Butch Huskey was drafted by the New York Mets in the seventh round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft as a third baseman. That year he was awarded the Doubleday Award for the Rookie level Gulf Coast Mets in Sarasota, Florida. where he posted a batting average of .263, with six home runs, 34 runs batted in, and four stolen bases in 54 games.He won a second Doubleday Award following the 1991 season, this time playing for the Capital City Bombers of the South Atlantic League as he posted a batting average of .287, with 26 home runs, 99 runs batted in, and 22 stolen bases. He won the award again in 1993, for the Binghamton Mets of the Eastern League, posting a batting average of .251, with 25 home runs, 98 runs batted in, and 11 stolen bases. Because of this, in August, He was recalled to debut against the Houston Astros, with Darryl Kile on the mound, on the day Kile threw a no-hitter.He started out his career in 1993 wearing number 10, and then wore the number 42 for the rest of his Met career from 1995-1998 when Major League Baseball retired the number in honor of Jackie Robinson on April 15, 1997 in a game between the Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers at Shea Stadium. He joins Mark to talk about that night.
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