Editing Shea Stadium (section)

==Stadium usage==
===Baseball===
[[File:Shea Stadium 1969.jpeg|thumb|250px|<!--Shea Stadium-->A Mets game in [[1969 New York Mets season|1969]]]]
Shea Stadium was the home of the New York Mets starting in 1964, and it hosted what would be its only [[1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] that first year, with [[Johnny Callison]] of the [[1964 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia Phillies]] hitting a [[walk-off home run]] in the ninth inning to win the only Mid-Summer Classic held in the Queens ballpark for the National League. A month earlier, on Father's Day, Callison's teammate, future [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Fame]] member and [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Jim Bunning]], pitched a [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] against the Mets.<ref>{{cite news|quote=The Phils won the contest...before 32,904 fans who were screaming for Bunning during the last two innings...Yesterday's perfect pitching turned the usually loyal Met fans into Bunning fans in the late innings. From the seventh inning on...Bunning had the crowd...behind him.|title=Bunning Pitches a Perfect Game; Mets Are Perfect Victims, 6 to 0|first=Gordon S. Jr.|last=White|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 22, 1964|page=1}}</ref>

The stadium was often criticized by baseball purists for many reasons, even though it was retrofitted to be a baseball-only stadium after the Jets left. The upper deck was one of the highest in the majors. The lower boxes were farther from the field than similar seats in other parks because they were still on the rails that had swiveled them into position for football.<ref name="Storied"/> Outfield seating was sparse, in part because the stadium was designed to be fully enclosed.

At one time, Shea's foul territory was one of the most expansive in the majors. This was very common for ballparks built during the 1960s, in part due to the need to accommodate the larger football field.<ref name="Storied"/> This was also because, as mentioned, the stadium was designed to be fully enclosed (which never happened). However, seats added over the years in the lower level greatly reduced the size of foul territory by the dawn of the 21st century. On the plus side, Shea always had a natural grass surface, in contrast to other multi-purpose stadiums such as [[Three Rivers Stadium]], [[Veterans Stadium]], and [[Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati)|Riverfront Stadium]], which were built during the same era but had [[artificial turf]].

Shea Stadium hosted postseason baseball in 1969, 1973, 1986, 1988, 1999, 2000, and 2006; it hosted the [[World Series]] in {{wsy|1969}}, {{wsy|1973}}, {{wsy|1986}}, and {{wsy|2000}}. It had the distinction of being the home of the [[1969 New York Mets season|1969]] "Miracle Mets"—led by former Brooklyn Dodger [[Gil Hodges]] that defied 100–1 odds and won the World Series, after seven straight seasons in last or next-to-last place. Shea became famous for the bedlam that took place after the Mets won the decisive Game 5 of the [[1969 World Series|World Series]], as fans stormed the field in celebration. Similar scenes took place a few weeks earlier after the Mets clinched the [[National League East]] title, and then defeated the [[1969 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] in the [[1969 National League Championship Series|first National League Championship Series]] to win the pennant.

[[Tommie Agee]], [[Lenny Dykstra]], [[Todd Pratt]], [[Robin Ventura]], and [[Benny Agbayani]] hit post-season, [[walk-off home run]]s at Shea (although, while the ball hit by Ventura over the fence may have been the most famous of the postseason walk-off hits, it was famously called "the [[Grand Slam Single]]", because when he hit the game-winning ball over the fence, he was mobbed by his teammates before he could reach second base, and never wound up touching second base, third base and home plate. It was not ruled a home run as he never circled the bases completely. It probably made Ventura, known for his penchant for hitting grand slams, and the hit itself even more famous, because he never circled the bases, technically not making it a homer).

Agee was the only player in the history of the ballpark to hit a<!-- home run--> fair ball into the upper deck in left field. The spot was marked with a sign featuring Agee's number 20 and the date, which was April 10, 1969.<ref name=aghmtwi>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=odBKAAAAIBAJ&pg=3953%2C2335763 |work=Schenectady Gazette |location=(New York) |agency=Associated Press |title=Mets turn back Expos as Agee homers twice |date=April 11, 1969 |page=22}}</ref> Teammate [[Cleon Jones]] said the ball was still rising when it hit the seats, so it very likely could have been the longest home run hit at Shea.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} It came in the second inning, and Agee hit another in the seventh over the center field wall; both solo shots were off of [[1969 Montreal Expos season|Montreal Expos]] starter [[Larry Jaster]], and the Mets {{nowrap|won 4–2.<ref name=aghmtwi/>}}

In [[1971 New York Mets season|1971]], [[Dave Kingman]] – then with the [[1971 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]] and later to play for the Mets on two occasions – hit a home run that smashed off the windshield of the Giants' team bus, parked behind the left field bullpen.

For many years, the Mets' theme song, "[[Meet the Mets]]", was played at Shea before every home game. [[Jane Jarvis]], a local jazz artist, played the popular songs on the Thomas organ at Mets games for many years at the stadium.<ref>{{cite news|title=Recalling a Meeting With the Pied Piper of Shea|first=Glenn|last=Collins|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/recalling-a-meeting-with-the-pied-piper-of-shea/|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 1, 2010|access-date=February 15, 2012}}</ref>

On October 3, 2004, it was the venue for the last game in the history of the [[2004 Montreal Expos season|Montreal Expos]], and the Mets won {{nowrap|8–1.<ref>{{cite news|title=Zeile Exits on High Note, Spoiling Expos' Farewell|first=Dave|last=Caldwell|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/04/sports/baseball/04mets.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 4, 2004|access-date=January 16, 2010}}</ref>}} Montreal's major league story ended where it had started 35 years earlier: at Shea Stadium.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mets Lose on Opening Day for 8th Time in Row as Expos Win, 11–10; Montreal Victor in Its First Game|first=Joseph|last=Durso|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00D15F6355D137A93CBA9178FD85F4D8685F9|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 9, 1969|access-date=January 16, 2010}}</ref> The following year, the Expos relocated to [[Washington, D.C.]], and became the [[2005 Washington Nationals season|Nationals]].

