#MetsTrivia Q: Who was the first ever recipient of the John J. Murphy Award, given to the top #Mets rookie in spring training?
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#MetsTrivia A: Richie Ashburn wore No. 1 during the #Mets inaugural 1962 season.
#MetsTrivia Q: Who was the first player in #Mets history to wear uniform No. 1?
#MetsTrivia A: Four #Mets pitchers finished in the Top 10 in the NL Cy Young voting: Bob Ojeda (4th), Ron Darling (tied for 5th), Dwight Gooden and Sid Fernandez (tied for 7th).
#MetsTrivia Q: Which #Mets pitchers finished in the Top 10 in the 1986 NL Cy Young voting?
#MetsTrivia A: Four #Mets players received MVP votes in 1973: Tom Seaver (8th), Tug McGraw (15th), Félix Millán (16th) and Bud Harrelson (25th).
Hope so! They sure can't play much worse than they've been the last couple of games... #LGM
#MetsTrivia Q: Which #Mets players received MVP votes in 1973?
#MetsTrivia A: Mark Carreon hit 8 pinch-hit HRs in his #Mets career, the most in franchise history.
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You are correct!!!
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Honestly after reading the President’s post this morning, I’m just about out of patience for who still support him.
#MetsTrivia Q: Who holds the #Mets record for most career pinch-hit HRs?
#MetsTrivia A: Carlton Willey (7/15/63) and Jack Hamilton (5/20/67) were the first two pitchers in #Mets history to hit grand slams.
#MetsTrivia Q: Who were the first two pitchers in #Mets history to hit grand slams?
#MetsTrivia A: The #Mets had 3 players finish in the Top 10 in the 1969 NL MVP voting: Tom Seaver (2nd), Tommie Agee (6th) and Cleon Jones (7th).
It was Tommie Agee!
Oh, and you're 100% correct about Seaver winning!
Those were two of them, but as Yoda once said... "There is another."
#MetsTrivia Q: Which #Mets players finished in the Top 10 in the 1969 NL MVP voting?
#MetsTrivia A: George Weiss, who won 13 AL Pennants and 10 World Series as GM of the Yankees, became the first President of the #Mets in March 1961.
Oh good call to clarify. I was after George Weiss.
#MetsTrivia Q: Who was the first team President in #Mets club history?
#MetsTrivia A: Bobby Ojeda had a 2.57 ERA in 1986. He finished second for the ERA title behind Mike Scott of the Astros.
It is not El Sid, but boy did he have a terrific season in ‘86
Correct!
It was indeed!