Baseball Stamps & Postmarks: New York Mets

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Thursday, July 24, 2025

World Series : 1969 - New York Mets v Baltimore Orioles

1994-Oct-15 New York NY

25th Anniversary 1969 New York Mets victory over the Baltimore Orioles in 5 games

Shea Stadium (NYM) - Memorial Stadium (BAL)

MVP: Donn Clendenon (NYM)

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Howard Johnson - New York Mets

1989-Dec-20 Shea Stadium - Flushing NY

Howard Johnson 1982-1995

(Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs)

2× Silver Slugger Award (1989, 1991)

NL home run leader (1991)

NL RBI leader (1991)

New York Mets Hall of Fame

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Stamp Show : Professional Coin & Stamp Assoc of Long Island

1986-Nov-30 Deer Park NY

25th Anniversary New York Mets

1987-Mar-29 Deer Park NY

Ebbets Field - Home of the Brooklyn Dodgers

#11 Nick Tremark 1934-1936 Yonkers NY - Manhattan College

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

New York Mets : 2003

2003-Mar-31 Shea Stadium - Flushing NY

Chicago Cubs 15-2 New York Mets

CHI RBI: Corey Patterson (2HR); Mark Bellhorn; Moisés Alou; Sammy Sosa; Kerry Wood

NYM RBI: Rey Sánchez; Jeromy Burnitz

Pitching: CHI – Kerry Wood (W 5-innings) NYM Tom Glavine (L 3.2-innings)

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Todd Hundley - HR Record

1996-Sep-14 New York NY

All-time single season record for home runs by a catcher - 41

Atlanta Braves 5 – 6 New York Mets

Shea Stadium Flushing New York

ATL RBI: Fred McGriff 2; Ryan Klesko

NYM RBI: Todd Hundley 3 (HR); Bernard Gilkey 2; Lance Johnson

Pitching: ATL Joe Borowski (L 0.1-innings) NYM Derek Wallace (W1-inning)

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Richie Ashburn - In Memoriam

Don Richard Ashburn (March 19, 1927 – September 9, 1997)

American center fielder in Major League Baseball.

One of the famous "Whiz Kids" of the National League champion 1950 Phillies, Ashburn spent 12 of his 15 major-league seasons as the Phillies' center fielder (1948–1959). Chicago Cubs (1960–1961) New York Mets (1962)

He sported a .308 lifetime batting average, leading the National League twice, and routinely led the league in fielding percentage.

One of the most beloved sports figures in Philadelphia history, his jersey #1 was retired and was inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame in 1979

He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995

Monday, May 29, 2023

Keith Hernandez

September 15, 1987 New York - Shea Stadium

Chicago Cubs 4 - 12 New York Mets

CHI RBI: Ryne Sandberg 2; Leon Durham

NYM RBI: Barry Lyons 3; Lenny Dykstra 2; Wally Backman 2; Darryl Strawberry 2; Rafael Santana; Keith Hernandez; Gregg Jefferies

CHI Pitching: Greg Maddox (L 5-innings)

NYM Pitching: Sid Fernandez (W 5-innings)

Keith Hernandez collected 3 hits to reach his 2,000 career hit, and would finish his career with 2,182 hist playing from 1974-1990 for the St Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Cleveland Indians

Saturday, May 20, 2023

New York Mets - 1996

8.5 x 11 USPS card stock

April 1, 1996 Opening Day

St Louis Cardinals 6-7 New York Mets

Shea Stadium

StL RBI: Willie McGee (3-HR), John Mabry (2-HR), Royce Clayton

NYM RBI: Bernard Gilkey (2-HR), Todd Hundley (2-HR), Rico Brogna, Lance Johnson, Chris Jones

StL Pitching: Andy Benes (start) Tony Fossas (L)

NYM Pitching: Bobby Jones (start) Jerry Depot (W)

I am curious about the postmark, as there is no location

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Yankees v Mets - Exhibition : 1989

1989-Apr-02 Flushing, NY - Shea Stadium

The April 1 game was played at Yankee Stadium

The Mayor's Trophy Game, a label given to an annual in-season exhibition game in New York City, was originally played between the New York Yankees and New York Giants, was first played in 1946. The Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951. The series was discontinued after the Dodgers and Giants moved west following the 1957 season

The formation of the New York Mets in 1962, allowed for the game to resume in 1963 until 1983

