1977
From The Met Wiki
On May 31 the Mets fired there manger Joe Frazier and replaced him with Joe Torre
On June 15 Mets GM Donald Grant went crazy. He traded away Mets star Tom Seaver to the Reds.
He also made another trade on this day trading Dave Kingman to the San Diego Padres for Bobby Valentine and Paul Siebert.
This was the first year the Mets finished last in the division since 1967. They finished 37 games behind the first place Phillies.