The last game played at Shea Stadium was a 4–2 loss to the [[2008 Florida Marlins season|Florida Marlins]] on September 28, 2008. However, the Mets were in the thick of the playoff chase until the last day. A win would have meant another game for Shea as the Mets were scheduled to play the [[2008 Milwaukee Brewers season|Milwaukee Brewers]] in a one-game playoff for the National League Wild Card berth. Following the game, there was a "Shea Goodbye" tribute in which many players from the Mets' glory years entered the stadium and touched home plate one final time so that fans could pay their last respects to the players and the stadium the Mets called home for 45 years. The ceremony ended with [[Tom Seaver]] throwing a final pitch to [[Mike Piazza]]; then, as the [[Beatles]]' "[[In My Life]]" played on the stadium speakers, the two former Met stars walked out of the centerfield gate and closed it behind them, followed by a display of blue and orange fireworks set to [[Fanfare for the Common Man]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bitter Repeat on Stadium's Final Day|first=Ben|last=Shpigel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/sports/baseball/29mets.htm|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 28, 2008|access-date=August 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Immersed in Gloom, a Farewell to Shea Still Enchants|first=Joshua|last=Robinson|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/sports/baseball/29ceremony.htm|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 28, 2008|access-date=August 15, 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Shea Stadium (51069133137).jpg|thumb|A panoramic view of Shea Stadium from the upper deck behind home plate before a baseball game in 2008. The construction of [[Citi Field]] is visible beyond the outfield wall.]]
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Three [[National League Division Series]] were played at Shea Stadium. The Mets won all three, and never lost a Division Series game at Shea.
* '''[[1999 National League Division Series|1999]]''' against the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] – Mets won 3 games to 1
* '''[[2000 National League Division Series|2000]]''' against the [[San Francisco Giants]] – Mets won 3 games to 1
* '''[[2006 National League Division Series|2006]]''' against the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] – Mets won 3 games to 0

Seven [[National League Championship Series]] were played at Shea Stadium.
* '''[[1969 National League Championship Series|1969]]''' against the [[Atlanta Braves]] – Mets won 3 games to 0
* '''[[1973 National League Championship Series|1973]]''' against the [[Cincinnati Reds]] – Mets won 3 games to 2
* '''[[1986 National League Championship Series|1986]]''' against the [[Houston Astros]] – Mets won 4 games to 2
* '''[[1988 National League Championship Series|1988]]''' against the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] – Dodgers won 4 games to 3
* '''[[1999 National League Championship Series|1999]]''' against the [[Atlanta Braves]] – Braves won 4 games to 2
* '''[[2000 National League Championship Series|2000]]''' against the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] – Mets won 4 games to 1
* '''[[2006 National League Championship Series|2006]]''' against the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] – Cardinals won 4 games to 3{{ref|a}}

{{note|a}}The decisive seventh game of this series was played at Shea Stadium, marking the only time that the Mets lost the deciding game of a National League Championship Series at Shea.

Four [[World Series]] were played in Shea Stadium.
* '''{{wsy|1969}}''' against the [[1969 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] – Mets won 4 games to 1
* '''{{wsy|1973}}''' against the [[1973 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]] – A's won 4 games to 3
* '''{{wsy|1986}}''' against the [[1986 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] – Mets won 4 games to 3
* '''{{wsy|2000}}''' against the [[2000 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] – Yankees won 4 games to 1

The Yankees' World Series win in 2000 was the only time that a visiting team won a World Series at Shea Stadium. The Mets won both their World Series titles at Shea Stadium (in Game 5 in 1969, and Game 7 in 1986).

[[File:Shea Crowded.jpg|thumb|left|Shea Stadium prior to the start of a New York Mets game in [[2008 New York Mets season|2008]]. Shea had the best attendance in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] that year, averaging over 51,000 fans per game.]]
The [[New York Yankees]] played their home games in Shea Stadium during the 1974 and 1975 seasons while [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] was being renovated. The move to Shea was helped by the city and the Mets, with the former helping in setting up office space in Flushing Meadows Park. [[Joe DiMaggio]] participated in his final [[Old Timers Day]] game in 1975 at Shea.<ref>{{cite news |last=Russell |first=David |date=August 20, 2014 |url=https://www.qgazette.com/articles/when-mets-yankees-called-shea-stadium-home/ |title=When Mets, Yankees Called Shea Stadium Home |work=Queens Gazette |access-date=February 10, 2024}}</ref>

On the afternoon of April 15, 1998, the Yankees also played one home game at Shea, against the [[Anaheim Angels]] after a beam collapsed at Yankee Stadium two days before, destroying several rows of seats.<ref>{{cite web|title=April 15, 1998 Anaheim Angels at New York Yankees Play by Play and Box Score|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199804150.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The New York Yankees Greatest Hits|first=Albert|last=Lin|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/features/1998/yankees/timeline/|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|year=1999|access-date=January 2, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224133322/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/features/1998/yankees/timeline/|archive-date=December 24, 2009}}</ref> With the Mets playing a game at Shea that evening against the [[Chicago Cubs]], the Yankees used the visitor's locker room and dugout and the Angels used the home dugout and old locker room of the New York Jets.<ref>{{cite news|title=One Stadium, Four Teams, No Problem|first=N. R.|last=Kleinfield|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/16/nyregion/one-stadium-four-teams-no-problem.html?pagewanted=print|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 16, 1998|access-date=January 18, 2010}}</ref> Former Mets star [[Darryl Strawberry]], by then playing for the Yankees, hit a home run during the game. Stadium operators partially raised the Mets' home run apple signal before lowering it back down, to the delight of the crowd.<ref>{{cite news|title=Strawberry Gets The Apple to Rise|first=Murray|last=Chass|author-link=Murray Chass|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/16/sports/baseball-strawberry-gets-the-apple-to-rise.html?pagewanted=print|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 16, 1998|access-date=January 18, 2010}}</ref>

