2011 New York Mets season

The 2011 New York Mets season was the franchise's 50th season and its third at Citi Field. Following a poor 2010 season, the Mets sought their first postseason appearance since 2006. However, they failed to make the playoffs for the fifth straight season.

2011 New York Mets
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Citi Field
City	New York, New York
Record	77–85 (.475)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Fred Wilpon
General managers	Sandy Alderson
Managers	Terry Collins
Television	SportsNet New York WPIX (CW affiliate)
Radio	WFAN (English) WQBU-FM (Spanish)
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Offseason

On October 4, 2010, one day after the conclusion of the 2010 season, the Mets fired Manager Jerry Manuel, along with general manager Omar Minaya.^[1] On October 29, the team hired former Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres and MLB executive Sandy Alderson to replace Minaya as general manager.^[2] On November 23, Terry Collins was hired as manager.

As of December 3, 2010, the Mets non-tendered contracts to John Maine, Sean Green, Chris Carter which made them free-agents.

In December 2010, Mets owner Fred Wilpon was named in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme and on January 28, 2011 Wilpon issued a statement in which he intends to seek "one or more strategic partners" to buy a 20 to 25% interest in the Mets to offset pending losses due to litigation.^[3] As a result, the Mets were unable to sign any high priced free agents as they did during the Omar Minaya era.

In March 2011, the Mets released Luis Castillo and Óliver Pérez from the team. The two players became the target of the fans' wrath in the previous two seasons due to their poor performance on the field.

Regular season

The team began the season with high-priced stars Johan Santana and Jason Bay on the disabled list. Santana never played for the Mets in 2011,^[4] while Bay returned on April 21.^[5]

After seeing limited action in spring training following a 2010 knee injury, Carlos Beltrán started on opening day and played the full game.^[6]

The initial five-man rotation consisted of, in order, Mike Pelfrey, Jon Niese, R. A. Dickey, Chris Young and Chris Capuano.^[7]

The Mets started 2011 with a 3-1 record but, after losing consecutive doubleheaders on April 14 and 16, their record was 4-11, tying for third-worst in Mets history. Only the 1962 and 1964 New York Mets seasons were worse after 15 games. The seven-game losing streak was the longest since 2004 and the consecutive doubleheader losses were the first since 1982.^[8] However, the Mets went 7–5 to close out the month of April, with the return of Jason Bay and offensive power.

The Mets began the month of May with a memorable 2–1, 14 inning win over rival Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia on May 1. The Mets' Daniel Murphy was batting as a pinch-hitter against Phillies' reliever Ryan Madson when the fans started chanting "U-S-A!" in response to the news that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, had been killed by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.^[9][10] After the Mets won the game, Terry Collins said that catcher Ronny Paulino's game-winning RBI double in his Mets debut delivered "a good win for us, and obviously a huge win for America tonight."^[11] This win also conjured up parallels to their 3–2 win over rival Atlanta Braves on September 21, 2001 in the first major professional sporting event held in New York City since the attacks.^[10] Appropriately, the Mets hosted a Sunday night game on ESPN on September 11 to mark the tenth anniversary of the attacks.

Justin Turner contributed to the Mets' success in the month of May, becoming the first Met to be named the NL Rookie of the Month since the award's creation in 2001. On May 26, the Mets agreed to sell a portion of the team to hedge fund manager David Einhorn for $200 million, making him a minority owner of the team.^[12] The deal with Einhorn ultimately fell through.

On June 28, playing against the Detroit Tigers, Jason Bay and Carlos Beltrán both hit grand slams in a 14-3 rout. It marked only the second time in Mets history that the team hit two grand slams in the same game (the other time coming in 2006 when Beltran and Cliff Floyd connected in the same inning against the Cubs). It also broke a drought in which the Mets had not hit a grand slam in 299 team games, during which the Mets were out-grand slammed 18-0.

On July 12, the Mets dealt closer Francisco Rodríguez to the Milwaukee Brewers for cash and Adrian Rosario and Danny Herrera.^[13] On July 27, the Mets agreed to trade Carlos Beltrán to the San Francisco Giants for minor league pitching prospect Zack Wheeler.^[14]

On September 1, the Mets announced that they will not sell minority ownership of the team to Einhorn.^[15]

The pregame ceremonies on September 11, fittingly, featured members of the 2001 team. Appropriately, singer Marc Anthony sang the national anthem, like he did on September 21, 2001. Throwing out the ceremonial first pitch was John Franco, the closer on their 2001 team to Mike Piazza, the catcher on their 2001 team.^[16][17]

José Reyes became the first player in Mets history to win the National League batting title by hitting .337.^[18]

