Strawberry played 17 years with the Mets, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. Eight of those years were spent with the Mets. He helped the team win the 1986 World Series and was a seven-time All-Star in New York. He led the National League in homers in 1988 with 39. He recently had his number retired by the organization.

The Polar Bear has officially climbed to the top of the New York Mets’ home run mountain. Pete Alonso slugged his 253rd career home run in a Mets uniform on Aug. 12 against the Atlanta Braves in the third inning.

Brandon Nimmo hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fourth for the Mets, who snapped a seven-game skid with just their second win in 13 games. Francisco Alvarez also homered twice and Brett Baty also went deep as New York moved within five games of NL East-leading Philadelphia.