Salinas Mets
August 19, 2019
The Salinas Mets of 1963-1964 were the second minor league baseball team to set up shop in the fast growing Northern California city of Salinas. The Monterey County seat boasts over 150,000 residents today, but back in 1960 Salinas’ population was just under 30,000. Salinas’ only previous team, the Packers, played in the California League from 1954 to 1957. Future NY Mets star Bud Harrelson was Salinas’ top graduate during the brief Mets era.
