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New York Mets sold Butch Metzger to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 4, 1978.

New York Mets signed free agent Miguel Batista on July 4, 2011.

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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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Ron Darling
Born: August 19, 1960
at Honolulu, Hawaii
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Years with Mets: 1983 - 1991

257 games. 99 - 70, 3.50
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Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1984 Game Results
05/11 Mets 2, Dodgers 0 Gooden (W, 3-2)
05/12 Mets 4, Dodgers 3 Lynch (W, 4-0)
05/13 Dodgers 5, Mets 3 Torrez (L, 0-3)
05/25 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Gooden (W, 4-3)
05/26 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Leary (W, 2-2)
05/27 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Torrez (L, 0-4)
08/13 Dodgers 9, Mets 2 Terrell (L, 9-9)
08/14 Mets 4, Dodgers 0 Berenyi (W, 5-5)
08/15 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Fernandez (W, 4-1)
08/27 Mets 5, Dodgers 1 Gooden (W, 13-8)
08/28 Mets 5, Dodgers 1 Terrell (W, 10-10)
08/29 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Orosco (W, 9-5)
1984 totals: 9 wins, 3 losses



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