Major League Baseball officially adopted the save statistic at the beginning of the 1969 season. Since that time, 22 different New York Mets players have led the team in the important ninth-inning stat.
While popular names like Billy Wagner, Francisco Rodriguez, John Franco, and Tug McGraw headline the list, there are also several outliers in Mets history.
One name, in particular, stands out: Jenrry Mejia. Let’s take a look back at his oft-forgotten dominance in the 2014 campaign.
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Mejia was a one-hit-wonder in every sense of the term.