Okay, so the other day this question just popped into my head, completely out of the blue: which pitchers who won 300 games actually pitched for the New York Mets at some point?
You know how these things go, right? It just sticks in your brain. My first thought immediately jumped to the legends, the guys you always hear about. Seaver, maybe? He’s Mr. Met, practically. But then I wasn’t sure if he actually hit the 300 mark while wearing a Mets uniform, or just played for them.
So, I decided to do a little digging. Fired up the old search engine. Typed in something like “mets pitchers 300 wins”. Got a few names popping up right away.
First name I saw mentioned a lot was Warren Spahn. Now, Spahn, he was an old-timer, mostly known for pitching for the Braves forever. But yep, turns out he did pitch a bit for the Mets right at the very end of his career, back in 1965. He was already way past 300 wins by then, like, way past it. So, technically, a 300-game winner who pitched for the Mets. Check.
Then I kept looking. Found another big name: Tom Glavine. This felt more familiar. Glavine came over to the Mets later in his career too, after all those years with the Braves. And here’s the kicker – he actually got his 300th win while he was pitching for the Mets. That happened in 2007, I think. So that’s a definite yes.
What about Seaver, my first thought? Well, Tom Seaver, the legend himself, did pitch for the Mets, obviously. But he got his 300th win later, when he was with the Chicago White Sox. So, while he’s a Mets icon and a 300-game winner, he didn’t achieve the milestone as a Met, and he wasn’t already a 300-game winner when he first pitched for them (unlike Spahn).
Same story for Nolan Ryan. Pitched for the Mets early on, became a legend elsewhere, and got his 300 wins much, much later with the Rangers. So he doesn’t quite fit the bill the way Spahn or Glavine do.
So, after poking around for a bit, the main answers seemed to be:
- Warren Spahn: Pitched for the Mets in 1965 after already winning over 300 games.
- Tom Glavine: Pitched for the Mets from 2003 to 2007 and recorded his 300th win with the team.
It’s funny how memory plays tricks. You think of the obvious connections first, like Seaver, but the actual answer sometimes involves guys who had shorter stints or achieved the milestone in a different context. Anyway, scratched that mental itch. Just a little piece of baseball history I chased down.
