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The Mets lost 120 games in their inaugural season, the second-most by an MLB team behind the 2024 Chicago White Sox. [3] After six more years in which their best league finish was ninth, the Mets won the World Series in 1969, defeating the Baltimore Orioles in five games to earn what is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in baseball ...
Record Mets career Ref Batting average: John Olerud.315: ... Single season batting records Record Name Player Record Year Reference Batting Average: John Olerud.354: ...
The Mets held the New York City baseball attendance record for 29 years, after breaking the Yankees' 1948 record by drawing nearly 2.7 million fans to Shea Stadium in 1970. The Mets broke their own record five times before the Yankees took it back in 1999.
It was a breakout year for Mets second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo and Roger Cedeño, who broke the single season steals record for the Mets. After the regular season ended, the Mets played a one-game playoff against the Cincinnati Reds , Al Leiter pitched the best game of his Met career as he hurled a two-hit complete-game shutout to advance the ...
The 1962 New York Mets season was the first regular season for the Mets, as the National League returned to New York City for the first time since 1957. They went 40–120 (.250) and finished tenth and last in the National League, 60 + 1 ⁄ 2 games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants , who had once called New York home.
1983 – Baseball America Organization of the Year; 1984 – Baseball America Organization of the Year; 1986 National League Championship Series Trophy; 1986 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series) [1] 1995 – Baseball America Organization of the Year; 2000 – Warren Giles Trophy (National League champion) [3] 2015 – Warren Giles Trophy ...
The Franchise grabbed his first of three Cy Youngs in his third season with the Mets. Seaver won a franchise record 25 games, struck out 208 in 273⅓ innings with a 2.21 ERA.
The 2007 New York Mets season was the 46th regular season for the Mets. The Mets were defending their first divisional championship since 1988. While the Atlanta Braves were counted as possible competition, the Philadelphia Phillies were predicted as the front-runners, albeit by their own star shortstop, Jimmy Rollins. [1]