2005 New York Mets season
The 2005 New York Mets season was the 44th regular season for the Mets. They went 83–79 and finished 4th in the National League East. They were managed by Willie Randolph. They played home games at Shea Stadium. The 2005 season is also noteworthy for being Mike Piazza's last season as a Met. In the last game of the season, he was given a long standing ovation from the fans. The Mets had a winning record for the first time since 2001.
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Mike Piazza | 113 | 398 | 100 | .251 | 19 | 62 |
| 1B | Doug Mientkiewicz | 87 | 275 | 66 | .240 | 11 | 29 |
| 2B | Miguel Cairo | 100 | 327 | 82 | .251 | 2 | 19 |
| SS | José Reyes | 161 | 696 | 190 | .273 | 7 | 58 |
| 3B | David Wright | 160 | 575 | 176 | .306 | 27 | 102 |
| LF | Cliff Floyd | 150 | 550 | 150 | .273 | 34 | 98 |
| CF | Carlos Beltrán | 151 | 582 | 155 | .266 | 16 | 78 |
| RF | Víctor Díaz | 89 | 280 | 72 | .257 | 12 | 38 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Mike Cameron | 76 | 308 | 84 | .273 | 12 | 39 |
| Kazuo Matsui | 87 | 267 | 68 | .255 | 3 | 24 |
| Marlon Anderson | 123 | 235 | 62 | .264 | 7 | 19 |
| Ramón Castro | 99 | 209 | 51 | .244 | 8 | 41 |
| Chris Woodward | 81 | 173 | 49 | .283 | 3 | 18 |
| Mike Jacobs | 30 | 100 | 31 | .310 | 11 | 23 |
| José Offerman | 53 | 72 | 18 | .250 | 1 | 10 |
| Eric Valent | 28 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 0 | 1 |
| Gerald Williams | 39 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 1 | 3 |
| Brian Daubach | 15 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 1 | 3 |
| Anderson Hernández | 6 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Difelice | 11 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Pedro Martínez | 31 | 217 | 15 | 8 | 2.82 | 208 |
| Tom Glavine | 33 | 13 | 13 | 3.53 | 105 | |
| Kris Benson | 28 | 10 | 8 | 4.13 | 95 | |
| Víctor Zambrano | 31 | 7 | 12 | 4.17 | 112 | |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 19 | 91 | 3 | 9 | 5.14 | 53 |
| Jae Weong Seo | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2.59 | 59 | |
| Steve Trachsel | 6 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 4.14 | 24 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Aaron Heilman | 53 | 108 | 5 | 3 | 3.17 | 106 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Braden Looper | 60 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 3.94 | 27 |
| Roberto Hernández | 67 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2.58 | 61 |
| Heath Bell | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.59 | 43 |
| Dae-Sung Koo | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.91 | 23 |
| Mike DeJean | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.31 | 17 |
| Juan Padilla | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.49 | 17 |
| Manny Aybar | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.04 | 27 |
| Danny Graves | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 | 12 |
| Royce Ring | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.06 | 8 |
| Shingo Takatsu | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 6 |
| Mike Matthews | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 |
| Tim Hamulack | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 2 |
| José Santiago | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 3 |
| Félix Heredia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |