Carlos Beltrán played in parts of seven seasons with the Mets. At the time he was traded in 2011, Beltrán was sixth in team history with 149 home runs and 559 RBIs. His .869 OPS was fifth best among M ...

Armando Benítez was a closer for the Mets from 1999 to 2003. He led the team with 43 saves in 2001, the same season the Mets first wore memorial jerseys following the September 11, 2001, terrorist att ...

The Mets wore New York Cubans jerseys on several occasions during the 2000s to pay homage to the Negro League club. Armando Benítez signed this jersey likely from a 2001 outing against the Toronto Blu ...

Art Howe took over as manager in 2003, a tough season for the Mets. New York rooters would have to wait just a few more years for another postseason berth.

More than 56,000 fans filled Shea Stadium for the final game at the venue, in which this ball and base were used. The game was mostly a tie, until the Florida Marlins pulled away in the 8th inning and ...

Jay Horwitz, head of Mets public relations, talked with Darryl Strawberry and John Franco at Port St. Lucie in 2009. Strawberry was helping run the team’s annual media seminar while Franco had just st ...

David Wright donned black alternate home jerseys between 2004 and 2011, when the Mets took part in a popular uniform trend in baseball during that era. He was named to five All-Star teams in that span ...

Citi Field saw its first Mets win in a 7-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. The Mets broke out with a four-run inning in the 7th, and Carlos Delgado hit a home run in the 8th to truly put the game o ...

Keyspan Park was the name of the Mets-affiliate Brooklyn Cyclones’ home field from its opening in 2001 until 2010, when it was renamed MCU Park. (Today it’s known as Maimonides Park.) The park restore ...

Game 1 of the 2006 NLCS at Shea Stadium was a tight pitching duel between Tom Glavine of the Mets and Jeff Weaver of the St. Louis Cardinals as each threw five shutout innings. Weaver was on his way t ...