Season standings

National League East

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	102	60	0.630	—	52–29	50–31
Atlanta Braves	89	73	0.549	13	47–34	42–39
Washington Nationals	80	81	0.497	21½	44–36	36–45
New York Mets	77	85	0.475	25	34–47	43–38
Florida Marlins	72	90	0.444	30	31–47	41–43

National League Wild Card

v t e Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies	102	60	0.630
Milwaukee Brewers	96	66	0.593
Arizona Diamondbacks	94	68	0.580

v t e Wild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556	—
Atlanta Braves	89	73	0.549	1
San Francisco Giants	86	76	0.531	4
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	79	0.509	7½
Washington Nationals	80	81	0.497	9½
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	0.488	11
New York Mets	77	85	0.475	13
Colorado Rockies	73	89	0.451	17
Florida Marlins	72	90	0.444	18
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	90	0.444	18
Chicago Cubs	71	91	0.438	19
San Diego Padres	71	91	0.438	19
Houston Astros	56	106	0.346	34

Record vs. opponents

2011 National League record v t e Source: ^[19]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	2–3	3–4	4–2	13–5	5–2	6–1	10–8	4–3	3–3	3–3	3–3	11–7	9–9	3–4	5–3	10–8
Atlanta	3–2	–	4–3	3–3	6–2	12–6	5–1	2–5	5–3	9–9	6–12	4–2	4–5	6–1	1–5	9–9	10–5
Chicago	4–3	3–4	–	7–11	2–4	3–3	8–7	3–3	6–10	4–2	2–5	8–8	3–3	5–4	5–10	3–4	5–10
Cincinnati	2–4	3–3	11–7	–	3–4	3–3	9–6	4–2	8–8	2–5	1–7	5–10	4–2	5–2	9–6	4–2	6–12
Colorado	5–13	2–6	4–2	4–3	–	3–3	5–2	9–9	3–6	5–2	1–4	4–3	9–9	5–13	2–4	4–3	8–7
Florida	2–5	6–12	3–3	3–3	3–3	–	6–1	3–3	0–7	9–9	6–12	6–0	0–7	4–2	2–6	11–7	8–10
Houston	1–6	1–5	7–8	6–9	2–5	1–6	–	4–5	3–12	3–3	2–4	7–11	3–5	4–3	5–10	3–3	4–11
Los Angeles	8–10	5–2	3–3	2–4	9–9	3–3	5–4	–	2–4	2–5	1–5	6–2	13–5	9–9	4–3	4–2	6–9
Milwaukee	3–4	3–5	10–6	8–8	6–3	7–0	12–3	4–2	–	4–2	3–4	12–3	3–2	3–3	9–9	3–3	6–9
New York	3–3	9–9	2–4	5–2	2–5	9–9	3–3	5–2	2–4	–	7–11	4–4	4–3	2–4	3–3	8–10	9–9
Philadelphia	3–3	12–6	5–2	7–1	4–1	12–6	4–2	5–1	4–3	11–7	–	4–2	7–1	4–3	3–6	8–10	9–6
Pittsburgh	3–3	2–4	8–8	10–5	3–4	0–6	11–7	2–6	3–12	4–4	2–4	–	2–4	3–3	7–9	4–4	8–7
San Diego	7–11	5–4	3–3	2–4	9–9	7–0	5–3	5–13	2–3	3–4	1–7	4–2	–	6–12	3–3	3–4	6–9
San Francisco	9–9	1–6	4–5	2–5	13–5	2–4	3–4	9–9	3–3	4–2	3–4	3–3	12–6	–	5–2	3–4	10–5
St. Louis	4–3	5–1	10–5	6–9	4–2	6–2	10–5	3–4	9–9	3–3	6–3	9–7	3–3	2–5	–	2–4	8–7
Washington	3–5	9–9	4–3	2–4	3–4	7–11	3–3	2–4	3–3	10–8	10–8	4–4	4–3	4–3	4–2	–	8–7

