Starting
Lineups

Mets Opening Day lineups

1962
Sportsman's Park
April 11
St. Louis Cardinals 11, New York Mets 4

__L__

1 Richie Ashburn cf
2 Felix Mantilla ss
3 Charlie Neal 2b
4 Frank Thomas lf
5 Gus Bell rf
6 Gil Hodges 1b
7 Don Zimmer 3b
8 Hobie Landrith c
9 Roger Craig p

1963
Polo Grounds
April 9
St. Louis Cardinals 7, New York Mets 0

__L__

1 Larry Burright 2b
2 Choo Choo Coleman c
3 Ed Kranepool rf
4 Duke Snider cf
5 Frank Thomas lf
6 Tim Harkness 1b
7 Charlie Neal 3b
8 Al Moran ss
9 Roger Craig p

1964
Connie Mack Stadium
April 14
Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 3

__L__

1 Dick Smith 1b
2 Amado Samuel 2b
3 Ron Hunt 3b
4 Frank Thomas lf
5 Jim Hickman cf
6 Hawk Taylor c
7 Joe Christopher rf
8 Al Moran ss
9 Al Jackson p

1965
Shea Stadium
April 12
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, New York Mets 1

__L__

1 Billy Cowan cf
2 Roy McMillan ss
3 Johnny Lewis rf
4 Ed Kranepool 1b
5 Joe Christopher lf
6 Charley Smith 3b
7 Bobby Klaus 2b
8 Chris Cannizzaro c
9 Al Jackson p

1966
Shea Stadium
April 15
Atlanta Braves 3, New York Mets 2

__L__

1 Cleon Jones rf
2 Ron Hunt 2b
3 Ken Boyer 3b
4 Dick Stuart 1b
5 Jim Hickman cf
6 Ron Swoboda lf
7 Jerry Grote c
8 Roy McMillan ss
9 Jack Fisher p

1967
Shea Stadium
April 11
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Mets 3

__L__

1 Don Bosch cf
2 Cleon Jones rf
3 Ken Boyer 3b
4 Tommy Davis lf
5 Ron Swoboda 1b
6 Jerry Buchek 2b
7 Jerry Grote c
8 Bud Harrelson ss
9 Don Cardwell p

1968
Candlestick Park
April 10
San Francisco Giants 5, New York Mets 4

__L__

1 Bud Harrelson ss
2 Ken Boswell 2b
3 Tommie Agee cf
4 Ron Swoboda rf
5 Ed Kranepool 1b
6 Art Shamsky lf
7 J.C. Martin c
8 Ed Charles 3b
9 Tom Seaver p

1969
Shea Stadium
April 8
Montreal Expos 11, New York Mets 10

__L__

1 Tommie Agee cf
2 Rod Gaspar rf
3 Ken Boswell 2b
4 Cleon Jones lf
5 Ed Charles 3b
6 Ed Kranepool 1b
7 Jerry Grote c
8 Bud Harrelson ss
9 Tom Seaver p

1970
Forbes Field
April 7
New York Mets 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

__W__

1 Tommie Agee cf
2 Bud Harrelson ss
3 Joe Foy 3b
4 Cleon Jones lf
5 Art Shamsky 1b
6 Ron Swoboda rf
7 Wayne Garrett 2b
8 Jerry Grote c
9 Tom Seaver p

1971
Shea Stadium
April 6
New York Mets 4, Montreal Expos 2

__W__

1 Tommie Agee cf
2 Bud Harrelson ss
3 Cleon Jones lf
4 Art Shamsky rf
5 Donn Clendenon 1b
6 Ken Boswell 2b
7 Bob Aspromonte 3b
8 Jerry Grote c
9 Tom Seaver p

1972
Shea Stadium
April 15
New York Mets 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

__W__

1 Bud Harrelson ss
2 Ken Boswell 2b
3 Tommie Agee cf
4 Rusty Staub rf
5 Cleon Jones lf
6 Jim Fregosi 3b
7 Ed Kranepool 1b
8 Jerry Grote c
9 Tom Seaver p

