the last time the mets won the world series was 2017.
the last time the mets won the world series was 2017.
when's the last time the mets won the world series?
2017
in june 2000, the mets achieved a 10 run comeback, in , both the mets and the braves defeated each other at shea stadium to clinch playoff spots in successive days. first, the braves won the nl east, defeating the mets. the next day, the mets beat the braves to win the wild card, eliminating the los angeles dodgers. while both the mets and the braves were favorites to face each other in the national league championship series for a second straight year, the braves ended up losing to the cardinals in the 2000 nlds. on october 7 during game 3 of nlds at shea stadium, met fans cheered as the scoreboard showed the braves loss and elimination at the hands of the cardinals. this assured met fans their biggest and toughest rival would not impede their playoff run that year. the mets easily defeated the giants to move on to the 2000 national league championship series, where they defeated the cardinals to move on to the world series. in defeating the cardinals, the mets clinched their first pennant since winning the 1986 world series. the mets would go on to lose the 2000 world series to the yankees in the first ever post-season subway series since the 1956 world series.
braves–mets rivalry
there are several direct connections between the two mets world championship teams of 1969 and 1986. orioles second baseman davey johnson flied out to cleon jones for the last out of the 1969 world series; johnson later managed the 1986 mets to "their" world series title. the pitcher on the mound for the last out of the 1986 series, jesse orosco, had been traded to the mets for jerry koosman (the pitcher on the mound for the last out of the 1969 series) after the 1978 season. 1969 mets shortstop bud harrelson earned a second world series ring as the club's third-base coach in 1986. however, mets pitcher tom seaver was on the losing end in 1986, as a member of the boston red sox. also in 1986, the mets' world series championship was in conjunction with a super bowl win, this time by the new york giants, who defeated the denver broncos, 39–20, to win super bowl xxi.
1969 world series