2008 NEW YORK METS
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Level: MLB
Location: Queens,NY
Team Record: 89-73 .549
Result: 2nd in National League - East Division
Manager(s): Jerry Manuel, Willie Randolph
General Manager: Omar Minaya
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Attendance: 4,042,047
Payroll: $137,793,376
Playoffs: Did not qualify
New York Mets affiliate history
Team Record: 89-73 .549
Result: 2nd in National League - East Division
Manager(s): Jerry Manuel, Willie Randolph
General Manager: Omar Minaya
Stadium: Shea Stadium
Attendance: 4,042,047
Payroll: $137,793,376
Playoffs: Did not qualify
New York Mets affiliate history
Oldest Player: Moises Alou (41)
Youngest Player: Jon Niese (21)
Longest Tenure: Jose Reyes (6)
Top Hitter: David Wright (2)
Top Pitcher: Johan Santana (2)
Top Draft Pick: Ike Davis (#18)
Roster Continuity: 63.84%
Top Prospect: Fernando Martinez
Youngest Player: Jon Niese (21)
Longest Tenure: Jose Reyes (6)
Top Hitter: David Wright (2)
Top Pitcher: Johan Santana (2)
Top Draft Pick: Ike Davis (#18)
Roster Continuity: 63.84%
Top Prospect: Fernando Martinez
National League Standings
| East | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Philadelphia | 92 | 70 | .568 | -- |
| NY Mets | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3.0 |
| Florida | 84 | 77 | .522 | 7.5 |
| Atlanta | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20.0 |
| Washington | 59 | 102 | .366 | 32.5 |
| # | Player | Pos | HiLvl | Ht | Wt | Bats | Throws | Born | Age | Place | Draft Information | ||||
| 29 | Chris Aguila | LF | MLB | 5-11 | 180 | Right | Right | 2/23/1979 | 29 | Redwood City,California | 1997 | 3 | 96 | FLA | |
| 18 | Moises Alou | LF-RF | MLB | 6-3 | 195 | Right | Right | 7/3/1966 | 41 | Atlanta,Georgia | 1986 | 1 | 2 | PIT | |
| 9 | Marlon Anderson | 2B | MLB | 5-11 | 198 | Left | Right | 1/6/1974 | 34 | Montgomery,Alabama | 1995 | 2 | 42 | PHI | |
| 44 | Tony Armas | P | MLB | 6-4 | 205 | Right | Right | 4/29/1978 | 30 | Puerto Piritu,Venezuela | 1994 | UDFA | NYY | ||
| 56 | Luis Ayala | P | MLB | 6-2 | 170 | Right | Right | 1/12/1978 | 30 | Los Mochis,Mexico | 1999 | UDFA | COL | ||
| 15 | Carlos Beltran | RF | MLB | 6-1 | 190 | Both | Right | 4/24/1977 | 31 | Manati,Puerto Rico | 1995 | 2 | 49 | KC | |
| 4,40 | Robinson Cancel | C | MLB | 6-0 | 195 | Right | Right | 5/4/1976 | 32 | Lajas,Puerto Rico | 1994 | 16 | 431 | MIL | |
| 30 | Raul Casanova | C | MLB | 6-0 | 221 | Both | Right | 8/23/1972 | 35 | Humacao,Puerto Rico | 1990 | 8 | 220 | NYM | |
| 1 | Luis Castillo | 2B | MLB | 5-11 | 175 | Both | Right | 9/12/1975 | 32 | San Pedro de Macoris,Dominican Republic | 1992 | UDFA | FLA | ||
| 11 | Ramon Castro | C | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | Right | Right | 3/1/1976 | 32 | Veracruz,Mexico | 1994 | 1 | 17 | HOU | |
| 10 | Endy Chavez | LF-RF | MLB | 6-0 | 150 | Left | Left | 2/7/1978 | 30 | Valencia,Venezuela | 1996 | UDFA | NYM | ||
