The New York Mets Hall of Heroes: Years of Virtual Induction

The New York Mets Hall of Heroes
Inductions by Year

You will undoubtedly notice that each year ending in a "9" has a flood of inductees.
That is because the end of each decade sees the naming of decade leaders and All-Decade Teams.
Throughout the course of each decade, though, there are possibly new inductees each year,
on the basis of being Hitters or Pitchers of the Year, or by being a championship manager,
or by being an otherwise-excluded inductee to the official New York Mets Hall of Fame.

Lest you think that this list is overbalanced in the 1960s, remember that several players
who would have qualified in the 1970s had already been enshrined by that point by virtue of
previously having been inducted in the 1960s; the same applies for every following decade, of course.
There was also a significant bump in the early 1980s, due to the creation of
the official New York Mets Hall of Fame, which enshrined many members who
did not qualify under the statistical guidelines of the New York Mets Hall of Heroes.

The 1880s New York Metropolitans appear beneath the modern lists.

1960s (40 members)
1962		Al Jackson Frank Thomas

1963		Ron Hunt Carl Willey

1964		Joe Christopher Galen Cisco

1965		Jack Fisher Johnny Lewis

1966		Ed Kranepool Dennis Ribant

1967		Tommy Davis Tom Seaver

1968		Cleon Jones Jerry Koosman

1969		Tommie Agee Richie Ashburn Larry Bearnarth Ken Boyer Don Cardwell Elio Chacon Donn Clendenon Roger Craig Jesse Gonder Jerry Grote Jack Hamilton Bud Harrelson Jim Hickman Gil Hodges Jay Hook Cal Koonce Felix Mantilla Tug McGraw Charlie Neal Nolan Ryan Dick Selma Art Shamsky Tracy Stallard Ron Swoboda Ron Taylor Marv Throneberry

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1970s (23 members)
1970		No new inductees
1971		No new inductees
1972		Jon Matlack John Milner
1973		Yogi Berra Rusty Staub
1974		No new inductees
1975		No new inductees
1976		No new inductees
1977		Nino Espinosa Len Randle
1978		Lee Mazzilli John Stearns Craig Swan
1979		Neil Allen Bob Apodaca Ken Boswell Dan Frisella Wayne Garrett Gary Gentry Steve Henderson Dave Kingman Kevin Kobel Skip Lockwood Jim McAndrew Felix Millan Ray Sadecki Joel Youngblood

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1980s (40 members)
1980		Doug Flynn Pat Zachry
1981		Pete Falcone Joan Payson Casey Stengel
1982		George Weiss
1983		Keith Hernandez Johnny Murphy Jesse Orosco Bill Shea Darryl Strawberry
1984		Dwight Gooden Ralph Kiner Bob Murphy Lindsey Nelson
1985		No new inductees
1986		Lenny Dykstra Davey Johnson Bob Ojeda
1987		No new inductees
1988		Rick Aguilera David Cone
1989		Wally Backman Hubie Brooks Gary Carter Ron Darling Sid Fernandez George Foster Danny Heep Howard Johnson Ray Knight Terry Leach Dave Magadan Roger McDowell Kevin McReynolds Randy Myers Jeff Reardon Rafael Santana Doug Sisk Walt Terrell Tim Teufel Mookie Wilson

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1990s (30 members)
1990		Frank Viola
1991		No new inductees
1992		Bobby Bonilla
1993		No new inductees
1994		Bret Saberhagen
1995		Jason Isringhausen
1996		Mark Clark Bernard Gilkey
1997		Todd Hundley John Olerud Rey Ordonez Rick Reed
1998		Al Leiter
1999		Edgardo Alfonzo Armando Benitez Roger Cedeno Dennis Cook John Franco Rickey Henderson Jeff Innis Gregg Jefferies Lance Johnson Bobby Jones Jeff Kent Greg McMichael Dave Mlicki Eddie Murray Mike Piazza Bobby Valentine Robin Ventura Jose Vizcaino Turk Wendell

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2000s (30 members)
2000		Mike Hampton
2001		No new inductees
2002		No new inductees
2003		Cliff Floyd Steve Trachsel
2004		No new inductees
2005		Pedro Martinez David Wright
2006		Carlos Beltran Carlos Delgado Tom Glavine Willie Randolph Billy Wagner
2007		Oliver Perez
2008		Johan Santana
2009		Benny Agbayani Moises Alou Derek Bell Mike Cameron Luis Castillo Pedro Feliciano Aaron Heilman Paul Lo Duca Braden Looper John Maine Jay Payton Jose Reyes Glendon Rusch Jae Weong Seo Fernando Tatis David Weathers Ty Wigginton Todd Zeile

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2010s (2 members)
2010		Frank Cashen R. A. Dickey
2011		No new inductees

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1880s (13 members)
1883		Tim Keefe Candy Nelson
1884		Jim Mutrie Dave Orr
1885		Ed Cushman
1886		No new inductees
1887		Steve Brady Jim Donahue Dude Esterbrook Jack Lynch Darby O'Brien Paul Radford Chief Roseman Dasher Troy

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