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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!
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- 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>
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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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	The New Pastime: Dancing on Graves Newsday, October 1, 1991 Newsday columnist Joe Gergen laments the tone of the media's coverage of the firing of Bud Harrelson as Mets manager.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.

	Buddy I Knew Was on the Ball Newsday, October 2, 1991 Newsday columnist Carole Agus shares a personal remembrance of Bud Harrelson and a game of ping pong. She says that Bud was one of the most stylish and sexiest men she's ever met.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.

	This, Bud, is for you New York Daily News, October 17, 1991 U.S. Congressman Bob Mrazek writes a letter to the Daily News' Voice of the People defending Bud Harrelson after the abuse he feels the Mets manager received after his firing. He says that Bud "is a good and decent man who acted honorably and well in a tough profession."
Tags: Bud Harrelson.

	Mets Bag Bonilla! New York Daily News, December 3, 1991 Article reporting the Mets' signing of the year's premier free agent, Bobby Bonilla.
Tags: Bobby Bonilla.

	Mets Get Bonilla for $29M; How Deal Was Done; Return of the Native Newsday, December 3, 1991 Before Bobby Bonilla became the ex-player who would get a big check every July, he was a major free-agent signing for the Mets. Marty Noble, Joe Gergen, and Tom Verducci were all over the story for Newsday.
Tags: Bobby Bonilla.

	Cone Goes to Blue Jays: Mets decide his 'demands' can't be met Newsday, August 28, 1992 Plus: "Mets' Forecast: Very Foggy" by Mark Herrmann, and "Pitcher wasn't bland enough to be a Met" by Tom Verducci.
Tags: David Cone.

	Whos the New Guy, Kent? Solid at 2B, he packs some power, too. Newsday, August 28, 1992 Tom Verducci of Newsday profiles Jeff Kent, the main player the Mets received from Toronto in exchange for David Cone. Also: "Jays Simply Delighted About Cone" and "Fan Consensus: 'It Stinks!'
Tags: David Cone, Jeff Kent.

	Move All Of 'Em Out? (Why stop at Cone?) Newsday, August 28, 1992 After the trade of David Cone to the Blue Jays, Newsday columnist Steve Jacobson calls for a complete teardown and rebuild for the Mets.
Tags: David Cone.

	Mets Coleman tagged as firework hurts fans New York Daily News, July 26, 1993 Mets outfielder Vince Coleman in trouble for throwing firecrackers at fans in Los Angeles.
Tags: Vince Coleman.

	Saberhagen Comes Clean: He admits to bleach incident; Dallas upset Newsday, August 11, 1993 In a season already marred by Vince Coleman throwing firecrackers at fans, pitcher Bret Saberhagen has squirted bleach at reporters. Meanwhile, Coleman is about to be arraigned in a courtroom in Los Angeles.
Tags: Vince Coleman, Dallas Green, Bret Saberhagen.

	Mac Deserves a Break Today Newsday, January 6, 1994 Newsday columnist Marty Noble argues that recently reacquired Mets outfielder Kevin McReynolds deserves more appreciation than he's received.
Tags: Kevin McReynolds.

	Left Turnover Newsday, January 6, 1994 Kevin McReynolds is returning to the Mets, as Vince Coleman is sent to Kansas City.
Tags: Vince Coleman, Kevin McReynolds.

	Knee May Signal McReynolds' End Newsday, July 22, 1994 Kevin McReynolds' second stint with the Mets hasn't been going so well, and now a knee injury threatens his future career.
Tags: Kevin McReynolds.

	Met Gamble: Kent, Viz dealt for iffy Baerga New York Daily News, July 30, 1996 In a deadline deal, the Mets send future MVP Jeff Kent and infielder Jose Vizcaino to the Indians for Carlos Baerga.
Tags: Carlos Baerga, Jeff Kent, Joe McIlvaine, Jose Vizcaino.

	Mets show interest in Olerud National Post (Canada), December 19, 1996 This report from Canada implies that John Olerud's stock has fallen, which turned out to be fortunate for the Mets, who would soon afterwards trade for him in a very favorable deal.
Tags: John Olerud.

Mets swap for Olerud; take time for Todd Talk
New York Daily News, December 21, 1996
John Olerud was seen by the Blue Jays as someone whose contract needed to be dumped, and the Mets were the team that took a chance. This one paid off; Olerud was productive in his three years at Shea. Also, the Mets are meeting with Todd Hundley, coming off a club-record 41 home-run season, to discuss a new contract.

Tags: Todd Hundley, John Olerud.

	Hundley Rings True; Todd welcomes power of Piazza New York Daily News, May 23, 1998 The writing is on the wall for Todd Hundley, as the Mets have acquired a superstar catcher in Mike Piazza. Meanwhile, John Olerud and Mookie Wilson weigh the impact the deal may have on them.
Tags: Todd Hundley, John Olerud, Mike Piazza, Mookie Wilson.

	Mets Deliver a Hot Piazza; Nab All-Star catcher for 3 prospects New York Daily News, May 23, 1998 One of the more successful trades in Mets history brought future Hall-of-Fame catcher Mike Piazza to the Mets after he had played a handful of games for the Marlins.
Tags: John Franco, Mike Piazza.

	Alfonzo Does it 3 and Easy New York Daily News, August 31, 1999 Account of Edgardo Alfonzo's big day in Houston: Six-for-six with three home runs.
Tags: Edgardo Alfonzo.

	Opportunity Knocks for Franco Newsday, October 4, 1999 At the age of 39, Mets reliever John Franco is finally about to make it to the postseason for the first time.
Tags: John Franco.