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{{Short description|Major League Baseball franchise in New York City}}
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{{Infobox MLB
| established = 1962
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| logo = New York Mets.svg
| uniformlogo = New York Mets Insignia.svg
| current league = National League
| y1 = 1962
| division = [[National League East|East Division]]
| y2 = 1969
| Uniform = MLB-NLE-NYM-Uniform.png
| retirednumbers = {{hlist| [[David Wright|5]] | [[Gil Hodges|14]] | [[Dwight Gooden|16]] | [[Keith Hernandez|17]] | [[Darryl Strawberry|18]] | [[Willie Mays|24]] | [[Mike Piazza|31]] | [[Jerry Koosman|36]] | [[Casey Stengel|37]] | [[Tom Seaver|41]] | [[Jackie Robinson|42]]}}
| colors = Blue, orange, white<ref name="timeline1">{{cite web|title=Mets Franchise Timeline: 1960s|url=https://www.mlb.com/mets/history/timeline-1960s|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=Mets.com|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Casella|first=Paul|title=Empire State Building to don Mets colors|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/the-empire-state-building-will-be-lighted-in-new-york-mets-blue-and-orange-on-friday-night-legends-mookie-wilson-ozzie-smith-attend-ceremony/c-53533000|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=July 12, 2013|access-date=July 5, 2021|quote=The historic Empire State Building will glow in Mets blue and orange on Friday night to mark the start of Major League Baseball's All-Star Week in New York City.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|chapter=Cap and Uniform History|chapter-url=https://content.mlb.com/documents/9/1/8/313006918/New_York_Mets_Media_Guide.pdf#page=376|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|title=2020 New York Mets Media Guide|url=https://content.mlb.com/documents/9/1/8/313006918/New_York_Mets_Media_Guide.pdf|date=March 9, 2020|access-date=July 5, 2021|quote=The colors chosen were "Dodgers Blue" and "Giants Orange," and the NY monogram on the cap was a resurrection of the Giants’ logo.}}</ref><br>{{color box|#002D72}} {{color box|#FF5910}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| name = New York Mets
| y3 = 1962
| nicknames = The Metropolitans<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/sports/for-wfans-steve-somers-25-years-of-schmoozing-with-family.html |title=Twenty-Five Years of Schmoozing |editor=McGrath, Charles |date=29 November 2012 |work=The New York Times |access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref>
* The Amazin' Mets<ref name="Blum, Ronald"/>
** The Amazin’s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0QQfAQAAMAAJ&q=%22the+amazin%22+mets|title=A Fable For Our Time|editor=Hadden, Briton|page=43|year=1969|volume=94 (Part 2)|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=23 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcxRAQAAMAAJ&q=%22the+amazin%22+mets|title=The Sports Editor of Look, Lovingly Recalls The Mets At Their Worst|editor=Press|page=28|year=1970|volume=197|publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]]|accessdate=23 July 2024}}</ref>
* The Metsies<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/amazin00pete |url-access=registration |title=Amazin': The Miraculous History of New York's Most Beloved Baseball Team |publisher=Macmillan |editor-last=Golenbock|editor-first=Peter |page=[https://archive.org/details/amazin00pete/page/108 108] |year=2002 |isbn=0312309929 |access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZNk1AQAAIAAJ&q=the+metsies|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|editor=Press|page=385|year=1973|volume=4|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=23 July 2024}}</ref>
* The Orange and Blue<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOjTCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT131|title=100 Things Mets Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die|last=Silverman|first=Matthew|date=May 2016 |page=131|publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=9781633194830|access-date=23 July 2024}}</ref>
* The Miracle Mets (1969)<ref name="Blum, Ronald">{{cite news|last=Blum|first=Ronald|title=Mets' return to World Series evokes legends of star-studded teams from the past|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/22/mets-return-world-series-evokes-legends-past/|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|date=October 22, 2015|access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref>
* The Bad Guys (1986)<ref name="Baseball Team Names">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uaoiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 |title=Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869–2011 |editor-last=Worth|editor-first=Richard |pages=201–208, 361, 368 |year=2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786468447 |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>
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| ballpark = [[Citi Field]]
| y4 = 2009
| pastparks =
* [[Shea Stadium]] ({{mlby|1964}}–{{mlby|2008}})
| WS = (2)
| WORLD CHAMPIONS = {{hlist| {{wsy|1969}} | {{wsy|1986}} }}
| LEAGUE = NL
| P = (5)
| PENNANTS = {{hlist| [[1969 National League Championship Series|1969]] | [[1973 National League Championship Series|1973]] | [[1986 National League Championship Series|1986]] | [[2000 National League Championship Series|2000]] | [[2015 National League Championship Series|2015]] }}
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| OTHER PENNANTS =
| DIV = NL East
| DV = (6)
| Division Champs = {{hlist| [[1969 New York Mets season|1969]] | [[1973 New York Mets season|1973]] | [[1986 New York Mets season|1986]] | [[1988 New York Mets season|1988]] | [[2006 New York Mets season|2006]] | [[2015 New York Mets season|2015]]}}
| misc5 =
| OTHER DIV CHAMPS =
| WC = (5)
| Wild Card = {{hlist| [[1999 New York Mets season|1999]] | [[2000 New York Mets season|2000]] | [[2016 New York Mets season|2016]] | [[2022 New York Mets season|2022]] | [[2024 New York Mets season|2024]]}}
| misc6 =
| owner = [[Steve Cohen (businessman)|Steve Cohen]]<br>Alexandra M. Cohen
| manager = [[Carlos Mendoza (baseball manager)|Carlos Mendoza]]
| president = Steve Cohen (CEO)
| gm = ''Vacant''
| presbo = [[David Stearns]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.mlb.com/mets|mlb.com/mets}}
}}
The '''New York Mets''' are an American professional [[baseball]] team based in the [[Boroughs of New York City|New York City borough]] of [[Queens]]. The Mets compete in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a member club of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) [[National League East|East Division]]. They are one of two major league clubs based in [[New York City]] alongside the [[American League]] (AL)'s [[New York Yankees]]. One of baseball's first [[expansion team]]s, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed NL teams, the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] and the [[New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/new-york-mets-team-name-history|title=5 reasons that led to naming of the Mets|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=December 1, 2021|website=MLB.com|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref> The team's colors evoke the [[Dodger blue|blue of the Dodgers]] and the orange of the Giants.<ref name="timeline1" />
For the 1962 and 1963 seasons, the Mets played home games at the [[Polo Grounds]] in Manhattan before moving to Queens. From 1964 to 2008, the Mets played their home games at [[Shea Stadium]], named after [[William Shea]], the founder of the [[Continental League]], a proposed third major league, the announcement of which prompted their admission as an NL expansion team.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shapiro|first=Michael|date=July 23, 2009|title=Memorabilia From the What-If Drawer (Published 2009)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/sports/baseball/23league.html|access-date=February 18, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Since 2009, the Mets have played their home games at [[Citi Field]] next to the site where Shea Stadium once stood.
In their [[1962 New York Mets season|inaugural season]], the Mets posted a record of 40–120, the second most regular-season losses since MLB went to a 162-game schedule.<ref name="WorstRecord"/> The team never finished better than second-to-last in the 1960s until the [[1969 New York Mets season|"Miracle Mets"]] beat the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in the [[1969 World Series]], considered one of the biggest upsets in [[World Series]] history despite the Mets having [[List of Major League Baseball 100 win seasons|won 100 games]] that season.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/photos/2013/06/24/greatest-upsets-sports-history/15| title=Greatest Upsets In Sports History|magazine=Sports Illustrated| date=June 24, 2013| access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref> The Mets have qualified for the postseason eleven times, winning the World Series twice (1969 and [[1986 New York Mets season|1986]]) and winning five [[National League pennant|National League pennants]] (most recently in [[2000 New York Mets season|2000]] and [[2015 New York Mets season|2015]]), and six National League East division titles.
Since 2020, the Mets have been owned by billionaire hedge fund manager [[Steve Cohen (businessman)|Steve Cohen]], who purchased the team for $2.4 billion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/sports/baseball/steve-cohen-mets-approved.html| title=Steven Cohen Is Approved as Mets Owner After Clearing 2 More Hurdles|work=The New York Times| date=October 30, 2020| access-date=January 11, 2021| last1=Wagner| first1=James}}</ref> As of 2025, ''[[Forbes]]'' ranked the Mets as the sixth most valuable MLB team, valued at $3.2 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/mlb-valuations/list/|title=The Business Of Baseball – Full List|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=May 14, 2025}}</ref>
As of the end of the 2024 regular season, the team's overall win–loss record is {{Win–loss record|w=4,816|l=5,148}} ({{Winning percentage|4816|5148}}).<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Mets Team History & Encyclopedia|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/index.shtml|website=[[Baseball-reference.com]]|publisher=Baseball Info Solutions|access-date=October 1, 2024}}</ref>
==History==
{{Main|History of the New York Mets}}
[[File:William Shea.jpg|thumb|upright|[[William Shea]] was instrumental in returning National League baseball to New York City after five years of absence.]]
===1960s: Founding and first World Series===
After the 1957 season, the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] and [[New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]] [[relocation of professional sports teams|relocated]] from New York to California to become the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and [[San Francisco Giants]], leaving the largest city in the United States with no National League franchise and only one major league team, the [[New York Yankees]] of the [[American League]] (AL). With the threat of a New York team joining the new [[Continental League]], the National League [[1962 Major League Baseball expansion|expanded]] by adding the New York Mets following a proposal from [[William Shea]]. In a symbolic reference to New York's earlier National League teams, the new team took as its primary colors the blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants, both of which are colors also featured on the [[Flags of New York City|flag of New York City]]. The nickname "Mets" was adopted: being a natural shorthand to the club's corporate name, the "'''New York Metropolitan Baseball Club''', Inc.",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/a-note-on-the-name/|title=The New York Metropolitan Club|editor=Press|publisher=Mets Heritage|access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://casetext.com/case/davidoff-v-metropolitan-baseball-club-inc|title=Davidoff v. Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc.|editor=Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department|date=February 3, 1983|publisher=Casetext|access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc.|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=12486682|publisher=Bloomberg LP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324065834/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=12486682|archive-date=March 24, 2019|access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> which hearkened back to the "[[New York Metropolitans|Metropolitans]]" (a New York team in the [[American Association (1882–1891)|American Association]] from 1880 to 1887),<ref name="timeline1" /> and its brevity was advantageous for newspaper headlines.<ref name="Nickname">{{cite news|title=New National League Team Here Approves Mets as Its Official Nickname|first=Louis|last=Effrat|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 9, 1961|page=48|author-link=Louis Effrat}}</ref>
[[File:Shea stadium.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Shea Stadium]] was the Mets' home field from 1964 to 2008.]]
[[File:Tom Seaver at Shea Stadium 1974 CROP.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tom Seaver]], three-time Cy Young Award winner, led the Mets to victory in the [[1969 World Series]]. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992.]]
The [[1962 New York Mets season|1962 Mets]] posted a 40–120 record, the second most losses by a post-1900 MLB team behind the [[2024 Chicago White Sox season|2024 Chicago White Sox]].<ref name="WorstRecord">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/white-sox-mlb-record-losses-rcna172288|title=Chicago White Sox lose 121st game this season, most in baseball history|date=September 27, 2024|access-date=September 27, 2024|first=Rohan|last=Nadkarni|work=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/27/sport/white-sox-most-losses-modern-mlb-spt-intl/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn|title=Chicago White Sox make unwanted history by recording the most losses in a single modern MLB season|first=David|last=Close|work=CNN|date=September 27, 2024|access-date=September 28, 2024}}</ref> During the [[1963 New York Mets season|1963 season]] the team featured a pitcher, Carlton Willey, who was having a great year, pitching four shut-outs, when he incurred an injury and finished with a 9–14 win–loss record. The '63 squad also had [[Duke Snider]], who hit his 2,000th hit and later his 400th home run and earned a berth to the 1963 All-Star Game. In 1964, the Mets hired [[Yogi Berra]] as a coach under Casey Stengel's coaching staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/18/archives/berra-signs-twoyear-contract-as-coach-with-mets-at-35-000-a-season.html|title=Berra Signs Two-Year Contract as Coach With Mets at $35,000 a Season; Pinch-Hitter Role Is A Possibility; Berra Stresses Desire to Wear Uniform, Stays on Good Terms With Yanks|date=November 18, 1964|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref>
In 1966, the Mets famously bypassed future Hall of Famer [[Reggie Jackson]] in the [[1966 Major League Baseball draft|amateur draft]], instead selecting [[Steve Chilcott]], who never played in the majors. But the following year, they acquired future Hall of Famer [[Tom Seaver]] in a lottery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/classic/s/moment010403seaver.html|title=ESPN Classic – Mets win rights to sign Tom Seaver|last=Schwartz|first=Larry|date=April 3, 1966|website=ESPN.com|access-date=October 9, 2013}}</ref> Seaver helped the [[1969 New York Mets season|1969 "Miracle Mets"]] win the new [[National League East]] division title, then defeat the [[1969 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] to win the National League pennant and the heavily favored [[1969 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] to win the [[1969 World Series]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-1969-world-series-1.37558860|title=Fifty years ago, the Mets did the impossible by winning the World Series|last=Rieber|first=Anthony|date=October 17, 2019|website=Newsday.com|access-date=October 17, 2019}}</ref>
===1970s: Second pennant and the "Midnight Massacre"===
In [[1973 New York Mets season|1973]], the Mets rallied from 5th place to win the division, despite a record of only 82–79.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1973.shtml|title=1973 New York Mets Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref> They shocked the heavily favored [[1973 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]]' "[[The Big Red Machine|Big Red Machine]]" in the [[1973 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] and pushed the defending World Series champion [[1973 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]] to a seventh game, but lost the series. Notably, 1973 was the only NL East title between 1970 and 1980 that was not won by either the [[Phillies–Pirates rivalry|Philadelphia Phillies or the Pittsburgh Pirates]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050707&content_id=1119893&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|title=Notes: Phils–Pirates rivalry fading|date=July 7, 2005|access-date=January 3, 2011|first=George|last=Von Benko|website=Philadelphia Phillies|publisher=MLB|quote=From 1974–80, the [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] and [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] won all seven National League East titles (Phillies four, Pirates three).|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714103810/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050707&content_id=1119893&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi|archive-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pirates perform rare three-peat feat 4–2|date=September 28, 1992|newspaper=USA Today|page=5C|quote=The Pirates...won three (NL East titles) in a row from 1970–72.}}</ref> Star pitcher Tom Seaver was traded in [[1977 New York Mets season|1977]], on a day remembered as "the Midnight Massacre",<ref>{{cite news |last=Madden |first=Bill |title=The true story of The Midnight Masscare |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/true-story-midnight-massacre-article-1.224970 |access-date=September 28, 2014 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=June 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009142708/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/midnight-massacre-article-1.224970 |archive-date=October 9, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the Mets fell into last place for several years.
