Owner 1960-1975
President 1968-1975
“A Whitney family heiress, Payson became the Mets first owner when the franchise was formed in 1960…A trailblazer as the first woman to buy a Major League Baseball team…She also served as the Mets president from 1968 to 1975 and was the team’s biggest fan…While a minority owner of the New York Giants, she voted against the team’s move to San Francisco in 1957.”
Inducted: 1981