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What is the highest number of Hall of Famers who have played (for either team) in a single Mets game? I’ve successfully identified three instances of 6 players, and several with 5 each. Additional contributions welcome.

Can you name the HOF players who played in these games? One game per guess please.

6:
April 25, 1963: Mets at Cubs
May 4, 1963: Giants at Mets
May 16, 1964: Mets at Giants

5:
April 20, 1963: Braves at Mets
August 15, 1970: Mets at Braves
June 8, 1972; June 18, 1972; May 2, 1973; October 10, 1973: Reds at Mets (same 5 HOFers in all 4 games)
October 16, 1973: Athletics at Mets
April 5, 1983: Phillies at Mets

Possible additions to the list soon (Beltre, Wagner)
April 22, 2003: Astros at Mets
May 8, 2003: Dodgers at Mets
August 24, 2003: Mets at Dodgers
May 20, 2006: Yankees at Mets

Mets v Reds ('72-'73) 5 - Seaver, Mays, Bench, Morgan Perez

Giants v. Mets - May 16, 1964 -- 6 -- this one's unusual because the Mets had no HOFers on this date. So for this to work out, I'm guessing that both Gaylord Perry and Juan Marichal had to have appeared in this game. Also, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda and Duke Snider.

Also, there were five HOFers in the '69 WS: Seaver, Ryan, Palmer and the two Robinsons. But all five never appeared in the same game. You can get to six HOFers if you count the two managers, Weaver and Hodges, although obviously, they didn't play in any WS games.

So Seaver and Ryan never appeared in the same Mets game? Because you have no games listed for the period 1966-1971, when they were Mets teammates. Either that, or they did appear together, but the total number of HOFers in that or those games was less than five.

83: Seaver. Carlton, Schmidt, Rose, Morgan

Pete Rose: not in HOF.

Doh

Tony Perez. Either him or Ron Gardenhire

All answers heretofore correct (with Perez).

Answering a question: Seaver and Ryan did appear in some games together (not many) and I did not identify any against a HOF-laden opponent such as the Mays/McCovey/Marichal Giants or the Cepeda/Brock/Gibson Cardinals.

Using the database that I have at my disposal, I've confirmed that the record is indeed six, and it's happened 11 times.

I don't want to spoil the quiz here, so I've buried the answers in a different thread: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=33033

Peek only if you're ready!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:12 am Using the database that I have at my disposal, I've confirmed that the record is indeed six, and it's happened 11 times.

I don't want to spoil the quiz here, so I've buried the answers in a different thread: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=33033

Peek only if you're ready!

Thanks! I wouldn’t count Torre (not a HOF player). Also apparently overlooked that Ashburn was in the HOF/a Met in ‘62.

I'm all for Torre-counting.

Among other things (I don’t particularly like him), his HOF plaque spells out pretty clearly that he’s honored as a manager.

https://images.app.goo.gl/JZ8fJuxsU8xoU3tY8

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:08 am I'm all for Torre-counting.

Would Bobby Cox count as a MFY Hall of Famer?

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... bo01.shtml

Or Deion Sanders?

Gwreck wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:21 am All answers heretofore correct (with Perez).

Answering a question: Seaver and Ryan did appear in some games together (not many) and I did not identify any against a HOF-laden opponent such as the Mays/McCovey/Marichal Giants or the Cepeda/Brock/Gibson Cardinals.

Oh wait. You have a 1970 game against the Braves, I just noticed. I would've assumed that it was a Seaver/Ryan game, but now that this angle was revealed, the 5 hadda be Seaver, Aaron Cepeda, Niekro and Wilhelm.

Yes, Cox is a Hall of Famer for the purposes of this quiz. Or he would be from my perspective. No, he's not an "MFY Hall of Famer," because this quiz is clearly referring to Cooperstown. And there is no "MFY Hall of Fame" that includes Bobby Cox anyhow.

Deion Sanders is right out.

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:08 am I'm all for Torre-counting.

Me too. He's a HOFer and he played in games. I'd count the games he played in. That's how the question is phrased.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:10 pm

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:08 am I'm all for Torre-counting.

Me too. He's a HOFer and he played in games. I'd count the games he played in. That's how the question is phrased.

So the Seaver/Torre Mets never played the Bench/Morgan/Perez Reds?

The thread I linked above now has an additional post: The 74 games which featured exactly five Hall of Famers.

73 Athletics: Hunter, Fingers, Jackson, Seaver, Mays

There have only been six games in Mets history that have had three Hall of Famers playing for the Mets. In each case, it's the same set of three players.