===1980s: Success, Wilpon takes over and second World Series championship===
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In January 1980, the Payson heirs sold the Mets franchise to the [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] publishing company for $21.1 million, a record amount at that time. [[Nelson Doubleday, Jr.]] was named chairman of the board while minority shareholder [[Fred Wilpon]] took the role of club president. In February, Wilpon hired longtime [[Baltimore Orioles]] executive [[Frank Cashen]] as general manager who began the process of rebuilding the Mets much in the same way he developed the Orioles in the late 1960s and early 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/frank-cashen-whose-team-building-savvy-led-ny-mets-to-world-series-in-1986-dies/2014/06/30/865d9d68-0094-11e4-b8ff-89afd3fad6bd_story.html|title=Frank Cashen, whose team-building savvy led N.Y. Mets to World Series in 1986 dies|last=Walker|first=Ben|date=June 30, 2014|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref>
The franchise turned around in the mid-1980s. During this time the Mets drafted slugger [[Darryl Strawberry]] (#1 in 1980)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazinavenue.com/2013/6/3/4391810/this-date-in-mets-history-june-3-darryl-strawberry-gregg-jefferies-drafted|title=This date in Mets History: June 3 – Mets draft Darryl, Gregg Jefferies, and others|website=Amazin'Avenue|last=Mahan|first=Brock|date=June 3, 2013|access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref> and 1985 [[Cy Young Award]] winner [[Dwight Gooden]] (#5 in 1982).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-dwight-gooden-mlb-draft-20220716-owdiqwzsdvepbm6rgbnaaw4rb4-story.html|title=Dwight Gooden and the '82 Mets draft class that turned the team into champs|last=McCarron|first=Anthony|date=July 16, 2022|website=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref> Former National League MVP and perennial [[Gold Glove]] winner [[Keith Hernandez]] was obtained by the Mets in 1983 from the [[St. Louis Cardinals]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/16/sports/keith-hernandez-sent-to-mets-for-allen-ownbey.html|title=Keith Hernandez Sent to Mets For Allen, Ownbey|last=Dupont|first=Kevin|date=June 16, 1983|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sny.tv/articles/mets-traded-for-keith-hernandez-on-todays-date-in-1983|title=Mets traded for Keith Hernandez on today's date in 1983|website=[[SportsNet New York]]|access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> This began a rivalry between the two teams that lasted throughout the rest of the 1980s, during which the teams would swap [[NL East]] titles between 1985 and 1988, Mets players openly trolled the Cardinals, and Cardinals fans nicknamed the Mets "pond scum."<ref name="Ladson">{{cite web|last=Ladson|first=Bill|title=How the trade that made Keith Hernandez a Met came to be|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/keith-hernandez-mets-trade-anniversary|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|date=June 16, 2023|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Crisafulli">{{cite web|last=Crisafulli|first=Alex|title=The Cardinals – Mets rivalry was the best rivalry|url=https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/8/25/12637064/the-cardinals-mets-rivalry-keith-hernandez-jack-clark-1985-1987|publisher=[[SB Nation]] (Viva El Birdos)|date=August 25, 2016|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>
After finishing their first three campaigns of the 1980s decade in either 5th or 6th (last) place, in 1984, new manager [[Davey Johnson]] was promoted from the helm of the AAA [[Norfolk Tides|Tidewater Tides]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/news/johnson-davey|title=Davey Johnson's Managerial Skills Lead Him To Cooperstown's Doorstep|last=Francis|first=Bill|website=Baseball Hall of Fame|publisher=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref> He led the Mets to a second-place, 90–72 record, their first winning season since 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1984.shtml|title=1984 New York Mets Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref>
In [[1985 New York Mets season|1985]], they acquired Hall of Fame catcher [[Gary Carter]] from the [[Montreal Expos]] and won 98 games, but narrowly missed the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/11/sports/mets-get-expo-s-carter-for-brooks-and-3-others.html|title=Mets get Expo's Carter for Brooks and 3 Others|last=Durso|first=Joseph|date=December 11, 1984|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1985.shtml|title=1985 New York Mets Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref> In [[1986 New York Mets season|1986]], they won the division with a record of 108–54, one of the best in National League history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1986.shtml|title=1986 New York Mets Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=August 23, 2022}}</ref> They then won a dramatic [[1986 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] in six games over the [[1986 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.amazinavenue.com/2020/10/14/21515174/mets-1986-nlcs-victory-over-the-astros-gooden-strawberry-hernandez-carter-dykstra-scott|title=Revisiting the Mets 1986 NLCS victory over the Astros|last=Wolff|first=Robert|date=October 14, 2020|website=amazinavenue.com|access-date=October 14, 2020}}</ref> The sixth game of the series lasted sixteen innings, the longest playoff game in history until 2005. The Mets came within one strike of losing the [[1986 World Series|World Series]] against the [[1986 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] before a series of hits and defensive miscues ultimately led to an error by Boston's [[Bill Buckner]] which gave the Mets a Game 6 victory. The Mets won their second World Series title in seven games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/36038/this-date-in-86-miracle-at-shea|title=This date in '86: The Miracle of Game 6|last=Simon|first=Mark|date=October 25, 2011|website=ESPN.com|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=October 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/28/sports/the-world-series-86-mets-win-it-city-loves-it.html|title=The World Series '86; Mets Win It, City Loves It|last=Alfano|first=Peter|date=October 28, 1986|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 23, 2022}}</ref>
In [[1987 New York Mets season|1987]] the Mets declined to re-sign World Series MVP [[Ray Knight]], who then signed with the Baltimore Orioles and also traded away the flexible [[Kevin Mitchell (baseball)|Kevin Mitchell]] to the Padres for long-ball threat [[Kevin McReynolds]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/12/sports/mets-trade-five-for-mcreynolds-in-eight-man-deal.html|title=Mets Trade Five For McReynolds In Eight-Man Deal|last=Durso|first=Joseph|date=December 12, 1986|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref> Weeks later Mets' ace Dwight Gooden was admitted to a drug clinic after testing positive for cocaine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1987-04-02-8701210559-story.html|title=Mets' Gooden To Enter Drug Center|last=O'Connell|first=Jack|date=April 2, 1987|website=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|access-date=August 23, 2022}}</ref> Despite Gooden struggling in the first few months of the 1987 season, "Dr. K" rebounded, as did the team. It was during the tough times that the Mets made a great long-term deal, trading [[Ed Hearn (catcher)|Ed Hearn]] to the [[Kansas City Royals]] for pitcher [[David Cone]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/28/sports/mets-trade-hearn-anderson-to-royals.html|title=Mets Trade Hearn, Anderson To Royals|last=Berkow|first=Ira|date=March 28, 1987|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref>
The rivalry with the Cardinals culminated in the 1987 season, when the Mets surged to challenge them for the NL East title but suffered two painful losses. The first came on Seat Cushion Night where [[Tom Herr]] hit a walk-off grand slam. A greater loss came on September 11 in a game against St. Louis, 3rd baseman [[Terry Pendleton]] hit a homer to give the Cardinals a lead, and eventually the NL East title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/terry-pendleton-hr-doomed-mets-dynasty-article-1.3482807|title=In 1987, Terry Pendleton's HR doomed the Mets dynasty that never was and Roger McDowell still can't talk about it|last=Red|first=Christian|date=September 9, 2017|website=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref> One highlight of the year was Darryl Strawberry and [[Howard Johnson (baseball)|Howard Johnson]] becoming the first teammates' ever to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in the same season.
The Mets rebounded the following year to post a 100–60 overall record and win their division in [[1988 New York Mets season|1988]], but lost [[1988 NLCS|in the NLCS]] that year to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] and declined into the 1990s.
===1990s: Struggles and return to the postseason===
====1991–1993: ''The Worst Team Money Could Buy''====
====1991–1992====
During the 1991 season, the [[1991 New York Mets season|Mets]] were actually in contention for much of the season, closing to within 2.5 games of the front-running [[1991 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pirates]] at one point. In the latter half, however, the bottom completely fell out and Harrelson was fired with a week left to go in the season, replaced by third base coach [[Mike Cubbage]] for the final games. [[Gregg Jefferies]], once considered a promising young player, became a distraction as he released a controversial statement to be read on [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN]] radio:<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/25/sports/heartfelt-plea-vintage-whine-jefferies-writes-fans.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Heartfelt Plea? Vintage Whine? Jefferies Writes Fans]</ref><blockquote>When a pitcher is having trouble getting players out, when a hitter is having trouble hitting, or when a player makes an error, I try to support them in whatever way I can. I don't run to the media to belittle them or to draw more attention to their difficult times. I can only hope that one day those teammates who have found it convenient to criticize me will realize that we are all in this together. If only we can concentrate more on the games, rather than complaining and bickering and pointing fingers, we would all be better off.</blockquote> This was seen as the end for Jefferies in New York as he would be traded to the [[Kansas City Royals]] in the offseason. The season ended on a high note, however, as [[David Cone]] pitched a one-hit shutout against the [[1991 Philadelphia Phillies season|Phillies]] at [[Veterans Stadium]], in which he struck out 19 batters, tying the National League regulation game record (first set by former Met [[Tom Seaver]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-6-1991-mets-david-cone-strikes-out-19-in-season-finale/|title=October 6, 1991: Mets' David Cone strikes out 19 in season finale|last=Brown|first=Thomas|date=October 6, 1991|website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> With all of the personal problems swirling around the Mets after the 1986 championship, the Mets tried to rebuild using experienced superstars. They picked up [[Eddie Murray]] for over $3 million, [[Bobby Bonilla]] for over $6 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/11/27/Murray-signs-with-Mets/5464691218000/|title=Murray Signs with Mets|date=November 27, 1991|website=[[United Press International]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/03/sports/mets-sign-bonilla-for-29-million-making-him-richest-in-baseball.html|title=Mets Sign Bonilla for $29 Million, Making Him Richest in Baseball|last=Sexton|first=Joe|date=December 3, 1991|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> They also traded McReynolds and Jefferies for one-time World Series hero [[Bret Saberhagen]] and his $3 million contract, along with signing veteran free agent pitcher [[Frank Tanana]] for $1.5 million. The rebuilding was supported by the slogan, "Hardball Is Back".<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDF1230F935A15750C0A965958260 THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING – ADDENDA; A New Approach For the Mets], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 26, 1993</ref>
The experiment of building a team via free agency quickly flopped as Saberhagen and [[Vince Coleman (baseball)|Vince Coleman]] were soon injured and spent more time on the disabled list than on the field, and Bonilla exhibited unprofessional behavior towards members of the press, once threatening a reporter by saying, "I'll show you The Bronx". [https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/readers/signings.html]. At the beginning of the 1991 season, Coleman, Gooden and outfielder [[Daryl Boston]] were named in an alleged sexual abuse incident against a woman near the Mets' spring training facility; the charges were later dropped. Meanwhile, popular pitcher David Cone was dealt to the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] during the 1992 season for [[Ryan Thompson (outfielder)|Ryan Thompson]] and [[Jeff Kent]]. While the move was widely criticized by fans of both teams, the Jays went on to win the [[1992 World Series]].Their descent was chronicled by the book ''The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse Of The New York Mets'' ({{ISBN|0-8032-7822-5}}) by Mets beat writers [[Bob Klapisch]] and John Harper.
====1993====
{{Main|1993 New York Mets season}}
The lowest point of the experiment was the 1993 season when the Mets lost 103 games. In April of that year, Coleman accidentally hit Gooden's shoulder with a golf club while practicing his swing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/27/sports/baseball-gooden-gets-hit-before-he-can-pitch.html|title=Baseball; Gooden Gets Hit Before He Can Pitch|last=Sexton|first=Joe|date=April 27, 1993|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref> In July, Saberhagen threw a firecracker under a table near reporters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/28/sports/baseball-saberhagen-admits-to-joke.html|title=Baseball; Saberhagan Admits to Joke|date=July 28, 1993|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref> Their young pitching prospect [[Anthony Young (baseball)|Anthony Young]] started the 1993 season at 0–13 and his overall streak of 27 straight losses over two years set a new record. After Young's record-setting loss, Coleman threw a firecracker out of the team bus window and injured three people resulting in felony charges that effectively ended his Mets career; the Mets placed him on paid administrative leave for the remainder of the season, and announced less than a month before the end of the season that he would never play for them again. Only a few days later, Saberhagen was in trouble again, this time for spraying [[bleach]] at three reporters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-11-sp-22497-story.html|title=Saberhagan Apologizes for spraying bleach|date=August 11, 1993|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref> The meltdown season resulted in the worst record for a Mets team since 1965. In addition, two of the three remaining links to the 1986 team, [[Howard Johnson (baseball)|Howard Johnson]] and [[Sid Fernandez]], departed after the season via free agency.
====1994 shortened season====
{{Main|1994 New York Mets season}}
The [[1994 Major League Baseball season|following season]] saw some promise for the troubled Mets, as first baseman [[Rico Brogna]] and second baseman [[Jeff Kent]] became fan favorites with their solid glove work and potential 20–25 home run power, Bonilla started to become the player the Mets expected, and a healthy Saberhagen, along with promising young starter [[Bobby Jones (right-handed pitcher)|Bobby Jones]] and John Franco, helped the Mets pitching staff along. In the [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|strike-shortened]] 1994 season the Mets were in 3rd place behind first-place [[1994 Montreal Expos season|Montreal]] and [[1994 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta]] when the season ended on August 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2022/03/04/a-mets-favorites-stance-on-this-baseball-nightmare/|title=What Rico Brogna and 1994 Mets learned about MLB labor strife and it's sad relevance today|last=Puma|first=Mike|date=March 4, 2022|website=[[New York Post]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>
===1995–1997: Working their way back===
====1995 season====
{{Main|1995 New York Mets season}}
When the strike finally ended in 1995, the Mets finally showed some promise again, finishing in 2nd place (but still 6 games under .500) behind eventual World Series champion Atlanta.
