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The 1962 New York Mets season was the first regular season for the Mets, as the National League returned to New York City for the first time since 1957. They went 40–120 (.250) and finished tenth and last in the National League, 60 + 1 ⁄ 2 games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants , who had once called New York home.
New York Mets all-time win–loss records Statistic Wins Losses Win% New York Mets regular season record (1962–2024) 4,816 5,148 .483 New York Mets postseason record (1962–2024) 59 46 .562 All-time regular and postseason record: 4,875: 5,194.484
In response to the proposed Continental League, the National League announced expansion during the 1960 World Series, with a new team in Houston, Texas and a new team in New York, New York. The 1962 season would see the Houston Colt .45s and New York Mets enfranchised, the latter being the National League's return to New York City after a four ...
That was the only winning record among 17 pitchers on the Mets, who went 40-120 and set a post-1900 record for defeats. The only team with a poorer record was the 1899 Cleveland Spiders at 20-134.
The 1962 National League tie-breaker series was a best-of-three playoff series that extended Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1962 regular season to determine the winner of the National League (NL) pennant. The games were played from October 1 to 3, 1962, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. The Giants won the series, two ...
The 1962 Mets played more one-run games than any team in the National League, and they went 19-39 in those. The White Sox are 8-22 in one-run games this year. If there's one player who is emblematic of Chicago's struggles, it might be right-hander Mike Soroka, who has battled through injuries in recent years but had a chance for a fresh start ...
The 1962 Mets were a brand-new team, having come into existence as an expansion franchise after the Brooklyn Dodgers pulled up stakes and moved to Los Angeles and the New York Giants left for San ...
The Chicago White Sox remained tied with the 1962 New York Mets for the modern major league record of 120 losses in a season, rallying to score three runs in the eighth inning and beat the Los ...