Game log

Legend
Mets Win	Mets Loss	Game Postponed

2011 Game Log
April (11–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 1 April 1 @ Marlins 2–6 Johnson (1–0) Pelfrey (0–1) 41,237 0–1 Boxscore 2 April 2 @ Marlins 6–4 (10) Rodríguez (1–0) Webb (0–1) Boyer (1) 32,495 1–1 Boxscore 3 April 3 @ Marlins 9–2 Dickey (1–0) Vázquez (0–1) 18,936 2–1 Boxscore 4 April 5 @ Phillies 7–1 Young (1–0) Hamels (0–1) 45,365 3–1 Boxscore 5 April 6 @ Phillies 7–10 Bastardo (1–0) Boyer (0–1) Contreras (1) 45,061 3–2 Boxscore 6 April 7 @ Phillies 0–11 Halladay (1–0) Niese (0–1) 45,468 3–3 Boxscore 7 April 8 Nationals 2–6 Zimmermann (1–1) Dickey (1–1) 41,075 3–4 Boxscore 8 April 9 Nationals 8–4 Capuano (1–0) Gorzelanny (0–1) Rodríguez (1) 31,696 4–4 Boxscore 9 April 10 Nationals 3–7 (11) Storen (1–1) Boyer (0–2) 35,157 4–5 Boxscore 10 April 11 Rockies 6–7 Belisle (2–0) Parnell (0–1) Street (5) 24,865 4–6 Boxscore -- April 12 Rockies Game Postponed (rain) (to be made up as a doubleheader on 4/14) 11 April 13 Rockies 4–5 Rogers (2–0) Niese (0–2) Street (6) 25,878 4–7 Boxscore 12 April 14 Rockies 5–6 Reynolds (1–0) Dickey (1–2) Lindstrom (2) 4–8 Boxscore 13 April 14 Rockies 4–9 de la Rosa (2–0) Capuano (1–1) 25,758 4–9 Boxscore -- April 15 @ Braves Game Postponed (rain) (to be made up as a doubleheader on 4/16) 14 April 16 @ Braves 2–4 Lowe (2–2) Carrasco (0–1) Kimbrel (4) 4–10 Boxscore 15 April 16 @ Braves 0–4 Jurrjens (1–1) Pelfrey (0–2) 31,383 4–11 Boxscore 16 April 17 @ Braves 3–2 Gee (1–0) Hanson (1–2) Rodríguez (2) 29,625 5–11 Boxscore 17 April 19 Astros 1–6 Rodríguez (1–2) Niese (0–3) 27,032 5–12 Boxscore 18 April 20 Astros 3–4 Melancon (2–1) Dickey (1–3) Lyon (4) 27,380 5–13 Boxscore 19 April 21 Astros 9–1 Capuano (2–1) Happ (1–3) 32,819 6–13 Boxscore 20 April 22 Diamondbacks 4–1 Pelfrey (1–2) Vásquez (0–1) Rodríguez (3) 26,546 7–13 Boxscore 21 April 23 Diamondbacks 6–4 Gee (2–0) Enright (0–2) Rodríguez (4) 25,581 8–13 Boxscore 22 April 24 Diamondbacks 8–4 Niese (1–3) Galarraga (3–1) 22,232 9–13 Boxscore 23 April 26 @ Nationals 6–4 Igarashi (1–0) Zimmermann (1–4) Rodríguez (5) 14,603 10–13 Boxscore 24 April 27 @ Nationals 6–3 Beato (1–0) Burnett (0–1) Rodríguez (6) 13,568 11–13 Boxscore 25 April 28 @ Nationals 3–4 Hernández (3–2) Capuano (2–2) Storen (4) 15,142 11–14 Boxscore 26 April 29 @ Phillies 3–10 Worley (1–0) Pelfrey (1–3) 45,613 11–15 Boxscore 27 April 30 @ Phillies 1–2 Halladay (4–1) Niese (1–4) 45,598 11–16 Boxscore
May (14–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 28 May 1 @ Phillies 2–1 (14) Buchholz (1–0) Kendrick (1–2) 45,713 12–16 Boxscore 29 May 3 Giants 6–7 (10) Lopez (1–0) Buchholz (1–1) Wilson (9) 32,288 12–17 Boxscore 30 May 4 Giants 0–2 Lincecum (3–3) Capuano (2–3) Wilson (10) 29,333 12–18 Boxscore 31 May 5 Giants 5–2 Pelfrey (2–3) Sánchez (2–2) Rodríguez (7) 23,433 13–18 Boxscore 32 May 6 Dodgers 6–3 Igarashi (2–0) Kuroda (3–3) Rodríguez (8) 35,948 14–18 Boxscore 33 May 7 Dodgers 4–2 Byrdak (1–0) MacDougal (0–1) Rodríguez (9) 31,464 15–18 Boxscore 34 May 8 Dodgers 2–4 Kershaw (4–3) Dickey (1–4) Padilla (2) 26,312 15–19 Boxscore 35 May 9 @ Rockies 1–2 Belisle (3–2) Capuano (2–4) Street (12) 31,885 15–20 Boxscore 36 May 10 @ Rockies 4–3 Pelfrey (3–3) Hammel (3–2) Rodríguez (10) 31,007 16–20 Boxscore – May 11 @ Rockies Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 12 37 May 12 @ Rockies 9–5 Niese (2–4) Jiménez (0–3) 21,422 17–20 Boxscore 38 May 13 @ Astros 6–4 Misch (1–0) Fulchino (0–1) Rodríguez (11) 28,791 18–20 Boxscore 39 May 14 @ Astros 3–7 Happ (3–4) Dickey (1–5) 31,140 