2009 New York Mets season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Mets Citi Field Home Opener.JPG The first regular season game ever played at Citi Field on April 13, 2009. 300px 2009 National League East Citi Field 70 92 y 4th New York, New York Fred Wilpon Omar Minaya Jerry Manuel SportsNet New YorkWPIX (CW affiliate) Gary Cohen, Ralph Kiner, Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling, Bob Ojeda WFAN (English)Howie Rose, Wayne Hagin, Ed Coleman The 2009 New York Mets season was the franchise's 48th season and the team's first year at Citi Field, which opened on April 13 against the San Diego Padres.New York Mets' Citi Field opener April 14 against Padres August 15, 2008 http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2008/08/new_york_mets_citi_field_opene.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081216051131/http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2008/08/new_york_mets_citi_field_opene.html December 16, 2008 live June 17, 2009 mdy The Mets finished with a 70–92 record, as the season was plagued by many injuries. This was the Mets' first losing season since 2004. Offseason Looking to improve the bullpen after the struggles of the 2008 season, the Mets signed closer Francisco Rodríguez to a three-year, $37 million contract on December 10, 2008.K-Rod, Mets finalize deal Immediately after, the team acquired reliever J. J. Putz from the Seattle Mariners in a three team trade involving the Mariners and the Cleveland Indians, giving the Mets a setup man for Rodriguez. New York shipped reliever Aaron Heilman, outfielder Endy Chávez, pitcher Jason Vargas and three minor leaguers to Seattle for Putz, center fielder Jeremy Reed and reliever Sean Green, while Mets reliever Joe Smith was acquired by Cleveland.Mets get Putz as set-up man in huge trade On December 12, the Mets traded Scott Schoeneweis to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Connor Robertson. On January 12, 2009, the Mets signed RHP Tim Redding to a one-year contract. The Mets signed Alex Cora to a one-year, $2 million contract. Garcia's contract, which was full of incentives, could have reached $8 million if he reached the major league roster. On April 3, the Mets signed outfielder Gary Sheffield after being released by the Detroit Tigers.Sheffield agrees to deal with Mets Roster 2009 New York Mets Roster Pitchers 35 Lance Broadway 64 Elmer Dessens 25 Pedro Feliciano 27 Nelson Figueroa 47 Casey Fossum 50 Sean Green 61 Liván Hernández 33 John Maine 48 Patrick Misch 49 Jon Niese 38 Fernando Nieve 36 Darren O'Day 39 Bobby Parnell 34 Mike Pelfrey 46 Óliver Pérez 22 J. J. Putz 44 Tim Redding 75 Francisco Rodríguez 57 Johan Santana 43 Brian Stokes 29 Tobi Stoner 56 Jon Switzer 36 Ken Takahashi 13 Billy Wagner Catchers 11 Ramón Castro  9 Omir Santos 23 Brian Schneider 30 Josh Thole 99 Robinson Cancel Infielders  4 Ángel Berroa  1 Luis Castillo  3 Alex Cora 21 Carlos Delgado 29 Andy Green 11 Anderson Hernández  6 Ramón Martínez 28 Daniel Murphy 11 Argenis Reyes  7 José Reyes  4 Wilson Valdéz  5 David Wright Outfielders 15 Carlos Beltrán 29 Emil Brown 19 Ryan Church  6 Nick Evans 12 Jeff Francoeur 26 Fernando Martínez 16 Ángel Pagán 18 Jeremy Reed 10 Gary Sheffield 19 Cory Sullivan Utility player  9 Marlon Anderson 17 Fernando Tatís Manager 53 Jerry Manuel Coaches 51 Luis Alicea (first base) 58 Sandy Alomar Jr. (catching)  2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (bench) 20 Howard Johnson (hitting) 55 Randy Niemann (bullpen) 52 Razor Shines (third base) 59 Dan Warthen (pitching) Regular season thumb|right|Patch worn on the right sleeve during home games the 2009 season. thumb|left|In its opening season, Citi Field drew over 3.1 million fans with a game average of 92.7% of seats filled, 4th best in baseball. The Mets opened up the season in Cincinnati against the Cincinnati Reds on April 6. The Mets collected the victory, improving their win–loss record on Opening Day. The first ever home game at Citi Field was on April 13 against the San Diego Padres, who spoiled the opener with a 6–5 win against the Mets. In that game, Jody Gerut of the Padres became the first player to open a new ballpark with a leadoff home run. On April 17, Gary Sheffield hit his 500th home run against the Milwaukee Brewers. On May 10, José Reyes stole his 300th base against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite an injury depleted roster, the Mets finished May with a 19–9 record and trailed the Philadelphia Phillies by a half game for the NL East lead. After finishing April and May with a combined record of 28–21, injuries