In the beginning, when Citi Field opened in 2009, the Mets’ retired numbers — and there are not that many of them — were situated on the left-field wall.
There was No. 14 for Gil Hodges, who played for the Mets in their infancy but more famously managed them when they won the 1969 World Series; No. 37 for Casey Stengel, who added some levity to all the Mets’ losses in the early days; No. 41 for Tom Seaver, the best pitcher in Mets history and a Hall of Famer; and No. 42 for Jackie Robinson, whose number is retired throughout baseball.