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Former and Future Mets On World Series Roster Trivia

SteveJRogers Oct 16 2007 04:52 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 16 2007 05:05 PM

Two more Cleveland wins and Paul Byrd will join Kazuo Matsui as the 174th and 175th future or former Met to appear on a World Series Roster. Note I am not counting returning Mets since if I count say Lee Mazzilli or Bobby Bonillia, should I not count Tug McGraw or Randy Myers whose Met stints were broken up despite still being in the organization? Also guys like Ramon Castro on the 2003 Marlins do not count, even though he has a ring, he does not appear on the Marlin Postseason roster. Starting it off easy with 1947 through 1968, there are 40 of them, many should be quite easy to get, especially the first 10. I'll fill some semblance of an order as we go.

DocTee Oct 16 2007 04:58 PM

huh?

vtmet Oct 16 2007 05:06 PM

Rox manager Clint Hurdle and pitching coach Bob Apodaca may not be on the WS "roster" since they aren't players, but in addition to Kaz/Byrd both are also former Mets players (Hurdle also was named manager of the year while managing in the Mets farm system; Apodaca was pitching coach for the Mets up until '99... Mets may not pitch "no hitters" or get into many World Series, but they sure can when they aren't wearing a Mets uniform...

SteveJRogers Oct 16 2007 05:17 PM

Hurdle does appear on the list, but we have a ways to go 'till then

DocTee Oct 16 2007 05:21 PM

Ken Boyer, Roger Craig, Don Zimmer.

SteveJRogers Oct 16 2007 05:30 PM

Yes, Yes and Yes

DocTee Oct 16 2007 05:30 PM

3 down, 170 to go....

SteveJRogers Oct 16 2007 05:37 PM

Well we are doing the first couple of decades first, so its 3 down, 37 to go. For what it's worth, this years Mets team contributed to new records for the most Metly World Series ever to not include the Met franchise as well as the most former and future Mets ever on a World Series roster. Also the 1969-1970 Orioles and the 1970 Reds are the only teams not to feature a future or a former Met on their World Series roster since 1947, when the first two future Mets appeared on a World Series roster.

SteveJRogers Oct 16 2007 05:44 PM

Also if Paul Byrd makes it, it will be the first time since 1981 that 2 former or future Mets (course that can change over time) will have made a World Series roster. If the Red Sox come back and win, it will mark the first time since someone faced his future team with the '73 A's that there will be one former or future Met on either World Series Rosters.

metsmarathon Oct 16 2007 05:46 PM

wouldn't it be more fun to split up the futures from the formers?

SteveJRogers Oct 16 2007 05:50 PM

Okay then, the first 30 are all futures, in fact of the first 40, all but 4 are future Mets

HahnSolo Oct 17 2007 08:37 AM

Gil Hodges Duke Snider Yogi Berra Willie Mays Mickey Lolich

HahnSolo Oct 17 2007 03:23 PM

Let's throw Tommy Davis in there as well.

RealityChuck Oct 17 2007 05:09 PM

Robert L. Miller

SI Metman Oct 17 2007 05:43 PM

Ken Boyer Marv Thorneberry Roger Craig Felix Mantilla

SteveJRogers Oct 25 2007 06:50 PM

Ah the heck with it, here is the top 40 Yogi Berra 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1963 Gil Hodges 1947 1949 1952 1953 1955 1956 1959 Warren Spahn 1948 1957 1958 Gene Woodling 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Duke Snider 1949 1952 1953 1955 1956 1959 Richie Ashburn 1950 Willie Mays 1951 1954 1962 Clem Labine 1952 1953 1955 1956 1959 1960 Don Zimmer 1955 1959 Roger Craig 1955 1956 1964 Tom Sturdivant 1955 1956 1957 1958 Charlie Neal 1956 1959 Chico Fernandez 1956 Felix Mantilla 1957 1958 Marv Throneberry 1958 Carl Willey 1958 Joe Pignatano 1959 Bob Shaw 1959 Dick Stuart 1960 1966 Bob Friend 1960 Vinegar Bend Mizell 1960 Ralph Terry 1961 1962 1963 1964 Hal Reniff 1961 1963 1964 Elio Chacon 1961 Gus Bell 1961 Sherman Jones 1961 Jay Hook 1961 Chuck Hiller 1962 Tommy Davis 1963 1966 Bob Miller 1963 1965 1966 1971 Ken Boyer 1964 Jerry Buchek 1964 Ray Sadecki 1964 Gordie Richardson 1964 Nick Willhite 1965 Ed Bressoud 1967 Jack Lamabe 1967 Al Jackson 1967 Mickey Lolich 1968

DocTee Oct 25 2007 07:23 PM

And here I was just about to post those. Sheesh. Thanks alot, Rogers!