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New York Mets traded Tom Parsons to the Houston Astros for Jerry Grote on October 19, 1965.

Fred Lewis granted free agency on October 19, 2012.

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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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Lance Johnson
Born: July 6, 1963
at Cincinnati, O.
Johnson
Years with Mets: 1996, 1997

232 games. 10 hr, 93 rbi, 0.326
160 runs, 65 stolen bases


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Games Started
1. Tom Seaver 395 Seaver
2. Jerry Koosman 346
3. Dwight Gooden 303
4. Sid Fernandez 250
5. Ron Darling 241
6. Al Leiter 213 Koosman
7. Jacob deGrom 209
8. Jon Matlack 199
9. Bobby Jones 190
10. Craig Swan 184



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