1973
Shea Stadium
April 6
New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0

__W__

1 Bud Harrelson ss
2 Felix Millan 2b
3 Willie Mays cf
4 Rusty Staub rf
5 Cleon Jones lf
6 John Milner 1b
7 Jim Fregosi 3b
8 Duffy Dyer c
9 Tom Seaver p

1974
Veterans Stadium
April 6
Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 4

__L__

1 Wayne Garrett 3b
2 Felix Millan 2b
3 Rusty Staub rf
4 Cleon Jones lf
5 John Milner 1b
6 Jerry Grote c
7 Don Hahn cf
8 Bud Harrelson ss
9 Tom Seaver p

1975
Shea Stadium
April 8
New York Mets 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1

__W__

1 Gene Clines lf
2 Felix Millan 2b
3 John Milner 1b
4 Joe Torre 3b
5 Dave Kingman rf
6 Jerry Grote c
7 Del Unser cf
8 Bud Harrelson ss
9 Tom Seaver p

1976
Shea Stadium
April 9
New York Mets 3, Montreal Expos 2

__W__

1 Wayne Garrett 3b
2 Felix Millan 2b
3 Ed Kranepool 1b
4 Dave Kingman rf
5 John Milner lf
6 Del Unser cf
7 Jerry Grote c
8 Bud Harrelson ss
9 Tom Seaver p

1977
Wrigley Field
April 7
New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 3

__W__

1 Lee Mazzilli cf
2 Felix Millan 2b
3 John Milner lf
4 Dave Kingman rf
5 Ed Kranepool 1b
6 John Stearns c
7 Roy Staiger 3b
8 Bud Harrelson ss
9 Tom Seaver p

1978
Shea Stadium
April 7
New York Mets 3, Montreal Expos 1

__W__

1 Lenny Randle 3b
2 Tim Foli ss
3 Steve Henderson lf
4 Willie Montanez 1b
5 Ken Henderson rf
6 Lee Mazzilli cf
7 John Stearns c
8 Doug Flynn 2b
9 Jerry Koosman p

1979
Wrigley Field
April 5
New York Mets 10, Chicago Cubs 6

__W__

1 Lee Mazzilli cf
2 Kelvin Chapman 2b
3 Richie Hebner 3b
4 John Stearns c
5 Willie Montanez 1b
6 Steve Henderson lf
7 Elliott Maddox rf
8 Doug Flynn ss
9 Craig Swan p

1980
Shea Stadium
April 10
New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 2

__W__

1 Frank Taveras ss
2 Elliott Maddox 3b
3 Lee Mazzilli 1b
4 Steve Henderson lf
5 Mike Jorgensen rf
6 John Stearns c
7 Jerry Morales cf
8 Doug Flynn 2b
9 Craig Swan p

1981
Wrigley Field
April 9
New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 0

__W__

1 Mookie Wilson rf
2 Frank Taveras ss
3 Lee Mazzilli cf
4 Dave Kingman lf
5 Rusty Staub 1b
6 Alex Trevino c
7 Hubie Brooks 3b
8 Doug Flynn 2b
9 Pat Zachry p

1982
Veterans Stadium
April 8
New York Mets 7, Philadelphia Phillies 2

__W__

1 Mookie Wilson cf
2 Bob Bailor 2b
3 George Foster lf
4 Dave Kingman 1b
5 Joel Youngblood rf
6 John Stearns c
7 Hubie Brooks 3b
8 Ron Gardenhire ss
9 Randy Jones p

1983
Shea Stadium
April 5
New York Mets 2, Philadelphia Phillies 0

__W__

1 Mookie Wilson cf
2 Bob Bailor ss
3 Dave Kingman 1b
4 George Foster lf
5 Hubie Brooks 3b
6 Mike Howard rf
7 Brian Giles 2b
8 Ron Hodges c
9 Tom Seaver p

