Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives. As such, it is important to us that the

New York Mets have announced that next season that they will retire the numbers of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry.

In the 1980s, the Mets had the two most exciting players in the sport in Gooden and Strawberry, and they would lead the team to victory in the 1986 World Series.

Drafted fifth overall in 1982, Gooden shot up from High-A to the Majors in 1984 while still a teenager, winning the Rookie of the Year (17-9), the Strikeouts (268), FIP (1.69) and WHIP (1.073) Titles and was second in Cy Young voting. “Doc” won the Cy Young in 1985, leading the league in Wins (24), ERA (1.53), Strikeouts (268) and FIP (2.13). This was his peak, as he dealt with injuries and substance abuse, which culminated in his suspension for the entirety of the 1995 Season. The four-time All-Star never played for the Mets after, leaving behind a 157-85 record and 1,875 Strikeouts.

Strawberry was the dynamic power hitter of the squad, using his tall and lanky frame to go deep and his gifted athleticism to become one of the most popular players of his day. The first overall pick of the 1980 Draft, Strawberry joined the Mets in 1983, winning the National League Rookie of the Year. The Outfielder then embarked on an eight-year streak of All-Star Games (the last was as a Dodger) with his peak period coming from 1987 to 1990. Strawberry joined the 30-30 club in 1987, and in 1988 was the runner-up for the MVP, winning the Home Run (39), Slugging (.545) and OPS Titles (.911). In 1990, his last year with the Mets, he was third in MVP voting. With the Mets, Strawberry belted 252 Home Runs, with a .520 Slugging Percentage, while also collecting two Silver Sluggers.

Gooden and Strawberry were not without controversy, as both had dealt with off-field issues that hampered their overall performance and arguably cost themselves a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden for earning this impending honor.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top 50 New York Mets.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, New York made it to the playoffs, though were bounced in the Wild Card round.  The 2022 season saw one huge rise, and two new entries.

As always, we present our top five, which had no changes.

1. Tom Seaver

2. Dwight Gooden                  

3. Jacob deGrom

4. David Wright

5. Darryl Strawberry

You can find the entire list here.

Notably, deGrom, who played for the Mets last season before signing with Texas as a Free Agent, did not do enough to move up from #3.

Power hitter, Pete Alonso, rocketed up from #49 to #24, and could make an eventual run for a top five spot.

Jeff McNeil debuts at #27, a reflection of his 2022 Season and the closeness of those in the bottom 25.

The other new entry is Outfielder, Brandon Nimmo, who enters at #35.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Darryl Strawberry was at one time the most feared hitter in the National League, and a case could be made that he was also the most recognized.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present the pre-2021 update of our top 50 Colorado Rockies of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

There are no new additions, but there are two significant rank changes, one that effects our top five.  As always, we announce our top five immediately, but out full list can be found here.

1. Tom Seaver

2. Dwight Gooden

3. David Wright

4. Jacob deGrom

5. Darryl Strawberry

deGrom moves up from #5 to overtake Darryl Strawberry for #4. The other active player who jumped, was Michael Conforto, who rose from #47 to #43.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present the first revision of our top 50 New York Mets of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

This is the first time that we have revised this specific list, which was first put up in 2016, and there are many changes, one of which affecting the top five.

Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories, which has altered the rankings considerably.

This list is updated up until the end of the 2019 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Tom Seaver

 

2. Dwight Gooden

 

3. David Wright

 

4. Darryl Strawberry

 

5. Jacob deGrom

The top four remains unchanged, but DeGrom ascent was astronomical, as he was at #40 when we put out our first Mets list in 2016.  Two straight Cy Youngs will do that!

Beyond DeGrom, the other significant jump was Noah Syndergaard, who jumped from #50 to #31.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

Yes we know how slow a process this is!

It has been awhile since we uploaded our last Top 50 players of a major franchise, but we are ready to do so again with a look at the greatest players in New York Mets history.

For one of the most popular franchises of Major League Baseball, the actual success of the organization is not that strong with only two World Series wins to their credit. 

The entire list of our Top 50 New York Mets can be found here, but in the meantime (as we always do) the top five are listed below.

1. Tom Seaver

2. Dwight Gooden

3. David Wright

4. Darryl Strawberry

5. Jerry Koosman

Please note that this list is based on accomplishments up to the end of the 2016 Season. 

Up next will be a very young franchise from the NBA, the Toronto Raptors.

Like Dwight Gooden, the story of Darryl Strawberry should have been greater, but we know the drug issues that he had that affected his career.  Still, it cannot be forgotten what a major star that Strawberry was and the incredible athleticism that he displayed on the field.