Shea Stadium also hosted the first extra-inning regular season baseball opener played in New York, on March 31, 1998,<ref>{{cite news|title=Mets Take An Opener For the Ages|first=George|last=Vecsey|author-link=George Vecsey|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 1, 1998|page=C1}}</ref> when the Mets opened their season against their [[Mets–Phillies rivalry|rival]] [[Philadelphia Phillies]], playing the longest scoreless opening day game in the National League and the longest one in Major League Baseball since 1926.<ref>{{cite news|title=For Openers, Zilch Phils Fall in 14th Without a Run|first=Jim|last=Salisbury|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=April 1, 1998|page=E1}}</ref><ref name=1998OpeningDay>{{cite news|title=A Midsummer Classic in March as Mets Nip Phillies|first=Jason|last=Diamos|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E5D71E3BF932A35757C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 1, 1998|page=C1}}</ref> The Mets won the game 1–0 in the bottom of the 14th inning.<ref name=1998OpeningDay/>

During the [[New York City blackout of 1977|1977 New York City blackout]] the stadium was plunged into darkness at approximately 9:30&nbsp;p.m. during a game between the Mets and the Chicago Cubs. It occurred during the bottom of the sixth inning, with the Mets trailing the Cubs 2–1 and [[Lenny Randle]] at bat. Jane Jarvis, Shea's organist (affectionately known as Shea's "Queen of Melody") played "[[Jingle Bells]]" and "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]".<ref name="Great Moments">{{cite web|title=Great Moments at Shea Stadium|first=Marty|last=Noble|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080319&content_id=2444907&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=September 22, 2008|access-date=July 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521054537/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080319&content_id=2444907&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym|archive-date=May 21, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game was eventually completed on September 16, with the Cubs defeating the Mets 5–2.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mets Finish Two-Month Loss to Cubs|first=Parton|last=Keese|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 17, 1977}}</ref>

===Boxing===
Shea Stadium held boxing matches in the mid-1960s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cassidy|first=Robert|url=http://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3617054|title=Remembering Shea stadium|work=espn.com|date=August 9, 2008|access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref>

===Football===
[[File:Shea Stadium concept.jpg|thumb|A concept drawing of Shea Stadium in football configuration]]
The [[New York Jets]] of the [[American Football League]] and later, the [[National Football League]] played at Shea for 20 seasons, from [[1964 New York Jets season|1964]] through [[1983 New York Jets season|1983]] (excluding their first home game in [[1977 New York Jets season|1977]], played at [[Giants Stadium]]). The stadium hosted three Jets playoff games: the [[American Football League]] Championship in [[1968 American Football League Championship Game|1968]] (defeating the [[1968 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]], 27–23), an AFL Inter-Divisional Playoff in [[1969 American Football League playoffs|1969]] (a 13–6 loss to the [[1969 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]]) and the [[1981–82 NFL playoffs|1981]] AFC Wild Card Playoff game (lost 31–27 to the [[1981 Buffalo Bills season|Buffalo Bills]]).

For most of the Jets' tenure at Shea, they were burdened by onerous lease terms imposed at the insistence of the Mets. Until 1978, the Jets could not play their first home game until the Mets' season was finished. For instance, in [[1969 New York Jets season|1969]], the defending Super Bowl champion Jets did not play a home game until October 20 due to the Mets advancing to (and winning) the World Series.  As a result, the 1969 Jets opened with five consecutive road games, and then played all seven home games in consecutive weeks before closing with two road games. Even after [[1978 New York Jets season|1978]], the Mets' status as Shea's primary tenants would require the Jets to go on long road trips (switching Shea from baseball to football configuration was a complex process involving electrical, plumbing, field, and other similar work). The stadium was also not well maintained in the 1970s. The Jets moved to [[Giants Stadium]] for the [[1984 New York Jets season|1984 season]], enticed by the more than 15,000 additional seats there. Fans ripped apart Shea after the last game of the 1983 season, which also was the last game for [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] quarterback [[Terry Bradshaw]], who threw two touchdown passes to lead the [[1983 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]] to a 34–7 victory.<ref name="nyt-1983-12-11">{{cite news|title=Unruly Fans Mar Shea Farewell As Jets Lose, 34–7|first=Gerald|last=Eskenazi|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/11/sports/unruly-fans-mar-shea-farewell-as-jets-lose-34-7.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 11, 1983|access-date=July 26, 2010}}</ref> Even the scoreboard operator had a field day, displaying the home team as the "N.J. Jets".<ref>{{cite news|title=Shea Housed The Jets For 20 Seasons|first=Brad|last=Groznik|url=http://www.queenstribune.com/glossy/0308shea/Pages/multi_use_stadium.htm|newspaper=Queens Tribune|access-date=January 9, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617103054/http://www.queenstribune.com/glossy/0308shea/pages/multi_use_stadium.htm|archive-date=June 17, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 29 - O.J. Simpson.jpg|thumb|left|150px|O.J. Simpson pictured breaking the NFL's single-season rushing record at Shea Stadium]]
It was at Shea Stadium on December 16, 1973, that [[O. J. Simpson]] became the first running back to gain 2,000 yards in a single season<ref>{{cite news|title=Simpson Breaks Mark as Bills Rout Jets|first=Murray|last=Chass|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB081FFE3B59147A93C5A81789D95F478785F9|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 17, 1973|access-date=July 26, 2010}}</ref> (and, to date, the only player to do it in 14 games or fewer). In the 1983 season, a Jets game against the [[1983 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]] featured an 85-yard touchdown run by rookie [[Eric Dickerson]], as well as a brawl between Rams offensive tackle [[Jackie Slater]] and Jets defensive end [[Mark Gastineau]] when Slater blindsided Gastineau after the Jet performed his infamous "Sack Dance" over fallen Rams quarterback [[Vince Ferragamo]].

