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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.
- This Date in Mets History Births, Deaths, Transactions, Newspaper Covers

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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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	First star player in Angels' history Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2014 Obituary of former Met Jim Fregosi, who had more success as a player during his time with the Angels.
Tags: Jim Fregosi.

	Losing a Legend; Don Zimmer, 83, dies after 66 years in baseball Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Florida), June 5, 2014 It would be hard to find someone who was more of a baseball "lifer" than Don Zimmer. The Mets were just one of many teams who employed him over his long career.
Tags: Don Zimmer.

	Architect of '86 Mets: Cashen brought Gary, Keith & title to Queens New York Daily News, July 1, 2014 Obituary of former Mets General Manager Frank Cashen
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	Sadecki gave spark to Cards' magical 1964 season St. Louis Post Dispatch, November 25, 2014 Obituary for Ray Sadecki, a Mets pitcher who is better known for his time as a St. Louis Cardinal.
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	Former big-leaguer McKnight dies at 52 Visalia Times Delta (Visalia, Cal.), March 3, 2015 Obituary for former Mets infielder Jeff McKnight.
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	Mets Mourn Nelson New York Daily News, June 18, 2015 Obituary of Mets owner Nelson Doubleday.
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	Shock Over Darryl: Baseball mourns ex-Met Hamilton. always had 'upbeat presence' New York Daily News, June 23, 2015 Obituary for former Mets outfielder Darryl Hamilton.
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	Wherever he went, Yogi was at home on the Hill St. Louis Post Dispatch, September 24, 2015 Obituary for former Mets manager Yogi Berra, from a paper published in his home town of St. Louis.
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	Former Mets player Pemberton dies at 62 Daily Oklahoman, March 15, 2016 A brief obituary for former Mets player Brock Pemberton. He had been at one time considered a prospect, but he would only play in 13 games in the major leagues.
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	Hickman, 79, former MLB All-Star, dies The Tennessean, June 26, 2016 Obituary of former Met Jim Hickman.
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	Choo Choo Coleman, an original Met, dead at 80 New York Daily News, August 16, 2016 Obituary for Mets catcher Clarence (Choo Choo) Coleman.
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	Cannizzaro, ex-Met, 78 New York Daily News, December 31, 2016 Obituary of Original Met Chris Cannizzaro.
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	Green, skipper of Mets, Yanks, dies New York Daily News, March 23, 2017 Obituary of former Mets manager Dallas Green.
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	Fearless in End New York Daily News, June 15, 2017 Obituary of Jimmy Piersall, author of Fear Strikes Out and the Met who celebrated his 100th home run by running backwards around the bases. (He still went counter-clockwise, but he was facing in the opposite direction.)
Tags: Jim Piersall.

	Mets' Young dies New York Daily News, June 28, 2017 Obituary of former Mets pitcher Anthony Young, known for losing 27 consecutive decisions.
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	Tracy Stallard, Sox hurler who gave up Maris' historic homer Boston Globe, December 11, 2017 There's no doubt, as this headline from his obituary demonstrates, what Tracy Stallard's primary claim to fame would be. Stallard would pitch in 75 games for the Mets, starting 57 of them, in 1963 and 1964.
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	Charles, member of '69 Mets, dies Glens Falls Post-Star, March 17, 2018 Obituary for Ed Charles, who played third base for the 1969 World Champs.
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	He Lived Life Grand New York Daily News, March 30, 2018 Obituary of Mets Hall-of-Famer Rusty Staub.
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	'South St. Louis kid' spent five seasons in the majors St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 8, 2019 Obituary for former Cardinals and Mets infielder Jerry Buchek.
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	Doc: As Coach, Mel Was Amazin' New York Daily News, January 15, 2019 Obituary of former Mets pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre.
Tags: Mel Stottlemyre.