Mets to honor Willie Mays, Jerry Grote with patches on jersey
The Mets will honor the two former players with patches on their uniforms for the remainder of this season. The team announced Saturday that it would add patches featuring the uniform numbers of Willie Mays (24) and Jerry Groat (15), who recently passed away, to honor the two. Willie Mays spent the final year-plus of […]
Mets Legend Jerry Grote Dead At 81
Jerry Grote, a World Series champion of the New York Mets and two-time All-Star at the catcher position, passed away Sunday at a Texas hospital, according to the franchise. He was 81 years old. Grote was featured on the 1969 Miracle Mets team that pulled a shocker upset over the Atlanta Braves in a National […]
Jerry Grote, ex-Mets catcher and World Series champion, dead at 81
Jerry Groat, the starting catcher for the Mets’ first World Series championship team in 1969, died Sunday afternoon of respiratory failure following heart surgery, his wife Sheryl announced on Facebook. He was 81 years old. Jerry Groat passed away on Sunday. He was 81 years old. Related news organizations “It is with great sadness that […]