Todd Zeile: 2000 NL Champion Mets First Baseman (2000 - 2001 /2004) & SNY Studio Analyst (2019 - 2023)

Todd Edward Zeile was born September 9th, 1964, in Van Nuys, California. The same night Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game at Dodger Stadium, some 17 miles away.

Presidential Blood: Zeile is a direct descendant of John Adams, the second President of the United States & John Quincy Adams the sixth President of the United States.

Trivia: Todd's father said he was in attendance at the very first game at Dodger Stadium. 

He was also a semi pro baseball player, who once lived in his car during rough times. Mr. Zeile later became a big success heading an aeronautic company. Todd's mother Sammee (Spooner) Zeile was a newspaper editor. 

Todd had one brother who was also a star athlete.

UCLA: Todd was first offered a contract by the Kansas City Royals but decided to go to UCLA instead. Zeile was a star catcher for the UCLA Bruins winning the 1986 PAC 10 Southern Division title, on a team that featured ten future MLB players.

Zeile was the first player drafted out of that group; he was a junior getting selected in the second round by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1986. 

In 1987 he hit .292 with 25 HRs &106 RBIs at A ball Springfield. In 1988 he was promoted to AA Arkansas where he hit 19 HRs with 75 RBIs. In 1989 he hit .289 with 19 HRs & 89 RBIs at AAA Louisville, getting him a promotion to the Cardinals big league club.

MLB Career: On August 18th, Zeile debuted during a Cardinals, Reds double header at Riverfront Stadium. In the 8th inning he came up as a pinch hitter, grounding out. Two days later he hit his first career HR, coming off the Red's Tim Leary in an 8-1 win. 

That season the Cards main catcher was Tony Pena, the next season they let him go so Zeile could take over the position.

In 1990, he caught 105 games behind the plate & played at first 7 third base as well. He hit 15 HRs with 25 doubles, & 57 RBIs, coming in 6th in the Rookie of the Year voting.  

At catcher he threw out 43 base runners trying to steal (second in the NL) but he did allow 93 stolen bases & had ten passed balls (4th most in the NL). The Cards finished last that year, as long-time manager Whitey Herzog resigned. Former skipper Red Schoendienst took over briefly before Joe Torre arrived.

Zeile spent two seasons behind the plate in St. Louis before the team wanted to make room for Tom Pagnozzi. 

Joe Torre Transfers Him to Third Base: At the time, St. Louis manager Joe Torre told Zeile his career would last longer if he moved to third base. Torre had also started his career out at the catcher's position but moved out of the position. At first Zeile wasn’t too happy about the move, and it was a tough adjustment for him. 

Trivia: The versatile Zeile, would make over 20 errors six different times & make the most errors of any player in the 1990’s.

In 1991 he led the team in games played (155) HRs (11) & RBIs (81) while stealing 17 bases for the second place Cards. In 1992 he struggled & played 21 games at AAA to straighten things out. 

By 1993, he would have one of his best offensive seasons hitting 17 HRs with 36 doubles (10th in the NL) 85 walks (7th in the NL) batting .277 with a .352 on base %. He drove in in a career high 103 runs (7th in the league). It was the most RBIs by a Cardinal's third baseman since Torre drove in 137 in his 1971 MVP season.

Player of the Week: From July 23rd to August 1st, he collected 15 hits with 5 HRs, 4 doubles & 18 RBIs. Todd had six multi-RBI games, with two four RBI games as well, earning him the Player of the Week award. 

Grand Slam: On July 28th, he collected three hits with a grand slam HR off the Phillies Terry Mulholland in a 14-6 win at Busch Stadium. 

After the All-Star break, he drove in 60 runs, third most in the majors. He later drove in 22 runs in the last month of September. The Cardinals finished third that season.

In the strike shortened 1994 season, Zeile was the Cardinals player Rep. At the plate he hit 19 HRs with 75 RBIs batting .267. On August 8th, before play stopped, he had a career high six RBI game in Florda.

California Earthquake: That year the Northridge Earthquake badly damaged his home in Valencia. He, his wife & six-week-old son had to live with his in-laws. Shortly afterward, his son had to be hospitalized with a respiratory illness.

