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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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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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Richard Hidalgo
Born: June 28, 1975
at Caracas, Venezuela
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86 games. 21 hr, 52 rbi, 0.228
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Mets vs. Houston Astros
1994 Game Results
04/08 Astros 6, Mets 3 Hillman (L, 0-1)
04/09 Mets 8, Astros 2 Saberhagen (W, 1-0)
04/10 Astros 6, Mets 1 Smith (L, 1-1)
04/15 Astros 8, Mets 1 Smith (L, 1-2)
04/16 Mets 9, Astros 1 Gooden (W, 2-0)
04/17 Mets 4, Astros 2 Jones (W, 2-1)
1994 totals: 3 wins, 3 losses



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