Jerome Jordan is a talent acquisition partner based in South Carolina who supports compliance operations and intake coordination within a large health care system. In his current role at Prisma Health, Jerome Jordan focuses on maintaining documentation accuracy, supporting HIPAA-compliant workflows, and ensuring onboarding processes align with organizational standards. His professional background includes earlier experience in human resources with the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, as well as roles in home care coordination and youth services in Queens, New York.
Jerome Jordan holds a master of business administration in health services and risk management from the Metropolitan College of New York. Outside of his professional responsibilities, he maintains an active interest in sports and follows baseball closely. The history of the New York Mets, a franchise defined by dramatic turnarounds and memorable postseason runs, reflects a broader narrative of perseverance and resurgence in professional sports. Examining the Mets’ World Series history offers insight into how a young expansion team evolved into a club with a lasting place in Major League Baseball history.
New York Mets World Series History
The New York Mets joined Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1962 as an expansion team. Like many expansion teams in professional sports, the Mets endured several difficult seasons early on. However, the team experienced a relatively quick run to prominence and has since captured the National League Pennant on five occasions, resulting in two World Series victories.
In 1960, the Continental League disbanded as an MLB competitor on the condition that four franchises would later join the MLB. The Mets ultimately joined the National League, marking the return of National League baseball to New York for the first time since 1957. The Mets joined the New York Yankees in the city, and ostensibly replaced the San Francisco Giants, who had previously represented the National League in New York. However, while the Giants and Yankees won 103 and 96 games, respectively, leading the National League and American League standings, the Mets finished with a 40-120 record, the worst mark in professional baseball. The 60-plus game gap between the Mets and Giants was the largest margin in National League history until 2018.
The Mets endured seven consecutive losing seasons, including four under manager Casey Stengel and three with Wes Westrum. The arrival of Gil Hodges and the development of pitcher Tom Seaver marked a turning point for the young franchise, which won 73 games in 1968 and 100 games in 1969, the Mets’ first winning record.
The 1969 Mets did much more than post a franchise win record, advancing to the playoffs for the first time and sweeping the Atlanta Braves to claim the National League Championship Series. Following a 4-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in Game 1 of the 1969 World Series, the Mets outscored the Orioles 14-5 over the next four games, winning the series and securing the team’s first World Series victory.
The Mets posted four more winning seasons with Seaver leading the way, this time under Hall of Fame player Yogi Berra as manager. The 1973 Mets snuck into the post-season with an 82-79 record, but made the most of the opportunity by upsetting the 99-win Cincinnati Reds and advancing to the World Series for the second time in four years. This time, New York established a 3-2 series lead over Oakland, but ultimately dropped Game 7 by a score of 5-2.
New York endured a 12-season playoff drought before manager Davey Johnson and first baseman Keith Hernandez helped the team set a new win record at 108 in 1986. The franchise captured its third National League Pennant with a six-game series win over the Houston Astros to advance to a World Series meeting with the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox secured a 3-2 series lead and led by two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning during Game 6. Despite a two outs and no runners on base situation, the Mets eventually won the game in infamous fashion, then defeated Boston 8-5 to close out the seven-game series, the franchise’s second championship victory.
The Mets have appeared in five National League Championship Series since 1986, advancing to the World Series on two occasions. The team lost in five games to the rival Yankees in 2000 and fell to the Kansas City Royals in 2015, also in five games.
About Jerome Jordan
Jerome Jordan is a health care talent acquisition partner who supports compliance operations and patient intake coordination in South Carolina. He holds an MBA in health services and risk management from the Metropolitan College of New York and has professional experience spanning human resources, compliance support, and direct care services. Outside of work, Jerome Jordan follows professional sports closely, including baseball, basketball, boxing, and golf.