The 1995 season marked the emergence of pitchers [[Bill Pulsipher]], [[Jason Isringhausen]], and [[Paul Wilson (baseball)|Paul Wilson]]. The trio were dubbed [[Generation K (baseball)|Generation K]], a group of talented young hurlers who were destined to bring the Mets into greatness, much like Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and [[Nolan Ryan]] did in the 1960s. However, all three players succumbed to injury, preventing them from reaching their full potential. Of the three of them, only Isringhausen would accomplish much of significance in the majors, but as a reliever, eventually reaching 300 career saves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2015/10/11/tale-of-mets-generation-k-shows-how-great-arms-go-wrong/|title=Tale of Mets' Generation K shows how great arms go wrong|last=Braziller|first=Zach|date=October 11, 2015|website=[[New York Post]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>
====1996 season====
{{Main|1996 New York Mets season}}
The Mets dismal 1996 season was highlighted by the play of [[switch hitter|switch hitting]] [[catcher]] [[Todd Hundley]] breaking the Major League Baseball single season record for home runs hit by catcher with 41.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/09/14/todd-hundley-sets-new-record-for-home-runs-by-a-catcher-in-1996/|title=Todd Hundley sets new record for home runs by a catcher in 1996|date=September 14, 2015|website=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> [[Center fielder]] [[Lance Johnson]] set single-season franchise records in [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] (227), [[Triple (baseball)|triples]] (21), [[at bat]]s (682), [[Run (baseball)|runs scored]] (117). Johnson's 21 triples also led the National League, the highest amount by an NL player since 1930.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://risingapple.com/2018/10/01/mets-lance-johnson-1996/|title=Mets: Examining Lance Johnson's career year in 1996 a little closer|last=Boyle|first=Tim|date=October 1, 2018|website=Rising Apple|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>
====1997====
{{Main|1997 New York Mets season}}
In the off season, the Mets acquired first baseman [[John Olerud]] from the Toronto Blue Jays for pitcher [[Robert Person]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/25/sports/baseball-taking-shorter-deal-olerud-signs-with-mets.html|title=Baseball; Taking Shorter Deal, Olerud Signs With Mets|last=Olney|first=Buster|date=November 25, 1997|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>
In 1997, the Mets finally bounced back with an 88–74 record, missing the playoffs by only four games, and the team improved by 17 wins from 1996. On June 16, the Mets beat the [[1997 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] in the first ever regular-season game played between the crosstown rivals 6–0.<ref name=FirstCrossTownGame>{{cite news|title=The First Brag Belongs to Mlicki and the Mets|date=June 17, 1997|first=Murray|last=Chass|newspaper=The New York Times|page=B9|author-link=Murray Chass}}</ref> Mets starter [[Dave Mlicki]] pitched a complete game shutout to pick up the win.<ref name=FirstCrossTownGame/> In 1997, Hundley's great season was derailed by a devastating elbow injury and required [[Tommy John surgery]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/27/sports/baseball-mets-playing-it-safe-won-t-rely-on-hundley.html|title=Baseball; Mets, Play it Safe, Won't Rely on Hundley|date=September 27, 1997|last=Olney|first=Buster|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>
====1998====
{{Main|1998 New York Mets season}}
The Mets season in 1998 began with an unforgettable opening day game at [[Shea Stadium]] on March 31 against their [[Mets–Phillies rivalry|division rival]] [[Philadelphia Phillies]], marking the first time that a regular season baseball game was played in New York in March.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mets Take An Opener For the Ages|date=April 1, 1998|first=George|last=Vecsey|newspaper=The New York Times|page=C1|author-link=George Vecsey}}</ref> Both of them were involved in the longest scoreless opening day game in the National League and the longest one in the MLB since 1926 when the [[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|Washington Senators]] beat the [[Philadelphia Athletics]] 1–0 in 15 innings.<ref>{{cite news|title=For Openers, Zilch Phils Fall in 14th Without a Run|date=April 1, 1998|first=Jim|last=Salisbury|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|page=E1}}</ref><ref name=1998OpeningDay>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E5D71E3BF932A35757C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print|title=A Midsummer Classic in March as Mets Nip Phillies|date=April 1, 1998|first=Jason|last=Diamos|newspaper=The New York Times|page=C1}}</ref> The Mets won the game 1–0 in 14 innings when backup catcher [[Alberto Castillo (catcher)|Alberto Castillo]] delivered a full-count, two-out, pinch-hit single to right with the bases loaded off Philadelphia closer [[Ricky Bottalico]].<ref name=1998OpeningDay/>
During the season, the Mets acquired [[Mike Piazza]] in a blockbuster trade that immediately brought star power and credibility to the Mets that had been lacking in recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/who-won-mike-piazza-trade-mets-marlins|title=24 years ago, Mets got Piazza, But did they win the trade?|last=Harrigan|first=Thomas|date=May 21, 2023|website=[[MLB.com]]|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>
After the
====1999====
[[File:Mike Piazza (1999) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Hall of Fame catcher [[Mike Piazza]] in 1999]]
{{Main|1999 New York Mets season}}
The Mets started the 1999 season well, going 17–9, but after an eight-game losing streak, including the last two to the [[1999 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]], the Mets fired their entire coaching staff except for manager [[Bobby Valentine]].The Mets, in front of a national audience on [[ESPN Sunday Night Baseball|''Sunday Night Baseball'']], beat the New York Yankees 7–2 in the turning point of the 1999 season. Both Mike Piazza and Robin Ventura had MVP-type seasons and [[Benny Agbayani]] emerged as an important role player. 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 [[1999 National League Wild-Card tie-breaker game|a one-game playoff]] against the [[1999 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]], [[Al Leiter]] pitched the best game of his Met career as he hurled a two-hit complete-game shutout to advance the Mets to the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://risingapple.com/2019/12/23/mets-heroes-al-leiter-1999/|title=Mets Heroes: Al Leiter pitches a shutout against the Reds in rare Game 163|last=Boyle|first=Tim|date=December 23, 2019|website=Rising Apple|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> In the [[1999 National League Division Series|NLDS]], the Mets defeated the [[1999 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Arizona Diamondbacks]] 3 games to 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1999_NLDS2.shtml|title=1999 National League Division Series|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> The series-clinching victory included a walk-off home run by backup catcher [[Todd Pratt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-9-1999-journeyman-todd-pratt-slams-mets-into-nlcs/|title=October 9, 1999: Journeyman Todd Pratt slams Mets into NLCS|last=Vivianco|first=Cosme|date=October 17, 2019|website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> The Mets would lose however in the [[1999 National League Championship Series]] to the [[1999 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]], in six exciting games which included the famous [[Grand Slam Single]] by Robin Ventura to win game 5 for the Mets. The Mets were at one point down 3–0 in the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1999_NLCS.shtml|title=1999 National League Championship Series|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>
The Mets struggled for much of the 1990s, finishing with a losing record for six consecutive seasons between 1991 and 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1991.shtml|title=1991 New York Mets Season summary|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1992.shtml|title=1992 New York Mets Season summary|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1993.shtml|title=1993 New York Mets Season summary|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1994.shtml|title=1994 New York Mets Season summary|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1995.shtml|title=1995 New York Mets Season summary|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1996.shtml|title=1996 New York Mets Season summary|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
===2000s: The Subway World Series and new ballpark===
In [[2000 New York Mets season|2000]], the Mets finished the season with a 94–68 record andclinched a wild card spot in the playoffs. In the [[2000 National League Division Series|NLDS]], the Mets defeated the [[San Francisco Giants]] 3–1 in the series and the [[St Louis Cardinals]] in the [[2000 National League Championship Series|NLCS]]. After winning the National League pennant, the Mets earned a trip to the [[2000 World Series]] against their crosstown rivals, the New York Yankees, for a "[[Subway Series]]". The Mets were defeated by the Yankees in five games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2021/07/02/what-would-have-happened-if-mets-won-2000-world-series/|title=Mets winning Subway World Series 'would have changed a lot of lives'|last=O'Connor|first=Ian|date=July 2, 2021|website=[[New York Post]]|access-date=July 2, 2021}}</ref> The most memorable moment of the 2000 World Series occurred during the first inning of Game 2 at Yankee Stadium. Piazza fouled off a pitch which shattered his bat, sending a piece of the barrel toward the pitcher's mound. Pitcher [[Roger Clemens]] seized the piece and hurled it in the direction of Piazza as the catcher trotted to first base. Benches briefly cleared before the game was resumed with no ejections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2020/10/21/roger-clemens-bizarre-mike-piazza-bat-throw-is-still-shocking/|title=Roger Clemens' bizarre Mike Piazza bat throw is still shocking|last=Davidoff|first=Ken|date=October 21, 2020|website=[[New York Post]]|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref>
During the [[2001 New York Mets season|2001 season]], the Mets finished with a record of 82–80 finishing third in the division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2001.shtml|title=2001 New York Mets Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref> After the [[September 11 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks]] [[Shea Stadium]] was used as a relief center and then saw the first sporting event in New York City since the attacks, in a game vs. the [[2001 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] on September 21. In the bottom of the 8th inning the Mets were trailing 2–1 when Mike Piazza came to bat with a runner on first. Piazza dramatically sent Shea into a frenzy by crushing a home run to give the Mets a 3–2 lead and the eventual win. The game is considered to be one of the greatest moments in the history of the franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32164769/20-years-later-enduring-legacy-mike-piazza-home-run|title=20 years later, the enduring legacy of the Mike Piazza home run|last=Hockensmith|first=Ryan|date=September 8, 2021|website=[[ESPN]]|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref>
In 2002, despite the off-season signings of [[Tom Glavine]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/06/sports/baseball-veteran-glavine-picks-veteran-|title=Baseball; Veteran Glavine Picks Veteran Mets|last=Chass|first=Murray|date=December 6, 2002|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> [[Mo Vaughn]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/28/sports/baseball-mets-land-vaughn-with-a-twist-and-a-tug.html|title=Mets Land Vaughn With a Twist and a Tug|last=Chass|first=Murray|date=December 28, 2001|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> and [[Roberto Alomar]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/11/sports/mets-acquire-alomar-from-clevel|title=Mets Acquire Alomar From Cleveland|last=Curry|first=Jack|date=December 11, 2001|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> the Mets finished the [[2002 New York Mets season|2002 season]] with a 75–86 overall record and last in the NL East.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2002.shtml|title=2002 New York Mets Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref> During that same season the Mets dealt with off field distractions when co-owners Wilpon and Doubleday were in a legal battle which was later settled with Wilpon becoming the sole owner on August 23 that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/12/05/the-wilpons-worst-and-best-moments-as-mets-owners/|title=The Wilpon's worst and best moments as Mets owners|last=Braziller|first=December 5, 2019|website=[[New York Post]]|date=December 5, 2019 |access-date=September 11, 2022}}</ref>
In the aftermath of the 2004 season, the Mets hired a new general manager, [[Omar Minaya]], who immediately turned the franchise around by signing pitcher [[Pedro Martínez]] and hiring a new manager, [[Willie Randolph]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1947207|title=Physical passed four-year deal finalized|date=December 15, 2004|website=ESPN.com|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=November 7, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/how-the-mets-signed-pedro-martinez|title=How the Mets lured Pedro to Queens|website=MLB.com|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=December 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/sports/baseball/randolph-is-named-to-lead-the-mets.html|title=Randolph is Named to lead the Mets|last=Jenkins|first=Lee|date=November 4, 2004|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref> The Mets finished 2005 four games over .500, and the franchise's resurgence was complete by 2006 as they won 97 games and the NL East title behind new acquisitions [[Carlos Beltrán]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jan-10-sp-beltran10-story.html|title=Beltran is New King of Queens|last=Brown|first=Tim|date=January 10, 2005|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref> and [[Carlos Delgado]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/24/sports/baseball/in-swing-of-fortune-mets-finally-get-delgado.html|title=In Swing of Fortune, Mets Finally Get Delgado|last=Shpigel|first=Ben|date=November 24, 2005|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref> as well as young superstars [[José Reyes (shortstop)|José Reyes]] and [[David Wright]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://risingapple.com/posts/ny-mets-david-wright-jose-reyes-duo|title=David Wright and José Reyes: A duo cut too short|last=Mincolelli|first=Mark|date=March 31, 2023|website=Rising Apple|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> The Mets eventually succumbed to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in Game 7 of the [[2006 National League Championship Series|National League Championship Series]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2021/10/17/oral-history-of-2006-mets-nlcs-game-7-endy-chavez-game/|title=A condensed oral history of the 2006 NLCS and a Mets team that came so damn close|last=Davidoff|first=Kevin|date=October 17, 2021|website=[[New York Post]]|access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
In 2007, the Mets entered the final 17 games in the season with a seven-game lead in the NL East. But the team went on an ill-timed losing streak, losing 11 of the next 15 games, resulting in the Philadelphia Phillies winning the division by one game.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/01/sports/baseball/01mets.html|title=Mets Complete Stunning Collapse|last=Shpigel|first=Ben|date=October 1, 2007|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 1, 2007}}</ref>
The Mets held a more modest 3.5-game lead after 145 games of the [[2008 New York Mets season|2008 season]], their final season at Shea Stadium. On June 16, Omar Minaya fired Willie Randolph, [[Rick Peterson]], and [[Tom Nieto]]. [[Jerry Manuel]] was named interim manager.<ref name=randolph-fired>{{cite news | last = Shpigel | first = Ben | title = Mets Fire Manager Willie Randolph | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = June 17, 2008 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/sports/baseball/17cnd-mets.html | access-date = June 17, 2008}}</ref> While their 7–10 mark down the stretch was better than the previous season's 5–12, it still allowed the Phillies to pass them once again for the division crown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/hard-mets-collapse-article-1.319998|title=It's hard to believe Mets collapse again|last=Lupica|first=Mike|date=September 28, 2008|website=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=September 28, 2008}}</ref>
In 2009, the Mets moved into the newly constructed [[Citi Field]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/sports/baseball/14mets.html|title=On Crisp Night, Mets Open Their Snappy New Ballpark|last=Shpigel|first=Ben|date=April 13, 2009|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 13, 2009}}</ref> On April 17, [[Gary Sheffield]], who just days earlier was signed by the Mets as a free agent, hit his [[500 home run club|500th home run]] against the [[2009 Milwaukee Brewers season|Milwaukee Brewers]]. Sheffield became the first pinch hitter to reach this milestone, as well as the first to do it in a Mets uniform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4078752|title=Sheffield reaches rare milestone|date=April 17, 2009|website=[[ESPN]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://risingapple.com/2019/04/17/mets-gary-sheffield-500-home-run/|title=Mets Once in a lifetime moment: Gary Sheffield's 500th home run|last=Lennon|first=Edward|date=April 17, 2019|website=Rising Apple|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref> The [[2009 New York Mets season|season]] was mainly a tough one for the Mets which was marred by numerous injuries suffered by its players, with 20 of them having been on the [[disabled list]] at one point or another during the season and losing star (and also replacement) players like [[J. J. Putz]], [[John Maine]], [[Óliver Pérez]], José Reyes, Carlos Beltrán, David Wright, Carlos Delgado, [[Johan Santana]], and [[Gary Sheffield]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/mets/2009/10/nelson_figueroa_tosses_complet.html|title=Nelson Figueroa tosses complete-game shutout as Mets finish season with 4-0 win over Astros|last=Costa|first=Brian|date=October 4, 2009|website=NJ.com|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref>
As a result, the Mets finished in fourth place, with a record of 70–92 and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2009.shtml|title=2009 New York Mets Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref> Mets players spent more than 1,480 days in the disabled list in 2009, more than any other team in the majors. Second-half turnarounds of [[Jeff Francoeur]] and [[Daniel Murphy (baseball)|Daniel Murphy]] helped the Mets finish the season with the best batting average in the National League, tied with the [[2009 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]].<ref>{{cite news|title=After Quiet Finish, Mets Are Planning For Busy Off-Season|date=October 5, 2009|first=Ben|last=Shpigel|newspaper=The New York Times|page=D6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/10/who-killed-the-2009-new-york-mets|title=Who Killed The 2009 New York Mets (Besides Madoff, Barabooey, And The Late D.J. AM)?|last=Windolf|first=Jim|date=October 3, 2009|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref>