18–21 Boxscore 40 May 15 @ Astros 7–4 Capuano (3–4) Rodríguez (0–2) Rodríguez (12) 28,406 19–21 Boxscore 41 May 16 Marlins 1–2 (11) Badenhop(1–0) Igarashi(2–1) Núñez (15) 23,721 19–22 Boxscore – May 17 Marlins Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 18 42 May 18 Nationals 3–0 Niese (3–4) Gorzelanny(2–3) Rodríguez (13) 24,527 20–22 Boxscore 43 May 19 Nationals 1–0 Gee (3–0) Hernández (3–6) Rodríguez (14) 26,835 21–22 Boxscore 44 May 20 @ Yankees 2–1 Dickey (2–5) García (2–4) Rodríguez (15) 47,874 22–22 Boxscore 45 May 21 @ Yankees 3–7 Burnett (5–3) Capuano (3–5) 48,286 22–23 Boxscore 46 May 22 @ Yankees 3–9 Ayala (1–0) Pelfrey (3–4) 48,293 22–24 Boxscore 47 May 24 @ Cubs 1–11 Dempster (3–4) Niese (3–5) 35,707 22–25 Boxscore 48 May 25 @ Cubs 7–4 (7) Gee (4–0) Coleman (2–4) 36,666 23–25 Boxscore 49 May 26 @ Cubs 3–9 Zambrano (5–2) Beato (1–1) 33,378 23–26 Boxscore 50 May 27 Phillies 4–6 Bastardo (3–0) Rodríguez (1–1) Madson (10) 33,882 23–27 Boxscore 51 May 28 Phillies 2–5 Hamels (7–2) O'Connor (0–1) Madson (11) 29,337 23–28 Boxscore 52 May 29 Phillies 9–5 Niese (4–5) Worley (2–1) 30,791 24–28 Boxscore 53 May 30 Pirates 7–3 Gee (5–0) McCutchen (1–1) 24,490 25–28 Boxscore 54 May 31 Pirates 1–5 Meek (1–1) Dickey (2–6) 26,198 25–29 Boxscore
June (16–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 55 June 1 Pirates 3–9 Correia (8–4) Capuano (3–6) 25,234 25–30 Boxscore 56 June 2 Pirates 9–8 Isringhausen (1–0) Veras (1–2) Rodríguez (16) 30,074 26–30 Boxscore 57 June 3 Braves 3–6 Venters (4–0) Rodríguez (1–2) Kimbrel (17) 28,301 26–31 Boxscore 58 June 4 Braves 5–0 Gee (6–0) Jurrjens (7–2) 28,114 27–31 Boxscore 59 June 5 Braves 6–4 Dickey (3–6) Hudson (4–5) 21,015 28–31 Boxscore 60 June 7 @ Brewers 2–1 Capuano (4–6) Estrada (1–2) Rodríguez (17) 27,064 29–31 Boxscore 61 June 8 @ Brewers 6–7 Axford (2–1) Thayer (0–1) 26,144 29–32 Boxscore 62 June 9 @ Brewers 4–1 Niese (5–5) Gallardo (8–3) Rodríguez (18) 30,632 30–32 Boxscore 63 June 10 @ Pirates 8–1 Gee (7–0) Morton (6–3) 24,653 31–32 Boxscore 64 June 11 @ Pirates 2–3 McDonald (4–4) Dickey (3–7) Hanrahan (16) 39,273 31–33 Boxscore 65 June 12 @ Pirates 7–0 Capuano (5–6) Correia (8–5) 26,452 32–33 Boxscore 66 June 13 @ Pirates 1–3 Malholm (3–7) Pelfrey (3–5) Hanrahan (17) 15,555 32–34 Boxscore 67 June 14 @ Braves 4–3 Niese (6–5) Jurrjens (8–3) Rodríguez (19) 32,161 33–34 Boxscore 68 June 15 @ Braves 4–0 Parnell (1–1) Hudson (5–6) 31,161 34–34 Boxscore 69 June 16 @ Braves 8–9 (10) Linebrink (3–1) Carrasco (0–2) 26,077 34–35 Boxscore 70 June 17 Angels 3–4 Piñeiro (3–3) Capuano (5–7) Walden (16) 29,513 34–36 Boxscore 71 June 18 Angels 6–1 Pelfrey (4–5) Haren (6–5) 31,538 35–36 Boxscore 72 June 19 Angels 3–7 Chatwood (4–4) Niese (6–6) 36,213 35–37 Boxscore 73 June 21 Athletics 3–7 Outman (3–1) Gee (7–1) Balfour (2) 37,019 35–38 Boxscore 74 June 22 Athletics 3–2 (13) Parnell (2–1) Ziegler (2–1) 38,813 36–38 Boxscore 75 June 23 Athletics 4–1 Capuano (6–7) Godfrey (1–1) Rodríguez (20) 30,168 37–38 Boxscore 76 June 24 @ Rangers 1–8 Harrison (6–6) Pelfrey (4–6) 46,092 37–39 Boxscore 77 June 25 @ Rangers 14–5 Niese (7–6) Ogando (7–3) 37,292 38–39 Boxscore 78 June 26 @ Rangers 8–5 Gee (8–1) Holland (6–3) 37,879 39–39 Boxscore 79 June 28 @ Tigers 14–3 Dickey (4–7) Porcello (6–6) 28,480 40–39 Boxscore 80 June 29 @ Tigers 16–9 Capuano (7–7) Coke (1–8) 26,338 41–39 Boxscore 81 June 30 @ Tigers 2–5 Verlander (11–3) Pelfrey (4–7) Valverde (19) 31,861 41–40 Boxscore
