After dropping the first game of the 1969 World Series, the Mets stormed back and won the next four in a row. It was the first championship in franchise history.

Shea Stadium saw great National League play in the 1960s, and the 1969 Mets Yearbook compiled images from some of those exciting games. The stadium would become the epicenter of league action that sea ...

Cleon Jones was no stranger to getting on base, as the Mets 1969 yearbook featured in photographs. Jones led the team that season with 164 hits and was named an All-Star for the first time.

Shea Stadium was home to more than just baseball games in its early years. The 1969 Mets Yearbook showed off theme days, giveaways and family outings at the stadium that added to the fun.

Mayor Bob Wagner was in office when two new professional sports teams hit the Big Apple: the New York Jets of the AFL in 1960 and the New York Mets of the NL in 1962. By 1964, the football and basebal ...

Few pieces of fan memorabilia are as easy to carry everywhere as a pen. This 1969 World Series pen commemorating “the Miracle Mets” gave fans a happy reminder of their favorite champions they never ha ...

On June 28, 1969, the Mets held an Old Timers Day to celebrate retired players and front office personnel before a match-up with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Among those recognized were famed Brooklyn Dodg ...

During the Mets’ annual Old Timers Day in 1969, the Diamond Club at Shea Stadium offered a menu on theme with baseball’s centennial celebration. That year’s program was headlined by original Mets skip ...

As televised baseball gained popularity during the late 1960s, TV reporters received more access to broadcast big games. NBC-TV was just one media outlet that took the field at Memorial Stadium for Ga ...

Fine dining and formal dress at Shea Stadium’s Diamond Club provided an elegant setting for fans to cheer on the Mets during Game 5 of the 1969 World Series. They won over the Baltimore Orioles, 5-3, ...