The numbers aren’t atrocious if you blink fast enough. A .229 batting average and .316 OBP isn’t historically bad. Where Francisco Alvarez is losing New York Me ...

Bench, considered the greatest all-around catcher in baseball history with his 14 All-Star appearances, 10 Gold Gloves, two ...

RELATED: 1976 Topps Dave Winfield PSA 10: Highly Sought After For Vintage Collectors New York Mets catcher Gary Carter with his family on the field during Family Day at Shea Stadium August 20 ...

The Mets have never been known for sluggers ... the media any opportunity to try to stir up some stuff. When we got [Gary] Carter in ’85, “Was Hernandez and Carter gonna get along?” ...

Led by manager Davey Johnson, the storied ’86 Mets had a roster whose mention can still bring tears to the eyes of diehards. Ray Knight, Gary Carter, Darryl Strawberry, Keith Hernandez ...

42nd St. Mets ace Dwight Gooden celebrates his 20th win with catcher Gary Carter after defeating the Padres on August 25, 1985 at Shea Stadium. Getty Images So big that a couple of kids from North ...

Gooden added that Carter had a message for him after the inning: “Gary said, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to do this every fifth day?’” Advertisement The Mets acquired Carter in the offseason ...

While there is sentimentality when it comes to Gary Carter -- who was a co-captain with the Mets, helped them win the 1986 World Series, and is a Hall-of-Famer -- the answer is Piazza. The ...

“This is about the players,” Strawberry said on SNY’s Mets Pre Game on Friday. “This is about Keith [Hernandez], this is about [Ron Darling], this is about Gary Carter, it's about Lenny ...

Next season will be a special one for the Mets franchise and its fans ... Strawberry was asked what he thinks about Gary Carter having his number retired one day. Strawberry continued to laud ...

“Of my season. And my career.” Hernandez, then 34 years old, wasn’t the only suffering Mets star. Gary Carter, for four years Hernandez’s wingman, was also experiencing the agonizing clues ...

One-time Mets catcher Ed Hearn knows it better than most: Three strikes and you’re out. The 61-year-old backup to Gary Carter on the 1986 World Champions, after a pair of kidney transplants in ...