2003 New York Mets Graphs Review

The Mets hovered just below .500 until early June, when they started experiencing the law of gravity. Like several other NL teams this year (the Reds and Pirates, for instance), they woke up and realized they weren't as good as they thought, traded away some overpriced veterans and played the kids. The results were half bad.

The half good part was August, when the Mets had their best run. The half bad part was September, when the kids played more to form.

The Mets' were one of the worst fielding teams in the league, and their stats show it. If not for the kids, there probably would not have been a good fielder on the team.

Looking more closely, the Mets' defense was solidly below average until August and September, when the pitching and fielding improved significantly. On the mound, Leiter returned to form, Glavine pitched well and Seo had his moments. Their best pitcher, however, was Trachsel.

In the field, the young kids like Reyes, Duncan and Wilson seemed to put a charge into the defense. Unfortunately, those were the same kids who batted in September (except Reyes, whose injury seemed to deflate the club a bit).

New York Mets' Win Shares

Player          Team    Pos     Hit     Field   Pitch   Sum     WS	
--------	----	----	-----	-----	-----	-----	---	
T Wigginton     NYM     3B      11.28   3.66    0.00    14.94   15	
C Floyd         NYM     OF      13.56   1.26    0.00    14.82   15	
S Trachsel      NYM     P       0.00    0.00    13.14   13.14   13	
J Phillips      NYM     1B      11.08   1.50    0.00    12.58   13	
J Reyes         NYM     SS      8.27    3.79    0.00    12.06   12	
M Piazza        NYM     C       7.86    3.08    0.00    10.94   11	
A Leiter        NYM     P       0.00    0.00    9.33    9.33    9	
J Burnitz       NYM     OF      8.22    1.03    0.00    9.25    9	
J Seo           NYM     P       0.00    0.00    8.55    8.55    9	
D Weathers      NYM     P       0.00    0.00    7.83    7.83    8	
R Cedeno        NYM     OF      5.92    1.79    0.00    7.71    8	
A Benitez       NYM     P       0.00    0.00    7.68    7.68    8	
V Wilson        NYM     C       3.59    3.73    0.00    7.32    7	
T Glavine       NYM     P       0.00    0.00    6.68    6.68    7	
R Alomar        NYM     2B      5.43    1.21    0.00    6.64    7	
T Perez         NYM     OF      3.99    1.47    0.00    5.46    5	
J McEwing       NYM     2B      1.65    2.95    0.00    4.60    5	
R Gonzalez      NYM     OF      3.11    1.22    0.00    4.33    4	
T Clark         NYM     1B      3.86    0.39    0.00    4.25    4	
D Wheeler       NYM     P       0.00    0.00    3.11    3.11    3	
M Stanton       NYM     P       0.00    0.00    3.05    3.05    3	
J Franco        NYM     P       0.00    0.00    2.97    2.97    3	
P Feliciano     NYM     P       0.00    0.00    2.81    2.81    3	
J Duncan        NYM     OF      0.98    1.57    0.00    2.56    3	
G Lloyd         NYM     P       0.00    0.00    2.43    2.43    2	
R Sanchez       NYM     SS      0.00    2.31    0.00    2.31    2	
S Strickland    NYM     P       0.00    0.00    1.81    1.81    2	
M Scutaro       NYM     2B      1.34    0.42    0.00    1.76    2	
J Velandia      NYM     SS      0.44    1.31    0.00    1.75    2	
G Roberts       NYM     P       0.00    0.00    1.30    1.30    1	
T Shinjo        NYM     OF      0.00    1.19    0.00    1.19    1	
M Vaughn        NYM     1B      0.64    0.13    0.00    0.77    1	
J Bell          NYM     3B      0.00    0.72    0.00    0.72    1	
J Cerda         NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.33    0.33    0	
J Roach         NYM     P       0.29    0.00    0.00    0.29    0	
D Garcia        NYM     2B      0.00    0.28    0.00    0.28    0	
J Anderson      NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.26    0.26    0	
P Redman        NYM     OF      0.00    0.12    0.00    0.12    0	
M Watson        NYM     OF      0.00    0.05    0.00    0.05    0	
J Depastino     NYM     C       0.00    0.02    0.00    0.02    0	
M Glavine       NYM     1B      0.00    0.01    0.00    0.01    0	
E Almonte       NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0	
P Astacio       NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0	
M Bacsik        NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0	
D Cone          NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0	
J Griffiths     NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0	
A Heilman       NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0	
J Middlebrook   NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0	
O Moreno        NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0	
P Strange       NYM     P       0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0	

Ty Wigginton didn't do anything special, but he hung in there, played virtually every game and wound up leading the team in Win Shares. Cliff Floyd was having a fine year at bat until his injury, and Jason Phillips might have led the team in Win Shares if not for a September slump. Jose Reyes got his twelve Win Shares in 69 games.

The Mets did a good job trading Burnitz when they did; he only had three Win Shares for the Dodgers.