Problems in St. Louis: By 1995, the Cardinals & Zeile had grown unhappy with each other. The organization felt he was too laid back. This was something Whitey Herzog had accused him of years back. when he was manager GM Walt Jockety jumped on that band wagon as well, saying Zeile's approach to the game was not aggressive enough. That June, after seven seasons in St. Louis, he was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Mike Morgan.

Cubs Career: In 79 games with Chicago, he only hit .227 & at the end of the season was granted free agency. 

Phillies Career: In 1996 he signed a one-year deal with a rebuilding Philadelphia Phillies team. At the end of August, he had 20 HRs with 80 RBIs batting .268. He was traded along with Pete Incaviglia, to the contending Baltimore Orioles, in exchange for Garrett Stephenson. 

Orioles Career: In 29 games with the wild card winning Baltimore Orioles, he hit safely in 17 games. Zeile had 5 HRs with 29 RBIs getting to his first post season. 

1996 Post Season- ALDS: In the ALDS win over Cleveland, he went 5-19 with two walks.

1996 ALCS: In the ALCS loss to New York, he hit safely in all six games, having three multi- hit games. Zeile batted .384 with 3 HRs & 5 RBIs. 

In Game #3, Zeile hit a two run HR off David Cone in New York in the Orioles 5-3 win. In Game #3 he homered off Jimmy Key in the loss at Baltimore. In the final Game #5, Zeile homered off Andy Pettitte, collecting two more hits.

Dodger Career: After the playoffs he signed as a free agent with the Dodgers in his hometown of Los Angeles. Zeile had grown up a Dodger fan with Steve Garvey being one of his favorite players. The Dodgers brought him on board with a three-year deal, hoping he could solve their first baseman issues. 

Zeile would be a teammate of All Star Mike Piazza for the first time.

1000th Career Game: In 1997, he made his Dodgers debut which was his 1000th career game. 

From September 3rd to September 7th, he reached base in 11 straight plate appearances.

Grand Slam: On September 7th, he hit his second career grand slam, coming off the Marlins Tony Saunders in a 9-5 Dodger win in L.A. It was his 26th HR of the season.

Zeile played in 160 games with the second place Dodgers, hitting a career high 31 HRs with 17 doubles while driving in 90 runs at Dodger Stadium. He batted .268 with an .824 OPS. He struck out a career high 112 times.

Mike Piazza Trade: The next season he found himself in the middle of a blockbuster deal that sent him & Mike Piazza to the Florida Marlins for Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, Charles Johnson and Manuel Barrios. There was an understanding that these players would also soon be dealt from Florida.

Rangers Career: Zeile always on the move, now just two months later, after 66 games, was sent to the Texas Rangers for two minor leaguers.  The Rangers also acquired Royce Clayton & Todd Stottlemyer which helped them overtake the Angels in the Western Division. Overall, in 1998 Zeile batted .276 with three teams on the season.

1998 Post Season-NLDS: With the Rangers, Zeile got to his second post season. In the ALDS loss to New York, he batted .333 in three ALDS games. 

In 1999 Zeile helped Texas win their division batting .293 with 24 HRs & 98 RBIs. He hit .542 with the bases loaded (13-24).

Player of the Week Award: From July 19th to July 25th, he collected 12 hits, batting .444 with three HRs & 10 RBIs. That week he hit HRs in back-to-back games for the first of wo times on the season.  

In August he batted .389 with 23 RBIs earning a Rangers Player of the Month Award.

Two Grand Slams: In the month of September he hit two grand slam HRs, reaching four in his career. On September 6th, in an 8-6 win in over the White Sox, he hit the grand slam off Jim Parque in Arlington. On September 25th, in a 10-4 win in Texas, Zeile hit his second grand slam of the season, coming off Oakland's Kevin Appier.

Trivia: Todd became the 18th MLB player to drive in 90 runs in three straight seasons.

1999 Post Season-NLDS: But in this year's ALDS appearance he batted just .100 (1-10). Texas once again lost t the AL New York club.

