2004 New York Mets season

The New York Mets' 2004 season was the 43rd regular season for the Mets. They went 71-91 and finished 4th in the NL East. They were managed by Art Howe. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

2004 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Wilpon
General manager(s)Jim Duquette
Manager(s)Art Howe
Local televisionWPIX
(Tom Seaver, Dave O'Brien)
Fox Sports New York/MSG
(Ralph Kiner, Fran Healy, Matt Loughlin, Ted Robinson, Keith Hernandez)
Local radioWFAN
(Howie Rose, Gary Cohen)
WADO (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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Offseason

  • October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets.[1]
  • January 16, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.[2]
  • January 29, 2004: Shane Spencer signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.[3]
  • February 9, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.[4]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

  • April 3, 2004: Kenny Kelly was released by the New York Mets.[2]
  • April 7, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was released by the New York Mets.[4]
  • April 16, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.[4]
  • June 17, 2004: Dave Weathers was traded by the New York Mets with Jeremy Griffiths to the Houston Astros for Richard Hidalgo.[5]
  • July 30, 2004: Justin Huber was traded by the New York Mets to the Kansas City Royals for José Bautista.[6]
  • July 30, 2004: Scott Kazmir was traded by the New York Mets with Jose Diaz to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Bartolomé Fortunato and Víctor Zambrano.[7]
  • July 30, 2004: Ty Wigginton, José Bautista and Matt Peterson were traded by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kris Benson and Jeff Keppinger.
  • August 6, 2004: Shane Spencer was released by the New York Mets.[3]

Game Log

Green indicates a win, red indicates a loss, and gray indicates a postponement.

April

# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
1April 6@ Atlanta7-2Glavine (1-0)Ortiz (0-1)49,4601-0W1
2April 7@ Atlanta18-10Gryboski (1-0)Trachsel (0-1)22,7751-1L1
3April 8@ Atlanta10-8Cunnane (1-0)Franco (0-1)Smoltz (1)26,5851-2L2
4April 9@ Montreal3-2Weathers (1-0)Ayala (0-2)Moreno (1)14,7392-2W1
5April 10@ Montreal1-0Patterson (1-0)Seo (0-1)Biddle (2)11,9572-3L1
6April 11@ Montreal4-1Glavine (2-0)Hernandez (0-1)Looper (1)10,6233-3W1
7April 12Atlanta10-6Trachsel (1-1)Hampton (0-1)Looper(2)53,6664-3W2
8April 14Atlanta6-1Thompson (1-0)Yates (0-1)15,8944-4L1
9April 15Atlanta4-0Leiter (1-0)Ramirez (0-1)33,2125-4W1
10April 16Pittsburgh7-6Wells (2-1)Moreno (0-1)Mesa (4)18,5545-5L1
11April 17Pittsburgh2-1Meadows (1-0)Trachsel (1-2)Mesa (5)40,1725-6L2
12April 18Pittsburgh8-1Benson (2-0)Seo (0-2)44,3455-7L3
13April 19Montreal4-1Yates (1-1)Ohka (0-3)Looper (3)14,0026-7W1
14April 20Montreal2-1Day (1-1)Weathers (1-1)Biddle (3)14,5136-8L1
15April 21Montreal2-1Hernandez (1-2)Glavine (2-1)Biddle (4)23,5656-9L2
16April 22Montreal3-2Trachsel (2-2)Bentz (0-1)Looper (4)15,0627-9W1
17April 23Chicago3-1Maddux (1-2)Seo (1-3)Borowski (3)38,8627-10L1
18April 24Chicago3-0Wood (3-1)Yates (1-2)Hawkins (1)39,0437-11L2
19April 25Chicago4-1Clement (3-1)Leiter (1-1)Borowski (4)38,6357-12L3
20April 27LA Dodgers9-5Glavine (3-1)Nomo (3-2)28,5248-12W1
21April 28LA Dodgers3-2Perez (2-1)Trachsel (2-3)Gagne (6)29,3198-13L1
22April 29LA Dodgers6-1Seo (1-3)Weaver (1-3)32,0679-13W1
23April 30San Diego7-6Lawrence (3-2)Yates (1-3)Otsuka (1)41,9719-14L1

