2001 Season Review -- 2001 New York Mets
February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 New York Mets performed relative
to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams,
more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the
stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 676 642
Runs allowed 615 713
Run Margin 61 -71
Wins 88 82
Pythagorean wins 88 73
Placement 2nd 3rd
Position Players
Mike Piazza, c , bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 525 163 28 0 38 95 117 3 60 12 72 2 1 .310 .382 .581 .963 112
Prorated NYN 508 158 27 0 37 92 113 3 58 12 70 2 1 109
Actual NYN 503 151 29 0 36 81 94 2 67 19 87 0 2 .300 .384 .573 .957 104
Todd Pratt, c , bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 93 26 4 0 4 15 15 3 11 0 19 0 0 .280 .370 .452 .822 16
Prorated NYN 84 23 4 0 4 13 13 3 10 0 17 0 0 15
Actual NYN 80 13 5 0 2 6 4 2 15 1 36 1 0 .162 .306 .300 .606 8
Prorated Phi 97 27 4 0 4 16 16 3 12 0 20 0 0 17
Actual Phi 93 19 3 0 2 12 7 1 19 2 25 0 0 .204 .345 .301 .646 11
Prorated Tot 181 51 8 0 8 29 29 6 21 0 37 0 0 32
Actual Tot 173 32 8 0 4 18 11 3 34 3 61 1 0 .185 .327 .301 .628 19
Vance Wilson, c , bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 70 15 3 0 2 7 9 2 3 0 12 1 1 .214 .267 .343 .610 6
Prorated NYN 58 12 2 0 2 6 7 2 2 0 10 1 1 5
Actual NYN 57 17 3 0 0 3 6 2 2 0 16 0 1 .298 .339 .351 .690 7
Jason Phillips, c , bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual NYN 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429 0
Gary Bennett, c , bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Phi 88 24 6 0 2 11 13 2 10 0 14 0 0 .273 .356 .409 .766 13
Prorated Phi 74 20 5 0 2 9 11 2 8 0 12 0 0 11
Actual Phi 75 16 3 1 1 8 6 0 9 1 19 0 0 .213 .294 .320 .614 8
Prorated NYN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual NYN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01.0001.0001.000 2.000 1
Prorated Col 53 14 4 0 1 7 8 1 6 0 8 0 0 7
Actual Col 55 15 3 0 1 7 4 1 3 3 5 0 0 .273 .317 .382 .698 7
Prorated Tot 128 35 9 0 3 16 19 3 15 0 20 0 0 19
Actual Tot 131 32 6 1 2 15 10 1 12 4 24 0 0 .244 .308 .351 .659 15
Todd Zeile, 1b, bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 558 144 34 2 22 69 83 3 69 3 91 2 2 .258 .340 .444 .785 84
Prorated NYN 538 139 33 2 21 67 80 3 67 3 88 2 2 81
Actual NYN 531 141 25 1 10 66 62 6 73 3 102 1 0 .266 .359 .373 .732 73
Mark Johnson, 1b/lf/rf, bats left, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 62 14 3 0 3 9 11 1 12 1 12 1 0 .226 .360 .419 .779 10
Prorated NYN 112 25 5 0 5 16 20 2 22 2 22 2 0 18
Actual NYN 118 30 6 1 6 17 23 0 16 1 31 0 2 .254 .338 .475 .813 20
Jorge Toca, 1b, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 71 17 3 0 2 9 11 1 2 0 11 0 0 .239 .267 .366 .633 6
Prorated NYN 16 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Actual NYN 17 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353 1
Edgardo Alfonzo, 2b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 557 171 37 2 25 109 94 4 87 1 72 5 2 .307 .401 .515 .916 120
Prorated NYN 441 135 29 2 20 86 74 3 69 1 57 4 2 95
Actual NYN 457 111 22 0 17 64 49 5 51 0 62 5 0 .243 .322 .403 .725 63
Desi Relaford, 2b/ss/3b, bats switch, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 63 14 2 0 1 8 7 2 9 1 10 2 0 .222 .338 .302 .639 7
