New York Mets
Weiss and Stengel would both return with the New York Mets. Weiss was named president and de facto general manager of the Mets in May 1961, and Stengel followed as skipper in 1962.
In Weiss' five seasons as Met general manager, the team escaped the NL basement only in Weiss' last year. He was succeeded by former Cardinal GM Bing Devine. He was named The Sporting News' Executive of the Year in 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1960. He was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1982.
Weiss died in Greenwich, Connecticut, at age 78 in 1972.
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