May

# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
24May 1@ San Diego3-1Peavy (2-1)Franco (0-2)Hoffman (7)42,0649-15L2
25May 2@ San Diego6-2Glavine (4-1)Valdez (3-1)41,96510-15W1
26May 4San Francisco6-2Trachsel (3-3)Tomko (1-2)30,53211-15W2
27May 5San Francisco8-2Weathers (2-1)Rodriguez (1-2)19,97412-15W3
28May 6San Francisco2-1Weathers (3-1)Brower (0-2)23,31413-15W4
29May 7Milwaukee7-5Davis (2-2)Glavine (4-2)27,84113-16L1
30May 8Milwaukee6-4Kinney (1-2)Yates (1-4)Kolb (6)29,21213-17L2
31May 9Milwaukee6-5Wheeler (1-0)Ford (1-1)29,68614-17W1
32May 10@ Arizona12-8Daigle (2-1)Baldwin (0-1)28,63814-18L1
33May 11@ Arizona9-5Bruney (1-0)Leiter (1-2)34,26314-19L2
34May 12@ Arizona1-0Glavine (5-2)Johnson (3-4)Looper (5)27,75015-19W1
35May 13@ Arizona7-4Seo (2-3)Webb (2-3)Looper (6)25,57316-19W2
36May 14@ Houston8-3Trachsel (4-3)Oswalt (2-2)35,84917-19W3
37May 15@ Houston7-4Pettitte (4-1)Baldwin (0-2)Dotel (7)42,58117-20L1
38May 16@ Houston3-2Wheeler (2-0)Backe (1-1)43,24718-20W1
39May 18St. Louis5-4Bottalico (1-0)Isringhausen (2-1)28,88019-20W2
40May 19St. Louis1-0Eldred (1-0)Stanton (0-1)Kline (1)20,22919-21L1
41May 20St. Louis11-4Marquis (3-3)Seo (2-4)21,87419-22L2
42May 21Colorado9-7Ginter (1-0)Young (0-1)20,14820-22W1
43May 22Colorado5-4Weathers (4-1)Nunez (3-2)Looper (7)27,52621-22W2
44May 23Colorado4-0Glavine (6-2)Estes (3-3)37,48622-22W3
45May 25Philadelphia5-0Trachsel (5-3)Milton (5-1)29,38523-22W4
46May 26Philadelphia7-4Hernandez (1-1)Franco (0-3)Worrell (6)20,34923-23L1
47May 28@ Florida2-1Willis (5-3)Glavine (6-3)Benitez (19)25,29923-24L2
48May 29@ Florida3-2Wayne (3-1)Looper (0-1)31,32523-25L3
49May 30@ Florida8-6Borland (1-0)Stanton (0-2)Benitez (20)30,89623-26L4
50May 31@ Philadelphia5-3Moreno (1-1)Myers (3-3)Looper (8)43,62024-26W1

June

# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
51June 1@ Philadelphia4-1Bottalico (2-0)Worrell (1-2)Looper (9)34,43625-26W2
52June 2@ Philadelphia5-3Weathers (5-1)Hernandez (1-2)Looper (10)37,62526-26W3
53June 3Florida4-1Seo (3-4)Burnett (0-1)Looper (11)20,83227-26W4
54June 4Florida5-1Pavano (5-2)Trachsel (5-4)Benitez (21)23,26627-27L1
55June 5Florida7-6Perisho (4-2)Weathers (5-2)Benitez (22)24,80327-28L2
56June 6Florida5-2Leiter (2-2)Penny (6-3)25,83528-28W1
57June 8@ Minnesota2-1Rincon (7-3)Stanton (0-3)16,18128-29L1
58June 9@ Minnesota5-3Santana (3-4)Trachsel (5-5)Nathan (16)17,50728-30L2
59June 10@ Minnesota3-2Balfour (1-0)Bottalico (2-1)16,70628-31L3
60June 11@ Kansas City7-5May (3-8)Seo (3-5)Affeldt (8)23,24328-32L4
61June 12@ Kansas City4-3Affeldt (2-3)Weathers (5-3)23,89028-33L5
62June 13@ Kansas City5-2Glavine (7-3)Greinke (1-2)Looper (12)24,63229-33W1
63June 15Cleveland7-2Trachsel (6-5)Davis (1-5)22,78330-33W2
64June 16Cleveland9-1Sabathia (4-3)Ginter (1-1)29,51230-34L1
65June 17Cleveland6-2Bottalico (3-1)White (3-2)17,67531-34W1
66June 18Detroit3-2Looper (1-1)Patterson (0-4)36,14132-34W2
67June 19Detroit4-3Looper (2-1)Dingman (1-1)36,92533-34W3
68June 20Detroit6-1Trachsel (7-5)Bonderman (5-6)39,44634-34W4
69June 22Cincinnati7-4Franco (1-3)Wilson (7-1)Looper (13)19,30135-34W5
70June 23Cincinnati6-4Matthews (2-1)Franco (1-4)Graves (28)32,42335-35L1
71June 24Cincinnati6-2Lidle (5-5)Glavine (6-4)23,82735-36L2
June 25@ NY YankeesPOSTPONED
72June 26@ NY Yankees9-3Leiter (3-3)Halsey (1-1)55,30336-36W1
73June 27@ NY Yankees8-1Contreras (5-3)Trachsel (7-6)Gordon (2)37,30536-37L1
74June 27@ NY Yankees11-6Mussina (9-4)Ginter (1-2)55,38736-38L2
75June 29@ Cincinnati7-5Seo (4-5)Van Poppel (3-3)Looper (14)27,85837-38W1
76June 30@ Cincinnati2-0Lidle (6-5)Glavine (7-5)Graves (30)42,07637-39L1

