Remember 1969: Mets trades in History: 1993

 

Mets Trades through the years:  Who won?

There isn’t much to say about 1993 other than it was not a stellar year in Metsland.      

November 1992 through October 1993

A trivia question to start the piece today: 

Which player involved in the 1993 trades below had the second most major league at-bats and hits? 

       

 (1)  New York Mets traded Wally Whitehurst, D.J. Dozier and Raul Casanova to the San Diego Padres for Tony Fernandez  (Oct 26, 1992)

 

(2)  New York Mets traded Pat Howell to the Minnesota Twins for Darren Reed  (Nov 18, 1992)

 (3)  New York Mets traded Roger Mason and Mike Freitas to the San Diego Padres for Mike Maddox  (Dec 17, 1992)

 (4)  New York Mets traded Tony Fernandez to the Toronto Blue Jays for Darrin Jackson  (Jun 11, 1993)

 (5)  New York Mets traded Wayne Housie to the Milwaukee Brewers for Josias Manzanillo  (Jun 12, 1993)

 (6)  New York Mets traded Frank Tanana to the New York Yankees for Kenny Greer  (Sep 17, 1993)

Notes:   Tony Fernandez was on the downside of his career, but not at the bottom when he got to New York, but he may have been the poster child of Tom's theory about playing for the Mets.   He lasted a few months, but went on to have a few decent years later. 

I didn't realize how close Frank Tanana was to Hall of Fame consideration.    He had a terrific career spanning 21 years and accumulating almost 500 decisions, winning just over half of them.   Unfortunately 22 of the last 24 of the decisions (only 7 wins, including his last one) came with the Mets.   He lost his two decisions with the Yankees before retiring. 

Answer to trivia question at the top:   Darrin Jackson (by a lot)