In December of 1999 he signed a three-year $18 million deal with the New York Mets. He replaced the departed John Olerud at first base. Olerud did not want to move his children to New York, choosing to live in Washington State, signing with the Seattle Mariners.

Mets Playing Career: Todd Zeile became a popular player right away in New York as he jumped on board for the 2000 NL Champion Mets season. In the lineup he would usually bat behind Mike Piazza & Robin Ventura.

He would be the Mets main first baseman, although he had only played 76 games at the position in his career. His last start at first base was in the 1996 season.

Zeile debuted as a Met on Opening Day at the Tokyo Dome, going 0-4 in the Mets loss to the Chicago Cubs. 

On April 2nd, at Opening Day at Shea, he delivered a 7th inning base off the Padres Sterling Hitchcock, tying up the game at one. In the 8th, Derek Bell would hit a solo HR that was the Mets game winning run.

From April 16th to May 3rd, Todd hit safely in 15 of 16 games collecting 21 hits while batting .350.

On April 20th at Shea, Zeile hit a 7th inning two run single off the Brewers David Weathers tying up the game up. Melvin Mora's Walk off 10th inning HR would win it for the Mets.

In a three-game series to close out the month of April, Zeile had three straight multi-hit, multi- RBI games, totaling eight hits & seven RBIs in the series. On April 30th, he hit his first HR, coming in a 14-10 win at Colorado. Zeile closed out his first month with Mets batting .300 with 15 RBIs.

On May1st he homered in San Francisco, having back-to-back games in a Mets loss. 

On May 11th, he hit a solo HR & had an RBI single to drive in two runs helping. Al Leiter in a 3-2 complete game win in Pittsburgh. Zeile would hit three HRs over five games that week, giving him five HRs in the past 15 games.

Grand Slam- Multi HR Game: On May 27th, Zeile had his biggest run production game of the season, as he hit a pair of HRs while driving in five runs in St. Louis. 

In the top of the 1st inning, he followed Robin Ventura's three run HR with a back-to back solo shot off Andy Benes. 

In the top of the 8th with the Mets down 8-6, he put them ahead with his 8th career grand slam, coming off Dave Veres, leading to the Mets 12-8 win. It was the 12th multi-HR game of the season.

The next afternoon, he collected three hits, with a solo HR off Darryl Kile in the Mets 6-2 win as they swept that series in St. Louis.

Overall, in May Zeile hit eight HRs, while driving in 16 runs & had eight multiple hit games.

From June 7th to June 24th, Todd had a season high 13 game hit streak, where he batted .389 where & drove in ten runs. During that month he hit safely in 19 out of 25 games bringing his average back up to the .300 level.

On Friday June 2nd at Citi Field, he hit a three run HR off the Rays, Rick White, to lead New York to a 5-3 inter league win over Tampa.

 

Back-to-Back Multi- RBI Games: On June 7th, in the Mets 11-3 win over the Orioles at Shea Stadium, Zeile collected an RBI single off Alberto Reyes in the Mets four run 6th inning & then added a two-run single off B.J. Ryan in the four-run 7th inning. 

The next game, he hit his 11th HR of the season, a three-run shot off the Orioles Jason Johnson in the 8-7 Mets win highlighted by Kurt Abbott's Walk off HR.

Next up, Todd drove in a run in the first two games of the subway series, to have himself RBIs in four straight games.

On June 24th, he hit an 8th inning two run double, off the Pirates Rich Loiselle, breaking an 8-8 tie leading the Mets to the 10-8 win at Shea. 

As the Mets closed out the month, with a big four game series split at Shea, with the rival Braves, Zeile had five hits with a HR RBIs in three of the four games.

From July 4th to July 20th, he would safely in 13 of 14 games & bat .315.

On July 9th, at Shea, the day after Mike Piazza was injured by a Roger Clemmens pitch to the head, Zeile hit a HR off Andy Pettitte in the 2-0 subway series Mets win. Mike Hampton (7 innings) & Armando Benitez combined on the six-hit shutout.

