopherson	C	29	Norfolk	AAA
Brad Clontz	P	27	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Brian Cole	OF	20	Pittsfield	A-
	OF		Kingsport	Rk
Dennis Colon	1B	25	Norfolk	AAA
	1B		Binghamton	AA
Dennis Cook	P	35	New York Mets	MLB
Brandon Copeland	OF	21	Columbia	A
Cesar Crespo	2B-SS	19	Columbia	A
Tony Darden	SS	24	Norfolk	AAA
	SS		Binghamton	AA
Steve Decker	C	32	Norfolk	AAA
Allen Dina	OF	25	Columbia	A
	OF		Pittsfield	A-
Octavio Dotel	P	22	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Chad Durick	1B	21	Kingsport	Rk
Robert Eenhoorn	2B-SS	30	Norfolk	AAA
Corey Erickson	IF	21	St. Lucie	A+
Alex Escobar	RF-CF	20	Columbia	A
Angel Espada	IF	23	Columbia	A
Jorge Fabregas	C	28	New York Mets	MLB
Osvaldo Fernandez	P	28	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Nelson Figueroa	P	24	Binghamton	AA
John Franco	P	38	New York Mets	MLB
Matt Franco	1B-3B	29	New York Mets	MLB
	1B-3B		Norfolk	AAA
Mike Fyhrie	P	28	Norfolk	AAA
Bryon Gainey	1B	22	St. Lucie	A+
	1B		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Alfredo Garcia			Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Shawn Gilbert	LF-2B	33	New York Mets	MLB
	LF-2B		Norfolk	AAA
Bernard Gilkey	LF	32	New York Mets	MLB
Gene Gobbel	SS	22	Kingsport	Rk
Arnie Gooch	P	21	Binghamton	AA
Pedro Grifol	C	28	Binghamton	AA
Mark Guerra	P	26	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Yorkis Guzman	C-OF	20	Kingsport	Rk
	C-OF		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Garrick Haltiwanger	OF	23	St. Lucie	A+
Todd Haney	2B	33	New York Mets	MLB
	2B		Norfolk	AAA
	2B		St. Lucie	A+
Lenny Harris	3B-2B	33	New York Mets	MLB
Ryan Henderson	P	29	Binghamton	AA
Ian Hendricks			Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Bobby Hill	2B	19	Kingsport	Rk
John Hudek	P	32	New York Mets	MLB
B.J. Huff	OF	23	St. Lucie	A+
Todd Hundley	C	29	New York Mets	MLB
	C		Norfolk	AAA
	C		St. Lucie	A+
	C		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
David Hunter	1B	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Scott Hunter	OF	22	Norfolk	AAA
	OF		Binghamton	AA
Butch Huskey	RF-1B	26	New York Mets	MLB
	RF-1B		Norfolk	AAA
Brian Jenkins	OF	19	Kingsport	Rk
Anthony Johnson			Kingsport	Rk
Tom Johnson	OF	22	Columbia	A
Bobby Jones	P	28	New York Mets	MLB
Mike Kinkade	LF-1B	25	New York Mets	MLB
	LF-1B		Norfolk	AAA
Wayne Kirby	RF-CF	34	New York Mets	MLB
	RF-CF		Norfolk	AAA
Justin Kurtz	P	21	Kingsport	Rk
Clark Lambert	C	23	St. Lucie	A+
	C		Columbia	A
	C		Pittsfield	A-
Todd Landry	1B	26	Norfolk	AAA
	1B		Binghamton	AA
Al Leiter	P	32	New York Mets	MLB
Terrence Long	CF-LF	22	Binghamton	AA
Jose Lopez	3B	23	Binghamton	AA
	3B		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Luis Lopez	SS-2B	28	New York Mets	MLB
Marc Ludvigsen	OF	21	Pittsfield	A-
Roberto Lugo	C		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Mike Lyons	P	23	Binghamton	AA
Scott Malinowski	2B	22	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Dwight Maness	OF	24	Norfolk	AAA
	OF		Binghamton	AA
Josias Manzanillo	P	30	Norfolk	AAA
Billy Martin	1B	22	Kingsport	Rk
Brian Maxcy	P	27	Norfolk	AAA
Scott McCrary	P	24	St. Lucie	A+
Sean McGrath	3B	22	Columbia	A
	3B		Pittsfield	A-
Greg McMichael	P	31	New York Mets	MLB
	P		New York Mets	MLB
Brian McRae	CF	31	New York Mets	MLB
