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Gary Bennett
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 661 of 1252 players
Gary David Bennett
Born: April 17, 1972 at Waukegan, Ill.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 208

Share your memories of Gary Bennett HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY: Robert Sherry August 24, 2001 Darryl Strawberry had coke binges that lasted longer than Bennett's stay in NY! Watch out for his kid brother Ryan, also a catcher in AAA to be up with the Mets Soon. Mr. Sparkle August 26, 2001 Leaves the Mets as the 5th player all time to have a perfect 1.000 batting average, 1 for 1. Nice going Gary!!!! LHS October 25, 2001 My memory of Gary Bennett isn't of when he was with the Mets -- but it's from when he was a member of the Phillies in 2000. I went out to San Francisco for vacation and went to a Phillies-Giants game at Pacific Bell Park on Labor Day, 2000. That night, I went to Benihana's Japanese restaurant (at Benihana's, they seat 8 people at a table and the chef cooks right at the table). A friend of mine and I were the first two people to be seated at a given table, so we had to wait until some more people came in to fill up our table. I saw the door open and saw Marlon Anderson, second baseman for the Phillies, and Gary Bennett, who had caught that afternoon's game for the Phillies, enter the restaurant. Minutes later I was led to their table with some other people (lucky me!). No one at the table knew who they were but eventually everyone at the table started to talk and I asked them if they were who I thought they were. After that we had a lengthy conversation about baseball and that day's game. Unlike Marlon Anderson, Gary Bennett didn't really have much to say. He mentioned that he was from the Chicago suburbs but when I started asking him questions about Wrigley Field and the Chicago Cubs (who I know a great deal about because I went to college in Illinois), it didn't seem like he knew much. I was very surprised. I think that he's one of those guys that happens to be a ballplayer -- but if he wasn't -- he probably wouldn't even watch the sport. Anyway, he seemed like a nice guy. Elliott May 10, 2006 Very nice guy. Whenever the Mets come to play the Marlins we always get seats for a game by the Mets bullpen. He was out there for the one week he was a Met. Talked to my kids, signed autographs and took pictures. I asked him if he was happy comming to play for Bobby V., he was estatic. He said that Larry Bowa was a lunatic and was thrilled to be away from him. I always look for his name in the boxes and hope he does well! Alex December 27, 2021 I remember when the Mets got Bennett, mostly because he was the return for Todd Pratt. They kept him around for a single game, then shipped him to Colorado for Ender Chavez, whose name might seem familiar ... he's the brother of Endy. And he also made his way to the Mets staff as batting practice pitcher. Alex September 18, 2023 Catcher Gary Bennett is proof that if you're willing to don the tools of ignorance, teams will utilize your services. He didn't hit for average (.241 career mark) or get on base much (.302 OBP) or hit for power (.328 SLG), but he forged a 13-year career in the big leagues. One of the 587 games in which he appeared came with New York, and in his one at-bat with the club, he had a hit—a single off Marlins pitcher Chuck Smith. I wonder how many other players were 1-for-1 in their Mets careers. Anyway, in 2005 I sent him an autograph request through the Nats, then in 2012 I sent him one through his home address, but he didn't respond either time.

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