The 2001 New York Mets team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2001 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.
Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 2001 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 2001 New York Mets salary list, a 2001 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 2001 New York Mets primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"Overall, we pitched more than adequately over the course of 162 games. I'll have to check the final numbers, but for a while we led the majors in quality starts, which meant we had a chance to win every game if we had scored some runs." - General Manager Steve Phillips
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
17 | Kevin Appier | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1967-12-06 |
49 | Armando Benitez | 6-04 | 180 | Right | Right | 1972-11-03 |
32 | Bruce Chen | 6-02 | 215 | Left | Left | 1977-06-19 |
27 | Dennis Cook | 6-03 | 185 | Left | Left | 1962-10-04 |
27 | Mark Corey | 6-02 | 220 | Right | Right | 1974-11-16 |
45 | John Franco | 5-10 | 185 | Left | Left | 1960-09-17 |
39 | Dicky Gonzalez | 5-11 | 170 | Right | Right | 1978-10-21 |
32 | Brett Hinchliffe | 6-05 | 190 | Right | Right | 1974-07-21 |
22 | Al Leiter | 6-03 | 220 | Left | Left | 1965-10-23 |
34 | Tom Martin | 6-01 | 185 | Left | Left | 1970-05-21 |
40 | C.J. Nitkowski | 6-02 | 185 | Left | Left | 1973-03-09 |
35 | Rick Reed | 6-00 | 205 | Right | Right | 1964-08-16 |
38 | Jerrod Riggan | 6-03 | 195 | Right | Right | 1974-05-16 |
36 | Grant Roberts | 6-03 | 205 | Right | Right | 1977-09-13 |
23 | Brian Rose | 6-03 | 215 | Right | Right | 1976-02-13 |
48 | Glendon Rusch | 6-02 | 170 | Left | Left | 1974-11-07 |
29 | Steve Trachsel | 6-04 | 205 | Right | Right | 1970-10-31 |
43 | Pete Walker | 6-02 | 195 | Right | Right | 1969-04-08 |
33 | Donne Wall | 6-01 | 180 | Right | Right | 1967-07-11 |
99 | Turk Wendell | 6-02 | 205 | Right | Left | 1967-05-19 |
51 | Rick White | 6-04 | 215 | Right | Right | 1968-12-23 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
26 | Jason Phillips | 6-01 | 180 | Right | Right | 1976-09-27 |
31 | Mike Piazza | 6-03 | 215 | Right | Right | 1968-09-04 |
7 | Todd Pratt | 6-03 | 225 | Right | Right | 1967-02-09 |
3 | Vance Wilson | 5-11 | 190 | Right | Right | 1973-03-17 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
13 | Edgardo Alfonzo | 5-11 | 210 | Right | Right | 1973-11-08 |
19 | Lenny Harris | 5-10 | 235 | Right | Left | 1964-10-28 |
20 | Mark Johnson | 6-04 | 230 | Left | Left | 1967-10-17 |
10 | Rey Ordonez | 5-09 | 160 | Right | Right | 1971-01-11 |
8 | Desi Relaford | 5-08 | 155 | Right | Both | 1973-09-16 |
30 | Jorge Toca | 6-03 | 220 | Right | Right | 1975-01-07 |
11 | Jorge Velandia | 5-09 | 160 | Right | Right | 1975-01-12 |
4 | Robin Ventura | 6-01 | 198 | Right | Left | 1967-07-14 |
9 | Todd Zeile | 6-01 | 190 | Right | Right | 1965-09-09 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
50 | Benny Agbayani | 6-00 | 225 | Right | Right | 1971-12-28 |
56 | Darren Bragg | 5-09 | 180 | Right | Left | 1969-09-07 |
25 | Alex Escobar | 6-01 | 180 | Right | Right | 1978-09-06 |
18 | Darryl Hamilton | 6-01 | 190 | Right | Left | 1964-12-03 |
23 | Matt Lawton | 5-09 | 180 | Right | Left | 1971-11-30 |
47 | Joe McEwing | 5-11 | 170 | Right | Right | 1972-10-19 |
44 | Jay Payton | 5-10 | 185 | Right | Right | 1972-11-22 |
6 | Timo Perez | 5-09 | 167 | Left | Left | 1975-04-08 |
5 | Tsuyoshi Shinjo | 6-01 | 185 | Right | Right | 1972-01-28 |
# | Other Positions | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
7 | Gary Bennett | 6-00 | 190 | Right | Right | 1972-04-17 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
2001 New York Mets Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 2001 New York Mets played 162 games during the regular season, won 82 games, lost 80 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Shea Stadium (Park Factors: 94/94) where 2,658,330 fans witnessed their 2001 Mets finish the season with a .506 winning percentage.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 2001 New York Mets Opening Day starters list, a 2001 New York Mets salary list, a 2001 New York Mets uniform number breakdown and a 2001 New York Mets primary starters list:
Did you know that a 2001 New York Mets Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?