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Mets/Phillies All-Decade Team

Written by Matt Ryan | 17 December 2009

It's the end of the decade and everybody is making lists.  And even though this rivalry has only materialized in the last five years, I felt an all-decade team was appropriate.  In order to qualify, a player must have played at least four full seasons for either the Mets or Phillies 2000-2009.  For comparison's sake, statistics are per 162 games.  Here it goes:

Mets/Phillies All-Decade Team

C- Mike Piazza (2000-2005) .286, 36 HR, 102 RBI

1B- Ryan Howard (2004-2009) .279, 50 HR, 142 RBI

2B- Chase Utley (2003-2009) .295, 29 HR, 106 RBI

SS- Jimmy Rollins (2000-2009) .274, 17 HR, 72 RBI, 38 SB, 109 R

3B- David Wright (2004-2009) .309, 27 HR, 107 RBI, 23 SB

LF- Pat Burrell (2000-2007) .258, 31 HR, 105 RBI

CF- Carlos Beltran (2005-2009) .281, 31 HR, 112 RBI, 23 SB

RF- Bobby Abreu (2000-2005) .300, 26 HR, 99 RBI, 110 R, 32 SB


SP- Al Leiter (2000-2004) 15-11, 3.43 ERA, 171 K, 123 ERA+

SP- Tom Glavine (2003-2007) 13-12, 3.97 ERA, 107 K, 107 ERA+

SP- Randy Wolf (2000-2006) 13-11, 4.06 ERA, 171 K, 105 ERA+

SP- Pedro Martinez (2005-2009) 15-10, 3.86 ERA, 194 K, 109 ERA+

SP- Brett Myers (2002-2009) 12-11, 4.40 ERA, 159 K, 99 ERA +, 21 total saves

Closer- Billy Wagner (2004-2008) 3-2, 2.18 ERA, 37 saves, 200 ERA+

Manager- Charlie Manuel (2005-2009) 810-447, 2 pennants, 1 World Series title

A few quick observations

  • Final tally: 7 Phillies and 6 Mets.  I counted Pedro as a Met, and Wagner as neither
  • Man, the pitching on this team is weak.  It would look a hell of a lot different if Johan, Doc, and Lee were eligible
  • Writing Glavine's name on there was painful
  • Hitting edge clearly goes to the Phillies, Mets get a slight edge in pitching
  • Closest race was Rollins vs. Reyes.  Reyes actually has the better numbers, but Rollins gets the edge because of stronger defense, games played, and the fact that he won an MVP during the decade.
  • 7 out of the 14 players selected are still active for their respective teams
  • 2 players (Billy Wagner and Pedro Martinez) played for both teams
  • The majority of the players appear to be from the latter half of the decade
What do you guys think?  Obviously there will be complaints, but this list was difficult to complie.  A lot of guys from the earlier part of the decade were forgotten because the more recent teams have been much stronger.   Stay tuned for my decade award ceremony later in the week.
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