The [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[New York Giants]] played their [[1975 New York Giants season|1975 season]] at Shea while [[Giants Stadium]] was being built. The Giants were {{nowrap|5–9}} that year (2–5 at Shea). Their coach was [[Bill Arnsparger]] and their quarterback was [[Craig Morton]]. The Giants played their final five home games of [[1973 New York Giants season|1973]] and all seven in [[1974 New York Giants season|1974]] at the [[Yale Bowl]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]; Yankee Stadium was closed in October<!-- 1,--> 1973 for a massive renovation, which was completed in time for the [[1976 New York Yankees season|1976]] baseball season.

On the night of October 9, 1965, Shea Stadium hosted the football [[Army–Notre Dame football rivalry|rivalry]] between [[1965 Army Cadets football team|Army]] and [[1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]] for the only time. The Fighting Irish blanked the Cadets, 17–0, beginning a 15-game winning streak for Notre Dame in the storied series.

In 1966, the [[Brooklyn Dodgers (Continental Football League)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] of the minor [[Continental Football League]] unsuccessfully sued the Jets in an attempt to use the stadium; the team wound up playing on [[Downing Stadium|Randall's Island]] and soon folded. In 1974, the [[Charlotte Hornets (WFL)|New York Stars]] of the nascent [[World Football League]] also made inquiries to play at Shea, whose schedule was already overcrowded by the Mets, Jets and Yankees (and the following year, the Giants; see below). The Stars also moved out to Randall's Island, playing only a handful of games before shifting to [[Charlotte, North Carolina]].

The football field at Shea extended from around home plate to centerfield, with the baseline seating rotating out to fill left and right fields.

===Soccer===
The first [[soccer]] game at Shea Stadium occurred during [[International Soccer League]] tournament play on June 17, 1965.<ref>{{cite news|title=Portuguesa Upsets West Ham In Soccer at Shea Stadium, 6–3|first=William J.|last=Briordy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/06/18/archives/portuguesa-upsets-west-ham-in-soccer-at-shea-stadium-63.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 18, 1965|access-date=July 27, 2010}}</ref>

The original [[New York Cosmos (1970-85)|New York Cosmos]] beat the [[Washington Diplomats]], 2–0, in an [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]] playoff game at Shea on August 17, 1976.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kilpatrick |first=David |date=April 28, 2015 | url = http://www.nycosmos.com/news/2015/04/28/homes-away-from-home-looking-at-cosmos-and-brooklyn-soccer-history| title = Cosmos Homes Away From Home |website=New York Cosmos |access-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref>

[[New York United]] of the [[American Soccer League (1933–1983)|American Soccer League]] called Shea home in 1980.<ref>{{cite news|title=Soccer Team to Call Shea Stadium Home|first=Alex|last=Yannis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/02/21/archives/soccer-team-to-call-shea-stadium-home.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 21, 1980|access-date=July 27, 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Date !! Winning team !! Result !! Losing team !! Tournament !! Attendance
|-
| June 17, 1965 || '''{{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Associação Portuguesa de Desportos|Portuguesa]]''' || 6–3 || {{flagdeco|ENG}} [[West Ham United]] || International friendly || 5,130<ref>{{cite news |last=Briordy |first=William J. |date=June 18, 1965 |title=Portugesa Upsets West Ham In Soccer at Shea Stadium, 6–3 |page=39 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/06/18/archives/portuguesa-upsets-west-ham-in-soccer-at-shea-stadium-63.html |work=The New York Times |url-access=subscription |accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| August 17, 1976 || '''{{flagdeco|USA}} [[New York Cosmos (1970–1985)|New York Cosmos]]''' || 2–0 || {{flagdeco|USA}} [[Washington Diplomats]] || [[1976 North American Soccer League season#Playoffs|NASL playoffs]] || 22,698<ref>{{cite news |date=August 18, 1976 |title=Cosmos Win, 2–0, At Shea |page=61 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/18/archives/cosmos-win-20-at-shea-diplomats-beaten-20-by-cosmos.html |work=The New York Times |accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
|}

===Concerts===
[[File:Aerial view Shea Stadium with Manhattan in background 1981.jpg|thumb|Shea Stadium and vicinity, with the [[Manhattan]] skyline in the distance, 1981]]
On Sunday, August 15, 1965, [[The Beatles]] opened their [[The Beatles' 1965 US tour|1965 North American tour]] [[The Beatles at Shea Stadium|there]] to a record audience of 55,600.<ref>{{cite book|last=Badman|first=Keith|title=The Beatles Off The Record|year=2000|publisher=Omnibus|location=London|isbn=0-7119-7985-5|page=193}}</ref>  "[[Beatlemania]]" was at one of its peaks at their Shea concert. Film footage shows many teenagers and women crying, screaming, and even fainting. The crowd noise was such that security guards can be seen covering their ears as the Beatles entered the field. The sound of the crowd was so deafening that none of the Beatles (or anyone else) could hear what they were playing. Nevertheless, it was the first concert to be held at a major stadium and set records for attendance and revenue generation, demonstrating that outdoor concerts on a large scale could be successful and profitable, and led the Beatles to return to Shea for a successful encore on August 23, 1966.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Fleming|first=Colin|date=August 14, 2015|title=Why Beatles' Shea Show Was Even Greater Than You Knew|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/why-the-beatles-shea-stadium-show-was-even-greater-than-you-knew-227621/|access-date=October 9, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>

The next major music event to play Shea Stadium after the Beatles' successful appearances was the Summer [[Festival for Peace]] on August 6, 1970.<ref name="Great Moments"/> It was a day-long fundraiser, which featured many of the era's biggest-selling and seminal rock, folk, blues and jazz performers including: [[Janis Joplin]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]], [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]], The [[James Gang]], [[Miles Davis]], [[Tom Paxton]], [[John Sebastian]], and others.