| 19 | Ryan Church | LF-RF | MLB | 6-1 | 190 | Left | Left | 10/14/1978 | 29 | Santa Barbara,California | 2000 | 14 | 426 | CLE | |
| 44 | Brady Clark | RF-LF | MLB | 6-2 | 195 | Right | Right | 4/18/1973 | 35 | Portland,Oregon | 1996 | UDFA | CIN | ||
| 21 | Carlos Delgado | 1B | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | Left | Right | 6/25/1972 | 36 | Aguadilla,Puerto Rico | 1988 | UDFA | TOR | ||
| 3 | Damion Easley | 2B | MLB | 5-11 | 185 | Right | Right | 11/11/1969 | 38 | New York,New York | 1988 | 30 | 767 | CAL | |
| 6 | Nick Evans | 1B | MLB | 6-2 | 180 | Right | Right | 1/30/1986 | 22 | Glendale,Arizona | 2004 | 5 | 134 | NYM | |
| 25 | Pedro Feliciano | P | MLB | 5-11 | 165 | Left | Left | 8/25/1976 | 31 | Dorado,Puerto Rico | 1995 | 31 | 863 | LAD | |
| 27 | Nelson Figueroa | P | MLB | 6-1 | 155 | Both | Right | 5/18/1974 | 34 | Brooklyn,New York | 1995 | 30 | 833 | NYM | |
| 48 | Aaron Heilman | P | MLB | 6-5 | 220 | Right | Right | 11/12/1978 | 29 | Logansport,Indiana | 2001 | 1 | 18 | NYM | |
| 28,44 | Brandon Knight | P | MLB | 6-0 | 170 | Left | Right | 10/1/1975 | 32 | Oxnard,California | 1995 | 14 | 374 | TEX | |
| 44 | Eddie Kunz | P | MLB | 6-5 | 250 | Right | Right | 4/8/1986 | 22 | Portland,Oregon | 2007 | 1 | 42 | NYM | |
| 33 | John Maine | P | MLB | 6-4 | 180 | Right | Right | 5/8/1981 | 27 | Fredericksburg,Virginia | 2002 | 6 | 166 | BAL | |
| 45 | Pedro Martinez | P | MLB | 5-11 | 170 | Right | Right | 10/25/1971 | 36 | Manoguayabo,Dominican Republic | 1988 | UDFA | LAD | ||
| 22 | Ramon Martinez | SS-2B | MLB | 6-1 | 187 | Right | Right | 10/10/1972 | 35 | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania | 1994 | UDFA | KC | ||
| 6,29 | Gustavo Molina | C | MLB | 6-2 | 185 | Right | Right | 2/24/1982 | 26 | La Guaira,Venezuela | 2000 | UDFA | CHW | ||
| 32 | Carlos Muniz | P | MLB | 6-0 | 180 | Right | Right | 3/12/1981 | 27 | Torrance,California | 2003 | 13 | 379 | NYM | |
| 28 | Daniel Murphy | 2B | MLB | 6-1 | 215 | Left | Right | 4/1/1985 | 23 | Jacksonville,Florida | 2006 | 13 | 394 | NYM | |
| 49 | Jon Niese | P | MLB | 6-3 | 190 | Left | Left | 10/27/1986 | 21 | Defiance,Ohio | 2005 | 7 | 209 | NYM | |
| 6 | Trot Nixon | RF | MLB | 6-2 | 200 | Left | Left | 4/11/1974 | 34 | Evergreen,North Carolina | 1993 | 1 | 7 | BOS | |
| 6 | Abraham Nunez | SS-2B | MLB | 5-11 | 185 | Both | Right | 3/16/1976 | 32 | Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic | 1994 | UDFA | TOR | ||
| 16 | Angel Pagan | CF | MLB | 6-1 | 181 | Right | Right | 7/2/1981 | 26 | Rio Piedras,Puerto Rico | 1999 | 4 | 136 | NYM | |
| 39 | Bobby Parnell | P | MLB | 6-3 | 180 | Right | Right | 9/8/1984 | 23 | Salisbury,North Carolina | 2005 | 9 | 269 | NYM | |
| 34 | Mike Pelfrey | P | MLB | 6-7 | 190 | Right | Right | 1/14/1984 | 24 | Wichita,Kansas | 2005 | 1 | 9 | NYM | |
| 46 | Oliver Perez | P | MLB | 6-3 | 160 | Left | Left | 8/15/1981 | 26 | Culiacan,Mexico | 1999 | UDFA | SD | ||
