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- All-Time Roster Every Met player... EVER!
- Mug Shots The pretty ones and the ugly ones -- we have them all!
- Player Awards Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, Hall of Fame, and more.
- Transactions Over a thousand player transactions -- in chronological order!
- Managers & Coaches The men who have led the Mets, and the men who helped them.
- Mets Staff Executives, General Managers, Broadcasters, and more. (And Jane Jarvis too!)
- Birth Places Perfect for planning your Mets pilgrimages!
- Oldest Living Mets See which Mets players have spent the most time walking the Earth.
- Necrology Mets players and personnel who are no longer with us.

- Game Results
  All the wins, all the losses. Includes box scores and score cards!
- Opening Day
  The first day of each season! See the starting lineups, who started at each position year-by-year, and leaders by position.
- Walkoff Wins & Losses
  Interactively search for the happiest and saddest endings to Mets games.
- Postseason Games How the Mets have fared in the games that count the most!
- No-Hitters & One-Hitters See a list of every no-hitter and one-hitter pitched by the Mets, or against them. One of these categories was frustratingly empty for over fifty years, but not anymore!
- All-Star Games Mets who have appeared in baseball's Mid-Summer Classic
- Opponents & Ballparks See the Mets won-lost record against every team, and in every ballpark in which they've played!
- Daily Standings What was the Mets' pennant outlook on any given day in past seasons?
- Yearly Finishes The heights and the depths: the Mets won-lost record at the end of each season.
- Mayor's Trophy Games A look back at the long-ago annual series between the Mets and their Bronx rivals.

- Leaderboards Career, season, and individual game leaders at your fingertips!
- Team Leaders Players who led the Mets in various categories, from season to season.
- Decade Leaders Mets history broken down into ten-year chunks!
- Post-Season Leaders Mets leaders, by category, in post-season games

- Ultimate Mets Scrapbook The history of the Mets, as it was reported when it happened!
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- Fan Memories Insightful. Poignant. Thrilling. Somber. Nutty. Our visitors have submitted thousands of thoughts and memories of the Mets and the games they've played.
- Mets Uniforms It's more than just laundry! Trace the evolution of the Mets official uniform over the years.
- Uniform Numbers In association with Mets By the Numbers, we present a full history of who wore what number, and when!/li>
- Baseball Cards Our collection of home-made baseball cards, in the style of the classic Topps cards of the 1970's.
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The Ultimate Mets Scrapbook, a website within a website, presents the history of the Mets as it was originally reported. The games, the trades, the people, the places. The good news and the bad news. The hard news, and the soft news. We have examples of all of that here.

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	Keith Admits All: Calls cocaine 'the devil on this earth' New York Daily News, September 7, 1985 Keith Hernandez, testifying under oath in a Pittsburgh trial, admits to past cocaine use.
Tags: Keith Hernandez.

	As Idols Fall, Truth Balances; Mets Not Losing Faith in Hernandez Newsday, September 7, 1985 Reaction to Keith Hernandez's testimony in the Pittsburgh drug trials.
Tags: Keith Hernandez.

	A glorious day at Shea; Hernandez lets his lumber do his latest talking New York Daily News, September 13, 1985 In the heat of a pennant race, and in the midst of personal controversy, Keith Hernandez delivers a walk-off win against the Cardinals.
Tags: Keith Hernandez.

	The Yale Man Passes Toughest Test of Career Newsday, October 2, 1985 Newsday's Steve Jacobson salutes Ron Darling after he came through for the Mets in the first of three do-or-die games that the Mets would play in St. Louis as they battled the Cardinals for the division title in October 1985. Plus: Dwight Gooden says he had wanted to start that game.
Tags: Ron Darling, Dwight Gooden.

	The best is yet to come: Dwight's future can make one Cy with envy New York Daily News, November 14, 1985 Sadly, Phil Pepe was wrong. At the age of 20, Dwight Gooden's best days were already behind him.
Tags: Dwight Gooden.

	Mets Obtain Ojeda In Deal With Bosox Newsday, November 14, 1985 The Mets quietly add a piece to their 1986 Championship team by acquiring Bob Ojeda from the Red Sox.
Tags: Bob Ojeda.

	Cy Youngest: Gooden wins award in unanimous vote Newsday, November 14, 1985 In his second season, 20-year-old Dwight Gooden has won the National League Cy Young award.
Tags: Dwight Gooden.

	More Than The Franchise Newsday, November 14, 1985 After his incredible 1985 season, and his Cy Young award, it seemed time to proclaim that Dwight Gooden would be better than Tom Seaver. Joe McIlvaine is given credit for discovering the young pitcher.
Tags: Dwight Gooden, Joe McIlvaine, Tom Seaver.

	Gooden to Get Plenty -- And Agents Know It Newsday, November 14, 1985 20 years old and a Cy Young winner, Dwight Gooden is going to cash in.
Tags: Dwight Gooden.

	'Stork' Brings Joy to Shea Newsday, July 13, 1986 Unlikely Met legend George Theodore returns to Shea for Oldtimers Day in 1986.
Tags: George Theodore.

	Rusty's big day was -- what else? -- a hit New York Daily News, July 14, 1986 The year after he retired, the Mets honored Rusty Staub at Shea Stadium.
Tags: Rusty Staub.

	Full-Court Press: Darling, Teufel to fight assault charges New York Daily News, July 23, 1986 Ron Darling and Tim Teufel got into some legal trouble in Houston during the 1986 season.
Tags: Ron Darling, Tim Teufel.

	HoJo's 3-run HR wins brawlgame New York Daily News, July 23, 1986 This game between the Mets and the Reds is remembered for the fight at third base between Ray Knight and Eric Davis.
Tags: Howard Johnson, Ray Knight.

	Lenny rolls the dice: Unlikely heroes, Dykstra and Backman New York Daily News, October 12, 1986 Lenny Dykstra and Wally Backman have sparked the Mets to a big win in Game 3 of the 1986 NLCS.
Tags: Wally Backman, Lenny Dykstra.

	Tough as Nails: Dykstra's dramatic home run wins Game 3 Newsday, October 12, 1986 Dykstra's big hit gives the Mets a 6-5 win and a 2-1 edge in the 1986 NLCS against Houston.
Tags: Lenny Dykstra.

	Mets Feel Cheated: Say Scott's a scufflaw after loss that evens series Newsday, October 13, 1986 During the 1986 NLCS, the Mets accuse Houston pither Mike Scott of cheating by scuffing the baseballs.
Tags: Mike Scott.

	Sweet taste of victory New York Daily News, October 16, 1986 Ron Darling's column in the Daily News after the Mets defeated the Astros in the 1986 NLCS. Plus, "Astros' Lanier: We blew it". Houston's manager comments after his team is ousted from the postseason
Tags: Ron Darling.

	Sox Take Game 1: Teufel's error in seventh proves costly to Mets Newsday, October 19, 1986 The Mets lose the first game of the 1986 World Series.
Tags: Tim Teufel.

	All the right moves? Managers take heat Boston Globe, October 26, 1986 Coverage of 1986 World Series Game 6, from the other perspective: The Boston Globe.

	Mets Remain Alive: Score 3 in 10th after Sox get 2, force 7th game Newsday, October 26, 1986 An especially dull headline for such a momentous game. (This article was clearly written for an early edition while the game was in progress, so we'll cut Newsday some slack here.)
Tags: Bob Ojeda.