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May 20, 2022

Mets Sweep Doubleheader from Braves, 7-6 and 9-6

May 20, 1962 - Casey Stengel and his Mets rose today to their finest hour. For the second time in eight days, they crushed the Braves in...

May 17, 2022

Polo Grounds To Host Old-Timers Day July 14

May 17, 1962 - The New York Mets, who have yet to celebrate their first anniversary as a National League baseball club, will hold their...

May 9, 2022

Mets Acquire Marv Throneberry

May 9, 1962 - Marv Throneberry, a first baseman, was purchased today by the New York Mets from the Baltimore Orioles. Though the...

Apr 28, 2022

Mets Belt Five Homers and Defeat Phillies, 7-6, at Polo Grounds

Apr. 28, 1962 - Five home runs helped Casey Stengel’s Mets down the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-6, today at the Polo Grounds. Manager Gene...

Apr 23, 2022

Mets Thrash Pirates, 9-1, Gain First Win in Franchise History

Apr. 23, 1962 - In thrashing the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-1, today, the Mets not only ended their record-tying nine-game losing streak but...

Apr 22, 2022

Winless Mets Defeated by Undefeated Pirates, 4-3

Apr. 22, 1962 - The New York Mets lost again today, defeated by the undefeated Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3. “Well, we played a hard nine...

Apr 21, 2022

Cardinals Remain Unbeaten as they Beat Cubs, 8-0

Apr. 21, 1962 - Curt Simmons, picked up by St. Louis for almost nothing two years ago, pitched the unbeaten Cardinals to their seventh...

Apr 20, 2022

Stengel Orders Mets to Work on Fundamentals

Apr. 20, 1962 - At the insistence of Manager Casey Stengel, the New York Mets practiced baseball fundamentals in New York today before...

Apr 13, 2022

Talented Trio Calling Mets Games on WOR-TV

Apr. 13, 1962 - The first home game of the New York Mets at the Polo Grounds, where the rain, mud and Pittsburgh Pirates detracted from...

Apr 13, 2022

Pirates Spoil Mets' Home Debut

Apr. 13, 1962 - What was supposed to be an entirely happy debut for the New York Mets today ended in defeat at the Polo Grounds. The...

Apr 12, 2022

New York Mets, 0-1, Receive Ticker-Tape Parade

Apr. 12, 1962 - New York City had its first ticker-tape parade up lower Broadway today in which the honored guests stood up and threw...

Apr 11, 2022

Mets Lose First Game in Franchise History to Cardinals, 11-4

Apr. 11, 1962 - History was made tonight by the New York Mets. They broke into the expanded National League at long last, but wound up on...

Mar 10, 2022

MLB: Mets Lose Their First Exhibition Game, 8-0

Mar. 10, 1962 - The Mets, playing their first major league exhibition game today, lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-0, and they did not...

Mar 7, 2022

Howard Cosell to Host Pre- and Post-Game Shows on WABC Radio

Mar. 7, 1962 - The radio premiere of the New York Mets will broadcast Saturday over WABC in New York. The new baseball team’s first...

Feb 21, 2022

Mets Pitcher Lectures Teammates on Glenn Spaceflight, Says Maris' 61 HR's More Impressive

Feb. 21, 1962 - A member of the American Rocket Society lectured briefly today to the New York Mets on propulsion, life on other planets,...

Feb 20, 2022

MLB: Mets Fascinated by Glenn Spaceflight

Feb. 20, 1962 - At 9:30 a.m., when the New York Mets’ second day of spring training was set to begin in St. Petersburg, Fla., most of the...

Feb 17, 2022

Casey Stengel Promotes His New Book in St. Pete

Feb. 17, 1962 - Casey Stengel made his public debut as an author today. The 71-year-old manager of the New York Mets autographed copies...

Feb 16, 2022

Mets Sign Another Old Brooklyn Dodger, Clem Labine

Feb. 16, 1962 - Pitcher Clem Labine (pictured left with Jackie Robinson during the 1956 World Series) became the fifth former Brooklyn...

Feb 7, 2022

Pepitone Shines in Yankees Camp

Feb. 7, 1962 - The New York Mets have acquired such former Brooklyn Dodger favorites as Gil Hodges, Charlie Neal, Billy Loes, and Roger...

Dec 16, 2021

New York Mets Announce 1962 Home Schedule

Dec. 16, 1961 - The return of National League baseball to New York moved a little closer today when the Mets announced their 1961 home...