hurt the Mets in June and they went 9–18, their worst month since September 2003, but lost only 2 1 2 games in the standings, as the Phillies were having their own struggles. Injuries continued to hurt them Mets in July, as they went 12–14, quickly falling to 4th place in the National League East. thumb|left|Citi Field, the Mets new stadium. On July 10, the Mets sent outfielder Ryan Church to the Atlanta Braves for outfielder Jeff Francoeur. However, the Mets did set a team record during the 2009 season. They had a team-record 10 hits in the fourth inning on August 18 against the Atlanta Braves. They scored eight runs in that inning, on their way to a 9–4 victory.Game Wrapup mets.com http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20090818&content_id=6483334&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=home https://web.archive.org/web/20090822122809/http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20090818&content_id=6483334&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=home dead August 22, 2009 August 18, 2009 August 19, 2009 On August 23, the Mets became the first team in National League history to fall victim to a game-ending unassisted triple play, turned by Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field in the bottom of the 9th inning.David Gurian-Peck Phils back Pedro in NY, win on rare feat http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090823&content_id=6571854&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi MLB.com August 23, 2009 August 24, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090826233742/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090823&content_id=6571854&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi August 26, 2009 live The 2009 Mets season will be remembered as a season marred by injuries. On August 25, it was announced that ace Johan Santana would undergo season-ending elbow surgery on his pitching elbow,News: Santana to Have Surgery http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/25/news-santana-to-have-surgery/ August 25, 2009 August 25, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090828011509/http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/25/news-santana-to-have-surgery/ August 28, 2009 dead mdy-all and was added to the long list of injured players. Including Santana, the Mets' had 20 players see time on the disabled list at some point during the 2009 season, including David Wright, John Maine, Jon Niese, Fernando Nieve, J. J. Putz, Billy Wagner, Brian Schneider, Carlos Delgado, Ángel Pagán, Gary Sheffield, Óliver Pérez, Ryan Church, Ramón Martínez, José Reyes, Alex Cora, Carlos Beltrán, and Fernando Martinez.Note: The Citi Field Exorcism http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/25/note-the-citi-field-exorcism/ August 25, 2009 August 25, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090829155326/http://www.metsblog.com/2009/08/25/note-the-citi-field-exorcism/ August 29, 2009 dead mdy-all Mets players spent more than 1,480 days in the DL in 2009, more than any other team in the majors.https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=AidiMV7um3Gc70drp7y9Pwu4u7YF?gid=291004121&prov=ap&print=1 Figueroa pitches shutout, Mets beat Astros 4–0 October 4, 2009 October 4, 2009 Mike Fitzpatrick Associated Press Yahoo! News However, second-half turnarounds of Francoeur and Daniel Murphy helped the Mets finish the season with the best batting average in the National League, tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers.After Quiet Finish, Mets Are Planning For Busy Off-Season October 5, 2009 Ben Shpigel New York Times D6 On August 25, the Mets traded former all-star closer Billy Wagner to the Boston Red Sox for minor league outfielder Chris Carter and minor league first baseman Eddie Loria.Mets, Red Sox finally complete Billy Wagner trade http://theropolitans.com/2009/10/mets-red-sox-finally-complete-billy.html October 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091012153818/http://theropolitans.com/2009/10/mets-red-sox-finally-complete-billy.html October 12, 2009 dead mdy-all The Mets finished with a 70–92 record and 4th place in the NL East, missing the playoffs for the third straight year. Season standings New York Mets Record vs. opponents NYM Game log New York Mets; 2009 Game Log y New York Mets; April (9–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 6 || @ Reds || 2–1 || Santana (1–0) || Harang (0–1) || Rodríguez (1) || 42,177 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 8 || @ Reds || 9–7 || Pelfrey (1–0) || Vólquez (0–1) || Rodríguez (2) || 