He received a September call-up to the Phillies in, and made his major league debut against the New York Mets on September 12.

Gooden made his major-league debut on April 7, with the New York Mets at the age of 19.

The first Cyclone to break into the major leagues was infielder Danny Garcia, who made his debut with the New York Mets on September 2, 2003 at Shea Stadium.

Mike Jacobs, who was a member of the inaugural 2001 Cyclones team, made his Mets debut on August 21, 2005, hitting a three run pinch-hit home run off Washington Nationals pitcher Esteban Loaiza.

In April 2006, Brian Bannister became the first Cyclone pitcher to make his debut with the Mets in a game against the Washington Nationals at Shea.

The following April, sidearm reliever Joe Smith, who pitched for the Cyclones in 2006, made his major league debut on opening day for the Mets against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Ironically, this game was the MLB debut of Bill Buckner, who would become infamous for committing an error that allowed the New York Mets to win Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.

Following a September call-up, Carter made his major league debut in Jarry Park in Montreal in the second game of a double header against the New York Mets on September 16.

He signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets following the season and made his major league debut for them in 2010.

After spending seven years in the Astros minors system and couple of months in CPBL's Mercuries Tigers, he signed as a free agent with the Mets in 1998 and made his major league debut in the 1999 season.

Chávez made his Minor League Baseball debut in 1996 with the Mets, a rookie-level affiliate of the New York Mets.

Escobar was signed by the Mets as a non-draft amateur free agent in and made his debut in.

Agbayani made his major league debut with the New York Mets on June 17, 1998, as part of an 8th inning double-switch in which he defensively replaced center fielder Butch Huskey during a 5-4 loss to the Montreal Expos.

On opening day in 1996, Ozzie Smith and the Cardinals faced the Mets in Ordóñez's major league debut.

He was drafted by the Mets in 2001, and made his Major League debut in 2004.

Former Mets players Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, and Kevin Mitchell as well as current stars José Reyes, David Wright, Lastings Milledge, and AJ Burnett made their professional debut in Kingsport.

Jason made his major league debut with the New York Mets on September 19,.

He batted. 307 with 58 home runs and 168 runs batted in over three seasons in their farm system before making his major league debut with the Mets in September.

Overall, Maine went 6 – 5 with a 3. 60 ERA in 15 starts in his debut season for the Mets showing flashes of dominance such as his scoreless innings streak.

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The outfielder rose quickly through the Mets ' minor league system, making his major league debut on June 5,.

After five arduous and injury riddled seasons in the Mets minor league system, Wilson made his major league debut on April 24, 1999, as a defensive replacement against the Chicago Cubs.

With Darling and Terrell each getting their first long-term chance in the majors and with the debut of young star and eventual Rookie of the Year Dwight Gooden, the Mets went from second-worst in the majors in 1983 to fourth-best in the majors in 1984 — but also second-best in the division thereby missing the postseason.

Most recently, Mike Piazza, then of the New York Mets, was hit in the head by a pitch from Julian Tavarez of the St. Louis Cardinals on September 10, 2005.

Ken Holtzman pitched a no-hitter on August 19, and the division lead grew to 8 games over the St. Louis Cardinals and by 9 games over the New York Mets.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

The first game in Rockies history was played on April 5, 1993, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

The team debuted in its new ballpark on April 26, 1995, in an 11 – 9 win over the New York Mets, and proceeded to win seven of their first eight games in the new season.

The team set a major-league record by scoring 658 runs at home on the season, and Burks and Bichette became the first pair of teammates since Darryl Strawberry and Howard Johnson of the 1987 New York Mets to both steal 30 bases and hit 30 homers in the same season.

There was no scoring until the 14th inning when the Mets would take the lead on a Wally Backman single and an error by left fielder Billy Hatcher.

Though he had asserted a desire to remain with the Astros, Beltrán signed a long-term contract with the New York Mets on January 9, 2005.

The tribute was continued in 2008, when, during games on April 15, all members of the Mets, Cardinals, Washington Nationals, and Tampa Bay Rays wore Robinson's number 42.

At the November 2006 groundbreaking for a new ballpark for the New York Mets, Citi Field, it was announced that the main entrance, modeled on the one in Brooklyn's old Ebbets Field, would be called the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.

The Mets missed the playoffs on the last day of the regular season in 2007 and 2008 and posted a losing record from 2009-2011.

The Mets won that Saturday, but on Sunday, Tom Glavine gave up seven runs in the first inning.

It is played on the radio, during television broadcasts and at Mets ' home games.

He was first introduced on the cover of game programs in 1963, when the Mets were still playing at the Polo Grounds in northern Manhattan.

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 orange and blue logo on the left sleeves in 1998 ; in 1999 this was changed to the alternate black and blue logo ).

Among the changes included the removal of the black drop-shadows that had been present on Mets jerseys since 1998.

Both uniforms will feature the " Mets " script, player numerals and names in blue outlined in orange, and both be worn only with the team's traditional blue cap with orange crest ( although the orange button on top of the cap has been retained ), blue undersleeves, belts and socks.

A 50th Anniversary patch will also replace the regular Mets baseball / skyline logo on the left sleeves for 2012.

Like the home uniforms, the road grays will be worn only with blue caps, undersleeves, belts and socks, and will have the 50th Anniversary patch in place of the Mets skyline logo on the left sleeves for 2012.

Another variation on the Mets uniform features a solid blue jersey with " Los Mets " written in orange with white trim, worn with solid white pants.

One highlight of the season occurred on Father's Day, when Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets, the first in Phillies history.

The Phillies ' 2007 Eastern Division Title was won on the last day of the season as the Mets lost a seven-game lead with seventeen games remaining.

The " NY " script on the Giants ' caps and the orange trim on their uniforms, along with the blue background used by the Dodgers, would be adopted by the Mets – something of a compromise between the colors of both the Giants and the Dodgers.