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Today is October 20

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New York Mets traded Al Jackson and Charley Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Boyer on October 20, 1965.

New York Mets sold Larry Bearnarth to the Milwaukee Brewers on October 20, 1970.

New York Mets sold Ron Taylor to the Montreal Expos on October 20, 1971.

New York Mets released Ken Takahashi on October 20, 2009.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Big Deal! Mets Trade 4 for Fregosi; Angels Get Ryan, 3 Prospects
New York Daily News, December 11, 1971
At the time it looked like it was the "Jim Fregosi trade" but history now knows it as the "Nolan Ryan trade". One hundred years from now, this will still probably be among the worst trades in Mets history.
Tags: Jim Fregosi, Nolan Ryan.


Randomly selected Met Player

Ron Hunt
Born: February 23, 1941
at St. Louis, Mo.
Hunt
Years with Mets: 1963 - 1966

459 games. 20 hr, 127 rbi, 0.282
207 runs, 21 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1971 Game Results
05/31 Giants 2, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 3-3)
06/01 Mets 5, Giants 4 Gentry (W, 4-4)
06/02 Mets 5, Giants 2 Williams (W, 1-1)
06/11 Giants 3, Mets 2 McGraw (L, 3-3)
06/12 Giants 5, Mets 1 Sadecki (L, 2-2)
06/13 Mets 5, Giants 4 McGraw (W, 4-3)
08/13 Giants 7, Mets 3 Sadecki (L, 5-4)
08/14 Giants 6, Mets 5 McGraw (L, 8-4)
08/15 Giants 6, Mets 1 McAndrew (L, 0-4)
08/23 Giants 5, Mets 4 McAndrew (L, 0-5)
08/24 Giants 3, Mets 2 Sadecki (L, 5-5)
08/25 Mets 5, Giants 1 Koosman (W, 5-8)
1971 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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