The next music show at Shea Stadium was the historic concert by [[Grand Funk Railroad]] in 1971, which broke the Beatles' then-record for fastest ticket sales. [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]] was the opening band. The same filmmakers for the documentary of the Rolling Stones concert at Altamont were commissioned to film it, but to date, a final film has not been released.

The stadium subsequently hosted numerous concerts, including [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] with opening act [[Robin Trower]] in July 1976 (billed as Tull v. Boeing because of the proximity to [[LaGuardia Airport]]), [[The Who]] with opening acts [[The Clash]] and [[David Johansen]] in October 1982 (two concerts), and [[Simon & Garfunkel]] in August 1983. On August 18, 1983, [[The Police]] played in front of 70,000 fans at Shea, a concert that the band's singer and bassist [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] described as "like playing the top of [[Mount Everest|Everest]]", and announced near the end of the concert: "We'd like to thank the Beatles for lending us their stadium."<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/stadium-rock/police-play-shea-stadium/ "Police play Shea Stadium"]. BBC. Retrieved January 26, 2014</ref> [[The Rolling Stones]] performed at Shea for a six-night run in October 1989, and [[Elton John]] and [[Eric Clapton]] played a concert in August 1992. [[Bruce Springsteen]] and the [[E Street Band]] ended [[The Rising Tour]] with three concerts at Shea in early October 2003, with [[Bob Dylan]] making a special guest appearance at the final show to perform "Highway 61 Revisited" with Springsteen.<ref name="Great Moments"/>

The last concert event was a two-night engagement by [[Billy Joel]] on July 16 and 18, 2008. The concert was dubbed ''[[The Last Play at Shea]]'', and featured many special guest appearances, including former Beatle [[Paul McCartney]] who closed the second show with an emotional rendition of [[the Beatles]] classic "[[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]". Other artists that joined Joel on stage for the shows were former Shea performer [[Roger Daltrey]] of [[The Who]], [[Tony Bennett]], [[Don Henley]], [[John Mayer]], [[John Mellencamp]], [[Garth Brooks]], and [[Steven Tyler]] of [[Aerosmith]]. The concert was the subject of a [[Last Play at Shea|documentary film of the same name]], which is used along with Shea's history to tell the story of changes in American suburban life.<ref>{{cite news|title='Last Play at Shea' Documentary Tells Stadium's Story|first=Glenn|last=Gamboa|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/last-play-at-shea-documentary-tells-stadium-s-story-1.1872400?p=|newspaper=[[Newsday]]|date=April 20, 2010|access-date=July 26, 2010|archive-date=August 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804170925/https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/last-play-at-shea-documentary-tells-stadium-s-story-1.1872400?p=|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Pete Flynn was a Shea groundskeeper who did the improbable by driving the Beatles from the stage to a centerfield gate in 1965, then driving Paul McCartney from the stadium's rear entrance to the stage to perform at [[Billy Joel]]'s "Last Play at Shea" concert 43 years later in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/sports/baseball/obituary-pete-flynn-dead-mets-groundskeeper.amp.html|title=Pete Flynn, Mets groundskeeper for almost 50 years, dies at 79|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 23, 2017|last1=Slotnik|first1=Daniel E.}}</ref>

===Other events===
The 1978 International Convention of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] was held at Shea Stadium from July 12 to 16, 1978.<ref name="Great Moments"/>
During his tour of America in October 1979, [[Pope John Paul II]] was also among those hosted by Shea Stadium.<ref>{{Cite news|title=At Shea, A Moving Goodbye|first=Anna|last=Quindlen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/04/archives/at-shea-a-moving-goodbye-special-problems-of-a-city.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 4, 1979|access-date=October 23, 2009}}</ref> On the morning of the Pontiff's visit, Shea Stadium was awash in torrential rain, causing ankle-deep mud puddles, and threatened to ruin the event. But as the [[Popemobile]] entered the stadium, the rain stopped although the deep mud remained.

On December 9, 1979, as part of the halftime show of a [[National Football League]] game between the [[New York Jets]] and [[New England Patriots]], a model airplane group put on a remote control airplane display. The grand finale was a remote control airplane, weighing 40&nbsp;lbs, made to look like a red flying lawnmower. The pilot lost control of the airplane, and it crashed into the stands, hitting Kevin Rourke, of [[Lynn, Massachusetts]] and John Bowen of [[Nashua, New Hampshire]]. Both suffered serious head injuries; Rourke survived but Bowen died four days later.<ref>{{cite web|title=A spectator at a football game was killed by a flying model lawnmower|url=http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/lawnmower.asp|website=[[Snopes.com]]|date=October 31, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2007}}</ref>

Between 1972 and 1980, Shea also hosted a [[Showdown at Shea]] event three separate times, by the then [[World Wrestling Federation]]. In 1980, it hosted a simulcast of the first fight between Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard, won by Duran.

