New York Mets

The mystery of Mr. Met solved -- sort of

August, 9, 2012

8/09/12

12:27

PM ET

By ESPNNewYork.com staff

Anthony Gruppuso/US Presswire
Mr. Met's origins have been partly discovered.

Who came up with the original idea for beloved mascot Mr. Met?

ESPN.com's Paul Lukas investigates and finds an interesting answer.

We challenge you not to click on every link in this piece.

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Adam Rubin

Adam Rubin has covered the Mets since 2003. He's a graduate of Mepham High School on Long Island and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He joined ESPNNewYork after spending 10 years at the New York Daily News.

Mark Simon

Mark Simon is ESPN Stats & Information's Baseball Research Specialist. One of several Mets historians working at ESPN, he joined the Worldwide Leader in 2002 after 6 1/2 years as a sports writer at the Trenton Times.

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	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
ATL	28-18	15-5	13-13	W6
NYM	17-27	9-15	8-12	L3

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
ATL	28-18	15-5	13-13	W6
NYM	17-27	9-15	8-12	L3

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
ATL	28-18	15-5	13-13	W6
NYM	17-27	9-15	8-12	L3

TEAM LEADERS

WINS LEADER

Matt Harvey

WINS	ERA	SO	IP
5	1.93	74	70

OTHER LEADERS

.302

RBI

OPS

.885

ERA

M. Harvey

1.93

M. Harvey

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MAY 2013

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 @MIA W 7 - 6	2	3 @ATL W 7 - 5	4 @ATL 0 - 0
5 @ATL L 4 - 9	6	7 CHW W 1 - 0	8 CHW L 3 - 6	9 PIT W 3 - 2	10 PIT L 3 - 7	11 PIT L 2 - 11
12 PIT L 2 - 3	13 @STL L 3 - 6	14 @STL L 4 - 10	15 @STL L 2 - 4	16 @STL W 5 - 2	17 @CHC W 3 - 2	18 @CHC L 2 - 8
19 @CHC W 4 - 3	20 CIN L 3 - 4	21 CIN L 0 - 4	22 CIN L 4 - 7	23	24 ATL 7:10 PM ET	25 ATL 7:15 PM ET
26 ATL 8:00 PM ET	27 NYY 7:10 PM ET	28 NYY 7:00 PM ET	29 @NYY 7:05 PM ET	30 @NYY 7:05 PM ET	31 @MIA 7:10 PM ET

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 @MIA 4:10 PM ET
2 @MIA 1:10 PM ET	3	4 @WSH 7:05 PM ET	5 @WSH 7:05 PM ET	6 @WSH 7:05 PM ET	7 MIA 7:10 PM ET	8 MIA 1:10 PM ET
9 MIA 1:10 PM ET	10	11 STL 7:10 PM ET	12 STL 7:10 PM ET	13 STL 1:10 PM ET	14 CHC 7:10 PM ET	15 CHC 1:10 PM ET
16 CHC 1:10 PM ET	17 @ATL 7:10 PM ET	18 @ATL 1:10 PM ET	19 @ATL 7:10 PM ET	20 @ATL 7:10 PM ET	21 @PHI 7:05 PM ET	22 @PHI 4:05 PM ET
23 @PHI 1:35 PM ET	24	25 @CHW 8:10 PM ET	26 @CHW 8:10 PM ET	27 @COL 6:10 PM ET	28 WSH 7:10 PM ET	29 WSH 1:10 PM ET
30 WSH 1:10 PM ET

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1 ARI 7:10 PM ET	2 ARI 7:10 PM ET	3 ARI 7:10 PM ET	4 ARI 1:10 PM ET	5 @MIL 8:10 PM ET	6 @MIL 7:15 PM ET
7 @MIL 2:10 PM ET	8 @SF 10:15 PM ET	9 @SF 10:15 PM ET	10 @SF 3:45 PM ET	11	12 @PIT 7:05 PM ET	13 @PIT 7:15 PM ET
14 @PIT 1:35 PM ET	15	16	17	18	19 PHI 7:10 PM ET	20 PHI 1:10 PM ET
21 PHI 1:10 PM ET	22 ATL 7:10 PM ET	23 ATL 7:10 PM ET	24 ATL 7:10 PM ET	25 ATL 12:10 PM ET	26 @WSH 7:05 PM ET	27 @WSH 3:05 PM ET
28 @WSH 1:35 PM ET	29 @MIA 7:10 PM ET	30 @MIA 7:10 PM ET	31 @MIA 7:10 PM ET

TEAM	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Atlanta	28	18	0.0	204	160
Washington	24	23	4.5	159	185
Philadelphia	23	24	5.5	167	198
NY Mets	17	27	10.0	181	217
Miami	13	34	15.5	125	201

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Final R H E
Yankees 3 7 0
Orioles 6 14 0
Final R H E
Reds 7 12 1
Mets 4 9 0

Final	R	H	E
Yankees	3	7	0
Orioles	6	14	0

Final	R	H	E
Reds	7	12	1
Mets	4	9	0

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