List of New York Mets seasons

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Citi Field is the home stadium of the Mets.

The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in Flushing, Queens, New York City. They compete in the East Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) National League (NL). The team's current home stadium is Citi Field, after playing two years at the Polo Grounds and 45 years at Shea Stadium. Since their inception in 1962, the Mets have won two World Series titles and five NL championships. As of the end of the 2023 season, the Mets have won more than 4,700 regular season games, a total that ranks 20th among MLB teams and fourth among expansion teams.

The Mets lost 120 games in their inaugural season, the most by a post-1900 MLB team. After six more years in which their best league finish was ninth, the Mets won the World Series in 1969, defeating the Baltimore Orioles in five games to earn what is widely considered one of the biggest upsets in baseball history. Four seasons later, the Mets returned to the World Series, where they lost to the Oakland Athletics in seven games. After winning two NL championships in five years, New York struggled for the next decade, not coming within 10 games of the NL East leader until 1984.

In 1986, the team posted 108 wins, the most in franchise history, and defeated the Houston Astros in the National League Championship Series (NLCS) to advance to the World Series. Trailing three games to two in the series, the Mets were one out from defeat in game six before coming back to win 6–5; they won game seven two days later to earn their second World Series championship. After a second-place finish in 1987, the Mets won the NL East the next year, but lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS. The Mets' next playoff appearances were their back-to-back wild card-winning seasons of 1999 and 2000; in the latter year, they won their fourth NL championship, but lost to the cross-town New York Yankees in the "Subway Series". The 2006 Mets earned an NL East title, before the St. Louis Cardinals defeated them in the NLCS. In 2007 and 2008, the team was eliminated from playoff contention on the last day of the regular season. The Mets won the NL East in 2015, and swept the Chicago Cubs in four games to win the NLCS and advance to the World Series for the first time since 2000; they lost the Series to the Kansas City Royals in five games. The following year, they returned to the playoffs with a wild card berth, but lost the 2016 NL Wild Card Game to the San Francisco Giants. In the most recent season, 2023, the Mets finished in fourth place in the NL East and did not qualify for the postseason.

Table key

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Catcher Gary Carter played six seasons for the Mets, and was a member of the 1986 World Series-winning team.
Legend for "Year by year" table below
Term Meaning
ASGMVP All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
CPOY Comeback Player of the Year
CYA Cy Young Award
Finish Final position in league or division
GB "Games back" from first-place team
Losses Number of regular season losses
MLB season Each year is linked to an article about that particular MLB season
MOY Manager of the Year
NLCS National League Championship Series
NLDS National League Division Series
NLWC National League Wild Card Game/Series
ROY National League Rookie of the Year
Team season Each year is linked to an article about that particular Mets season
Wins Number of regular season wins
WSMVP World Series Most Valuable Player Award

Year by year

Note: Statistics are correct as of October 1, 2023.