1984
Riverfront Stadium
April 2
Cincinnati Reds 8, New York Mets 1

__L__

1 Wally Backman 2b
2 Jose Oquendo ss
3 Keith Hernandez 1b
4 George Foster lf
5 Darryl Strawberry rf
6 Mookie Wilson cf
7 Hubie Brooks 3b
8 Ron Hodges c
9 Mike Torrez p

1985
Shea Stadium
April 9
New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5

__W__

1 Wally Backman 2b
2 Mookie Wilson cf
3 Keith Hernandez 1b
4 Gary Carter c
5 Darryl Strawberry rf
6 George Foster lf
7 Howard Johnson 3b
8 Rafael Santana ss
9 Dwight Gooden p

1986
Three Rivers Stadium
April 8
New York Mets 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

__W__

1 Lenny Dykstra cf
2 Wally Backman 2b
3 Keith Hernandez 1b
4 Gary Carter c
5 Darryl Strawberry rf
6 George Foster lf
7 Howard Johnson 3b
8 Rafael Santana ss
9 Dwight Gooden p

1987
Shea Stadium
April 7
New York Mets 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

__W__

1 Mookie Wilson cf
2 Tim Teufel 2b
3 Keith Hernandez 1b
4 Gary Carter c
5 Darryl Strawberry rf
6 Kevin McReynolds lf
7 Howard Johnson 3b
8 Rafael Santana ss
9 Bob Ojeda p

1988
Olympic Stadium
April 4
New York Mets 10, Montreal Expos 6

__W__

1 Lenny Dykstra cf
2 Tim Teufel 2b
3 Keith Hernandez 1b
4 Darryl Strawberry rf
5 Kevin McReynolds lf
6 Gary Carter c
7 Howard Johnson 3b
8 Kevin Elster ss
9 Dwight Gooden p

1989
Shea Stadium
April 3
New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 4

__W__

1 Mookie Wilson cf
2 Gregg Jefferies 2b
3 Keith Hernandez 1b
4 Darryl Strawberry rf
5 Kevin McReynolds lf
6 Gary Carter c
7 Howard Johnson 3b
8 Kevin Elster ss
9 Dwight Gooden p

1990
Shea Stadium
April 9
Pittsburgh Pirates 12, New York Mets 3

__L__

1 Gregg Jefferies 2b
2 Keith Miller cf
3 Howard Johnson 3b
4 Darryl Strawberry rf
5 Kevin McReynolds lf
6 Mike Marshall 1b
7 Barry Lyons c
8 Kevin Elster ss
9 Dwight Gooden p

1991
Shea Stadium
April 8
New York Mets 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1

__W__

1 Vince Coleman cf
2 Gregg Jefferies 3b
3 Dave Magadan 1b
4 Hubie Brooks rf
5 Howard Johnson ss
6 Kevin McReynolds lf
7 Tom Herr 2b
8 Charlie O'Brien c
9 Dwight Gooden p

1992
Busch Stadium
April 6
New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

__W__

1 Vince Coleman lf
2 Willie Randolph 2b
3 Bobby Bonilla rf
4 Howard Johnson cf
5 Eddie Murray 1b
6 Bill Pecota 3b
7 Kevin Elster ss
8 Todd Hundley c
9 David Cone p

1993
Shea Stadium
April 5
New York Mets 3, Colorado Rockies 0

__W__

1 Vince Coleman lf
2 Tony Fernandez ss
3 Eddie Murray 1b
4 Bobby Bonilla rf
5 Howard Johnson 3b
6 Joe Orsulak cf
7 Jeff Kent 2b
8 Todd Hundley c
9 Dwight Gooden p

