As I posted here the other day, Ed Marcus a/k/a lagranderusty is looking for readers to post a list of top 50 Mets of all time. What follows is my 50 All Time Mets, some are no-brainers and some are “are you kidding” the names are in no particualr order:
Ed Kranepool
Tom Seaver
Jerry Grote
Jerry Koosman
Tug McGraw
Ron Hunt
Al Jackson
Bud Harrleson
Rusty Staub
Tommie Agee
Cleon Jones
Felix Milan
Jon Matlack
Dwight Gooden
Ron Darling
Sid Fernandez
Keith Hernandez
Gary Carter
Darryl Strawberry
Nolan Ryan
John Olerud
Edgado Alfonzo
Rey Ordonez
Robin Ventura
David Wright
Jose Reyes
Mike Piazza
Randy Myers
Jesse Orosco
Roger McDowell
Al Leiter
John Stearns
Todd Hundley
Craig Swan
Ron Swoboda
Frank Viola
George Theodore
John Milner
Ken Boswell
Wayne Garrett
Turk Wendell
Carlos Beltran
Lenny Dykstra
Wally Backman
Bob Ojeda
Mookie Wilson
Kevin Mc Renyolds
Cliff Floyd
Bernard Gilkey
Richie Ashburn
A lot of interesting and good players on this list…but George Theodore? Really??? He was terrible! How about Rick Reed, who pitched very well for us, great control and low ERAs at the height of the steroid age.
@Mike –
What can I say I have a soft spot for The Stork. Rick Reed just missed the cut. If it were 51 top Mets of all time Reed would have been #51
I’d throw in Joe McEwing as # 51 just in case any of the top 50 got hurt Super Joe could fill in for them.
Do you comments on your list or our own lists?
Here is my top 50…I know my choices my be a bit different.
1. Hodges
2. Seaver
3. Piazza
4. Strawberry
5. Wright
6. Gooden
7. Koosman
8. Jones, C.
9. Agee
10. Weis, G.
11. McGraw
12. Matlack
13. Mazzilli
14. Carter, G.
15. Clenndenon
16. Kranepool
17. Hernandez, K.
18, Staub
19. Kingman
20. Franco, Jo.
21. Ventura
22. Wilson, M.
23. Dykstra
24. Beltran
25. Harrelslon
26. Boswell
27. Garrett
28. Milner
29. Stearns
30. Grote
31. Lockwood
32. Johnson, H.
33. Hunt, R.
34. Jackson, A
35. Taylor, R.
36. Alfonzo
37. Reyes, J.
38. Hundley
39. Orosco
40. McDowell
41. Jones, B.
42. Millan
43. Cone
44. Leiter
45. Santana, J
46. Olerud
47. Valentine
48. Nelson, L.
49. Kiner
50. Murphy, B.
What about the one and only Benny Agbayani!! I first was surprised at Rey Ordonez but thought about it and he did get 3 gold gloves so it make sense. thanks for your blog I do enjoy it and read it regularly.
Where’s the love for Gary Gentry?
I eagerly await the start of the championship season.