On July 27th, in the first game of a twin bill at Shea with Montreal, Zeile tied up the game with an 8th inning single off Scott Strickland. Matt Franco then singled home what was the game winning run.

10th Multi- Three Hit Game: He started out August slow, until having a multi- three hit game in a 12-5 win at Houston. For the season it was Todd's tenth three hit game.

On August 12th, with the Mets down 2-1, Zeile doubled in two runs off San Francisco's Felix Rodriguez in the bottom of the 7th inning, leading to a 3-2 victory. 

On August 15th in the second game of a double header, although he hadn't homered in almost a month, Todd's 8th inning blast off the Rockies Bobby Chouinar broke a 3-3 tie leading to the 4-3 win & double header sweep at Shea.

200th Career HR: On August 17th, Zeile hit a 5th inning two run HR off the Rockies Masato Yosi for his 200th career HR. It was his 17th of the season giving the Mets a 7-0 lead, on their way to a 13-2 win at Coors Field. It was the third straight game where he had driven in a run.

On August 27th, Todd's bottom of the 7th inning ground out, scored Edgardo Alfonzo with the tie
breaking run, giving Mike Hampton his victory #13. 

On September 5th, in Cincinnati, Zeile came to bat in the top of the 10th inning of a 2-2 game. He hit his 18th HR of the year, coming off Scott Sullivan leading the Mets to the 3-2 win over the Reds, keeping them five games up in the wild card lead.

On September 20th he hit a two run HR off the Braves Tom Glavine, leading the Mets past the Braves 6-3 at Turner Field. He also hit a HR the next day, his 22nd of the year but the Mets took a loss at Philadelphia. In that series finale, where the Mets took two of three, Zeile hit a two run HR off Bruce Chen leading Glendon Rusch to a 3-2 win.

During the week of September 16th through the 24th he hit four HRs while driving in six runs.

On September 27th, the Meats clinched a playoff spot, when they beat the Braves 6-2 at Shea Stadium. Zeile was 0-3 with a bases loaded walk from Kevin Millwood scoring the first run of the game.

Zeile ended the year playing in 153 games, batting .268 with 146 hits 22 HRs 36 doubles 3 triples 67 runs scored & 74 RBIs. He struck out 85 times with 74 walks, a .356 on base % & .823 OPS.

 

Todd had 31 multi-hit games & 19 multi- RBI games on the year.

Although he made ten errors (4th in the NL) at first base, he posted a .992 fielding % playing a solid defense.

2000 Post Season- NLDS: In the NLDS win over the Giants, Zeile was 1-14 (.071) against the San Francisco pitchers. 

2000 NLCS: In the NLCS win over the St. Louis Cardinals he straightened things out.

In Game #1, he led off the top of the 9th inning with a HR off Mike James in the Mets 6-2 victory in St. Louis. 

In Game #2 at Busch Stadium, Zeile had two hits with two RBIs. In the top of the 8th inning, Edgardo Alfonzo put the Mets ahead 4-3 with an RBI single scoring Timo Perez. With two on, Zeile singled off Dave Veres making it a 5-3 Mets lead. 

The Cards tied it in the 9th off John Franco & Turk Wendell but went on to win it on Jay Payton's 10th inning RBI single.

In the Game #3 loss at Shea Stadium, Todd collected two hits & struck out twice.

In Game #4, Zeile drove in two runs with a 2nd inning double off Darryl Kile, as the Mets went on to a 10-6 win taking three games to one lead.

Mets Win the Pennant: In Game #5 in front of a wild Shea Stadium sellout crowd with centerfieldmaz in attendance, Zeile came to bat in the 4th inning with the bases loaded facing the Cards, Pat Hentgen. He doubled clearing the bases, as Timo Perez, Mike Piazza & Robin Ventura all crossed the plate, putting the Mets up 6-0. They went on to a 7-0 win, behind Mike Hampton's three hit shutout, clinching their first NL Pennant since 1986. 

Mets Post Season Record: Zeile set a Mets NLCS record at that time, by driving in eight runs in the championship series. Overall, he hit .368 (7-19) in the series, with three doubles & two walks.

