Timeline of Mets Broadcasters
The Mets have had some fine television (I don’t care about radio) broadcasters over the years (Ralph-Bob-Lindsey, Gary Thorne, Gary-Keith-Ron) and some not so fine (Lorn Brown, Fran Healy). And it’s been pretty stable, with several teams lasting more than a decade together. Here is a timeline, with the main broadcasters in bold, and their supporting cast and years underneath. Wikipedia helped.
1962-1978: Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Lindsey Nelson
1979-1981: Kiner, Murphy, Steve Albert
–1981: Art Shamsky
1982: Kiner, Lorn Brown
1983-1998: Kiner, Tim McCarver
–1983: Bud Harrelson
–1983-1989: Steve Zabriskie
–1984-2005: Fran Healy (cable)
–1986-1995: Rusty Staub (cable)
–1991: Don Criqui
–1992: Bob Carpenter
–1994-2003: Gary Thorne
–1996-2003: Howie Rose (cable)
1999-2002: Kiner, Thorne, Tom Seaver
2003-2005: Kiner, Dave O’Brien, Seaver
–2003-2005: Ted Robinson (cable)
–2003-2005: Keith Hernandez (cable)
–2004: Matt Laughlin (cable)
2006-Present: Gary Cohen, Hernandez, Ron Darling
–2006-2013: Kiner (limited games)