From 1970 to 1987, the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]] (CCBL) played its annual all-star game at various major league stadiums. The games were interleague contests between the CCBL and the [[Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League]] (ACBL). The 1982 and 1986 games were played at Shea. The 1986 contest starred game MVP and future [[Cincinnati Reds]] all-star pitcher [[Jack Armstrong (baseball)|Jack Armstrong]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://capecodbaseball.org/news/asgnews/index.html?article_id=298 |title=Cape League All-Star Game |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref>

In the aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks]], the stadium became a staging area for rescuers, its parking lots filled with food, water, medical supplies, even makeshift shelters where relief workers could sleep. Ten days later Shea reopened for the first post-attack sporting event in New York where the Mets beat the [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]], behind a dramatic home run by Mets catcher [[Mike Piazza]].<ref name="sports.espn.go.com"/>

===In popular culture===
In the television serial drama ''[[Mad Men]]'', the main character, [[Don Draper]], has his secretary buy a pair of tickets for the Beatles' concert at Shea Stadium in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hinckley |first=David |date= April 27, 2015 | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/real-history-shaped-mad-men-top-10-article-1.2200572| title = 10 moments in history that helped shape 'Mad Men,' from the war to assassinations| website = [[New York Daily News]] |access-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref>

[[The Rutles]] film ''[[All You Need is Cash]]'' refers to the ballpark as Che Stadium, "named after the Cuban guerilla leader, [[Che Guevara|Che Stadium]]."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/omm/the10/story/0,11109,1132388,00.html |last=Kermode |first=Mark |title=The 10 rock comedies |work=The Guardian |location=London, UK |date=February 1, 2004 |access-date=May 4, 2020}}</ref>

Shea Stadium was parodied as Spray Stadium in an episode of ''[[Batman '66]]''.

In 1987, [[Marvel Comics]] rented Shea Stadium to [[Spider-Man's wedding (live performance)|re-enact the wedding]] of [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker/Spider-Man]] and [[Mary Jane Watson]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gross|first=Michael|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/02/style/spider-man-to-wed-model.html|title=Spider-Man to Wed Model|date=June 2, 1987|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

In the 2007 documentary series ''[[Seven Ages of Rock]]'', Shea Stadium was named the most hallowed venue in all of [[rock music]].

In ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'', the stadium was destroyed in a fight between [[Godzilla]] and Crackler.

Shea Stadium was used for filming the 1973 movie ''[[Bang the Drum Slowly (film)|Bang The Drum Slowly]]'' starring Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty and the 1978 film ''[[The Wiz (film)|The Wiz]]''. In the latter film, the exterior pedestrian ramps were used for a motorcycle chase scene with [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Diana Ross]].

A scene in the 2002 movie ''[[Two Weeks Notice]]'' takes place at Shea.

In ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'', a Mets game at Shea was featured in the film, with outfielder [[Bernard Gilkey]] dropping a fly ball after being distracted by an alien spacecraft in the sky. Shea was also featured in ''[[Men in Black 3]]'' which is where K and J intercept Griffin and the ArcNet in 1969 before Boris the Animal can capture it.

Shea Stadium was also the setting for two episodes of ''[[The King of Queens]]'': "Doug Out" (1999) and "Catching Hell" (2005).

The exterior part of the Stadium is featured in the 2006 videogame ''[[Driver: Parallel Lines]]''.

===1975: Four teams, one year and one stadium===
The Mets, Yankees, Jets and Giants all called Shea home in 1975, the only time in professional sports history that two baseball teams and two football teams shared the same facility in the same year.<ref name="History of Shea">{{cite web|title=History of Shea Stadium|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/nym/ballpark/history.jsp|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|access-date=August 18, 2010}}</ref>

As Yankee Stadium was being renovated and Giants Stadium was nearing completion, there were scheduling clashes between the four teams once the calendar turned to September. Neither the Jets nor the Giants could play "home" games at Shea Stadium until the baseball season ended for the Mets and Yankees. The matter was simplified when neither baseball team qualified for the postseason; still, there was a two-week overlap as the NFL season started on Sunday, September 21 while the MLB campaign ended on Sunday, September 28. This meant the Jets opened at home on Sunday, October 5, the third week of the season, and the Giants on Sunday, October 12, the season's fourth week. It also meant that the Giants and Jets had to play a combined 14 home games in the final 12 weeks of the 14-week NFL season. To do so, the Giants played two Saturday afternoon home games, neither of which were televised, and both of which were played the day before a Jets' Sunday home game. New York football fans thus enjoyed either the Jets or the Giants hosting a Sunday home game every weekend from October 5 through December 21.<ref>Topel, Brett (2016) ''When Shea Was Home:  The Story of the 1975 Mets, Yankees, Giants, and Jets.'' New York: Sports Publishing [http://sportspubbooks.com/titles/843-9781613218709-when-shea-was-home]</ref> Shea wound up hosting all four teams on consecutive Sundays: Mets (September 21), Yankees (September 28), Jets (October 5) and Giants (October 12).

In total, the "Big Four" drew 3,738,546 customers to Shea: 1,730,566 by the Mets (76 home dates); 1,288,048 by the Yankees (71 home dates); 361,102 by the Jets (seven home games) and 358,830 by the Giants (also seven). Having both the Giants and Jets share Shea Stadium for one season foreshadowed what was to come in the future with the [[Meadowlands Sports Complex|Meadowlands]], after the Jets left Flushing Meadows for New Jersey following the 1983 NFL season. <!--Here's a table depicting the sports calendar at Shea Stadium in 1975:

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| April 13 || Yankees || Tigers || [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197504132NYA L, 5–2]
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| April 27 || Yankees || Brewers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197504272.shtml W, 10–1]
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| April 29 || Yankees || Indians || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197504290.shtml L, 3–1]
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| May 3 || Mets || Expos || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197505030.shtml L, 3–0]
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| May 7 || Mets || Pirates || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197505070.shtml L, 6–1]
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| May 8 || Mets || Pirates || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197505080.shtml L, 4–2]
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| May 11 || Mets || Reds || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197505110.shtml W, 3–2]
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| May 14 || Mets || Giants || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197505140.shtml W, 5–1]
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| May 15 || Yankees 9 || Mets 4 || Mayor's Trophy Game
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| May 16 || Yankees || A's || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197505160.shtml L, 4–2]
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| May 17 || Yankees || A's || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197505170.shtml L, 6–1]
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| May 18 || Yankees || A's || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197505180.shtml W, 9-]
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| May 19 || Yankees || Royals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197505190.shtml W, 5–1]
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| May 20 || Yankees || Royals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197505200.shtml W, 6–0]
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| May 21 || Yankees || Royals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197505210.shtml L, 4–1]
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| May 23 || Yankees || Rangers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197505230.shtml W, 11–7]
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| May 24 || Yankees || Rangers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197505240.shtml W, 9–5]
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| May 25 || Yankees || Rangers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197505250.shtml W, 5–4]
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| May 26 || Mets || Dodgers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197505260.shtml W, 6–3]
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| May 27 || Mets || Dodgers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197505270.shtml L, 10–4]
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| May 28 || Mets || Dodgers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197505280.shtml L, 4–3]
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| May 30 || Mets || Padres || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197505300.shtml L, 6–2]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| May 31 || Mets || Padres || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197505310.shtml W, 7–2]
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| June 1 || Mets || Padres || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506010.shtml L, 4–0]
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| June 2 || Mets || Astros || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506020.shtml W, 2–0]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 3 || Mets || Astros || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506030.shtml W, 4–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 4 || Mets || Astros || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506040.shtml W, 1–0]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 5 || Mets || Astros || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506050.shtml W, 2–1]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 6 || Mets || Braves || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506060.shtml L, 4–1]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 7 || Mets || Braves || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506070.shtml L, 7–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 8 || Mets || Braves || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506080.shtml W, 7–6]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| June 9 || Yankees || Angels || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197506090.shtml L, 5–3]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| June 10 || Yankees || Angels || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197506100.shtml W, 6–4]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| June 11 || Yankees || Twins || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197506110.shtml W, 5–1]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| June 13 || Yankees || White Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197506130.shtml W, 2–1]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| June 14 || Yankees || White Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197506140.shtml L, 7–2]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| June 15 || Yankees || White Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197506150.shtml W, 3–0]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| June 16 || Yankees || Brewers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197506160.shtml W, 10–7]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| June 17 || Yankees || Brewers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197506171.shtml L, 4–3]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| June 17 || Yankees || Brewers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197506172.shtml W, 4–2]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| June 18 || Yankees || Brewers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197506180.shtml L, 5–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 20 || Mets || Pirates || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506200.shtml L, 5–1]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 21 || Mets || Pirates || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506210.shtml L, 7–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 22 || Mets || Pirates || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506220.shtml L, 2–0]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 23 || Mets || Cardinals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506231.shtml L, 1–0]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 23 || Mets || Cardinals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506232.shtml L, 4–0]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 24 || Mets || Cardinals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506240.shtml W, 5–1]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 25 || Mets || Cardinals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506250.shtml W, 2–1]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 27 || Mets || Phillies || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506270.shtml W, 4–2]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 28 || Mets || Phillies || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506280.shtml W, 5–2]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 29 || Mets || Phillies || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506291.shtml L, 9–6]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 29 || Mets || Phillies || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506292.shtml L, 4–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| June 30 || Mets || Cubs || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197506300.shtml W, 5–1]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 1 || Mets || Cubs || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507010.shtml L, 5–4]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 2 || Mets || Cubs || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507020.shtml W, 7–2]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 3 || Mets || Cubs || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507030.shtml W, 4–0]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| July 4 || Yankees || Orioles || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507040.shtml L, 5–4]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| July 5 || Yankees || Orioles || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507050.shtml L, 5–2]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| July 6 || Yankees || Orioles || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507060.shtml W, 6–1]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| July 7 || Yankees || Rangers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507070.shtml W, 5–2]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| July 8 || Yankees || Rangers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507080.shtml W, 4–0]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| July 9 || Yankees || Rangers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507090.shtml L, 4–0]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| July 10 || Yankees || Twins || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507100.shtml L, 6–3]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| July 11 || Yankees || Twins || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507111.shtml L, 11–1]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| July 11 || Yankees || Twins || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507112.shtml W, 4–3]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| July 12 || Yankees || Twins || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507120.shtml W, 8–7]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 17 || Mets || Braves || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507170.shtml W, 4–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 18 || Mets || Braves || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507180.shtml L, 4–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 19 || Mets || Braves || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507190.shtml W, 5–4]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 20 || Mets || Astros || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507200.shtml W, 10–9]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 21 || Mets || Astros || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507210.shtml L, 6–2]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 22 || Mets || Reds || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507220.shtml W, 3–1]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 23 || Mets || Reds || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507230.shtml W, 5–2]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| July 24 || Mets || Reds || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197507240.shtml L, 2–1]
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| July 25 || Yankees || Red Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507250.shtml W, 8–6]
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| July 26 || Yankees || Red Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507260.shtml L, 4–2]
