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New York Mets traded Charlie Neal and Sammy Taylor to the Cincinnati Reds for Jesse Gonder on July 1, 1963.

New York Mets released Al Weis on July 1, 1971.

New York Mets signed free agent Alex Escobar on July 1, 1995.

New York Mets traded Roberto Alomar to the Chicago White Sox for Royce Ring, Edwin Almonte and Andrew Salvo on July 1, 2003.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Says Grant: Seaver Is Forcing Me To Trade Him
New York Daily News, May 8, 1977
Daily News columnist Dick Young firmly sided with the team in its dispute with Tom Seaver in 1977, and played a big part in Seaver's decision to ask to be traded. We see one of his anti-Seaver columns here, plus a typically bizarre Basement Bertha cartoon by Bill Gallo and an article about manager Joe Frazier's many attempts to find a productive lineup.
Tags: Tom Seaver.


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Cleon Jones
Born: August 4, 1942
at Plateau, Ala.
Jones
Years with Mets: 1963, 1965 - 1975

1201 games. 93 hr, 521 rbi, 0.281
563 runs, 91 stolen bases


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1. Tom Seaver 198 Seaver
2. Dwight Gooden 157
3. Jerry Koosman 140
4. Ron Darling 99
5. Sid Fernandez 98
6. Al Leiter 95 Gooden
7. Jon Matlack 82
Jacob deGrom 82
9. David Cone 81
10. Bobby Jones 74



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