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<B>SCHAEFER METS PLAYER AND PITCHERS OF THE MONTH, SEPTEMBER 2008</B>
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The Schaefer Mets Player and Pitcher of the Month for September 2008 is <B>JOHAN SANTANA</b>. This is the second consecutive month that Santana won both awards, and it's his fourth time overall as Pitcher of the Month. (He also won in April and June of this year.) In September, Santana went 4-0 with a 1.83 ERA in six starts, including one complete game shutout. He also led the club in strikeouts with 47 and in innings with 44.1. No other pitcher came close to Santana in September Schaefer points. His 25.83 points more than doubled those of his nearest competitors, Mike Pelfrey (12.65) and Oliver Perez (10.27).
Among non-pitchers, Carlos Delgado earned the most Schaefer points in September, finishing second overall, 1.72 points behind Santana. Delgado led the Mets in home runs (8), runs batted in (22), and his 33 hits tied David Wright for the club lead, one ahead of Carlos Beltran. Delgado and Wright had the same number of hits in the same number of at bats, both going 33 for 97 and hitting .340. (Carlos Beltran had the team's best batting average for the month at .344.) Delgado also led the team in slugging with a .649 to Beltran's .645, while Beltran had the best on base percentage, .440.
And the Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month is <B>BRIAN STOKES</B>. Stokes is also a repeat winner from August and is the only Mets pitcher to be Reliever of the Month twice in 2008. Stokes' victory shows that Schaefer can be particularly unfair to relief pitchers. Stokes did pitch more innings (13.2) than any other Mets reliever in September and tied for the club lead (with Pedro Feliciano and Joe Smith) in games with 14. But Stokes was 0-0 with a 4.61 ERA while Smith went 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA in 3.2 fewer innings. Smith finished a mere 0.04 points behind Stokes, who took the clinched the title with his scoreless inning in the season's final game.
<font><B>Month-to-date totals for September 2008</b><br><I>Through game of September 28, 2008</i><br></font><TABLE border="1" cellspacing="0"><TR><TD bgcolor="red"><font color="white" face="verdana"><B>Rank</b></font></td><TD bgcolor="red"><font color="white" face="verdana"><B>Name</b></td><TD bgcolor="red" align="right"><font color="white" face="verdana"><B>Points</b></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">1</td><TD><font face="verdana">Johan Santana</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">25.83</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">2</td><TD><font face="verdana">Carlos Delgado</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">24.11</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">3</td><TD><font face="verdana">Carlos Beltran</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">22.80</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">4</td><TD><font face="verdana">David Wright</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">19.63</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">5</td><TD><font face="verdana">José Reyes</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">13.08</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">6</td><TD><font face="verdana">Mike Pelfrey</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">12.65</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">7</td><TD><font face="verdana">Oliver Perez</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">10.27</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">8</td><TD><font face="verdana">Ryan Church</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">9.34</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">9</td><TD><font face="verdana">Daniel Murphy</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">9.21</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">10</td><TD><font face="verdana">Jon Niese</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">5.31</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">11</td><TD><font face="verdana">Brian Schneider</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">5.19</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">12</td><TD><font face="verdana">Brian Stokes</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">4.85</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">13</td><TD><font face="verdana">Joe Smith</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">4.81</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">14</td><TD><font face="verdana">Luis Ayala</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">3.85</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">15</td><TD><font face="verdana">Ramon Martinez</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">3.77</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">16</td><TD><font face="verdana">Pedro Martinez</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">3.54</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">17</td><TD><font face="verdana">Damion Easley</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">3.35</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">18</td><TD><font face="verdana">Fernando Tatis</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">3.26</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">19</td><TD><font face="verdana">Scott Schoeneweis</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">3.06</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">20</td><TD><font face="verdana">Duaner Sanchez</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">2.84</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">21</td><TD><font face="verdana">Nelson Figueroa</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">2.77</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">22</td><TD><font face="verdana">Nick Evans</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">2.38</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">23</td><TD><font face="verdana">Robinson Cancel</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">2.18</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">24</td><TD><font face="verdana">Bobby Parnell</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">1.86</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">25</td><TD><font face="verdana">Ricardo Rincon</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">1.64</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">26</td><TD><font face="verdana">Pedro Feliciano</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">1.60</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">27</td><TD><font face="verdana">Brandon Knight</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">1.29</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">28</td><TD><font face="verdana">Endy Chavez</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">1.09</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">29</td><TD><font face="verdana">Aaron Heilman</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">0.79</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">30</td><TD><font face="verdana">Luis Castillo</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">0.72</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">31</td><TD><font face="verdana">Ramon Castro</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">0.16</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">32</td><TD><font face="verdana">Marlon Anderson</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">0.07</font></td></tr><TR><TD align="right">33</td><TD><font face="verdana">Argenis Reyes</font></td><TD align="right"><font face="verdana">0.06</font></td></tr></table>
Coming up tomorrow: The long-awaited announcement of the Schaefer Mets Player of the Year!
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