===2010s: Wilpon sells the team and fifth trip to the World Series===
In 2012, Mets owners [[Fred Wilpon]] and [[Saul Katz]] settled a lawsuit brought against them on behalf of the victims of [[Bernard Madoff]]'s [[Ponzi scheme]] for $162 million. As a result of this agreement the liquidator, [[Irving Picard]], agreed to drop the charges that Wilpon and Katz blindly went along with the scheme for their personal benefit. Picard had originally sought to recover $1 billion from the Wilpon family and Katz, but settled for $162 million along with the admission that neither the Wilpons nor Katz had any knowledge of the Ponzi scheme. In 2011–2012, Mets ownership sold twelve minority 4% shares (totaling 48%) of the franchise at $20 million apiece to provide a cash infusion of $240 million for the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7708498/new-york-mets-settle-madoff-trustee-162-million|title=New York Mets settle with Madoff trustee for $162 million – ESPN New York|work=ESPN.com|date=March 19, 2012|access-date=October 4, 2014}}</ref>
Though the first half of the 2010s saw limited success for the Mets, who failed to finish with a winning record between 2009 and 2014, this period coincided with a number of milestones for the franchise, including the first [[no-hitter]] in franchise history by [[Johan Santana]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2020/06/01/johan-santanas-no-hitter-comes-with-a-haunting-mets-legacy/|title=Johan Santana's no-hitter comes with a haunting Mets Legacy|last=Kussoy|first=Howie|date=June 1, 2020|website=[[New York Post]]|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> [[R.A. Dickey]] won the NL Cy Young Award pitching for the Mets that same season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=R.A. Dickey wins NL Cy Young |date=November 14, 2012 |url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/8633034/ra-dickey-new-york-mets-wins-national-league-cy-young-becoming-first-knuckleballer-win-award |access-date=November 15, 2012 |work=ESPN}}</ref>
[[File:Jacob deGrom.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jacob deGrom]], the 2014 [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]] and 2018 and 2019 [[Cy Young Award]] Winner]]
On September 26, 2015, the Mets clinched the NL East division title, and thus their first postseason berth since 2006, by defeating the Cincinnati Reds 10–2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/amazin-mets-clinch-nl-east-title-10-2-win-reds-article-1.2375810?outputType=amp|title=Mets clinch NL East title as Lucas Duda hits grand slam, David Wright adds homer in 10–2 win over Reds|last=Ackert|first=Kristie|date=September 27, 2015|website=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref> They defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in the [[2015 NLDS|NLDS]], three games to two,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/sports/baseball/new-york-mets-beat-los-angeles-dodgers-nlds.html|title=Next Stop for Mets: The N.L.C.S.|last=Rohan|first=Tim|date=October 15, 2015|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref> and swept the Chicago Cubs in the [[2015 NLCS|NLCS]] for their first pennant in 15 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/10/21/mets-sweep-cubs-advance-world-series-nlcs/74367898/|title=Mets sweep Cubs, advance to World Series|last=Ortiz|first=Jorge|date=October 22, 2015|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref> In the [[2015 World Series]], they were defeated by the [[Kansas City Royals]] in five games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2585129-for-vanquished-mets-missed-opportunities-will-forever-define-2015-world-series|title=For Vanquished Mets, Missed Opportunities Will Forever Define 2015 World Series|last=Rymer|first=Zachary|date=November 2, 2015|website=[[Bleacher Report]]|access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref>
The Mets returned to the postseason in [[2016 Major League Baseball season#Postseason|2016]], marking only the second time in franchise history that the team qualified for the postseason in consecutive years. With an 87–75 record, the team qualified for the [[2016 National League Wild Card Game|wild-card game]], only to lose 3–0 to the [[San Francisco Giants]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2016.shtml|title=2016 New York Mets Season summary|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref> The Mets failed to make the playoffs for the rest of the decade, finishing no higher than third place in 2019 when they finished with a winning record of 86–76 (the highest of any team not to qualify for the postseason).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2019-standings.shtml|title=2019 Major League Baseball Standings and Expanded Standings|website=baseball-reference.com|date=October 31, 2019|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>
The end of the decade also coincided with [[David Wright]]'s retirement,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/sports/baseball/mets-david-wright-retires.html|title=Mets David Wright to Return, and then Retire|last=Wagner|first=James|date=September 13, 2018|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref> [[Jacob deGrom]] being awarded two consecutive Cy Young Awards (including for the 2018 season when the pitcher finished the year with a 1.70 ERA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/sports/baseball/jacob-degrom-cy-young.html|title=Jacob deGrom Wins Second Straight Cy Young Award|website=NY Times|date=November 13, 2019|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref> and first-baseman [[Pete Alonso]] winning the 2019 [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year Award]] and finishing the season with a major-league-leading 53 home runs, the most by any rookie in MLB history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/sports/baseball/pete-alonso-rookie-of-the-year.html|title=Pete Alonso Becomes the 6th Met to Be Named Rookie of the Year|website=NY Times|date=November 11, 2019|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref> On October 3, 2019, the Mets fired manager [[Mickey Callaway]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27759370/mets-dismiss-mickey-callaway-86-win-campaign|title=Mets dismiss Mickey Callaway after 86–win campaign|date=October 3, 2019|website=[[ESPN]]|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref> On November 1, 2019, the Mets named [[Carlos Beltrán]] as the new manager replacing Callaway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/new-york-mets-name-carlos-beltran-new-manager/|title=New York Mets name Carlos Beltran new manager|last=Perry|first=Dayn|date=November 1, 2019|website=[[CBS Sports]]|access-date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>
===2020s: Steve Cohen era===
[[File:Francisco Lindor (52033114874) (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|The Mets acquired 4x All-Star shortstop [[Francisco Lindor]] in 2021.]]
On January 16, 2020, Beltrán stepped down as manager before the start of the [[2020 MLB season]] due to his involvement in the [[Houston Astros sign stealing scandal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28496773/mets-agree-part-ways-manager-carlos-beltran|title=Mets agree to part ways with manager Carlos Beltran|last=Passan|first=Jeff|date=January 16, 2020|website=[[ESPN]]|access-date=January 16, 2020}}</ref> Two days later, the Mets hired [[Luis Rojas (baseball)|Luis Rojas]] as manager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-hire-luis-rojas-as-new-manager|title=Mets hire 'respected' Rojas as new manager|date=January 23, 2020|website=MLB.com|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> The team finished the shortened [[2020 New York Mets season|2020 season]] with a 26–34 record and a last-place finish in the NL East.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2020.shtml|title=2020 New York Mets Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
On October 30, 2020, [[Steve Cohen (businessman)|Steve Cohen]] became the majority owner of the Mets, owning 95% of the team, making him the current richest owner in baseball.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thosar|first=Deesha|title=Steve Cohen officially approved as owner of Mets; Mayor de Blasio signs off on deal|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-steve-cohen-mets-20201030-t5hj3ebvp5deff7mipn3p5n7f4-story.html|access-date=November 2, 2020|website=New York Daily News|date=October 30, 2020 }}</ref> He bought the team from the Wilpon family for $2.4 billion, with the Wilpons keeping the remaining 5%. On January 7, 2021, the Mets acquired pitcher [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carlos Carrasco]] and All-Star shortstop [[Francisco Lindor]] in a trade with the [[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30668781/sources-new-york-mets-finalizing-deal-acquire-ss-francisco-lindor-cleveland-indians|title=New York Mets acquire Francisco Lindor, Carlos Carrasco from Cleveland Guardians in blockbuster trade|date=January 7, 2021|website=ESPN.com|access-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> On March 31, Lindor and the Mets agreed to a 10-year extension worth $341 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/francisco-lindor-mets-deal|title=Lindor in Queens for next 11 yrs 'Here we go'|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=April 1, 2021|website=MLB.com|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=April 1, 2021}}</ref> At the trade deadline, the Mets acquired All-Star infielder & World Series champion [[Javier Báez]] in trade with the [[Chicago Cubs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/sports/baseball/javier-baez-mets.html|title=Needing Some Extra Magic, the Mets Trade For El Mago|last=Kepner|first=Tyler|date=July 30, 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> The Mets finished third place in the NL East with an overall record of 77–85.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/mlb/mets/news/what-the-mets-must-do-to-turn-things-around-in-offseason|title=What The Mets Must Do To Turn Things Around In Offseason|last=Ragazzo|first=Pat|date=October 4, 2021|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2021.shtml|title=2021 New York Mets Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=September 26, 2022}}</ref>
On November 19, the Mets hired [[Billy Eppler]] as their new general manager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/sports/baseball/billy-eppler-mets-gm.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/sports/baseball/billy-eppler-mets-gm.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |url-access=limited|title=A New General Manager Is a Relief for Mets Leadership|last=Kepner|first=Tyler|date=November 19, 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 19, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During the offseason, the Mets signed free agents [[Nick Plummer]], [[Starling Marte]], [[Eduardo Escobar]], and [[Mark Canha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/starling-marte-mets-deal|title=Marte, Canha, Escobar deals made official|website=MLB.com|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> On December 1, the Mets signed three-time [[Cy Young Award]] winner [[Max Scherzer]] with a three-year, $130 million deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/max-scherzer-mets-agree-to-record-contract-as-right-hander-signs-three-year-130-million-deal/|title=Max Scherzer, Mets agree to record contract as right-hander signs three-year, $130 million deal|last=Snyder|first=Matt|date=November 29, 2021|website=[[CBS Sports]]|access-date=November 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/max-scherzer-mets-deal|title=Mets ink 3-time Cy winner Max Scherzer to 3-year deal|date=December 1, 2021|website=MLB.com|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=December 1, 2021}}</ref> On December 18, the Mets announced that they hired [[Buck Showalter]] as their new manager via owner Steve Cohen's Twitter account.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32895867/new-york-mets-hire-buck-showalter-new-manager|title=New York Mets hire Buck Showalter as new manager|date=December 18, 2021|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2021/12/buck-showalter-is-the-right-guy-to-ignite-a-yankees-mets-war-in-the-big-apple-klapisch.html|title=Buck Showalter is the right guy to ignite a Yankees–Mets war in the Big Apple|last=Klapisch|first=Bob|date=December 19, 2021|website=NJ.com|access-date=December 19, 2021}}</ref>
On April 29, 2022, [[Tylor Megill]], [[Drew Smith (baseball)|Drew Smith]], [[Joely Rodríguez]], [[Seth Lugo]] and [[Edwin Díaz]] pitched the second no-hitter in franchise history in a 3–0 win against the [[Philadelphia Phillies]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/gameday/phillies-vs-mets/2022/04/29/662592 | title=Phillies 0, Mets 3 (Final Score) on MLB Gameday | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/sports/baseball/tylor-megill-mets-no-hitter.html|title=The Mets Have An Imperfect Night to Remember|last=Kepner|first=Tyler|date=April 29, 2022|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 29, 2022}}</ref> On September 18, during a game against the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Jacob deGrom]] set a new MLB record by allowing three or less earned runs in 40 consecutive games, breaking a record that was held by [[Jim Scott (pitcher)|Jim Scott]] for over 100 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/jacob-degrom-breaks-108-year-old-mlb-record-mets-win|title=Jacob deGrom breaks 108-year-old MLB record in Mets win|last=Morik|first=Ryan|date=September 18, 2022|website=[[Fox News]]|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref>
On the following day, the Mets clinched their first postseason berth since 2016, and their 10th in franchise history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mets punch ticket to October with grander goals ahead |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-clinch-2022-playoff-berth |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> On September 25, [[Pete Alonso]] broke the Mets single-season [[Run batted in|RBI]] record which was previously set by former franchise stars [[Mike Piazza]] and [[David Wright]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/pete-alonso-breaks-mets-single-season-rbi-record |title=Alonso drives in 5 to become Mets' RBI King |last=Chen |first=Sonja |date=September 25, 2022 |website=[[MLB.com]] |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |access-date=September 26, 2022}}</ref> Also during the season, the Mets called up three of their top prospects [[Brett Baty]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/new-york-mets-calling-up-no-2-prospect-brett-baty |title=New York Mets Call Up Hot-Hitting Prospect Brett Baty |date=August 16, 2022 |website=[[Fox Sports]] |access-date=November 2, 2022}}</ref> [[Mark Vientos]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2022/09/10/mets-calling-up-mark-vientos-to-provide-needed-boost-to-lineup/|title=Mets calling up Mark Vientos as Starling Marte lands on IL|last=Puma|first=Mike|date=September 10, 2022|website=[[New York Post]]|access-date=November 2, 2022}}</ref> and [[Francisco Álvarez (baseball)|Francisco Álvarez]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/sports/baseball/francisco-alvarez-mets-braves.html |title='Im Going to Play My Game': The Mets Call Up Francisco Álvarez |last=Wagner |first=James |date=September 30, 2022 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 2, 2022}}</ref> The Mets won 101 games and tied with the [[2022 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] for the best record in the NL East; however, the Mets were designated as a Wild Card team due to them getting swept by the Braves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Braves on cusp of NL East title after sweep |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/braves-sweep-mets-magic-number-one-to-clinch-nl-east |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> The Mets lost the [[2022 National League Wild Card Series]] to the [[2022 San Diego Padres season|San Diego Padres]]. They also became the first team in MLB history to produce only one hit in a winner-take-all playoff game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2022.shtml|title=2022 New York Mets Season summary|publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/sports/baseball/mets-padres-wild-card-game-3.html|title=Mets Run Out of Magic as Season Ends Against Padres|last=Wagner|first=James|date=October 9, 2022|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref>
In the offseason, the Mets lost deGrom to the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] via free agency,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2022/12/02/jacob-degrom-signs-with-rangers-to-end-mets-tenure/ |title=Jacob deGrom signs with Rangers on five-year deal to end Mets tenure |first=Dan |last=Martin |work=New York Post |date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref> but quickly replaced him by signing Japanese ace [[Kodai Senga]] to a five-year, $75 million contract,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/kodai-senga-mets-deal |title=Mets finalize 5-year deal with RHP Senga |last=DiComo |first=Anthony |date=December 17, 2022 |website=[[MLB.com]] |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref> and three-time Cy Young Award winner [[Justin Verlander]] to a two-year, $86.7 million contract.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DiComo |first1=Anthony |title=Mets make 2-year pact with Verlander official |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/justin-verlander-mets-deal |website=mlb.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> Despite this the Mets were unable to gain momentum from the previous season and missed the playoffs in the process. The team ended the [[2023 New York Mets season|2023 season]] with a 75–87 record and finished fourth-place in the NL East.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2023.shtml|title=2023 New York Mets Season summary|publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref>
