When looking back on the great New York Mets of old, a familiar name any fan will no doubt come across is that of Keith Hernandez, who is considered by many to be the standard for first basemen to have donned the orange and blue.
A former NL MVP, 11-time gold glove award winner, 5-time All-Star and Captain of the Mets, baseball historians regard the acquisition of Hernandez from the St. Louis Cardinals in 1983 as one of the turning points for the franchises at the time “losing ways”, and the catalyst that led to their 1986 World Series Championship season.