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Todd Hundley
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 24 of 1218 players
Hundley
Todd Randolph Hundley
Born: May 27, 1969 at Martinsville, Va.
Throws: Right Bats: Both
Height: 5.11 Weight: 170

Todd Hundley has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 60 times, most recently on August 7, 2023.

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First Mets game: May 18, 1990
Last Mets game: September 27, 1998

Son of Randy Hundley

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Audrey
Todd Hundley is my favorite player. I loved him since I was 8 years old. He is such a great guy and such a great team leader. It is so upseting that he got injured and that he was traded. I cried when he was. I went to the Met game on August 6th to see him. It was so great to see him at Shea Stadium. I got to get his autograph and I got to exchange some words with him.

Mary Dattner
When Todd was a NY Met, he was the greatest and I am sure he still is. He is a team player and a good baseball player and I feel very bad he was injured. I wish him the best of luck in LA and I hope he hits 41 home runs again for the LA just not when he plays the METS. I also remember his dad when he played against the METS in the 1969 Eastern Division leading up the playoffs. Its just funny that after all those years his son would play on the very same team his dad lost to in 1969. Good Luck to Todd in his future on the LA Dodgers.

Robert Ford
I remember watching Todd develop from a skinny, weak-hitting catcher to a cog in the Mets lineup. I was at Shea on Labor Day 1996 when he hit his 39th HR, tying Darryl Strawberry's then-team record en route to 41. I sure hope he rebounds from his shoulder injury, but it looks like it may have curtailed his once brilliant career.

Mr. Sparkle
Here's a guy that I went from hating to loving. When he first came up he couldn't hit a lick. Within a few years he became a team leader and a major offensive force. I used to argue with some that he was better than Piazza because he was better defensively and had just as much power. Now that Piazza's a Met I realize that arguement was ridiculous. He was an all-star however. Too bad the outfield experiment didn't work. He was the worst outfielder I've ever seen. I'm glad he got a standing ovation when he came back as a Dodger. He's a class act.

goreking
January 16, 2001
Gulp...gulp...gulp...Three shots for Todd!

Jersey Joe
August 30, 2001
I'm obviously in the minority, but I despise Todd Hundley. He, more than anyone, represents the losing Mets teams of the 90's .... and enough of this crap about being the lone shining star. Todd was and still is a big LOSER.

How about buttoning up your shirt all the way, tough guy ??? One of the most arrogant Met losers of all time. At least the guys back in the late 70's kept their mouths shut.

Wow, I really loathe this loser.

Brian
January 14, 2002
Bobby V claimed that Todd had a drinking problem and didn't get enough sleep at night. Well, if a six pack each night was the reason for his 41 homers in '97, then I think Bobby V should have demanded that all his players get liquored up prior to games.

Jim Snedeker
January 25, 2002
Ever watch the 1969 NLCS highlights against the Braves, where in one of the games a Met is called safe at home on a close play, and the Braves catcher is so angry at the call that he starts jumping up and down, up and down?

The catcher is Randy Hundley, Todd's dad.

Jimmy Sheppard
January 27, 2002
Ever since I was four years old, right at the beginning of Todds Career he has been my favorite player. I have watched him as much as possible, collected all of his stuff, and admired him for the way he carries himself on and off the field. He is a class act and a great guy. The Mets never should have gotten rid of him. He will always be my favorite player and I beileve that baseball would be much better if there were more people like Todd.

Jim Snedeker
January 30, 2002
Thank you, EG, for the correction. I actually realized this the next day, because I could hear Bob Murphy's call in my head, and whne the arguing started, he says "Here comes Leo Durocher!" And I knew the Lip was managing the Cubs that year.

Jon
February 3, 2002
Boy did the press had a field day with the "Sleep- gate" incident. You had to laugh when you saw this headline on the backpage:

GRUMPY TODD: I'M NOT SLEEPY, DOPEY

Matt Van Riper
June 29, 2002
Todd Hundley was in my mind the best catcher in the game. He was the Mets' leader up until he was traded. When the team needed a boost of energy, he rose to the challenge. In 1996, Todd hit 41 home runs to break Roy Campanella's (40)record for homers, Last but not least, Todd was and still is a good guy a great teammate to be around.

Robo
June 26, 2003
Let me say this-- when the Mets first decided to weed Hundley out of the order after his injury (i.e. putting him out in left field), and then replacing him with the offensive phenom Mike Piazza, I felt a little bad in the way the Mets handled his dismissal... But now, one of the BEST moves ever!

Steve C.
September 3, 2003
As a long time Met fan, I remember Todd Hundley fondly for his many years of service in the 1990s. However, that much said, I think Todd Hundley is one of the most overrated players in the eyes of many Met fans.

People think of Todd as a killer slugger. Statistically, it's simply not true. Granted, he does hold the Met single season home run record and his 41 HR/112 RBI year was a great one. However, outside of that one year, he was not a particularly adept hitter. His next best year he had 30 HRs/86 RBI. Outside of that, he never had more than 16 HR or 53 RBI in any other season. Also, he only was a career .240 hitter with the Mets.

Don't get me wrong: I liked Todd Hundley, and I thought he was a bright spot during an otherwise uneventful time for the team. And, I agree that for a while he was the second best power-hitting catcher in the league. However, he definitely wasn't in the same "league" as Piazza. When Piazza was acquired, there were a lot of Hundley devotees who were complaining about the move. We may have all loved Todd Hundley, but his numbers just weren't as glamorous as some people like to remember them. If you remove 1996 from the equation, his contributions seem rather unremarkable.