1994
Wrigley Field
April 4
New York Mets 12, Chicago Cubs 8

__W__

1 Jose Vizcaino ss
2 Todd Hundley c
3 Kevin McReynolds lf
4 Bobby Bonilla 3b
5 Jeff Kent 2b
6 David Segui 1b
7 Jeromy Burnitz rf
8 Ryan Thompson cf
9 Dwight Gooden p

1995
Coors Field
April 26
Colorado Rockies 11, New York Mets 9

__L__

1 Brett Butler cf
2 Jose Vizcaino ss
3 Rico Brogna 1b
4 Bobby Bonilla 3b
5 Jeff Kent 2b
6 David Segui lf
7 Carl Everett rf
8 Todd Hundley c
9 Bobby Jones p

1996
Shea Stadium
April 1
New York Mets 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6

__W__

1 Lance Johnson cf
2 Bernard Gilkey lf
3 Rico Brogna 1b
4 Butch Huskey rf
5 Jeff Kent 3b
6 Todd Hundley c
7 Jose Vizcaino 2b
8 Rey Ordonez ss
9 Bobby Jones p

1997
Jack Murphy Stadium
April 1
San Diego Padres 12, New York Mets 5

__L__

1 Lance Johnson cf
2 John Olerud 1b
3 Bernard Gilkey lf
4 Todd Hundley c
5 Butch Huskey 3b
6 Carlos Baerga 2b
7 Carl Everett rf
8 Rey Ordonez ss
9 Pete Harnisch p

1998
Shea Stadium
March 31
New York Mets 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0

__W__

1 Brian McRae cf
2 Edgardo Alfonzo 3b
3 Bernard Gilkey lf
4 John Olerud 1b
5 Carlos Baerga 2b
6 Butch Huskey rf
7 Tim Spehr c
8 Rey Ordonez ss
9 Bobby Jones p

1999
Dolphin Stadium
April 5
Florida Marlins 6, New York Mets 2

__L__

1 Rickey Henderson lf
2 Edgardo Alfonzo 2b
3 John Olerud 1b
4 Mike Piazza c
5 Bobby Bonilla rf
6 Robin Ventura 3b
7 Brian McRae cf
8 Rey Ordonez ss
9 Al Leiter p

2000
Tokyo Dome
March 29
Chicago Cubs 5, New York Mets 3

__L__

1 Rickey Henderson lf
2 Darryl Hamilton cf
3 Edgardo Alfonzo 2b
4 Mike Piazza c
5 Robin Ventura 3b
6 Derek Bell rf
7 Todd Zeile 1b
8 Rey Ordonez ss
9 Mike Hampton p

2001
Turner Field
April 3
New York Mets 6, Atlanta Braves 4

__W__

1 Benny Agbayani lf
2 Edgardo Alfonzo 2b
3 Robin Ventura 3b
4 Mike Piazza c
5 Todd Zeile 1b
6 Jay Payton cf
7 Darryl Hamilton rf
8 Rey Ordonez ss
9 Al Leiter p

2002
Shea Stadium
April 1
New York Mets 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

__W__

1 Roger Cedeno lf
2 Roberto Alomar 2b
3 Mo Vaughn 1b
4 Mike Piazza c
5 Edgardo Alfonzo 3b
6 Jeromy Burnitz rf
7 Jay Payton cf
8 Rey Ordonez ss
9 Al Leiter p

2003
Shea Stadium
March 31
Chicago Cubs 15, New York Mets 2

__L__

1 Roger Cedeno cf
2 Roberto Alomar 2b
3 Cliff Floyd lf
4 Mike Piazza c
5 Mo Vaughn 1b
6 Ty Wigginton 3b
7 Jeromy Burnitz rf
8 Rey Sanchez ss
9 Tom Glavine p

2004
Turner Field
April 6
New York Mets 7, Atlanta Braves 2

__W__

1 Kazuo Matsui ss
2 Ricky Gutierrez 2b
3 Cliff Floyd lf
4 Mike Piazza c
5 Mike Cameron cf
6 Jason Phillips 1b
7 Karim Garcia rf
8 Ty Wigginton 3b
9 Tom Glavine p

