Seasons with the Mets: 6.5
World Series winner with the Mets: Yes (1986)
Best season as a Met: 1984
It hurts me to rank Hernandez so low, and had he played with the Mets longer he'd no doubt be higher on the list.
Hernandez was the man that gave the Mets fans hope in the 1980's, after coming in 1983 and giving the fans a new reason to think the Mets could turn it around.
He was a great hitter winning the Silver Slugger in 1984, and the Mets almost went from worst to first in the NL East. But the Silver Slugger was not the award Keith was regular to, he was more of a Gold Glove guy winning seven Gold Gloves at first base.
Hernandez's unconventional and signature defensive plays, most memorably the way he often took away the sacrifice bunt with his hard charging, went alongside his consistent greatness at first base.
And now he works for SNY and is still a Met, he is a great guy.
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