Ed Charles, the oldest member of the youthful Mets of 1969, started bringing his son Ed, Jr., to the ballpark to the delight of his teammates.

Third baseman Ed Charles served as the club’s elder statesman as the Mets made their run for the championship in 1969. The veteran scored the winning run during Game 2 as part of a 2-1 victory over th ...

Ed Charles was already a veteran player when he joined the Mets in 1967 at age 34. The veteran was still pretty light in his cleats, though, notching 279 games, 214 hits and 13 stolen bases in his thr ...