On September 12, 2023, the Mets hired [[David Stearns]] as their new president of baseball operations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title=Sources: Mets hiring Stearns as baseball ops prez |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38386497/sources-mets-hiring-david-stearns-president-baseball-operations |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> On October 1, after the final game of the season, the Mets fired manager Buck Showalter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38539509/buck-showalter-return-mets-manager-2024|title=Mets fire Buck Showalter after disappointing season|date=October 1, 2023|website=[[ESPN.com]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref> They would then introduce their new president Stearns on the following day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stearns becomes Mets' first president of baseball operations |url=https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/david-stearns-mets-first-president-of-baseball-operations |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> On October 5, Billy Eppler resigned as general manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38577028/billy-eppler-quits-general-manager-new-york-mets|title=Sources: Eppler resigned as Mets GM amid MLB investigation|last=Passan|first=Jeff|date=October 5, 2023|website=[[ESPN.com]]|access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref> On November 13, the Mets named former [[New York Yankees]] bench coach [[Carlos Mendoza (baseball manager)|Carlos Mendoza]] as their new manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/carlos-mendoza-mets-manager|title=Mets Hire Mendoza from Yankees as next manager|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=November 13, 2023|website=[[MLB.com]]|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref> During the offseason, the Mets signed free agents [[Luis Severino]], [[Joey Wendle]], [[Jorge Lopez (baseball)|Jorge López]], [[Harrison Bader]] and [[Sean Manaea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-severino-mets-deal|title=Mets ink deal with former Yanks RHP Severino|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=December 1, 2023|website=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mets-sign-all-star-rhp-jorge-lopez|title=Mets sign All-Star RHP Jorge Lopez|date=December 14, 2023|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/harrison-bader-to-sign-with-mets-on-10-5-million-deal-as-ex-yankee-becomes-outfield-depth-per-report/|title=Harrison Bader to sign with Mets on $10.5 million deal as ex-Yankee becomes outfield depth, per report|last=Anderson|first=RJ|date=January 4, 2024|website=[[CBS Sports]]|access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref>
In the {{mlby|2024}} season, the Mets started off with a dismal 22–33 record. However, after a players-only meeting was held by shortstop Francisco Lindor on May 29,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-30 |title=Mets hold 'productive' team meeting after frustration boils over in series finale loss to Dodgers |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mets-hold-productive-team-meeting-011510652.html |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> the Mets significantly improved the rest of the way, mainly from the [[McDonald's]] character [[McDonaldland|Grimace]] putting the Mets on a winning path, and the song "[[OMG (Candelita song)|OMG]]" by infielder [[Jose Iglesias (baseball)|Jose Iglesias]] under the stage name Candelita, becoming a rallying cry for the whole team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Grimace to The Playoff Pumpkin, Mets' good luck charms explained |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-ties-to-grimace-lucky-playoff-pumpkin-explained |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> The Mets finished with a record of 89–73 and qualified for the playoffs for the second time in three years.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Destiny was on us': Mets prevail in all-time classic to clinch WC berth |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-clinch-2024-playoff-berth-with-win-over-braves |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> They reached as far as the [[2024 National League Championship Series]] before losing to the eventual World Series champion [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] in six games.<ref name="24mets">{{cite news |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Even with NLCS loss, Mets' 2024 season will be remembered for its awe-inspiring run |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/mets/2024/10/21/ny-mets-2024-season-will-be-remembered-for-its-awe-inspiring-run-nlcs-loss/75741503007/ |access-date=November 13, 2024 |publisher=NorthJersey.com |ref=}}</ref>
On December 8, 2024, the Mets signed superstar outfielder [[Juan Soto]] to a 15-year, $765 million contract in the offseason, the [[List of largest sports contracts|largest contract in professional sports history]]. It is also said that the contract has ushered in a new era in Mets history and in all of New York baseball.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2024/12/08/mets-sign-juan-soto-to-record-765-million-contract-could-top-805-million/|title=Mets Sign Juan Soto to record $765 Million Contract: Could Reach $800 Million|last=Brown|first=Maury|date=December 8, 2024|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42864917/sources-mets-land-juan-soto-15-year-765m-deal|title=Sources: Mets land Juan Soto on 15-year, $765M deal|last=Passan|first=Jeff|date=December 8, 2024|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tredinnick |first=Andrew |title=How Steve Cohen, Mets shook New York's baseball landscape with historic Juan Soto deal |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/mets/2024/12/09/steve-cohen-juan-soto-new-york-mets-record-contract/76857284007/ |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=North Jersey Media Group |language=en-US}}</ref>
==World Series championships==
[[File:1986 ny-mets-world-series-champions-celebration-city-hall.jpg|thumb|210px|Mets' fans celebrating the [[1986 New York Mets season|1986 championship team]] at [[New York City Hall]]]]
Throughout the 60-year history of the franchise, the Mets have won two [[World Series]] championships in total.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/|title=New York Mets Team History & Encyclopedia|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref>
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| [[1969 World Series|1969]]|| [[Gil Hodges]] || [[Baltimore Orioles]] || 4–1 || 100–62
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==Culture==
===Fan support===
In 1998, the Independent Budget Office of the city of New York published a study on the economic effect of the city's two Major League Baseball teams. The study found that 43% of Mets fans lived in one of the five boroughs of New York, 39% in the tri-state area outside the city, and 12% elsewhere. Mets fans were more likely to be found in [[Queens]], [[Brooklyn]], and the [[Long Island]] counties of [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] and [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]]. Mets, Yankees, and [[Toronto Blue Jays]] fans are shared in [[Western New York]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/stadiumsurvey.html|title=Home Base for Mets and Yankees Fans|date=September 28, 1998|website=ibo.nyc.ny.us|access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref> Notable fans of the Mets include [[Jerry Seinfeld]], [[Kevin James]], [[Julia Stiles]], [[Ty Burrell]], [[Bill Maher]], [[Ben Stiller]], [[Jimmy Kimmel]], [[Hank Azaria]], [[Jim Breuer]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[Chris Rock]], [[Matthew Broderick]], [[Dylan O'Brien]], [[Glenn Close]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Ad-Rock]], [[Adam Yauch|MCA]], [[Nas]], [[50 Cent]], [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Chris Christie]], [[Patrick Mahomes]], and [[Donovan Mitchell]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.mlb.com/news/celebrity-mets-fans|title=A look at some of the Mets' famous fans|date=January 22, 2021|website=[[MLB.com]]|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>
===The 7 Line Army===
[[File:The 7 Line Army Celebrating the Mets Opening Day Victory (33784698436).jpg|thumb|right|340px|The 7 Line Army in 2017]]
{{Main|The 7 Line Army}}
The "7 Line Army" are a group primarily consisting of passionate and die-hard Mets fans occupying the Big Apple Section of [[Citi Field]] during home games for the Mets. The group was founded in 2012 by Darren Meenan who owns The 7 Line, an apparel company that produces Mets-themed clothing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://risingapple.com/2019/09/11/mets-7line-experience/|title=Sitting with the 7 Line Army is an experience like no other|last=Cacase|first=Matthew|date=September 11, 2019|website=RisingApple.com|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/nyregion/mets-yankees-world-series-bleacher-creatures-7-line-army.html|title=Move Over, Bleacher Creatures: It's The 7 Line Army's Turn|last=Bondy|first=Filip|date=October 28, 2015|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/31/the-mets-secret-weapon-for-historic-world-series-comeback.html|title=The 7 Line hits it big with its Army of Mets fans|last=Sheetz|first=Michael|date=October 31, 2015|website=[[CNBC]]|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref>
===Mascots===
{{For|more information|Mr. Met}}
[[File:Mr-met-mrs-met.jpg|thumb|Mr. & Mrs. Met greeting Mets Fans.]]
[[Mr. Met]] is the official mascot of the New York Mets. He was introduced on the cover of game programs in 1963, when the Mets were still playing at the [[Polo Grounds]] in northern Manhattan.<ref name="Mr. Met">{{cite news|title=He's In The Army Now: The Life And Times Of Mr. Met|url=http://www.queenstribune.com/archives/featurearchive/feature2002/0425/feature_story.html|newspaper=Queens Tribune|author1=McGuire, Stephen |first2=Liz |last2=Goff |date=April 25, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615113257/http://www.queenstribune.com/archives/featurearchive/feature2002/0425/feature_story.html|archive-date=June 15, 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=October 4, 2009}}</ref> When the Mets moved to [[Shea Stadium]] in 1964, fans were introduced to a live costumed version.<ref name="Mr. Met"/> Mr. Met is believed to have been the first mascot in Major League Baseball to exist in human (as opposed to artistically rendered) form.<ref name="Mr. Met"/>
[[Mrs. Met]] (formerly Lady Met) is the female counterpart to Mr. Met, and the couple sometimes appears with 2–3 smaller "children".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsgrid.com/mlb/mrs-met-is-back-and-apparently-shes-into-some-pretty-kinky-stuff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707162418/http://www.sportsgrid.com/mlb/mrs-met-is-back-and-apparently-shes-into-some-pretty-kinky-stuff/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 7, 2013 |title=Mrs. Met Is Back, And Apparently She's Into Some Pretty Kinky Stuff |editor=Chandler, Rick |date=July 5, 2013 |publisher=Sports Grid |access-date=October 24, 2015 }}</ref>
The Mets have had two mascots other than Mr. and Mrs. Met at different points in its history. The franchise's original official mascot was Homer, a [[beagle]] trained by [[Rudd Weatherwax]] that lived at the [[Waldorf Astoria New York|Waldorf-Astoria]], was sponsored by [[Rheingold Beer]] and had his own platform behind home plate at the Polo Grounds. The dog was not included in the transition to Shea Stadium.<ref>[https://www.si.com/vault/1992/05/25/126550/bad-beyond-belief-thirty-years-ago-the-newborn-new-york-mets-made-baseball-history-of-the-most-dubious-kind Rushin, Steve. "Bad Beyond Belief," ''Sports Illustrated'', May 25, 1992.] Retrieved September 4, 2019</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Zd7a93T6FTMC&dq=new+york+mets+mascot+homer+beagle&pg=PA26 Silverman, Matthew. ''New York Mets: The Complete Illustrated History''. Minneapolis, MN: MVP Books, 2011.] Retrieved September 4, 2019</ref> The brainchild of team owner [[Lorinda de Roulet]]'s daughter Bebe, Mettle the [[mule]] represented the Mets for only the [[1979 New York Mets season|1979 season]]. The name was the result of a contest won by Dolores Mapps of [[Mercerville, New Jersey]] whose explanation was that it typified the team's "spirit, ardor, stamina and courage, all of which the Mets have in abundance." Mettle was not retained after the franchise was sold to [[Nelson Doubleday Jr.]] and [[Fred Wilpon]] the following year.<ref>[https://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/when-the-mets-had-mettle/ Belson, Ken. "When the Mets Had Mettle," ''The New York Times'', Friday, February 26, 2010.] Retrieved September 4, 2019</ref>
===Theme song===
"[[Meet the Mets]]" is the Mets' signature song, written in 1961, one year before the first season, by Bill Katz and [[Ruth Roberts]]. It is played on the radio, during television broadcasts and at Mets' home games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ruth Roberts, 'Meet the Mets' Songwriter, Dies at 84|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/arts/music/ruth-roberts-meet-the-mets-songwriter-dies-at-84.html?_r=1|work=The New York Times|author=Keepnews, Peter|date=July 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517105941/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/arts/music/ruth-roberts-meet-the-mets-songwriter-dies-at-84.html?_r=1|archive-date=May 17, 2013|access-date=July 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazinavenue.com/2016/5/9/11553868/meet-the-mets-versions-variations-tribute|title=The many versions of "Meet the Mets"|website=Amazin' Avenue|last=Varvaro|first=Matt|date=May 9, 2016|access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref> Other songs traditionally sung at Mets home games include "[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]" and the [[Sicily|Sicilian]] song "[[C'è la luna mezzo mare|Lazy Mary]]" during the [[seventh-inning stretch]] and Billy Joel's "[[Piano Man (song)|Piano Man]]" in the middle of the eighth inning.
==="Let's go Mets" meme===
In 2021, an [[internet meme]] involving the fan chant "let's go, Mets" began spreading through social media, particularly [[Twitter]] and [[TikTok]]. The meme is largely based around fictional characters unexpectedly expressing support for the team, such as [[Kingpin (character)|Kingpin]] from ''[[Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse]]'' and characters from the video game ''[[Genshin Impact]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Let's Go Mets |url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lets-go-mets |website=Know Your Meme |date=October 6, 2021 |access-date=June 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Haasch |first1=Palmer |title=A meme about Genshin Impact video game characters loving the New York Mets is going viral on TikTok |url=https://www.insider.com/genshin-impact-fandom-love-the-mets-memes-tiktok-childe-souleaterwill-2021-10 |website=Insider |access-date=June 26, 2023}}</ref>
==Uniform and logo symbolism==
{{Main|Logos and uniforms of the New York Mets}}
[[Image:Jerry Koosman 2008-09-28.jpg|thumb|right|143px|[[Jerry Koosman]] wearing his late-1960s' era Mets jersey, which served as an inspiration for the 2012–13 Mets pinstriped uniform.]]
The Mets' colors are blue and orange, originally chosen to honor the city's history of [[National League (baseball)|National League]] baseball; blue for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]], and orange for the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]]. Blue and orange are also the colors of New York City, as seen on its [[Flag of New York City|flag]].<ref name="timeline1" />
In 1998, black was added to the color scheme. Beginning with 2012 the black elements in the uniform began to be phased out, and were eliminated in 2013. In 2021, the team reintroduced black in their alternate uniforms.
===Logo===
[[Image:New York Mets Insignia.svg|thumb|left|150px|Cap insignia]]
[[File:New York Mets.svg|thumb|left|150px|Team Logo]]
The primary logo, designed by sports cartoonist Ray Gotto, consists of "Mets" written in orange script trimmed in white across a blue representation of the New York City skyline with a white suspension bridge in the foreground, all contained in an orange circle with orange baseball stitching across the image. Each part of the skyline has special meaning—at the left is a church spire, symbolic of Brooklyn, the borough of churches; the second building from the left is the [[Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building]], the tallest building in Brooklyn at the time of the team's founding; next is the [[Woolworth Building]]; after a general skyline view of midtown comes the [[Empire State Building]]; at the far right is the [[headquarters of the United Nations]]. The suspension bridge in the center symbolizes that the Mets, by bringing National League baseball back to New York, represent all five boroughs; many of New York's major bridges are suspension designs.<ref name="timeline1" /> In 1999, the logo received a slight alteration; a small "NY" originally placed to the left of the team script was removed.
With the introduction of black as an official color, an alternate team logo was created in 1999. It is identical to the original logo, but the skyline is black instead of blue and the "Mets" script is blue trimmed in orange and white instead of orange trimmed in white (the alternate black jerseys displayed the primary blue and orange logo on the left sleeves in 1998; in 1999 this was changed to the alternate black and blue logo). The logo fell into disuse after the Mets dropped the alternate black jerseys and caps in 2012. When the team brought back the black jerseys in 2021, they feature the blue and orange logo patch instead of the black and blue logo.
Toward the end of the 2014 season, the Mets made a slight alteration to their logo on their [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]] accounts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sportslogos.net/2014/09/16/did-the-mets-try-to-sneak-a-new-logo-past-us/baseball/|last=Creamer|first=Chris|date=September 16, 2014|title=Did the Mets Try to Sneak a New Logo Past Us?|website=SportsLogos.net}}</ref> The roof of the building to the far right was tilted, changing it from the United Nations building to the [[Citigroup Center]]. Negative fan reaction to this change resulted in the building being immediately reverted to the UN building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/sports/baseball/alteration-to-mets-logo-on-twitter-and-facebook-draws-attention.html|author=[[Richard Sandomir]]|date=September 16, 2014|title=Alteration to Mets Logo on Twitter and Facebook Draws Attention|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> No other notable changes have been made to the logo since.
The cap logo consists of an orange, interlocking "NY" identical to the logo used by the New York Giants in their final years, and is on a blue cap reminiscent of the caps worn by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
===Uniform color and design===
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Currently, the Mets wear an assortment of uniforms.
The home uniforms are white with blue pinstripes and feature "Mets" in blue script with an orange outline across the chest, block letter player names and numbers also in blue with an orange outline and a sleeve patch with the team logo. The uniforms are paired with a blue cap featuring an "NY" logo in orange, plus blue undersleeves, belts and socks.
The road uniforms, introduced in its current form in 2025, are gray with blue, orange and blue stripes on the collar, sleeves and pants and feature a radially-arched "NEW YORK" in Tiffany-style letters across the chest in blue outlined in orange, block letter player numerals and names also in blue outlined in orange and the team logo patch.<ref name="2025Road">{{cite web|title=EXCLUSIVE: New York Mets Have New Road Jersey and New Road Pants |url=https://uni-watch.com/2025/02/04/exclusive-new-york-mets-have-new-road-jersey-and-new-road-pants/|access-date=2025-02-04|website=UniWatch}}</ref> Like the home uniforms, the road grays are worn with the same blue caps, undersleeves, belts and socks.