13,568 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 9 || @ Reds || 8–6 || Arroyo (1–0) || Pérez (0–1) || Cordero (1) || 17,837 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || April 10 || @ Marlins || 5–4 || Lindstrom (1–0) || Feliciano (0–1) || || 24,070 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 11 || @ Marlins || 8–4 || Hernández (1–0) || Nolasco (1–1) || || 39,412 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 12 || @ Marlins || 2–1 || Johnson (2–0) || Santana (1–1) || || 18,109 || 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 13 || Padres || 6–5 || Mujica (1–1) || Stokes (0–1) || Bell (4) || 41,007 || 3–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 15 || Padres || 7–2 || Pérez (1–1) || Correia (0–1) || || 35,581 || 4–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 16 || Padres || 6–5 || Peavy (2–1) || Maine (0–1) || Bell (5) || 35,985 || 4–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 17 || Brewers || 5–4 || Putz (1–0) || McClung (0–1) || || 36,436 || 5–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 18 || Brewers || 1–0 || Santana (2–1) || Villanueva (1–2) || Rodríguez (3) || 36,312 || 6–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 19 || Brewers || 4–2 || Suppan (1–2) || Figueroa (0–1) || Coffey (1) || 36,124 || 6–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 21 || @ Cardinals || 6–4 || Motte (1–1) || Putz (1–1) || Franklin (3) || 35,506 || 6–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 22 || @ Cardinals || 5–2 || Piñeiro (3–0) || Maine (0–2) || Franklin (4) || 35,622 || 6–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || April 23 || @ Cardinals || 12–8 || Lohse (3–0) || Hernández (1–1) || || 38,522 || 6–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 24 || Nationals || 4–3 || Santana (3–1) || Olsen (0–3) || Rodríguez (4) || 40,522 || 7–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 25 || Nationals || 8–2 || Pelfrey (2–0) || Cabrera (0–2) || || 39,960 || 8–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 26 || Nationals || 8–1 || Zimmermann (2–0) || Pérez (1–2) || || 40,023 || 8–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 27 || Marlins || 7–1 || Maine (1–2) || Sánchez (1–2) || || 38,573 || 9–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 28 || Marlins || 7–4 || Badenhop (1–0) || Green (0–1) || Lindstrom (4) || 38,546 || 9–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 29 || Marlins || 4–3 || Pinto (1–0) || Putz (1–2) || Lindstrom (5) || 39,339 || 9–12 |- y New York Mets; May (19–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || May 1 || @ Phillies || 7–4 || Pelfrey (3–0) || Park (0–1) || Rodríguez (5) || 44,773 || 10–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || May 2 || @ Phillies || 6–5 (10) || Taschner (1–0) || Green (0–2) || || 45,069 || 10–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || May 3 || @ Phillies || colspan=6 |Postponed |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || May 4 || @ Braves || 6–4 || Maine (2–2) || Vázquez (2–3) || Rodríguez (6) || 19,132 || 11–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || May 5 || @ Braves || 4–3 || Hernández (2–1) || Kawakami (1–4) || Rodríguez (7) || 21,049 || 12–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 6 || Phillies || 1–0 || Santana (4–1) || Eyre (0–1) || Rodríguez (8) || 37,600 || 13–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || May 7 || Phillies || 7–5 || Pelfrey (4–0) || Moyer (3–2) || Rodríguez (9) || 37,295 || 14–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 8 || Pirates || 7–3 || Parnell (1–0) || Yates (0–2) || || 38,496 || 15–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 9 || Pirates || 10–1 || Maine (3–2) || Maholm (3–1) || || 39,769 || 16–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 10 || Pirates || 8–4 || Hernández (3–1) || Snell (1–5) || || 39,871 || 17–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 11 || Braves || 8–3 || Lowe (5–1) || Santana (4–2) || || 40,497 || 17–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 12 || Braves || 4–3 (10) || Rodríguez (1–0) || Bennett (0–1) || || 39,408 || 18–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 13 || Braves || 8–7 (12) || Bennett (1–1) || Takahashi (0–1) || González (6) || 40,555 || 18–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 14 || @ Giants || 7–4 || Parnell (2–0) || Wilson (2–1) || Rodríguez (10) || 30,154 || 19–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 15 || @ Giants || 8–6 || Stokes (1–1) || Wilson (2–2) || Rodríguez (11) || 41,684 || 