2013 New York Mets season
The 2013 New York Mets season was the 52nd season of the franchise. The Mets hosted the 2013 MLB All-Star Game on July 16 at Citi Field. They finished the season with a 74–88 record and third place in the National League East. It was the Mets' first non-fourth-place finish since 2008. It was also the final season for Ralph Kiner, who had been with their broadcast team since its first season in 1962.
Offseason
The Mets lost their rights to the Minor League Baseball affiliate Buffalo Bisons as their AAA team. For 2013–15, the Mets agreed to a deal to claim the Las Vegas 51s as their newest minor league affiliate for Triple–A.On November 7, 2012, the Mets and outfielder Jason Bay agreed to part ways, with the team buying out the $21 million remaining on his contract and releasing him.
On December 17, the Mets and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a deal sending 2012 Cy Young Award winner R. A. Dickey, Josh Thole and Mike Nickeas to Toronto in exchange for prospects Travis d'Arnaud, Noah Syndergaard, Wuilmer Becerra, and veteran catcher John Buck.
Regular season
On May 30, 2013, the Mets swept the New York Yankees for the second time in the history of the modern Subway Series. The Yankees had swept six games from the Mets in 2003.On August 30, 2013, the Mets traded catcher John Buck and outfielder Marlon Byrd through the waiver process, to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Mets received reliever Vic Black and Dilson Herrera.
On September 1, 2013, Sandy Alderson announced he expects manager Terry Collins to not be fired by the club. Fans and certain media members have been publicly criticizing Collins' moves in games, and his general managing presence, and repertoire.
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Daniel Murphy | 161 | 658 | 92 | 188 | 38 | 4 | 13 | 78 | 23 | 32 | .286 | .415 |
| David Wright | 112 | 430 | 63 | 132 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 58 | 17 | 55 | .307 | .514 |
| Marlon Byrd | 117 | 425 | 61 | 121 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 71 | 2 | 25 | .285 | .518 |
| Juan Lagares | 121 | 392 | 35 | 95 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 20 | .242 | .352 |
| Eric Young Jr. | 91 | 374 | 48 | 94 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 38 | 35 | .251 | .329 |
| John Buck | 101 | 368 | 38 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 60 | 2 | 29 | .215 | .367 |
| Lucas Duda | 100 | 318 | 42 | 71 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 55 | .223 | .415 |
| Ike Davis | 103 | 317 | 37 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 57 | .205 | .334 |
| Omar Quintanilla | 95 | 315 | 28 | 70 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 38 | .222 | .283 |
| Rubén Tejada | 57 | 208 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 15 | .202 | .260 |
| Justin Turner | 86 | 200 | 12 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | .280 | .385 |
| Josh Satin | 75 | 190 | 23 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 30 | .279 | .405 |
| Andrew Brown | 68 | 150 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 13 | .227 | .400 |
| Anthony Recker | 50 | 135 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 13 | .215 | .400 |
| Jordany Valdespin | 66 | 133 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 8 | .188 | .316 |
| Mike Baxter | 74 | 132 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | .189 | .250 |
| Travis d'Arnaud | 31 | 99 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | .202 | .263 |
| Kirk Nieuwenhuis | 47 | 95 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 12 | .189 | .337 |
| Wilmer Flores | 27 | 95 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 | .211 | .295 |
| Rick Ankiel | 20 | 66 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .364 |
| Collin Cowgill | 23 | 61 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .180 | .311 |
| Matt den Dekker | 27 | 58 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .207 | .276 |
| Zach Lutz | 15 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .300 | .400 |
| Wilfredo Tovar | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .200 |
| Juan Centeno | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 |
| Pitcher totals | 162 | 295 | 11 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 12 | .115 | .142 |
| Team totals | 162 | 5559 | 619 | 1318 | 263 | 32 | 130 | 593 | 114 | 512 | .237 | .366 |
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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 |
| Dillon Gee | 12 | 11 | 3.62 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 199.0 | 208 | 84 | 80 | 47 | 142 |
| Matt Harvey | 9 | 5 | 2.27 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 178.1 | 135 | 46 | 45 | 31 | 191 |
| Jon Niese | 8 | 8 | 3.71 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 143.0 | 158 | 68 | 59 | 48 | 105 |
| Jeremy Hefner | 4 | 8 | 4.34 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 130.2 | 132 | 75 | 63 | 37 | 99 |
| Zach Wheeler | 7 | 5 | 3.42 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 100.0 | 90 | 42 | 38 | 46 | 84 |
| Carlos Torres | 4 | 6 | 3.44 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 86.1 | 79 | 34 | 33 | 17 | 75 |
| Shaun Marcum | 1 | 10 | 5.29 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 78.1 | 85 | 48 | 46 | 21 | 60 |
| LaTroy Hawkins | 3 | 2 | 2.93 | 72 | 0 | 13 | 70.2 | 71 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 55 |
| Scott Rice | 4 | 5 | 3.71 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 42 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 41 |
| Bobby Parnell | 5 | 5 | 2.16 | 49 | 0 | 22 | 50.0 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 44 |
| Scott Atchison | 3 | 3 | 4.37 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 45.1 | 45 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 28 |
| David Aardsma | 2 | 2 | 4.31 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 39.2 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 36 |
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | 3 | 3 | 4.42 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 38.2 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 33 |
| Brandon Lyon | 2 | 2 | 4.98 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 | 43 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 23 |
| Gonzalez Germen | 1 | 2 | 3.93 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 34.1 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 33 |
| Greg Burke | 0 | 3 | 5.68 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 | 43 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 28 |
| Josh Edgin | 1 | 1 | 3.77 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 28.2 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
| Jenrry Mejía | 1 | 2 | 2.30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 27.1 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 |
| Aaron Harang | 0 | 1 | 3.52 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
| Robert Carson | 0 | 0 | 8.24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 8 |
| Vic Black | 3 | 0 | 3.46 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Pedro Feliciano | 0 | 2 | 3.97 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Jeurys Familia | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10.2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| Aaron Laffey | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| Collin McHugh | 0 | 1 | 10.29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Frank Francisco | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Tim Byrdak | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Sean Henn | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Anthony Recker | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 74 | 88 | 3.77 | 162 | 162 | 40 | 1476.2 | 1442 | 684 | 618 | 458 | 1209 |
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Awards and honors
All-Star Game- David Wright, 3B, Starter
- Matt Harvey, Pitcher, Reserve