John From Albany - All Time Mets Opening Day Lineup

With the 2020 Mets Opening Day scheduled for today, here is a look at the All-Time Opening Day Lineup based on number of Opening Day Starting Lineup appearances.

Pitcher: Tom Seaver 11 Opening Day Starts.  Other Notables include Dwight Gooden-8; Opening Days Johan Santana-4; Tom Glavine-4.

Catcher: Jerry Grote-9 Opening Day Starts followed by MikePiazza-7; Todd Hundley-6; John Stearns-5; and Gary Carter-5

First Base: (Tie) Keith Hernandez-6; Ed Kranepool-6; CarlosDelgado-4; Ike Davis-4.

Second Base: Felix Millan-5 followed by Ken Boswell-4; Wally Backman-3; Edgardo Alfonzo-3; Daniel Murphy-3; Doug Flynn-3; Jeff Kent-3; Luis Castillo-3.

Shortstop: Bud Harrelson-11; Rey Ordonez-7; Jose Reyes-6; Kevin Elster-4.

Third Base: David Wright-12 (the Mets All-Time Opening Day Player); Howard Johnson-7; Hubie Brooks-4; Robin Ventura-3.

Left Field: (Tie) Kevin McReynolds-6; Cleon Jones-6; George Foster-5; Cliff Floyd-4; Yoenis Cespedes-3; Frank Thomas-3; Bernard Gilkey-3; Steve Henderson-3.

Center Field: Mookie Wilson-6; Tommie Agee-5; CarlosBeltran-5; Lee Mazzilli-4; Juan Lagares-4.

Right Field: Daryl Strawberry-7; Rusty Staub-3; Jerormy Burnitz-3; Bobby Bonilla-3; Curtis Granderson-3; Dave Kingman-3.

DH – Michael Conforto-1.  That’s right, in 2016 the Mets opened the season in Kansas City and Conforto was the DH.  Looks like YoenisCespedes will give him company in the all time Mets Opening Day List when he DHes in today’s game.