Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In the World Series, the Mets took the Oakland Athletics to the seventh and final game, before they were defeated. [35] As he had in 1969, Grote caught every inning of every post-season game for the Mets in 1973. [5] Looking back on his two pennant-winning seasons with the Mets, Grote said, "It (the 1969 season) was no miracle. Now, '73 was a ...
Jerry Grote, the catcher who helped transform the New York Mets from a perennial loser into the 1969 World Series champion, died Sunday. Grote had suffered from heart issues and died in Texas ...
Jerry Grote, the starting catcher during the Mets' first World Series title in 1969, died in Austin, Texas, on Sunday at the age of 81.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Grote, the catcher who helped transform the New York Mets from a perennial loser into the 1969 World Series champion, died Sunday. He was 81. Grote had suffered from heart issues and died in Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said.
Grote served as the Mets' catcher for 12 seasons, including the 1969 World Series season, and made two All-Star appearances. He caught more games (1,176) than any other catcher in Mets history. He ...
The team is often referred to as the "Amazin' Mets" (a nickname coined by Casey Stengel, who managed the team from their inaugural season to 1965) or the "Miracle Mets". The 1969 season was the first season of divisional play in Major League Baseball. The Mets were assigned to the newly created National League East.
In his first season as a Met, Stearns spent 1975 as the backup catcher behind veteran Jerry Grote, the Mets' regular catcher since 1966. [3] As Grote's backup, Stearns batted only .189 in 1975. In 1976, Stearns hit poorly in limited time and was soon replaced in backup duties by lefty hitter Ron Hodges.
There from the inaugural season and part of the 1969 World Series ... catcher Jerry Grote (15) reacts against the Baltimore Orioles during game 3 of the 1969 World Series at Shea Stadium. The Mets ...