NY Sports Dog: The Mets Amazing Opening Day Record

Friday, April 2, 2010

The Mets Amazing Opening Day Record

The Mets are 31-17 all-time in Opening Day games.

This is pretty amazing considering they lost their first 8 opening day games in a row.

That's right, the Mets did not win an opening day game until 1970, they just skipped the 1960s altogether as far as opening wins were concerned.

After losing those first 8 games, they won their next 4 in a row, lost 1, and then went on to win an astounding 9 in a row.

Since those first 8 losses, they've gone 31-9, and the team's current opening day win streak stands at 4.

Here is how the Mets have fared on opening day by decade:
  • 60s: 0-8
  • 70s: 9-1
  • 80s: 9-1
  • 90s: 6-4
  • 00s: 7-3
All told the Mets have a .646 winning percentage on Opening Day--yes, that is the best record in the game.

So good morning my friends, let's have one heck of a season!

Score Starter
2009. Mon, Apr 6 at CIN W (2-1) Santana
2008. Mon, Mar 31 at FLA W (7-2) Santana
2007. Sun, Apr 1 at STL W (6-1) Glavine
2006. Mon, Apr 3 vs WSN W (3-2) Glavine
2005. Mon, Apr 4 at CIN L (6-7) Martinez
2004. Tue, Apr 6 at ATL W (7-2) Glavine
2003. Mon, Mar 31 vs CHC L (2-15) Glavine
2002. Mon, Apr 1 vs PIT W (6-2) Leiter
2001. Tue, Apr 3 at ATL W (6-4) Leiter
2000. Wed, Mar 29 vs CHC L (3-5) Hampton
1999. Mon, Apr 5 at FLA L (2-6) Leiter
1998. Tue, Mar 31 vs PHI W (1-0) Jones
1997. Tue, Apr 1 at SDP L (5-12) Harnisch
1996. Mon, Apr 1 vs STL W (7-6) Jones
1995. Wed, Apr 26 at COL L (9-11) Jones
1994. Mon, Apr 4 at CHC W (12-8) Gooden
1993. Mon, Apr 5 vs COL W (3-0) Gooden
1992. Mon, Apr 6 at STL W (4-2) Cone
1991. Mon, Apr 8 vs PHI W (2-1) Gooden
1990. Mon, Apr 9 vs PIT L (3-12) Gooden
1989. Mon, Apr 3 vs STL W (8-4) Gooden
1988. Mon, Apr 4 at MON W (10-6) Gooden
1987. Tue, Apr 7 vs PIT W (3-2) Ojeda
1986. Tue, Apr 8 at PIT W (4-2) Gooden
1985. Tue, Apr 9 vs STL W (6-5) Gooden
1984. Mon, Apr 2 at CIN L (1-8) Torrez
1983. Tue, Apr 5 vs PHI W (2-0) Seaver
1982. Thu, Apr 8 at PHI W (7-2) Jones
1981. Thu, Apr 9 at CHC W (2-0) Zachry
1980. Thu, Apr 10 vs CHC W (5-2) Swan
1979. Thu, Apr 5 at CHC W (10-6) Swan
1978. Fri, Apr 7 vs MON W (3-1) Koosman
1977. Thu, Apr 7 at CHC W (5-3) Seaver
1976. Fri, Apr 9 vs MON W (3-2) Seaver
1975. Tue, Apr 8 vs PHI W (2-1) Seaver
1974. Sat, Apr 6 at PHI L (4-5) Seaver
1973. Fri, Apr 6 vs PHI W (3-0) Seaver
1972. Sat, Apr 15 vs PIT W (4-0) Seaver
1971. Tue, Apr 6 vs MON W (4-2) Seaver
1970. Tue, Apr 7 at PIT W (5-3) Seaver
1969. Tue, Apr 8 vs MON L (10-11) Seaver
1968. Wed, Apr 10 at SFG L (4-5) Seaver
1967. Tue, Apr 11 vs PIT L (3-6) Cardwell
1966. Fri, Apr 15 vs ATL L (2-3) Fisher
1965. Mon, Apr 12 vs LAD L (1-6) Jackson
1964. Tue, Apr 14 at PHI L (3-5) Jackson
1963. Tue, Apr 9 vs STL L (0-7) Craig
1962. Wed, Apr 11 at STL L (4-11) Craig
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3 comments:

DyHrdMET said...

let's see. 1987 I remember because that was the WS Championship flag and ring ceremony. '88 was when Straw hit the roof at Olympic Stadium. '92, didn't we win in 10 innings? '93 was the inagural game for the Rockies. '96 introduced us to Rey Ordonez with a nice relay on a throwout at the plate. '98 I'll write about for Monday. 2000 was in Tokyo. The 2002 opener I think was a game in which Mo Vaughn hit a homer high up on the Shea scoreboard. 2003 I was there. ouch. 2004 and 2005 Kaz Matsui led off the season with homers in both games. 2006 was the debut of SNY and the only Opening Day at home since 2003. I really don't remember the Sunday night opener in 2007 (that might have been the new stadium in STL).

Anonymous said...

looks familiar...

http://nysportsdog.blogspot.com/2009/04/mets-amazing-opening-day-record.html

Dave Singer said...

I should hope they look familiar--I wrote both and simply updated it this year with the new info from last year's Opening Day.

Stop by in 2011, it might look familiar again, just better numbers!

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