July

# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
77July 1@ Cincinnati7-6Leiter (4-2)Acevedo (4-7)Looper (15)31,63338-39W1
78July 2NY Yankees11-2Trachsel (8-6)Mussina (9-5)55,06839-39W2
79July 3NY Yankees10-9Franco (2-4)Sturtze (3-1)55,21040-39W3
80July 4NY Yankees6-5Moreno (2-1)Gordon (2-3)Looper (16)55,43741-39W4
81July 5@ Philadelphia6-5Madson (6-2)Glavine (7-6)Wagner (13)41,57141-40L1
82July 6@ Philadelphia4-1Leiter (5-2)Wolf (3-4)Looper (17)36,23042-40W1
83July 7@ Philadelphia10-1Trachsel (9-6)Myers (5-6)37,68743-40W2
84July 8@ Philadelphia5-4Wagner (2-0)Franco (2-5)42,60143-41L1
85July 9@ Florida6-3Wheeler (3-0)Manzanillo (1-2)Looper (18)25,11744-41W1
86July 10@ Florida5-2Penny (8-7)Glavine (7-7)Benitez (29)41,21244-42L1
87July 11@ Florida5-2Willis (7-5)Leiter (5-3)Benitez (30)25,73544-43L2
88July 15Philadelphia3-2Parra (1-0)Hernandez (1-3)36,80345-43W1
89July 16Philadelphia5-1Millwood (7-5)Seo (4-6)Wagner (14)42,58445-44L1
90July 17Philadelphia8-2Wolf (4-5)Glavine (7-8)35,42545-45L2
91July 18Philadelphia6-1Leiter (6-3)Myers (5-7)Looper (19)30,44346-45W1
92July 19Florida6-5Manzanillo (2-2)Looper (2-2)Benitez (31)23,17646-46L1
93July 20Florida9-7Howard (1-1)Franco (2-6)Benitez (32)25,29546-47L2
94July 21Montreal5-4Moreno (3-1)Horgan (3-1)Looper (20)30,22747-47W1
95July 22Montreal4-1Ayala (2-6)Franco (2-7)Cordero (8)27,63747-48L1
July 23AtlantaPOSTPONED
96July 24Atlanta5-2Thompson (8-7)Stanton (0-4)Smoltz (19)33,16647-49L2
97July 25Atlanta4-3Hampton (6-8)Trachsel (9-7)Smoltz (20)32,54247-50L3
98July 26@ Montreal19-10Ayala (3-6)Erickson (0-1)6,64347-51L4
99July 27@ Montreal4-2Glavine (8-8)Day (5-10)Looper (21)7,14748-51W1
100July 28@ Montreal7-4Tucker (1-1)Seo (4-7)Cordero (10)6,85248-52L1
101July 29@ Montreal10-1Leiter (7-3)Biddle (2-5)20,04249-52W1
102July 30@ Atlanta3-1Hampton (7-8)Trachsel (9-8)Smoltz (24)40,91349-53L1
103July 31@ Atlanta8-0Wright (9-5)Benson (8-9)51,12549-54L2

