Hobie Landrith, the FIRST player in New York Mets history, dies aged 93

[pwaldo]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ml...s-aged-93.html

Hobie Landrith, the first player in Mets history, died last Thursday at the age of 93.

Landrith joined the Mets in the 1961 expansion draft as the team's first pick, playing 23 games with the team before being traded to the Orioles the following year.

The news was reported by the Mets' longtime public relations director - and current vice president of alumni relations - Jay Horwitz.

Horwitz said he had previously reached out to Landrith 'a few years back', and the catcher expressed how he felt about his stint in New York.

'He always cherished his brief time with the Mets,' Horwitz wrote.

[bakemeister52]

RIP brother

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