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| 1966 |
In the franchise's fifth season, the Mets experience their first winning month when they beat Chicago at Shea Stadium, 6-3. The Amazins will finish July with another victory tomorrow with an 18-14 record en route to finishing the campaign 29 games below .500.
(Ed. Note: For the first time in their existence, the Mets are not last-place, team, finishing ninth 7½ games in front of the Cubs. - LP) |
| 1969 | With his team trailing 8-0 in the third inning of the nightcap against the Astros, Mets manager Gil Hodges walks past Nolan Ryan on the mound and continues into the Shea Stadium outfield, where he asks Cleon Jones to leave the game after a brief conversation with the left fielder. At the time, reports indicated the star player suffered a leg injury fielding Johnny Edwards' double, with many believing the skipper demonstrating he would not tolerate a lack of hustle on his team. |
| 1969 |
The Astros, nursing a slim two-run lead starting the top of the ninth, rout the Mets,16-3, scoring 11 runs thanks to seven hits, four walks, and one passed ball. Houston becomes the third major league team to hit two grand slams in one inning when Denis Menke and Jimmy Wynn go deep in the first game of a Shea Stadium twin bill. (Ed. Note: Jimmy Wynn and Norm Miller score on each bases-loaded home run -LP.) |
| 2001 | The Twins get Mets starter Rick Reed for outfielder and leadoff batter Matt Lawton. The 36-year-old right-hander, an All-Star this season, had compiled an 8-6 record with a 3.86 ERA with New York before the deal. |
| 2014 | Felix Hernandez becomes the first pitcher in major league history to make 14 consecutive starts of at least seven innings while allowing two runs or less. The Mariners right-hander, known as 'King Felix,' breaks the record previously held by Tom Seaver, who established the mark in 1971 while pitching for the Mets. |
| 2016 |
"With all due respect to Tom Hanks, there is crying in baseball." - MIKE PIAZZA, responding to his emotional state about being inducted into the Hall of Fame and having his number retired by the Mets. Mike Piazza, considered the greatest-hitting catcher in baseball history, has his number retired by the Mets, a team he played with for eight seasons, batting .296 and slugging 220 home runs. The 2016 Hall of Fame inductee is the second person, along with right-hander Tom Seaver (41), honored for what he accomplished as a player for the team, joining managers Gil Hodges (14) and Casey Stengel (37) and baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson's (42). |