How bored am I? Bored enough to ask the question:
By letter, who is THE BEST PLAYER TO EVER WEAR A METS UNIFORM by letter of the alphabet?
Note, that this is not: WHO IS THE BEST MET by letter of the alphabet? This will be a much different list.
Thankfully, UltimateMets.com makes this a fairly easy project, allowing you to see an alphabetical list of everyone who ever played for the Mets.
Best Players to Wear Mets Uniform
By Letter of Alphabet
A- Roberto Alomar
That's a good one to get you stirred up right away...
B- Yogi Berra
Remember...it's best player overall, not as a Met...
C- Gary Carter
Runner-up: David Cone.
D- Carlos Delgado
Good battle for 2nd between Shawon Dunston, Len Dykstra, and Ron Darling.
E- Carl Everett
An unusually weak letter in the Mets alphabet history. Everett is the best among 15 choices.
F- John Franco
You could argue that this is the first case in which the player picked would also be considered the best Met.
G- Tom Glavine
As much as it pains me…
H- Rickey Henderson
Yes, he’s better than Keith Hernandez
I- Jason Isringhausen
Only other options: Jeff Innis, Kaz Ishii
J- Howard Johnson
Good luck naming all 6 Mets Johnson’s and all 8 Mets Jones’
K- Jeff Kent
Had no choice, Koosman fans…the experts say this guy’s a Hall of Famer
L- Mickey Lolich
Not much competition here…
M-Willie Mays
Pedro Martinez and Eddie Murray don’t quite measure up…
N- Trot Nixon
The impetus for this list. Take a look at the other 14 candidates
O- John Olerud
Outclasses Amos Otis, which I wasn’t expecting
P- Mike Piazza
But who’s the better Perez…Oliver or Timo?
R- Nolan Ryan
Sigh
S- Tom Seaver
You can take Warren Spahn if you wish, but I won’t. Another topic for another day…an All-Star team of Mets S’s
T- Joe Torre
And yes, Frank Tanana really won 240 games. He also lost 236.
U- Del Unser
Only other option: Lino Urdaneta
V- Mo Vaughn
If we went only on postseason performance, we’d take Robin Ventura and Frank Viola
W- Mookie Wilson
Stirring it up here…I need to see David Wright’s full body of work before I put him here
Y- Joel Youngblood
You were expecting Anthony Young??
Z- Todd Zeile
Hopefully this hasn’t given you the zzzz’s
By letter, who is THE BEST PLAYER TO EVER WEAR A METS UNIFORM by letter of the alphabet?
Note, that this is not: WHO IS THE BEST MET by letter of the alphabet? This will be a much different list.
Thankfully, UltimateMets.com makes this a fairly easy project, allowing you to see an alphabetical list of everyone who ever played for the Mets.
Best Players to Wear Mets Uniform
By Letter of Alphabet
A- Roberto Alomar
That's a good one to get you stirred up right away...
B- Yogi Berra
Remember...it's best player overall, not as a Met...
C- Gary Carter
Runner-up: David Cone.
D- Carlos Delgado
Good battle for 2nd between Shawon Dunston, Len Dykstra, and Ron Darling.
E- Carl Everett
An unusually weak letter in the Mets alphabet history. Everett is the best among 15 choices.
F- John Franco
You could argue that this is the first case in which the player picked would also be considered the best Met.
G- Tom Glavine
As much as it pains me…
H- Rickey Henderson
Yes, he’s better than Keith Hernandez
I- Jason Isringhausen
Only other options: Jeff Innis, Kaz Ishii
J- Howard Johnson
Good luck naming all 6 Mets Johnson’s and all 8 Mets Jones’
K- Jeff Kent
Had no choice, Koosman fans…the experts say this guy’s a Hall of Famer
L- Mickey Lolich
Not much competition here…
M-Willie Mays
Pedro Martinez and Eddie Murray don’t quite measure up…
N- Trot Nixon
The impetus for this list. Take a look at the other 14 candidates
O- John Olerud
Outclasses Amos Otis, which I wasn’t expecting
P- Mike Piazza
But who’s the better Perez…Oliver or Timo?
R- Nolan Ryan
Sigh
S- Tom Seaver
You can take Warren Spahn if you wish, but I won’t. Another topic for another day…an All-Star team of Mets S’s
T- Joe Torre
And yes, Frank Tanana really won 240 games. He also lost 236.
U- Del Unser
Only other option: Lino Urdaneta
V- Mo Vaughn
If we went only on postseason performance, we’d take Robin Ventura and Frank Viola
W- Mookie Wilson
Stirring it up here…I need to see David Wright’s full body of work before I put him here
Y- Joel Youngblood
You were expecting Anthony Young??
Z- Todd Zeile
Hopefully this hasn’t given you the zzzz’s
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