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When fans think of great one-hit wonders, Bernard Gilkey’s name never comes up. New York Mets fans should know better after his legendary 1996.
The New York Mets were a mess in the early and mid-1990s. The Mets had gone just 69-75 in 1995. That was good enough for second place in the NL East, but it was also eight games out of a playoff spot.
They weren’t ready to be contenders, but that’s not how they treated the 1995 offseason. They went out and acquired two new outfielders, benched young Edgardo Alfonzo, and got Mark Clark to be their ace.