July (14–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 82 July 1 Yankees 1–5 Nova (8–4) Niese (7–7) 42,020 41–41 Boxscore 83 July 2 Yankees 2–5 Colón (6–3) Gee (8–2) 42,042 41–42 Boxscore 84 July 3 Yankees 3–2 (10) Rodríguez (2–2) Ayala (1–2) 41,513 42–42 Boxscore 85 July 4 @ Dodgers 5–2 Capuano (8–7) De La Rosa (3–4) Rodríguez (21) 56,000 43–42 Boxscore 86 July 5 @ Dodgers 6–0 Pelfrey (5–7) Lilly (5–9) 32,329 44–42 Boxscore 87 July 6 @ Dodgers 5–3 Niese (8–7) Kuroda (6–10) Rodríguez (22) 31,005 45–42 Boxscore 88 July 7 @ Dodgers 0–6 Kershaw (9–4) Gee (8–3) 56,000 45–43 Boxscore 89 July 8 @ Giants 5–2 Beato (2–1) Wilson (6–2) Rodríguez (23) 41,028 46–43 Boxscore 90 July 9 @ Giants 1–3 Lincecum (7–7) Capuano (8–8) Romo (1) 42,117 46–44 Boxscore 91 July 10 @ Giants 2–4 Cain (8–5) Pelfrey (5–8) Wilson (26) 42,123 46–45 Boxscore 92 July 15 Phillies 2–7 Worley (5–1) Dickey (4–8) 37,304 46–46 Boxscore 93 July 16 Phillies 11–2 Niese (9–7) Hamels (11–5) 41,166 47–46 Boxscore 94 July 17 Phillies 5–8 Kendrick (5–4) Pelfrey (5–9) Bastardo (6) 34,695 47–47 Boxscore 95 July 18 Marlins 1–4 Hensley (1–2) Capuano (8–9) Núñez (27) 32,411 47–48 Boxscore 96 July 19 Cardinals 4–2 Gee (9–3) Lohse (8–7) Isringhausen (1) 35,448 48–48 Boxscore 97 July 20 Cardinals 6–5 (10) Isringhausen (2–0) Salas(5–4) 30,770 49–48 Boxscore 98 July 21 Cardinals 2–6 Westbrook (8–4) Niese (9–8) 37,416 49–49 Boxscore 99 July 22 @ Marlins 7–6 Parnell (3–1) Mujica (8–3) Isringhausen (2) 21,304 50–49 Boxscore 100 July 23 @ Marlins 5–8 Badenhop (2–1) Capuano (8–10) 26,345 50–50 Boxscore 101 July 24 @ Marlins 2–5 Choate (1–1) Parnell (3–2) Núñez (28) 20,416 50–51 Boxscore 102 July 25 @ Reds 4–2 Dickey (5–8) Leake (8–6) Isringhausen (3) 25,480 51–51 Boxscore 103 July 26 @ Reds 8–6 Niese (9–8) Cueto (6–4) Byrdak (1) 27,552 52–51 Boxscore 104 July 27 @ Reds 8–2 Pelfrey (6–9) Arroyo (7–9) 23,616 53–51 Boxscore 105 July 28 @ Reds 10–9 Capuano (9–10) Bailey (5–5) Isringhausen (4) 25,400 54–51 Boxscore 106 July 29 @ Nationals 8–5 Gee (10–3) Wang (0–1) Isringhausen (5) 30,114 55–51 Boxscore 107 July 30 @ Nationals 0–3 Maya (1–1) Dickey (5–8) Storen (26) 35,414 55–52 Boxscore 108 July 31 @ Nationals 2–3 Storen (6–2) Parnell (3–3) 25,307 55–53 Boxscore
August (10–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 109 August 1 Marlins 3–7 (10) Núñez (1–2) Isringhausen (2–1) 28,862 55–54 Boxscore 110 August 2 Marlins 3–4 Cishek (2–1) Isringhausen (2–2) Núñez (31) 33,297 55–55 Boxscore — August 3 Marlins Game Postponed (rain) (to be made up on August 29 as part of a doubleheader) 111 August 5 Braves 1–4 Hudson (11–7) Dickey (5–10) Kimbrel (33) 30,607 55–56 Boxscore 112 August 6 Braves 11–7 Niese (11–8) Hanson (11–7) 33,556 56–56 Boxscore 113 August 7 Braves 5–6 Venters (6–1) Parnell (3–4) Kimbrel (34) 29,853 56–57 Boxscore 114 August 8 Padres 9–8 Isringhausen (3–2) Bell (2–4) 21,814 57–57 Boxscore 115 August 9 Padres 5–4 Carrasco (1–2) Qualls (5–6) Isringhausen (6) 24,619 58–57 Boxscore 116 August 10 Padres 5–9 Harang (11–3) Dickey (5–11) 39,589 58–58 Boxscore 117 August 11 Padres 2–3 Qualls (6–6) Niese (11–9) Bell (32) 32,348 58–59 Boxscore 118 August 12 @ Diamondbacks 3–4 Kennedy (15–3) Gee (10–4) Putz (28) 25,701 58–60 Boxscore 119 August 13 @ Diamondbacks 4–6 Hudson (12–8) Carrasco (1–3) Putz (29) 33,552 58–61 Boxscore 120 August 14 @ Diamondbacks 3–5 Duke (3–4) Capuano (9–11) Hernandez (11) 30,148 58–62 Boxscore 121 August 15 @ Padres 5–4 (10) Acosta (1–0) Spence (0–2) Isringhausen (7) 30,094 59–62 Boxscore 122 August 16 @ Padres 1–6 Luebke (5–6) Niese (11–10) 24,212 59–63 Boxscore 123 August 17 @ Padres 7–3 Gee (11–4) Latos (6–12) 22,089 