Mike Piazza Jersey & Tees — Mets Throwback XXL-6X, XLT-5XLT
Catchers weren’t supposed to hit like this. Mike Piazza hit 427 home runs — more than any catcher who ever played — and he did it in two uniforms: Dodgers blue first, then the Mets pinstripes he wore into the Hall of Fame. This page collects the Mike Piazza jersey in big and tall throwback sizes for both chapters of his career. The throwback jersey itself runs in the extended regular sizes, XXL through 6X. Throwback jerseys turn up in tall cuts too — see what is currently available — and the tall sizes — XLT through 5XLT — are also on the tees and apparel, and the size links below open the Mets men’s department filtered to your size, which is where those tall pieces live. Big and tall throwback jerseys for a Hall of Fame catcher take a little hunting; the map below is the shortcut.
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Mike Piazza Dodgers Jersey — Where the Story Started
Before New York, there was Los Angeles. Piazza came up with the Dodgers and immediately started doing things rookie catchers aren’t supposed to do — and ran away with the 1993 Rookie of the Year award. The photo below links into his Dodgers throwback range.
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Piazza Sizing — Jerseys in Extended Sizes, Tall Cuts on Tees and Apparel
Here’s the honest layout of the range. The Piazza throwback jersey runs in the regular and extended sizes — S, M, L and XL, then 2X (the XXL), 3X, 4X, 5X and 6X. Throwback jerseys turn up in tall cuts too — see what is currently available — and if you need length, look at the tall sizes — XLT, 2XLT, 3XLT, 4XLT and 5XLT — which are also cut into the Mets tees and other apparel. Every tall link below opens the Mets men’s department already filtered to that size, so you’re looking at the tees and apparel in your tall cut, not a wall of regular sizes to dig through.
A quick fit note: a catcher’s Mitchell & Ness throwback wears roomy, closer to a batting-practice cut than the slim modern game jersey. Most fans take their usual size over a tee; if you’re between sizes and want a closer fit, the smaller one usually works. Tall fans should start with the tall-cut tees rather than sizing up the jersey — a bigger jersey adds width, not length.
One honest note on stock: throwback sizes come and go — availability can shift with stock levels and the season, and the extended sizes usually move first. That’s why every size link below opens the Mets’ full men’s department filtered to that size: if the Piazza throwback itself is picked over in your fit, every other Mets option in your size is right in front of you.
Mike Piazza Mets Jersey — the No. 31 From Flushing
The Mets version below is the one most fans picture first: home pinstripes, No. 31, and the memory of a city leaning on a catcher’s swing in the hardest autumn New York sports ever had. The photo links into his Mets throwback range, and the full size run follows right under it.
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New York Mets — Shop by Size
Every size on its own link, into the Mets men’s department filtered to size — the jerseys in the regular and extended sizes, and the tall tees and apparel in the XLT-5XLT sizes:
Interesting Facts About Mike Piazza
Start with the draft. The Dodgers took Piazza in the 62nd round in 1988 — a pick widely reported as a favor to manager Tommy Lasorda, a friend of Piazza’s father. Sixty-first-round picks aren’t supposed to become the greatest hitting catcher ever. He won Rookie of the Year in 1993, made 12 All-Star teams, and spent the rest of the decade making that draft-day favor look like the smartest move the Dodgers ever made.
Then came the wildest week of his career. In May 1998 the Dodgers traded him to the Florida Marlins, and seven days later the Marlins flipped him to the Mets. New York got its centerpiece. Piazza carried the Mets to the 2000 Subway Series against the Yankees, and a decade before him, the face of Mets October baseball had been Darryl Strawberry — the two sluggers bookend the franchise’s modern eras, and their throwbacks belong side by side.
One swing outlasts all the numbers, though. On September 21, 2001 — ten days after 9/11, in the first major professional sporting event held in New York since the attacks — Piazza hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to beat Atlanta. The crowd’s roar that night was about far more than a pennant race, and the moment still gets replayed every September. The Mets put him in their Mets Hall of Fame, retired his No. 31 in 2016, and that same summer he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Mike Piazza Jersey — Shopper Questions
Does the Mike Piazza jersey come in big and tall XXL-6X sizes?
Yes — the throwback jersey runs through the extended regular sizes, XXL up to 6X, and each size has its own link in the Mets list above. The tall cuts, XLT through 5XLT, are on the Mets tees and apparel and turn up on the jersey too — see what is currently available; those links open the same department filtered to the tall sizes.
Dodgers or Mets — which Piazza throwback should I get?
The Dodgers version is the beginning: Rookie of the Year, the sweetest right-handed swing a catcher ever had, in the blue he wore first. The Mets No. 31 is the legend version — the Subway Series, the September 21st home run, the retired number. Plenty of collectors end up with one of each; there’s no wrong answer, just two different chapters.
What tall Piazza sizes are available?
XLT, 2XLT, 3XLT, 4XLT and 5XLT — on the tees and other Mets apparel, and they turn up on the jersey itself too — see what is currently available. Those cuts add length through the body and sleeves rather than just width.
Is a Piazza throwback a good gift for a Mets fan?
For any Mets fan who lived through the 2000 pennant or remembers where they were on September 21, 2001, it’s about as safe a gift as exists. A retired number and a Hall of Fame plaque don’t go stale the way a current roster jersey can, and the extended sizes above mean the bigger fans on your list are covered.
More Piazza and Mets Gear
MLB Shop carries the wider Piazza ranges for both of his teams, plus the full Mitchell & Ness throwback shelf — worth a look if your size is picked over in one store, since stock moves independently:
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Back on this site, the current Mets era has its own big and tall pages — Pete Alonso jerseys and the Kodai Senga Mets jersey page cover today’s Flushing stars in the same extended sizes, and the big and tall baseball jerseys hub gathers the throwback and current runs from across the league in one place.