World Series champions † NL champions * Division champions ^ Wild card berth (1995–present) ¤
MLB
season
Team
season
League Division Finish Wins Losses Win% GB Post season Awards
1962 1962 NL 10th 40 120 .250 60½
1963 1963 NL 10th 51 111 .315 48
1964 1964 NL 10th 53 109 .327 40
1965 1965 NL 10th 50 112 .309 47
1966 1966 NL 9th 66 95 .410 28½
1967 1967 NL 10th 61 101 .377 40½ Tom Seaver (ROY)
1968 1968 NL 9th 73 89 .451 24
1969 1969 NL* East^ 1st 100 62 .617 Won NLCS (Atlanta Braves) 3–0
Won World Series (Baltimore Orioles) 4–1
Tom Seaver (CYA)
Tommie Agee (CPOY)
Donn Clendenon (WSMVP)
1970 1970 NL East 3rd 83 79 .512 6
1971 1971 NL East 3rd 83 79 .512 14
1972 1972 NL East 3rd 83 73 .532 13½ Jon Matlack (ROY)
1973 1973 NL* East^ 1st 82 79 .509 Won NLCS (Cincinnati Reds) 3–2
Lost World Series (Oakland Athletics) 4–3*
Tom Seaver (CYA)
1974 1974 NL East 5th 71 91 .438 17
1975 1975 NL East 3rd 82 80 .506 10½ Tom Seaver (CYA)
Jon Matlack (ASGMVP)
1976 1976 NL East 3rd 86 76 .531 15
1977 1977 NL East 6th 64 98 .395 37
1978 1978 NL East 6th 66 96 .407 24
1979 1979 NL East 6th 63 99 .389 35
1980 1980 NL East 5th 67 95 .414 24
1981 1981 NL East 5th 41 62 .398 18½
1982 1982 NL East 6th 65 97 .401 27
1983 1983 NL East 6th 68 94 .420 22 Darryl Strawberry (ROY)
1984 1984 NL East 2nd 90 72 .556 Dwight Gooden (ROY)
1985 1985 NL East 2nd 98 64 .605 3 Dwight Gooden (CYA)
1986 1986 NL* East^ 1st 108 54 .667 Won NLCS (Houston Astros) 4–2
Won World Series (Boston Red Sox) 4–3
Ray Knight (CPOY), (WSMVP)
1987 1987 NL East 2nd 92 70 .568 3
1988 1988 NL East^ 1st 100 60 .625 Lost NLCS (Los Angeles Dodgers) 4–3
1989 1989 NL East 2nd 87 75 .537 6
1990 1990 NL East 2nd 91 71 .562 4
1991 1991 NL East 5th 77 84 .478 20½
1992 1992 NL East 5th 72 90 .444 24
1993 1993 NL East 7th 59 103 .364 38
1994 1994 NL East 3rd 55 58 .487 18½
1995 1995 NL East 2nd 69 75 .479 21
1996 1996 NL East 4th 71 91 .438 25
1997 1997 NL East 3rd 88 74 .543 13
1998 1998 NL East 2nd 88 74 .543 18
1999 1999 NL East 2nd¤ 97 66 .595 Won NLDS (Arizona Diamondbacks) 3–1
Lost NLCS (Atlanta Braves) 4–2
Rickey Henderson (CPOY)
2000 2000 NL* East 2nd¤ 94 68 .580 1 Won NLDS (San Francisco Giants) 3–1
Won NLCS (St. Louis Cardinals) 4–1
Lost World Series (New York Yankees) 4–1*
2001 2001 NL East 3rd 82 80 .506 6
2002 2002 NL East 5th 75 86 .466 26½
2003 2003 NL East 5th 66 95 .410 34½
2004 2004 NL East 4th 71 91 .438 25
2005 2005 NL East 3rd 83 79 .512 7
2006 2006 NL East^ 1st 97 65 .599 Won NLDS (Los Angeles Dodgers) 3–0
Lost NLCS (St. Louis Cardinals) 4–3
2007 2007 NL East 2nd 88 74 .543 1
2008 2008 NL East 2nd 89 73 .549 3 Fernando Tatís (CPOY)
2009 2009 NL East 4th 70 92 .432 23
2010 2010 NL East 4th 79 83 .488 18
2011 2011 NL East 4th 77 85 .475 25
2012 2012 NL East 4th 74 88 .457 24 R. A. Dickey (CYA)
2013 2013 NL East 3rd 74 88 .457 22
2014 2014 NL East T-2nd 79 83 .488 17 Jacob deGrom (ROY)
2015 2015 NL* East^ 1st 90 72 .556 Won NLDS (Los Angeles Dodgers) 3–2
Won NLCS (Chicago Cubs) 4–0
Lost World Series (Kansas City Royals) 4–1*
Matt Harvey (CPOY)
2016 2016 NL East 2nd¤ 87 75 .537 8 Lost NLWC (San Francisco Giants)
2017 2017 NL East 4th 70 92 .432 27
2018 2018 NL East 4th 77 85 .475 13 Jacob deGrom (CYA)
2019 2019 NL East 3rd 86 76 .531 11 Jacob deGrom (CYA)
Pete Alonso (ROY)
2020 2020 NL East T-4th 26 34 .433 9
2021 2021 NL East 3rd 77 85 .475 11½
2022 2022 NL East 2nd¤ 101 61 .623 0 Lost NLWC (San Diego Padres) 2–1 Buck Showalter (MOY)
2023 2023 NL East 4th 75 87 .463 29

All-time records

New York Mets all-time win–loss records
Statistic Wins Losses Win%
New York Mets regular season record (1962–2023) 4,737 5,075 .483
New York Mets postseason record (1962–2023) 52 40 .566
All-time regular and postseason record 4,789 5,115 .484

Record by decade

The following table describes the Mets' MLB win–loss record by decade.

Decade Wins Losses Pct
1960s 494 799 .382
1970s 763 850 .473
1980s 816 743 .523
1990s 767 786 .494
2000s 815 803 .504
2010s 793 827 .490
2020s 279 267 .511
All-time 4662 4988 .483

These statistics are from Baseball-Reference.com's New York Mets Team History & Encyclopedia, and are current as of October 1, 2023.

Postseason record by year

The Mets have made the postseason ten times in their history. Their first appearance was in 1969 and the most recent was in 2022.

Year Finish Round Opponent Result
1969 World Series Champions NLCS Atlanta Braves Won 3 0
World Series Baltimore Orioles Won 4 1
1973 National League Champions NLCS Cincinnati Reds Won 3 2
World Series Oakland Athletics Lost 3 4
1986 World Series Champions NLCS Houston Astros Won 4 2
World Series Boston Red Sox Won 4 3
1988 National East Champions NLCS Los Angeles Dodgers Lost 3 4
1999 National League Wild Card NLDS Arizona Diamondbacks Won 3 1
NLCS Atlanta Braves Lost 2 4
2000 National League Champions NLDS San Francisco Giants Won 3 1
NLCS St. Louis Cardinals Won 4 1
World Series New York Yankees Lost 1 4
2006 National League East Champions NLDS Los Angeles Dodgers Won 3 0
NLCS St. Louis Cardinals Lost 3 4
2015 National League Champions NLDS Los Angeles Dodgers Won 3 2
NLCS Chicago Cubs Won 4 0
World Series Kansas City Royals Lost 1 4
2016 National League Wild Card Wild Card Game San Francisco Giants Lost 0 1
2022 National League Wild Card Wild Card Series San Diego Padres Lost 1 2
10 Totals 11–8 52 40

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