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"1962 season" - 23 Total Result(s)
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Gil Hodges Mets Hall of Fame Bust
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 ...
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Gil Returns Home
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 ...
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Highlighting Gil Hodges: Jersey
Gil Hodges was a New York City baseball staple, spending a dozen seasons as a Brooklyn Dodger (plus four in Los Angeles when the team relocated). He finished his playing career as a New York Met durin ...
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Johnny Murphy Mets Hall of Fame Bust
A native New Yorker and former New York Yankees pitcher, Johnny Murphy joined the Mets front office when the team was founded in 1962. By 1967, he was promoted to GM. Murphy assembled the final pieces ...
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Lindsay Nelson Mets Hall of Fame Bust
Lindsay Nelson joined the Mets broadcasting team when the franchise first took the field in 1962 and continued to broadcast the games for 17 seasons. Beloved by Mets fans, his contributions to the spo ...
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Ralph Kiner Mets Hall of Fame Bust
After smashing home runs during his Hall of Fame playing career, Ralph Kiner joined the Mets broadcasting team in 1962, the franchise’s first season. Known for his distinctive style, Kiner charmed Met ...
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Springing Into Action: 1962 Spring Training Schedu ...
The Mets shared Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, with the St. Louis Cardinals for their first spring training in 1962. The Cardinals were used to sharing with New York teams as both the New Y ...
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Take a Seat: Polo Grounds Stadium Seats
The Mets called the Polo Grounds home during the team’s first two seasons in 1962 and 1963, when these stadium seats may have been used. While the Polo Grounds were primarily known as the home of the ...
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Thanks for Being Here
Though the Mets dropped their first game in St. Louis, it did not dampen the enthusiasm for the return of National League baseball to New York. The Mets were greeted with a ticker-tape parade through ...
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The Metropolitan Baseball Club
Do you know the original name of the Mets? Prior to the team’s first season, Director of Public Relations Tom Meany wrote a letter about the Mets nickname, explaining that the team’s corporate name wa ...