2005
Great American Ball Park
April 4
Cincinnati Reds 7, New York Mets 6

__L__

1 Jose Reyes ss
2 Kazuo Matsui 2b
3 Carlos Beltran cf
4 Mike Piazza c
5 Cliff Floyd lf
6 Doug Mientkiewicz 1b
7 David Wright 3b
8 Eric Valent rf
9 Pedro Martinez p

2006
Shea Stadium
April 3
New York Mets 3, Washington Nationals 2

__W__

1 Jose Reyes ss
2 Paul Lo Duca c
3 Carlos Beltran cf
4 Carlos Delgado 1b
5 David Wright 3b
6 Cliff Floyd lf
7 Xavier Nady rf
8 Anderson Hernandez 2b
9 Tom Glavine p

2007
Busch Stadium II
April 1
New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 1

__W__

1 Jose Reyes ss
2 Paul Lo Duca c
3 Carlos Beltran cf
4 Carlos Delgado 1b
5 David Wright 3b
6 Moises Alou lf
7 Shawn Green rf
8 Jose Valentin 2b
9 Tom Glavine p

2008
Dolphin Stadium
March 31
New York Mets 7, Florida Marlins 2

__W__

1 Jose Reyes ss
2 Luis Castillo 2b
3 David Wright 3b
4 Carlos Beltran cf
5 Carlos Delgado 1b
6 Angel Pagan lf
7 Ryan Church rf
8 Brian Schneider c
9 Johan Santana p

2009
Great American Ball Park
April 6
New York Mets 2, Cincinnati Reds 1

__W__

1 Jose Reyes ss
2 Daniel Murphy lf
3 David Wright 3b
4 Carlos Delgado 1b
5 Carlos Beltran cf
6 Ryan Church rf
7 Brian Schneider c
8 Luis Castillo 2b
9 Johan Santana p

2010
Citi Field
April 5
New York Mets 7, Florida Marlins 1

__W__

1 Alex Cora ss
2 Luis Castillo 2b
3 David Wright 3b
4 Mike Jacobs 1b
5 Jason Bay lf
6 Gary Matthews cf
7 Jeff Francoeur rf
8 Rod Barajas c
9 Johan Santana p

2011
Dolphin Stadium
April 1
Florida Marlins 6, New York Mets 2

__L__

1 Jose Reyes ss
2 Willie Harris lf
3 David Wright 3b
4 Carlos Beltran rf
5 Angel Pagan cf
6 Ike Davis 1b
7 Brad Emaus 2b
8 Josh Thole c
9 Mike Pelfrey p

2012
Citi Field
April 5
New York Mets 1, Atlanta Braves 0

__W__

1 Andres Torres cf
2 Daniel Murphy 2b
3 David Wright 3b
4 Ike Davis 1b
5 Jason Bay lf
6 Lucas Duda rf
7 Josh Thole c
8 Ruben Tejada ss
9 Johan Santana p

2013
Citi Field
April 1
New York Mets 11, San Diego Padres 2

__W__

1 Collin Cowgill cf
2 Daniel Murphy 2b
3 David Wright 3b
4 Ike Davis 1b
5 Marlon Byrd rf
6 Lucas Duda lf
7 John Buck c
8 Ruben Tejada ss
9 Jon Niese p

2014
Citi Field
March 31
Washington Nationals 9, New York Mets 7

__L__

1 Eric Young 2b
2 Juan Lagares cf
3 David Wright 3b
4 Curtis Granderson rf
5 Andrew Brown lf
6 Ike Davis 1b
7 Travis d'Arnaud c
8 Ruben Tejada ss
9 Dillon Gee p

