1073425 The Metropolitan baseball nine, 1882 (b/w photo) by Sarony, Napoleon (1821-96); Private Collection; (add.info.: Photograph shows the New York Metropolitans baseball team in 1882 posed for a studio portrait, wearing white uniforms with neckties. The Metropolitan Club (the New York Metropolitans or the Mets) was a 19th-century professional baseball team that played in New York City from 1880 to 1887. Metropolitan Baseball Club of New York was the name originally chosen in 1960 for the current day New York Mets franchise, although the legal name has changed since then.); Prismatic Pictures ; Canadian, out of copyright.