20–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 16 || @ Giants || 9–6 || Santana (5–2) || Johnson (3–4) || Putz (1) || 41,336 || 21–15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 17 || @ Giants || 2–0 || Cain (4–1) || Pelfrey (4–1) || Wilson (9) || 43,012 || 21–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 38 || May 18 || @ Dodgers || 3–2 (11) || Troncoso (1–0) || Stokes (1–2) || || 37,136 || 21–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 19 || @ Dodgers || 5–3 || Billingsley (6–1) || Maine (3–3) || Broxton (10) || 37,857 || 21–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 20 || @ Dodgers || 2–1 || Leach (1–0) || Putz (1–3) || Broxton (11) || 50,761 || 21–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 22 || @ Red Sox || 5–3 || Santana (6–2) || Matsuzaka (0–2) || Rodríguez (12) || 38,092 || 22–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 23 || @ Red Sox || 3–2 || Feliciano (1–1) || Papelbon (0–1) || Putz (2) || 37,871 || 23–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 24 || @ Red Sox || 12–5 || Wakefield (6–2) || Redding (0–1) || || 37,446 || 23–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 25 || Nationals || 5–2 || Maine (4–3) || Lannan (2–4) || Rodríguez (13) || 41,103 || 24–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 26 || Nationals || 6–1 || Hernández (4–1) || Stammen (0–1) || || 39,376 || 25–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 27 || Nationals || 7–4 || Santana (7–2) || Zimmermann (2–2) || || 40,171 || 26–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || May 29 || Marlins || 2–1 (11) || Feliciano (2–1) || Sanches (1–1) || || 40,677 || 27–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 30 || Marlins || 7–3 || Johnson (4–1) || Redding (0–2) || Núñez (1) || 40,727 || 27–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 31 || Marlins || 3–2 || Maine (5–3) || Volstad (4–4) || Rodríguez (14) || 40,482 || 28–21 |- y New York Mets; June (9–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || June 1 || @ Pirates || 8–5 || Gorzelanny (3–1) || Putz (1–4) || Capps (11) || 11,812 || 28–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || June 2 || @ Pirates || 3–1 || Duke (6–4) || Santana (7–3) || Capps (12) || 10,459 || 28–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || June 3 || @ Pirates || colspan=6 |Postponed |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 52 || June 4 || @ Pirates || 11–6 || Jackson (1–0) || Pelfrey (4–2) || || 20,684 || 28–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || June 5 || @ Nationals || 3–1 (10) || Green (1–2) || Hanrahan (0–3) || Rodríguez (15) || 20,353 || 29–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || June 6 || @ Nationals || 7–1 || Lannan (3–5) || Maine (5–4) || || 31,456 || 29–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || June 7 || @ Nationals || 7–0 || Hernández (5–1) || Stammen (0–2) || || 31,841 || 30–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || June 9 || Phillies || 6–5 || Santana (8–3) || Condrey (4–1) || Rodríguez (16) || 37,152 || 31–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 10 || Phillies || 5–4 (11) || Park (2–1) || Parnell (2–1) || Madson (3) || 38,723 || 31–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 11 || Phillies || 6–3 (10) || Eyre (1–1) || Parnell (2–2) || Madson (4) || 38,532 || 31–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 59 || June 12 || @ Yankees || 9–8 || Rivera (1–2) || Rodríguez (1–1) || || 47,967 || 31–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 13 || @ Yankees || 6–2 || Nieve (1–0) || Pettitte (6–3) || || 48,056 || 32–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 14 || @ Yankees || 15–0 || Burnett (5–3) || Santana (8–4) || || 47,943 || 32–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 16 || @ Orioles || 6–4 || Pelfrey (5–2) || Guthrie (4–7) || Rodríguez (17) || 20,626 || 33–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 17 || @ Orioles || 6–4 || Johnson (3–3) || Feliciano (2–2) || Sherrill (13) || 31,906 || 33–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 18 || @ Orioles || 5–4 || Albers (1–2) || Rodríguez (1–2) || || 23,009 ||33–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 19 || Rays || 5–3 || Nieve (2–0)|| Sonnanstine (5–7)|| Rodríguez (18)|| 38,493 || 34–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 20 || Rays || 3–1 || Shields (6–5) || Santana (8–5) || Howel (4) || 37,992 || 34–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 21 || Rays || 10–6 ||Nelson (2–0) ||Parnell (2–3) || || 38,791 || 34–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || June 