The black alternate home jersey, introduced in its current form in 2024, is a modified version of the one worn from 1998 to 2012 and reintroduced for Friday home games in 2021. They feature the "Mets" script and the block letter player names and numbers in blue outlined in orange and the team logo patch. The set is worn with an alternate black cap featuring the "NY" logo in blue trimmed in orange. Belts, undersleeves and socks worn with it are also black. The black alternate home jerseys are worn with plain white pants with blue piping.
The blue alternate road jersey, introduced in 2025, features a pullover jersey with "New York" in script across the chest and block letter player names and numbers in blue with orange outline, with blue, orange and blue stripes on the collar and sleeves and the team logo patch.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mets Officially Reveal New Road Alternate Jersey|url=https://uni-watch.com/2025/01/25/mets-officially-reveal-new-road-alternate-jersey/|access-date=2025-01-25|website=UniWatch}}</ref> The blue alternate road jerseys are worn with the same road gray pants with blue, orange and blue stripes and with the blue caps, undersleeves, belts and socks.<ref name="2025Road" />
The dark gray [[City Connect]] jersey with black and purple accents was introduced in 2024. The uniform contains the "NYC" wordmark in black patterned after the team's road uniform, along with black pinstripes and a black subway token patch containing the purple "NY" logo. The dark gray cap features the "NY" logo in black trimmed in white, along with a silhouette of the [[Queensboro Bridge]]. The purple color was inspired by the [[7 (New York City Subway service)|7 Line]] that runs to Citi Field.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-unveil-city-connect-uniforms|title=IYKYK: Mets' City Connect jerseys are for all of NYC|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=April 19, 2024|website=[[MLB.com]]|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref>
The Mets' standard blue batting helmet, with the "NY" in metallic orange, is currently used for games worn with the primary home, road and blue alternate jerseys. A black alternate helmet is used in games with the black jerseys, and a dark gray alternate helmet is paired with the City Connect jerseys.
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==Players of note==
===Team captains===
[[File:Keith Hernandez 1986.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Keith Hernandez]] served as Mets captain between 1987 & 1989.]]
[[File:David Wright at CitiField.jpg|thumb|upright|[[David Wright]] was the most recent Mets captain before retiring in 2018.]]
Four players have been team captains for the Mets:
* [[Keith Hernandez]], 1987–1989 (co-captain with Gary Carter)<ref name="Fourth Captain">{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/third-baseman-david-wright-named-fourth-captain-in-mets-history-c43086678 |title=Wright appointed fourth captain in Mets history |editor=DiComo, Anthony |date=March 21, 2013 |publisher=MLB |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref><ref name=4A>{{cite web|title=Mets captains through the years|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-captains-through-the-years-1.4863638|website=newday.com|publisher=Newsday|date=March 21, 2013|access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Gary Carter]], 1988–1989 (co-captain with Keith Hernandez)<ref name="Fourth Captain"/><ref name=4A/>
* [[John Franco]], 2001–2004<ref name="Fourth Captain"/><ref name=4A/>
* [[David Wright]], 2013–2018<ref name="Fourth Captain"/><ref name=4A/>
===Hall of Famers===
[[File:Tom Seaver Mets.jpg|thumb|upright|Hall of Fame Pitcher [[Tom Seaver]] (1967–1977, 1983)]]
[[File:Mike Piazza spring of 2004.jpg|thumb|upright|Hall of Fame catcher [[Mike Piazza]] (1998–2005)]]
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| List 1.1 = [[Roberto Alomar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/alomar-roberto|title=Roberto Alomar|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Richie Ashburn]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ashburn-richie|title=Richie Ashburn|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Yogi Berra]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/berra-yogi|title=Yogi Berra|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>
| List 1.2 = [[Gary Carter]]<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/carter-gary|title=Gary Carter|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Tom Glavine]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/glavine-tom|title=Tom Glavine|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Rickey Henderson]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/henderson-rickey|title=Rickey Henderson|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Gil Hodges]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/hodges-gil|title=Gil Hodges|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>
| List 1.3 = [[Pedro Martínez]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/martinez-pedro|title=Pedro Martínez|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Willie Mays]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mays-willie|title=Willie Mays|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Eddie Murray]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/murray-eddie|title=Eddie Murray|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>'''[[Mike Piazza]]''' *<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/piazza-mike|title=Mike Piazza|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>
| List 1.4 = [[Nolan Ryan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ryan-nolan|title=Nolan Ryan|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>'''[[Tom Seaver]]''' *<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/seaver-tom|title=Tom Seaver|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Duke Snider]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/snider-duke|title=Duke Snider|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Warren Spahn]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/spahn-warren|title=Warren Spahn|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=January 23, 2025}}</ref>
| List 1.5 =[[Casey Stengel]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/stengel-casey|title=Casey Stengel|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Joe Torre]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/torre-joe|title=Joe Torre|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref><br>[[Billy Wagner]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/wagner-billy|title=Billy Wagner|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=January 23, 2025}}</ref>
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{{Ford C. Frick award list|Current Team Name=New York Mets|All Team Names=Mets|ColorA#=002D72|ColorB#=FFFFFF|ColorC#=FF5910|ColorD#=000000|List 1='''[[Buck Canel]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/buck-canel|title=1985 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Buck Canel|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>|List 2=[[Tim McCarver]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/tim-mccarver|title=2012 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Tim McCarver|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>|List 3=|List 4='''[[Bob Murphy (announcer)|Bob Murphy]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/bob-murphy|title=1994 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Bob Murphy|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>|List 5='''[[Lindsey Nelson]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/lindsey-nelson|title=1988 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Lindsey Nelson|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>|Footnote1=|Footnote2=|Footnote3=|Footnote4=}}
===Retired numbers===
{{See also|List of Major League Baseball retired numbers}}
The Mets have retired ten numbers in the history of the franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/mets/history/retired-numbers|title=Mets Retired Numbers|website=Mets.com|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=November 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Mets/status/1563634902771310596|title=As part of today's Old Timers' Day ceremonies, we have retired Willie Mays' No. 24. 🧡💙|website=twitter.com|publisher=@Mets|access-date=August 27, 2022}}</ref>
{{retired number list|
{{retired number|image=Mets retired 5.svg||name=[[David Wright|David<br>Wright]]|pos=3B|date=July 19, 2025}}
{{retired number|image=Mets retired 14.svg||name=[[Gil Hodges|Gil<br>Hodges]]|pos=1B, Manager|date=June 9, 1973}}
{{retired number|image=Dwight.png||name=[[Dwight Gooden|Dwight<br>Gooden]]|pos=P|date=April 14, 2024}}
{{retired number|image=Mets retired 17.svg||name=[[Keith Hernandez|Keith<br>Hernandez]]|pos=1B|date=July 9, 2022}}
{{retired number|image=Darrylretirednumber.png||name=[[Darryl Strawberry|Darryl<br>Strawberry]]|pos=RF|date=June 1, 2024}}
{{retired number|image=Mets retired 24.svg||name=[[Willie Mays|Willie<br>Mays]]|pos=CF, Instructor|date=August 27, 2022}}
{{retired number|image=Mets retired 31.svg||name=[[Mike Piazza|Mike<br>Piazza]]|pos=C|date=July 30, 2016}}
{{retired number|image=Mets retired 36.svg||name=[[Jerry Koosman|Jerry<br>Koosman]]|pos=P|date=August 28, 2021}}
{{retired number|image=Mets retired 37.svg||name=[[Casey Stengel|Casey<br>Stengel]]|pos=Manager|date=September 2, 1965}}
{{retired number|image=Mets retired 41.svg||name=[[Tom Seaver|Tom<br>Seaver]]|pos=P|date=July 24, 1988}}
{{retired number|image=Jackie Robinson's retired number 42.svg||name=[[Jackie Robinson|Jackie<br>Robinson]]|pos=All MLB|honored=April 15, 1997}}
{{retired number|image=Ralph Kiner Microphone Retirement.png||name=[[Ralph Kiner|Ralph<br>Kiner]]|pos=Broadcaster|honored=March 31, 2014}}
{{retired number|image=BobMurphyRetired.png||name=[[Bob Murphy (sportscaster)|Bob<br>Murphy]]|pos=Broadcaster|honored=April 5, 2023}}
{{retired number|image=Mets retired shea.svg||name=[[William Shea|William A.<br>Shea]]|pos=Proponent|honored=April 8, 2008}}
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[[File:New York Mets retired numbers at Citi Field, Oct 08 2022.jpg|thumb|right|275px|The Mets' retired numbers at Citi Field, 2022]]
Major League Baseball retired [[Jackie Robinson]]'s number 42 on April 15, 1997, when the Mets played the [[1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] at [[Shea Stadium]]. [[Butch Huskey]] wore the number throughout the rest of his Mets career because of a [[grandfather clause]] placed on the retired number by MLB.<ref name="Robinson #">{{cite web|title=A Grand Tribute to Robinson and His Moment|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/16/sports/a-grand-tribute-to-robinson-and-his-moment.html|work=The New York Times|author=Smith, Claire|date=April 16, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203093116/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/16/sports/a-grand-tribute-to-robinson-and-his-moment.html|archive-date=December 3, 2011|url-status=live|access-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref> [[Mo Vaughn]] also wore 42 during his stint with the Mets, because of the same clause.<ref name="Robinson #"/>
On the final opening day at Shea Stadium, April 8, 2008, the Mets unveiled a sign bearing the name [[William Shea|"Shea"]] next to the team's retired numbers honoring William Shea and his contributions to the franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shea family to be honored at home|url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080403&content_id=2488641|publisher=New York Mets|author=DiComo, Anthony|date=April 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009050416/http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080403&content_id=2488641|archive-date=October 9, 2012|access-date=June 4, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2014, a special memorial logo honoring broadcaster [[Ralph Kiner]], depicting a microphone along with his name and the years 1922–2014, was displayed on the left-field wall adjacent to, but not as a part of, the Mets' retired numbers, from 2014 to 2016. In the 2016 Mets yearbook, a sidebar in an article on Mike Piazza's upcoming number retirement implies that Kiner has been "retired" next to William Shea. This was confirmed when the Mets' retired numbers were moved to the roof facade during the 2016 season to accommodate Mike Piazza's number 31;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/122627/new-hall-of-famer-mike-piazza-moved-as-mets-retire-his-number|title=New Hall of Famer Mike Piazza moved as Mets retire his number|last=Knobler|first=Danny|date=July 30, 2016|website=[[ESPN]]|access-date=July 15, 2022}}</ref> the Kiner logo was placed next to the Shea and Jackie Robinson numbers, no longer separated from the others. On August 28, 2021, [[Jerry Koosman]]'s number 36 was retired by the Mets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nysportsday.com/2021/08/28/mets-retire-36-for-koosman/|title=Mets Retire 36 for Koosman|last=Esposito|first=Andy|date=August 28, 2021|website=NY Sports Day|access-date=July 15, 2022}}</ref> On July 9, 2022, the Mets retired [[Keith Hernandez]]'s number 17.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/keith-hernandez-s-number-retired-by-mets|title=Mets retire Hernandez's No.17; Alonso pays homage with homer|last=DiComo|first=Anthony|date=July 10, 2022|website=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=July 15, 2022}}</ref> They retired number 24 worn by [[Willie Mays]] on August 27.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-retire-willie-mays-no-24|first=Anthony|last=DiComo|title=Mets retire Willie Mays' No. 24 during Old Timers' Day|website=MLB.com}}</ref> On April 5, 2023, the Mets honored broadcaster [[Bob Murphy (sportscaster)|Bob Murphy]] with a microphone logo alongside Kiner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/bob-murphy-citi-field-jcu6zkme|first=Neil|last=Best|title=Bob Murphy's family honored by Mets' tribute to him at Citi Field
|website=Newsday|date=April 6, 2023 }}</ref> [[Dwight Gooden]]'s number 16 was retired on April 14, 2024. The Mets also retired [[Darryl Strawberry]]'s number 18 on June 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/darryl-strawberry-dwight-gooden-to-have-numbers-retired |first=Anthony|last=DiComo|title=Mets to retire Strawberry and Gooden's numbers in 2024 |website=MLB.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/darryl-strawberry-s-number-retired-by-mets |title=Strawberry's No. 18 retired by Mets |date=June 1, 2024 |website=[[MLB.com]] |publisher= |access-date=June 1, 2024 }}</ref> [[David Wright]]'s number 5 was retired on July 19, 2025.<ref name="WrightRetire">{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/david-wright-s-no-5-retired-by-mets |first=Anthony|last=DiComo|date=July 19, 2025 |title=With tears and cheers, Wright and his No. 5 enshrined in Mets history
|website=MLB.com}}</ref>
====Out of circulation but not retired====
* '''8''': Not issued since [[Gary Carter]] was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2003 (as an Expo after requesting to go in as a Met).<ref name="Mets by the Numbers">{{cite web|url=http://www.mbtn.net|title=Mets by the Numbers|access-date=July 26, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004043535/http://mbtn.net/|archive-date=October 4, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> When the Mets honored Carter, they did not retire number 8, but instead gave him a replica of his Hall of Fame plaque depicting him as a Met instead of an Expo. [[Desi Relaford]] was the last Mets player to wear No. 8; [[Matt Galante]], a coach, later wore the number. After Carter's death, the Mets honored him in a ceremony on Opening Day 2012, where they unveiled the "Kid 8" memorial logo (also worn on the uniform sleeve) on the outfield fence. However, the number 8 is still not officially retired.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mets honor Carter's Memory|date=April 5, 2012|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/41868/mets-honor-carters-memory|work=ESPN}}</ref>
===Mets Hall of Fame===
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|Year inducted
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!scope="row" style="background:#ffb;"| '''Bold'''
|Member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#ffb;"| {{center|{{dagger}}}}
|Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Met
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#cfc;"| '''Bold'''
|Recipient of the Hall of Fame's [[Ford C. Frick Award]]
|}
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!scope="col" style="{{baseball primary style|New York Mets}};| No.
