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Team Founded: 1962
Team History: 1962-Present - New York Mets

Team Colors: Blue, White, Orange & Black
Derivative : Is shortened from a team that played in the city in the 1800s, the Metropolitans.

Mailing & Stadium Address:
Sterling Doubleday Enterprises, LP.
Shea Stadium
126th Street & Roosevelt Ave.
Flushing, NY. 11368
(718) 507-6387

Opened: April 17, 1964
First Official Game: April 17, 1964, 4-3 loss to Pittsburgh Pirates.
Stadium Capacity: 55,705
Surface: Natural Grass

Dimensions:
* Home to Left-Field - 338 Feet
* Home to Left-Center Field - 371 Feet
* Home to Center Field - 410 Feet
* Home to Righ-Center Field - 371 Feet
* Home to Right Field - 338 Feet
* Height of Outfield Walls - 8 Feet

Ground Rules:
- A ball rolling under any part of the field boxes and staying out
of sight, is one base on a throw by a pitcher from the rubber, or two bases on a throw by a fielder.
- A ball hitting the side of the facing of the dugout is considered
in the dugout.
- A ball going into the dugout is one base on a throw by a
pitcher from the rubber and two bases from the field.
- A fair ball bouncing over the fence is two bases
- A fair ball bouncing over the temporary fence in foul territory
fence in foul territory in left and right field is two bases.
- A ball caught in the padding of the outfield fence is two bases.

Chairman of the Board: Nelson Doubleday
President & Chief Executive Officer: Fred Wilpon
Director: Nelson Doubleday, Fred Wilpon, Saul B. Katz, Joe McIlvane, Marvin B. Tepper, Fay T. Vincent
General Manager: Steve Phillips
Manager: Art Howe

Coaching History:

Term Coach Reg.Season Playoff
1962-65 Casey Stengel 175-404
(Replaced after 95 games of 1965 Season)
Wes Westrum 29- 48
1966-67 Wes Westrum 113- 89
(Replaced after 150 games of 1966 Season)
Salty Parker 4- 7
(Interim manager for 11 games of 1966 Season)
1968-70 Gil Hodges 339-309 7- 1
1971-75 Yogi Berra 292-296 6- 6
(Replaced after 109 games of 1975 Season)
Roy McMillan 26- 27
(Interim manager for 53 games of 1975 Season)
1976-77 Joe Frazier 101-106
(Replaced after 45 games of 1977 Season)
Joe Torre 15- 30
1978-81 Joe Torre 271-390
1982-83 George Bamberger 81-127
(Replaced after 46 games of 1983 Season)
Frank Howard 52- 64
(Interim manager for 116 games of 1983 Season)
1984-90 Davey Johnson 595-417 11- 9
(Replaced after 42 games of 1990 Season)
Bud Harrelson 61- 59
1991 Bud Harrelson 74- 80
(Replaced after 154 games of 1991 Season)
Mike Cubbage 3- 4
(Interim manager for final 7 games of 1991 Season)
1992-93 Jeff Torberg 85-115
(Replaced after 38 games of 1993 Season)
Dallas Green 46- 78
1994-1996 Dallas Green 183-205
Bobby Valentine 12- 19
1997-2002 Bobby Valentine 524-448 13-11
2002-present Art Howe

Retired Numbers: (3)

14 - Gil Hodges
37 - Casey Stengel
41 - Tom Seaver

Mets in the Hall of Fame: (11)

1966 - Casey Stengel
1971 - George Weiss
1972 - Yogi Berra
1973 - Warren Spahn
1979 - Willie Mays
1980 - Duke Snider
1992 - Tom Seaver
1995 - Richie Ashburn
1999 - Nolan Ryan
2002 - Eddie Murray & Gary Carter

World Series Titles: (2) 1969, '86
National League Pennants: (4) 1969, '73, '86, 2000
Division Titles: (4) 1969, '73, '86, '88
Wild Card: (2) 1999, 2000,

NL Most Valuable Player NL Cy Young Award
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None 1969 - Tom Seaver
1973 - Tom Seaver
1975 - Tom Seaver
1985 - Dwight Gooden

Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
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1969 - Tom Seaver None
1972 - Jon Matlack
1983 - Darryl Strawberry
1984 - Dwight Gooden