Former and Future Mets On World Series Roster Trivia

[stevejrogers]

Two more Cleveland wins and Paul Byrd will join Kazuo Matsui as the 174th and 175th future or former Met to appear on a World Series Roster.

Note I am not counting returning Mets since if I count say Lee Mazzilli or Bobby Bonillia, should I not count Tug McGraw or Randy Myers whose Met stints were broken up despite still being in the organization?

Also guys like Ramon Castro on the 2003 Marlins do not count, even though he has a ring, he does not appear on the Marlin Postseason roster.

Starting it off easy with 1947 through 1968, there are 40 of them, many should be quite easy to get, especially the first 10.

I'll fill some semblance of an order as we go.

Edited October 16, 2007 by Guest

[DocTee]

huh?

[Guest vtmet]

Rox manager Clint Hurdle and pitching coach Bob Apodaca may not be on the WS "roster" since they aren't players, but in addition to Kaz/Byrd both are also former Mets players (Hurdle also was named manager of the year while managing in the Mets farm system; Apodaca was pitching coach for the Mets up until '99...

Mets may not pitch "no hitters" or get into many World Series, but they sure can when they aren't wearing a Mets uniform...

[stevejrogers]

Hurdle does appear on the list, but we have a ways to go 'till then

[DocTee]

Ken Boyer, Roger Craig, Don Zimmer.

[stevejrogers]

Yes, Yes and Yes

[DocTee]

3 down, 170 to go....

[stevejrogers]

Well we are doing the first couple of decades first, so its 3 down, 37 to go.

For what it's worth, this years Mets team contributed to new records for the most Metly World Series ever to not include the Met franchise as well as the most former and future Mets ever on a World Series roster.

Also the 1969-1970 Orioles and the 1970 Reds are the only teams not to feature a future or a former Met on their World Series roster since 1947, when the first two future Mets appeared on a World Series roster.

[stevejrogers]

Also if Paul Byrd makes it, it will be the first time since 1981 that 2 former or future Mets (course that can change over time) will have made a World Series roster.

If the Red Sox come back and win, it will mark the first time since someone faced his future team with the '73 A's that there will be one former or future Met on either World Series Rosters.

[metsmarathon]

wouldn't it be more fun to split up the futures from the formers?

[stevejrogers]

Okay then, the first 30 are all futures, in fact of the first 40, all but 4 are future Mets

[HahnSolo]

Gil Hodges
Duke Snider
Yogi Berra
Willie Mays
Mickey Lolich

[HahnSolo]

Let's throw Tommy Davis in there as well.

[RealityChuck]

Robert L. Miller

[Guest SI Metman]

Ken Boyer
Marv Thorneberry
Roger Craig
Felix Mantilla

[stevejrogers]

Ah the heck with it, here is the top 40

Yogi Berra 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1955
1956 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1963
Gil Hodges 1947 1949 1952 1953 1955 1956 1959
Warren Spahn 1948 1957 1958
Gene Woodling 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953
Duke Snider 1949 1952 1953 1955 1956 1959
Richie Ashburn 1950
Willie Mays 1951 1954 1962
Clem Labine 1952 1953 1955 1956 1959 1960
Don Zimmer 1955 1959
Roger Craig 1955 1956 1964
Tom Sturdivant 1955 1956 1957 1958
Charlie Neal 1956 1959
Chico Fernandez 1956
Felix Mantilla 1957 1958
Marv Throneberry 1958
Carl Willey 1958
Joe Pignatano 1959
Bob Shaw 1959
Dick Stuart 1960 1966
Bob Friend 1960
Vinegar Bend Mizell 1960
Ralph Terry 1961 1962 1963 1964
Hal Reniff 1961 1963 1964
Elio Chacon 1961
Gus Bell 1961
Sherman Jones 1961
Jay Hook 1961
Chuck Hiller 1962
Tommy Davis 1963 1966
Bob Miller 1963 1965 1966 1971
Ken Boyer 1964
Jerry Buchek 1964
Ray Sadecki 1964
Gordie Richardson 1964
Nick Willhite 1965
Ed Bressoud 1967
Jack Lamabe 1967
Al Jackson 1967
Mickey Lolich 1968

[DocTee]

And here I was just about to post those. Sheesh. Thanks alot, Rogers!