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Gary Carter Mets Hall of Fame Bust
Eleven-time All-Star catcher Gary Carter joined the Mets at a crucial time. Traded by the Montréal Expos for four Mets players in 1984, his hitting, catching and leadership made Carter the final piece ...
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Gary Carter’s Going-Away Glove
With 600 games as a Mets backstop, Gary Carter played his final one for New York on September 30, 1989. He used this glove in the 7-2 defeat of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 11 innings on the road. As a M ...
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George Foster Calls Yahtzee
They say you can’t win a division in April, but the 1986 Mets nearly proved that wrong. New York certainly put a lot of distance between themselves and the rest of the NL East with a 13-3 record in Ap ...
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George Weiss Mets Hall of Fame Plaque
As the Mets prepared for their opening season in 1962, franchise owners asked George Weiss to be team president. Weiss brought three decades of front office experience with the New York Yankees to his ...
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Get a Good Seat
The Mets of the 1980s, led by Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, started a revitalization among the team’s fans. In 1981, two years before Strawberry arrived, barely 700,000 fans attended games at S ...
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Getting the Win for Seaver
Reliever Doug Sisk was a regular in the Mets bullpen during the 1980s. On Opening Day 1983, he took over in the 7th inning for Tom Seaver, who was making his long-awaited return to New York. Sisk kept ...
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Gil Hodges Mets Hall of Fame Plaque
Gil Hodges was selected in the expansion draft to join the first Mets team in 1962 and, owing to his time with the Brooklyn Dodgers, was a recognizable face on a brand-new team. After retiring, Hodges ...
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Gooden Gives Back
Whether it was early in his playing days working with kids on the diamond or in retirement visiting with children with special needs, Dwight Gooden has made giving back a priority. “It’s very humbling ...
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Gooden Plenty!
No one could have matched the incredible season Dwight Gooden completed in 1985, but he more than filled the bill as the Mets’ ace in 1986. Gooden won 17 games with a 2.84 ERA and 200 strikeouts as he ...
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Henderson’s Shining Rookie Season
Steve Henderson came to the Mets from the Cincinnati Reds in 1977 as one of four players traded for Tom Seaver. Henderson made his major league debut the next day and batted .297 in 99 games that seas ...