The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball team that plays in the Eastern Division of the National League. On March 6, 1961 the New York Metropolitan Baseball Cllub Inc. received their certificate of membership by National League President Warren Giles. On May 8, 1961 the team announced their nickname would be the "Mets". The first expansion draft in baseball history was held on October 10, 1961 and April 11, 1962, the Mets played their first game in franchise history.http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/history/timeline.jsp The Mets did not win their first game until April 23, 1962. They finished the season with the worst record in baseball history, 40 wins and 120 losses.http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/history/timeline1.jsp The Mets continued to be one of the worst teams in baseball until 1969, when they won 100 games and their first World Series. They won their second World Series in 1986. Through the 2009 season the Mets have won 2 World Series Championships, 4 National League pennants, 5 East Division titles.http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/history/postseason_results.jsp The Mets played at the Polo Grounds in 1962 and 1963, at Shea Stadium from 1964 through 2008 and currently play at Citi Field.http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/history/ballparks.jsp

The 2009 New York Mets were predicted to challenge the Philadelphia Phillies for the National League East division title. They played well in April and May and trailed the Phillies by just half a game on May 10 and were 28-21 at the end of May. But injuries started to take the toll on the Mets in June. All stars Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgado, Johan Santana and Carlos Beltran all missed significant time due to major injuries. Other key players to miss games due to injuries were David Wright, Billy Wagner and Alex Cora. A total of 20 players spent time on the disabled list at some point during the season and in total, Mets players spent 1,480 days on the disabled list, the most in the Major Leagues. The Mets finished the season with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses, their worst record since 2003 when they finished with 66 wins and 95 losses.http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=AidiMV7um3Gc70drp7y9Pwu4u7YF?gid=291004121&prov=ap&print=1

Current Roster

• Pitchers

• R.A. Dickey
• Elmer Dessens
• Pedro Feliciano
• Ryota Igarashi
• Jenrry Mejia
• Fernando Nieve
• Mike Pelfrey
• Oliver Perez
• Francisco Rodriguez
• Johan Santana
• Hisanori Takahashi
• Raul Valdes
  
  

• Catchers

• Rod Barajas
• Henry Blanco

• Infielders
• Luis Castillo
• Alex Cora
• Ike Davis
• Jose Reyes
• Fernando Tatis
• David Wright
  
  

• Outfielders
• Jason Bay
• Chris Carter
• Jeff Francoeur
• Gary Matthews Jr.
• Angel Pagan

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Notable Alumni

• Tommie Agee
• Gary Carter
• Dwight Gooden
• Jerry Grote
• Keith Hernandez
• Cleon Jones
• Jerry Koosman
• Ed Kranepool
• Tug McGraw
• Tom Seaver
• Rusty Staub
• Darryl Strawberry
• Mookie Wilsonhttp://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/history/nym_history_halloffame.jsp