FLUSHING, NY - MAY 19: Nolan Ryan #30 of the New York Mets pitches to the Atlanta Braves at Shea Stadium during a May 19,1968 game in Flushing, New York. (Photo by Herb Scharfman/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)
Although the Tom Seaver trade broke hearts more at the time, the worst trade in New York Mets history happened when the team dealt Nolan Ryan to the California Angels.
When the New York Mets traded Tom Seaver in 1977, it broke the hearts of fans all over the world. Seaver was literally “The Franchise.” Sending him packing stabbed fans in the back and ushered in a losing era of Mets baseball.