Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1998: Mark McGwire homers off Bobby Jones in an 8-3 Mets win. The home run tops Hack Wilson's 1930 National League record of 46 home runs hit before September 1. In McGwire's 162 games with the Cardinals since a trade with Oakland on July [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1975: Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 32nd consecutive base without being caught in a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets, breaking Max Carey's 1922 record. Lopes tacked on six more steals before being caught on Aug. 24. 1988: The [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1971: The New York Mets bombarded the Braves at Atlanta Stadium, 20-6. Ken Boswell led the Mets with four hits and five RBI, including a grand slam off Mike McQueen.
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1982: Joel Youngblood became the first in Major League history to get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities in the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drove in the winning run for the New York Mets in a [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1989: The New York Mets blast the St. Louis Cardinals 11-0. Kevin McReynolds hit for the cycle (the first Met to accomplish the feat since Keith Hernandez did in 1985) and Sid Fernandez pitched a four-hit complete game shutout. 2000: After vetoing a trade [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1973: New York Mets released Jerry May. 1988: Sid Fernandez pitches seven shutout innings, striking out 12 and giving up four hits in a 3-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was the second straight day the Mets shutout the Pirates. 2001: New York [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1963: New York Mets traded Jacke Davis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Duke Carmel. 1987: Howard Johnson hit a long two-run tenth inning home run to lead the Mets to a 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. It was one of four [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1975: New York Mets purchased Skip Lockwood from the Oakland Athletics. 1978: New York Mets purchased Gil Flores from the California Angels. 1979: Dave Kingman of the Chicago Cubs hit three home runs in a game for the second time in the season and [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1963: New York Mets released Jimmy Piersall. 1975: New York Mets released Cleon Jones. 1990: New York Mets traded Mike Marshall to the Boston Red Sox for Greg Hansell, Paul Williams and Ed Perozo. 2001: New York Mets traded Turk Wendell and Dennis Cook [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1978: Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run, and Rose hits in his thirty-ninth straight game, but the Reds bow to the New York Mets 12-3.
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1998: Baltimore's ageless wonder Jesse Orosco pitches in his 1,000th career game. 1999: New York Mets traded Terrence Long and Leoner Vasquez to the Oakland Athletics for Kenny Rogers.
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1967: New York Mets traded Hawk Taylor to the California Angels for Don Wallace. 1978: Pete Rose singles twice during the Reds' 5-3 win over the Mets, extending his hitting streak to thirty-seven games to tie the modern Major League record held by Tommy [...]