2004 New York Mets season

The 2004 New York Mets season was the 43rd regular season for the Mets. They went 71–91 and finished fourth in the National League East, twenty-four games behind the first place Atlanta Braves. The Mets were managed by Art Howe. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets.Marco Scutaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 16, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 29, 2004: Shane Spencer signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.Shane Spencer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com February 9, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.Ricky Bottalico Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Regular season Opening Day starters Mike Cameron Ricky Gutiérrez Cliff Floyd Mike Piazza Jason Phillips Karim García Tom Glavine Ty Wigginton Kaz Matsui

Notable transactions April 3, 2004: Kenny Kelly was released by the New York Mets. April 7, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was released by the New York Mets. April 16, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets. June 17, 2004: Dave Weathers was traded by the New York Mets with Jeremy Griffiths to the Houston Astros for Richard Hidalgo. July 30, 2004: Justin Huber was traded by the New York Mets to the Kansas City Royals for José Bautista. 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.Scott Kazmir Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.

Game log

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

|- bgcolor="#bfb" | 1 || April 6 || @ Braves || 7–2 || Glavine (1–0) || Ortiz (0–1) || — || Turner Field || 49,460 || 1–0 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2 || April 7 || @ Braves || 10–18 || Gryboski (1–0) || Trachsel (0–1) || — || Turner Field || 22,775 || 1–1 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 3 || April 8 || @ Braves || 8–10 || Cunnane (1–0) || Franco (0–1) || Smoltz (1) || Turner Field || 26,585 || 1–2 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 4 || April 9 || @ Expos* || 3–2 || Weathers (1–0) || Ayala (0–2) || Moreno (1) || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 14,739 || 2–2 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 5 || April 10 || @ Expos* || 0–1 || Patterson (1–0) || Seo (0–1) || Biddle (2) || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 11,957 || 2–3 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 6 || April 11 || @ Expos* || 4–1 || Glavine (2–0) || Hernandez (0–1) || Looper (1) || Hiram Bithorn Stadium || 10,623 || 3–3 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 7 || April 12 || Braves || 10–6 || Trachsel (1–1) || Hampton (0–1) || Looper (2) || Shea Stadium || 53,666 || 4–3 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 8 || April 14 || Braves || 1–6 || Thomson (1–0) || Yates (0–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 15,894 || 4–4 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 9 || April 15 || Braves || 4–0 || Leiter (1–0) || Ramirez (0–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 33,212 || 5–4 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 10 || April 16 || Pirates || 6–7 || Wells (2–1) || Moreno (0–1) || Mesa (4) || Shea Stadium || 18,554 || 5–5 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 11 || April 17 || Pirates || 1–2 || Meadows (1–0) || Trachsel (1–2) || Mesa (5) || Shea Stadium || 40,172 || 5–6 || L2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 12 || April 18 || Pirates || 1–8 || Benson (2–0) || Seo (0–2) || — || Shea Stadium || 44,345 || 5–7 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 13 || April 19 || Expos || 4–1 || Yates (1–1) || Ohka (0–3) || Looper (3) || Shea Stadium || 14,002 || 6–7 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 14 || April 20 || Expos || 1–2 || Day (1–1) || Weathers (1–1) || Biddle (3) || Shea Stadium || 14,513 || 6–8 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 15 || April 21 || Expos || 1–2 || Hernandez (1–2) || Glavine (2–1) || Biddle (4) || Shea Stadium || 23,565 || 6–9 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 16 || April 22 || Expos || 3–2 || Trachsel (2–2) || Bentz (2–2) || Looper (4) || Shea Stadium || 15,062 || 7–9 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 17 || April 23 || @ Cubs || 1–3 || Maddux (1–2) || Seo (0–3) || Borowski (3) || Wrigley Field || 38,862 || 7–10 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 18 || April 24 || @ Cubs || 0–3 || Wood (3–1) || Yates (1–2) || Hawkins (1) || Wrigley Field || 39,043 || 7–11 || L2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 19 || April 25 || @ Cubs || 1–4 || Clement (3–1) || Leiter (1–1) || Borowski (4) || Wrigley Field || 38,635 || 7–12 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 20 || April 27 || @ Dodgers || 9–5 || Glavine (3–1) || Nomo (3–2) || — || Dodger Stadium || 28,524 || 8–12 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 21 || April 28 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 || Perez (2–1) || Trachsel (2–3) || Gagne (6) || Dodger Stadium || 29,319 || 8–13 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 22 || April 29 || @ Dodgers || 6–1 || Seo (1–3) || Weaver (1–3) || — || Dodger Stadium || 32,067 || 9–13 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 23 || April 30 || @ Padres || 6–7 || Lawrence (3–2) || Yates (1–3) || Otsuka (1) || Petco Park || 41,971 || 9–14 || L1 |- |colspan="11"|*Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2004 season counted as Expos home games.

