Mets Baseball Birthday Quote--December 15th--Mo Vaughn

December 15th 1967 was the birth of future American League MVP, Mo Vaughn. Vaughn had some incredible years with the Red Sox. His MVP Year of 1995, .300, 39 Home runs and 126 ribbies was not even close to his best year. In 1996, he had 143 ribbies and a .326 batting average.

He was one of the most feared power hitters of his era. After leaving the Red Sox, he signed with the Angels. He spent the last two years of his career with the Mets (we always seem to get them too early or too late). In the 2002 season, he hit .249 with 29 home runs and in 2003, his final season, he only had seventy nine at bats.

In honor of his two year tenure with the Mets, Mo Vaughn gets our Mets baseball birthday quote of the day.

"Hitting a slam jacks everybody up. It's the biggest play in baseball."
--Mo Vaughn