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New York Mets purchased Dave Eilers from the Milwaukee Braves on August 18, 1965.

New York Mets traded Brett Butler to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Scott Hunter and Dwight Maness on August 18, 1995.

New York Mets claimed Yolmer Sanchez on waivers from the Boston Red Sox on August 18, 2022.

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Ballplayer, Oaklander Jesse Gonder, 68, dies
Oakland Tribune, November 17, 2004
Obituary for Jesse Gonder, a Mets catcher from 1963 through 1965.
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Al Jackson
Born: December 25, 1935
at Waco, Tex.
Died: August 19, 2019 at Port St. Luci, Fla.
Jackson
Years with Mets: 1962 - 1965, 1968, 1969

184 games. 43 - 80, 4.26
561 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Houston Astros
1985 Game Results
04/30 Mets 4, Astros 1 Gooden (W, 3-1)
05/01 Astros 10, Mets 3 Darling (L, 1-1)
05/15 Mets 5, Astros 3 Gooden (W, 6-1)
05/16 Astros 1, Mets 0 Fernandez (L, 1-1)
07/11 Astros 4, Mets 3 Gorman (L, 4-4)
07/12 Mets 3, Astros 2 Darling (W, 9-2)
07/13 Mets 10, Astros 1 Lynch (W, 7-5)
07/14 Mets 1, Astros 0 Gooden (W, 13-3)
07/25 Mets 6, Astros 3 Gooden (W, 15-3)
07/27 Mets 16, Astros 4 Orosco (W, 2-4)
07/27 Mets 7, Astros 3 Latham (W, 1-1)
07/28 Astros 12, Mets 4 Darling (L, 10-4)
1985 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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