Star pitcher Tom Seaver was traded in 1977, a day remembered in the sports world as " the Midnight Massacre ," and the Mets fell into last place for several years.

However, the comeback fell short, and the Mets won their second World Championship in franchise history.

He helped the Diamondbacks into title contention immediately, hitting a career-best. 336 in, leading the NL in hits with 206 and helping them win the National League's western division that season before the team fell to the New York Mets in a divisional playoff series.

The Cubs were in first place at the time, but after the cat appeared, the Cubs lost the game and eventually fell eight games behind the Mets in the standings, missing that season's playoffs entirely.

After a midseason trade sent him to the Mets in 1983, he became the undisputed leader amongst the players of the brash ballclub that also fell a victory short of capturing the 1988 NL Championship Series.

Hernandez's batting average fell to. 233 in only 75 games for the 1989 Mets.

Stanley was a key member of the Red Sox team that came within one strike of winning the World Series but ultimately fell to the Mets in seven games.

The streak fell 5 innings short of Jerry Koosman's Mets franchise record.

With the series tied 1 – 1, he fell into an early 3 – 0 hole but the Mets bounced back twice to win 8 – 4.

The Mets won the National League pennant during his tenure, then fell in a seven-game World Series to the Oakland Athletics.

Batting. 282 in September with 8 home runs, 27 RBI and 22 runs scored, he was not one of the prime culprits in the Mets ' painful collapse down the stretch.

By the time he returned to the Mets in 1969, manager Gil Hodges had a very capable young pitching rotation that included Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and Gary Gentry and had no need for McGraw as a starter until Koosman went down with an injury in May.

The season came down to the wire as the Mets won 98 games that season, however, they narrowly lost the division to a Cardinals team that won 101 games.

The season came down to the wire as the Mets won 98 games that season, however, they lost the division to a Cardinals team that won 101 games.

However, they foundered down the stretch, and finished eight games behind the " Miracle Mets " ( who had been 9½ games back in mid-August ).

In the ninth inning of the same game, with the score deadlocked at 4 – 4 Alfonzo launched a grand slam down the left field line to help seal the victory for the Mets.

These 20th-century New York Mets played their first two seasons at the final version of the Polo Grounds before it was ultimately torn down in 1964, when the Mets moved to Shea Stadium.

The Cardinals and New York Mets ' became embroiled in a heated battle for the NL East crown came down to the wire in 1985.

With Boston winning 5-3 in the tenth inning of Game Six, the Mets were down to their last out with no one on base.

The ' 07 season for Mussina and Mets ' pitcher Tom Glavine was the subject of a 2008 book by John Feinstein, Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember, showcasing a pivotal season for two New York City pitchers as Mussina nailed down milestone career win # 250 with the Yankees and Glavine earned win # 300 with the cross-town Mets.

Before this, the 1998 Atlanta Braves and 1999 New York Mets were the only baseball teams ever to be down 0 – 3 in a seven-game series and force a Game 6, but neither of those teams won that game.

With the Mets down 3-2, Grote connected for a game winning two run home run.

With the heavily-favored Mets down 3 – 2 in the series, he was benched for Games 6 and 7 in favor of Jefferies.

After losing the first game 16 – 3, the Mets were down 7 – 0 in the third inning of the second game when Johnny Edwards hit a double to Jones in left field to make the score 8 – 0.

Koosman was about to be cut from the Mets in 1966, when Joe McDonald, the Assistant farm director requested Koosman be retained at least until his first payday as he owed the Mets money they had wired him after his car broke down en-route to spring training.

Despite the injury to Wright, Mets General Manager Omar Minaya stated that there were no plans to shut him down for the remainder of the season.

Benitez initially served as the setup man for longtime Mets closer John Franco ; however, when Franco went down with an injury mid-way through the 1999 season, Benitez assumed the job and was named the full-time Mets closer even after Franco's return.

Newhan signed a free agent one-year, $ 575, 000 contract with the New York Mets on January 5,, turning down an offer from the Chicago Cubs.

In July, the Mets recalled Newhan from the Zephyrs, sent him down, and recalled him once again.

He later turned down an offer to become the New York Mets play-by-play man on television.

The Mets were not a factor in the standings again until 2006.

It has become a symbol of the Mets baseball team, recognized throughout the league as an iconic feature of the Mets ' stadiums.

Beginning on August 14, 2009, throughout their series against the San Francisco Giants, the Mets wore throwback jerseys featuring a Mr. Met patch on the right sleeve.

Known throughout his career for his hitting and his excellent defense behind the plate, Carter made a major contribution to the Mets ' World Series championship in 1986, including a 12th-inning single against the Houston Astros that won Game 5 of the NLCS and a 10th-inning single against the Boston Red Sox to start the fabled comeback rally in Game 6 of the World Series.

Ordóñez was taunted by unhappy Mets fans throughout the 2002 season, particularly because the much-heralded double play combination of him and Roberto Alomar failed to produce.

Wright has already announced that he will donate $ 1. 5 million to the Mets Foundation throughout the course of this contract.

Attendance numbers were down throughout the region, so much that after the 1967 season, the Bulls acquired a Raleigh baseball team from the nearby city of Raleigh, North Carolina and so the Raleigh club merged into the Durham Bulls, renaming the Durham Bulls the Raleigh-Durham Mets, splitting the season between the DAP and Raleigh's Devereaux Meadow.

" and all the lyrics to reflect the team and its players, which was played at Shea Stadium throughout the Mets ' 2000 postseason run, including a live performance on the Shea Stadium field before Game 4 of the 2000 World Series against the New York Yankees.

By August 2008, the New York Mets and Daktronics installed of integrated scoring and video boards throughout the stadium.

More Mets team colors, player banners and logos were also added throughout the ballpark, including revamping the " Let's Go Mets " slogan on the Citi Vision board so that the word " Mets " appears in its traditional script instead of the same font as the rest of the slogan.

With the Mets, Youngblood emerged as something of a " star " on the team that consistently finished last or close to it throughout his time in New York.

In 2003, the major league Mets suffered with terrible pitching throughout the year, resulting in pitching coach Vern Ruhle being fired.