I'll leave to to whoever cares to guess to name the three.

Glavine, Alomar, and Piazza.

2003 and 2005 were the only seasons in which there were 3 HOFers active for the Mets at the same time (and Glavine/Martinez never played in a game at the same time).

This answer could change with the election of Wagner and/or Beltran.

That's right. Those are the three.

The most Mets Hall of Famers to ever appear in a single game is eight, and it's happened ten times. In all but two cases, all eight of the players were in Mets uniforms:

1969-08-12 Bud Harrelson New York Mets
1969-08-12 Cleon Jones New York Mets
1969-08-12 Tommie Agee New York Mets
1969-08-12 Jerry Koosman New York Mets
1969-08-12 Tom Seaver New York Mets
1969-08-12 Jerry Grote New York Mets
1969-08-12 Tug McGraw New York Mets
1969-08-12 Ed Kranepool New York Mets

1971-07-06 Tommie Agee New York Mets
1971-07-06 Jerry Koosman New York Mets
1971-07-06 Jerry Grote New York Mets
1971-07-06 Tug McGraw New York Mets
1971-07-06 Ed Kranepool New York Mets
1971-07-06 Bud Harrelson New York Mets
1971-07-06 Cleon Jones New York Mets
1971-07-06 Rusty Staub Montreal Expos

1972-04-15 Rusty Staub New York Mets
1972-04-15 Ed Kranepool New York Mets
1972-04-15 Tom Seaver New York Mets
1972-04-15 Bud Harrelson New York Mets
1972-04-15 Cleon Jones New York Mets
1972-04-15 Jerry Grote New York Mets
1972-04-15 Tug McGraw New York Mets
1972-04-15 Tommie Agee New York Mets

1972-04-18 Tug McGraw New York Mets
1972-04-18 Jerry Koosman New York Mets
1972-04-18 Tommie Agee New York Mets
1972-04-18 Rusty Staub New York Mets
1972-04-18 Ed Kranepool New York Mets
1972-04-18 Bud Harrelson New York Mets
1972-04-18 Cleon Jones New York Mets
1972-04-18 Jerry Grote New York Mets

1972-04-23 Ed Kranepool New York Mets
1972-04-23 Bud Harrelson New York Mets
1972-04-23 Cleon Jones New York Mets
1972-04-23 Jerry Grote New York Mets
1972-04-23 Tug McGraw New York Mets
1972-04-23 Jerry Koosman New York Mets
1972-04-23 Tommie Agee New York Mets
1972-04-23 Rusty Staub New York Mets

1972-05-01 Rusty Staub New York Mets
1972-05-01 Ed Kranepool New York Mets
1972-05-01 Bud Harrelson New York Mets
1972-05-01 Tom Seaver New York Mets
1972-05-01 Cleon Jones New York Mets
1972-05-01 Jerry Grote New York Mets
1972-05-01 Tug McGraw New York Mets
1972-05-01 Tommie Agee New York Mets

1972-05-03 Jon Matlack New York Mets
1972-05-03 Tommie Agee New York Mets
1972-05-03 Rusty Staub New York Mets
1972-05-03 Ed Kranepool New York Mets
1972-05-03 Bud Harrelson New York Mets
1972-05-03 Cleon Jones New York Mets
1972-05-03 Jerry Grote New York Mets
1972-05-03 Tug McGraw New York Mets

1972-05-25 Ed Kranepool New York Mets
1972-05-25 Bud Harrelson New York Mets
1972-05-25 Cleon Jones New York Mets
1972-05-25 Tug McGraw New York Mets
1972-05-25 Jon Matlack New York Mets
1972-05-25 Tommie Agee New York Mets
1972-05-25 Jerry Koosman New York Mets
1972-05-25 Rusty Staub New York Mets

1972-06-04 Jerry Koosman New York Mets
1972-06-04 Jerry Grote New York Mets
1972-06-04 Rusty Staub New York Mets
1972-06-04 Ed Kranepool New York Mets
1972-06-04 Bud Harrelson New York Mets
1972-06-04 Cleon Jones New York Mets
1972-06-04 Jon Matlack New York Mets
1972-06-04 Tommie Agee New York Mets

1974-08-23 Rusty Staub New York Mets
1974-08-23 Ed Kranepool New York Mets
1974-08-23 Bud Harrelson New York Mets
1974-08-23 Cleon Jones New York Mets
1974-08-23 Jerry Grote New York Mets
1974-08-23 Tug McGraw New York Mets
1974-08-23 Jon Matlack New York Mets
1974-08-23 Davey Johnson Atlanta Braves

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