Prorated NYN 286 63 9 0 5 36 32 9 41 5 45 9 0 34
Actual NYN 301 91 27 0 8 43 36 5 27 1 65 13 5 .302 .364 .472 .836 54
Robin Ventura, 3b, bats left, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 529 136 29 1 26 74 95 2 77 12 100 2 2 .257 .351 .463 .814 87
Prorated NYN 474 122 26 1 23 66 85 2 69 11 90 2 2 78
Actual NYN 456 108 20 0 21 70 61 1 88 10 101 2 5 .237 .359 .419 .778 70
Lenny Harris, 3b/1b/lf, bats left, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 104 27 5 1 1 11 10 0 7 1 9 3 1 .260 .304 .356 .659 11
Prorated NYN 132 34 6 1 1 14 13 0 9 1 11 4 1 13
Actual NYN 135 30 5 1 0 12 9 0 8 0 9 3 2 .222 .266 .274 .540 9
Rey Ordonez, ss, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 503 120 22 2 2 47 50 1 47 10 59 4 5 .239 .302 .302 .604 45
Prorated NYN 446 107 20 2 2 42 44 1 42 9 52 4 4 41
Actual NYN 461 114 24 4 3 31 44 1 34 17 43 3 2 .247 .299 .336 .635 43
Jorge Velandia, ss, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 69 15 3 0 1 8 8 1 5 0 11 1 1 .217 .280 .304 .584 6
Prorated NYN 10 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual NYN 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .000 .182 .000 .182 0
Benny Agbayani, lf, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 518 142 29 4 23 79 85 8 74 4 102 11 8 .274 .370 .479 .849 93
Prorated NYN 290 80 16 2 13 44 48 4 41 2 57 6 4 52
Actual NYN 296 82 14 2 6 28 27 5 36 0 73 4 5 .277 .364 .399 .763 42
Joe McEwing, lf/3b/rf/ss/2b, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 117 29 7 1 2 15 11 1 8 1 20 2 1 .248 .299 .376 .675 14
Prorated NYN 289 72 17 2 5 37 27 2 20 2 49 5 2 34
Actual NYN 283 80 17 3 8 41 30 10 17 0 57 8 5 .283 .342 .449 .791 45
Darryl Hamilton, lf/cf, bats left, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 216 61 8 1 2 33 15 1 27 0 26 3 2 .282 .363 .356 .720 30
Prorated NYN 132 37 5 1 1 20 9 1 17 0 16 2 1 18
Actual NYN 126 27 7 1 1 15 5 2 19 3 20 3 1 .214 .322 .310 .632 14
Tsuyoshi Shinjo, cf/lf/rf, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 69 15 2 0 2 8 9 1 3 0 6 1 1 .217 .257 .333 .590 6
Prorated NYN 403 88 12 0 12 47 53 6 18 0 35 6 6 35
Actual NYN 400 107 23 1 10 46 56 7 25 3 70 4 5 .268 .320 .405 .725 50
Jay Payton, cf, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 556 156 26 2 18 71 70 4 36 0 67 4 5 .281 .325 .432 .757 77
Prorated NYN 356 100 17 1 12 45 45 3 23 0 43 3 3 50
Actual NYN 361 92 16 1 8 44 34 5 18 1 52 4 3 .255 .298 .371 .669 37
Alex Escobar, cf/rf, bats right, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 66 16 3 1 2 10 8 1 7 1 17 3 1 .242 .320 .409 .729 9
Prorated NYN 47 11 2 1 1 7 6 1 5 1 12 2 1 6
Actual NYN 50 10 1 0 3 3 8 0 3 0 19 1 0 .200 .245 .400 .645 5
Timo Perez, rf/cf/lf, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 466 132 25 7 9 67 45 6 23 2 41 16 10 .283 .321 .425 .746 63
Prorated NYN 239 68 13 4 5 34 23 3 12 1 21 8 5 33
Actual NYN 239 59 9 1 5 26 22 2 12 0 25 1 6 .247 .287 .356 .643 24
Matt Lawton, rf, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 531 151 36 2 13 80 77 8 84 7 59 23 6 .284 .386 .433 .819 96
Prorated Min 375 107 25 1 9 56 54 6 59 5 42 16 4 67
Actual Min 376 110 25 0 10 71 51 3 63 6 46 19 6 .293 .396 .439 .835 67
Prorated NYN 180 51 12 1 4 27 26 3 28 2 20 8 2 32
