New York Mets

CTL-E-6295 · Organization · other · 1962–present

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Combined Graph record U-07481 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6295.

The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball team based in Queens, New York City, competing in the National League East Division. Founded in 1962 as a National League expansion team to replace New York's departed Dodgers and Giants, the Mets played at the Polo Grounds in 1962 and 1963, at Shea Stadium from 1964 to 2008, and at Citi Field since 2009. After an inaugural 40–120 season, the "Miracle Mets" won the 1969 World Series over Baltimore, and the club won its second championship in 1986 over Boston. Hall of Famer Willie Mays returned to New York in a May 1972 trade and finished his career with the Mets in the 1973 World Series. In December 2024 the Mets agreed with Juan Soto on a reported record fifteen-year, $765 million contract, and Soto played the 2025 season in Queens. The franchise remains active, with its history, ballparks and championships documented by Britannica and league reporting.

The record

• Also known as: The Metropolitans, The Amazin' Mets, The Amazin's, The Miracle Mets

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (The Closer — 747 Program, Wave 13 final packet; a gap-closing packet built from the earlier packets' documented blocked edges). Gate A (2026-10-16): CLEAR — hand-checked against the live graph (3,910 entities): no New York Mets entity homed; Willie Mays (CTL-E-6166) and Juan Soto (CTL-E-5979) exist without their club endpoint. ID CTL-E-6295 free at staging. Typing follows the graph's team precedent (Organization/other — Golden State Warriors CTL-E-5705; Leland Giants CTL-E-6121; Birmingham Black Barons CTL-E-5776). Supply: 747 blocked-edge harvest — Scan Tail Wave 5 documented the Mays played_for edge as blocked, and Census Intake Wave 4's combined club row documented the Soto played_for edge as blocked; the Mets are the only club candidate carrying two documented blocked edges. SCOPE GATE: team endpoint harvested from documented blocked edges in merged packets; staged to close those edges, per the Closer brief. Name-collision discipline: the baseball Giants (New York/San Francisco) and the football New York Giants are distinct franchises and are NOT taken in this packet; they stand on the still-gap list for the enrichment era. Vital status: ACTIVE — the opened entry lists the Mets in the National League from 1962 to the present with a current-season listing, and dated 2025 reporting documents the club completing the 2025 season with Juan Soto on the roster. STATISTICS (counted, sourced, dated 2026-10-16): Established 1962; National League membership 1962–present (Wikipedia); Britannica corroborates the 1960 expansion award and 1962 start of play. Home ballparks counted: 3 — Polo Grounds (1962–1963), Shea Stadium (1964–2008), Citi Field (2009–present) (Wikipedia; Britannica). World Series championships counted: 2 — 1969 and 1986 (Wikipedia). National League pennants counted: 5 — 1969, 1973, 1986, 2000, 2015 (Wikipedia). Inaugural season record: 40–120 in 1962 (Wikipedia). Mays with the Mets: May 1972 trade; final two seasons; 1973 World Series; retired 1973 (AP via NBC Sports). Soto contract: agreed Sunday, December 8, 2024 — reported record 15-year, $765 million, escalator to $805 million, $75 million signing bonus, $51 million average annual value, no deferred money (AP via NBC Sports, reported before official announcement). Soto 2025 as a Met: .263, 43 HR, 105 RBI, 127 walks, .921 OPS, sixth consecutive Silver Slugger (ClutchPoints, 2025-11-07). GAP DISCLOSED: MLB.com site-scoped searches returned no results in the research session and one page open hit an HTTP 429 rate limit that was not retried; the facts rest on Wikipedia plus Britannica (authoritative) and AP reporting, meeting the source floor — an MLB.com / Mets official-history open is a recommended pre-merge upgrade, not a blocker. MEDIA: map N/A (team organization; no sourced street address for Citi Field was obtained and none is invented); photo HELD with named candidate; chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-6295-new-york-mets.svg); video HELD (no matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map); audio HELD. MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Organization (team) records carry no map slot in this packet; no sourced Citi Field street address was obtaine) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created chart (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced statistics and timeline fact) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map (shorts-link-map-2026-10-15.json, 233 rows, checked by nam) | audio = HELD (HELD: No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio exists at staging.)

Referenced by

• Dwight Gooden — played for → this record
• Jerry Manuel — head coach of → this record
• Juan Soto — played for → this record
• Willie Mays — played for → this record

Sources

• Wikipedia, New York Mets (accessed 2026-10-16) — 1962 founding as an NL expansion team to replace the departed Dodgers and Giants; ballpark sequence and years; 1969 'Miracle Mets' and 1986 championships; pennant and title counts; inaugural 40–120 record; National League membership 1962–present; nicknames list — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets (primary source · build store)
• Encyclopaedia Britannica, Shea Stadium (accessed 2026-10-16) — authoritative corroboration: Mets awarded as an NL expansion team (1960 award; play began 1962); Polo Grounds used as the first home; first Shea home game April 17, 1964; 1969 'Miracle Mets' World Series win at Shea; final Shea game September 28, 2008; Citi Field opened 2009 replacing Shea — http://www.britannica.com/place/Shea-Stadium (build store)
• Encyclopaedia Britannica, Tom Seaver (accessed 2026-10-16) — authoritative corroboration that the Mets were an expansion team with a losing record in their first seven years before becoming World Series champions in 1969 — http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/908192/Tom-Seaver (build store)
• NBC Sports / Associated Press, Mets retire Willie Mays' No. 24 as Old-Timers' Day returns (2022-08-28) (accessed 2026-10-16) — Mays's May 1972 trade return to New York, his final two seasons with the Mets, the 1973 World Series, and his 1973 retirement — https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/mets-retire-willie-mays-no-24-as-old-timers-day-returns (build store)
• NBC Sports / Associated Press, Report: Juan Soto, Mets agree to record 15-year, $765 million contract (2024-12-08) (accessed 2026-10-16) — the December 2024 agreement and the 15-year / $765 million figures, escalator to $805 million, $75 million signing bonus, and $51 million average annual value (reported via a person familiar with the deal, before official announcement) — https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/report-juan-soto-mets-agree-to-record-15-year-765-million-contract (build store)
• ClutchPoints, Mets news: Juan Soto extends MLB-best streak to 6 years (2025-11-07) (accessed 2026-10-16) — Soto played the 2025 season for the Mets: .263 with 43 home runs, 105 RBIs, 127 walks and a .921 OPS, and won his sixth consecutive Silver Slugger Award — https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-mets/mets-news-juan-soto-extends-mlb-best-streak-to-6-years (build store)

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