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New York Mets traded Gary Bennett to the Colorado Rockies for Ender Chavez on August 23, 2001.

New York Mets released Brian Dozier on August 23, 2020.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
Tags: Marv Throneberry.


Randomly selected Met Player

Charley Smith
Born: September 15, 1937
at Charleston, S.C.
Died: November 29, 1994 at Reno, Nev.
Smith
Years with Mets: 1964, 1965

262 games. 36 hr, 120 rbi, 0.242
93 runs, 4 stolen bases


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1984 Game Results
04/13 Cubs 11, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 1-1)
04/14 Cubs 5, Mets 2 Leary (L, 1-1)
05/01 Mets 8, Cubs 1 Gooden (W, 2-1)
05/02 Mets 4, Cubs 3 Lynch (W, 3-0)
07/27 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Gooden (W, 9-6)
07/28 Cubs 11, Mets 4 Sisk (L, 1-3)
07/29 Cubs 3, Mets 0 Terrell (L, 8-8)
07/29 Cubs 5, Mets 1 Berenyi (L, 4-4)
08/06 Cubs 9, Mets 3 Gooden (L, 9-8)
08/07 Cubs 8, Mets 6 Darling (L, 10-5)
08/07 Cubs 8, Mets 4 Lynch (L, 8-7)
08/08 Cubs 7, Mets 6 Gardner (L, 1-1)
09/07 Mets 10, Cubs 0 Gooden (W, 15-8)
09/08 Cubs 6, Mets 0 Terrell (L, 10-11)
09/09 Mets 5, Cubs 1 Darling (W, 12-6)
09/14 Cubs 7, Mets 1 Darling (L, 12-7)
09/15 Cubs 5, Mets 4 Fernandez (L, 4-6)
09/16 Mets 9, Cubs 3 Berenyi (W, 9-6)
1984 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses



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