2000 Subway World Series: In Game #1 of the World Series, Zeile just missed a HR in the 6th inning, as the ball hit the top of the wall & bounced back in the park. The Mets base runner Timo Perez made a crucial error, by watching the ball for too long then failing to see his third base coach. 

Perez got thrown out at home plate in a game changing moment. The run would have probably won the game, since it had to go to extra innings. That play could have turned the Series around right from the start. 

In the Game #2 loss, Zeile collected two singles off Roger Clemens. The game was highlighted by Mike Piazza's bat splitting & flying in the direction of Roger Clemens on the mound. Clemens threw the broken bat in the direction of Mike Piazza.  Piazza barked at Clemens; benches cleared but order was restored.

World Series Game #3 Hit: As the Series moved across town to Shea Stadium, Todd had a big Game #3. In the bottom of the 6th inning, Zeile doubled to left field off Orlando Hernandez, bringing home Mike Piazza to tie up the game at two

In the 8th inning, with one out and the score still tied, Zeile singled off Hernandez. He then scored the go-ahead run-when Benny Agbayani doubled to left. The Mets went on to win the game 4-2. 

In Game #4 he collected two more hits in the 3-2 Mets loss. In Game #5 he went hitless as the Mets were eliminated.

Most Mets Hits in World Series: Overall, in the 2000 Subway, World Series Zeile hit .400 leading all Mets hitters with eight hits. He went 8-20 with two doubles a walk and an RBI.

2000 Post Season: In the 2000 post season, he batted .302 (16-53) with 6 doubles, one HR, two runs scored & 9 RBIs with a .849 OPS.

NY Trivia: In his time in New York, Zeile rented an apartment in Greenwich Village & often took the subway to games. 

Quotes- Todd Zeile: "I enjoy the city. I enjoy the theater. I enjoy the museums. I enjoy the cultural diversity. It's exactly what I hoped for".

After the Pennant: In 2001 Zeile started out the season with hits in the first three games. On Opening Day at Shea, he walked && scored a run in the 9-4 win over the Braves as the Mets raised the NL Champion flag.

But thru the first 16 games he couldn't get over the .200 mark. From April 16th to April 22nd, he drove in ten runs over six games, collecting 11 hits for a .478 average. 

Multi- Three RBI Game: On April 22nd, he hit a pair of RBI doubles driving in three runs in a Mets combined 4-0 shut out in Montreal.

On the road in a three-game series at Cincinnati, he drove in six runs while collecting six hits in the series.

1600th Career Hit & 900th RBI: On May 5th, he collected three hits going 3-4, in an 8-1 win at Shea. That night he reached two career milestones collecting his 1600th career hit & 900th career RBI. Todd would have five three hit games on the season.

From May 10th to June 1st, he put together a 13-game hit streak, batting .380. On May 12th & 13th he drew two walks in each game, then drew a walk in four straight games later in the month. He had 14 walks in the month. 

On May 25th, after not hitting a HR for a month, he hit at three run HR off the Florida Marlins Brad Penny in a 4-3 Mets win.

From June 23rd to June 29th, he drove in seven runs in seven games, hitting two HRs. On the month he batted .302 with 13 RBIs.

On June 27th at Wrigley Field, Todd tied up the game with an 8th inning RBI single off Courtney Duncan. Lenny Harris put them ahead following with another RBI single in the eventual 5-4 win.

Multi- Three RBI Game: On June 29th in Atlanta, Todd drove in all three Mets runs, including a two-run triple to Jason Marquis & the Braves 3-1.

On July 7th, The Mets Kevin Appier shut out the AL New York team to salvage a win in the subway series, in the Bronx. Zeile drove in one of the three Mets runs in the 3-0 win.

 On July 16th, Steve Trachsel shut out Toronto for eight innings, Zeile collected an RBI double in the 3-0 Mets win. That week he drove in runs in three straight games. But Todd would only hit one HR in the month of July & one in the month of August as he played thru bone spurs.

The Mets struggled all around, with nowhere near the offense they had the previous season & they could not in defend their NL Pennant reign.