August

# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
104August 1@ Atlanta6-5Byrd (3-3)Glavine (8-9)Smoltz (25)34,20349-55L3
105August 3@ Milwaukee12-3Leiter (8-3)Capuano (5-6)22,30650-55W1
106August 4@ Milwaukee6-5Feliciano (1-0)Adams (1-1)Looper (22)18,19651-55W2
107August 5@ Milwaukee11-6Zambrano (10-7)Santos (9-7)32,22552-55W3
108August 6@ St. Louis6-4Morris (12-7)Glavine (8-10)Isringhausen (29)43,94952-56L1
109August 7@ St. Louis2-1Tavarez (4-3)Stanton (0-5)45,36452-57L2
110August 8@ St. Louis6-2Marquis (12-4)Leiter (8-4)Tavarez (3)43,57852-58L3
111August 10Houston7-3Trachsel (10-8)Munro (2-4)28,47253-58W1
112August 11Houston5-4Lidge (3-5)Looper (2-3)Bullinger (1)32,06053-59L1
113August 12Houston2-1Zambrano (11-7)Weathers (6-7)Looper (23)26,41954-59W1
114August 13Arizona10-6Benson (9-9)Fossum (2-12)22,12455-59W2
115August 14Arizona4-3Leiter (9-4)Gonzalez (0-6)Looper (24)37,59956-59W3
116August 15Arizona2-0Johnson (12-10)Trachsel (10-9)Aquino (4)36,59056-60L1
117August 17@ Colorado6-4Jennings (11-10)Wheeler (3-1)Chacon (30)34,38756-61L2
August 18@ ColoradoPOSTPONED
118August 19@ Colorado10-3Benson (10-9)Estes (13-5)30,82757-61W1
119August 19@ Colorado4-2Stanton (1-5)Reed (3-3)29,91858-61W2
120August 20@ San Francisco7-3Lowry (3-0)Trachsel (10-10)42,21158-62L1
121August 21@ San Francisco11-9Stanton (2-5)Correia (0-1)Fortunato (1)42,41859-62W1
122August 22@ San Francisco3-1Reuter (7-9)Ginter (1-3)Hermanson (5)42,35959-63L1
123August 23San Diego9-4Peavy (10-3)Heilman (0-1)25,47559-64L2
124August 24San Diego3-1Wells (8-7)Benson (10-10)Hoffman (32)25,55859-65L3
125August 25San Diego4-0Lawrence (13-10)Leiter (9-5)28,06759-66L4
126August 26San Diego10-3Eaton (9-11)Trachsel (10-11)27,62159-67L5
127August 27LA Dodgers9-2Glavine (9-10)Alvarez (7-5)42,69460-67W1
128August 28LA Dodgers4-2Carrara (4-1)Stanton (2-6)Gagne (36)40,66060-68L1
129August 29LA Dodgers10-2Ishii (13-6)Benson (10-11)33,58260-69L2
130August 30Florida6-4Seanez (2-2)Bell (0-1)Benitez (39)16,46860-70L3
131August 31Florida5-0Beckett (6-8)Trachsel (10-12)17,77060-71L4

September

# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
132September 1Florida5-4Valdez (12-7)Glavine (9-11)Benitez (40)19,62160-72L5
133September 2Florida9-6Pavano (16-5)Seo (4-8)24,93760-73L6
134September 3@ Philadelphia8-1Floyd (1-0)Bell (0-2)37,26760-74L7
135September 4@ Philadelphia7-0Lidle (9-12)Leiter (9-6)43,08960-75L8
136September 5@ Philadelphia4-2Myers (8-9)Trachsel (10-13)Worrell (17)43,62860-76L9
137September 7@ Florida7-3Burnett (6-6)Glavine (9-12)14,30860-77L10
138September 8@ Florida3-0Beckett (7-8)Seo (4-9)Benitez (41)14,69160-78L11
139September 9@ Florida4-0Benson (11-11)Valdez (12-8)13,10261-78W1
140September 10Philadelphia9-5Jones (10-5)Bottalico (3-2)27,82761-79L1
141September 11Philadelphia11-9Hernandez (3-5)Darensbourg (0-1)Rodriguez (1)21,71861-80L2
142September 12Philadelphia4-2Padilla (6-7)Glavine (9-13)Worrell (19)23,39161-81L3
143September 13Atlanta9-7Heilman (1-1)Wright (14-7)<1,00062-81W1
144September 13Atlanta7-1Byrd (7-5)Seo (4-10)21,47662-82L1
145September 14Atlanta7-0Benson (12-11)Ortiz (14-8)21,54563-82W1
146September 15Atlanta2-0Thompson (12-8)Leiter (9-7)Smoltz (38)29,70463-83L1
147September 16Atlanta9-4Trachsel (11-13)Capellan (0-1)19,88564-83W1
September 17@ PittsburghPOSTPONED
148September 18@ Pittsburgh8-7Yates (2-4)Torres (7-5)Looper (25)19,23665-83W2
149September 19@ Pittsburgh1-0Vogelsong (6-12)Heilman (1-2)Mesa (40)N/A65-84L1
150September 19@ Pittsburgh6-1Williams (2-1)Benson (12-12)18,21965-85L2
151September 21@ Montreal6-1Hernandez (11-14)Leiter (9-8)3,83965-86L3
152September 22@ Montreal3-2Fortunato (1-0)Ayala (6-12)Looper (26)3,66466-86W1
153September 23@ Montreal4-2Glavine (10-13)Ohka (3-6)Looper (27)11,14267-86W2
154September 24Chicago2-1Remlinger (1-1)Looper (2-4)Hawkins (24)28,19667-87L1
155September 25Chicago4-3Seo (5-10)Mercker (3-1)34,28468-87W1
156September 26Chicago3-2Leiter (10-8)Wood (8-8)Looper (28)36,47669-87W2
September 27@ AtlantaPOSTPONED
157September 28@ Atlanta2-1Trachsel (12-13)Byrd (8-6)Looper (29)N/A70-87W3
158September 28@ Atlanta5-2Colon (2-1)Glavine (10-14)Smoltz (42)35,72970-88L1
159September 29@ Atlanta6-3Ortiz (15-9)Heilman (1-3)Smoltz (43)22,00070-89L2

