Biography"The Syracuse Mets are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets. They are located in Syracuse, New York, and play their home games at NBT Bank Stadium, which opened in 1997 and has a seating capacity of 11,071. The Mets are named for their major league affiliate and owner, the New York Mets. Throughout most of its existence, from 1934 to 1996 and again from 2007 to 2018, the team was known as the Syracuse Chiefs, while from 1997 to 2006 it was known as the Syracuse SkyChiefs. The club was rebranded as the Syracuse Mets in October 2018." -- Wikipedia The Syracuse Chiefs were affiliated with the Boston Red Sox 1934-1936; Cincinnati Reds 1937-1938; Pittsburgh Pirates 1940; Cincinnati Reds 1942-1950; Philadelphia Phillies 1954-1955; Detroit Tigers 1956; Minnesota Twins 1961; Washington Senators & New York Mets 1962; Detroit Tigers 1963-1966; New York Yankees 1967-1977; Toronto Blue Jays 1978-1996, 2007-2008; Washington Nationals 2009-2018. Home games were played at MacArthur Stadium 1934-1996; NBT Bank Stadium 2007-2018.