Actual NYN 183 45 11 1 3 24 13 8 22 0 34 10 2 .246 .352 .366 .718 27
Prorated Tot 555 158 38 2 14 84 80 8 88 7 62 24 6 101
Actual Tot 559 155 36 1 13 95 64 11 85 6 80 29 8 .277 .382 .415 .797 94
Darren Bragg, rf/lf, bats left, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 64 15 3 0 1 7 7 1 8 0 17 1 0 .234 .324 .328 .652 7
Prorated NYN 54 13 3 0 1 6 6 1 7 0 14 1 0 7
Actual NYN 57 15 6 0 0 4 5 1 4 0 23 3 2 .263 .323 .368 .691 7
Prorated NYA 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual NYA 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 1
Prorated Tot 57 13 3 0 1 6 6 1 7 0 15 1 0 6
Actual Tot 61 16 7 0 0 5 5 1 4 0 24 3 2 .262 .318 .377 .695 7
Pitchers
Kevin Appier, starter, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 4.69 32 32 12 12 0 203 208 25 88 146 .266 .776
Prorated NYN 31 31 11 11 0 194 199 24 84 139
Actual NYN 3.57 33 33 11 10 0 207 181 22 64 172 .237 .696
Glendon Rusch, starter, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 4.50 32 32 11 11 0 192 211 20 55 153 .280 .754
Prorated NYN 30 30 10 10 0 181 199 19 52 144
Actual NYN 4.63 33 33 8 12 0 179 216 23 43 156 .301 .802
Al Leiter, starter, throws left, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 3.71 32 32 13 10 0 211 189 19 84 187 .241 .695
Prorated NYN 28 28 11 9 0 182 163 16 72 161
Actual NYN 3.31 29 29 11 11 0 187 178 18 46 142 .252 .692
Steve Trachsel, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 4.48 27 27 9 9 0 163 170 21 55 112 .271 .768
Prorated NYN 28 28 9 9 0 168 176 22 57 116
Actual NYN 4.46 28 28 11 13 0 174 168 28 47 144 .254 .748
Rick Reed, starter, throws right, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 4.48 32 32 11 11 0 197 211 31 45 134 .275 .781
Prorated NYN 20 20 7 7 0 126 135 20 29 86
Actual NYN 3.48 20 20 8 6 0 135 119 16 17 99 .236 .649
Prorated Min 12 12 4 4 0 72 77 11 16 49
Actual Min 5.19 12 12 4 6 0 68 92 12 14 43 .325 .893
Prorated Tot 32 32 11 11 0 197 212 31 45 134
Actual Tot 4.05 32 32 12 12 0 202 211 28 31 142 .268 .737
Bruce Chen, starter, throws left, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Phi 3.87 32 32 9 9 0 193 174 30 81 189 .240 .739
Prorated Phi 15 15 4 4 0 88 80 14 37 87
Actual Phi 5.00 16 16 4 5 0 86 90 19 31 79 .262 .853
Prorated NYN 10 10 3 3 0 59 53 9 25 57
Actual NYN 4.68 11 11 3 2 0 60 56 10 28 47 .255 .798
Prorated Tot 24 24 7 7 0 147 133 23 62 144
Actual Tot 4.87 27 27 7 7 0 146 146 29 59 126 .259 .831
Brett Hinchliffe, starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 5.40 19 0 1 1 0 17 17 3 9 10 .266 .813
Prorated NYN 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 2 2
Actual NYN 36.00 1 1 0 1 0 2 9 2 1 2 .643 1.830
Rick White, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 3.31 40 0 4 2 0 71 68 6 25 51 .255 .702
Prorated NYN 40 0 4 2 0 70 68 6 25 51
Actual NYN 3.88 55 0 4 5 2 70 71 7 17 51 .257 .698
Dicky Gonzalez, reliever/starter, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 4.50 13 0 1 1 0 18 18 3 6 16 .261 .759
Prorated NYN 44 0 3 3 0 60 60 10 20 54
Actual NYN 4.88 16 7 3 2 0 59 72 4 17 31 .306 .765
John Franco, reliever, throws left, age 40
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 3.18 70 0 5 3 1 74 67 7 31 71 .245 .689
Prorated NYN 52 0 4 2 1 54 49 5 23 52
