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New York Mets: The best moments of Mike Piazza’s Mets career

ByMichael Carballeira|
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 30: Mike Piazza waves to the fans before his number retirement ceremony before the start of a game between the Colorado Rockies and New York Mets at Citi Field on July 30, 2016 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 30: Mike Piazza waves to the fans before his number retirement ceremony before the start of a game between the Colorado Rockies and New York Mets at Citi Field on July 30, 2016 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 29: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Former player Mike Piazza speaks during a press conference before his induction into the Mets Hall of Fame before a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field on Sunday, September 29 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. The Mets defeated the Brewers 3-2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

On May 22nd,1998 the New York Mets made one of the biggest trades in franchise history. The club traded away Preston Wilson, Ed Yarnall, and Geoff Goetz for all-star catcher Mike Piazza. Piazza brought a powerful bat to the lineup for a team that was fighting for a postseason berth.

The 1998 season ended with the Mets missing the postseason by one game but Piazza helped lead the team to consecutive postseason appearances the following two years. That was just one of many cheers that he brought to the Mets fans throughout his career.

Throughout his career, Piazza added to his impressive resume whether it was breaking records and making history or even moments fans will just never forget. When it was all said and done the baseball world would recognize Piazza as a great.

Mike Piazza became the second player in Mets history inducted into Cooperstown

Piazza got his overdue achievement when he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016 with 82.95% of votes. It was a day that we all knew he would reach but it definitely should have happened sooner.

Piazza joined the great Tom Seaver as the only two Mets in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The two greats close out Shea Stadium in 2008 when Seaver threw the last pitch to Piazza in a post-game ceremony following the last game of the regular season.

Piazza will forever be seen as one of the best players in baseball and one of the greatest Mets of all-time. He not only brought the Mets back to the postseason in 1999 for the first time since 1988, but he brought many memories that we Mets fans will never ever forget so let us dive into this a little deeper.

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