Hoose
February 27, 2004
When the media insisted on beating us over the head with the exploits of the Yankees and their media darling, squeaky clean, boy band sensation/shortstop, it was ever so refreshing to have a beer-swilling, chain-smoking antihero like Todd Hundley as the face of our franchise. The Mets gained instant credibility the day they traded for Mike Piazza, but they lost much of their underdog charm.

P.S. Anybody know where I can get one of those old “Todd Squad” T-Shirts?

George Felonbrenner
May 11, 2005
Three Mets players hold a special place in my childhood heart: John Franco, Howard Johnson, and Todd Hundley. Todd made it really fun to be a Mets fan. We Mets fans don’t have much in terms of WS and NL trophies, but we do have our favorites, like Todd, who gave it their all every game, the games exciting, and gave us HOPE!

I remember how me and my friend (two belligerent Mets fans) would reason how Hundley was better than Piazza - “look at the defense” we carped! Hell, we even went out of our way to check Hundley’s name on tons of All Star ballots. Hundley should rightfully start the game!

Great catcher and a solid hitter who had many flashes of brilliance. The 41 HR season was a thrill to experience. Take that Piazza!

It was quite trippy when Piazza came to the Mets. Before you knew it, Piazza and Hundley traded places. Sadly, this was the end of Hundley. The Mets made a fool out of him by putting him in the OF. Yet, Hundley tried and boy did I pray that it would work out. But, he was never able to recover from his injury and was sent to LA. There, he hasn’t done much and word is he might need further surgery.

Hopefully, one day, Todd will return as a coach for the Mets.

James Damion
July 12, 2005
It was great watching Todd developas both a catcher and a hitter. I was sad to see him go even though it was to make room for Mike Piazza behind the plate. He always had that gamer look. Any picture you saw he had that "I will kick your ass, drink your beer and take your woman while I catch a double header in the rain on 2 hours sleep" look.

DB
December 28, 2005
Brian McRae has recently said that the good Mets teams of the late 1990s were juiced up on 'roids. McRae, who does not speak of the 2000 and 2001 teams of which he did not play, claims to have been offered and denied steroids. This could have resulted in Hundley's power surge. However, I doubt that any catcher, especially Hundley, could have juiced up. The 41 Homer season of 1996 was truly amazing, and, if not for the injury, I firmly believe that Hundley would have hit significantly more home runs after the 1997 season.

Jonathan Stern
February 1, 2006
I once stood next to Todd in a Montreal hotel lobby in 1997. We didn't make eye contact - I'm generally inclined to leave these guys alone. I remember thinking that I wouldn't want to arm wrestle him. He was big and strong, all right. I also remember wondering if he had always been that way. He didn't look like that in 1993.

Colin
August 24, 2006
Todd Hundley has been and will always be my favorite Mets player and baseball player in general. I think he was the best Met of the 90's.

Jonathan
August 31, 2006
Todd Hundley took my sharpie from me when I was a kid and wrote down the name of a golf course for his pal and never signed my ball. I'm not sure if he even returned my sharpie. I even had a #9 jersey on that day. If I see him today, I'll punch him in the groin. Hundley sucks. The man had one memorable year, all the rest are entirely forgettable. I'm glad that didn't shake me from being a fan of the Mets, but it very well could have. Anyway, Jeff Kent was my hero, not some bum catcher.

Damion
May 28, 2007
I don't know what it was about Hundley. I loved him while he was here but he always had this pissed off look on his face. Maybe it was from losing so often. I don't know. Looking back I can only think about steroids possibly inflating his home run total.

Paul Romano
September 16, 2007
I still wear my Blue #9 Todd Hundley T-shirt to the ballpark for extra luck and it used to double as my undershirt when I played catcher in HS. He was my favorite Met since I was in 2nd grade and if it wasn't for this guy, dare I say I may have shifted to the Evil Empire when I didn't know any better. Thank you Todd!

My favorite memory wasn't the home runs of 96, or the all-star games, or even that first interleague game at Yankee Stadium (Mlicki Shutout!). No it was Hundley's last game catching for the Mets after getting absolutely lampooned by the organization in LF. It was in Montreal and the Mets had a one run lead coming into the bottom of the 9th, after a couple big hits from Hundley who was starting the day game instead of Piazza. Still in the pennant race mind you. Anyway, with 1 out to go in the game the tying run was being waved in on an extra base hit and Hundley took one of the biggest hits I've ever seen a catcher take and held onto the ball to record the final out. Pretty much knowing that his time at Shea had come and gone it gave me one last chance to smile and be proud of "my guy", Todd Hundley.

He also had a gnarly Indian tattoo on his arm!!!

Sha-Le
January 23, 2013
To this day, I still wonder what the 1999 and 2000 seasons would have been like if Hundley never got hurt and the Mets had never acquired Piazza. Would Hundley have led the Mets to the 2000 World Series? We will never know. Only thing for sure is that Hundley was never the same after that elbow injury.

I liked Hundley back then and he was a great leader in 1997 as the Mets fell just short of a postseason berth. However, once Piazza was here, he gave the Mets a lot more at the plate than Hundley could ever provide.

Nonetheless, I still think Hundley is under-appreciated as far as it goes with comparing the Mets' best 90s hitters and best catchers. He was the offensive face of the franchise from 1996-1997, but instantly somewhat forgotten once Piazza arrived.








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