60–63 Boxscore 124 August 19 Brewers 1–6 Marcum (11–3) Pelfrey (6–10) 24,470 60–64 Boxscore 125 August 20 Brewers 9–11 Rodríguez (5–2) Isringhausen (3–3) Axford (37) 28,234 60–65 Boxscore 126 August 21 Brewers 2–6 Gallardo (14–8) Acosta (1–1) 25,949 60–66 Boxscore 127 August 22 @ Phillies 0–10 Lee (14–7) Gee (11–5) 45,783 60–67 Boxscore 128 August 23 @ Phillies 4–9 Worley (9–1) Niese (11–11) 45,770 60–68 Boxscore 129 August 24 @ Phillies 7–4 Pelfrey (7–10) Kendrick (7–6) Parnell (1) 45,689 61–68 Boxscore 130 August 26 Braves 6–0 Capuano (10–11) Hudson (13–8) 22,736 62–68 Boxscore — August 27 Braves Games Postponed (Hurricane Irene) (to be made up on September 8 as a doubleheader) — August 28 Braves 131 August 29 Marlins 2–1 Dickey (6–11) Sánchez (7–7) Parnell (2) 63–68 Boxscore 132 August 29 Marlins 5–1 Gee (12–5) Nolasco (9–10) 29,335 64–68 Boxscore 133 August 30 Marlins 0–6 Vázquez (8–11) Pelfrey (7–11) 30,806 64–69 Boxscore 134 August 31 Marlins 3–2 Acosta (2–1) Volstad (5–12) Parnell (3) 27,905 65–69 Boxscore
September (9–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report 135 September 1 Marlins 7–5 Batista (4–2) Hensley (2–6) Parnell (4) 27,562 66–69 Boxscore 136 September 2 @ Nationals 7–3 Dickey (7–11) Detwiler (2–5) 27,907 67–69 Boxscore 137 September 3 @ Nationals 7–8 Burnett (5–5) Parnell (3–5) 34,821 67–70 Boxscore 138 September 4 @ Nationals 6–3 Igarashi (3–1) Hernández (8–13) Parnell (5) 29,679 68–70 Boxscore 139 September 5 @ Marlins 3–9 Vázquez (9–11) Capuano (10–12) 21,112 68–71 Boxscore 140 September 6 @ Marlins 7–4 (12) Igarashi (4–1) Ceda (0–1) Stinson (1) 22,318 69–71 Boxscore 141 September 7 @ Marlins 1–0 Dickey (8–11) Hand (1–6) Acosta (1) 21,303 70–71 Boxscore 142 September 8 Braves 5–6 Minor (5–2) Schwinden(0–1) Kimbrel (43) 25,953 70–72 Boxscore 143 September 8 Braves 1–5 Teherán (1–1) Gee (12–6) 25,953 70–73 Boxscore 144 September 9 Cubs 5–4 Acosta (3–1) Marshall (6–6) 27,639 71–73 Boxscore 145 September 10 Cubs 4–5 Wood (3–5) Parnell (3–6) Mármol (34) 30,443 71–74 Boxscore 146 September 11 Cubs 6–10 Ortiz (1–2) Stinson (0–1) 33,502 71–75 Boxscore 147 September 12 Nationals 2–3 Coffey (5–1) Dickey (8–12) Storen (35) 27,015 71–76 Boxscore 148 September 13 Nationals 2–3 Stammen (1–1) Thayer (0–2) Storen (36) 25,359 71–77 Boxscore 149 September 14 Nationals 0–2 Peacock Pelfrey (7–12) Storen (37) 26,885 71–78 Boxscore 150 September 15 Nationals 1–10 Milone (1–0) Schwinden (0–2) 22,205 71–79 Boxscore 151 September 16 @ Braves 12–2 Capuano (11–12) Lowe (9–15) 43,901 72–79 Boxscore 152 September 17 @ Braves 0–1 Hudson (15–10) Dickey (8–13) Kimbrel (45) 46,763 72–80 Boxscore 153 September 18 @ Braves 7–5 Byrdak (2–0) Venters (6–2) Acosta (2) 39,862 73–80 Boxscore 154 September 20 @ Cardinals 6–11 Dotel (4–3) Stinson (0–2) 37,746 73–81 Boxscore 155 September 21 @ Cardinals 5–6 Garcia (13–7) Herrera (0–1) Motte (8) 40,658 73–82 Boxscore 156 September 22 @ Cardinals 8–6 Acosta (4–1) Rzepczynski (2–6) Parnell (6) 35,992 74–82 Boxscore 157 September 23 Phillies Game Postponed (rain) rescheduled for September 24 157 September 24 Phillies 6–3 Gee (13–6) Herndon (1–4) Acosta (4) 32,437 75–82 [1] 158 September 24 Phillies 2–1 Parnell (4–6) Lidge (0–2) Acosta (5) 33,961 76–82 [2] 159 September 25 Phillies 4–9 Halladay (19–6) Pelfrey (7–13) 32,796 76–83 [3] 160 September 26 Reds 5–6 Ondrusek (5–5) Byrdak (2–1) Cordero (36) 28,651 76–84 [4] 161 September 27 Reds 4–5 LeCure (2–1) Thayer (0–3) Cordero (37) 30,027 76–85 162 September 28 Reds 3–0 Batista (5–2) Volquez (5–7) 28,816 77–85

