New York Mets
The New York Mets are a professional baseball team in New York City, playing at Citi Field.
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Key facts
1960–1961National League baseball returns
After the Dodgers and Giants moved west, National League expansion brought a New York franchise to Joan Payson’s group. The Mets name was chosen in 1961.[1]
1962A difficult debut season
The Mets lost their first game 4–11 to the St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis CardinalsThe St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball club in St. Louis, playing in Major League Baseball’s National League at Busch Stadium.Open the full entry and finished 40–120.[2]
1964Moving to Shea Stadium
The team moved from Manhattan to Shea Stadium in Queens.[2]
1967–1969Seaver helps transform the club
Tom Seaver arrived in 1967. His pitching and preparation helped lift the Mets from their early struggles and made him central to the 1969 championship team.[3]
1969The Miracle Mets
In their first World Series, the Mets lost the opener to Baltimore before winning four straight games for their first championship.[4]
1973A seven-game World Series
The Mets led the World Series 3–2 before Oakland won the final two games.[2]
1977Seaver departs
After a contract dispute, Seaver moved to Cincinnati, ending his first long spell with the Mets.[3]
1980Doubleday and Wilpon take over
The Payson family sold the team to Doubleday and Company and Fred Wilpon. The new owners hired Frank Cashen as general manager to rebuild.[1]
1984–1985Gooden’s emergence
Dwight Gooden won NL Rookie of the Year in 1984 with 276 strikeouts. In 1985 he took the pitching Triple Crown.[4]
1986Another World Series championship
In Game 6 against Boston, the Mets rallied with two outs in the 10th through consecutive hits by Gary Carter, Kevin Mitchell and Ray Knight. A wild pitch tied the game, before Mookie Wilson’s ground ball produced the winning run.[5]
In Game 7, Knight broke a seventh-inning tie with a home run, giving the Mets a lead they kept to win the title.[4]
November 1986Joint ownership
After the publishing company exited, Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon became equal co-owners.[6]
2000The Subway Series
The Mets lost 1–4 to the Yankees in the first all-New York World Series since 1956.[2]
2002Wilpon buys out his partner
Wilpon and Sterling Equities bought Doubleday’s stake and took control of the club.[1]
2008–2012Madoff-related financial pressure
After Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme emerged, the owners suffered financial losses. Minority stakes were later sold to help repay debt.[1]
2009Citi Field opens
Citi Field replaced Shea Stadium. Populous drew on Ebbets Field’s appearance and named the entrance rotunda after Jackie Robinson.[7]
2015Another World Series appearance
The Mets lost to Kansas City in five games, with their sole victory coming in Citi Field’s first World Series game.[2]
2018–2019Wright’s farewell and Alonso’s breakthrough
David Wright retired in 2018 as the club’s hits and walks leader. The next year, Pete Alonso set the MLB rookie record with 53 home runs.[4]
November 2020Cohen completes the purchase
Steve Cohen completed a roughly $2.4 billion purchase; his entity held 95 percent, while the Wilpon and Katz families retained 5 percent.[6]
2024The NLCS
The Mets lost 2–4 to the Dodgers.[8]
2024Soto joins
Juan Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million contract.[9]
2026Regular-season finish
The Mets finished 74–88, missing the playoffs.[10]
Home and management
Citi Field’s contoured seating brings spectators closer to the field; its facade combines brick, limestone, granite and cast stone.[7]
Steve Cohen is chairman and chief executive officer.[11]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
New York Mets: Official website: https://www.mlb.com/mets (opens in a new window).[12]
New York Mets: X: https://x.com/mets (opens in a new window).[13]
New York Mets: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mets (opens in a new window).[14]
New York Mets: YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: https://www.youtube.com/@mets (opens in a new window).[15]
Sources
- New York Mets team ownership history (opens in a new window)
- 2020 New York Mets Media Guide (opens in a new window)
- Tom Seaver: A town, a team and a miracle (opens in a new window)
- New York Mets Starting Nine (opens in a new window)
- The Mets’ Second Miracle (opens in a new window)
- Steve Cohen completes $2.4 billion purchase of New York Mets (opens in a new window)
- Citi Field (opens in a new window)
- Mets lose to Dodgers in 2024 NLCS (opens in a new window)
- Mets, Soto finalize record-breaking 15-year, $765M deal (opens in a new window)
- 2026 Mets Standings and Record (opens in a new window)
- Front Office Directory (opens in a new window)
- New York Mets official website (opens in a new window)
- New York Mets — x (opens in a new window)
- New York Mets — instagram (opens in a new window)
- New York Mets — youtube (opens in a new window)