2015
Nationals Park
April 6
New York Mets 3, Washington Nationals 1

__W__

1 Curtis Granderson rf
2 David Wright 3b
3 Lucas Duda 1b
4 Michael Cuddyer lf
5 Daniel Murphy 2b
6 Juan Lagares cf
7 Travis d'Arnaud c
8 Wilmer Flores ss
9 Bartolo Colon p

2016
Kauffman Stadium
April 3
Kansas City Royals 4, New York Mets 3

__L__

1 Curtis Granderson rf
2 David Wright 3b
3 Yoenis Cespedes lf
4 Lucas Duda 1b
5 Neil Walker 2b
6 Michael Conforto dh
7 Asdrubal Cabrera ss
8 Travis d'Arnaud c
9 Juan Lagares cf
- Matt Harvey p

2017
Citi Field
April 3
New York Mets 6, Atlanta Braves 0

__W__

1 Jose Reyes 3b
2 Asdrubal Cabrera ss
3 Yoenis Cespedes lf
4 Curtis Granderson cf
5 Neil Walker 2b
6 Jay Bruce rf
7 Lucas Duda 1b
8 Rene Rivera c
9 Noah Syndergaard p

2018
Citi Field
March 29
New York Mets 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4

__W__

1 Brandon Nimmo cf
2 Yoenis Cespedes lf
3 Jay Bruce rf
4 Asdrubal Cabrera 2b
5 Todd Frazier 3b
6 Adrian Gonzalez 1b
7 Kevin Plawecki c
8 Noah Syndergaard p
9 Amed Rosario ss

2019
Nationals Park
March 28
New York Mets 2, Washington Nationals 0

__W__

1 Brandon Nimmo lf
2 Pete Alonso 1b
3 Robinson Cano 2b
4 Michael Conforto rf
5 Wilson Ramos c
6 Jeff McNeil 3b
7 Amed Rosario ss
8 Juan Lagares cf
9 Jacob deGrom p

2020
Citi Field
July 24
New York Mets 1, Atlanta Braves 0

__W__

1 Brandon Nimmo cf
2 Jeff McNeil 3b
3 Pete Alonso 1b
4 Michael Conforto rf
5 Yoenis Cespedes dh
6 Robinson Cano 2b
7 J.D. Davis lf
8 Wilson Ramos c
9 Amed Rosario ss
- Jacob deGrom p

2021
Citizens Bank Park
April 5
Philadelphia Phillies 5, New York Mets 3

__L__

1 Kevin Pillar cf
2 Francisco Lindor ss
3 Michael Conforto rf
4 Pete Alonso 1b
5 J.D. Davis 3b
6 Jeff McNeil 2b
7 James McCann c
8 Brandon Nimmo lf
9 Jacob deGrom p

2022
Nationals Park
April 7
New York Mets 5, Washington Nationals 1

__W__

1 Starling Marte rf
2 J.D. Davis dh
3 Francisco Lindor ss
4 Pete Alonso 1b
5 Eduardo Escobar 3b
6 Robinson Cano 2b
7 Mark Canha cf
8 Jeff McNeil lf
9 James McCann c
- Tylor Megill p

2023
Marlins Park
March 30
New York Mets 5, Miami Marlins 3

__W__

1 Brandon Nimmo cf
2 Starling Marte rf
3 Francisco Lindor ss
4 Pete Alonso 1b
5 Jeff McNeil 2b
6 Mark Canha lf
7 Daniel Vogelbach dh
8 Eduardo Escobar 3b
9 Omar Narvaez c
- Max Scherzer p

2024
Citi Field
March 29
Milwaukee Brewers 3, New York Mets 1

__L

1 Brandon Nimmo lf
2 Francisco Lindor ss
3 Pete Alonso 1b
4 Jeff McNeil 2b
5 Starling Marte rf
6 DJ Stewart dh
7 Francisco Alvarez c
8 Brett Baty 3b
9 Harrison Bader cf
- Jose Quintana p




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