Mets manager Gil Hodges rides in an open-top car and waves during a ticker tape parade to celebrate the Mets' World Series victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Oct. 17, 1969.

The Mets hit .242 with a .662 on-base-plus-slugging percentage (only one World Series winner, the 1988 Dodgers, had a lower OPS in the last 50 years). They hit 109 homers and scored 632 runs.

They say everybody loves a parade. But everybody really loved the one held in lower Manhattan on Oct. 20, 1969 — 50 years ago this Sunday —for the World Series champion Miracle Mets.

(AP Photo, File) NEW YORK – Jerry Grote, the catcher who helped transform the New York Mets from a perennial loser into the 1969 World Series champion, died Sunday. He was 81.

New York Met World Series Championship • New York Mets defeated Baltimore Orioles in 1969 World Series 4 games to 1. • Series played October 11-16, 1969 ...

Four members of the 1969 World Series Champion “Amazin’ Mets” will be reunited as part of a special event prior to and during the Somerset Patriots’ series finale with the York Revolution ...

The Mets celebrated the 50th anniversary of their first World Series title before Saturday’s game against the Atlanta Braves. And for a brief moment during the team’s recent debacle ...

John Munson/The Star-LedgerLast May, a construction worker maneuvered a lift along the entrance to the new Citi Field as a mural honoring the 1969 World Series-winning Mets was visible on Shea ...

Donn Clendenon, who helped lead the Mets to victory in the 1969 World Series, died Saturday after a long battle with leukemia. He was 70.

In the days after the Orioles’ 1969 World Series loss to the Miracle Mets, the team flew back into Baltimore, where a crowd of what first baseman Boog Powell estimated was 5,000 fans greeted ...

The New York Mets have had some exciting World Series appearances over the years. The 1969, 1986, and 2000 World Series provided a lot of memorable performances, plays that will be talked about ...