911: After the September 11th attacks, baseball was put on hold for a week. 

Quotes- Todd Zeile: "I suggested to the guys that it would be a great tribute to the city, the first responders & the victims if we wore their hats in tribute. I got hats from the NYPD, FDNY &Port Authority & we dispersed them to the team".

At first the league office said the team couldn't wear the hats upon their return to New York, but they insisted & wore them the rest of the season.

As play resumed the Mets were in Pittsburgh for a three-game set. 

On September 17th, Zeile went hitless. But he helped the Mets sweep that series & get back into the pennant race, as he hit HRs in each of the next two games. 

On September 19th, he hit a three-run shot off Tony McKnight in the 4th inning, his 9th HR of the year, leading New York to a 9-2 win.

In the now famous game where play resumed back in New York & Mike Piazza's 8th inning HR led to an exciting win over the Atlanta Braves, Zeile went 1-3 with a double.

On September 28th, he hit his tenth HR of the season, giving him nine straight seasons with double figures in HRs.

Unfortunately, The Mets faded from the race in late September & finished the year in third place, six games back of Atlanta. They would also finish third in the wild card race.

In 2001 Zeile’s power numbers dropped as he had played with bone spurs throughout the season. 

He finished off with only 10 HRs despite leading the team in games played (151) & at bats (531). He also struck out the most times on the club (102) and hit into a team leading 15 double plays. 

Overall, he hit .266 with 141 hits 10 HRs 25 doubles 66 runs scored & 62 RBIs (second on the club to Mike Piazza). He struck out 102 times with 73 walks (second on the club to Robin Ventura) posting a .359 on base % & .732 OPS.  The Mets offense put together a league worst 608 runs with Zeile accounting for 10% of them. With runners in scoring position, he batted .317.

Zeile put together 37 multi-hit games on the season, second to Piazza's 39. He also put together 14 multi-RBI games with a season best four RBI games three times.

In January he was part of a three-team trade going to the Colorado Rockies with Benny Agbayani for Ross Gload & Craig House. The Mets also sent Lenny Harris & Glendon Rusch to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jeromy Burnitz & Jeff D'Amico.

Mets Career Stats:  In his three-year Mets career, Zeile played in 441 games (67th on Mets all-
time list) He played 367 games at first base (9th on the Mets all-time list). He also played at third base, caught two games behind the plate & even pitched one inning. 

Overall, as a Met he batted .259 with 368 hits 41 HRs 77 doubles 4 triples 163 runs scored & 176 RBIs. He posted a .348 on base% & .753 OPS.

Post Mets Career- Rockies: In 2002 in Colorado, Zeile led the NL in errors at first base (21) posting the league’s worst fielding percentage for first baseman (.942). 

On April 8th, Zeile became the third player to hit HRs for nine different teams.

Five RBI Game: On May 23rd in San Diego, he fell one RBI short of his career high with a five RBI game. He collected a two run double, RBI single, sac fly & ground out RBI in the 16-3 blow out over the Padres.

Walk OFF HR: On June 20th, he hit a walk off three run HR off the AL New York team's Steve Karsay in the 10th inning.

1000th Career RBI: On July 6th, Zeile collected two RBI singles off the Padres Jake Peavey in a 3-2 win at Coor Field. Zeile reached the 1000th career RBI milestone.

At the plate he hit .273 with 18 HRs 23 doubles & 87 RBIs posting a .778 OPS in the Rocky Mountain air. That season he even debuted as a pitcher.

In 2003 he played 66 games for the A.L. New York team & 34 games with the Montreal Expos. 

Trivia: While hitting HRs for both teams, Zeile was the first player in history to hit HRs for eleven different MLB teams.

Return to the Mets: In 2004, Zeile finished out his career returning to the New York Mets as a free agent. He played in 127 games for the woeful 2004 Mets, hitting .233 with 9 HRs 16 doubles & 35 RBIs in what turned out to be his final season. The Mets finished fourth at 71-91 under manager Art Howe. 

On September 18th, he started the game at catcher, playing the position for the first time in 14 years. He would catch again in his final game at the end of the season.

