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I remember when Dennis D'Agostino's This Date in Mets History was published in 1981, there had only been six players who had appeared in one and only one game for the Mets. The most famous examples were probably that weird one-off start by Doc Medich, and Mac Scarce*, who never retired a batter.
Almost ten years would pass between Medich and (the other) Bob Gibson.
Now, the list is up to 33 people, with the pace really accelerating in the last decade or so. Five new entries this month alone, although some of the five may eventually appear in a second game.
I have no memory of Chan Ho Park being a Met, but I do remember Brett Hinchlife's disastrous start in 2001.
* I had thought that Scarce had an infinite ERA, but he didn't give up any runs, just one base hit. Stephen Tarpley is the one Met with an infinite ERA, giving up two earned runs without getting any outs. Erik Goeddel also has an infinite ERA, but that's in Division Series play, not the regular season.
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| Jesse Hudson | | September 19, 1969 | |
| Frank Estrada | | September 14, 1971 | |
| Don Rose | | September 15, 1971 | |
| Mac Scarce | | April 11, 1975 | |
| Luis Alvarado | | April 13, 1977 | |
| Doc Medich | | September 29, 1977 | |
| Bob Gibson | | July 25, 1987 | |
| Manny Hernandez | | September 16, 1989 | |
| Dave Liddell | | June 3, 1990 | |
| Kenny Greer | | September 29, 1993 | |
| Kevin Morgan | | June 15, 1997 | |
| Dan Murray | | August 9, 1999 | |
| Ryan McGuire | | June 4, 2000 | |
| Brett Hinchliffe | | April 26, 2001 | |
| Gary Bennett | | July 24, 2001 | |
| Joe Hietpas | | October 3, 2004 | |
| Chan Ho Park | | April 30, 2007 | |
| Jon Adkins | | July 27, 2007 | |
| Jack Egbert | | May 28, 2012 | |
| Garrett Olson | | August 8, 2012 | |
| Akeel Morris | | June 17, 2015 | |
| Adam Wilk | | May 7, 2017 | |
| Scott Copeland | | May 31, 2018 | |
| Donnie Hart | | August 4, 2019 | |
| Ariel Jurado | | September 1, 2020 | |
| Stephen Tarpley | | April 24, 2021 | |
| Nick Tropeano | | July 9, 2021 | |
| Akeem Bostick | | July 29, 2021 | |
| R.J. Alvarez | | August 16, 2022 | |
| Sam Clay | | August 20, 2022 | |
| Rob Zastryzny | | August 20, 2022 | |
| Nate Fisher | | August 21, 2022 | |
| Jose Butto | | August 21, 2022 |
The UMDB has mugshots of all but six of these players: Doc Medich, Bob Gibson, Kenny Greer, Kevin Morgan, Dan Murray, Gary Bennett, and Jon Adkins.
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