Remembering Mets History: (1973) Mets Clinch NL Eastern Divison

October 1st, 1973: The fate of the 1973 New York Mets season, all came down to the last day of the regular season. The Mets had a scheduled double header planned at Wrigley Field to close out the season. If they could win the first game, the second game would not be necessary. The St. Louis Cardinals & Pittsburgh Pirates both lost their final games of the season. T hese were the NL East standings, on Monday Morning October 1st, 1973: New York Mets 81-79 - St. Louis Cardinals 81-81 (1.0 back) Pittsburgh Pirates 80-81 (1.5 back) Montreal Expos 79-83 (3.0 back) Chicago Cubs 77-83 (4.0 back) Philadelphia Phillies 71-91 (11.0 back) Starting Lineups Mets 1 Wayne Garrett 3B 2 Felix Millan 2B 3 Rusty Staub RF 4 John Milner 1B 5 Cleon Jones LF 6 Jerry Grote