October

# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
160October 1Montreal4-2Rauch (4-1)Feliciano (1-1)Cordero (14)29,27370-90L3
161October 2Montreal6-3Cordero (7-3)Looper (2-5)Majewski (1)30,14770-91L4
162October 3Montreal8-1Glavine (11-14)Patterson (4-7)33,56971-91W1

Roster

2004 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers
  • 26 Jae Seo
Catchers

Infielders

  •  7 José Reyes
Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Season standings

National League East

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9666 0.593 49–32 47–34
Philadelphia Phillies 8676 0.531 10 42–39 44–37
Florida Marlins 8379 0.512 13 42–38 41–41
New York Mets 7191 0.438 25 38–43 33–48
Montreal Expos 6795 0.414 29 35–45 32–50

Record vs. opponents

2004 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona2–44–23–36–133–42–43–163–30–63–41–52–47–125–141–56–12
Atlanta4–23–32–44–214–53–34–34–215–412–710–94–23–34–32–48–10
Chicago2–43–39–85–13–310–92–410–73–34–23–313–54–22–48–118–4
Cincinnati3–34–28–93–34–26–114–210–84–23–33–39–102–43–35–145-7
Colorado 13–62–41–53–31–51–58–112–42–41–55–32–410–98–111–58–10
Florida4–35–143–32–45–13–33–34–211–815–412–71–54–22–52–47–11
Houston4–23–39–1011–65–13-31–513–62–42–46–012–52–42–410–87–5
Los Angeles 16–33–44–22–411–83–35–13–34–33–31–56–010–910–92–410–8
Milwaukee3–32–47–108–104–22–46–133–35–12–40–66–122–41–58–98–4
Montreal6–04–153–32–44–28-114–23–41–59–107–124–21–61–53–37–11
New York4–37–122–43–35–14–154–23–34–210–98–111–51–64–21–510–8
Philadelphia5-19–103–33–33–57–120–65–16–012–711–83–35–12–43–39–9
Pittsburgh4–22–45–1310–94–25–15–120–612–62–45–13–33–35–15–122–10
San Diego12–73–32–44–29–102–44–29–104–26–16–11–53–312–72–48–10
San Francisco14–53–44–23–311–85–24–29–105–15–12–44–21–57–123–311–7
St. Louis5–14–211–814–55–14-28–104–29–83–35–13–312–54–23–311–1

The Final Montreal Expos Game

Back in 1969, the New York Mets played the Montreal Expos in their first ever game. The game was played in New York. The Montreal Expos final game was played in New York against the Mets as well.

Scorecard

October 3, Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 100 000 000 152
New York 102 013 01x 8111
W: Tom Glavine (11-14)  L: John Patterson (4-7)   HRs: David Wright (14), Todd Zeile (9)
Attendance: 33,569 Time:3:10

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League John Stearns
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League Ken Oberkfell
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Tim Teufel
A Capital City Bombers South Atlantic League Jack Lind
A-Short Season Brooklyn Cyclones New York–Penn League Tony Tijerina
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Mookie Wilson
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League Brett Butler

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References

  1. Marco Scutaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Shane Spencer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Ricky Bottalico Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huberju01.shtml
  7. Scott Kazmir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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