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Sid Fernandez "El Sid": 1986 World Champion Mets Pitcher (1984 - 1993)

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Charles Sidney Fernandez was born in October 12, 1962, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The left hander threw a no hitter in his first high school start & was drafted by the Los Angele Dodgers in the third round of the 1981 draft, right out of high school. He went 32-11 in three years in the Dodgers minor leagues winning the Texas League Pitching Triple Crown (13 wins, 209 strikeouts, and a 2.28 ERA) in 1983 with the San Antonio Dodgers. Fernandez threw two no hitters in the minor leagues to add to his resume. He was brought up briefly by the Dodgers in 1983 appearing in two games going 0-1. The next year he was traded to the New York Mets for Bob Bailor. Fernandez starting out the season at AAA Tidewater going 10-6. He was brought up to the Mets team in July 1984.  Mets Debut: Fernandez debuted as a Met in Houston on July 16th warning a win allowing just two runs in seven innings of work. That season he quickly settled in to the young Mets rotation by winning his first three ...
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Bubba Trammell: 2000 N.L. Champion Mets Utility Player (2000)

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Thomas Bubba Trammell was born on November 6, 1971, in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was named after famed Tennessee football quarterback Bubba Wyche.  The young Bubba always wanted to be a baseball player. When he was 14 his father put a batting cage in the backyard & bought him an automatic ball feeder to pitch, as he would be in the cage eight hours a day & more. The six foot three, right hand hitting outfielder attended the University of Tennessee. He was originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 1992 but did not sign. He was then drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 1994 and did sign. Trammell showed a lot of power in the minor leagues, hitting 27 HRs at AA Jacksonville in 1996 getting promoted to AAA Toledo where he hit six more HRs to end his year. The following year he hit 28 HRs with 75 RBIs including a big four HR game for the AAA Toledo Mud Hens.  MLB Debut: Trammell made his MLB debut with the Tigers, on the opening week of the 1997 season. He hit f...
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Steve Henderson: Late 1970's Mets Outfielder Who Came Over in the Tom Seaver Trade (1977 - 1980)

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Steven Curtis Henderson was born on November 18, 1952, in Houston, Texas. He attended Prairie View A &M in Texas, getting drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the fifth round of the 1974 draft as a promising outfielder.  He batted .312 with 17 HRs & 61 RBIs at AA ball Trois Rivieres in 1976. The next year he was batting .326 after 60 games at AA Indianapolis, but wasn’t much room on the Big Red Machine in the mid-seventies for a young player in the minors. Tom Seaver Trade: On June 17th, 1977, Henderson became famous for being the key player in the Tom Seaver trade on what Mets fans call “The Midnight Massacre”. Henderson along with Pat Zachary, Doug Flynn, & Dan Norman went to the New York Mets for Hall of Famer Tom Seaver.  There was a lot of hype and big expectations put on the young Henderson by the organization trying to make the Seaver trade look somewhat justified. Henderson & not many other players could ever have lived up to those expec...
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