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| July 27 || Yankees || Red Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507271.shtml L, 1–0]
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| July 27 || Yankees || Red Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507272.shtml L, 6–0]
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| July 28 || Yankees || Tigers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507280.shtml L, 3–0]
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| July 29 || Yankees || Tigers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507290.shtml W, 4–2]
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| July 30 || Yankees || Tigers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197507300.shtml W, 2–1]
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| August 1 || Yankees || Indians || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508010.shtml W, 5–4]
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| August 2 || Yankees || Indians || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508020.shtml W, 5–3]
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| August 3 || Yankees || Indians || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508031.shtml W, 12–1]
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| August 3 || Yankees || Indians || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508032.shtml L, 3–2]
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| August 4 || Mets || Expos || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508040.shtml L, 4–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| August 5 || Mets || Expos || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508051.shtml L, 7–0]
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| August 5 || Mets || Expos || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508052.shtml L, 7–0]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| August 6 || Mets || Expos || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508060.shtml W, 9–6]
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| August 7 || Mets || Expos || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508070.shtml W, 7–0]
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| August 8 || Mets || Dodgers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508080.shtml L, 4–3]
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| August 9 || Mets || Dodgers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508090.shtml L, 2–0]
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| August 10 || Mets || Dodgers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508100.shtml L, 2–1]
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| August 11 || Mets || Padres || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508110.shtml W, 8–4]
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| August 12 || Mets || Padres || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508120.shtml W, 9–4]
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| August 13 || Mets || Padres || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508130.shtml L, 8–5]
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| August 15 || Mets || Giants || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508151.shtml L, 6–2]
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| August 15 || Mets || Giants || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508152.shtml W, 9–4]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| August 16 || Mets || Giants || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508160.shtml W, 4–2]
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| August 17 || Mets || Giants || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197508170.shtml W, 3–0]
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| August 19 || Yankees || White Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508190.shtml L, 7–6]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| August 20 || Yankees || White Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508200.shtml L, 5–3]
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| August 21 || Yankees || White Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508210.shtml L, 2–1]
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| August 22 || Yankees || Angels || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508220.shtml W, 5–2]
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| August 23 || Yankees || Angels || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508230.shtml W, 12–4]
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| August 24 || Yankees || Angels || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508241.shtml L, 9–0]
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| August 24 || Yankees || Angels || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508242.shtml L, 4–3]
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| August 26 || Yankees || A's || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508260.shtml W, 7–1]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| August 27 || Yankees || A's || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508270.shtml L, 3–2]
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| August 28 || Yankees || A's || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508280.shtml W, 3–2]
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| August 29 || Yankees || Royals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508290.shtml W, 6–5]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| August 30 || Yankees || Royals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508300.shtml L, 5–2]
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| August 31 || Yankees || Royals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197508310.shtml L, 7–0]
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| September 1 || Mets || Pirates || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509010.shtml W, 3–0]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| September 2 || Mets || Pirates || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509020.shtml L, 8–4]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| September 3 || Mets || Pirates || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509030.shtml L, 3–2]
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| September 5 || Mets || Cardinals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509050.shtml W, 5–2]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| September 6 || Mets || Cardinals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509060.shtml L, 6–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| September 7 || Mets || Cardinals || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509070.shtml L, 12–4]
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| September 8 || Yankees || Tigers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509080.shtml W, 3–0]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| September 9 || Yankees || Tigers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509090.shtml W, 9–6]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| September 10 || Yankees || Brewers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509100.shtml W, 8–2]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| September 11 || Yankees || Brewers || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509110.shtml W, 10–2]
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| September 13 || Yankees || Indians || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509131.shtml L, 7–1]
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| September 13 || Yankees || Indians || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509132.shtml W, 4–3]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| September 14 || Yankees || Indians || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509140.shtml W, 6–2]
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| September 15 || Mets || Expos || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509150.shtml W, 3–2]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| September 16 || Mets || Expos || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509160.shtml W, 4–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| September 17 || Mets || Cubs || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509170.shtml L, 5–2]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| September 18 || Mets || Cubs || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509180.shtml W, 7–5]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| September 19 || Mets || Phillies || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509190.shtml L, 4–3]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| September 20 || Mets || Phillies || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509200.shtml W, 9–7]
|-bgcolor="#DF7401"
| September 21 || Mets || Phillies || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197509210.shtml L, 4–2]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| September 22 || Yankees || Red Sox || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509220.shtml L, 6–4]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| September 27 || Yankees || Orioles || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509271.shtml W, 3–2]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| September 27 || Yankees || Orioles || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509272.shtml W, 7–3]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| September 28 || Yankees || Orioles || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509281.shtml L, 3–0]
|-bgcolor="#BDBDBD"
| September 28 || Yankees || Orioles || [https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197509282.shtml W, 3–2]
|-bgcolor="#01DF01"
| October 5 || Jets || Patriots || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197510050nyj.htm W, 36–7]
|-bgcolor="#FA5858"
| October 12 || Giants || Cowboys || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197510120nyg.htm L, 13–7]
|-bgcolor="#01DF01"
| October 19 || Jets || Dolphins || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197510190nyj.htm L, 43–0]
|-bgcolor="#FA5858"
| October 25 || Giants || Cardinals || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197510250nyg.htm L, 20–13]
|-bgcolor="#01DF01"
| October 26 || Jets || Colts || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197510260nyj.htm L, 45–28]
|-bgcolor="#FA5858"
| November 1 || Giants || Chargers || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197511010nyg.htm W, 35–24]
|-bgcolor="#01DF01"
| November 2 || Jets || Bills || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197511020nyj.htm L, 24–23]
|-bgcolor="#FA5858"
| November 9 || Giants || Redskins || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197511090nyg.htm L, 21–13]
|-bgcolor="#FA5858"
| November 16 || Giants || Eagles || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197511160nyg.htm L, 13–10]
|-bgcolor="#01DF01"
| November 23 || Jets || Cardinals || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197511230nyj.htm L, 37–6]
|-bgcolor="#01DF01"
| November 30 || Jets || Steelers || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197511300nyj.htm L, 20–7]
|-bgcolor="#FA5858"
| December 7 || Giants || Colts || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197512070nyg.htm L, 21–0]
|-bgcolor="#FA5858"
| December 14 || Giants || Saints || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197512140nyg.htm W, 28–14]
|-bgcolor="#01DF01"
| December 21 || Jets || Cowboys || [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197512210nyj.htm L, 31–21]
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