Game Rewind: Cardinals at Mets (09.24.1969)

Donn Clendenon hit a pair of home runs and Gary Gentry pitched a complete game shutout, 6-0, against the St. Louis Cardinals to lead the New York Mets to their first-ever National League Eastern division title on this date in 1969.

The Mets scored five times in the first inning off Steve Carlton of the Cardinals and never looked back. Gentry allowed just four singles and only one Cardinals hitter reached second base in the historic win for the Mets.

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BONUS VIDEO CONTENT

BONUS STORY CONTENT

• Mets Clinch NL East (New York Times)
• Mets Break Out Champagne (New York Times)
• Met Fans Go Ape, Turning Shea Into Jungle (The Sporting News)
• Ailing Payson Wires Congrats to Her Team (New York Times)
• Mets Wipe Grins Off Critics’ Faces (The Sporting News)
• The Miracle Workers (New York Times)
• A Tale of Two Cities (New York Times)

BOOKS ON THE 1969 METS

In celebration of the New York Mets 50th Anniversary of their first World Series title in 1969, we have compiled a list of 16 books written exclusively about the 1969 Mets for your reference.

Note: The 1969 Mets have been featured and included in summary in a variety of additional print, film and digital formats. The following list is not exhaustive. 

• A Magic Summer (Cohen, 2009)
• The Wonder Year (Flieger, 2017)
• Miracle Year (Gutman, 2016)
• There are No Words (Maloney, 2018)
• The Miracle Has Landed (Silverman, 2009)
• The 1969 Miracle Mets (Travers, 2009)
• After the Miracle (Allen, 1989)
• Last to First (Fox, 1970)
• The Year the Mets Lost Last Place (Zimmerman/Schaap, 1969) *
• Incredible World Champ Mets (Allen, 1969) *
• The Whole Story (Koppett, 1970) *
• Miracle in New York (Clendenon, 1999) *

2019 Releases:

• After the Miracle (Shamsky)
• Here’s the Catch (Swoboda)
• They Said it Couldn’t Be Done (Coffey)

PHOTOS OF THE 1969 METS