New York Mets

2017 New York Mets season

Established in 1962


Team logo	Cap insignia

Major league affiliations

National League (1962–present)
- East Division (1969–present)

Current uniform

Retired numbers

14
31
37
41
42
Shea

Colors

Blue, orange, white

Name

New York Mets (1962–present)

Other nicknames

The Metropolitans, The Amazin's, The Metsies The Miracle Mets (1969), The Amazin Mets (1969), The Bad Guys (1986)

Ballpark

Citi Field (2009–present)
Shea Stadium (1964–2008)
Polo Grounds (1962–1963)

Major league titles

World Series titles (2)

1969
1986

NL Pennants (5)

East Division titles (6)

Wild card berths (3)

Front office

Owner(s)

Fred Wilpon (52%)
Several others (48%)

Manager

Terry Collins

General Manager

Sandy Alderson

President of Baseball Operations

Saul Katz

The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The Mets are one of two Major League clubs based in New York City; the other is the New York Yankees.

One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed NL teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. The Mets' colors are composed of the Dodgers' blue and the Giants' orange, which also comprises the outer two bands of the New York City flag. During the 1962 and 1963 seasons, the Mets played their home games at the Polo Grounds. From 1964 to 2008, the Mets' home ballpark was Shea Stadium. In 2009, they moved into their current ballpark, Citi Field.

In their 1962 inaugural season, the Mets posted a record of 40–120, the worst regular season record since MLB went to a 162-game schedule (two games were canceled). The team never finished better than second to last until the 1969 "Miracle Mets" beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in World Series history. Since then, they have played in four additional World Series, including a dramatic run in 1973 that ended in a seven-game loss to the Oakland Athletics, a second championship in 1986 over the Boston Red Sox, a Subway Series loss against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in 2000, and a five-game loss to the Kansas City Royals in 2015.

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