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Luis Severino's Mets Career (2024)

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Luis Severino was born February 20th 1994 in Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic. In 2011 the big six-foot two right hander signed as an international free agent with the AL New York team. MLB Career: Severino spent eight years with the AL New York club, going 54-37 with a 3.79 ERA.  In 2015 he was the youngest pitcher to make a start in the major leagues. In 2017 he was 14-6 with a 2.98 ERA making the first of two All Star teams. That year he posted a career high 230 strike outs (4th most in the AL). He was the youngest AL NY pitcher since AL Downing in 1964 to fan 200 batters in a season. In 2018 he won a career high 19 games (19-8) the third most wins in the AL, with a 3.39 ERA, striking out 220 batters (8th most in the AL) in 191 innings. That season he threw his first career shutout as well. But his career took a turn as injuries mounted up. In 2019 he suffered a rotator cuff injury, in 2020 he needed Tommy John surgery missing all of that season. In 2021 he returned for fo...
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The Mets History of Spring Training in St. Petersburg Florida (1962 - 1987)

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Before the New York Mets made their Spring Training home on the East Coast of Florida in Port St. Lucie, they called St. Petersburg on the West Coast their home. They opened up camp in their inaugural season of 1962 & played 25 Spring Trainings there through 1987. AL Lang was a businessman, turned politician & Mayor of St. Petersburg from 1916 to 1920. He was the first to see the potential the area had to have baseball teams from the cold Northeast winters, prepare for their seasons in sunny Florida.  Al Lang was instrumental for making Florida the home of Spring Training & forming the Grapefruit League. In 1916 the St. Louis Browns practiced there for Spring Training. Eventually the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals & A.L. New York club all came to St. Petersburg. Over the next decade he was able to lure in nine of the then, twelve MLB teams. In 1947 the City of St. Petersburg opened up Al Lang Stadium named in his honor, The St. Louis C...
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More Mets Memories of Spring Training In St. Petersburg (1962 - 1987)

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1962 Casey Stengel 1962 Mets the First Spring Training Don Zimmer- Felix Mantilla- Charlie Neil- Gil Hodges & Casey Stengel Casey Stengel & Gil Hodges Casey Stengel & Roger Craig 1965 Yogi Berra -Warren Spahn & Casey Stengel  Mid Sixties Spring Locker Room 1969 Mets M anager Gil Hodges 1973 Yogi Berra 1969 World Series MVP Donn Clendenon 1969 World Champs Nolan Ryan & Jerry Grote 1970 Ron Swoboda 1970 Jerry Koosman After the Championship 1970 Bob Aspromonte- Kenny Boswell & Bud Harrelson Tom Seaver 1972 Tom & Nancy Seaver with daughter Sara Duffy Dyer - a Rookie & Cleon Jones Listen to Tom Seaver 1973 Willie Mays Arrives 1973 NL Champs- Tug McGraw & Yogi Berra 1984 Jesse Orosco 1977 Joe Torre with his second Wife Dani & a Daughter  1985 Gary Carter  1985 Cy Young Winner- Dwight Gooden 1986 World Champions 1986 Ron Darling 1986 Manager Davey J...
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