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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.
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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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	An Indoor-Outdoor Stadium Could Seat 160,000 -- And Pay New York Daily News, October 6, 1941 Citi Field is where it is because that's where Shea Stadium was. And Shea was where it was because of plans that go all the way back to 1941, as we see in this article.

	Moses Offers the Dodgers Site in Queens for Stadium New York Daily News, April 19, 1957 Walter O'Malley already had his sites set on Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, but New York City made a last-ditch effort to keep the Dodgers, offering them the site where Shea Stadium would one day be built.

	This Rich Ball Fan Can Afford a Diamond Newsday, June 22, 1959 A profile of Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson (the article doesn't even mention her first name, Joan) as she prepares to work with William A. Shea to bring a team to New York to replace the Dodgers and Giants.
Tags: Joan Payson.

	Shea's New 3d Loop Is 'The Continental' New York Daily News, July 28, 1959 An earlier tactic of Bill Shea in his effort to bring a new team to New York was to form a third Major League, known as the Continental League. This was a significant step in the eventual birth of the Mets.
Tags: Bill Shea.

	NL Votes Return to Gotham in '62: Houston Also Included in Expansion New York Daily News, October 18, 1960 This serves as the official birth announcement of the New York Mets. (And also the Houston Astros.)

	Wagner, Shea Jubilant Over NL's Decision New York Daily News, October 18, 1960 They did it! Their hard work has paid off and National League baseball will be returning to New York City.
Tags: Bill Shea.

	Casey to Pilot Mets; OKs 1 Year at 80G New York Daily News, September 30, 1961 The Mets have hired their first manager. Also, "Building of the Mets' Park Begins in Week"
Tags: Casey Stengel.

	Mets' Stadium Lease Okayed; Work to Start New York Daily News, October 6, 1961 Construction on Shea Stadium is about to begin.

	Mets, Colts Pick 6 Dodgers Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1961 Coverage of the 1961 expansion draft from Los Angeles.
Tags: Gil Hodges.

	Mets' $1.8M Buy Hodges, Chacon, Zimmer, 19 Others New York Daily News, October 11, 1961 The Mets have selected 22 players in the expansion draft, highlighted by former Brooklyn Dodger Gil Hodges.
Tags: Elio Chacon, Gil Hodges, Don Zimmer.

	Gil Is Back: 'It Will Be a Little Strange' Newsday, October 11, 1961 After being selected in the expansion draft by the Mets, Gil Hodges is returning to New York.
Tags: Gil Hodges.

	Mets Broadcasting Team Promises to Be Just That New York Daily News, March 18, 1962 The Mets have assembled their 1962 broadcasting team: Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, and Lindsey Nelson.
Tags: Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Lindsey Nelson.

	The Powerhouse by Jimmy Powers New York Daily News, March 18, 1962 A profile of Joan Payson as the Mets prepare for their inaugural season.
Tags: Joan Payson.

	Rain Postpones Met Debut; Try Again Tonight at St. Lou New York Daily News, April 11, 1962 The Mets' first game of their first season, scheduled to be played against the Cardinals in St. Louis, is rained out.

	Cards Defeat Mets in St. Louis Debut New York Daily News, April 12, 1962 The Mets have played, and lost, their first game.

	St. Louis Weather Menaces Mets' Ticker-Tape Hoopla New York Daily News, April 12, 1962 The Mets have a ticker-tape parade scheduled for the day before their first home game in New York, but the potential for rain in St. Louis may force the Mets to remain in that city for a makeup game against the Cardinals.

	Voice of the Mets Didn't Hide Awful Truth Newsday, April 12, 1962 An early review of the Mets three-man broadcast booth, but Newsday Sports Television Critic Jack Mann. He dismissively refers to Bob Murphy as a "mop-up announcer".
Tags: Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Lindsey Nelson.

	Mets Make Debut, But Take No Bows Newsday, April 12, 1962 The Mets' hopes of an undefeated inaugural season are dashed as their very first game results in an 11-4 loss in St. Louis.

	Mets' Owner Is a Diamond's Best Friend Newsday, April 12, 1962 A profile of Joan Payson from Newsday's "Paging Women" feature, a section of the paper for news deemed of interest to women. As we saw with an earlier Newsday profile (from 1959), Newsday refers to her as "Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson" and never mentions her actual name, Joan.
Tags: Joan Payson.

	It's N.Y. Mets From Now On! Brooklyn Daily, April 13, 1962 Brooklyn Daily's coverage of the parade and ceremony that welcomed the Mets to New York.
Tags: M. Donald Grant, Casey Stengel.