New York Mets Official Logo
New York Mets Official Logo
Sports cartoonist, Ray Gatto
Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman, the Mets, a 100-1 underdog to reach the World Series, pull off one of the largest upsets of all time - beating the Orioles in the 1969 Fall Classic in 5 games.
Courtesy MLB.com
designed the Mets circular logo in 1961 and this logo has remained unchanged from day one. The orange stitching and shape represent a baseball, the bridge in the foreground represents all five of New York’s boroughs. The skyline in the background shows a church spire on the left which is symbolic of the Brooklyn borough churches. The second building from the left is the Williamsburg Savings Bank which is the tallest building in Brooklyn. The Woolworth Building, the Empire State Building and at the far right is the United Nations Building. The official colors of the NY Mets are blue and orange, which are also the official colors of New York State.