Mike Meadows	1B	19	Kingsport	Rk
Kenny Miller	SS	22	Columbia	A
	SS		Pittsfield	A-
Ralph Milliard	2B	24	New York Mets	MLB
	2B		Norfolk	AAA
Mark Mimbs	P	29	Norfolk	AAA
Dave Mlicki	P	30	New York Mets	MLB
Melvin Mora	SS-LF	26	Norfolk	AAA
	SS-LF		St. Lucie	A+
Eric Morales	C	25	Norfolk	AAA
	C		Binghamton	AA
Juan Moreno	OF	22	Columbia	A
Brandon Mulvehill	OF	20	Pittsfield	A-
Dan Murray	P	24	Binghamton	AA
Garrett Neubart	OF	24	Binghamton	AA
Hideo Nomo	P	30	New York Mets	MLB
John Olerud	1B	30	New York Mets	MLB
Rey Ordonez	SS	25	New York Mets	MLB
Jason Osborn	OF	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Tom Paciorek	OF	22	Pittsfield	A-
	OF		Kingsport	Rk
Craig Paquette	3B-LF	29	New York Mets	MLB
	3B-LF		Norfolk	AAA
Rick Parker	LF-RF	35	Norfolk	AAA
Jeff Parsons	SS	24	St. Lucie	A+
Cory Patton	OF	22	Columbia	A
Jay Payton	CF-LF	25	New York Mets	MLB
	CF-LF		Norfolk	AAA
	CF-LF		St. Lucie	A+
Jersen Perez	SS-2B	22	Columbia	A
Joshua Perich	OF	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jason Phillips	C-1B	22	St. Lucie	A+
	C-1B		Columbia	A
Tony Phillips	2B-LF	39	New York Mets	MLB
Mike Piazza	C	30	New York Mets	MLB
Phil Plantier	LF-RF	29	Norfolk	AAA
Enohel Polanco	SS	24	Binghamton	AA
	SS		St. Lucie	A+
Todd Pratt	C	31	New York Mets	MLB
	C		Norfolk	AAA
	C		St. Lucie	A+
	C		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Mark Proctor	SS	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
	SS		Kingsport	Rk
Gerard Prosper	OF	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
	OF		Kingsport	Rk
Bill Pulsipher	P	24	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Ken Pumphrey	P	22	Binghamton	AA
Nick Rains	OF		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Matt Raleigh	3B	28	Norfolk	AAA
	3B		Binghamton	AA
Dan Ramirez	OF	24	St. Lucie	A+
Kelly Ramos	C	21	Pittsfield	A-
Rick Reed	P	33	New York Mets	MLB
Armando Reynoso	P	32	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
Michael Ribaudo	P	23	Pittsfield	A-
Jason Roach	P	22	Columbia	A
Pedro Rodriguez	P	13	Pittsfield	A-
Sammy Rodriguez	C	23	Binghamton	AA
	C		St. Lucie	A+
Mel Rojas	P	31	New York Mets	MLB
Johnny Ruffin	P	27	Norfolk	AAA
Yuri Sanchez	SS	24	Binghamton	AA
Scott Sauerbeck	P	26	Norfolk	AAA
Marvin Seale	OF	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jae-Wong Seo	P	21	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jason Shuck	SS	19	St. Lucie	A+
	SS		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Ruben Sierra	RF	32	Norfolk	AAA
Ryan Smith	C	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Earl Snyder	1B-3B	22	Pittsfield	A-
Tim Spehr	C	32	New York Mets	MLB
	C		Norfolk	AAA
	C		St. Lucie	A+
Tom Stanton	OF	22	Columbia	A
Rick Steed	P	28	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Scott Stewart	P	23	Norfolk	AAA
	P		Binghamton	AA
Alex Stoffels	C	21	Kingsport	Rk
Rob Stratton	OF	20	Pittsfield	A-
	OF		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jeff Tam	P	28	New York Mets	MLB
	P		Norfolk	AAA
John Tamargo	IF	23	Norfolk	AAA
	IF		St. Lucie	A+
Jim Tatum	1B-3B	30	New York Mets	MLB
Joshua Taylor	SS	21	Kingsport	Rk
Tim Tessmar	1B	24	St. Lucie	A+
Jason Tyner	LF-CF	21	St. Lucie	A+
Efrain Valdez	P	32	Norfolk	AAA
Anthony Valentine	2B		Pittsfield	A-
Yohanny Valera	C	22	St. Lucie	A+
