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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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	A true original: Hobie Landrith, the first Met and a close friend of Willie Mays, dies at 93 Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), April 12, 2023 Obituary for Hobie Landrith, the first player that the Mets selected in the 1961 expansion draft.
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	One last 'Humm Baby!' for Roger Craig, baseball lifer Atlanta Constitution, June 24, 2023 Roger Craig was a member of the Mets starting rotation during their first two seasons, but that was just a small part of a long career as a player, manager, and coach. This is his obituary.
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	Bressoud dies at 91 Boston Globe, July 20, 2023 Obituary of Eddie Bressoud, an infielder with the 1966 Mets.
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	Alvarez gets kick from series, kids Newsday, July 25, 2023 Francisco Alvarez enjoys participating in the Subway Series against the Yankees
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	Former Pirates outfielder and original New York Met Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 8, 2023 Obituary of Joe Christopher, an outfielder with the Mets from the inaugural season in 1962 through 1965.
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	Ex-Mets catcher Hodges dies Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA), November 25, 2023 Obituary of Ron Hodges, who spent 12 seasons with the Mets, primarily as a backup catcher. His rookie season featured a trip to the World Series as a member of the 1973 Mets.
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	William Joseph Hicks Daily Progress (Charlottesville, VA), December 9, 2023 Obituary of Joe Hicks, an outfielder with the 1963 Mets.
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	Everyone's Buddy: Beloved '69 champion Harrelson dies at 79 New York Daily News, January 12, 2024 Obituary for Bud Harrelson, Mets All-Star shortstop, coach, manager, broadcaster, World Champion, and a member of the club's Hall of Fame.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.

	Key Pitcher for the 1969 Miracle Mets Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 16, 2024 Obituary of Jim McAndrew, known as "The Pride of Lost Nation, Iowa". McAndrew was a pitcher for the 1969 World Champion Mets.
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	Former Reds pitcher was traded for Seaver Springfield News-Sun (Springfield, OH), April 8, 2024 Pat Zachry, a recent Rookie of the Year, was one of four players that the Mets received from the Reds in exchange for Tom Seaver in 1977. He would go on to pitch six seasons for the Mets. This is his obituary.
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	Grote an Amazin' anchor Newsday, April 9, 2024 Obituary for Mets Hall-of-Famer Jerry Grote, the All-Star catcher who played a key role in the 1969 World Championship.
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	Herzog Changed Cards 'Forever' St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 17, 2024 Whitey Herzog was a Mets nemesis for many years as he served as a long-time manager for the rival Cardinals. He also managed the Rangers, Angels, and Royals. Prior to that, he was the Mets Director of Player Development and contributed to the championship teams of 1969 and 1973. This is his obituary.
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	Say Hey Kid Was One of Game's All-Time Greats Newsday, June 19, 2024 Obituary of Hall-of-Fame outfielder Willie Mays, one of the greatest players of all time, who finished his storied career with the Mets in 1972 and 1973.
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	Major-league mainstay Cubbage dies at 74 Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), August 13, 2024 Mike Cubbage was an infielder who played in 67 games with the 1981 Mets. He also spent seven seasons as a Mets coach in the 1990s, and was the club's interim manager after Bud Harrelson was fired near the end of the 1991 season. This is his obituary.
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	Ex-Rice mentor Graham, 88, dies Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX), September 5, 2024 Wayne Graham played in 20 games for the 1964 Mets and later went on to become a long-time baseball coach at Rice University. This is his obituary.
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	Mr. Met, From Beginning to Miracle, Dies at 79 Newsday, September 10, 2024 Obituary of Mets Hall-of-Famer Ed Kranepool, who debuted with the original 1962 Mets at the age of 17 and remained with the team through 17 seasons.
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	Ex-Met, Yank, 75, dies; had memorable career Newsday, January 1, 2025 Lenny Randle was acquired from the Texas Rangers after he had violently attacked manager Frank Lucchesi, but he then went on to provide an unexpected spark to the 1977 Mets. This is just part of Lenny Randle's story, as shown in this obituary.
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