Stardom is Fleeting, Fame is Forever (Quiz)

[G-Fafif]

Not every Met can be an All-Star. In fact three players in the New York Mets Hall of Fame -- as players -- were never named All-Stars as Mets. And they are?

One guess per entry, please.

1.
2.
3.

[Zvon]

My man Agee.

[G-Fafif]

1.
2.
3. Tommie Agee, inducted 2002

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mookie Wilson.

[Zvon]

Grote?

[G-Fafif]

Not every Met can be an All-Star. In fact three players in the New York Mets Hall of Fame -- as players -- were never named All-Stars as Mets. And they are?

One guess per entry, please.

1.
2. Mookie Wilson, inducted 1996
3. Tommie Agee, inducted 2002

STAR WHO WAS INDUCTED: Jerry Grote (1992)

[Benjamin Grimm]

Rusty Staub?

[Edgy MD]

Rustic Staub, an All-Star in his last year before coming to the Mets, and an All-Star in his first year after leaving the Mets.

Nothing but an absolute gem, who kept us more than even, in between.

(Damn: beaten to the punch while monologuing.)

[G-Fafif]

Not every Met can be an All-Star. In fact three players in the New York Mets Hall of Fame -- as players -- were never named All-Stars as Mets. And they are?

One guess per entry, please.

1. Rusty Staub, inducted 1986
2. Mookie Wilson, inducted 1996
3. Tommie Agee, inducted 2002

STAR WHO WAS INDUCTED: Jerry Grote (1992)

[G-Fafif]

There ya have 'em. They kept their feet on the ground and they kept reaching for the stars...but never quite grapsed one while a Met.

Agee in 1970 and Rusty in 1975 seemed like worthy candidates. Mookie was simply solid for a decade.