Righty swinging CF Tommie Agee was a key part of the 1969 World Champion New York Mets. He played in 149 games for the Mets in 1969 and he was 153 of 565 (.271 avg, .806 OPS) with 97 runs scored, 26 homers, 76 RBIs and 12 stolen bases. Agee was 6th in the voting for the N.L. MVP Award in 1969. Agee played in 661 games in five years with the Mets and he was 632 for 2,416 (.262 avg, .748 OPS) with 344 runs scored, 82 homers, 265 RBIs and 92 stolen bases. Agee was also a solid defensive outfielder for the Mets but he only won one Gold Glove in his tenure with the team.

Lefty reliever John Franco always will be loved by Mets’ fans. Even when he would come to Shea Stadium as an opposing player the fans always gave him a nice hand, and for good reason. Franco’s best year with the Mets came back in 1996 when he worked in 51 games (0 starts) in which he was 4-3 with 28 saves, a 1.83 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP. He pitched 14 years for the Mets working in 695 games (0 starts) in which he was 48-56 with 276 saves, a 3.10 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP. Franco is the Mets’ all-time leader in both games pitched (695) and saves (276). He is also tied for 6th in ERA with Dwight Gooden at 3.10. Franco saved at least 30 games in a season 5 times but he only made 1 All-Star team with the Mets.

Lefty starting pitcher Warren Spahn didn’t last too long with the New York Mets. He only spent part of the 1965 season with the team before they released him during the year. Spahn pitched in 20 games (19 starts) for the Mets in 1965 and he was 4-12 with a 4.36 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP. He wasn’t out of work too long as the Giants quickly signed him when he became available. 1965 turned out to be the last year in Spahn’s Hall of Fame career. He has 363 career wins which have him ranked #6 in Major League history and 4 of those came with the Mets.

Lefty swinging RF Darryl Strawberry burst onto the scene for the Mets back in 1983 when he was the N.L. Rookie of the Year. He played in 122 games for the Mets in 1983 and he was 108 for 420 (.257 avg, .848 OPS) with 63 runs scored, 26 homers, 74 RBIs and 19 stolen bases. Strawberry made the N.L. All-Star team in 7 of his 8 years with the Mets. He played in 1,109 games for the Mets in his career and he was 1,025 of 3,903 (.263 avg, .878 OPS) with 662 runs scored, 252 homers, 733 RBIs and 191 stolen bases. Strawberry is the Mets’ all-time franchise leader in runs scored (662), homers (252), RBIs (733) and walks (580). Strawberry is also #7 in games played (1,109), #9 in hits (1,025), #7 in doubles (187), tied for 6th in triples (30) and he’s #4 in stolen bases (191) in Mets’ history. It’s too bad that drugs ruined Strawberry’s career because he was definitely talented enough to make the Hall of Fame.

Joe Torre is likely to get into the Hall of Fame as a New York Yankee. But his time with the Mets was the worst of his career as both a player and a manager. Torre played in three seasons for the Mets (1975-77) and he appeared in 254 games in which he was 193 of 722 (.267 avg, .701 OPS) with 71 runs scored, 12 homers, 75 RBIs and 1 stolen base. He was riden hard earlier in his career with the Braves and Cardinals and it appeared that he didn’t have much left in the gas tank when he got to the Mets. Torre was also the manager of the Mets for parts of five years in which he compiled a 286-420 (40.5%) record, while never getting the Mets to the playoffs.