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The 1969 New York Mets season was the team's eighth as a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise and culminated when they won the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles. They played their home games at Shea Stadium and were managed by Gil Hodges. The team is often referred to as the " Amazin' Mets " (a nickname coined by Casey Stengel, who ...
September 23 – Dick Williams is fired as manager of the Boston Red Sox less than two years after leading them to their 1967 "Impossible Dream" pennant. The 1969 Red Sox are 82–71, third in the American League East, and 24 games behind Baltimore. Coach Eddie Popowski becomes temporary pilot.
The 1972 New York Mets season was the 11th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Yogi Berra , the team had an 83–73 record [1] and finished in third place in the National League East division.
The 1962 New York Mets season was the first regular season for the Mets, as the National League returned to New York City for the first time since 1957. They went 40–120 (.250) and finished tenth and last in the National League, 60 + 1 ⁄ 2 games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants , who had once called New York home.
After Brett Baty walked and moved over to second, Tyrone Taylor lifted a walk-off single down the left-field line to lift the Mets their first win of the season, 2-1, over the Tigers in the second ...
November 10 – San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays, who hit .312 with 52 home runs and 112 RBI, is named 1965 National League MVP. Mays receives 224 votes to 177 for Sandy Koufax, who posted a 26–8 record with a 2.04 ERA and 382 strikeouts, allowing just 5.79 hits per nine innings. November 17. William Eckert is the 20 MLB owners ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Nimmo played only 2 1/2 innings off the bench and still made all the difference. Held out of the starting lineup Sunday night because of soreness on his right side, Nimmo ...
Willie Stargell hits the first home run in the stadium's history, a second-inning solo shot off the Mets' Jack Fisher. In the first-ever "Kiner's Korner" from Shea, Ralph Kiner's guest is Casey Stengel. April 19 – The Mets win their first of 1,859 victories at Shea Stadium as they beat the Pirates 6–0 behind Al Jackson's 6-hitter.
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Of those managers, only Joe Torre was a player-manager (a manager who also plays for the team); [1] [2] Yogi Berra did play four games while he was a coach for the Mets in 1965. Gil Hodges, Roy McMillan, Bud Harrelson, Mike Cubbage, Dallas Green, Bobby Valentine and Willie Randolph all also played in MLB for the Mets prior to becoming the team ...