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New York Mets traded Tom Parsons to the Houston Astros for Jerry Grote on October 19, 1965.

Fred Lewis granted free agency on October 19, 2012.

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Newsday, April 12, 1962
A profile of Joan Payson from Newsday's "Paging Women" feature, a section of the paper for news deemed of interest to women. As we saw with an earlier Newsday profile (from 1959), Newsday refers to her as "Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson" and never mentions her actual name, Joan.
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Dick Tidrow
Born: May 14, 1947
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1. Tom Seaver 44 Seaver
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4. Dwight Gooden 23
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6. Al Jackson 10 Koosman
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8. Sid Fernandez 9
Bob Ojeda 9
10. Gary Gentry 8



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