The New York Mets Hall of Heroes
Inductions by Year

You will undoubtedly notice that each year ending in a "9" has a flood of inductees.
That is because the end of each decade sees the naming of decade leaders and All-Decade Teams.
Throughout the course of each decade, though, there are possibly new inductees each year,
on the basis of being Hitters or Pitchers of the Year, or by being a championship manager,
or by being an otherwise-excluded inductee to the official New York Mets Hall of Fame.

Lest you think that this list is overbalanced in the 1960s, remember that several players
who would have qualified in the 1970s had already been enshrined by that point by virtue of
previously having been inducted in the 1960s; the same applies for every following decade, of course.
There was also a significant bump in the early 1980s, due to the creation of
the official New York Mets Hall of Fame, which enshrined many members who
did not qualify under the statistical guidelines of the New York Mets Hall of Heroes.

The 1880s New York Metropolitans appear beneath the modern lists.

1960s  (41 members)
1962	Al Jackson Frank Thomas
1963	Ron Hunt Carl Willey
1964	Joe Christopher Galen Cisco
1965	Jack Fisher Johnny Lewis
1966	Ed Kranepool Dennis Ribant
1967	Tommy Davis Tom Seaver
1968	Ed Charles Cleon Jones Jerry Koosman
1969	Tommie Agee Richie Ashburn Larry Bearnarth Ken Boyer Don Cardwell Elio Chacon Donn Clendenon Roger Craig Jesse Gonder Jerry Grote Jack Hamilton Bud Harrelson Jim Hickman Gil Hodges Jay Hook Cal Koonce Felix Mantilla Tug McGraw Charlie Neal Nolan Ryan Dick Selma Art Shamsky Tracy Stallard Ron Swoboda Ron Taylor Marv Throneberry

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1970s  (25 members)
1970	No new inductees
1971	No new inductees
1972	Duffy Dyer Jon Matlack John Milner
1973	Yogi Berra Rusty Staub
1974	No new inductees
1975	Del Unser
1976	No new inductees
1977	Nino Espinosa Len Randle
1978	Lee Mazzilli John Stearns Craig Swan
1979	Neil Allen Bob Apodaca Ken Boswell Dan Frisella Wayne Garrett Gary Gentry Steve Henderson Dave Kingman Kevin Kobel Skip Lockwood Jim McAndrew Felix Millan Ray Sadecki Joel Youngblood

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1980s  (40 members)
1980	Doug Flynn Pat Zachry
1981	Pete Falcone Joan Payson Casey Stengel
1982	George Weiss
1983	Keith Hernandez Johnny Murphy Jesse Orosco Bill Shea Darryl Strawberry
1984	Dwight Gooden Ralph Kiner Bob Murphy Lindsey Nelson
1985	No new inductees
1986	Lenny Dykstra Davey Johnson Bob Ojeda
1987	No new inductees
1988	Rick Aguilera David Cone
1989	Wally Backman Hubie Brooks Gary Carter Ron Darling Sid Fernandez George Foster Danny Heep Howard Johnson Ray Knight Terry Leach Dave Magadan Roger McDowell Kevin McReynolds Randy Myers Jeff Reardon Rafael Santana Doug Sisk Walt Terrell Tim Teufel Mookie Wilson

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1990s  (31 members)
1990	Frank Viola
1991	No new inductees
1992	Bobby Bonilla Dick Schofield
1993	No new inductees
1994	Bret Saberhagen
1995	Jason Isringhausen
1996	Mark Clark Bernard Gilkey
1997	Todd Hundley John Olerud Rey Ordonez Rick Reed
1998	Al Leiter
1999	Edgardo Alfonzo Armando Benitez Roger Cedeno Dennis Cook John Franco Rickey Henderson Jeff Innis Gregg Jefferies Lance Johnson Bobby Jones Jeff Kent Greg McMichael Dave Mlicki Eddie Murray Mike Piazza Bobby Valentine Robin Ventura Jose Vizcaino Turk Wendell

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2000s  (30 members)
2000	Mike Hampton
2001	No new inductees
2002	No new inductees
2003	Cliff Floyd Steve Trachsel
2004	No new inductees
2005	Pedro Martinez David Wright
2006	Carlos Beltran Carlos Delgado Tom Glavine Willie Randolph Billy Wagner
2007	Oliver Perez
2008	Johan Santana
2009	Benny Agbayani Moises Alou Derek Bell Mike Cameron Luis Castillo Pedro Feliciano Aaron Heilman Paul Lo Duca Braden Looper John Maine Jay Payton Jose Reyes Glendon Rusch Jae Weong Seo Fernando Tatis David Weathers Ty Wigginton Todd Zeile

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2010s  (32 members)
2010	Frank Cashen R. A. Dickey
2011	No new inductees
2012	No new inductees
2013	Matt Harvey
2014	Jacob deGrom Lucas Duda Juan Lagares
2015	Terry Collins Jeurys Famillia Curtis Granderson Daniel Murphy
2016	Yoenis Cespedes Noah Syndergaard
2017	Michael Conforto
2018	Brandon Nimmo
2019	Pete Alonso Asdrubal Cabrera Bartolo Colon Travis d'Arnaud Ike Davis J. D. Davis Dillon Gee Seth Lugo Jeff McNeil Jon Niese Angel Pagan Bobby Parnell Wilson Ramos Addison Reed Francisco Rodriguez Hisanori Takahashi Neil Walker Zack Wheeler

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2020s  (9 members)
2020	No new inductees
2021	No new inductees
2022	Eduardo Escobar Max Scherzer Buck Showalter
2023	Gary Cohen Francisco Lindor Howie Rose Kodai Senga
2024	Sean Manaea Carlos Mendoza Jose Quintana Mark Vientos

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1880s  (13 members)
1883	Tim Keefe Candy Nelson
1884	Jim Mutrie Dave Orr
1885	Ed Cushman
1886	No new inductees
1887	Steve Brady Jim Donahue Dude Esterbrook Jack Lynch Darby O'Brien Paul Radford Chief Roseman Dasher Troy

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