In their only loss of the 1969 World Series, the Mets dropped Game 1 to the Baltimore Orioles on the road, 4-1. They faced that season’s AL Cy Young award winner, Mike Cuellar, who stifled the Mets ba ...

Original Met Ed Kranepool, second baseman Al Weis and Cy Young winner Tom Seaver joined forces in a 1969 World Series toy collector set. Kranepool appeared only in Game 3, but he made his presence kno ...

Jerry Grote shed his mask in pursuit of a pop up hit by Oakland Athletic Jesús Alou during a game in the 1973 World Series. The Mets catcher started all seven outings of the Fall Classic, recording 67 ...

Jerry Grote was the Mets’ starting catcher during most of his tenure from 1966 to 1977. He proved his durability by catching every inning of 20 postseason games in 1969 and 1973. Grote’s handling of t ...

Pitcher Jerry Koosman made his MLB debut with the Mets in 1967, joining a lowly team that was slowly building toward greatness. Alongside Tom Seaver in a strengthening starting rotation, Koosman helpe ...

Reliever Jesse Orosco recorded 2 saves in the 1986 World Series en route to the Mets’ second title in franchise history. In 5 2/3 innings of work, Orosco fanned 6 while giving up no runs and just 2 hi ...

John Milner awaited the throw to force out an Oakland Athletic baserunner at first base during the 1973 World Series. Milner recorded 65 putouts during the seven-game Series.

Johnny Murphy (middle) traveled to Baltimore to root on the Mets during the 1969 World Series. Murphy had become GM before the 1968 season and his first order of business was hiring Gil Hodges as a ma ...

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 ...

The Amazin’ Mets put on a performance in the 1969 World Series, winning four in a row to capture the title in five games.