New York Mets
On July 21st, 1975 Joe Torre grounded into 4 straight double plays. What’s funny is that batting ahead of the Mets Catcher that day was second baseman Felix Millan, who happened to hit 4 singles, only to be put out at 2nd on each of Joe’s grounders. Torre ranks 16th all-time with 284 GIDP.
⚾Defunct Statistical category⚾ --The Game Winning RBI. Only existed from 1980-1988. Given to the player who drove in the run that put a team into the lead for good. No matter if it was a bloop single in the 3rd that drove in the 1st run of a 5-0 win or a bottom of the 9th walk off HR. (17) Keith Hernandez is the all time leader with 129 of these, including a record 24 in 1985.
Keith actually picked up a game winning RBI on June 14th, 1987. Be sure to check out #amazingblazezinenumber 5 for the rest of the story.
On August 25th, 1985 Doc Gooden & the New York Mets earned a 9-3 victory over the San Diego Padres at Shea Stadium. With the victory, Gooden improved his record to 20-3, and in doing so became the youngest pitcher to ever win 20 games. He was just 20 years, 9 months, & 9 days old. Nearly a month younger than the previous record holder. Can anybody name that previous record holder?
Did you know Dave Magadan is the last batter that Nolan Ryan ever faced? On September 22nd, 1993 the 46 year old Ryan’s rocket right arm finally gave out while facing Magadan, who was playing for the Seattle Mariners, thus ending the 27 year run of The Ryan Express.
Dave Magadan made his MLB debut for the New York Mets on September 7th, 1986 and hit a double in his first at-bat. Happy Birthday Dave !!
A bit of Thursday Trivia for you guys to impress your buds. ** Joel was also the last player to wear # 18 for the New Yorks Mets before a dude named Darryl came to town in 1982.
Remember when Pitcher Anthony Young finally was able see a big W next to his name in the boxscore after 27 straight L’s? Hard to blame him for all the losses though, when the Mets were pretty miserable in ‘92 & ‘93, losing 193 games over those seasons. Young had a 4.36 e.r.a with 16 saves and four holds over the span of his 77 appearances between May of ‘92 and July of ‘93, but getting that elusive win just wasn’t working out for Anthony. That first win would come on July 28th, 1993 when as a reliever he was awarded the W after Eddie Murray hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth to give the Mets a 5-4 win over the Florida Marlins. R.I.P. Anthony
Today in 1989 Kevin Elster’s record 88 game errorless streak at Short Stop comes to an end. The record was broken by the great Cal Ripken in 1990 when he had 95 straight errorless games.
On Opening Day April 9th, 1985 Gary Carter in his first game as a New York Met, hit a walk off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning.