Roster

2011 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 36,46 Manny Acosta 47 Miguel Batista 27 Pedro Beato 23 Blaine Boyer 33 Taylor Buchholz 40 Tim Byrdak 38 Chris Capuano 77 D. J. Carrasco 43 R. A. Dickey 35 Dillon Gee 19 Danny Herrera 18 Ryota Igarashi 45 Jason Isringhausen 48 Patrick Misch 49 Jon Niese 50 Mike O'Connor 39 Bobby Parnell 34 Mike Pelfrey 75 Francisco Rodríguez 63 Chris Schwinden 64 Josh Stinson 46,36 Dale Thayer 55 Chris Young		Catchers 13 Mike Nickeas  9 Ronny Paulino 30 Josh Thole Infielders 29 Ike Davis 21 Lucas Duda  4 Brad Emaus  6 Nick Evans 25 Chin-lung Hu 28 Daniel Murphy 15 Valentino Pascucci  7 José Reyes  3 Josh Satin 11 Rubén Tejada  2 Justin Turner  5 David Wright Outfielders 23 Mike Baxter 44 Jason Bay 15 Carlos Beltrán 12 Scott Hairston 22 Willie Harris 26 Fernando Martínez 16 Ángel Pagán 20 Jason Pridie		Manager 10 Terry Collins Coaches 56 Jon Debus (bullpen) 51 Chip Hale (third base) 52 Dave Hudgens (hitting) 58 Ken Oberkfell (bench) 78 Eric Langill (bullpen catcher) 54 Dave Racaniello (bullpen catcher) 59 Dan Warthen (pitching)  1 Mookie Wilson (first base)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Base on balls; AVG = Batting average;