Leo Vasquez	P	25	Binghamton	AA
Gil Velazquez	SS	18	Kingsport	Rk
	SS		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jay Veniard	P	24	Binghamton	AA
Derek Wallace	P	27	Norfolk	AAA
Turk Wendell	P	31	New York Mets	MLB
Ty Wigginton	3B	20	Pittsfield	A-
Rick Wilkins	C	31	New York Mets	MLB
	C		Norfolk	AAA
Paul Wilson	P	25	Norfolk	AAA
Preston Wilson	CF-OF	24	New York Mets	MLB
	CF-OF		Norfolk	AAA
Vance Wilson	C	25	Norfolk	AAA
	C		St. Lucie	A+
	C		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Michael Yancy	OF	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Ed Yarnall	P	22	Binghamton	AA
Masato Yoshii	P	33	New York Mets	MLB
Junior Zamora	3B	22	St. Lucie	A+
	3B		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Alex Zardis	2B	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Julio Zorrilla	2B	23	Binghamton	AA
	2B		St. Lucie	A+
	2B		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Nelson Alvarez	20	Kingsport	Rk
Luis Arroyo	25	Norfolk	AAA
	25	Binghamton	AA
Ivan Arteaga	26	St. Lucie	A+
	26	St. Lucie	A+
J.D. Arteaga	24	Binghamton	AA
	24	Binghamton	AA
Derek Aucoin	28	Norfolk	AAA
	28	Binghamton	AA
	28	St. Lucie	A+
	28	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jesus Azuaje	25	Binghamton	AA
Shawn Barry	24	Columbia	A
Brendan Behn	22	Columbia	A
	22	Pittsfield	A-
Heath Bell	21	Kingsport	Rk
Todd Bellhorn	21	Pittsfield	A-
Rigo Beltran	28	New York Mets	MLB
	28	Norfolk	AAA
Craig Berger	22	St. Lucie	A+
	22	Columbia	A
	22	Pittsfield	A-
Eric Berthelot	26	Pittsfield	A-
Willie Blair	32	New York Mets	MLB
Gary Bohannon	22	Kingsport	Rk
Brian Bohanon	30	New York Mets	MLB
Jason Bowring	21	Pittsfield	A-
Juan Brito	22	Columbia	A
	22	Pittsfield	A-
	22	Kingsport	Rk
Corey Brittan	23	Binghamton	AA
	23	St. Lucie	A+
Eric Cammack	23	St. Lucie	A+
	23	Columbia	A
Tim Carr	20	Pittsfield	A-
Jason Chivers	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Brad Clontz	27	New York Mets	MLB
	27	Norfolk	AAA
Andy Cook	21	Pittsfield	A-
Dennis Cook	35	New York Mets	MLB
Tim Corcoran	20	St. Lucie	A+
	20	Columbia	A
Todd Cutchins	23	Columbia	A
Octavio Dotel	22	Norfolk	AAA
	22	Binghamton	AA
Jim Dougherty	30	Columbia	A
Randy Driscoll	23	Kingsport	Rk
Orlando Encarnacion	19	Kingsport	Rk
Leo Estrella	23	Columbia	A
Osvaldo Fernandez	28	Norfolk	AAA
	28	Binghamton	AA
Nelson Figueroa	24	Binghamton	AA
John Franco	38	New York Mets	MLB
Mike Fyhrie	28	Norfolk	AAA
Derek Gaskill	24	St. Lucie	A+
	24	Columbia	A
Yon German	20	Kingsport	Rk
Gene Gobbel	22	Kingsport	Rk
Geoff Goetz	19	Columbia	A
Rafael Gomez		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Dicky Gonzalez	19	St. Lucie	A+
	19	Columbia	A
Arnie Gooch	21	Binghamton	AA
Pat Gorman	21	Columbia	A
Frank Graham	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Michael Gresko	21	Pittsfield	A-
Mark Guerra	26	Norfolk	AAA
	26	Binghamton	AA
Lindsay Gulin	21	St. Lucie	A+
Yorkis Guzman	20	Kingsport	Rk
Jeff Hafer	23	St. Lucie	A+
	23	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Gene Harris	33	Norfolk	AAA
Aaron Hee	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Ryan Henderson	29	Norfolk	AAA
	29	Binghamton	AA
Brett Herbison	21	St. Lucie	A+
John Hudek	32	New York Mets	MLB
Anthony Johnson		Kingsport	Rk
Sean Johnston	22	Columbia	A
