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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!
- Forum Visit the Crane Pool Forum to discuss the Mets and just about anything else!
- 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.
- This Date in Mets History Births, Deaths, Transactions, Newspaper Covers

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- FAQ Frequently Asked Questions

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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	Clendenon dies at 70: '69 World Series MVP battled leukemia New York Daily News, September 18, 2005 Obituary of Mets first baseman Donn Clendenon, by Mike Lupica.
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	Former major league pitcher Herb Moford dies Journal Tribune (Biddeford, Maine), December 7, 2005 Obituary for Herb Moford, who pitched in seven games for the 1962 Mets.
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	Ex-Mets GM Devine Dies at 90 Newsday, January 28, 2007 Obituary for Bing Devine
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	Clem Labine, 80; former Dodgers relief pitcher played in 5 World Series Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2007 Obituary of Clem Labine, who in addition to five World Series, pitched three games for the Mets.
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	Bill Robinson: Spent 8 seasons with Pirates Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 30, 2007 Obituary of former Mets hitting instructor Bill Robinson.
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	'One of the classiest men' dies Newsday, July 30, 2007 Obituary of former Mets hitting instructor Bill Robinson
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	Don Cardwell of Miracle Mets, 72 Newsday, January 15, 2008 Obituary of former Mets pitcher Don Cardwell.
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	Former Boston Braves great dies Palm Beach Post, April 15, 2008 After his playing career, Tommy Holmes worked for the Mets. He was on hand at Shea when Pete Rose broke his National League hitting streak record. This is his obituary.
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	Flamboyant star pitcher for Pirates in the 1970s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 20, 2008 Obituary of former pitcher Dock Ellis.
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	Arthur deserves media monument Newsday, March 26, 2009 Although this obituary/eulogy emphasizes Arthur Richman's time with the Yankees, he worked for the Mets for over two decades, from 1966 to 1988.
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	Ex-Met Carlton Willey, 78 Newsday, July 23, 2009 Obituary of Carlton Willey, who pitched for the Milwaukee Braves for five years before joining the Mets. His niche in Mets history is that he was their first pitcher to hit a grand slam.
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	Shea organist dead at 94 New York Daily News, January 31, 2010 Obituary of former Shea Stadium organist Jane Jarvis, "Shea's Queen of Melody".
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	Former Sox voice embodied Veeck's 'fun' approach Chicago Tribune, June 27, 2010 Obituary of 1982 Mets broadcaster Lorn Brown
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	Joe Frazier, 88; managed Mets for '76 season Boston Globe, February 19, 2011 Obituary of former Mets manager Joe Frazier.
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	End of 'Summer' Newsday, February 28, 2011 Obituary of Hall-of-Fame outfielder Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers and later, the New York Mets.
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	Ex-Met, later movie actor Greg Goossen, 65 New York Daily News, March 2, 2011 Obituary of former Mets catcher Greg Goossen.
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	O'SHAUGHNESSY Newsday, August 8, 2011 Death notice for Harold W. O'Shaughnessy, who served in the Mets front office for 23 years.
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	Carter steps up Newsday, February 17, 2012 Obituary of Hall-of-Fame catcher Gary Carter, and a 1986 World Champion Met.
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	Ex-Met 3B coach Yost dies New York Daily News, October 18, 2012 Obituary of former coach Eddie Yost.
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	Forever in Kiner's Korner: Everyone wanted to be around Ralph New York Daily News, February 7, 2014 Obituary of former Mets broadcaster Ralph Kiner
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