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Joe Pignatano, Eddie Yost, and Yogi Berra, coaches on the 1969 New York Mets World Series team. The following is a list of coaches, including position, year(s) of service(s), who appeared at least in one game for the New York Mets National League franchise.
1969 was the first year of divisional baseball, precipitated by the expansion of each league from 10 to 12 teams. [3] The Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots joined the American League. The San Diego Padres and Montreal Expos joined the National League. Before 1969, the first place team in each league advanced directly to the World Series.
Of those managers, only Joe Torre was a player-manager (a manager who also plays for the team); [1] [2] Yogi Berra did play four games while he was a coach for the Mets in 1965. Gil Hodges, Roy McMillan, Bud Harrelson, Mike Cubbage, Dallas Green, Bobby Valentine and Willie Randolph all also played in MLB for the Mets prior to becoming the team ...
The 1969 World Champion New York Mets: Front Row: (left to right) ± Trainer Gus Mauch, Coach Joe Pignatano, Coach Rube Walker, Coach Yogi Berra, Coach Eddie Yost, Assistant Trainer Joe Deer.
The pitcher on the mound for the last out of the 1986 Series, Jesse Orosco, had been traded to the Mets for Jerry Koosman (the pitcher on the mound for the last out of the 1969 Series) after the 1978 season. 1969 Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson earned a second World Series ring as the club's third-base coach in 1986. However, Mets pitcher Tom ...
There may have been a lot more losses than wins for Kranepool, but in remembering that championship season of 1969, he was forever a brash, 25-year-old New Yorker – part of a bright Mets future.
Yost as New York Mets third base coach, 1969. In an 18-year career, Yost played in 2,109 games, accumulating 1,863 hits in 7,346 at bats for a .254 career batting average along with 139 home runs, 683 runs batted in and an on-base percentage of .394. [2] He ended his career with a .957 fielding percentage. [2]
[1] [2] Originally located in the Diamond Club at Shea Stadium, the inductees were honored with plaques in the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum at Citi Field, which opened in April 2010. [3] [4] (In Citi Field's first season, 2009, the space was part of the Mets Team Store.) Following the 2023 season, the Hall of Fame was moved to the Field Level ...