When New York City was granted a National League franchise for the 1962 season, the expansion club named former New York Yankees GM George Weiss as president. Weiss persevered through the initial grow ...

The Mets squared off against the San Francisco Giants in the first game of a doubleheader during a late-season West Coast trip. Ron Swoboda, Jerry Grote and Tom Seaver broke open the 4th inning with h ...

Fans were thrilled by their favorite 1960s Mets players, but they were also fond of manager Gil Hodges. A former Mets 1B himself, Hodges led his scrappy team through a miracle 1969 season that was pun ...

A local favorite among New Yorkers during his years with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Gil Hodges was selected in the expansion draft to join the first Mets team in 1962. He played out the end of his career a ...

Former Dodger first baseman Gil Hodges was so famously popular with Brooklyn fans that he was never booed at old Ebbets Field. After being affiliated with the Dodgers for 19 years, the fledgling Mets ...

Media swarmed to Shea Stadium for Games 3, 4 and 5 of the 1969 World Series. The stadium’s parking lots quickly filled with news vehicles and reporters eager to cover another chapter in New York City’ ...

Chrysler, an official network sponsor for MLB, knew that many people would treasure their memorabilia from the 1969 World Series, so they blended some mentions of their vehicle lines with material com ...

After spending the first four seasons in the cellar, the Mets hoped to begin climbing the ranks of the league standings in 1966. In the end, there was some improvement as they lost fewer than 100 game ...

If you wanted to know who led the 1967 Mets in batting average, home runs or RBIs, the 1968 Press-TV-Radio Guide had you covered. (The answer to all three? Tommy Davis.)

Jerry Grote recorded a career-high 6 home runs in 1969. He hit 2 during an early August series sweep of the Atlanta Braves at home. Wrote New York Daily News reporter Phil Pepe after the final game: “ ...