|- bgcolor="#fbb" | 24 || May 1 || @ Padres || 1–3 || Peavy (2–1) || Franco (0–2) || Hoffman (7) || Petco Park || 42,064 || 9–15 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 25 || May 2 || @ Padres || 6–2 || Glavine (4–1) || Valdez (3–1) || — || Petco Park || 41,965 || 10–15 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 26 || May 4 || Giants || 6–2 || Trachsel (3–3) || Tomko (1–2) || — || Shea Stadium || 30,532 || 11–15 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 27 || May 5 || Giants || 8–2 || Weathers (2–1) || Rodriguez (1–2) || — || Shea Stadium || 19,974 || 12–15 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 28 || May 6 || Giants || 2–1 || Weathers (3–1) || Brower (0–2) || — || Shea Stadium || 23,314 || 13–15 || W4 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 29 || May 7 || Brewers || 5–7 || Davis (2–2) || Glavine (4–2) || — || Shea Stadium || 27,841 || 13–16 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 30 || May 8 || Brewers || 4–6 || Kinney (1–2) || Yates (1–4) || Kolb (6) || Shea Stadium || 29,212 || 13–17 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 31 || May 9 || Brewers || 6–5 || Wheeler (1–0) || Ford (1–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 29,686 || 14–17 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 32 || May 10 || @ Diamondbacks || 8–12 || Daigle (2–1) || Baldwin (0–1) || — || Bank One Ballpark || 28,638 || 14–18 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 33 || May 11 || @ Diamondbacks || 5–9 || Bruney (1–0) || Leiter (1–2) || — || Bank One Ballpark || 34,263 || 14–19 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 34 || May 12 || @ Diamondbacks || 1–0 || Glavine (5–2) || Johnson (3–4) || Looper (5) || Bank One Ballpark || 27,750 || 15–19 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 35 || May 13 || @ Diamondbacks || 7–4 || Seo (2–3) || Webb (2–3) || Looper (6) || Bank One Ballpark || 25,573 || 16–19 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 36 || May 14 || @ Astros || 8–3 || Trachsel (4–3) || Oswalt (2–2) || — || Minute Maid Park || 35,849 || 17–19 || W3 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 37 || May 15 || @ Astros || 4–7 || Pettitte (4–1) || Baldwin (0–2) || Dotel (7) || Minute Maid Park || 42,581 || 17–20 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 38 || May 16 || @ Astros || 3–2 || Wheeler (2–0) || Backe (1–1) || — || Minute Maid Park || 43,247 || 18–20 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 39 || May 18 || Cardinals || 5–4 || Bottalico (1–0) || Isringhausen (2–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 28,880 || 19–20 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 40 || May 19 || Cardinals || 0–1 || Eldred (1–0) || Stanton (0–1) || Kline (1) || Shea Stadium || 20,229 || 19–21 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 41 || May 20 || Cardinals || 4–11 || Marquis (3–3) || Seo (2–4) || — || Shea Stadium || 21,874 || 19–22 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 42 || May 21 || Rockies || 9–7 || Ginter (1–0) || Young (0–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 20,148 || 20–22 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 43 || May 22 || Rockies || 5–4 || Weathers (4–1) || Nunez (3–2) || Looper (7) || Shea Stadium || 27,526 || 21–22 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 44 || May 23 || Rockies || 4–0 || Glavine (6–2) || Estes (6–3) || — || Shea Stadium || 37,486 || 22–22 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 45 || May 25 || Phillies || 5–0 || Trachsel (5–3) || Milton (5–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 29,385 || 23–22 || W4 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 46 || May 26 || Phillies || 4–7 || Hernandez (1–1) || Franco (0–3) || Worrell (6) || Shea Stadium || 20,349 || 23–23 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 47 || May 28 || @ Marlins || 1–2 || Willis (5–3) || Glavine (6–3) || Benitez (19) || Pro Player Stadium || 25,299 || 23–24 || L2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 48 || May 29 || @ Marlins || 2–3 || Wayne (3–1) || Looper (0–1) || — || Pro Player Stadium || 31,325 || 23–25 || L3 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 49 || May 30 || @ Marlins || 6–8 || Borland (1–0) || Stanton (0–2) || Benitez (20) || Pro Player Stadium || 30,896 || 23–26 || L4 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 50 || May 31 || @ Phillies || 5–3 || Moreno (1–1) || Myers (3–3) || Looper (8) || Citizens Bank Park || 43,620 || 24–26 || W1