| 29 | Andy Phillips | 3B | MLB | 6-0 | 205 | Right | Right | 4/6/1977 | 31 | Tuscaloosa,Alabama | 1999 | 7 | 231 | NYY | |
| 4 | Argenis Reyes | 2B | MLB | 5-10 | 160 | Both | Right | 9/25/1982 | 25 | Santiago,Dominican Republic | 2001 | UDFA | CLE | ||
| 7 | Jose Reyes | SS | MLB | 6-0 | 160 | Both | Right | 6/11/1983 | 25 | Villa Gonzalez,Dominican Republic | 1999 | UDFA | NYM | ||
| 73 | Ricardo Rincon | P | MLB | 5-10 | 187 | Left | Left | 4/13/1970 | 38 | Veracruz,Mexico | 1997 | UDFA | PIT | ||
| 50 | Duaner Sanchez | P | MLB | 6-0 | 160 | Right | Right | 11/14/1979 | 28 | Cotui,Dominican Republic | 1996 | UDFA | ARI | ||
| 57 | Johan Santana | P | MLB | 6-0 | 195 | Left | Left | 3/13/1979 | 29 | Tovar,Venezuela | 1995 | UDFA | HOU | ||
| 23 | Brian Schneider | C | MLB | 6-1 | 200 | Left | Right | 11/26/1976 | 31 | Jacksonville,Florida | 1995 | 5 | 143 | MTL | |
| 60 | Scott Schoeneweis | P | MLB | 6-0 | 186 | Left | Left | 10/2/1973 | 34 | Long Branch,New Jersey | 1996 | 3 | 85 | CAL | |
| 35 | Joe Smith | P | MLB | 6-2 | 205 | Right | Right | 3/22/1984 | 24 | Cincinnati,Ohio | 2006 | 3 | 94 | NYM | |
| 29 | Jorge Sosa | P | MLB | 6-2 | 180 | Both | Right | 4/28/1978 | 30 | Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic | 1995 | UDFA | COL | ||
| 43 | Brian Stokes | P | MLB | 6-1 | 203 | Right | Right | 9/7/1979 | 28 | Pomona,California | 1998 | UDFA | TB | ||
| 17 | Fernando Tatis | 3B | MLB | 5-10 | 175 | Right | Right | 1/1/1975 | 33 | San Pedro de Macoris,Dominican Republic | 1992 | UDFA | TEX | ||
| 39 | Claudio Vargas | P | MLB | 6-3 | 217 | Right | Left | 6/19/1978 | 30 | Valverde Mao,Dominican Republic | 1995 | UDFA | FLA | ||
| 13 | Billy Wagner | P | MLB | 5-11 | 180 | Left | Left | 7/25/1971 | 36 | Tannersville,Virginia | 1993 | 1 | 12 | HOU | |
| 38 | Matt Wise | P | MLB | 6-4 | 190 | Right | Right | 11/18/1975 | 32 | Montclair,California | 1997 | 6 | 177 | ANA | |
| 5 | David Wright | 3B | MLB | 6-0 | 195 | Right | Right | 12/20/1982 | 25 | Norfolk,Virginia | 2001 | 1 | 38 | NYM | |
| Team Personnel | Position | |
| Luis Aguayo | First Base Coach | |
| Sandy Alomar | Third Base Coach | |
| Kevin Burkhardt | Broadcaster | |
| Lionel Chattelle | Scout | |
| Gary Cohen | Broadcaster | |
| Ed Coleman | Broadcaster | |
| Guy Conti | Bullpen Coach | |
| Ron Darling | Broadcaster | |
| Wayne Hagin | Broadcaster | |
| Keith Hernandez | Broadcaster | |
| Scott Hunter | Scout | |
| Howard Johnson | Hitting Coach | |
| Ralph Kiner | Broadcaster | |
| Steve Leavitt | Scout | |
| Jerry Manuel | Manager | |
| Lee Mazzilli | Broadcaster | |
| Omar Minaya | General Manager | |
| Tom Nieto | First Base Coach | |
| Ken Oberkfell | Bench Coach | |
| Les Parker | Scout | |
| Rick Peterson | Pitching Coach | |
| Dave Racaniello | Bullpen Catcher | |
| Willie Randolph | Manager | |
| Tom Rogers | Scout | |
| Howie Rose | Broadcaster | |
| Doug Thurman | Scout | |
| Dan Warthen | Pitching Coach | |
| Matt Yallof | Broadcaster |
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