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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

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- 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>
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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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	Moment of Truth - By Bruce Stark New York Daily News, April 9, 1963 Will the Mets' winning record in spring training carry over into the regular season?
Tags: Casey Stengel.

	Shades of Mel Ott - By Bruce Stark New York Daily News, April 23, 1963 Yes, Bruce Stark is comparing Ed Kranepool to Mel Ott. Also, this cartoon contains outdated culturally insensitive content.
Tags: Ed Kranepool.

	Gator Star Signed by Mets San Francisco Examiner, June 9, 1963 Bud Harrelson, a 19-year-old third baseman from Hayward, California, has signed a contract with the New York Mets.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.

	Harkness Blasts a Hearty Hello Newsday, June 27, 1963 Tim Harkness' game-winning grand slam against the Cubs was one of the few highlights of the Mets' early years.
Tags: Tim Harkness.

	Just for the Record - By Bruce Stark New York Daily News, July 29, 1963 A Casey Stengel cartoon by Bruce Stark.
Tags: Casey Stengel.

	The Lady's Fickle - By Bruce Stark New York Daily News, August 20, 1963 This is an odd content warning: This cartoon includes Bruce Stark's interpretation of what Casey Stengel looks like when aroused. Click with caution!
Tags: Casey Stengel.

	Old Friends Pay Their Respects Newsday, September 19, 1963 The Polo Grounds, where so much history was made by the New York Giants, from John McGraw and Christy Mathewson to Willie Mays and Bobby Thompson, closes with little fanfare. The Mets go quietly against the Phillies and a chapter of baseball history comes to an end.

	Mets Option Prize Rookie Ron Swoboda To Buffalo Bisons Buffalo Evening News, April 1, 1964 Ron Swoboda will start the 1964 season at Triple-A Buffalo instead of Single-A Auburn.
Tags: Ron Swoboda.

	Facing Up to It -- by Bruce Stark New York Daily News, April 21, 1964 New York's managers have their first wins of the season.
Tags: Yogi Berra, Casey Stengel.

	Fair? Bunning Was Perfect: Jim-Dandy Day: 27 Mets, 27 Outs Newsday, June 22, 1964 Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning throws a perfect game against the Mets at Shea Stadium on Father's Day in 1964.

	Mets Fans Parade in All Their Unfurled Glory Newsday, August 24, 1964 Newsday's Stan Issacs provides an appreciation of the Mets Banner Day tradition. Fun fact: One of the Wheatley High School students who carried the grand prize winner, Arthur Engoron, would, in 2023, preside over the civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump.

	Our Gang -- by Bruce Stark New York Daily News, September 1, 1964 Daily News cartoonist Bruce Stark depicts international Little Leaguers visiting with Casey Stengel at Shea Stadium.
Tags: Casey Stengel.

	Who Will Mets Get Next? Khrushchev? Newsday, November 24, 1964 Newsday columnist Stan Isaacs is harshly critical of the Mets acquisition of Warren Spahn. The reference to Nikita Khrushchev in the headline may have made a lot more sense in 1964 than it does now.
Tags: Warren Spahn.

	Spahn, 43, Is a Met, Maps Comeback Newsday, November 24, 1964 Warren Spahn, one of the greatest left-handed pitchers in baseball history, will be a Met in 1965.
Tags: Warren Spahn.

	Casey Facing Decision: Can Yogi Cut Mustard? New York Daily News, March 31, 1965 After managing the Yankees in 1964, Yogi Berra came to the Mets as a coach. Manager Casey Stengel wanted to activate him as a player. Yogi would reluctantly concede, but his active status would not last.
Tags: Yogi Berra, Casey Stengel.

	A 'Big' Man at Short for the Herd Buffalo Evening News, April 24, 1965 Bud Harrelson is 20 years old and playing for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. His height (5'8") and weight (152 pounds) are noted, as will happen many times over the course of his playing career, but he's also regarded as potentially the best shortstop in the International League.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.

	The Remarkable Career of Ron Swoboda Baltimore Sun, August 15, 1965 Baltimore native Ron Swoboda, a young rising star with the Mets, is profiled by his hometown paper.
Tags: Ron Swoboda.

	Jim Hickman Takes the Bat Off His Shoulder 3 Times Newsday, September 4, 1965 Jim Hickman becomes the first Met to hit three home runs in a game. Newsday's coverage is rather snarky.
Tags: Jim Hickman.

Mets' M'Millan Was Hit by Virus
New York Daily News, September 8, 1965
Mets veteran shortstop Roy McMillan (whose name is oddly abbreviated as "M'Millan" in the headline) has been suffering from a respiratory virus. This has given young prospect Bud Harrelson a chance to get some playing time and, according to News columnist Dick Young, he's not quite ready yet. Apparently he gives ground balls "the old dipsy-do from the side."

Tags: Bud Harrelson, Roy McMillan.

	Metland is Utopia for Jerry Grote San Antonio Express, October 20, 1965 Jerry Grote sees his trade from the Astros to the Mets as an opportunity.
Tags: Jerry Grote.