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Who are your Top Ten Players in Mets History?
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I don’t know much about the 60’s, so I’ll just give you what I know and tenure will play a role.
ReplyDeleteStrawberry, Seaver, Koosman, Beltran, Wright, Piazza, Alfonzo, Carter, Hernandez, DeGrom.
Honorables: Reyes (probably #11 for me), Mookie, Ryan (only because Fegosi wasn’t going to be here ever), Gooden, Cone, Olerud, Stearns, Leiter, Harvey, Wilmer Flores :-)
My list is:
ReplyDeleteTom Seaver
Doc Gooden
Mike Piazza
Jacob deGrom
Jerry Koosman
Keith Hernandez
David Wright
Jose Reyes
Pete Alonso
Darryl Strawberry
Almost Made the List: Dave (Kong) Kingman and Carlos Beltran - I liked Kong because he was the power source for very otherwise-powerless, dreary Mets teams.
Lots of good guys left off the list.
I forgot Johan Santana! Oh boy! I would put him in the honorables and take out Ryan.
ReplyDeleteOlerud produced better numbers than Hernandez. He wasn't here as long, but the back of the baseball card doesn't lie.
ReplyDeleteReese, while Olerud was more hitter for a couple of years than Hernandez, I gave thought to both but decided that Hernandez’s defense was game changing and leadership was vital and Olerud isn’t that player in either facet. Hence, Hernandez gets his due from me.
ReplyDeleteI am with Gus on Hernandez. Man, did he ever fire up a defense. Thou shalt not bunt. His on-field fire also affected other hitters. Olerud was Jimmy Stewart II, but he sure could hit.
ReplyDeleteTearfully, I left Wilmer Flores out of my Top 50 Mets.
ReplyDeleteThat's a tough one with all the players that have worn the Orange & Blue. That said, here's my ten, from the heart:
ReplyDeleteTom Seaver
Jerry Koosman
Dwight Gooden
Jacob deGrom
David Wright
Jose Reyes
Tommie Agee
Cleon Jones
Keith Hernandez
Tug McGraw
you guys have 'em all covered, but there are a few honorable mentions (ok 10 of 'em)
ReplyDeleteWayne Garrett .. hey I had red hair and freckles too!
Al Weis . . I couldn't hit either
Donn Clendenon ... That extra N made him a special player - and the 'other' mid season trade that worked to perfection.
Ron Swoboda . . The catch
Tommie Agee ... see previous entry
The left handed Bobby Jones . . no idea why.
Duffy Dyer . .always had a soft spot for back up catchers
Ron Hodges . . see previous entry
Ron Taylor . . The guy on the top of the first pack of baseball cards I ever opened . .made me a Mets fan 52 years ago.
Jon Matlack to round out my top ten. The guy was a helluva pitcher.
There is a another list of a hundred or so who make up honorable mentions.
I agree with all of you but w/o Koosman and Carter we don't win in 69' and 86'period and for most underrated Olerud and I think he was just as good a fielder as Keith but he was the the quiet one just did his job to perfection and lead by example.
ReplyDeleteAgee had the catch...and the orbital satellite homer.
ReplyDeleteClendenon had 97 RBIs in just 400 ABs in 1970 for a team with an otherwise weak offense.
David Cone an astonishing 20-3 one season. Love to see deGrom do that once.
Matlack just never stuck with me - I don't know why.
Mookie Wilson was fun, fun, fun. Buckner of course didn't agree.
Lance Johnson?
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't here as much as even Olerud, but in 232 Mets games, he hit a superb .326 with 309 hits, including an amazing 27 triples and 66 steals, as well as 93 RBIs and a whopping 160 runs scored. Sensational short Mets tenure.
Where are the Rusty Staub fans
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