Actual NYN 4.05 58 0 6 2 2 53 55 8 19 50 .264 .754
Turk Wendell, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 3.36 70 0 6 3 3 99 84 11 42 87 .230 .700
Prorated NYN 36 0 3 2 2 51 44 6 22 45
Actual NYN 3.51 49 0 4 3 1 51 42 8 22 41 .223 .725
Prorated Phi 13 0 1 1 1 19 16 2 8 16
Actual Phi 7.47 21 0 0 2 0 16 21 4 12 15 .323 1.000
Prorated Tot 50 0 4 2 2 70 59 8 30 62
Actual Tot 4.43 70 0 4 5 1 67 63 12 34 56 .249 .797
Jerrod Riggan, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 3.93 9 0 1 1 0 18 18 3 8 18 .257 .766
Prorated NYN 22 0 2 2 0 46 45 7 20 45
Actual NYN 3.40 35 0 3 3 0 48 42 5 24 41 .243 .706
Donne Wall, reliever, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 2.95 53 0 5 2 0 76 60 9 33 50 .217 .657
Prorated NYN 32 0 3 1 0 46 36 5 20 30
Actual NYN 4.85 32 0 0 4 0 43 51 8 17 31 .300 .881
Dennis Cook, reliever, throws left, age 38
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 4.17 53 0 3 3 0 54 52 8 25 55 .252 .761
Prorated NYN 33 0 2 2 0 33 32 5 15 34
Actual NYN 4.25 43 0 1 1 0 36 28 6 10 34 .207 .643
Prorated Phi 10 0 1 1 0 10 10 2 5 11
Actual Phi 5.59 19 0 0 0 0 10 15 2 4 4 .385 1.147
Prorated Tot 43 0 2 2 0 44 42 6 20 45
Actual Tot 4.53 62 0 1 1 0 46 43 8 14 38 .247 .757
Grant Roberts, reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 5.12 4 4 1 1 0 19 22 2 9 14 .289 .815
Prorated NYN 5 5 1 1 0 24 28 3 11 18
Actual NYN 3.81 16 0 1 0 0 26 24 2 8 29 .240 .644
Tom Martin, reliever, throws left, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 4.58 13 0 1 1 0 18 18 2 7 13 .265 .749
Prorated NYN 14 0 1 1 0 19 20 2 8 14
Actual NYN 10.06 14 0 1 0 0 17 23 4 10 12 .319 1.030
Brian Rose, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 6.05 4 4 1 1 0 19 23 4 7 11 .295 .882
Prorated NYN 2 2 0 0 0 8 10 2 3 5
Actual NYN 4.15 3 0 0 1 0 9 10 3 2 4 .286 .896
Prorated Tam 5 5 1 1 0 22 26 5 8 13
Actual Tam 8.85 7 3 0 2 0 20 31 4 12 11 .356 1.046
Prorated Tot 6 6 2 2 0 30 36 6 11 17
Actual Tot 7.45 10 3 0 3 0 29 41 7 14 15 .336 1.005
Pete Walker, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 4.50 9 0 1 1 0 18 18 3 10 15 .265 .804
Prorated NYN 3 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 3 5
Actual NYN 2.70 2 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 4 .240 .560
C.J. Nitkowski, reliever, throws left, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Det 4.24 74 4 6 6 1 119 120 12 53 86 .265 .754
Prorated Det 32 2 3 3 0 51 51 5 23 37
Actual Det 5.56 56 0 0 3 0 45 51 7 31 38 .285 .861
Prorated NYN 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 4
Actual NYN 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 3 4 .176 .476
Prorated Tot 35 2 3 3 0 56 56 6 25 40
Actual Tot 4.94 61 0 1 3 0 51 54 7 34 42 .276 .828
Mark Corey, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual NYN 16.20 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 3 .500 1.115
Armando Benitez, closer, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYN 2.20 70 0 6 4 44 78 42 8 41 114 .158 .572
Prorated NYN 71 0 6 4 45 79 43 8 42 116
Actual NYN 3.77 73 0 6 4 43 76 59 12 40 93 .214 .688
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Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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