1989 the Yankees and Mets met for a 2-game exhibition pre-season game. this was not part of the Mayor's Trophy series, held previous years. The /advent of interleave play diminished the need for an annual game to be resumed

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Tom Glavine

Aug 5, 2007 Chicago, Il - Wrigley Field

Tom Glavine 300th career victory

New York Mets 8-3 Chicago Cubs

Mets RBI: Carlos Delgado (4) Paul LoDuca, Shawn Green, Tom Glavine, Jose Reyes

Cubs RBI: Aramis Ramirez, Jacque Jones, Mike Fontenot

Mets pitching: Tom Glavine (W - 6.1 innings)

6 hits, 1 strikeout, 1 walk

Cubs pitching: Jason Marquis (L - 5.1 innings)

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Rusty Staub

July 13, 1986 New York - Shea Stadium

Daniel "Rusty" Staub (1944-2018)

Houston Colt .45s/Astros (1963-1968) Montreal Expos (1969-1971, 1979)

New York Mets (1972-1975, 1981-1985)

Detroit Tigers (1976-1979) Texas Rangers (1980)

Right field, 1st base, designated hitter, television color commentator

BA: .279

RBI: 1,466

Home Runs: 292

Montreal Expos jersey #10 retired

New York Mets Hall of Fame - 1986

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame - 2012

Rusty memorial patch worn by the New York Mets 2018

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Darryl Strawberry

1983-May-06 New York, NY

Darryl Strawberry debut - Shea Stadium, NY

NY Mets defeat the Cincinnati Red 7-4

Strawberry playing right field went 0-4, with 2 walks, striking out 3 times, 1 stolen base

Mets RBI: George Foster 3, Dave Kingman 2, Hubie Brooks, Danny Heep

Reds RBI: Mario Soto, Alex Trevino, Gary Redus, Eddie Milner

Mets Pitching - Tom Seaver (starter) Jesse Orosco (win)

Reds Pitching: Mario Soto (starter) Bill Scherrer (loss)

1995-Aug-07 Stadium St, Bronx, NY

Darryl Strawberry makes his Yankee debut, after signing with the Yankees as a free agent on June 19

Yankees defeat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0

Strawberry started as DH, going 0-3, with 1 strikeout

NYY RBI: Pat Kelly 2

NYY Pitching: Jack McDowell 9-inning complete game shutout giving up 3 hits

Orioles Pitching: Mike Musina (starter-loss)

1983-Nov-21 New York

Darryl Strawberry - played 17 seasons for the New York Mets (1983-1990) Los Angeles Dodgers (1991-1993) San Francisco Giants (1994) New York Yankees (1995-1999)

Career

Batting Ave - .259
RBI - 1,000
Home Runs - 335
National League Rookie of the Year - 1983
National League Home Run Leader - 1988
8-time All-Star
3-time World Series Champion
2-time Silver Slugger
New York Mets Hall of Fame - 2010

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Philadelphia Phillies - 2000

April 10, 2000 Philadelphia, Pa - Veteran's Stadium

Phillies 9-7 New York Mets

Phillies start the season on the road, and come home with a 3-4 record

Phillies RBI: Mike Lieberthal 3 (HR), Ron Gant 2, Alex Arias, Rico Brogna, Doug Glanville

Meets RBI: Mike Piazza 2, Edgardo Alfonzo, Todd Zeile, Jon Nunnally

Phillies pitching: Paul Byrd (Starting - 4.1 innings) Amaury Telemaco (W)

Mets pitching: Bobby Jones (Starting - 4 innings) Rich Rodriguez (L)

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Yogi Berra

June 24, 2021 Little Falls, NJ

Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center

Bob Costas - ceremony host

Broadway Star Jelani Remy - National Anthem

Unveiling - Costas, Ron Bloom, Larry Berra, Tim Berra, Dale Berra

Sunday, April 11, 2021

New York Mets - 2021

April 8, 2021 Citi Field, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 3-2 Miami Marlins

Mets RBI: Michael Conforto, Dominic Smith, Jeff McNeil (HR)

Marlins RBI: Corey Dickerson, Jesus Aguilar

Pitchers: Edwin Diaz (Mets-W) Anthony Bass (Marlins-L)

In their 2021 home opener, the Mets win on a controversial call at home plate. With bases loaded and the gscore at 2-2 Michael Conforto was barely hit by the pitch. Home plate umpire Ron Kulpa awarded Conforto 1st base, bringing in the winning run. He later stated "The guy was hit by the pitch in the strike zone. I should have called him out."