▁with ▁a ▁wild - card ▁ber th , ▁but ▁lost ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁N L ▁Wild ▁Card ▁Game ▁at ▁C iti ▁Field ▁to ▁the ▁San ▁Francisco ▁Gi ants . ▁In ▁the ▁most ▁recent ▁season , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁the ▁M ets ▁finished ▁in ▁third ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁N L ▁East ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁post season . ▁ ▁Table ▁key ▁ ▁Year ▁by ▁year ▁Note : ▁Statistics ▁are ▁correct ▁as ▁of ▁September ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁Record ▁by ▁de cade ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁table ▁describes ▁the ▁M ets ' ▁ML B ▁win – loss ▁record ▁by ▁de cade . ▁ ▁These ▁statistics ▁are ▁from ▁Baseball - Reference . com ' s ▁New ▁York ▁M ets ▁Team ▁History ▁& ▁Encyclopedia , ▁and ▁are ▁current ▁as ▁of ▁September ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁All - time ▁records ▁ ▁Notes ▁This ▁is ▁determined ▁by ▁calculating ▁the ▁difference ▁in ▁wins ▁plus ▁the ▁difference ▁in ▁losses ▁divided ▁by ▁two . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁the ▁National ▁League ▁split ▁into ▁East ▁and ▁West ▁divisions . ▁The ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁strike ▁forced ▁the ▁can cellation ▁of ▁the ▁M ets ' ▁first ▁six ▁games ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁Mat lack ▁and ▁Bill ▁Mad lock ▁were ▁co - w inners ▁of ▁the ▁award . ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁strike ▁caused ▁the ▁season ▁to ▁be ▁split ▁into ▁two