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11 players you totally forgot played for the Mets

By Ryan Morik

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 08: Rick Ankiel #16 of the New York Mets bats against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field on June 8, 2013 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Andy Marlin/AM Photography/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 08: Rick Ankiel #16 of the New York Mets bats against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field on June 8, 2013 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Andy Marlin/AM Photography/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK – CIRCA 1999: Outfielder Rickey Henderson #24 of the New York Mets bats against the Los Angeles Dodgers during an Major League Baseball game circa 1999 at Shea Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City. Henderson played for the Mets from 1999-2000. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – CIRCA 1999: Outfielder Rickey Henderson #24 of the New York Mets bats against the Los Angeles Dodgers during an Major League Baseball game circa 1999 at Shea Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City. Henderson played for the Mets from 1999-2000. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

Rickey Henderson

Like Mora, Henderson played for the Mets in their two postseason runs.

Well, not so much 2000.

But Henderson actually was a key player for the 1999 squad. His .315 batting average was the fourth-best of his career (he was a career .279 hitter), while his 37 stolen bases and .423 on-base percentage were both the seventh-best marks in the National League.

However, the relationship was rocky. Henderson rocked his usual No. 24, but he had been the first Met to wear it since Willie Mays in 1973. Of course, the number wasn’t, and still isn’t retired, but it was questionable for someone on the tail-end of his career to “unofficially unretire” it. Henderson and Bobby Bonilla also were playing cards during Game 6 of the 1999 NLCS.

After a putrid start to the 2000 season, Henderson was released by the Mets and joined the Mariners.

Henderson played 152 games as a Met. But fun fact: he played 270 games for the Mariners, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Angels, and Dodgers combined.

More likely than not, those fan bases have also forgotten that the best base-stealer of all time played on their teams.

If anyone has a Rickey Henderson No. 35 Dodgers jersey, I’ll take it.

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