22 || Cardinals || 6–4 || Redding (1–2) || Wellemeyer (6–7) || Rodríguez (19) || 38,488 || 35–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 23 || Cardinals || 3–0 || Piñeiro (6–8) || Hernández (5–2) || || 38,903 || 35–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || June 24 || Cardinals || 11–0 || Nieve (3–0) || Thompson (2–3) || || 39,689 || 36–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 25 || Cardinals || 3–2 || Santana (9–5) || Carpenter (5–2) || Rodríguez (20) || 41,221 || 37–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 26 || Yankees || 9–1 || Sabathia (7–4) || Pelfrey (5–3) || || 41,278 || 37–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 73 || June 27 || Yankees || 5–0 || Burnett (6–4) || Redding (1–3) || || 41,302 || 37–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 74 || June 28 || Yankees || 4–2 || Wang (1–6) || Hernández (5–3) || Rivera (18) || 41,315 || 37–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 29 || @ Brewers || 10–6 || Looper (6–4) || Nieve (3–1) || Hoffman (18) || 39,872 || 37–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || June 30 || @ Brewers || 6–3 || Burns (1–1) || Santana (9–6) || || 35,369 || 37–39 |- y New York Mets; July (12–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || July 1 || @ Brewers || 1–0 || Pelfrey (6–3) || Gallardo (8–5) || Rodríguez (21) || 35,409 || 38–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || July 2 || @ Pirates || 9–8 (10) || Rodríguez (2–2) || Capps (1–4) || || 14,321 || 39–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || July 3 || @ Phillies || 7–2 || López (1–0) || Hernández (5–4) || || 45,231 || 39–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 80 || July 4 || @ Phillies || 4–1 || Moyer (7–6)|| Nieve (3–2) || Lidge (15) || 45,141 || 39–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 81 || July 5 || @ Phillies || 2–0 || Blanton (5–4) || Santana (9–7) || Lidge (16) || 45,333 || 39–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || July 7 || Dodgers || 8–0 || Kershaw (6–5) || Pelfrey (6–4) || || 39,696 || 39–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 8 || Dodgers || 5–4 || Pérez (2–2) || Kuroda (3–5) || Rodríguez (22) || 40,027 || 40–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 84 || July 9 || Dodgers || 11–2 || Wolf (4–3) || Hernández (5–5) || || 39,865 || 40–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 10 || Reds || 3–0 || Arroyo (9–8) || Nieve (3–3) || || 39,203 || 40–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 11 || Reds || 4–0 || Santana (10–7) || Cueto (8–6) || || 39,396 || 41–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 12 || Reds || 9–7 || Pelfrey (7–4) || Harang (5–9) || Rodríguez (23) || 40,014 || 42–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 88 || July 16 || @ Braves || 5–3 || Acosta (1–0) || Feliciano (2–3) || Soriano (13) || 32,736 || 42–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 17 || @ Braves || 11–0 || Jurrjens (8–7) || Pelfrey (7–5) || || 50,704 || 42–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || July 18 || @ Braves || 5–1 || Santana (11–7) || Kawakami (5–7) || || 51,175 || 43–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || July 19 || @ Braves || 7–1 || Vasquez (7–7) || Redding (1–4) || || 34,923 || 43–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 92 || July 20 || @ Nationals || 6–2 || Hernández (6–5) || Martin (0–1) || || 19,169 || 44–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 21 || @ Nationals || 4–0 || Lannan (7–7) || Pérez (2–2) || || 23,414 || 44–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 22 || @ Nationals || 3–1 || Stammen (3–5) || Pelfrey (7–6) || MacDougal (6) || 23,583 || 44–50 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 24 || @ Astros || 4–5 || Hampton (6–7) || Santana (11–8) || Valverde (11) ||42,967 || 44–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 25 || @ Astros || 10–3 || Niese (1–0) || Ortiz (3–5) || || 43,302 || 45–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 26 || @ Astros || 8–3 || Hernández (7–5) || Moehler (7–6) || Green (1) || 34,642 || 46–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 27 || Rockies || 7–3 || Feliciano (3–3) || Rincón (3–2) || || 38,936 || 47–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || July 28 || Rockies || 4–0 || Pelfrey (8–6) || Marquis (12–7) || || 39,126 || 48–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || July 29 || Rockies || colspan=6 |Postponed |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 100 || July 30 || Rockies || 7–0 || Santana (12–8) || Hammel (5–6) || || 40,024 || 49–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 30 || Rockies || 4–2 || de la Rosa (9–7) || Niese (1–1) || Street (26) || 38,962 || 49–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || July 31 || Diamondbacks || 3–2 || Vásquez (2–2) || Green (1–3) || Qualls (19) || 38,241 || 49–53 |- y New York Mets; August (10–19) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 103 || August 1 || Diamondbacks || 9–6 || Feliciano (4–3) || Zavada (2–3) || Rodríguez (24) || 39,574 || 50–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || August 2 || Diamondbacks || 5–2 || Garland (6–10) || Pelfrey (8–7) || || 38,374 || 50–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || August 3 || Diamondbacks || 6–5 || Haren (11–6) || Figueroa (0–2) || Qualls (20) || 39,320 || 50–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || August 4 || Cardinals || 12–7 (10) || McClellan (3–2) || Feliciano (4–4) || || 40,354 || 50–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 107 || August 5 || Cardinals || 9–0 || Figueroa (1–2) || Lohse (4–7) || Parnell (1) || 39,781 || 51–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 6 || @ Padres || 8–3 || Richard (5–3) || Hernández (7–6) || || 18,880 || 51–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || August 7 || @ Padres || 6–2 || Bell (4–1) || Rodríguez (2–3) || || 23,038 || 51–58 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 110 || August 8 || @ Padres || 3–1 || Latos (4–1) || Parnell (2–4) || Bell (28) || 35,184 || 51–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 9 || @ Padres || 5–1 || Santana (13–8) || Stauffer (1–4) || || 27,754 || 52–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 112 || August 10 || @ Diamondbacks || 7–4 || Davis (7–10) || Pelfrey (8–8) || || 23,069 || 52–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || August 11 || @ Diamondbacks || 6–2 || Scherzer (7–6) || Hernández (7–7) || || 24,576 || 52–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 114 || August 12 || @ Diamondbacks || 6–4 || Feliciano (5–4) || Rauch (2–1) || Rodríguez (25) || 22,320 || 53–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 14 || Giants || 3–0 || Parnell (3–4) || Zito (8–11) || Rodríguez (26) || 38,997 || 54–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || August 15 || Giants || 5–4 (10) || Wilson (5–5) || Rodríguez (2–4) || || 39,652 || 54–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 16 || Giants || 3–2 || Rodríguez (3–4) || Romo (3–2) || || 38,793 || 55–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 17 || Giants || 10–1 || Martinez (3–1) || Hernández (7–8) || || 38,584 || 55–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 119 || August 18 || Braves || 9–4 || Pérez (3–3) || Lowe (12–8) || || 38,613 || 56–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 120 || August 19 || Braves || 14–2 || Jurrjens (10–8) || Parnell (3–5) || || 38,602 || 56–64 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 20 || Braves || 3–2 || Kawakami (6–9) || Santana (13–9) || Soriano (18) || 39,105 || 56–65 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 122 || August 21 || Phillies || 2–4 || Pelfrey (9–8) || Hamels (7–8) || Rodríguez (27) || 38,243 || 57–65 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 22 || Phillies || 4–1 || Happ (10–2) || Misch (0–1) || Lidge (24) || 38,049 || 57–66 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 124 || August 23 || Phillies || 9–7 || Martínez (2–0) || Pérez (3–4) || Lidge (25) || 39,038 || 57–67 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 24 || Phillies || 6–2 || Lee (5–0) || Parnell (3–6) || || 39,336 || 57–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 126 || August 25 || @ Marlins || 2–1 || West (5–5) || Figueroa (1–3) || Núñez (15) || 14,278 || 57–69 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 26 || @ Marlins || 5–3 || Johnson (13–3) || Pelfrey (9–9) || Núñez (16) || 16,123 || 57–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 27 || @ Marlins || 10–3 || Redding (2–4) || Sánchez (2–5) || || 12,423 || 58–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 129 || August 28 || @ Cubs || 5–2 || Gregg (5–5) || Stokes (1–3) || Mármol (6) || 39,381 || 58–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 130 || August 29 || @ Cubs || 11–4 || Dempster (8–7) || Parnell (3–7) || || 40,857 || 58–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || August 30 || @ Cubs || 4–1 || Figueroa (2–3) || Zambrano (7–6) || Rodríguez (28) || 39,907 || 59–72 |- y New York Mets; September (8–20) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || September 