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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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	Another Chance For Ron, Ed New York Daily News, February 12, 1971 As spring training 1971 is beginning, Ed Kranepool and Ron Swoboda are in a tenuous position. Plus -- an article about Bernice Gera of Jackson Heights, who was attempting to become the first female professional umpire.
Tags: Ed Kranepool, Ron Swoboda.

	Bud Harrelson: Batting Expert Florida Today, May 13, 1971 Bud Harrelson, known as a glove but not a bat, is leading the Mets with a .329 batting average and has recently had a nine-game hitting streak.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.

	Fergy Curves to Cy Award New York Daily News, November 4, 1971 Losing the 1971 Cy Young award to Ferguson Jenkins always stuck in Tom Seaver's craw. He even named a cat after Jenkins.
Tags: Tom Seaver.

	Big Deal! Mets Trade 4 for Fregosi; Angels Get Ryan, 3 Prospects New York Daily News, December 11, 1971 At the time it looked like it was the "Jim Fregosi trade" but history now knows it as the "Nolan Ryan trade". One hundred years from now, this will still probably be among the worst trades in Mets history.
Tags: Jim Fregosi, Nolan Ryan.

Met Star Turns Singer: Bud Harrelson Doesn't Do Anything Halfway
Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN), December 26, 1971
Bud Harrelson performs at a country-western bar in Woodridge, New Jersey. The article includes a photo of Buddy strumming on a guitar. (This explains why Bruce Stark later pictured Bud playing shortstop with a guitar on his back in his full-color caricature in the Daily News Sunday comic section.)

Tags: Bud Harrelson.

	Mets' Hodges Dies of Heart Attack New York Daily News, April 3, 1972 News account of the sudden and unexpected death of Mets manager Gil Hodges in 1972.
Tags: Gil Hodges.

	Born in Middle America, Tested on Iwo Jima New York Daily News, April 4, 1972 Dick Young eulogizes Gil Hodges. Plus Phil Pepe on "The Last Plane Trip Home to Brooklyn" and a memorial cartoon by Bill Gallo.
Tags: Gil Hodges.

	Berra Signs 2-Year Pact as Mets' Manager; Staub Traded to Mets for Jorgy, Foli, & Singleton New York Daily News, April 7, 1972 In the wake of the death of Gil Hodges, Yogi Berra becomes the new Mets manager and, as the 1972 season is set to begin, the Mets make an 11th-hour deal for Rusty Staub.
Tags: Yogi Berra, Tim Foli, Mike Jorgensen, Ken Singleton, Rusty Staub.

	Kranepool, Rocky Sweat Out The Longest Day of Season New York Daily News, April 14, 1972 Restaurant partners Ed Kranepool and Ron Swoboda prepare to resume baseball activities as the 1972 players strike comes to an end.
Tags: Ed Kranepool, Ron Swoboda.

	Mets' Deal Brings Willie 'Back to Paradise' New York Daily News, May 12, 1972 Willie Mays is happy to be a Met, and Charlie Williams is happy to be leaving.
Tags: Willie Mays, Charlie Williams.

	Young Idea: Some Present for New York Fans New York Daily News, May 12, 1972 Dick Young approves of the trade that brought Willie Mays to the Mets.
Tags: Willie Mays.

	Willie Boy's HR Tells 'Em He's Here: Mays, Staub Belt Giants, 5-4 New York Daily News, May 15, 1972 Game account of Willie Mays' debut with the Mets. Plus a Bill Gallo cartoon comparing Tug McGraw with John McGraw.
Tags: Willie Mays, Tug McGraw.

	His Swing Wasn't Rusty New York Daily News, May 15, 1972 News photo of Rusty Staub being met at the plate by his teammates after hitting a grand slam.
Tags: Rusty Staub.

	Umpires disturb mild Bud Harrelson New Jersey Record (Bergen, NJ), July 7, 1972 A tough loss to the Padres has Bud Harrelson fuming over some umpiring calls. He vows to no longer be a "nice guy".
Tags: Bud Harrelson.

	Man Who Built Yankees, George Weiss, Dies at 78 Newsday, August 14, 1972 Not only did Weiss build a dynasty in the Bronx, but he also helped build the franchise that would call Queens its home. He would serve as President of the Mets from 1962 to 1964. This is his obituary.
Tags: George Weiss.

	Matlack's Task: Find an Encore Newsday, November 22, 1972 Jon Matlack is the 1972 N.L. Rookie of the Year.
Tags: Jon Matlack.

	What's Going On Here; News Item: Mets trade Agee for Rich Chiles New York Daily News, November 29, 1972 Dick Young suggests that Tommie Agee was traded because he and Cleon Jones had become "too thick" and one of them had to go.
Tags: Tommie Agee, Rich Chiles, Cleon Jones.

	Mets Victory Was Earned, By George Newsday, April 27, 1973 George "The Stork" Theodore is the Mets' newest cult hero.
Tags: George Theodore.

	Sis, Boom & Ahhh! for Mets: Cheering Faithful Greet Team at LaG New York Daily News, October 2, 1973 The Mets return home from Chicago after clinching the N.L. East and are greeted by fans at LaGuardia airport.
Tags: Tug McGraw.

	Mets Put Miracle on Flagpole! New York Daily News, October 2, 1973 After an improbable late-season surge from the N.L. East cellar, the Mets have clinched their second division title.