Mets To Add Four To Hall Of Fame

"It was very important to re-establish the Mets Hall of Fame Committee. The committee made great choices and all four inductees played a vital role in our success during the 1980s. Each individual was aunanimous recommendation and on behalf of myself and the rest of ownership I was pleased to approve them."

~ Jeff Wilpon Mets COO ~

Nothing gets by this guy! It has only taken about 10 months and a vociferous outcry from Mets fans to “re-establish” the Mets Hall Of Fame Committee. Incomprehensible...

Now onto the good news: After much delay, too much for most fans, the Mets have elected former Mets World Series Champion Manager Davey Johnson; the architect of the great Mets teams of the 1980’s, Frank Cashen;, and the star pitcher and rightfielder of those team, Dwight Gooden & Darryl Strawberry – to the Mets Hall Of Fame.

The four men will be inducted into the Mets Hall Of Fame on August 1, 2010 – before the Mets/Diamondbacks game at 1:10. There will be a plaque for each on display in the Mets Hall Of Fame, which is scheduled to open this year.

There is to be a conference call at 2:00 PM today with more information to follow.

The list of the Mets Hall Of Famers are:

Joan Payson (1981) Casey Stengel (1981) Gil Hodges (1982) George M. Weiss (1982) William A. Shea (1983) Johnny Murphy (1983) Ralph Kiner (1984) Bob Murphy (1984) Lindsey Nelson (1984) Bud Harrelson (1986) Rusty Staub (1986) Tom Seaver (1988) Jerry Koosman (1989) Ed Kranepool (1990) Cleon Jones (1991) Jerry Grote (1992) Tug McGraw (1993) Mookie Wilson (1996) Keith Hernandez (1997) Gary Carter (2001) Tommie Agee (2002) Darryl Strawberry (2010) Davey Johnson (2010) Dwight Gooden (2010) Frank Cashen (2010)

Source: Marc Craig - The Star Ledger