1 || @ Rockies || 8–3 || de la Rosa (13–9) || Pelfrey (9–10) || ||26,190 || 59–73 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || September 2 || @ Rockies || 5–2 || Jiménez (13–10) || Stokes (1–4) || Morales (1) || 26,276 || 59–74 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || September 3 || @ Rockies || 8–3 || Misch (1–1) || Marquis (14–10) || || 22,566 || 60–74 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 135 || September 4 || Cubs || 6–2 || Stokes (2–4) || Gregg (5–6) || Rodríguez (29) || 37,953 || 61–74 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 136 || September 5 || Cubs || 5–3 || Harden (9–8) || Figueroa (2–4) || Mármol (9) || 38,759 || 61–75 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 137 || September 6 || Cubs || 4–2 || Pelfrey (10–10) || Wells (10–8) || Rodríguez (30) ||39,593 || 62–75 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 8 || Marlins || 4–2 || Sanches (4–1) || Redding (2–5) || Núñez (19) || 37,474 || 62–76 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 9 || Marlins || 6–3 || Nolasco (11–8) || Misch (1–2) || Núñez (20) || 37,312 || 62–77 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || September 10 || Marlins || 13–4 || Badenhop (7–4) || Parnell (3–8) || || 37,620 || 62–78 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 11 || @ Phillies || 4–2 || Hamels (9–9) || Figueroa (2–5) || Madson (7) || 44,377 || 62–79 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 142 || September 12 || @ Phillies || 10–9 || Feliciano (6–4) || Madson (5–5) || Rodríguez (31) || 45,243 || 63–79 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 13 || @ Phillies || 5–4 || Kendrick (1–1) || Maine (5–5) || Lidge (29) || 45,024 || 63–80 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 13 || @ Phillies || 1–0 || Martínez (5–0) || Redding (2–6) || Madson (8) || 44,901 || 63–81 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 145 || September 15 || @ Braves || 6–0 || Hanson (10–3) || Misch (1–3) || || 25,094 || 63–82 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 16 || @ Braves || 6–5 || O'Flaherty (2–1) || Rodríguez (3–5) || || 17,988 || 63–83 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 17 || @ Braves || 7–3 || Jurrjens (12–10) || Figueroa (2–6) || || 20,192 || 63–84 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 18 || Nationals || 6–5 || Martin (5–4) || Pelfrey (10–11) || MacDougal (16) || 38,063 || 63–85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 149 || September 19 || Nationals || 3–2 || Redding (3–6) || Lannan (9–12) || Rodríguez (32) || 37,906 || 64–85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 150 || September 20 || Nationals || 6–2 || Maine (6–5) || Mock (3–9) || Rodríguez (33) || 38,347 || 65–85 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 21 || Braves || 11–3 || Lowe (15–9) || Misch (1–4) || Kawakami (1) || 37,706 || 65–86 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 152 || September 22 || Braves || 3–1 || Jurrjens (13–10) || Figueroa (2–7) || Soriano (25) || 37,823 || 65–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 23 || Braves || 5–2 || Hudson (2–1)|| Pelfrey (10–12) || Soriano (26) || 38,266 || 65–88 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 154 || September 25 || @ Marlins || 6–5 || Parnell (4–8) || Núñez (4–6) || Rodríguez (34) || 39,031 || 66–88 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 26 || @ Marlins || 9–6 || West (8–6) || Maine (6–6) || Donnelly (1) || 35,666 || 66–89 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 || September 27 || @ Marlins || 4–0 || Misch (2–4) || Volstad (9–13) || || 31,167 || 67–89 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || September 28 || @ Nationals || 2–1 || Detwiler (1–6) || Figueroa (2–8) || MacDougal (17) || 18,600 || 67–90 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 29 || @ Nationals || 4–3 || Clippard (3–2) || Green (1–4) || MacDougal (18) || 19,614 || 67–91 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 159 || September 30 || @ Nationals || 7–4 || Villone (5–6) || Rodríguez (3–6) || || 23,944 || 67–92 |- y New York Mets; October (3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || October 2 || Astros || 7–1 || Maine (7–6) || Rodríguez (14–12) || || 37,576 || 68–92 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 161 || October 3 || Astros || 5–1 || Misch (3–4) || Bazardo (1–3) || Rodríguez (35) || 37,578 || 69–92 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 162 || October 4 || Astros || 4–0 || Figueroa (3–8) || López (0–2) || || 38,135 || 70–92 |- Please do not edit this line: OgreBot End--> Player stats Batting Legend: G = Games played; AB = At-bats; H = Hits; BA = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; R = Runs scored; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB H BA OBP HR RBI R SB Marlon Anderson 4 4 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Carlos Beltrán 81 308 100 .325 .415 10 48 50 11 Ángel Berroa 14 27 4 .148 .233 0 2 4 0 Emil Brown 3 5 1 .200 .333 0 0 0 0 Robinson Cancel 1 1 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Luis Castillo Luis Castillo (second baseman) 142 486 147 .302 .387 1 40 77 20 Ramón Castro Ramón Castro (catcher)* 26 79 20 .253 .322 3 13 5 0 Ryan Church* 67 232 65 .280 .332 2 22 26 6 Alex Cora 82 271 68 .251 .320 1 18 31 8 Carlos Delgado 26 94 28 .298 .393 4 23 15 0 Nick Evans Nick Evans (baseball) 30 65 15 .231 .275 1 7 5 0 Pedro Feliciano 88 0 0 .000 1.000 0 0 0 0 Nelson Figueroa 16 22 3 .136 .174 0 3 1 0 Jeff Francoeur* 75 289 90 .311 .338 10 41 40 1 Sean Green 1 1 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Anderson Hernández* 46 135 34 .252 .315 2 14 14 2 Liván Hernández* 24 40 5 .125 .146 0 0 0 0 John Maine 16 27 4 .148 .148 0 2 0 0 Fernando Martínez Fernando Martínez (baseball) 29 91 16 .176 .242 1 8 11 2 Ramón Martínez Ramón Martínez (infielder) 12 42 7 .167 .182 0 4 1 1 Pat Misch 22 13 0 .000 .133 0 0 0 0 Daniel Murphy Daniel Murphy (baseball) 155 508 135 .266 .313 12 63 60 4 Jon Niese 5 8 1 .125 .125 0 0 0 0 Fernando Nieve 8 9 3 .333 .333 0 1 0 0 Ángel Pagán 88 343 105 .306 .350 6 32 54 14 Mike Pelfrey 31 52 5 .096 .143 0 4 4 0 Óliver Pérez 14 22 6 .273 .304 0 0 1 0 Tim Redding 30 29 2 .069 .069 0 0 0 0 Jeremy Reed 126 161 39 .242 .301 0 9 9 0 Argenis Reyes 9 17 2 .118 .167 0 0 0 1 José Reyes José Reyes (shortstop) 36 147 41 .279 .355 2 15 18 11 Johan Santana 25 42 7 .167 .255 0 4 1 0 Omir Santos 96 281 73 .260 .296 7 40 28 0 Brian Schneider 59 170 37 .218 .292 3 24 11 0 Gary Sheffield 100 268 74 .276 .372 10 43 44 2 Cory Sullivan 64 136 34 .250 .338 2 15 17 7 Ken Takahashi 28 2 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 Fernando Tatís 125 340 96 .282 .339 8 48 42 4 Josh Thole 17 53 17 .321 .356 0 9 2 1 Wilson Valdéz 41 86 22 .256 .326 0 7 11 0 David Wright 144 535 164 .307 .390 10 72 88 27Team totals16254531472.270.33595631671122 Pitching Legend: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; H = Hits allowed; SO = Strikeouts; BB = Walks; bold = league leader Player G GS IP W L SV ERA H SO BB Lance Broadway 8 0 14 2 3 0 0 0 6.75 19 9 6 Elmer Dessens 28 0 32 2 3 0 0 0 3.31 24 14 10 Pedro Feliciano 88 0 59 1 3 6 4 0 3.03 51 59 18 Nelson Figueroa 16 10 70 1 3 3 8 0 4.09 80 59 24 Casey Fossum 3 0 4 0 0 0 2.25 4 3 4 Sean Green Sean Green (baseball) 79 0 69 2 3 1 4 1 4.52 64 54 36 Liván Hernández 23 23 135 7 8 0 5.47 164 75 51 John Maine 15 15 81 1 3 7 6 0 4.43 67 55 38 Pat Misch 22 7 59 3 4 0 4.12 62 23 19 Jon Niese 5 5 25 2 3 1 1 0 4.21 27 23 14 Fernando Nieve 8 7 36 2 3 3 3 0 2.95 36 23 19 Darren O'Day 4 0 3 0 0 0 0.00 5 2 1 Bobby Parnell 68 8 88 1 3 4 8 1 5.30 101 74 46 Mike Pelfrey 31 31 184 1 3 10 12 0 5.03 213 107 66 Óliver Pérez 14 14 66 3 4 0 6.82 69 62 58 J. J. Putz 29 0 29 1 3 1 4 2 5.22 29 19 19 Tim Redding 30 17 120 3 6 0 5.10 122 76 50 Francisco Rodríguez Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher) 70 0 68 3 6 35 3.71 51 73 38 Johan Santana 25 25 166 2 3 13 9 0 3.13 156 146 46 Brian Stokes 69 0 70 1 3 2 4 0 3.97 72 45 38 Tobi Stoner 4 0 9 0 0 0 4.00 9 5 3 Jon Switzer 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 8.10 4 3 2 Ken Takahashi 28 0 27 1 3 0 1 0 2.96 23 23 14 Billy Wagner 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 4 1Team totals16216214267092394.4514521031616 All stats as of October 4, 2009 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Ken Oberkfell AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Mako Oliveras A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Tim Teufel A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League Edgar Alfonzo Short-Season A Brooklyn Cyclones New York–Penn League Pedro López Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Mike DiFelice Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Julio Franco References New York Mets seasons 2009 2008 2010 External links 2009 New York Mets season Official Site https://web.archive.org/web/20090707120509/http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=nym July 7, 2009 2009 New York Mets season at Baseball Reference Category:New York Mets seasons New York Mets season New York Mets Category:2000s in Queens Category:Flushing, Queens