Bobby Jones	28	New York Mets	MLB
Kyle Kessel	22	St. Lucie	A+
	22	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Jay Krystofoski	22	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
	22	Kingsport	Rk
Justin Kurtz	21	Kingsport	Rk
Todd Landry	26	Binghamton	AA
Al Leiter	32	New York Mets	MLB
Dave Lohrman	23	St. Lucie	A+
	23	Columbia	A
Jeromie Lovingood	20	Columbia	A
	20	Pittsfield	A-
Matt Lowe	19	Kingsport	Rk
Roberto Lugo		Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Mike Lyons	23	Binghamton	AA
	23	St. Lucie	A+
Mark Maberry	24	Columbia	A
Nick Maness	19	Kingsport	Rk
John Mangieri	22	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Josias Manzanillo	30	Norfolk	AAA
John Mattson	21	Pittsfield	A-
Brian Maxcy	27	Norfolk	AAA
Scott McCrary	24	Binghamton	AA
	24	St. Lucie	A+
Ethan McEntire	23	St. Lucie	A+
	23	Columbia	A
Greg McMichael	31	New York Mets	MLB
	31	New York Mets	MLB
Shaun Mikkola	19	Kingsport	Rk
	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Mark Mimbs	29	Norfolk	AAA
Dave Mlicki	30	New York Mets	MLB
Joaquin Montada	21	Kingsport	Rk
Eric Morales	25	Binghamton	AA
Steve Moses	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Dan Murray	24	Binghamton	AA
Hideo Nomo	30	New York Mets	MLB
Jose Nunez	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Refugio Palacios	21	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Joshua Perich	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Chip Pidgeon	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Daniel Pontes	27	Binghamton	AA
Kirk Presley	23	Columbia	A
Peter Princi	22	Pittsfield	A-
Michael Prokop	20	Pittsfield	A-
Carlos Pulido	27	Norfolk	AAA
Bill Pulsipher	24	New York Mets	MLB
	24	Norfolk	AAA
Ken Pumphrey	22	Binghamton	AA
	22	St. Lucie	A+
Mike Queen	20	Columbia	A
Rick Reed	33	New York Mets	MLB
Armando Reynoso	32	New York Mets	MLB
	32	Norfolk	AAA
	32	St. Lucie	A+
Michael Ribaudo	23	Pittsfield	A-
Jerrod Riggan	24	Columbia	A
Jason Roach	22	Columbia	A
Grant Roberts	21	St. Lucie	A+
Mel Rojas	31	New York Mets	MLB
Gabriel Rondon	21	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Johnny Ruffin	27	Norfolk	AAA
Jason Saenz	21	Pittsfield	A-
Humberto Santana	21	Columbia	A
	21	Pittsfield	A-
Scott Sauerbeck	26	Norfolk	AAA
Jae-Wong Seo	21	St. Lucie	A+
	21	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Patrick Sexton	23	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Barry Short	24	St. Lucie	A+
Rick Steed	28	Norfolk	AAA
Scott Stewart	23	Norfolk	AAA
Pat Strange	18	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Willie Suggs	20	Kingsport	Rk
Jeff Tam	28	New York Mets	MLB
	28	Norfolk	AAA
Tim Tessmar	24	St. Lucie	A+
Ricky Trlicek	29	Norfolk	AAA
Richard Turrentine	27	Norfolk	AAA
	27	Binghamton	AA
Juei Ushiromatsu	19	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
Efrain Valdez	32	Norfolk	AAA
Leo Vasquez	25	Binghamton	AA
	25	St. Lucie	A+
Rene Vega	22	Pittsfield	A-
	22	Kingsport	Rk
Jay Veniard	24	Binghamton	AA
	24	St. Lucie	A+
Tyler Walker	22	Columbia	A
Derek Wallace	27	Norfolk	AAA
Turk Wendell	31	New York Mets	MLB
Rob Weslowski	20	Pittsfield	A-
	20	Gulf Coast Mets	Rk
David Wheeler	22	Kingsport	Rk
Paul Wilson	25	Norfolk	AAA
	25	St. Lucie	A+
Ed Yarnall	22	Binghamton	AA
Masato Yoshii	33	New York Mets	MLB