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New York Mets traded Todd Pratt to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gary Bennett on July 23, 2001.

New York Mets released Shaun Marcum on July 23, 2013.

Neil Ramirez granted free agency on July 23, 2017.

New York Mets traded Tommy Hunter and Matt Dyer to the Tampa Bay Rays for Rich Hill on July 23, 2021.

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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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