!scope="col" style="{{baseball primary style|New York Mets}};| Name
!scope="col" style="{{baseball primary style|New York Mets}};| Position(s)
!scope="col" style="{{baseball primary style|New York Mets}};| Tenure
|-
! rowspan=2 style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}};|1981
| —
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Joan Whitney|Payson}}
| Owner<br>President || 1960–1975<br>1968–1975<ref name="Mets Hall of Fame">{{Cite web|title=Mets Hall of Fame|work=Mets.com|url=https://www.mlb.com/mets/history/mets-hall-of-fame|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 37
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|'''{{sortname|Casey|Stengel}}'''
| [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]<br>[[Vice President|VP]]
| 1962–1965<br>1965–1975<ref name="Mets Hall of Fame"/>
|-
! rowspan=2 style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}};| 1982
| 14
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|'''{{sortname|Gil|Hodges}}'''
| [[First baseman|1B]]<br>[[Manager (baseball)|Manager]] || 1962–1963<br>1968–1971<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/mets-hall-of-fame-plaque-of-69-ws-skipper/|title=Mets Hall of Fame: Gil Hodges|website=Metsheritage.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| —
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|'''{{sortname|George|Weiss|dab=baseball}}'''
| President || 1961–1966<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/mets-hall-of-fame-plaque-of-first-team-pres/?postId=3899|title=Mets Hall of Fame: George Weiss|website=Metsheritage.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}};|1983
| —
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Johnny|Murphy}}
| Chief Scout<br>[[Vice President|VP]]<br>[[Vice President|VP]] & [[General Manager|GM]]
| 1961–1963<br>1964–1967<br>1968–1970
|-
| —
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|William|Shea}}
| Proponent ||
|-
! rowspan=3 style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 1984
| —
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|'''{{sortname|Ralph|Kiner}}'''
| [[sports commentator|Broadcaster]] || 1962–2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/playcaller-kiner-mets-hall-of-fame-plaque/|title=Mets Hall of Fame: Ralph Kiner|website=Metsheritage.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| —
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|'''{{sortname|Bob|Murphy|dab=announcer}}'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
| [[sports commentator|Broadcaster]] || 1962–2003
|-
| —
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|'''{{sortname|Lindsey|Nelson}}'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
| [[sports commentator|Broadcaster]] || 1962–1978
|-
! rowspan=2 style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 1986
| 3, 23, 53
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Bud|Harrelson}}
| [[Shortstop|SS]]<br>[[Coach (baseball)|Coach]]<br>[[Manager (baseball)|Manager]] || 1965–1977<br>1982, 1985–1990<br>1990–1991
|-
| 4, 10
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Rusty|Staub}}
| [[Right fielder|RF]] / [[First baseman|1B]] || 1972–1975, 1981–1985
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 1988
| 41
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|'''{{sortname|Tom|Seaver}}'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
| [[Pitcher|P]]<br>[[sports commentator|Broadcaster]] || 1967–1977, 1983<br />1999–2005<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/seavers-mets-hall-of-fame-plaque/|title=Mets Hall of Fame: Tom Seaver|website=New York Mets|access-date=July 17, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 1989
| 36, 47
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Jerry|Koosman}}
| [[Pitcher|P]] || 1967–1978
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 1990
| 7, 21
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Ed|Kranepool}}
| [[First baseman|1B]] || 1962–1979
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 1991
| 12, 21, 34
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Cleon|Jones}}
| [[Left fielder|LF]] || 1963, 1965–1975
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 1992
| 15
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Jerry|Grote}}
| [[Catcher|C]] || 1966–1977
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 1993
| 45
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Tug|McGraw}}
| [[Pitcher|P]] || 1965–1967, 1969–1974
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 1996
| 1, 51
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Mookie|Wilson}}
| [[Center fielder|CF]]<br>[[Coach (baseball)|Coach]] || 1980–1989<br>1997–2002, 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/magnificent-mookie-mets-hall-of-fame-plaque/?postId=3899|title=Mets Hall of Fame: Mookie Wilson|website=Metsheritage.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 1997
| 17
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Keith|Hernandez}}
| [[First baseman|1B]]<br>[[sports commentator|Broadcaster]] || 1983–1989<br>2006–present<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/mets-hall-of-fame-plaque-of-first-team-captain/|title=Mets Hall of Fame: Keith Hernandez|website=Metsheritage.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 2001
| 8
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|'''{{sortname|Gary|Carter}}'''
| [[Catcher|C]] || 1985–1989<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/the-kids-mets-hall-of-fame-plaque/?postId=3899|title=Mets Hall of Fame: Gary Carter|website=Metsheritage.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 2002
| 20
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Tommie|Agee}}
| [[Center fielder|CF]] || 1968–1972
|-
! rowspan=4 style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 2010
| —
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Frank|Cashen}}
| [[General manager (baseball)|GM]] & [[Chief operating officer|COO]] || 1980–1991
|-
| 16
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Dwight|Gooden}}
| [[Pitcher|P]] || 1984–1994<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/in-residence-docs-mets-hall-of-fame-plaque/?postId=3899|title=Mets Hall of Fame: Dwight Gooden|website=Metsheritage.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 5
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Davey|Johnson}}
| [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]] || 1984–1990<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/mets-hall-of-fame-plaque-of-ws-skipper/?postId=3899|title=Mets Hall of Fame: Davey Johnson|website=New York Mets|access-date=September 10, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 18
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Darryl|Strawberry}}
| [[Right fielder|RF]] || 1983–1990<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5428230|title=Mets induct 4 from '86 team into HOF|last=Begley|first=Ian|date=August 1, 2010|website=[[ESPN]]|access-date=February 27, 2016}}</ref>
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 2012
| 31, 45
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|John|Franco}}
| [[Pitcher|P]] || 1990–2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/john-franco-inducted-ny-mets-hall-fame-june-3-ceremony-citi-field-article-1.1012430|title=John Franco to be induced into NY Mets Hall of Fame during June 3 ceremony at Citi Field|last=Martino|first=Andy|date=January 26, 2012|website=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref>
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 2013
| 31
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"| '''{{sortname|Mike|Piazza}}'''{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
| [[Catcher|C]] || 1998–2005<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mike-piazza-inducted-into-mets-hall-of-fame-p56577|title=Mike Piazza inducted into Mets Hall of Fame|last=Herrmann|first=Mark|date=September 29, 2013|website=Newsday.com|access-date=September 29, 2013}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=3 style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 2020/2021
| 13
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Edgardo|Alfonzo}}
| [[Second baseman|2B]] / [[Third baseman|3B]] || 1995–2002<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/edgardo-alfonzo-mets-hall-of-fame-plaque/?postId=3899|title=Mets Hall of Fame: Edgardo Alfonzo|website=New York Mets|access-date=September 10, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 12
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Ron|Darling}}
| [[Pitcher|P]]<br>[[sports commentator|Broadcaster]] || 1983–1991<br>2006–present<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metsheritage.com/item/ron-darling-mets-hall-of-fame-plaque/?|title=Mets Hall of Fame: Ron Darling|website=New York Mets|access-date=September 10, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 32
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Jon|Matlack}}
| [[Pitcher|P]] || 1971–1977
|-
! rowspan=4 style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 2023
|–
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Gary|Cohen}}
| [[sports commentator|Broadcaster]] || 1989–present<ref name=MetsHOF2023>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-hall-of-fame-adds-new-members-for-2023|title=HoJo, Leiter, Cohen, Rose to join Mets' HOF in 2023|website=MLB.com|date=January 20, 2023|access-date=January 23, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 20, 44
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Howard|Johnson|Howard Johnson (baseball)}}
| [[Third baseman|3B]] / [[Shortstop|SS]] / [[Left fielder|LF]] / [[Right fielder|RF]] || 1985–1993<ref name=MetsHOF2023/>
|-
| 22
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Al|Leiter}}
| [[Pitcher|P]] || 1998–2004<ref name=MetsHOF2023/>
|-
|–
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|Howie|Rose}}
| [[sports commentator|Broadcaster]] || 1987–present<ref name=MetsHOF2023/>
|-
! style="{{baseball secondary style|New York Mets}}; | 2025
| 5
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| {{sortname|David|Wright}}
| [[Third baseman|3B]] || 2004–2016, 2018<ref name="WrightRetire" />
|-
|}
==Rivalries==
The Mets have notable rivalries with the [[Atlanta Braves]], the [[New York Yankees]], and the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. The Braves rivalry is due to division realignment that put both teams in the [[National League East]] in {{mlby|1994}}. Their rivalry with the Yankees has its roots in the histories of the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Yankees and the fierce Subway Series matchups between the two teams. The rivalry with the Phillies stems from the geographic [[Sports in the New York metropolitan area|New York]]-[[Sports in Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] rivalry, which is also seen in other sports.<ref name="NewYorkPhiladelphia"/>
===Subway Series===
{{main|Mets–Yankees rivalry|Subway Series}}
The Mets – New York Yankees rivalry is the latest incarnation of the [[Subway Series]], the competition between New York City's teams, the [[American League]] [[New York Yankees]] and the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] Mets. Until [[Interleague play]] started, the two teams had only met in exhibition games. Since the inception of interleague play the two teams have met every regular season since 1997, and since 1999 they have met six times each season, playing two three-game series, one in each team's ballpark. From the 2013 season however the number of games was reduced to four, two at each ballpark with the Mets winning six of the last eight games in that span. They have made the postseason in the same year six times: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2015, 2022, and 2024, and faced off in the [[2000 World Series]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2021/09/13/francisco-lindor-mets-yankees-subway-series-emotions/8314463002/|title=Cheating allegations, yelling, a three-home run game: Mets, Yankees fire up emotional rivalry|last=Nightendale|first=Bob|date=September 13, 2021|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-yankees-new-york-2021-rivalry|title=Mets-Yankees rivalry hotter than ever|last=Lupica|first=Mike|date=January 16, 2021|website=MLB.com|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://empiresportsmedia.com/new-york-mets/fennelly-new-york-mets-fans-were-born-out-of-hatred-for-yankees/|title=Fennelly: New York Mets Fans Were Born Out of Hatred for Yankees|last=Fennelly|first=John|date=January 6, 2020|website=Empire Sports Media|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref>
==
{{main|Braves–Mets rivalry}}
The Braves–Mets [[Major League Baseball rivalries|rivalry]] is a rivalry between two teams in the [[National League East]], featuring the [[Atlanta Braves]] and the Mets.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lisa |last=Olson |author-link=Lisa Olson |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/2003/07/08/2003-07-08_crazy_scene_at_shea_takes_lu.html?print=1&viewall=1 |title=Crazy scene at Shea takes luster off Mets-Braves rivalry |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=July 8, 2003 |access-date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613234758/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/crazy-scene-shea-takes-luster-mets-braves-rivalry-article-1.528122 |archive-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/sports/baseball/10rivalry.html|title=Meaningful Renewal to Mets and Braves Rivalry|last=Waldstein|first=David|date=July 9, 2010|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/mets/2011/06/revisiting_the_mets_and_braves.html|title=Revisiting the Mets and Braves Rivalry|last=Saladino|first=Thomas|date=June 4, 2011|website=nj.com|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2022/07/13/mets-braves-growing-into-real-nl-east-rivalry/|title=Mets-Braves growing into real NL East rivalry|last=Vaccaro|first=Mike|date=July 13, 2022|website=[[New York Post]]|access-date=August 9, 2022}}</ref>
Although their first major confrontation occurred when the Mets swept the Braves in the [[1969 National League Championship Series|1969 NLCS]], en route to their first [[World Series]] championship, the first playoff series won by an expansion team (also the first playoff appearance by an expansion team), the rivalry did not become especially heated until the 1990s, when a division realignment in 1994 put the Mets and the Braves in the NL East together (from 1969 to 1993, the Braves were in the NL West).<ref>{{cite news|quote=The Pirates will switch from the East next season. They opposed the move last week when realignment was approved, but agreed to allow Atlanta to move to the East.|title=Pirates OK new realignment|date=September 16, 1993|first=Hal|last=Bodley|newspaper=USA Today|page=1C}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pirates Relent on New Alignment|date=September 16, 1993|first=Murray|last=Chass|newspaper=The New York Times|page=B14|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/16/sports/baseball-pirates-relent-on-new-alignment.html?pagewanted=print|author-link=Murray Chass}}</ref> The two teams faced each other again in the [[1999 National League Championship Series|1999 NLCS]], and the [[1999 Atlanta Braves season|Braves]] won the series four games to two. However, they would go on to lose to the [[1999 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] in the [[1999 World Series]].
===Philadelphia Phillies===
[[File:PhilsMetsFight.jpg|thumb|Mets fans brawl with [[Philadelphia Phillies]] fans at [[Shea Stadium]] in September 2007]]
{{main|Mets–Phillies rivalry}}
The rivalry between the Mets and the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] from 2006 to 2008 was said to be among the "hottest" rivalries in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2008/04/11/2008-04-11_metsphillies_rivalry_looking_like_what_m-2.html |title=Mets-Phillies rivalry looking like what Mets-Braves used to be |last=Bondy |first=Filip |date=April 11, 2008 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |access-date=June 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322214658/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-phillies-rivalry-mets-braves-article-1.281288 |archive-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_e8KWxmo_kC&q=Mets-Phillies+rivalry&pg=PA10 |title=Philadelphia Phillies Past & Present|page=10|first=Rich|last=Westcott|publisher=MVP Books|year=2010|access-date=July 15, 2011|isbn=9780760337844}}</ref>
Aside from several brawls in the 1980s, the rivalry remained low-key before the 2006 season,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/2006/05/24/2006-05-24_despite_long_game__rivalry_l.html |title=Despite long game, rivalry long way off |last=Bondy |first=Filip |date=May 24, 2006 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |access-date=January 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723153746/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/long-game-rivalry-long-article-1.556296 |archive-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> as the teams had seldom been equally good at the same time. Since 2006, the teams have battled for playoff position. The Mets won the division in 2006 and contended in 2007 and 2008, while the Phillies won five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_17_slnmlb_phimlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=phi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923192343/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_09_17_slnmlb_phimlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=phi|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 23, 2011|title=High Phive: Phils clinch fifth straight East title|date=September 17, 2011|access-date=September 18, 2011|first=Mike|last=Radano|website=Philadelphia Phillies|publisher=MLB}}</ref> The Phillies' 2007 Eastern Division Title was won on the last day of the season as the Mets lost a seven-game lead with 17 games remaining while losing 12 of 18 games that season to the Phillies, including being swept at home in the first 3 games of the remaining 17, dropping their lead from 7 games to 3.5.
