With a smooth-hitting motion, he belted out 252 homers and drove in 733 runs. With swift legs, he stole 191 bases. He made the All-Star team seven times. He contributed to the 1986 World Championship. He had eight successful seasons in orange and blue. In addition to being atop the franchise’s homer list, he is first in adjusted on-base plus slugging, second in slugging percentage, and...
It’s hard to imagine a recent Mets moment without Howie Rose or Gary Cohen. And it’s impossible for many Mets fans to watch or listen to a game without them. They are direct descendants of a generation that saw and heard Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner, and Lindsey Nelson. That’s what makes them beloved: they are who we are. Howie and Gary are not transplants. They became a central...
Because it had taken so long for the Mets Hall of Fame to expand its member base, the recent inductees have been overdue. That holds true for the players joining this year. Howard Johnson and Al Leiter’s Mets careers don’t overlap. HoJo generated the fourth-most homers, fourth-most RBIs, and third-highest stolen base total, primarily in the racing stripe uniforms. Leiter pitched t0 a...
Howard Johnson, Al Leiter, Gary Cohen, and Howie Rose will be inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame as the 2023 class of inductees, the team announced on Wednesday. Additionally, Jay Horowitz, the team’s longtime media relations guru, will receive the team’s Hall of Fame Achievement Award. Johnson, Leiter, Cohen and Rose will officially be inducted on Saturday, June 3 in a pre-game...
