Teams 
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| Fred Wilpon and his Sterling Equities partners acquired Nelson Doubleday's 50 percent in the team and became the sole owners of the club. | Aug. 23, 2002 |
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| Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon purchased the club from Doubleday & Co. | Nov. 14, 1986 |
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| Ownership of the Mets changed hands for the first time in the club's history when Nelson Doubleday announced the Doubleday & Co., Inc. had purchased controlling interest in the team along with Fred Wilpon, Chairman of the Board of Sterling Equities Inc. and City Investing Co. The purchase price was $21 million, a then-record amount for a baseball club. | Jan. 24, 1980 |
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| Mrs. De Roulet was named Chairman of the Board of the Mets. She serves until the club is sold in January, 1980. |
Jan. 1, 1978 |
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| Lorinda de Roulet was named president of the Mets, succeeding her mother, Mrs. Joan Payson. | Dec. 6, 1975 |
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| Following the death of Mrs. Payson at the age of 72, her husband, Charles Shipman Payson, took over control of the club. | Oct. 4, 1975 |
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| The National League officially awarded a New York franchise to Mrs. Joan Whitney Payson. Her partners include M. Donald Grant and G. Herbert Walker. | Oct. 17, 1961 |
