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New York Mets traded Gary Bennett to the Colorado Rockies for Ender Chavez on August 23, 2001.

New York Mets released Brian Dozier on August 23, 2020.

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On The Path Of Hodges
Newsday, June 1, 1990
New Mets manager Bud Harrelson sees Gil Hodges as the role model for the kind of manager he'd like to be. Newsday's Steve Jacobsen looks back at Hodges, and speculates how Harrelson might handle a player like Darryl Strawberry differently than Davey Johnson did.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Keith Hernandez, Gil Hodges, Davey Johnson, Darryl Strawberry.


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Ken Singleton
Born: June 10, 1947
at New York, N.Y.
Singleton
Years with Mets: 1970, 1971

184 games. 18 hr, 72 rbi, 0.252
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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1981 Game Results
04/18 Expos 5, Mets 3 Jones (L, 0-1)
04/19 Expos 4, Mets 3 Swan (L, 0-1)
04/19 Mets 7, Expos 2 Zachry (W, 3-0)
04/25 Expos 4, Mets 2 Jones (L, 0-2)
04/26 Expos 8, Mets 4 Zachry (L, 3-1)
04/26 Expos 7, Mets 6 Swan (L, 0-2)
09/25 Expos 6, Mets 3 Zachry (L, 7-13)
09/26 Expos 4, Mets 2 Harris (L, 3-5)
09/27 Mets 2, Expos 1 Scott (W, 5-10)
10/02 Expos 3, Mets 0 Zachry (L, 7-14)
10/03 Expos 5, Mets 4 Allen (L, 7-6)
10/04 Mets 2, Expos 1 Falcone (W, 5-3)
1981 totals: 3 wins, 9 losses



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