the last time the mets went to the world series was 2015.
when was the last time the mets went to the world series?
2015
overall, mets opening day starting pitchers have a record of 0–1 at the polo grounds, a 12–5 record with five no decisions at shea stadium and a 3–0 record with three no decisions at citi field. in addition, although the mets were nominally the home team in 2000, the game was played in tokyo dome in tokyo, japan. mike hampton started the game in tokyo and lost, making the mets' opening day starting pitchers' combined home record 15–7, and their away record 14–6. the mets went on to play in the world series in 1969, 1973, 1986, 2000 and 2015, and won the 1969 and 1986 world series championship games. tom seaver (1969 and 1973), dwight gooden (1986), mike hampton (2000) and bartolo colón (2015) were the opening day starting pitchers when the mets played in the world series, and they had a combined opening day record of 3–1 with one no decision.
list of new york mets opening day starting pitchers
the mets went on to win their second world series title by taking game 7, also in dramatic fashion, overcoming a 3 run deficit while scoring a total of 8 runs during the final 3 innings. the final score was 8–5 with mets' pitcher jesse orosco ending the game by striking out marty barrett. orosco then threw his glove high in the air and dropped to his knees while catcher gary carter ran to the mound to embrace him. this scene was captured on film and would become an iconic image, taken by mets photographer george kalinsky, in mets baseball history and in all of baseball. the mets remained the only team to come within one strike of losing a world series before recovering to become world champions, until the st. louis cardinals did it in 2011. the mets winning this world series is the highest-rated single world series game to date. the mets were also the first team to win a world series in a potential clinching game delayed by rain, as game 7 was postponed by one day.
history of the new york mets