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG
Mike Baxter	22	34	6	8	2	1	1	4	0	5	.235
Jason Bay	123	444	59	109	19	1	12	57	11	56	.245
Carlos Beltrán	98	353	61	102	30	2	15	66	3	60	.289
Lucas Duda	100	301	38	88	21	3	10	50	1	33	.292
Ike Davis	36	129	20	39	8	1	7	25	0	17	.302
Brad Emaus	14	37	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	.162
Nick Evans	59	176	26	45	10	2	4	25	0	15	.256
Scott Hairston	79	132	20	31	8	1	7	24	1	11	.235
Willie Harris	126	240	36	59	11	0	2	23	5	36	.246
Chin-lung Hu	22	20	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.050
Fernando Martinez	11	22	3	5	2	0	1	2	0	1	.227
Daniel Murphy	109	391	49	125	28	2	6	49	5	24	.320
Mike Nickeas	21	53	4	10	1	0	1	6	0	4	.189
Ángel Pagán	123	478	68	125	24	4	7	56	32	44	.262
Valentino Pascucci	10	11	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	.273
Ronny Paulino	78	228	19	61	13	0	2	19	0	15	.268
Jason Pridie	101	208	28	48	11	3	4	20	7	24	.231
José Reyes	126	537	101	181	31	16	7	44	39	43	.337
Josh Satin	15	25	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	.200
Rubén Tejada	96	328	31	93	15	1	0	36	5	35	.284
Josh Thole	114	340	22	91	17	0	3	40	0	38	.268
Justin Turner	117	435	49	113	30	0	4	51	7	39	.260
David Wright	102	389	60	99	23	1	14	61	13	52	.254
Pitcher Totals	162	289	10	30	4	1	0	12	0	13	.104
Team Totals	162	5600	718	1477	309	39	108	676	130	571	.264

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Manny Acosta	4	1	3.45	44	0	4	47.0	50	21	18	15	46
Miguel Batista	2	0	2.64	9	4	0	30.2	22	9	9	14	15
Pedro Beato	2	1	4.30	60	0	0	67.0	59	41	32	27	39
Blaine Boyer	0	2	10.80	5	0	1	6.2	13	8	8	1	1
Taylor Buchholz	1	1	3.12	23	0	0	26.0	22	10	9	7	26
Tim Byrdak	2	1	3.82	72	0	1	37.2	34	20	16	19	47
Chris Capuano	11	12	4.55	33	31	0	186.0	195	99	94	53	168
D.J. Carrasco	1	3	6.02	42	1	0	49.1	67	35	33	16	27
R.A. Dickey	8	13	3.28	33	32	0	208.2	202	85	76	54	134
Dillon Gee	13	6	4.43	30	27	0	160.2	150	85	79	71	114
Danny Herrera	0	1	1.13	16	0	0	8.0	7	1	1	2	5
Ryota Igarashi	4	1	4.66	45	0	0	38.2	43	20	20	28	42
Jason Isringhausen	3	3	4.05	53	0	7	46.2	36	23	21	24	44
Patrick Misch	1	0	10.29	6	0	0	7.0	11	8	8	4	5
Jon Niese	11	11	4.40	27	26	0	157.1	178	88	77	44	138
Michael O'Connor	0	1	2.70	9	0	0	6.2	5	2	2	3	8
Bobby Parnell	4	6	3.64	60	0	6	59.1	60	29	24	27	64
Mike Pelfrey	7	13	4.74	34	33	0	193.2	220	111	102	65	105
Francisco Rodríguez	2	2	3.16	42	0	23	42.2	44	15	15	16	46
Chris Schwinden	0	2	4.71	4	4	0	21.0	23	13	11	6	17
Josh Stinson	0	2	6.92	14	0	1	13.0	14	10	10	7	8
Dale Thayer	0	3	3.48	11	0	0	10.1	12	4	4	0	5
Chris Young	1	0	1.88	4	4	0	24.0	12	5	5	11	22
Team Totals	77	85	4.19	162	162	43	1448.0	1482	742	674	514	1126

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Tim Teufel
AA	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	Wally Backman
A	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Pedro López
A	Savannah Sand Gnats	South Atlantic League	Ryan Ellis
A-Short Season	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	Rich Donnelly
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Frank Fultz
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	Luis Rojas

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External links

• 2011 New York Mets season Official Site
• 2011 New York Mets season at Baseball Reference
• 2011 New York Mets season at ESPN