Mets Opening Day starters all-time
1962-63: ROGER CRAIG
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 0-2
ERA: 12.96
IP: 8 1/3
K/BB: 5/3
Credit: AP
1964-65: AL JACKSON
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 0-2
ERA: 8.03
IP: 12 1/3
K/BB: 9/3
Credit: AP
1966: JACK FISHER
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-1
ERA: 2.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 3/1
Credit: AP
1967: DON CARDWELL
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-1
ERA: 3.38
IP: 8
K/BB: 9/3
Credit: Newsday file, 1973
1978: JERRY KOOSMAN
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 1.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 7/0
Credit: AP
1979-80: CRAIG SWAN
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 2-0
ERA: 3.00
IP: 15
K/BB: 6/1
Credit: None/
1981: PAT ZACHRY
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 0.00
IP: 5 2/3
K/BB: 1/4
Credit: Newsday / Naomi Lasdon
1982: RANDY JONES
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 0.00
IP: 6
K/BB: 2/3
Credit: UPI, 1975
1968-77, '83: TOM SEAVER
11 Opening Day starts
W-L: 6-0 (Team 8-3)
ERA: 2.34
IP: 77
K/BB: 66/15
Credit: AP
1984: MIKE TORREZ
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-1
ERA: 40.50
IP: 1 1/3
K/BB: 0/1
Credit: Handout
1987: BOBBY OJEDA
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 1.29
IP: 7
K/BB: 3/1
Credit: Newsday / Kathy Kmonicek
1992: DAVID CONE
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-0 (Team 1-0)
ERA: 2.25
IP: 8
K/BB: 9/1
Credit: AP, 1986
1985-86, '88-91, '93-94: DWIGHT GOODEN
8 Opening Day starts
W-L: 6-1 (Team 7-1)
ERA: 3.81
IP: 54 1/3
K/BB: 42/12
Credit: AP
1997: PETE HARNISCH
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-0 (Team 0-1)
ERA: 5.40
IP: 5
K/BB: 0/0
Credit: Getty Images
1995-96, '98: BOBBY JONES
3 Opening Day starts
W-L: 0-0 (Team 2-1)
ERA: 6.91
IP: 14 1/3
K/BB: 7/4
Credit: Newsday / Paul J. Bereswill
2000: MIKE HAMPTON
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-1
ERA: 3.60
IP: 5
K/BB: 1/9
Credit: Newsday / Paul J. Bereswill
1999, 2001-02: AL LEITER
3 Opening Day starts
W-L: 1-1 (Team 2-1)
ERA: 3.00
IP: 18
K/BB: 15/3
Credit: AP
2005: PEDRO MARTINEZ
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-0 (Team 0-1)
ERA: 4.50
IP: 6
K/BB: 12/2
Credit: MCT
2003-04, '06-07: TOM GLAVINE
4 Opening Day starts
W-L: 3-1
ERA: 3.74
IP: 21 2/3
K/BB: 11/10
Credit: Christopher Pasatieri
2008-10, '12: JOHAN SANTANA
3 Opening Day starts
W-L: 3-0
ERA: 1.93
IP: 18 2/3
K/BB: 20/8
Credit: David L. Pokress
2013: JON NIESE
1 Opening Day starts
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 2.70
IP: 6 2/3
K/BB: 4/2
Credit: Getty Images / Elsa
2014: DILLON GEE
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-0
ERA: 5.40
IP: 6 2/3
K/BB: 5/2
Credit: Getty Images / Rob Carr
2015: BARTOLO COLON
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 1.50
IP: 6
K/BB: 8/1
Credit: Jim McIsaac
2016: MATT HARVEY
1 Opening Day start
ERA: 4.76
IP: 5.2
K/BB: 2/2
Credit: Jim McIsaac
2017-18: NOAH SYNDERGAARD
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 0.00
IP: 6.0
K/BB: 7/0
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