Hobie Landrith caught for seven teams in his 14 major league seasons. He was mostly a backup, good enough at handling pitchers but a light hitter. He was never an All-Star. But he did possess a modest claim to fame.
When Landrith died on Thursday at 93 in Sunnyvale, Calif., he was remembered as the original Met.
His death was announced on Saturday by Jay Horwitz, the Mets’ vice president of alumni public relations.
The Mets and the Houston Colt .45s (now the Astros), founded as 1962 National League expansion teams, began stocking their rosters in an October 1961 draft.