There is a long-standing rivalry between the sports fans from [[Sports in the New York metropolitan area|New York City]] and [[Sports in Philadelphia|Philadelphia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080418&content_id=2547443&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|date=April 18, 2008|title=Wagner downplays Mets–Phils rivalry|first=Ken|last=Mandel|work=MLB.com|publisher=Mets.MLB.com|access-date=June 4, 2012|quote=Philadelphia fans hate New York fans and New York fans [hate Philadelphia fans]...Eagles fans and Giants fans don't get along, and Flyers supporters haven't been known to break bread with those wearing Rangers jerseys.}}</ref> which are approximately two hours apart by car,<ref>{{cite news|title=Mets Can't Even Pick a Good Fight|date=April 4, 2004|first=David|last=Waldstein|page=Sports.9|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|quote=You've got the proximity, a natural rivalry between the cities, and there are fans of both clubs in Jersey.}}</ref> which is also seen between [[Eagles–Giants rivalry|New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles]] in the [[National Football League]], and the [[Flyers–Rangers rivalry|New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers]] in [[National Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A City's Hopes Fly High on the Wings of Eagles|date=January 5, 2001|first=Peter|last=Mucha|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|page=A1|quote=New York teams—the Mets, Rangers, Giants and Knicks—rank among Philadelphia's most loathed rivals.}}</ref> Games between the two teams at [[Citi Field]] and [[Citizens Bank Park]] are often very intense, hard-hitting affairs, as each home crowd does its best to create an unfriendly, sometimes volatile atmosphere for any visiting-team fans.<ref name="NewYorkPhiladelphia">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=555008|title=Garden memories special for van Riemsdyk|date=March 4, 2011|first=Adam|last=Kimelman|work=NHL.com|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=March 5, 2011|quote=Games between the Flyers and Rangers almost always are intense, hard-hitting affairs...'You have that feeling when you come into Philly and you know when they come into New York the fans are going to be pumped up.'}}</ref>
===St. Louis Cardinals===
The rivalry between the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and the Mets peaked during the 1980s when both teams contended for [[National League East]] supremacy. The rivalry began with the 1983 trade that brought [[Keith Hernandez]] from the Cardinals to the Mets, essentially turning the latter into contenders.<ref name="Ladson"/> Between 1985 and 1988, the division was dominated by either of the two teams, and in three of those years, the NL East winner went on to the World Series. In 1994, the Cardinals were moved to the [[National League Central]], and the rivalry faded soon after. The two teams would meet in the {{nlcsy|2000}} and {{nlcsy|2006}} [[National League Championship Series]], briefly rekindling the rivalry.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nora|last=Farrell|url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/cardinals-and-mets-have-long-and-colorful-rivalry/63-368155048|title=Cardinals and Mets have long and colorful rivalry|website=[[KSDK]]|date=June 1, 2012|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Muratore|first=Elizabeth|title=Mets and Cardinals rivalry goes back much further than 2006|url=https://risingapple.com/2020/06/16/mets-cardinals-rivalry-history/|publisher=[[FanSided]] (Rising Apple)|date=June 16, 2020|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Crisafulli"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Wright|first=Brian|title=Memorable Games in Mets-Cardinals History|url=https://metsmerizedonline.com/memorable-games-in-mets-cardinals-history/|publisher=Metsmerized Online|date=May 17, 2022|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>
==Personnel==
{{New York Mets roster}}
==New York Mets Foundation==
A registered 501(c)(3) charity, the New York Mets Foundation is the philanthropic organization of the New York Mets. Founded in 1963, it funds and promotes charitable causes in the Mets community. One of these causes is [[Tuesday's Children]], is a non-profit family service organization that "has made a long term commitment to meet the needs of every family who lost a loved one in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001".<ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Phil|title=Mets, Who We Are|url=http://www.tuesdayschildren.org/about|access-date=August 8, 2012|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613134036/https://www.tuesdayschildren.org/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Mets host the annual Welcome Home Dinner, which raised over $550,000 for the Mets Foundation in 2012. All proceeds were distributed to Katz Institute for Women's Health and Katz Women's Hospitals of North Shore-LIJ Health System and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/mets/community/amazin-mets-foundation|title=Amazin' Mets Foundation|website=New York Mets|access-date=August 9, 2022}}</ref>
==Owners and executives==
{{Main|List of New York Mets owners and executives}}
*'''Owners''': [[Steve Cohen (businessman)|Steven A. Cohen]] and Alex Cohen
*'''President of Baseball Operations''': [[David Stearns]]
*'''Special Assistant to the President of Baseball Operations:''' [[Carlos Beltran]]
*'''Vice President''': Eduardo Brizuela
*'''Vice President, Player Development''': [[Andy Green (baseball)|Andy Green]]
==New York Mets broadcasters==
{{main|List of New York Mets broadcasters}}
===Television===
[[File:SNY Broadcast Booth, May 2, 2019.jpg|thumb|Announcers [[Keith Hernandez]] and [[Gary Cohen]] in the SNY broadcast booth at Citi Field in 2019.]]
Most Mets games are carried by [[SportsNet New York]] (SNY), a joint venture of the Mets and [[NBC Sports Regional Networks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sny.tv/about|title=About SNY|website=SNY.tv|publisher=[[SportsNet New York]]|access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> The team's [[terrestrial television|over-the-air]] home is [[WPIX]], where the team has broadcast games since 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pix11.com/sports/mlb/mets/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409150919/https://pix11.com/sports/mlb/mets/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2021|title=Mets – Pix11|website=Pix11.com|access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref> Games on WPIX are syndicated across New York and Connecticut to [[WCCT-TV]] (Hartford, CT), [[WCWN]]/[[WRGB]] (Albany, NY), [[WYCI]] (Saranac Lake, NY), [[WSYT|WSYT-MY43]] (Syracuse, NY), [[WPNY-LD]] (Utica, NY), [[WICZ-TV|WICZ-DT2]] (Binghamton, NY), [[WQMY]] (Williamsport, PA), [[WOLF-TV|WOLF-DT3]] (Scranton, PA) and [[WHAM-TV|WHAM-DT2]] (Rochester, NY).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsyracuse.com/my-mets-schedule/|title=NY Mets Schedule|website=Fox Syracuse|access-date=August 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wcax.com/2023/04/12/watch-mlb-wyci/|title=Watch Major League Baseball on WYCI
|website=WCAX|date=April 12, 2023|access-date=August 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cwalbany.com/ny-baseball/2023-mets-schedule|title=2023 Mets Baseball Schedule
|website=CW Albany|date=March 29, 2023|access-date=August 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=D|first=Joe|url=https://metsmerizedonline.com/mets-and-pix11-renew-broadcast-deal-through-2017/|title=Mets and PIX11 Renew Broadcast Deal Through 2017
|website=Metsmerized Online|date=September 18, 2014|access-date=August 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/mnt-wpny-utica-ny/2911/2024-08-25|title=TV Schedule for MNT (WPNY) Utica, NY
|website=TV Passport|access-date=August 23, 2024|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823235316/https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/mnt-wpny-utica-ny/2911/2024-08-25|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/mnt-wbpn-birmingham-ny/3668/2024-08-24|title=TV listings for MNT (WBPN) Birmingham, NY
|website=TV Passport|access-date=August 23, 2024|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823235545/https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/mnt-wbpn-birmingham-ny/3668/2024-08-24|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/cw-whamdt2-rochester-ny/4392/2024-08-25|title=TV Schedule for CW (WHAM-DT2) Rochester, NY
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Longtime Mets radio announcer [[Gary Cohen]] does the play-by-play, having moved to television with the launch of SNY in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportsbroadcastjournal.com/mets-popular-gary-cohen-i-grew-up-as-a-radio-guy-and-i-still-consider-myself-a-radio-guy-doing-tv/|title=The Mets' popular Gary Cohen grew up as a radio guy and still considers himself a radio guy doing TV|last=Derkatch|first=Gavin|date=May 11, 2021|newspaper=Sports Broadcast Journal|access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref> Former Mets [[Keith Hernandez]] and [[Ron Darling]] are the color commentators with [[Steve Gelbs]] being the on-the-field reporter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/mets/team/broadcasters|title=Mets Broadcasters|website=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=September 10, 2022}}</ref>
In early January 2016, Keith Hernandez re-signed with SNY. Reports indicate that Hernandez received a raise and three-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Keith Hernandez to return to SNY|url = https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/keith-hernandez-to-return-to-sny/161798482|website = SNY|access-date = February 3, 2016|archive-date = February 5, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160205194828/https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/keith-hernandez-to-return-to-sny/161798482|url-status = dead}}</ref>
===Radio===
As of late August 2024, Mets radio broadcasts are produced by [[Audacy, Inc.]]. Games air on [[WHSQ|WHSQ-AM]], an affiliate of [[ESPN Radio]], locally and over Audacy's streaming service nationwide under the branding Audacy Mets Radio. The Mets have aired games at WHSQ's 880 AM frequency since 2019, when the station was still known as all-news WCBS-AM.<ref>{{Citation|title=WCBS 880 To Be Mets' New Flagship Radio Home |url=https://wfan.radio.com/articles/news/wcbs-880-be-mets-new-flagship-radio-home |work=WFAN Sports Radio |publisher=Entercom Communications |date=September 17, 2018 |access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref>
[[Howie Rose]] is the main play-by-play announcer; [[Wayne Randazzo]], who previously hosted the pre- and post-game shows, is Rose's partner.<ref>{{Citation|title=Wayne Randazzo Likely Headed to Mets' Radio Booth |url=https://sportsradiopd.com/wayne-randazzo-likely-headed-to-mets-radio-booth/ |publisher=BSM Sports Media |date=December 4, 2018 |access-date=January 1, 2019}}</ref> Longtime Mets beat reporter [[Ed Coleman (sportscaster)|Ed Coleman]] took over the pre- and post-game role for most games.<ref>{{Citation|title=The new Mets booth will start on a short leash |url=https://nypost.com/2019/01/02/the-new-mets-booth-will-start-on-a-short-leash|publisher=New York Post |author=Marchand, Andrew |date=January 2, 2019 |access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> Since the 2023 Season, Rose has been partnered with Keith Raad.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2023 |title=Keith Raad, Pat McCarthy to join WCBS 880's Mets play-by-play team |url=https://www.audacy.com/wcbs880/sports/new-york-mets/keith-raad-pat-mccarthy-to-join-wcbs-880s-mets-radio-booth |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=www.audacy.com |language=en}}</ref>
The Mets' previous radio flagship was [[WOR (AM)|WOR]] from 2014 to 2018.<ref>{{Citation|title=New York Mets Move Radio Broadcasts To WCBS/Entercom |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/setheverett/2018/09/18/new-york-mets-move-radio-broadcasts-to-wcbs-entercom/#52e0556343c8/ |work=Forbes |author=Everett, Seth |date=September 18, 2018 |access-date=January 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wor710.com/articles/local-news-465659/the-mets-find-new-home-at-11791827/ |title=The Mets Find New Home at WOR|access-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527010823/http://www.wor710.com/articles/local-news-465659/the-mets-find-new-home-at-11791827/ |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Mets were previously carried by [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN]], which inherited the team's broadcast rights from [[WEPN (AM)#WHN|WHN]] when it took over its frequency in 1987, and in later years by [[WFAN-FM]] which simulcasts the AM signal.
Spanish-language broadcasts are aired on [[WINS-FM|WINS-FM-HD2]] featuring Max Perez-Jimenez and Nestor Rosario, along with MLB.tv and SNY's [[second audio program]] channels.<ref name="audacy2024">[https://audacyinc.com/press/spanish-broadcasts-of-new-york-mets-baseball-to-be-available-on-audacy-app-and-92-3-fm-hd2/ "Spanish Broadcasts of New York Mets Baseball to Be Available on Audacy App and 92.3 FM HD2"]. Audacy. March 1, 2024.</ref> They had previously been on [[WEPN (AM)|WEPN 1050]].<ref name="Audacy deal 2022">{{cite news|last=Venta|first=Lance|title=Audacy App To Carry New York Mets Broadcasts|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/222464/audacy-app-to-carry-new-york-mets-broadcasts/|work=RadioInsight|date=March 31, 2022}}</ref> It was formerly broadcast on [[WFME-FM|WQBU-FM 92.7]], Que Buena from 2020 to 2021.<ref>{{Citation|title=Mets Radio & TV Coverage |url=https://www.mlb.com/mets/team/broadcast-information |publisher=New York Mets |access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2020/02/14/mets-spanish-broadcast-moves-to-que-buena-92-7/|title = Mets' Spanish Broadcast Moves to Que Buena 92.7|date = February 14, 2020|access-date = May 24, 2021|archive-date = May 24, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210524184507/https://barrettsportsmedia.com/2020/02/14/mets-spanish-broadcast-moves-to-que-buena-92-7/|url-status = dead}}</ref> Both English and Spanish broadcasts are also aired on the [[Audacy]] internet radio service.<ref name="Audacy deal 2022"/>
Rose, who has spent much of his career covering the Mets, replaced [[Bob Murphy (broadcaster)|Bob Murphy]] as Gary Cohen's broadcast partner in 2004 following Murphy's retirement. Cohen then left the radio booth for the [[SportsNet New York|SNY]] television booth in 2006 and was replaced by [[Tom McCarthy (broadcaster)|Tom McCarthy]], who departed after two seasons and was replaced by [[Wayne Hagin]]. [[Josh Lewin]] joined the broadcast after the team parted ways with Hagin following the 2011 season; he departed when broadcasts moved to WCBS.
Coinciding with the move to WCBS, the Mets, abruptly and without public announcement (other than a brief e-mail to its affiliates days before the season began), stopped syndicating its games to other stations outside the New York City area, shutting down the [[New York Mets Radio Network]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Pete |date=March 29, 2019 |title=Mets abandon upstate radio network for 2019 season |url=https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Mets-abandon-upstate-radio-network-for-2019-season-13727103.php |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250430052343/https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Mets-abandon-upstate-radio-network-for-2019-season-13727103.php |archive-date=2025-04-30 |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=Times Union |language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://www.syracuse.com/mets/2019/04/new-york-mets-radio-blackout-a-middle-finger-to-cny-fans-ceo-says.html New York Mets radio blackout a ‘middle finger’ to CNY fans, CEO says], from The Post-Standard of Syracuse, NY (April 1, 2019)</ref>
==Minor league affiliations==
{{Main|List of New York Mets minor league affiliates}}
The New York Mets [[farm team|farm system]] consists of seven [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] affiliates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=NYM|title=New York Mets Minor League Affiliates|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref>
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| [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]]
!scope="row"| [[Syracuse Mets]]
| [[International League]]
| [[Syracuse, New York]]
| [[NBT Bank Stadium]]
| align="right"| 2019
|-
| [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]]
!scope="row"| [[Binghamton Rumble Ponies]]
| [[Eastern League (1938–present)|Eastern League]]
| [[Binghamton, New York]]
| [[Mirabito Stadium]]
| align="right"| 1991
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| [[High-A]]
!scope="row"| [[Brooklyn Cyclones]]
| [[South Atlantic League]]
| [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| [[Maimonides Park]]
| align="right"| 2001
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| [[Single-A]]
!scope="row"| [[St. Lucie Mets]]
| [[Florida State League]]
| rowspan=2|[[Port St. Lucie, Florida]]
| [[Clover Park (Florida)|Clover Park]]
| align="right"| 1988
|-
| rowspan=3| [[Rookie league|Rookie]]
!scope="row"| [[Florida Complex League Mets|FCL Mets]]
| [[Florida Complex League]]
| [[Surprise Stadium]]
| align="right"| 2013
|-
!scope="row"| [[Dominican Summer League Mets|DSL Mets Blue]]
| rowspan=2|[[Dominican Summer League]]
| rowspan=2|[[Boca Chica]], [[Santo Domingo Province|Santo Domingo]]
| rowspan=2|New York Mets Complex
| rowspan=2 align="right"| 2010
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!scope="row"| [[Dominican Summer League Mets|DSL Mets Orange]]
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==See also==
*[[List of New York Mets
*[[List of New York Mets
*[[List of New York Mets seasons]]
*[[List of World Series champions]]
*[[New York
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Gordon|first=Devin|title=So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin' True Story of the New York Mets―the Best Worst Team in Sports|year=2021|publisher=Harper|___location=New York|isbn=978-0062940025}}
* {{cite book|last=Harper|first=John|title=The Worst Team Money Could Buy|year=2005|publisher=Bison|___location=New York|isbn=978-0803278226}}
* {{cite book|last=Madden|first=Bill|title=Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life|year=2020|publisher=Simon & Schuster|___location=New York|isbn=978-1982136185}}
* {{cite book|last=Pearlman|first=Jeff|title=The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the ... Put on a New York Uniform--and Maybe the Best|year=2011|publisher=Harper Perennial|___location=New York|isbn=978-0062097637}}
* {{cite book|last=Prato|first=Greg|title=The Seventh Year Stretch: New York Mets, 1977-1983|year=2015|publisher=Greg Prato Writer, Corp.|___location=New York|isbn=978-1516895281}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190624114539/http://ultimatemets.com/ Ultimate Mets Database]
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