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Kevin Mitchell: 1986 World Champion Mets Utility Player Who's Baserunning Helped Win the Classic Game Six (1984 - 1986)

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  Kevin Darnell Mitchell was born January 13, 1962, in San Diego, California. As a child he was raised by his grandmother Josie Whitfield. She encouraged him to play baseball over football which he favored. Quotes- Kevin Mitchell: "My grandmother convinced me to go with the safest sport, just to get out of San Diego."  As a teen he was living in a rough neighborhood & had to became a tough guy joining a street  gang.  Mitchell was shot three times with bullet scars on him forever to remind him of the bad times. It was b aseball  that kept him out of deeper trouble.  In 1980 he went to a New York Mets sponsored tryout & hit two HRs off Bud Black who was a minor league player at the time. He impressed the scouts & the Mets signed him as an amateur free agent. Kevin was a fan of Bill Madlock, Willie Stargell, Dave Parker & the 1979 World Champion Pirates. In the minors he batted .300 or better his first three seasons. In 1983 at AA Ja...
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Kelvin Torve: Former Mets Utility Player Who Was Mistakenly Issued Uniform #24

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Kelvin Curtis  Torve was born January 10, 1960 in Rapid City, South Dakota. The six foot three inch, left handed hitter, attended Oral Roberts University at Oklahoma, where he later became a member of the school's Hall of Fame. In 1991 he was drafted in the second round by the San Francisco Giants.  Torve hit well in the minor leagues, batting over .300 three times but still spent ten years there before making the big leagues.  In 1981, Kelvin began at A ball staring his journey through the ranks of the Giants organization. In 1985 he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles organization spending three years there.  In 1988 he signed with the Minnesota Twins AAA team, where he batted over .290 two straight years. Torve was scouted as a first baseman with very little power. MLB Career: In 1988 he made his MLB debut with the Twins seeing action in 12 games going 3-16 (188). In 1989 he placed at AAA Portland in the Pacific Coast League. Mets Career: In Dece...
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Kevin McReynolds: 1988 N.L. Eastern Champion Mets Out Fielder (1987 - 1991)

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Walter Kevin McReynolds was born October 16, 1959, in Little Rock Arkansas. His father was a mechanic in the US Army & the family lived on Camp Robinson, a National Guard base. Kathryn McReynolds stayed at home taking care of Kevin, his two brothers & their sister. Kevin was a star athlete at Sylvan high school, at Little Rock. Eventually The Kevin McReynolds Sports Complex there would be named in his honor. The six-foot right-hand hitter attended the University of Arkansas & was the San Diego Padres first round pick in 1981. He went on to win back-to-back minor league MVP awards in both the California League & Pacific Coast League batting over .350 both times. MLB Debut: In June 1983 , He was brought up briefly by the Padres, hitting a HR in his first career game. Overall, in 34 games he hit 4 HRs batting .221. In the 1984 Padres NL Championship season  he was their everyday center fielder, leading all N.L. out fielders in assists (...
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