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New York Mets claimed Jason Middlebrook on waivers from the San Diego Padres on October 5, 2000.

Manny Aybar granted free agency on October 5, 2005.

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Mets Get 16 Hits Off Marichal but Giants Win, 9-5
New York Daily News, June 16, 1968
In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1975 Game Results
05/12 Mets 3, Giants 2 Matlack (W, 3-3)
05/14 Mets 5, Giants 1 Koosman (W, 3-1)
06/09 Giants 5, Mets 4 Koosman (L, 5-4)
06/10 Mets 5, Giants 0 Seaver (W, 9-4)
08/15 Giants 6, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 10-11)
08/15 Mets 9, Giants 4 Webb (W, 5-5)
08/16 Mets 4, Giants 2 Swan (W, 1-0)
08/17 Mets 3, Giants 0 Seaver (W, 17-7)
08/22 Mets 6, Giants 4 Seaver (W, 18-7)
08/23 Giants 2, Mets 1 Lockwood (L, 1-1)
08/24 Mets 9, Giants 5 Matlack (W, 15-8)
08/24 Giants 6, Mets 0 Swan (L, 1-1)
1975 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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