After being traded mid-season by the Montreal Expos, Donn Clendenon made an impact as a Met in 1969. His offensive prowess guided the Mets to the postseason, and he would be named World Series MVP.

Art Shamsky explains teammate Donn Clendenon’s role in the 1969 Mets locker room.

Cleon Jones spent 12 great seasons in New York, with none better than 1969. He was named an All-Star and hit a career-best .340 that year, helping the Mets to their first World Series in franchise history. With the Mets on the brink of Series victory in Game 5, Jones reached base on the famous […]

Thanks in part to a memorable two-run homer in Game 5, Donn Clendenon was named the 1969 World Series MVP. Shown here on a 1970 Topps card, his first in a Mets uniform, Clendenon placed 13th in National League MVP voting the year after his World Series heroics.

Donn Clendenon went heavy on the pine tar to get a good grip on his bats. You can almost smell the tar on this one! We don’t know if the pine tar was responsible for key hits during the 1969 postseason, but it sure didn’t hurt. Clendenon hit 3 homers in the Fall Classic and […]

Following his mid-season trade to the Mets in 1969, Donn Clendenon stayed in New York in 1970 and 1971. As a Met, Clendenon batted .267 with 45 home runs and 230 hits.

Shea Stadium hosted some of the National League’s all-time greats during the late 1960s. Roberto Clemente, Willie McCovey and Maury Wills were among them, as well as future Mets Donn Clendenon, Rusty Staub and Willie Mays.

This 1969 World Series commemorative ashtray bears the signature of four Mets legends: Series MVP Donn Clendenon, Jerry Koosman, Tommie Agee and the inimitable Mets coach Yogi Berra.

After losing the first game of the 1969 World Series to the Baltimore Orioles, the Mets evened things up in Game 2 with a 2-1 win on the road. New York Post reporter Maury Allen circled on his scorecard Donn Clendenon’s fourth-inning home run, which was one of three longballs Clendenon hit in the Series.

The Mets put together a winning club in 1969 en route to the first World Series championship in franchise history. The lineup included future Cy Young Award winner Tom Seaver and future WS MVP Donn Clendenon.