|- bgcolor="#bfb" | 51 || June 1 || @ Phillies || 4–1 || Bottalico (2–0) || Worrell (1–2) || Looper (9) || Citizens Bank Park || 34,436 || 25–26 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 52 || June 2 || @ Phillies || 5–3 || Weathers (5–1) || Hernandez (1–2) || Looper (10) || Citizens Bank Park || 37,625 || 26–26 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 53 || June 3 || Marlins || 4–1 || Seo (3–4) || Burnett (0–1) || Looper (11) || Shea Stadium || 20,832 || 27–26 || W4 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 54 || June 4 || Marlins || 1–5 || Pavano (5–2) || Trachsel (5–4) || Benitez (21) || Shea Stadium || 23,266 || 27–27 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 55 || June 5 || Marlins || 6–7 || Perisho (4–2) || Weathers (5–2) || Benitez (22) || Shea Stadium || 24,803 || 27–28 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 56 || June 6 || Marlins || 5–2 || Leiter (2–2) || Penny (6–3) || — || Shea Stadium || 25,835 || 28–28 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 57 || June 8 || @ Twins || 1–2 || Rincon (7–3) || Stanton (0–3) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 16,181 || 28–29 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 58 || June 9 || @ Twins || 3–5 || Santana (3–4) || Trachsel (5–5) || Nathan (16) || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 17,507 || 28–30 || L2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 59 || June 10 || @ Twins || 2–3 || Balfour (1–0) || Bottalico (2–1) || — || Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome || 16,706 || 28–31 || L3 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 60 || June 11 || @ Royals || 5–7 || May (3–8) || Seo (3–5) || Affeldt (8) || Kauffman Stadium || 23,243 || 28–32 || L4 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 61 || June 12 || @ Royals || 3–4 || Affeldt (2–3) || Weathers (5–3) || — || Kauffman Stadium || 23,890 || 28–33 || L5 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 62 || June 13 || @ Royals || 5–2 || Glavine (7–3) || Greinke (1–2) || Looper (12) || Kauffman Stadium || 24,632 || 29–33 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 63 || June 15 || Indians || 7–2 || Trachsel (6–5) || Davis (1–5) || — || Shea Stadium || 22,783 || 30–33 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 64 || June 16 || Indians || 1–9 || Sabathia (4–3) || Ginter (1–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 29,512 || 30–34 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 65 || June 17 || Indians || 6–2 || Bottalico (3–1) || White (3–2) || — || Shea Stadium || 17,675 || 31–34 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 66 || June 18 || Tigers || 3–2 || Looper (1–1) || Patterson (0–4) || — || Shea Stadium || 36,141 || 32–34 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 67 || June 19 || Tigers || 4–3 || Looper (2–1) || Dingman (1–1) || — || Shea Stadium || 36,925 || 33–34 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 68 || June 20 || Tigers || 6–1 || Trachsel (7–5) || Bonderman (5–6) || — || Shea Stadium || 39,446 || 34–34 || W4 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 69 || June 22 || Reds || 7–4 || Franco (1–3) || Wilson (7–1) || Looper (13) || Shea Stadium || 19,301 || 35–34 || W5 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 70 || June 23 || Reds || 4–6 || Matthews (2–1) || Franco (1–4) || Graves (28) || Shea Stadium || 32,423 || 35–35 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 71 || June 24 || Reds || 2–6 || Lidle (5–5) || Glavine (7–4) || — || Shea Stadium || 23,827 || 35–36 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bbb" | – || June 25 || @ Yankees || colspan=9|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 27