2000th Career Hit: On September 19th Zeile collected his 2000th career hit playing both ends of a double header split in Pittsburgh.


HR In Last Career at Bat: On October 3rd at Shea Stadium, Zeile hit a HR off Montreal’s Claudio Vargas, in what was his last career at bat.

Zeile was the 41st player in MLB history to homer in his final career at bat.  

It was also a historic HR, as it was the last HR hit off a Montreal Expo pitcher. This was the teams last game as the franchise moved to Washington D.C. the next year & became the Nationals.

Career Stats: Todd Zeile finished his 14-year career batting .265 with 2004 hits 253 HRs 397 doubles (201 all time) 23 triples & 673 extra base hits. He has 945 walks (152nd all time) with 81 sac flies (92nd all time) & 1110 RBIs. He struck out 1279 times, posted a .346 on base % & .769 OPS. Zeile played in 2158 games (167th most all time) with 7573 at bats.

Overall, in his career he played 1498 games at third posting a .942 fielding %. He played 466 games at first base (991%) 130 games at catcher (.985 fielding % with a 29% caught stealing %) three games in the outfield & two games at pitcher.

Post Season Career: In the post season he was a .292 hitter playing in four different post seasons, 29 games total, with 33 hits, 4 HRs 7 doubles & 14 RBIs. 

Family- Julianne McNamara Zeile: In 1989, Todd married 1984 Olympic Gymnast, Julianne McNamara. She was the first gymnast to earn a perfect 10.0 in the Olympics. She earned a gold medal & two silver medals in the 1984 games. 

In the early eighties Julianne was an actress as well, appearing on an episode of "Charles in Charge" with Scott Baio. Todd & Julianne have four children together.  They divorced in 2015.

Hannah Zeile

Hannah Zeile: Their daughter Hannah Zeile was born in 1997. While still in grade school, she decided she wanted to be an actress. Her parents supported her but had her enroll in acting school. She appeared in the series "Anger Management" (2012) with Charlie Sheen & "This Is Us" as teen-age Kate (2016-2022).

Charities: Hannah has Type 1 diabetes. Her parents were very active in juvenile diabetes research charities.

Zeile has also been active in charities for victims of 911 & terrorism, Tuesday's Children.

Kristin Gamboa Zeile: In June of 2020 Todd married Kristin Gamboa, daughter of former MLB coach, scout Tom Gamboa.

Todd & Kristin Zeile

Todd's Acting Career: In 1997 Todd himself had made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live. After baseball, Zeile formed his own Hollywood production Company, called Green Diamond Entertainment.

King Of Queens: In 2005 he appeared in two episodes of the sitcom, The King of Queens with Mets fan Kevin James. 

In one-episode Major Disturbance (2006) he rides in a car with Arthur (Jerry Stiller) in Arthur's new business, of being the second person in a vehicle as to use the carpool lane. 

In the other episode -Buy Curious (2005) he is a mourner at a wake in the home of a dead neighbor of Doug & Carrie.

He later appeared in movies, Zookeeper, I Am & the Undoing. 

He also has been credited as a producer, mainly for the series Anger Management.

Charlie Sheen: Zeile has become friends with Actor Charlie Sheen. The two met at Dodger Stadium in 1997. They also worked together on the set of Anger Management. 

In 2012 the two went to Scotland on a 24-hour boat excursion looking for evidence of the Loch Ness Monster. No new evidence was found.

Mets Honors: Todd Zeile was on hand for the closing ceremonies of Shea Stadium in 2008.

In 2022 he was on hand for the Mets Old Timers Day.

SNY Analyst: In 2016 Zeile began doing studio work with the Mets SNY Network covering in the studio pregame & after game highlights.

In 2019 he took over as the SNY main studio analyst, replacing Nelson Figueroa. He works alongside Gary Apple. 

He is known for giving the Zeile of Approval for key plays or moments in a game.

He also filled in the TV booth, replacing Ron Darling when Darling underwent surgery for a mass in his chest & took treatment for thyroid cancer. 

Zeile has also done play by play for games during Spring Training.