One-and-done Mets

[Benjamin Grimm]

I remember when Dennis D'Agostino's This Date in Mets History was published in 1981, there had only been six players who had appeared in one and only one game for the Mets. The most famous examples were probably that weird one-off start by Doc Medich, and Mac Scarce*, who never retired a batter.



Almost ten years would pass between Medich and (the other) Bob Gibson.



Now, the list is up to 33 people, with the pace really accelerating in the last decade or so. Five new entries this month alone, although some of the five may eventually appear in a second game.



I have no memory of Chan Ho Park being a Met, but I do remember Brett Hinchlife's disastrous start in 2001.







* I had thought that Scarce had an infinite ERA, but he didn't give up any runs, just one base hit. Stephen Tarpley is the one Met with an infinite ERA, giving up two earned runs without getting any outs. Erik Goeddel also has an infinite ERA, but that's in Division Series play, not the regular season.

	Jesse Hudson		September 19, 1969
	Frank Estrada		September 14, 1971
	Don Rose		September 15, 1971
	Mac Scarce		April 11, 1975
	Luis Alvarado		April 13, 1977
	Doc Medich		September 29, 1977
	Bob Gibson		July 25, 1987
	Manny Hernandez		September 16, 1989
	Dave Liddell		June 3, 1990
	Kenny Greer		September 29, 1993
	Kevin Morgan		June 15, 1997
	Dan Murray		August 9, 1999
	Ryan McGuire		June 4, 2000
	Brett Hinchliffe		April 26, 2001
	Gary Bennett		July 24, 2001
	Joe Hietpas		October 3, 2004
	Chan Ho Park		April 30, 2007
	Jon Adkins		July 27, 2007
	Jack Egbert		May 28, 2012
	Garrett Olson		August 8, 2012
	Akeel Morris		June 17, 2015
	Adam Wilk		May 7, 2017
	Scott Copeland		May 31, 2018
	Donnie Hart		August 4, 2019
	Ariel Jurado		September 1, 2020
	Stephen Tarpley		April 24, 2021
	Nick Tropeano		July 9, 2021
	Akeem Bostick		July 29, 2021
	R.J. Alvarez		August 16, 2022
	Sam Clay		August 20, 2022
	Rob Zastryzny		August 20, 2022
	Nate Fisher		August 21, 2022
	Jose Butto		August 21, 2022

The UMDB has mugshots of all but six of these players: Doc Medich, Bob Gibson, Kenny Greer, Kevin Morgan, Dan Murray, Gary Bennett, and Jon Adkins.

[Edgy MD]

Nobody beats The Wiz for capturing ephemeral Mets in the team colors, or at least fabricating semi-convincing frauds.



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[roger_that]

Best line about Medich (who was traded for Dock Ellis): "Ellis is a better DOCTOR than this guy."